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Done Armado

"Nothing matters if you believe in nothing."

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a character in “The Mystic's Boarding School”, originally authored by nour06, as played by RolePlayGateway

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Name: Done Armado
Species: Failed Experiment
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Abilities:
He has the ability to turn his wings into steel, no longer allowing him to fly, but serving as a weapon, and making him much heavier.
He can usually tell when people are attempting lie and cheat, though only truly caring if it's something important to him.
Likes:
Sweet Things
The Color Blue
Stone
Art
Dislikes:
Cruelty
A Dark Atmosphere
Bitter Things
Description: He stands around 6" and has almost white hair, going down his shoulders except for two large strands that reach down to his lower neck. He has a somewhat skinny build. He was used for an experiment that went horribly wrong, due to a malfunction, giving him wings. He has white wings, that are very hard to use for flying and often disappear into his back, coming out another time.

Personality: He's someone to abandon things somewhat easily, feeling as there is no need to stop what doesn't hurt. He hates it when people try to back cross him though, and will always be loyal if you earn his trust. He hates it when people ignore him purposely, know that if he doesn't earn their attention again, he might be forgotten. Whether it's just playing or real, he would do anything to keep someone from ignoring him. He seems like he's a bit too rough at times, but isn't truly. He's only rough when he feels like he need to protect himself, mentally or physically.

History: He was sold at a young age to an experimenting facility, his parents both dying. He had many test and experiments done on him, but most failed, some leaving scars, another leaving wings. He had lived like this for a long time before one of the machines exploded, killing all of the faculty and most of the experiments. He luckily managed to know this place, but forgot much about himself, remembering it later on and joining this school.
Companion (leave blank if you would like us to pick you one): Iguana, named Pamada
Schedule (leave blank if there's not a class there):
Monday:
Chemistry
English
Tuesday:
Herbology
Physics
Wednesday:
Runes
History
Thursday:
Combat Training
History of Mythical Crearures
Friday:
Defense Training
Algebra II
Saturday:
N/A
N/A
Sunday:
N/A
N/A/

So begins...

Done Armado's Story

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Done rubbed his eyes, waking up from his sleep when someone called his name a multitude of times. A familiar voice he hadn't heard in a while. He was sitting behind the desk for the students to pick up the schedules and room numbers. When he looked around, he remembered that there was no one around as they had left all the papers to him. He just handed put papers. That's it. How did he manage to get here when he was a student? As he practically lived here and had nowhere else to go safely other than in the summer, even though he couldn't go very far, and during that time he had earned the headmaster's trust and had been permitted to run this area for a while. After remembering everything, he stretched out his wings and waited for the next student, folding them back up and remaining quiet as they dissolved into his back. He was in the main building, a small banner that said "Welcome students - please check in here~" was draped over the front.

He had one large suitcase and a small gym bag sitting to his side. He realized he hadn't checked out his room number and such. He decided that he might as well save himself for last. There was a large stack of paper in front of him, though he knew possibly have these names wouldn't come for various reasons. Being hunted, too afraid, moving, the all had various reasons. He tilted the papers over and sat up, reviving his usually cheerful self, waiting for the next student.

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Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Nicholas Sith'ri
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Done looked up from the desk, thinking for a moment. He knew Nick, but they never entirely talked much. "Sure, I guess. If you wouldn't mind shredding these schedules, that would a help. These students' are not going to come for... various reasons and we don't want random people looking through them." He sorted through the stack of papers, pulling out a few and removing them from the stack. His iguana was sitting on the desk, blinking every now and then, as he put the papers in front of him. "There's a shredder back here, if you want. Then I can tell you and hand you your schedule and room number." He brushed his somewhat white out of his face, watching him with ember eyes. He sorted through the papers again, searching for Nick's schedule, and pulling a few more to add to the stack of "no-shows", finally spotting it and pulling it out. His companion looked at him for a moment, remaining quite until he attacked Done's eye with his tongue, causing him to fall out of the chair.

