HEY EVERYBODY!
The IC thread is up~ If you have already submitted your character skeleton, and I have approved it, then please go post at the link below. If not, please keep reading, and I hope you join~
Alas, Babylon [IC - Still Accepting]
Alas, Babylon [Character Profiles]
Introduction
In the year 1932, William Henry Babylon started the Babylon School for Exceptional Youth. It was geared towards children who did not fit in with the "norm" of everyday society. In other words, the "creatures"; the kids who weren't "human" in the eyes of the world.
W.H. Babylon was one of those children growing up. He had strength that struck fear in the hearts of those around him. So, at the age of 29, he left his home country of England for the United States, in Newport, Rhode Island. He was from a family with a great deal of money, so he purchased a home for himself, which he intended upon turning into a school. His goal was to create a place where other people like him could learn how to control and master their own powers.
Many students of all races, talents, and powers attend Babylon. They all range from 13 years of age, to 18 years of age. They attend classes that would be found in any normal high school; Math, English, Foreign Language, History, and Science, as well as Creative Arts classes. They also attend classes specific to their power. In these classes, they learn how to control their powers and use them for good.
As this RP begins, you have been accepted into Babylon. Every student lives on campus, so pack what you need, and some of what you want to bring. Remember, this will be your home until you graduate, so bring whatever will make you feel comfortable.
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Babylon School Info
*All blue highlighted words are clickable. Please click for more information/pictures*
Newport, Rhode Islands infamous house "The Breakers" is the location of the Babylon School for Exceptional Youth.
The Breakers was built as the Newport summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy United States Vanderbilt family. Designed by renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt and with interior decoration by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman, Jr., the 70-room mansion boasts approximately 65,000 sq ft. of living space. The home was constructed between 1893 and 1895 at a cost of more than $7 million (approximately $150 million in today's dollars adjusted for inflation). It is located on Ochre Point Avenue, alongside many other great mansions. The Ochre Point Avenue entrance is marked by sculpted iron gates and 30-foot high walkway gates are part of a 12-foot-high limestone and iron fence that borders the property on all but the ocean side. Part of a 13-acre estate on the cliffs of Newport, it sits in a commanding position that faces east overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
GARDENS:
The pea-gravel driveway is lined with maturing pin oaks and red maples. The formally landscaped terrace is surrounded by Japanese yew, Chinese juniper, and dwarf hemlock. The trees of The Breakers' grounds act as screens that increase the sense of distance between The Breakers and its Newport neighbors. Among the more unusual imported trees are two examples of the Blue Atlas Cedar, a native of North Africa. Clipped hedges of Japanese yew and Pfitzer juniper line the tree shaded foot paths that meander about the grounds. Informal plantings of arbor vitae, taxus, Chinese juniper, and dwarf hemlock provide attractive foregrounds for the walls that enclose the formally landscaped terrace. The grounds also contain several varieties of other rare trees, particularly copper and weeping beeches. These were hand-selected by James Bowditch, a forester based in the Boston area. Bowditch’s original pattern for the south parterre garden was determined from old photographs and laid out in pink and white alyssum and blue ageratum. The wide borders paralleling the wrought iron fence are planted with rhododendron, laurel, dogwoods, and many other flowering shrubs that effectively screen the grounds from street traffic.
Outside, there is also a beautiful track. All gym classes are held here.
