The St. Clair Institute

OOC INFORMATION

Name: Meranda Age: 15 Timezone: EST/EDT Activity: I’m in high school, and in other roleplays, so my activity would probably at a 5/10, if I was to go with a number. I’ll be on as much as possible, probably maybe three or five days a week.  How You Found Us: The roleplay tag.  Anything Else: Favorite pun ~ “Who are you, the avatar’s fan girls?” - Azula from A:TLA, talking about the Kyoshi Warriors.

IC INFORMATION Desired Character: Lorenzo Delgado  Secondary Choice: Henry Belcourt  Why This Character: (Tell us what makes you want this character more than any other.) Headcanons: I don’t have any headcanons for it right now, but I’ll probably be posting a headcanon or two every two weeks. They come often, but it’s just not coming right now.  Ship Preferences: I’d like him to have a good relationship with both his sister and his roommates, especially Lucas, since it says they’re friends. Thomas and Enzo would probably more feel apathy toward one another.  Any Changes or Extra Information: None.

PARA SAMPLE This is OOC.  Oscar developed a slight anxiety when he was nine years old. It wasn’t anything really bad, it just made him stutter sometimes, also making him kind of unable to looking people right in the eye. His family’s muggle psychologist was sure he would grow out of it by the time his parents were sending him off to boarding school just like the rest of his older siblings, and the doctor mostly thought the outward nerves were just because of lack of exposure to people as a general power. Even the doctor knew he wasn’t around people his own age (or people at all) much.

Amongst the floors and floors of his house, countless stories in those days (though actually only five), another adventure was always just around the corner for young Oscar. The boy never really worried about how odd he felt around people, even his own parents felt a little strange in comparison; only Lauren ever seemed to want to be around him in his own realm. Even though she was much bigger and much older, when she came home for holidays and for visits, Lauren would make an effort to play with him, and to explore with him in a place she must have found the secrets of long ago. He missed her when she was away.

The stutter ended up going away during the course of his first year, and he pretty much avoided talking to people as much as possible either way. He didn’t really reach out unless someone seemed like they needed help, he just waited for other people to strike up a conversation with him. It was never really a big deal. The anxiety came back full frontal force during the younger years of being a teenager. Oscar didn’t really find himself interested in anyone, but it seemed that some were interested in him. Flirting and such would nearly send him into a panic attack, and thus he started avoiding again.

Henry Belcourt Audition

OOC Information     Name: Mandy     Age: 21     Timezone: PST     Activity: I work at a retail store, so I’ve been called in a lot due to holiday season shopping preparation and stuff. But I try to be on as much as I possibly can, so about a 7-8.     How You Found Us: I was searching for roleplays and the ‘legit serious roleplay’ tag caught my eye. So naturally I had to come check you guys out.      Anything Else: It’s not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn’t have the balls to do it. IC Information     Desired Character: Henry Belcourt     Secondary Choice:  Jonathan Fray     Why This Character: His bio just stuck out the most to me. It was love at first sight LOL. I love characters where there’s a lot to go off of, and I feel like he has a lot of quote unquote soul searching to do before he figures out who he really is.     Headcanons:  SO MANY OH GOD. I just love the idea of this spoiled rich boy suddenly figuring out he has these abilities that no one can know about. I feel like getting the powers kind of prevented him from getting overly spoiled and unbearable, because suddenly he had this huge secret that he couldn’t really talk about. It seems like it was treated like a disease, and for a teenage boy who is already trying to figure himself out, I imagine that must have been really traumatizing. Not to mention lonely. The guilt he feels for not telling his Father really pulls on my heart too. Because since his Mother wasn’t really accepting of him, I think part of him wonders if his Father would have been. Like maybe things would have been different and less lonely/stressful if he had his Dad’s support? And now he’ll never know, so he has to learn how to get over that. Now he’s at a place where he can have the support he needs, though. Now he can really find himself —- not to sound cheesy but yes! I also like that he’s cautious and defensive, because you can’t just not be after an upbringing like that. His love and silence was mostly bought by his Mother, and that shit can be scarring as heck. So I bet he can be really spoiled/selfish at times, but that’s all he really knows? Over time I’m hoping his really good sides will show and he’ll become a really well developed character.      Ship Preferences: Is it bad that I ship the idea of Henry/Gabriel?? Of course, them staying just friends is beautiful too. I just ship chemistry so whatever happens happens! This goes for brotp’s and things too. You never know which characters will click.      Any Changes or Extra Information: None at all! Para Sample I’m so mad, I wrote out an IC para sample and it was ridiculously long and I was like HELLA but then my computer shut off and I lost it. So I’m just going to use one from an old RP I was in that was set sometime the 1950s-60s. I am sorry <3 

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OCC INFORMATION

Name: Dani (Danica)

Age: 23

Timezone: CST (USA, Texas)

Activity:  I try to get on for a couple solid hours a day, depending on how many replies I have, but then I also pop on and off throughout the day.

