Introduction
Eight teenagers (ages 17-22) have been born with the ability to manipulate and channel these Essences. However, the Essences have also managed to incorporate themselves into the individuals' personalities as well! After these teens were discovered, an entrepreneur in the showbiz thought it would make gold-quality entertainment for the nation's television. And thus, The Oakcrest House was born.
What is The Oakcrest House, you ask? Well, it's two things; first, it's a big, fantasy-like house that floats on an island miles above the land over an unknown location on the earth below. Nobody is sure how it floats there, but it does. It's part of the magic, so don't question it. Secondly, it's a popular reality TV show that thousands of people tune into every week to get their dose of the latest on how the eight quirky teens are coping in living in this levitating house for a year together. Little did you know that while you've been reading this, we noticed you also have one of the Essences in you! So, I'm just gonna need you to fill out one of these forms real quick, and then we'll get you right on over to the Oakcrest House; I hope you come prepared, this is gonna be your home for the next 12 months... and it's sure to be a bumpy (albeit humorous) ride!
*MORE ESSENCES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DISCOVERED! SEE BELOW TO VIEW THE "NEW" ESSENCES (THAT IS, ANY ESSENCES THAT ARE AMENDED TO THE ORIGINAL EIGHT) IN BOLD. THE SHOW PRODUCERS WILL BE BRINGING THESE NEW TEENAGERS TO THE HOUSE, POSTHASTE!!*
The Essences:
Force/Body - essence of the body and strength; you are super strong! this character should be strong. you could take it a step further and make him dumb too.
Mind - essence of the mind and of magic; you can make nearly anything happen using magical spells. this character should stand out as intelligent among the rest.
Spirit - essence of the spirit and of universal messages. your mind is like a radio tuned into the greater frequencies of existence that others cannot comprehend; in short, you're psychic! you can move things with your mind, you can communicate telepathically, you can peer into the future, and even sometimes manipulate others. this character should be eccentric and spiritual.
Love - essence of love.. what more is there to say? you can seduce anybody you want.. you are just THAT beautiful! something about your presence captivates others and makes them want to suddenly do anything for your approval. you can cause people to fall in love with you on command, but should they realize it isn't real, the spell will break. this character should be attractive but superficial and manipulative.
Sun - essence of the sun and of light. you are mister (or miss, we dont judge!) sunshine, everyone just LOVES you! you are outgoing and friendly and can manipulate light. but you get tired during the night
Moon - essence of the moon and of moonlight; others call you gloomy and depressing, you just call yourself a realist. but it doesn't matter, because you can manipulate shadows and moonlight.. but you get really tired during the day. what a nightowl..
Earth - essence of earth; mother nature whacked you good with the beauty stick. you don't even need to try, you are just practically perfect in everything you do, by nature (of course). you could probably use an imagination though, as you have none. you can control plants, flowers, and the weather. should be materialistic, logical, and perfectionist.
Purity - essence of purity and diamond; your snobbish better-than-you attitude puts others off, but some people are attracted to it. you are indestructible. but at the same time, you can't fight for your life. your only offense is your defense, but other people tend to just "sedate" around you. your power is neutralization and purification: you can turn off other peoples' powers on command, you are impervious to the other essences' powers, and you can cause people to become suddenly peaceful and relaxed by willing it
Chi - essence of life. chi is that special energy that draws the divide between something that is alive and something that is dead. With manipulation over this essence, you can infuse things with chi, bringing alive dead people or inanimate objects, or infusing already alive people/objects with invigoration; or you can remove the chi from things, instantly killing someone or de-animating an animated object. (certain rules apply; you cannot kill one of the other essences. if you animate a dead person/animal, they WILL return as a zombie, and will gradually have to be fed more chi in order to become the way they once were in life) This character should be mysterious, intense, and dual-natured.
Space - essence of space. Space is everything around us.... and everything that isn't. with control of this essence, you can bring into manifestation, people, objects, ideas, or other entities that do not really exist, but can be quite convincing. Once somebody figures out your illusions, they do not go away, but they can see through them. Sort of like "double vision" (one sees the reality and one sees the illusion) This character should be deceptive, enjoy playing games with people, and attractive but ineffectual.
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Romance? (y/n)
Sexuality
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Downstairs, Jason listened with careful intent while Livana explained her discovery, making all the right faces at the right time. When Tristan came in and pointed out the abilities of everyone else, Jason jumped. He had been enthralled with Livana. He knew about Annette's ability, of course, and she of his. But now the biggest thought was what Saizo's ability was. He barely heard Tristan ask him about his.
