F u l l N a m e ? Eileen Day Fischer, pleasure to meet you
N i c k n a m e s ? Some teachers call me Fischer, but for the most part just Eileen is fine
A g e ? Seventeen
H o m e t o w n ? Baltimore, Maryland. Charm city, as they say.
E t h n i c i t y ? As you may have guessed by looking at me, I'm white. Predominantly Irish and German, though.
S e x u a l i t y ? Bisexual- I lean towards guys, but girls can be nice from time to time, I suppose
C o v e n ? I'm from Merlin. I guess we're like the Gryffindor of this school
Y e a r s s p e n t a t F a e ? I'm currently a Junior, but I was shipped here when I was around thirteen- so four years
S p e c i a l t y ?
My specialty? I make jewelry. And no, I'm not about to go on about how I make earrings and bracelets so beautiful that they are practically magick. What I do is transfer spells and potions into jewelry, which last a period of time based on the concentration and the ability transferred into it, that will affect whoever the wearer is. I can make things varying from simple good luck spells, which kind of work like the Felix Felicis potion in Harry Potter, to ones that can protect the wearer from large curses, and even backfire the affects. Usually I give them to people whom I think need them, but will occasionally get requests for things as well, like good luck for tests or bracelets that make one attractive to the person who it is linked to (usually through a hair or something). Maybe it isn't particularly flashy, like the abilities that some people had, but back when I went to school with normal people, it was quite the moneymaker. I can't make the jewelry do anything that I can't do, and none of it is permanent.
A b i l i t i e s ?
Healing --Kind of the stereotypical power for someone of the house of Merlin, but yeah, I can heal people. Not in large spans, of course, but I can heal one person at a time, to the point where I can bring someone back from the brink of death. The only thing about that, however, is that I must give a little bit of my own life force away for that to work- only when someone is very close to death, though. I cannot bring back someone who is gone, unfortunately, because death is a territory that generally belongs to the kids in Circe. When I am healing someone, this weird golden dust-like stuff appears at my finger tips and makes the part of the body that I'm focusing on glow a little bit. It's actually pretty handy to make sure that I've covered everything, because my healing is more of a doctor sort of thing than just looking at a person and having them be Boom! healed. To bring someone back, I have to give them something like CPR. It takes a bit of energy, other than the whole bit of my life down the drain part, but is otherwise painless. Probably because it has more of a long-term effect.
Connection Manipulation --Although I cannot technically manipulate the emotions of people, I do have the ability to see the strings that bind everyone in the world together- they're the reason that I kind of believe in fate, though my ability is the reason that I know that fates can be changed. It is the kind of ability that is a bit like meddling, I suppose, but can come in handy- especially when people look like they are about to fight or something. Relationships are like knots, and friendships are kind of like having your string taped together- a lot less fragile than relationships generally are. I can reach out and tighten or untie knots, forge or break friendships, etc. I definitely don't go around ruining people's friendships and relationships, because that isn't really my thing, but I've been known to, well, help things along a little. Tighten a relationship here, bind friendships closer there, you get the drift. It almost borders on gray magick, I guess. Even without seeing strings, I've always been pretty good at seeing how strong the connection between people are. This just confirms any beliefs I may have. When I was younger, I'd duck around them because I thought they were real strings- earned me plenty of strange looks. There are some bonds that are kind of liked 'fixed points', and I cannot change them. Also, as the strings are kind of like a section of your aura, I cannot manipulate them if someone's aura is untouchable. Trying to do so will only result in horrible headache.
Athleticism --I don't know if you would call this so much if a magickal ability, because it probably would be more of a natural, normal one, but I have always been the sort of person who can pick up on sports and games very easily. It's like my body just knows what to do, and when to do it. I still have to exercise to keep in shape and such, but athletic things just come a lot easier to me. I guess the technical term for it is Physical Recognition or something like that, huh? Yeah, that's actually exactly what it would be called, come to think of it. It doesn't mean that I am stronger than anyone else or faster than anyone- just that it would be easier for me to learn the techniques to become so. If I wanted to, I could probably learn a martial art fairly quickly, or something of that variety. Up until now, I just kind of used it to beat other people at sports, revealing a slightly competitive aspect to my personality, I suppose. It isn't really a very complex concept, to be honest, the ability to catch on easily to physical things. At this point, I'm just kind of rambling about it.