How You Found Us: Jeanna got me into this, I blame her entirely.

Anything Else:  I don’t necessarily have a favourite pun (though I do love them), but if you search “Winnie the Pooh (Not Knot) Clip HD” on YouTube that punny-exchange cracks me up EVERY TIME!

IC INFORMATION

Desired Character: Jonathan Fray

Secondary Choice: Thomas Sinclair (but I’ve already submitted an application for him)

Why This Character: Ahhhh Jonny’s a blast! He’s definitely a little shit, he loves to have fun and joke around, and the relationship between him and Cordy is going to be so fun!

Headcanons: He’s the one who started calling Cordelia “Cordy.” He started it soon after he and Christopher took her away from the Orphanage/foster home and she hated it, told him to stop, but he didn’t. Now she loves it and they’re suuuuper tight.

Jonny always has a trinket of some kind in his pocket that he can replicate, toss around and then destroy the copy.

Often Cordy will have him replicate her so she can see her outfit or her hair from all angles. He’s had some of her friends ask him to do the same for them and he’s more than happy to oblige; Cordy’s friends are gorgeous…

The only time he’s really quiet and calm is when he’s with the horses. He didn’t think he would like being a stablehand, but he’s always liked being around horses and the whole manual labour side of it is growing on him.

Ship Preferences: Not at the moment, I’d rather just let things develop/play out on their own, see who he clicks with and such.

Any Changes or Extra Information: Nope he’s perfect!

PARA SAMPLE

Please write a para sample here that is at least 3-4 paragraphs long. Must be past tense, third person. “In Character” is not mandatory, but preferred.

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They had been traveling for what felt like months, but Christopher assured him with a long-suffering sigh that it had been no more than a week. They were due to reach the St. Clair Institute in a day or two and Jonathan was beyond excited. He had enjoyed being one-of-a-kind and extraordinary while surrounded by mundanes, and sure, terrorising William had always been worth a laugh, but it had all gotten very old as he’d grown up. He was extraordinary, he’d be the first to say it, but in the life he’d been living no one had been able to see it. That “family,” if they could even be called that, had never loved him or made him feel like they wanted him there—which he was sure they hadn’t—and had nearly made him believe that he would never see his true family again. He’d constantly had to hide what he could do and every time he replicated in front of a mundane like little Willie, he risked getting caught or having someone actually believe the stories. Now though, things would be different.

He was going to a place where everyone was gifted like he was, where he could make friends, show off his abilities and learn how to make them stronger. He’d always been creative and full of imagination, making believe stories and fantasies whenever he was alone, so it was no wonder that his mind was busy imagining what St. Clair’s would be like. He pictured a great big castle surrounded by snowcapped mountains, flags on every turret snapping in the wind while people flew around in the air, some with wings, some surrounded by flames or a strange purple light… He could see it all.

Jonathan was lounging against a fallen tree in the forest clearing where they had set up camp for the night, his hands behind his head and his ankles crossed in front of him so that the fire warmed his toes. He wiggled them, glad to be free from the shoes he’d been walking in all day. They had just finished eating their supper and were relaxing together before settling down for the night. Like a real family, he thought. Jonathan looked around the circle of their campfire and grinned broadly. Christopher was thoroughly engrossed in the all-important papers he’d brought with him, his brow furrowed in concentration. Though he’d only known this older Chris for a little over a month, everything he did already seemed familiar. He’d lightened up Jonathan more as they’d gotten to know each other, even laughed at his brother’s jokes, but he was still a bit of a stick-in-the-mud. Jonathan chuckled to himself.