HOUSE LAYOUT:
Basement
~Laundry ~Bathrooms
First Floor
~Entrance Foyer
~Gentlemen’s Reception Room (Used as a gathering room for the boys to hang out)
~Ladies’ Reception Room (used as a gathering for the girls to hang out)
~Great Hall
~Main Staircase
~Arcade
~Library
~Music Room
~Morning Room
~Porch
~Math, English, Science, Foreign Language, History, and other classrooms
~Headmasters office
~Billiard Room
~Dining Room
~Pantry
~Kitchen
~Bathrooms
Second Floor
*each room has the quoted name on a plaque on the bedroom door*
~"Mr. Vanderbilt’s Bedroom" (Bedroom for four (4) male students to room in together)
~"Mrs. Vanderbilt’s Bedroom" (Bedroom for four (4) female stuents to room in together)
~"Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt’s Bedroom" (Bedroom for three (3) female students to room in together)
~"Countess Szechenyi’s Bedroom" (Bedroom for two (2) female students to room in together)
~"The Guest Bedroom" (Bedroom for three (3) male students to room in together)
~"Room One" (Male teachers bedroom)
~"Room Two" (Female teachers bedroom)
~A Sitting room for both male students and female students
~Bathrooms. Two (2) for males, and two (2) for females. Each bathroom contains three (3) showers, as well as three (3) toilets in stalls, and three (3) sinks.
Third Floor
*each room has the quoted name on a plaque on the bedroom door*
~"The Red Room" (Named for its color scheme. Bedroom for two (2) male students to room in)
~"The Green Room" (Named for its color scheme. Bedroom for two (2) male students to room in)
~"The Blue Room" (Named for its color scheme. Bedroom for two (2) male students to room in)
~"The Grey Room" (Named for its color scheme. Bedroom for two (2) male students to room in)
~"The Purple Room" (Named for its color scheme. Bedroom for two (2) female students to room in)
~"The Gold Room" (Named for its color scheme. Bedroom for two (2) female students to room in)
~"The Silver Room" (Named for its color scheme. Bedroom for two (2) female students to room in)
~"The Burgundy Room" (Named for its color scheme. Bedroom for two (2) female students to room in)
~A Sitting Room for both male students and female students
~Bathrooms. Two (2) for males, and two (2) for females. Each bathroom contains three (3) showers, as well as three (3) toilets in stalls, and three (3) sinks.
Third Floor, North Wing
*First story // All rooms have room number 1 - 15, and the word "First" on them, next to the number... so "First - 1" and "First - 2" and so on*
~15 bedrooms, capacity one (1) per room, for female students
~Bathrooms. Three (3) for females. Each bathroom contains three (3) showers, as well as three (3) toilets in stalls, and three (3) sinks.
*Second Story // All rooms have room number 1 - 15, and the word "Second" on them, next to the number... "Second - 1" and "Second - 2" and so on*
~15 bedrooms, capacity one (1) per room, for male students
~Bathrooms. Three (3) for males. Each bathroom contains three (3) showers, as well as three (3) toilets in stalls, and three (3) sinks.
Attic Floor
~Extra rooms for storage
~Wooden Catwalk/Bridge that crosses above the Stained Glass Skylight that is located over the grand staircase. This Catwalk is in place to make all parts of the attic accessible. The Skylight is located directly below the catwalk (one whole story).
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!!RULES!!
~Please, follow the TOS of this site.
~No godmodding, mary sue's, anti-sue's, etc....
~No Vampires, unless they have control over how they act (that, and they need another power BESIDES sucking necks -.- thats not really a power. I could do that...). I don't need everyone getting sucked to death by Vampires.
~No neko's. Sorry. You MAY be someone who can shift into animals, but I don't want half human, half cat people. Again, sorry.
~Lycans are accepted, as long as they have control over their wolf form.
~Please be literate/semi-literate. Its not that hard...
~Try to post at least once a day.
~Keep cussing at a minimum. I know I do it, but try to keep it from filling up your posts
~No killing off characters that you don't own, without written permission
~No controlling other characters that are not your own without written permission
~All Teachers are NPC's. You can control them as you wish, but they are not as important to the storyline.
~Romance is ALLOWED. I actually highly encourage it ^^ If you decide to make anything over PG-13, please take it to the PM's. I have no problem with it, but I can't and won't speak for others using this site.
~Try to be as nice as you possibly can in OOC.
~You may have as many characters as you like. Just try to use them all as much as possible, and please make it apparent who is doing what.
~Disregard these rules, and you will loose all posting rights in this OOC forum, and the IC forum
~REMEMBER!!! By submitting a character skeleton, you agree to all of these rules. Failure to follow can/will result in you being dismissed from this RP.