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Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Phoebe Wells Character Portrait: Nicholas Sith'ri
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Phoebe arrived at the school.. She'd transformed into her bird form before arriving at the school and had to change back before she made it to the school so no one would see her. Her skin was still hot from the flames but luckily Phoebe was wearing light clothes. Phoebe ran up the front stairs and pushed open the doors to the inside. Phoebe craned her neck on each side to examine her surroundings. There were already some kids inside. Phoebe sees a 2 boys. One of them is about her height with a monkey wrapping around him and the other one was about 6" with white shoulder length hair. Phoebe starts to walk towards them. She wonders if they can tell her where to get a schedule or what the room assignments are. "Hi.. I'm Phoebe.. Do you know where I can get a schedule and find the room assignments?" Phoebe asks when shes right at the desk where the taller boy sits. "I'm new here and I'm not really sure where to go." Phoebe slides her red hair out from her eyes.

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Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Phoebe Wells Character Portrait: Siam Novgorod
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Done pulled himself up and back into the chair. "Stupid lizard." He looked at his companion until Pamada pretty much slunk away behind the printer. Looking up, he spotted another two students, looking at the female for a moment. "Yes I do. It's right here. After I give this student his schedule, it'll be your turn. Could you wait a moment?" He looked over at the boy dressed in gypsy clothing, a slight smile across his face. "Here to pick up your schedule and room number, I'm guessing. What's your name?" He held onto the stack of paper on the desk, as the iguana came from its hiding spot and jumped onto his lap, hitting him with a hard force. "What are you currently trying to accomplish you glorified reptile." He scolded him, but all he go in response was Pamada rubbing against his stomach. "Well then. I guess you aren't even glorified."

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Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Phoebe Wells Character Portrait: Siam Novgorod
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Siam blinked not noticing what had happened but clearly the boy wanted to know who he was. "Siam Novgorod," he glanced at the girl that cut in front of him and smiled embarrassed," sorry about this.." He cleared his throat looking back at the boy and noticed a huge white iguana on his lap making him chuckle," We used to have one of those at camp where I lived, beautiful creatures they are.." Siam let out his hand to stroke the iguana's scales giving him a wider grin," and they're very intelligent." He reached back, happy that he didn't make a complete fool of himself and looked out of the window seeing a familiar shadow flying by. "So when does classes start exactly?" Siam asked not really wanting to go to class at the moment

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Character Portrait: Oscar Schwarzwald Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Nicholas Sith'ri
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Oscar awoke in his usual way, flashing straight into consciousness. His eyes flashed open immediately at the same time Morrigan's did. The two shared a consciousness, if one was conscious so was the other and if one was unconscious so was the other. Today was the first day of term, that meant more people and he'd get a roommate. Oscar had been luck last year, his roommate crippled himself after blowing off one of his legs while experimenting with fire magic and had to be taken out to hospital. He never returned to the school after that. Oscar just hoped his new roommate wouldn't annoy him too much. Maybe he'd be lucky, maybe he wouldn't have a roommate at all, but that was highly unlikely.

Oscar dressed quickly and made his way downstairs slowly, hardly eager.
"You really need to lighten up." Morrigan told him, "Maybe your new roommate will be easy to get along with."
"I doubt that very much." Oscar replied glumly as he made his way downstairs to observe the newcomers.

He saw a couple of boys his age welcoming in the new students. Oscar was glad he wasn't in their place, he wouldn't exactly make the new students feel welcome, and they wouldn't make him look forward to the coming year.

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Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Siam Novgorod Character Portrait: Nicholas Sith'ri
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Done looked at up at Nick for a moment, but switched his attention to Siam "Today's Monday, right? Classes are starting the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow we're going to have a fair and today is not the day for class work." He held out a paper that had the fair's details on it. "It'll be on campus so there's no way you could miss it. Unless you didn't leave your dorm rooms." The iguana was happy from the petting, shoving itself into Done's stomach as if asking for more. "If anyone wants one a paper just give them one or something. I mean. You can't miss it." He looked around and found a calender on the file. "And the headmaster has scheduled companion finding on Saturday, if you wanted to know." He handed Siam his schedule and almost backed up the chair into his luggage.