Cordelia on the other hand, was everything he could have ever hoped for in a sister and more. They’d only truly been able to interact as brother and sister for the week they’d been traveling together, but already they were closer to one another than he knew he and Chris would ever be. She was his partner in crime as they tormented their older brother, schemed up pranks to pull at St. Clair’s once they got there and generally snickered at Chris’ disapproving, exasperated looks. Cordelia was reclining on her makeshift bedroll—bundles of blankets they had stolen from the orphanage they’d rescued her from—looking up at the constellations that were framed by the circle of trees surrounding their clearing, a quiet look on her face. Jonathan watched her as her eyes searched the skies, marveling at how he’d ended up with a sister so perfect. Not perfect because she was beautiful or anything of that sort, though she was, but because Cordelia was…Cordy, and she was going to be his best friend. He could feel it.

Jonathan dug in his pack and pulled out the trio of apples he’d swiped from the town they went through today to buy food. Christopher insisted on buying everything, because “we aren’t criminals” and because “we can afford to,” but that was boring and Jonathan had cheated a little. It was a trick he’d learned soon after developing his ability and one he’d perfected over the years. He would bump into whatever item he wanted to swipe, knocking it to the floor (or catching it if it was breakable), and then he’d replicate it while he bent over to pick it back up. He’d slip the real item, in this case the apples, in his bag or pocket, while putting the copies back on the cart, apologising and flashing a charming smile at the seller before walking away. The copies would disappear after he left and the gormless mundanes would never realise what had happened. Jonathan snickered just thinking about it.

“Hey Cordy, heads up,” he called, tossing her an apple. She looked up just in time to catch it and glowered at him.

“Don’t call me that, Jonathan,” she quipped, knowing full well that he preferred his nickname to his given one.

He grinned and winked at her mischievously, ”You’re welcome, love,” before tossing the second apple at Christopher’s head. It hit his brother in the shoulder and knocked his papers to the ground as it fell. He shot an exasperated look at Jonathan and picked them back up, turning the apple over in his hand and glancing at the one that Cordelia was now eating.

“Where’d you get these?” He asked, eyes slightly narrowed. Jonathan just shrugged and continued grinning.  

“I found them?” Christopher frowned and opened his mouth, definitely meaning to lecture Jonathan about stealing again, but he was interrupted by Cordelia before he could begin.

“If you don’t want it, Jonny and I will split it… More for us and all that.” She smiled sweetly and held out her hand, Jonathan nodding in agreement. Christopher glared at the pair of them, before wiping the apple off on his shirt and taking a bite.

“Next time, we buy them,” he lectured around a mouthful of apple, pointing at Jonathan with a serious expression. The other two snickered and then the trio lapsed back into a comfortable silence.

OOC INFORMATION

Name: Dani (Danica)

Age: 23

Timezone: CST (USA, Texas)

Activity: I try to get on for a couple solid hours a day, depending on how many replies I have, but then I also pop on and off throughout the day.

How You Found Us: Jeanna got me into this, I blame her entirely.

Anything Else: I don’t necessarily have a favourite pun (though I do love them), but if you search “Winnie the Pooh (Not Knot) Clip HD” on YouTube that punny-exchange cracks me up EVERY TIME!

IC INFORMATION

Desired Character: Thomas Sinclair

Secondary Choice: Jonathan Fray (but I’ll be putting in a separate application for him)

Why this character?: Well I dug into his bio because Dylan O’Brien, but his serious shift in personality when he got his abilities and who he’s become since then intrigued me. I’m excited to play with his wit, anger, guilt and anti-social tendencies. Also, his ability kicks ass and that’s always fun.

Headcanons: He has a seriously dirty mouth. It’s most likely due to the immense amount of anger he has stored up over the years and the rough life he’s been living on the road, but he can barely get a sentence out that doesn’t contain some kind of swear word or rude comment.

He has a caustic wit, which he uses to insult people in a way most don’t catch or understand. Thomas is also very sarcastic, but not in a way meant to be funny; it is just another tool he uses to insult people and make fun of how much slower they are than him.

He’s not a bad kid, and he’s not truly mean, he’s just very frustrated and he doesn’t want to be here.

He doesn’t like to be called Tommy anymore, because that’s what Reesa (Teresa) called him and hearing it brings up the guilt he’s been suppressing for years. “Tom” is reserved for friends, but… he doesn’t have many of those currently. He’s just Thomas.

He has trouble sleeping in the dorm because it’s nothing like the places he’s been sleeping for the past nine years, and the sleep deprivation only adds to his natural cranky-ness. Couple that with his anger and annoyance at being dragged to this restrictive hellhole of dullness, and he’s a regular little miss sunshine.