Jason turned to Tristan with one of his infamous smart-alec grins. "I'm only the strongest man you'll ever meet." He said passively, and before he was threatened to prove so, Jason waltzed over to the dining table and lifted it with one hand completely off the floor. "Oh and you have that weird ability to... I don't know, calm people down or whatever." For once, Jason didn't say it in a mean way, but he generally did not know how to describe Tristan's ability besides that. It had kept Annette from ripping his eyes out earlier.
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"Oh and you have that weird ability to... I don't know, calm people down or whatever."
"How did you know?" Tristan asked, cocking his head. Had he been unintentionally "calming" people ever since he got here? And if so, how could Jason tell it was his presence? He could tell from Jason's expression that he had no idea how to describe Tristan's power. "I don't really know the ins and outs of it either." he replied in tandem to Jason's thoughts. "But that's not all .... check this out." Tristan reached inside his pocket and pulled out his diamond. "I found this when I was 13, a psychic had visited my mother and I a couple years before that; she told me that diamonds would play an extremely important role throughout my life. This one is worth a couple million." Naturally, Tristan expected Livana and Jason's eyes to widen; he let out a small laugh. "Don't even bother trying to steal it though; many have tried, and zero have succeeded. This little sucker has a way of finding his way back to me, whatever the case." Suddenly, and completely unexpected to Tristan, the diamond began to "glow" and emanate rainbow lights on all the walls of the kitchen. He was thoroughly confused, considering there was no sunlight shining in from the window for the diamond to refract .. it was still raining like nobody's business, and it was well past sundown. Jason, who had still been holding up the table (Tristan figured he must have forgot) suddenly lost all strength and slammed the table down to the floor. Tristan jumped, nearly having a heart attack at the loud noise and unexpected occurrence. At that simultaneous moment, the rainbow lights of the diamond had entirely dissipated. "Whoa ... that was crazy.. are you okay?" he asked, approaching Jason. "That's so weird.. that's never happened before. Where was that light even coming from??" Tristan looked entirely puzzled, and he looked back and forth from Livana's face to Jason's, in search of an answer, even though he doubted he would get one.
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With. Her. Mind.
Diamonds and Jason had a long, negative history.
Jason frowned, his arm hurt when he temporarily lost his strength. The force of the table falling caused him to also come crashing to the ground. Muttering angrily to himself, Jason stood up. It was that diamond, he knew. It had a neutralizing power. Jason didn't like it. Had Tristan not looked so puzzled himself, Jason would have throttled him right then and there. Instead, Jason kept his frown fixed and rubbed his humerus. "I'm fine." He lied. His ego was heavily bruised, and there was only one way to fix that. And chances of that at the moment were slim to none. "What the hell was that, though?" Jason could not keep the angry tone out of his voice, try as he might. "It like, took my strength away."
Hoping to prove himself wrong, he lifted up a chair and the table with one hand, and he felt his strength was back again. He jokingly glared at Tristan, "Well, if I'm ever holding a house that's about to come crashing down on someone, don't suck my powers away, because that would suck." He forced a smile.
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After taking one look around his bedroom, Annette turned and looked at him, "Don't like to make your bed?" She teased before stepping into his room and looking around. It was so vibrant and red, it made her excited. She had to keep moving and smiling, it was like some kind of effect the room had on her.
Just then she spotted the vase of red roses on his window sill, and wandered over to count them. She counted eleven out loud, then turned back to him, "So what happened to the twelfth rose?" She asked with a tone of genuine curiosity. I know it was you, She sent the thought into his mind, knowing that the house echoed and didn't want the others downstairs to hear what she was saying.
Just then a loud crash echoed up the house to her and Saizo, and Annette couldn't help but run out and down the stairs to make sure everything was okay. When she heard Tristan stammering an apology, she returned back up stairs, convinced that whatever Jason got, he deserved.
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But, strangely, she didn't move her lips at all to the words he heard, wich puzzled Saizo even moreso than the earlier occurances and mentionings. That didn't matter at all right now, Saizo thought, just say something and see what happens. Don't Blow it, Saizo stood up from his bed, a psuedo-puzzled look upon his face as he said, "I don't know. It dissappeared not too long ago. Maybe you have a clue as to where is went?" He began to approach Annette,only to be interrupted by a loud crash down stairs, which sent Annette downstairs in a hurry. Saizo began to pace around, muttering to himself, "Damn, did I blow it? What to do! What can I do?" He looked over to his belongings, and as he heard Annette rushing up the stairs, he quickly spritzed his ocean cologne on his neck and tosxsed the bottle onto the bed.
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There was a door on the wall perpendicular to where the rooms were that was covered the same as the floral wallpaper, the only distinction was the brass door knob. "This leads into the attic," she turned the doorknob and opened the door. There was a staircase that led up to darkness. Fortunately, though, there was a series of lights that lit up the way with just a flick of a switch. Annette did just that, gathering that Saizo did not care much for suspenseful situations like she did. Well, not the ones related to horror movies, at least.