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Done nodded to Nick. "I don't think the headmaster would mind if you helped during the fair, if you'd like. We have a stand or two that we need to be watched. I'm part of the Shoot to Dunk. If you'd like, you can help me there. We could take turns getting dunked or something. You can have fun if you want though. I might take a break during it and close it for a little while." He tapped his finger on the stack that he had, looking at the students in front of him. He looked through his schedules and finding his own, folding it in half and putting it on top of his bag. When he looked down, he realized that his companion was a sleep, a soft rasping sound for his breathing. Done found most of the new kinds interesting and was glad that he knew someone here so far.

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Siam nodded his thanks to Done, and headed his way out with his schedule in hand. By the time he left the office more people were crowding in, not giving him a chance to look at the map of the school, but maybe he could find Yuri and find out. Siam roamed the hallways, his hand brushing the walls feeling as if he was in a dream. It was a big surprise to him that he got accepted to a school much less anything as high standard as this one, always thinking that he was an outsider. Lost in thought, Siam didn't notice that he entered a huge room until he tripped, falling over a large pile of books. Making sure that no one had saw his clumsy accident, Siam stacked the mess that he created and formed them back into a pile. He peered over one of the books that caught his eye "Looking for Alaska" He smiled as he skimmed through the first few pages, making a decision to check out the book and have some reading done before classes start. As Siam walked over to the desk, he heard a loud screech and turned in time to catch a large white falcon. He laughed, stroking Yuri's feather with the back of his hand. You're so dramatic sometimes and as if Yuri heard what he was thinking, the falcon pecked him on the shoulder and scoffed his head away impatiently. "C'mon, lets go look for the dorms," and took his bird with him

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Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Phoebe Wells Character Portrait: Nicholas Sith'ri
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Phoebe nodded as the boy said she'd have to wait. "Dont worry I'm patient..." Phoebe says as she smiles to the 2 boys who are shredding paper. Phoebe takes this time to examine her surroundings. There seems to be a lot of students pouring in now. She turns back to the boys. "Today's Monday, right? Classes are starting the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow we're going to have a fair and today is not the day for class work." The boy with white hair hands the boy with the monkey a paper. "I don't think the headmaster would mind if you helped during the fair, if you'd like. We have a stand or two that we need to be watched. I'm part of the Shoot to Dunk. If you'd like, you can help me there. We could take turns getting dunked or something. You can have fun if you want though. I might take a break during it and close it for a little while." The boy continues on to the boy with the monkey. "Hmm? A fair you say? Awesome! Can I have one of those flyers?" Phoebe asks pointing to the paper the boy just gave the other. "I'm also interested in helping out if you have any positions... I never caught your names? I'm Phoebe." Phoebe smiles stretching out her hand for a handshake.

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Character Portrait: Elena "Ellie" Valentin Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Phoebe Wells Character Portrait: Nicholas Sith'ri
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Done smiled and looked at Pheobe for a moment. "I'm Done. I think that there might be a place at the... I don't really know. There's a spot in the snow cone stand and I think one in the game where you throw the cup and if it hits it you win. Whatever that game is called." He sighed as he looked at the iguana before turning to watch Nick. "I'm glad. I was afraid I would have to get all the dunking done myself. It was going to take of hard work and... water." He passed out a few of the schedules he had, staring at Elena as she spoke, a cheerful tone welcoming his voice. "Welcome. You seem oddly happy to be going to this school. But I don't see why not." He began to shuffle through his papers, pulling put a schedule and handing it to her. "I'm Done Armodo, but you can call me Done. I don't really have a nickname." He felt somewhat odd as he pushed the iguana, but Pamada just sat there, waking up as he lifted him onto the desk. He licked one of the pages, pinning it onto his face as Done looked down at him, tempted not to help.

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"I'm Done. I think that there might be a place at the... I don't really know. There's a spot in the snow cone stand and I think one in the game where you throw the cup and if it hits it you win. Whatever that game is called." Phoebe smiles. "Nice to meet you Done.." Phoebe says. She thinks of how snow cone's and her phoenix powers would mix. She'd probably end up flooding the whole academy.. "I could be the person at the stand where you throw something at the cups." Phoebe laughs. "Anything without water will do.." She smiles at done.