Thomas’ ability often manifests itself much like ADHD when he’s not moving at the speed of sound. He can’t sit still to save his life, some part of him is always moving, his brain will jump tracks from one train of thought to another faster than you can blink and he gets bored very easily.

He has a HUGE appetite because of all the calories his insane metabolism burns, so he eats a ton and always has a snack on him. Especially now that quality food is so readily available to him.

Ship Preferences: Thomas has no other connections right now. He’s ignoring everyone as much as possible, including his roommates, and actively avoiding any family reunions. He wants to leave and find the mundanes who killed his parents, not make friends and learn useless shit from these boring, Institute stiffs.

Any Changes or Extra Information: He does leave his room, just not while people are awake if he can help it… He sleeps or reads during the day, then steals new books from the library and sneaks around at night. The only exception is for food because BOY does he need to eat, but he waits until the very end of the set meal time when the cafeteria is mostly empty and the chance of him running into Reesa or Nathaniel is much lower.

PARA SAMPLE

Please write a para sample here that is at least 3-4 paragraphs long. Must be past tense, third person. “In Character” is not mandatory, but preferred.

Thomas had run. He’d run until the screams of his parents no longer echoed through his head. Pushing faster and faster until any guilt or sadness he may have felt for abandoning Nathaniel and especially Reesa didn’t even register. The more he’d pushed himself, the more exhilarated he’d become and the less pain he had felt. Before this, Thomas had never been able to test the limits of his abilities, restricted as he’d been by his family’s need for secrecy. Then it had all been blown to hell. Looking back, that was the moment he had finally been unleashed.

  He hated that he saw even a small part of losing his parents in a positive light, but before their secret had been exposed, he’d felt wholly confined and bogged down by restrictions. Their death was the worst thing he’d ever experienced, pain so raw he knew he would surely break in two for it. Now though, he was stronger, faster and smarter than ever before, and he felt fully in control of his abilities. He was free to do as he pleased, to fully embrace who and what he was, and that suited him perfectly. His pain and grief had been sharpened and honed into a deep, wretched anger over time and now he was ready to inflict this pain on the people responsible for his parents’ murder. It was their turn to burn, to writhe in agony as he stoked the fire.

Basic Details

Name

The Full name as well as any nicknames that he/she goes by. You can also give the reasons behind their name here. 

Birthday

The date of birth and current age of character. 

Zodiac Sign

The Zodiac sign of the character and how it correlates to the character. Does it correctly portray the personality or is the complete opposite?

Ethnicity/Race

What is your character’s ethnicity and race? Does their culture culture have significant impact on your character’s daily life? 

Physical

Overall Description

Do it as thoroughly as possible. Describe the build/body type and the facial features. 

Height/Weight

You don’t have to be specific, it’s just good to have a general idea so you know how your character’s body is handled in the world.

Hair

What color, length, style of hair does your character have? How do they normally wear it?

Eyes

What color are their eyes? Do they wear glasses or contacts? Any other defining attributes about their eyes?

Wardrobe

What kind of clothes does your character wear? Personalities often are displayed in our clothing more than we realize. 

Accessories

Jewelry, tattoos, piercings. Even the ones your character dreams about getting.

Grooming

Does your character wear make-up? What kind/How much/When? If it’s a guy, how is his beard? Is it thick or does he prefer a cleaner cut?

Mannerisms

Don’t just say ‘what’ they do but try to go into detail as to ‘why’ they do it. If she/he bites their nails, why do they do it? Do they fidget a lot? What are their nervous habits?

Psychological

Personality Type

Free Test. This is not required but it is interesting and fun. 

Sensitive or Analytic

How does your character perceive the world?

Logical or Emotional

How does he/she make decisions?

Aggressive or Passive

What kind of approach do they have? Is it extreme or mild? Somewhere in between?

Cautious or Daring

Does your character prefer to be safe or take risks?

Optimist or Pessimist

Is the glass half full or half empty and why?

Extrovert or Introvert

Are they the type to be at the center of the party or are they more likely to be holed up in a quiet room by themselves?

Strengths

What are some strong good aspects of your character’s personality?

Weaknesses

What are some of your character’s flaws?

Life Philosophy

This can be a made up philosophy or a famous quote that your character admires. 

Conclusive Description

In your own words describe your character’s personality and what has made them that way.

Relationships

Family

Who are they related to? What are their relationships with them like?