And I think thats it for rules.
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Here is the character skeleton below. If you fill this out correctly, you'll be accepted. If not, obviously, you won't be...
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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Nickname:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b] (13-18 only)
[b]Gender: [/b]
[b]Orientation:[/b]
[b]Race/What are you?:[/b]
[b]Powers:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Likes:[/b] (give a few of this characters favorite things)
[b]Dislikes: [/b](list things that bother this character here)
[b]Appearance: [/b](Description and picture. Please try to refrain from using Anime Pictures. Thank you.)
[b]History: [/b]
[b]Room:[/b] (please give room name)
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DAILY SCHEDULE
*Please fill this out, and post with your profile!*
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::Daily Schedule (Mon - Fri)::
BREAKFAST
Period One: (please pick one class)
Period Two: (please pick TWO classes. They alternate every other day)
Period Three: Lunch/Study Hall
Period Four: (Please pick one class)
Period Five: (Please pick TWO classes. They alternate every other day)
FREE FOR REST OF DAY
You MAY NOT change anything that is already written in, (unless its in these brackets).
But, please fill out the rest of the classes.
Optional classes are as follows:
History, English, Science, Foreign Language (choose), Math, Personal Power Class (where you hone your powers), Music, Art, Gym, Health.
Here is an example! (This is also my character...)
Name: Alyssum (Uh-Liss-um) McAllister
Nickname: Alyss (Uh-Liss)
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Orientation: Straight
Race/What are you?: Human/Telekinetic
Powers: Alyssum has the ability to teleport herself almost instantaneously; a power usually considered odd for people with Telekinetic energy. She also has the ability to control, levitate, and completely destroy things with her mind.
Personality: Alyssum is a quite, kind beauty. She thinks of others before herself, and always seems to have a small smile on her face. She has a certain way about her that can bring anyone in the room to a calm silence. But when she gets brought to a deep sadness, she must be left alone to cope with it herself. She does not like sharing her secrets, mainly because she doesn't truly know all of them herself. She has been deemed “odd”, and “strange”, but she tries to not let these words get to her. The one time they did, half of her hometown was almost destroyed. She regrets doing such a thing. She’s a truly caring girl though, and will do anything for her friends.
Likes: Nature, Singing, Photography, Collecting old dolls, Dance, Music, Piano, History, and Art.
Dislikes: Small spaces, needles, clowns, and extreme heights.
Appearance: Alyssum is a girl who reminds you of a porcelain doll. Her skin resembles the porcelain greatly, what with its softness and paleness. She has a thin body, with a relatively normal bust. She stands at about 5'1'’. Her hair is long, and blonde, and falls in messy waves. She usually clips it around to the back of her head, in a sort of "half up" style. Full eyelashes surround her blue-grey eye color. She likes to dress in flowy, revealing clothing. If its got frills, she’ll wear it.
History: Alyssum isn’t really happy with sharing her past with others. Her mother ignored her, and she didn’t know who her father was (only that he was a Telepath. She could sometimes sense him listening in, and watching over her). Her mother was ashamed to have had a child who was “different”, and spared no mercy in telling her daughter this anytime that it came up. Alyssum didn’t even bother listening to her; she didn’t need to, to know that it was true.
Her mother didn’t abuse her, but she didn’t really love her. So Alyssum spent a lot of time with her next door neighbor; an elderly man by the name of Simon Crims. He was the one who told her about Babylon School. His brother had attended there as well.
Alyssum made the decision that she, too, would attend the school that was geared towards people like her.
When she found out that she was accepted, she was overjoyed. She had never really made any friends, so she didn’t feel bad for leaving.
When she was in the process of packing, her mother walked into the room and announced, “Finally. I’m going to have a normal life…”
She just shrugged at her mother. “You enjoy your normal life. I’ll enjoy my extraordinary one.”
And with that, she was off to Babylon.