After a moment, she grabbed his hands again, "Come on!" She couldn't contain herself as she started climbing the stairs.
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He felt his heart pound yet again as they approached the door which gave off a mysterious air just earlier, stopping suddenly as Annette did in front of the brass handled door. She told Saizo that this door led to the attic, which was pretty obvoius because they were on the second floor, and opened the door, flicking on the lights for the staircase, which made Saizo feel a little bit calmer than earlier. Suddenly, she grasped ahold of his hands, yelled to him, "Come on," and pulled him up the stairwell towards the attic.
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Ellie was heading out of her room and down the stairs to find what had awoken her. She had passed Saizo and Annette once more and had paused to apparently watch Annette lead the boy up to the Attic. Ellie didn't feel like saying hello or anything too cheery seeing as her mood wasn't exactly in a good shape. It was more like under the weather. Literally.
She stepped into the living room and looked to Tristan who was sitting on the couch in all his cute glory. Ellie stopped mid-thought quite shocked at her mind. Cute? When had she began considering him cute? That was something she hadn't been expecting. Ellie stood at the base of the stairs for a few more moments before snapping out of whatever daze she was in to smile. "Hello Tristan. Hey Livana." Ellie waved then looked to the other man struggling to come up with a name. She tapped her lips then an image of the roster flashed to mind. "Oh hello Jason." She smiled and bounced over to him to give him a gentle hand shake. "It's nice to meet you." She moved away from the others to fix up a cup of hot cocoa if it was possible. As she was searching the cupboards she glanced to Livana. "Do you want some tea or do you already have some? I'll make you tea if you would like." Ellie grinned pleased with her offer. Helping someone with anything at all was always a way to cheer her up.
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"I wanted to go through all the boxes just to see what I could find, but..." There were a lot of boxes. Most of them were unlabeled. The room also had a musty scent about it, but she had assumed it was just from age. She was not going to show him the compartment under the white-sheeted coffee table. Annette had a sinking suspicion that it would scare Saizo away from her for good. "This whole place is kind of like my little secret." She commented, turning towards him and holding both of his hands in hers and staring at him in the eyes sincerely. "Please do not bring any one else here." Of course, such a promise was futile- she kept the door locked at all times, he wouldn't be able to open the door unless he found the key.
After she had his word, Annette let go and plopped down on the couch. On the coffee table sat two books- photo albums. They were empty. "It's like a little hang out place or something. It doesn't even get too hot or cold up here; I've spent hours just sitting up here." Sitting up here avoiding Jason, she added to herself.
In the back of her mind, she began to wonder if it was a good idea at all to show him the basement.
"I think it's time for us to get ready for the evening gathering," She commented passively, standing up and stretching.
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Jason, after the issue with the diamond had been cleared, saw that there was approximately half an hour left until this supposed truth-or-dare-slash-movie-watching event was to occur. Scowling to himself, he opened a cabinet and pulled out a bag of microwave popcorn. "Well, wanna go gather some people up? The gathering is about to begin." He commented passively to Tristan and Livana.
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"I wanted to go through all of the boxes just to see what I can find, "Annette said and trailed off, which made Saizo anxious to know what she was about to say, but then lost that thought when she gripped his hands in hers. She explained to him how this was a little secret of hers, her eyes staring sincerely into his. He had to admit that the room had a mysterious air about it, but the moment he was sharing with Annette was romantic.
"Please do not bring anyone else in here," She requested. Saizo just couldn't speak right then and there, and just nodded in confirmation. She had let go of his hands and ploppped down on the couch, and he turned to the right to find a few photo albums sitting on a dusty, little coffee table. He reached down and picked one up, opening it and flipping through the many empty pages. He found a small piece of paper sitting loosely in the album, which he slipped down the sleeve of his dress shirt casually so Annette would not notice. He set down the book as Annette was telling him of the convienences of the room, which made this room seem like a small little paradise aside from the general creepiness of the room. His eyes travelled the room again, and he saw a peculiar little coffee table under a white sheet, feeling rather tempted just to check it out. He felt a little entranced by the little table, but quickly snappped out of the funk to Annette telling him that they should be leaving for a group gathering, to which he replied, "Alright. Is it fine with you if I come up here a little more often? I really like this little place. Very cozy and peaceful."
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"Are more people coming or is this it? With Truth or Dare it's usually the more the merrier." She commented, looking at Tristan who seemed to be paying attention to people.
"We're going to try to gather some people." Jason answered in place of Tristan. "If people don't want to show up, it'll work out with a smaller group just as well."