Sexual Orientation

This can be a very complicated question, because sexual orientation is indeed an entire spectrum. There are many different types of people out there, but please try to label them (for the lack of a better phrasing) in a way that fits their character for the plotting and development, not just to make them ‘different’.

Current Relationship Status

Are they single, married or courting? Is it ‘complicated’? Are they happy with their status?

Past Relationships

Has your character ever been in a relationship? Who with? Why are they no longer together?

Friendship Importance

How important is friendship to your character? Do they need a small group of extremely close friends, or are they the kind of person who needs a group of less personal friends? Do they prefer to not have any friends at all?

Closest Friends

Who is your character closest to? What is their friendship like? 

Secrets

Biggest Aspiration

What is ultimately the greatest wish of your character no matter how impossible?

Biggest Fear

What makes your character the most vulnerable?

Compulsions/Obsessions/Hobbies

Any secret habits that your character just can’t kick even if they want to?

Insecurities/Wishes

What would your character change most about themselves or their life?

Miscellaneous Details

Night Owl or Early Bird

Does your character prefer sleeping in and staying up all night? Or are they the first one up in the morning acting more chipper than everyone else?

Sleeping Habits

Are they a light or heavy sleeper? Do they sleep on their side, back, or stomach? Do they have nightmares, insomnia, or any other sleeping disorders?

Living Quarters

What is their house/dorm like? Is it messy or clean? Is there a lot of personality in the room or is it bare?

Favorite Cuisine/Food

Is there a particular dish that your character almost always craves? Do they prefer one type of food over another?

Favorite Book(s)/Author(s)

Self-explanitory

Lefty or Right

Which hand do they mostly write with? Are they ambidextrous? 

Favorite Color

it’s not as insignificant as you might think. A person’t favorite color says a lot about them.

Vices

Any drinking, drugs, smoking?

OOC Trait

Everyone has one, at least they should. It’s what makes a character realistic. Because in the end no one’s personality fits perfectly in a little box, and a lot of the time they’re going to have at least one little aspect about them that doesn’t really fit with the rest of their personality.

Other

 OOC INFORMATION

Name: Steph Age: 22 Timezone: EST Activity: Very active in the evenings; I work full time, but 99% of my free time during the weekdays is spent on my indie RP blog on Tumblr so it’ll be very easy to find time for here! How You Found Us: Jeanne who plays Abigail showed me your site. Anything Else: Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest!

IC INFORMATION

Desired Character: Calan Belcourt Secondary Choice: Gabriel Lockwood Why This Character: I was originally drawn in because of the face claim. I mean, it’s Daniel Gillies. But reading his biography I found him to be a very interesting and sympathetic character. I love the idea of him being very charming and gentlemanly, but honestly feeling that his only real worth is in helping these kids so they wouldn’t grow as damaged as he’d been. Headcanons: He tends to keep people at a distance. Part is because of his past but another is because of his power. It’s off-putting to suddenly know someone’s history in the blink of any eye. He thinks it’s better, easier this way. Ship Preferences: As mentioned above it is rare that Calan truly lets people in so he’ll need someone willing to push through when he can be short or silent. But I would love for him to find someone to break down his walls and force him to accept himself and his life, etc. Any Changes or Extra Information: None that I can think of at the moment!

PARA SAMPLE

He must have been worrying them by now, tucked up in his room in silence. Daemon had come to check on him a few times; he always had a bottle of something strong that smelled of shoe polish and took the sting out of it all for just a bit. It wasn’t Calan’s normal pace but it would do. But what really stunned Calan was that even Leo had been brought from his room to see how he was doing. The partners had sat in amiable silence and Calan had made some sly comment about Leo taking time from his busy schedule. The two had laughed if just for a second. There were a few other scattered visitors who stayed for no more than the necessary amount of time to seem polite. Yes, how worried they all were. And he appreciated it. He told them all that as they left, a hollowness in his voice that put a tint of pity in their gazes.

But none of that changed the fact that his brother was dead.

His brother who taught him to read, ride horse back and tie his ties. His brother who never once looked at him with the disdain and disappointment he had felt from his other family members. His brother who was his hero. Now he was cold and still in the ground, no place fitting for a man as warm and lively as Michael. Again the sadness grew like a ball of ice in his stomach. Calan knew he had to be strong now; he had students looking to him, plus soon his own nephew would be here, seeking a presence that he’d lost with his father’s death.