Room: “Mrs. Vanderbilt’s Bedroom”
::Daily Schedule (Mon - Fri)::
BREAKFAST
Period One: History
Period Two: Gym/Music
Period Three: Lunch/Study Hall
Period Four: Personal Power Class
Period Five: English/Art
FREE FOR REST OF DAY
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Meet Your Headmaster
Name:
Willow Hunt
Nickname:
Headmaster Hunt // Miss Hunt
(All students must refer to her as one of those two names...)
Age:
24
Gender:
Female
Race/What are you?:
Human/SuperStrength
Powers:
The ability to lift objects up to 10 times her size with little to no effort on her part whatsoever.
Personality:
A kind, but strict woman. Students must remember to not get on her nerves, or they will suffer accordingly.
Appearance:
Miss Hunt is a thin woman, so her super strength comes as a surprise to most. She doesn't appear to have any muscle on her body, let alone any fat. She's usually seen wearing a black woman's suit jacket, unbuttoned, with a gold, silver, or wine colored silk V-Neck shirt underneath, as well as a matching suit skirt that comes to just above her knees. Black stilettos grace her small feet almost all the time. Jewelery is a very big part of her wardrobe as well. As the saying goes, "Diamonds are a girls best friend".
She wears her golden blond hair up in a loose bun most of the time, holding it in place with many clips (all adorned with Diamonds, though). She leaves her makeup in natural tones, complementing her pale skin.
History:
Miss Hunt decided to become the headmaster of Babylon a couple of years after she had graduated. She had been in the top of her class, and she excelled in everything there was to do at the school. It was only right for her to takeover for the former Headmaster (Headmaster Williams, who took over for W.H. Babylon). And it seems only right that someone with Super Strength, just as the founder of the school had, would take over a job that used to belong to him. Headmaster Williams had it, and Miss Hunt is no exception.
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ROOM ASSIGNMENTS
(m) = Males only
(f) = Females only
*Each bedroom contains: One bed, one set of drawers, one Armoire, one desk, and one sidetable per occupancy person, as well as room accessories. (So, 4 people, 4 of each thing).
SINGLE BEDROOMS
Here is a list of all who are RPing, and who they are RPing as.
Alyssum (Alyss) McAllister // GoriexGorie // Human-Telekinetic
Vincente (Vince) Sangue di Notte // Falseglory // Human-Deathtouch-Singularity
Xenvenrien (Zeze) Summers // Oran Tarlin // Mutant Human
Nikolaus (Nick) Summers // Oran Tarlin // Mutant Human
Alexi (Lex) Reznov // AcaciaAvenue // Human-Pyrokenetic
Jillian (Jill) Delaney // Lolimee // Sprite-Wood Elf
Kyra Chartreuse // sxxy_pup666 // Lycan
Valentine (Val) Preteni // GrimHappiness // AirBender
Kylan (Kye) Morrow // CookieDough // Human-Mimic
Solstice (Sunny) ClaraBella West // XxXRawr_FoolZzZ // Lycan
Shadow // ShiningSaber // Mutant Human
Keira (Lady) Knight // iCat // Shapeshifter
Lyric (Lee) Mason // LookingxGlasses // Nephilim
Vitale (Vital/Gatt) Gatti Falco // JadeTrickster // Mutant Human
Feiros Fabbro Falco // BlackBlizzard // Human-Mutant Autistic Savant
Honip A. Vale // Xiphoniii // Magically Inclined Human
Character Name // Roleplayer // Creature
Character Name // Roleplayer // Creature
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It was brought to my attention by a dear friend of mine that because my thread was doing so well, that maybe I should advertise on here for other threads who need more members!
I'm willing to take a look at your thread, and if I like it, I'll add it (Please PM me if you would like your thread to be considered. I only link OOC threads. Thank you)
Creature High
A High School for creatures of all shapes and sizes. My first RP that I joined, that a dear friend of mine started.
She's always looking for new recruits~
Advent Divinity
A very complex Roleplay started by one of the Roleplayers in this RP. Looking for LITERATE RP'ers.
They're always looking for new recruits~
And I believe thats it. Feel free to post your application, or any questions you have, now~ ^^