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The yellow taxi slowed as approached the mansion, a extremely large one at that. Enough to hold more then 8 people he thought to himself. The taxi then stopped as it reached the front of the house,
"Here's the end of the line." The fat taxi driver bellowed out.
"Thank you."
Malio gave the man a generous tip before leaving out the door, popping up the trunck and grabbed his heavy bag out of it, which consisted his entire library of books, three spare suits and a couple of fedora hats. He waived over to the taxi driver as he drove off, walking up to the front door of the mansion. Well, time to put on a show! He knocked on the door, awaiting an answer from one of the people inside, anxious to unpack and take a nice cold shower first before he decides to make any major moves.
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"Speaking of more people..." Jason unlocked to door and swung it open. "Welcome to the fun house, I'm Jason." He moved aside so the new member could come on in and join the group. After the brown haired and fedora wearing kid came in, Jason shut the door a little too hardly. The house trembled just a little bit. "Sorry," He muttered.
"Well, hello." Annette smiled at him warmly. "Welcome to the rest of your life, possibly. I'm Annette, this is Saizo and those two are Livana and Tristan." She pointed to each person correctly, then brushed her hair out of her face. She wanted to help the new person, but didn't want to leave Saizo's side. "Oh and that's..."
"Jason." Jason answered for himself, only barely giving Annette a scowl. "And, you are?"
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"Welcome to the fun house, I'm Jason." he said.
I walked in the spacious house eyeing everyone else that's gathered, right before jumping as door slammed shut and the house shook. "Sorry," I hear from Jason. Damn brute... One of the lovely ladies introduced herself. "Well, hello." before she smiled. "Welcome to the rest of your life, possibly. I'm Annette, this is Saizo and those two are Livana and Tristan." she said pointing to each individual. "Oh and that's..."
"Jason." he said. Annete looked at me once again. "And, you are?" Malio snapped back his mind as it was wandering and quickly introduced himself. "I'm Malio De Luca but all of you can call me Malio. I flew in from Italy on a couple of planes and I'm glad to finally be here. It's nice to meet you all." He smiled at Annete and gently pulled her hand up, gently kissing the back of it. "It's a pleasure to meet you too." It was the way he was raised, to be a gentleman afterall and this was his customary greeting.
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Jason crossed his arms and leaned against the door, locking it. Not that it really mattered- it was a freaking floating house. No one was going to come sneaking in in the middle of the night. "You're just in time for a house-wide game of getting-to-know-each-other truth or dare." He smiled, then moved over to sit next to Livana.
"Oh I have to get those movies," Annette smiled and locked eyes with Livana, "You should come with me, we can chat on the way." She squeezed Saizo's arm again before beginning to head up the stairs.
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"It was from Saizo." Annette grinned, catching Livana smiling at the rose. Annette flopped down on her bed and picked it up gently, "You know how Tristan and Jason figured out that everyone here has some kind of... ability? When I saved Saizo and revealed myself?" She waited until Livana nodded in recognition. Annette twirled the rose in her fingers and stared at the spinning petals. "Saizo has no idea. I don't think he has an ability."
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What's this about about an important character leaving a roleplay? Sounds like he'll have to be killed off...DX
Can I check out this other roleplay?
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Hey, with your character being the essence of space and one of mine being the essence of spirit, our characters will have an interesting relationship... XD We ought to plan something, we ought...
Anyways, welcome to the gang. I'll post later tonight, someone recently left one of my role plays and he had a really important character so now I have to kinda figure out what to do... And before I deal with that I have a pound of hw and laundry to put away (or else I face the terror of my bedroom not staying clean this week XD)
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Think I'll go with the "Crap I'm late" role then
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"Today" in RP time is really dedicated to people coming in and getting to know each other, so you can either play a "have been here but a loner and not socializing" role, where you just kinda introduce yourself at our little get-to-know-everybody gathering. Or you can play a "crap I'm late" role and just arrive at the house late and get Jason or Tristan or someone to help you with your bags and then come join the party.
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Uhmm, how would I write my introductory paragraph?
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Just a side note, if someone's accepted, PM them... I'll post a intro after I finish my english :P
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Oh and Lol, ScarletPlague is crazy when having too much coffe.
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EDIT: Nevermind!!!! Just saw Ellie's post, sorry ^_^
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You should give the other players a PM-poke, it's getting a little bland with just three people involved in the RP. I feel bad for leaving Tristan without someone to interact with.
EDIT: Also, I hope I'm not offending you about the tour thing, you did not really give much description of the house (besides that it's a television set) so I'm just kind of taking this ghost-thing and running with it, since I haven't been scolded and no one else is offering any other house-related plot... But please do if you have one!