Curse Breaker --I cannot take away the powers of others, or anything of that magnitude- Such a skill isn't in my itinerary. Basically, this ability means that I am capable of breaking curses and spells, although it does take some level of effort on my part. Not so much physically, although it can be taxing depending on the spell, as mentally. Simple spells aren't difficult, and if I've learned one than I can usually break it easily. Average to complex spells, however, require something else. Every spell and curse has it's own little mark to it, you see, like a mathematical formula or a code system. The trick is finding the key to every code and the variable to every formula, and then you can break the spell by using them, almost like unlocking a chest. Just because I have the ability to see codes in spells doesn't mean that I am capable of breaking them, though. I'm no genius, although not exactly an idiot either, and some spells are simply beyond me, and require a more practiced curse breaker. Another issue is that every caster is a factor, and so the same spell cast by two different people may have completely different answers.
As far as normal skills go, I've been swing dancing since I was young, and my jewelry making skills, even without magick, are pretty good, if I do say so myself. I also play the saxophone, because I always wanted to play in a swing band, but don't exactly have the vocal skills to do so. As far as normal subjects go, math is by far my best- that's why I can break magical codes.
F a m i l i a r ?
Meet Gatsby, my absolutely precious little familiar. For the record, yes, I do realize that he is a mouse, and therefore can easily be stepped on and killed. I prefer not to think about it- besides, I gave him a little stone to wear around his neck, no bigger than a pebble, that makes it so that people's feet will stop a few inches above him, as though a plastic bowl is surrounding the little fellow. True to the character of a mouse, he's paranoid and overly cautious at all times. I'm not exactly reckless, but his careful nature makes me look like every step I take is a risk. Despite being cowardly, he is incredibly intelligent and loyal, probably smarter than I am. I just wish he would calm down more.
P e r s o n a l i t y?
Just as a warning, my personality probably isn't the most fascinating in the world- I'm no moody Circe, or a completely reckless but spiritual Puck kid. I guess I'm pretty nice, the sort of person that can be relied upon to be there with a helping hand when it is needed, or share in the joy of another when necessary. I'm the type who you can brag to without feeling arrogant, or at least I must be by the way that people see me as their designated 'listener'. It's not that I'm particularly quiet, either, though I guess that none of my abilities require speech, and are all more hands-on and figuring out than being eloquent with talking. Okay, fine, I guess that I can be sort of quite from time to time, but that isn't because of a distinctively shy nature exactly. I'm as competitive as the next person, and prefer to be surrounded by people than to be by myself, as nice as peace may be from time to time. I'm not afraid of speaking to others, and can actually be quite opinionated about certain topics, due to my fairly strong sense of wrong and right. So why don't I talk a good deal? It is an unfortunate thing, but I have this stupid stutter, a medical condition that I can't seem to get rid of, because it isn't something that I am able to heal, and as it is due to erratic shooting of chemicals in my brain, I can't just talk over some past trauma that may have caused it. Instead, I'm stuck with being the idiot who can hardly speak a coherent sentence without sounding like a fool. After a while, I just decided to live by the quote 'Better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt', or however those words go. So I don't speak much, because I'm embarrassed.
It can sometimes be painful, though, when I really just have to say something, because my competitive or opinionated nature is triggered by the words of others. Usually it is Gatsby who reminds me that I will simply look stupid no matter how intelligent my response is, because it will come out in a way that is difficult to understand. Maybe if I were a telepath, I could just speak to people mentally. Unfortunately, that is not an ability which I possess. Despite this fear of speaking due to embarrassment, when I do speak it is always honest, and I am not usually a very timid person otherwise. I'm the one who will jump into action if I think that it is warranted, even if there are dangers- especially if it is to help someone. I guess I have a Hercules complex or something, but no matter how much I hate someone -and I definitely hate some people- I cannot just leave them to suffer. I've been tricked before because of this urge, because if there is even the smallest chance that they are genuine in their need, I cannot let someone down. Or else that one time will be the one where I really could have helped.
L i k e s ?
+Gatsby, my Familiar
+Books There is a reason he's named after a book character
+Making Jewelry
+Helping others
+Coffee
+Hot Chocolate
+Winning
+Sports
+Competitions
+Easy codes
+Clear communication
+Dancing
D i s l i k e s ?
-Circe kids
-Stuttering
-Losing
-Codes that I can't solve
-Dead Flowers
-The Smell of Smoke
-Cigarettes
-Alcohol It smells bad, tastes bad, and makes people do stupid things. I have a low tolerance, anyway.
-Being Mocked
-Letting others down
-Asparagus
-High heeled shoes
-Fast talkers
-Cats
H i s t o r y ?