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Character Portrait: Justin Aventus Character Portrait: Elena "Ellie" Valentin Character Portrait: Oscar Schwarzwald Character Portrait: Done Armado Character Portrait: Nicholas Sith'ri
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Justin

Justin walked down the stair case, and looked at the large crowd of people getting their papers. He saw a man (Oscar) scolding what appeared to be a zombie girl (Elena) and he frowned. There was no reason be so rude to somebody, but Justin minded his own business and put his hands in his pockets. He walked past the crowd turning to someone talking about a dunk tank (Done). This peeked his interest, and he slowed down paying more attention. It sounded like this fair was going to be fun.

A small smile creeped on his face, and he stepped up to the side of the table making sure not to block the line of people. "Excuse me.... Do you know if the on campus store is open? I'd like to get some supplies." Justin spoke neutrally to the two behind the table (Nicholas and Done). He was friendly enough to the two, trying not to be rude and interrupt anyone's conversation.

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Done glanced up at Justin for a little while, thinking about his question. "I... uh... I think so, but I don't know. It's a bit of a blur from last year, as I didn't visit the store that much, let alone near the beginning of the year." He realized that his companion still had the paper strapped onto his tongue and pulled it off him, the iguana somewhat starring as Pamada always did. Done nodded. "I know what I want from the facepaint stand. When someone sees it, they'll smile. It'll be that awesome." As slight smile replaced his previous look. "And it'll be fun to get some cotton candy." He looked around and pointed to a large clock that was in between two stair cases. "It's almost three. If you want, you can head off. I'll just be here with the schedules. The line is almost done, I think."

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Character Portrait: Elena "Ellie" Valentin Character Portrait: Oscar Schwarzwald Character Portrait: Done Armado
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"Oscar, Oscar Schwarzwald."

Upon hearing the name, Elena turned back to him in surprise. She had honestly thought that he wouldn't tell her. She smiled at him to show that she heard him, then turned back to the counter.

"I'm Done Armodo, but you can call me Done. I don't really have a nickname."

Elena laughed at the lizard's antics as she took her schedule. "That's a unique name, Done! I have to go now, but I hope we see each other around. Bye!" Elena hopped away, her silver hair shining in the light, and waited on the side for Oscar. When he was done getting his schedule, Elena went to him again, Cerberus padding not far behind.

"So...I don't really get what 'Schwarzwald bloodline' means, but you said that when you die you'll just return as a vampire, right?" Elena said thoughtfully. "I wonder if that would be painful? I mean, when I was resurrected it was...." Elena stopped herself, then continued, "Anyway, I hope you don't die in the first place. That would be sad, really." Elena rambled, saying out loud whatever she was thinking. Suddenly, she thought of something. She turned to face Oscar.

"From what Done was saying, I think there might be a school fair soon." Elena looked at him with determination. "Come with me, okay?" Then, she suddenly broke out into a big smile. "We'll have lots of fun! Invite your friends, too!" She then stood up straight, her finger out like she was giving some sort of strange lecture. "Such things are always much more fun in groups, even in just groups of two. It's lonely by yourself, you know."

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Character Portrait: Elena "Ellie" Valentin Character Portrait: Oscar Schwarzwald Character Portrait: Done Armado
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As Oscar came to the front, he was about to ask for his schedule before he noticed his name on a sheet of paper the albino iguana had between its jaws. Oscar quickly snatched his schedule away from the iguana and walked off without uttering a word. One more unnecessary conversation successfully avoided. He had made sure not to make eye contact with the boy who presumably owned the iguana to avoid any sort of communication at all.

Oscar had just left the line and was about to go outside before Ellie cut him off and began firing questions at him.
"So...I don't really get what 'Schwarzwald bloodline' means, but you said that when you die you'll just return as a vampire, right? I wonder if that would be painful?"
"It means I'm from a long line of powerful faeries with the surname Schwarzwald." Oscar told her, trying his best not to sound incredulous, "I presume the actual process of dying would hurt, but the ressurection should be painless. Anyway, it's a scenario I intend to avoid."
"From what Done was saying, I think there might be a school fair soon. Come with me, okay? It's lonely by yourself, you know."
"I'm not really a fair sort of person." Oscar replied, "They're too noisy, too many people about, people doing silly things. The only slightly attractive event there is clay pigeon shooting, and for all I know that might not be on this year. Besides, I've been fine alone for the past 17 years, I don't see why I can't be fine now."
~No you haven't, Oscar.~ Morrigan retorted, ~You've been emotionally unstable, had violent outbursts and I haven't seen you smile since you nearly killed that werewolf who started a fight with you.~
~If by 'violent outbursts' you been fought back, then sure, I've had violent outbursts,~ Oscar snapped back, ~And I'm not emotionally unstable, it's hardly as if I talk to myself or cry myself to sleep every night. You would have smiled too if you had made someone who'd bullied you for almost a year cry like a baby.~

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Done looked up at Oscar, surprised when he just took the paper that his companion had attacked, waving his hand at the boy. "Sorry about that. My companion isn't really all that smart." The iguana's response was another attack on Done, shooting at his eye again, but Done had shielded his eyes, staring at the lizard. "I will throw you next time you lick something you're not supposed to. This is getting painful." He looked up at Nick and smiled. "You have fun settling in. After everyone leaves, I'll call the headmaster and go inside my dorm room. There's only a few more people left though, so it won't be much of a hassle." He shrugged and shuffled the papers together. "I think there aren't many people to go at all. I might as well leave now and get the headmaster." Behind the main desk and cabinets, there was a room marked "Headmaster Artemis" in the center.

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Done got up and held onto the few remaining sheets and shuffled to the headmaster's office, knocking on the door before hearing confirmation and entering. The headmaster was sitting there with a surprised look, shuffling through a stack of papers on her desk, glancing up every now and then. Done took a few steps in before closing the door and putting the schedules on her desk. "I believe I'm done for now." Artemis nodded and picked up the papers. "I'll be handing out the rest then. If any of them come of course." She got up and smiled at him, obviously waiting for him to exit. He returned the smile and head out, the headmaster following and taking the previous seat.

Done realized that he hadn't checked if Pamada was following him and turned, spotting the albino iguana trudging behind him. Reaching down, he picked it up and pulled out his schedule and room number, going back and picking up his stuff, but still clinging to the lizard. After he found the number in the hallway, he tested his key, but realized it didn't work. This was his room. He hadn't noticed if a design was carved through, as he didn't know the difference between these door or their designs.

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Character Portrait: Oscar Schwarzwald Character Portrait: Done Armado
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Oscar heard something rattling in the door, he guessed that his new roommate, Done, was attempting to get in. He'd have to draw a copy of the unlocking rune for Done, otherwise he'd have to tear up the back of his door. He couldn't be bothered leaving his chair and knew that he'd have to spend much time trying to conceal that he was calling upon the dark, so he began drawing up dark energy and made it manifest as the unlocking rune on the back of his door, causing it to swing wide open, showing a tall, white-haired, winged boy standing in the doorway. It was the boy who'd been handing out schedules earlier. No doubt his iguana would be with him. Oscar felt his eyes had turned blood red, their usual colour when he was calling upon the dark. He had managed to unlock the door without batting an eyelid due to the fact he could use far more complex magical techniques if he cast it with dark energy. Once Done was safely inside the room, Oscar released the dark energy, so the rune he had just cast on the back of the door dissipated, causing the door to slam shut and lock itself.
"I presume you're Done?" Oscar asked as he swiveled round in his chair to face Done and pointed to a bed in the other corner of the room, "That's your bed, over there. As long as you don't constantly play loud, obnoxious rap music and don't ask stupid questions, we should get along just fine."

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Done nodded and looked around the room before settling his gaze on Oscar, more of examining him. "Yes I am. I understand that you are Oscar, if I'm right." Sighing, he made his way to his own bed and patted it down, sitting on it after a while and glancing back over at his roommate. "Those are some beautiful eyes you've got there, if I should say." He smiled softly before beginning to sort through his stuff, pulling out clothes and other random objects, some statuettes made out of stone and some grey miniature paintings. "And as for rap music, you have no need to worry. I hate that genre. Too loud and filled with so much nonsense." He had noticed the magic that was cast on the door, but didn't care much for it as he would get across that when he had settled in.

The lizard crept down from his arm and curled up near the pillow. Done understood what he usually said, through clicks and hisses, and such, though Pamada never made many noises. Mostly the iguana was just a regular iguana, but a smart one at that, knowing how to use its tongue for defense.