I was born as the first child of Mary and Joseph Fischer, two Australians who had only recently moved to the states, specifically to Baltimore, Maryland. They moved because my dad had gotten a job as a literature professor at UMBC, University of Maryland in Baltimore City. Half of the reason that they took the job, though, was because they already knew a few people who lived in the area, thanks to a fairly old-fashioned hobby of theirs. My parents were, and still are for that matter, big fans of swing dancing and the culture that comes with it. Ever since I was a child, I was going with them to Charm City Swing, although I started out just dancing with my dad or mom now and again, and otherwise hanging out in the corner with a book or a puzzle to occupy my time. After a while, my mom bought their own ballroom, and so I started being around the swing dancing scene more and more. Looking back on it, learning to dance so early was pretty cool, and plenty of brilliant people are into swing dancing. I was dancing with people who would go on to be pros when they were older, known as the daughter of the owners, and of one of the most beloved swing-pairs in the area. That by no means entails that my parents were particularly wealthy or famous- swing dancing scene isn't exactly an expansive one, although that was the revival era, in which some people decided that it would be a totally fantastic idea to by zoot suits and such (Swing stuck, that particular bit of fashion did not). We were middle class, and lived in the slightly wealthier part of the pigtown area. I was raised around a diverse group of people, and I guess that made me more accepting of others, and is the reason that I'm not particularly judgmental until someone actually says or does something I find offensive.
When I was around seven, I began to notice that everyone was connected by these funny red strings, which crisscrossed all over the place. My mom and dad were connected by a tight knot, I was connected to friends by strings that looked taped together, etc. Everything I saw was what was, not what would be, of course, but I was pretty much obsessed with those strings for the first few months that I saw them. I would duck around them, making people give me funny looks, and try to tell people of the status of theirs (this being around a year or two before I finally gave up on trying to speak with that wretched stutter). I first experimented with my mother and father's, wondering what would happen if I loosened the knot. Almost instantly, they began to get into arguments, drifting apart and speaking in hushed voices about the other having 'changed'. Terrified, I retied the strings and watched them mend once more. From thereon, I resolved never to cut or untie strings, because it only lead to unfortunate things. I discovered my ability to heal when I was ten, about a year after I'd gone somewhat silent- I found a five year old girl with a cut open knee sobbing on her own, and leaned down to inspect it. Suddenly, my hand was glowing, as was her knee. When I moved my hand, the cut was gone, and apparently the pain as well. I ran to the ballroom and told my mother about it, in a series of choppy sentences, and this was when my abilities were revealed.
Coincidentally, one of the swing dancers there happened to be an ex-student of Fae, and he overheard my conversation with my mother, and came over to see whether or not it was true. He asked me a series of questions, and came to the conclusion that I was, in fact, a Magick User. He explained this to my mother and I, and mentioned a place for people like me- for us, I guess, if you include him in the grouping. He wrote down the information for it, and went back to dancing with his partner, a striking women with heterochromic eyes. My mother told my father about it, and they decided to send me to the school in a few years, when I was older. Three years later, I was going to Fae for the first time, with the promise to return in the Summer. When I arrived, I heard about the different houses and immediately thought of Hogwarts. It now occurs to me that perhaps those books had been based on Fae. Being a large fan of Harry Potter, I had been hoping to be placed in Merlin. Fortunately, I was, and I am ever-thankful for that, because I adore my house and all of the people in it. I still return home every summer, and help out at the ballroom when I do. I've been trying to get some other Merlins to try swing dancing, but no luck as of yet. All in all, I'm glad enough to be here.
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- Aedan McKlellen
- Alejandro Villanueva
- Amarina King
- Aurora Carrington
- Cheveyo Qaletaqa
- Chrissa Arnolds: ヅ ヅ Chrissa and I have been roommates for a while now, and we've been friends since we both enrolled at the same time and were put into the Merlin Coven. We get along quite fantastically, though she also has the tendency to keep me awake with her late-night movie marathons. Her ability to summon the clones of Greek Gods fascinates me, as well, because I love things like books and mythology- I'm jealous of it, honestly.
- DeAngelo Pagliarelli
- Divinia Doriano: ヅ I guess that this'll sound kind of strange, because she is in Circe and viewed by many as evil incarnate, but I'm fairly close with Divinia. For whatever reason, when I first started here I guess she pitied me or something- maybe it is because I was teased for my stutter when I first came here, because it means that I can't use any verbal spells? I don't really know why she decided to like me, but she's like an elder sister to me. I admire her confidence, as well.
- Drago Pagliarelli
- Eileen Fischer: ◑ My relationship with myself tends to vary- I'm not overly self-conscious or anything, but sometimes I can't help but dislike parts of me- it is rare to love every part of yourself, I think.
- Ethan Holler
- Ever Daniels
- Iain McLean
- Karol Angelo
- Kwan Xong
- Phoenix Ventris
- Pippa Le Feuvre
- Romeo Guarini
- Sasha Romanova
- Xavier St. John
