[i][b]Players:[/b][/i] --- Diggerton: [hider=Emma Fields][centre][b]Name:[/b] Emma Fields [b]Age:[/b] 18 [b]Gender:[/b] Female --- [b]Appearance:[/b] Emma is a youthful girl with soft white skin. She has long straight blonde hair that reaches down to the small of her back. She has a small frame, and stands at a rather average height of 5'3. Emma has a heart-shaped face adorned with deep blue eyes. She is graceful, but appears to be rather delicate despite the fact she is actually fairly athletic. [b]Personality:[/b] It may be hard from some to pinpoint exactly how Emma Fields found admission into a prestigious institution like Catalina Academy. Doubtlessly rumors swirl that her family had purchased her way in, or that the dean owed her family a favor, or any number of unsavory reasons. Emma certainly doesn't seem to be the type to be found in Catalina Academy, but that's not to say she's dumb. In reality Emma Fields is merely incredibly lazy, often preferring to nap in class then pay attention, and rarely doing her work. Despite this Emma is deceptively smart- probably more so then most students at Catalina Academy, possessing one of the most impressive essays submitted to Catalina in her application. Emma, however, hardly cares about any rumors about her, tending towards the carefree side. Besides her characteristic laziness Emma is actually quite the friendly individual, and when not found napping is a charming young women. If it wasn't for the fact that she didn't really care, she would probably be popular and near the top of her class rank GPA-wise. Instead, she prefers to keep to her small group of friends, and simply enjoy life. [b]Your History:[/b] Emma was born into a position of affluence, the only child of a pair of successful industrial magnates. It was agreed by both of her parents that their child was a supreme disappointment, but they were unable to conceive again. Early in their daughter's life her parents thought they were blessed with an incredibly intelligent child, but it was not until she began school that they found out Emma was struck by a case of chronic apathy. Emma saw little point in school, and quickly found herself with failing grades. After being expelled from her first school she found herself bouncing around several affluent academies, finding little success in any of them. The first time Emma actually felt motivated to do something with school was when she heard about Catalina Academy. The idea of getting away from her parents intrigued her. Additionally, she remembered something she heard in passing on the news: Disappearances on Puerto Libre with mysterious circumstances. The promise of mystery also intrigued her. Emma applied independently, and when she was accepted, her parents were so impressed she actually took initiative on her schoolwork that they didn't question the transfer. Catalina Academy made a mistake accepting Emma Fields. --- [b]Why are you here?:[/b] Emma Fields applied to Catalina Academy hoping to escape the educational dogma of her parents. In addition to this, she found herself very interested in the mysterious disappearances taking place in Puerto Libre. In her application Emma naturally skirted around her academic history, instead opting to write an incredibly impressive essay that earned her quick acceptance. [b]Faith:[/b] Emma was originally raised to believe in God, but found herself questioning these beliefs. Today she instead finds herself holding to no God. [b]Fear(s):[/b] Doing excess amounts of work. [b]Astrological Sign:[/b] Leo[/centre][/hider] --- DR_TRAPEZOID: [hider=Lawrence Nesbitt][centre][img=http://37.media.tumblr.com/5f3feea49e3af6254592a7822fa7148d/tumblr_mklz4uGbMP1qlfn3ro1_500.gif] [b]-NAME-[/b] Lawrence Nesbitt [b]-AGE-[/b] 18 [b]-GENDER-[/b] Male [b]-PERSONALITY-[/b] Many call him narcissistic. He prefers to think of it as acknowledging his superiority. As such, you might assume that people wouldn't like him, but that isn't quite the case. He has his fair share of charisma, and is good enough at making an impression to make up for his rather shallow thoughts. However, this is simply a facade, a mask to hide behind. In reality, he is rather detached. His arrogant mask serves it's purpose, gaining respect for him, as well as disguising his rather... Different view of life. He is consistently unpredictable, his mind never set on one thought or action. This behavior, paired with a propensity for violence, and a disregard for consequences, makes him a rather unique individual. Though he often acts quickly and impulsively when around others, he is very calculated when in his own mind, and has a habit of analyzing everything to the smallest detail. [b]-HISTORY[/b] The life of Lawrence Nesbitt had been, up to this point, uninteresting. That is, not taking into account the first seven years of his life. It was at this age that his life was defined. One ordinary day, Lawrence was dealt a losing hand, and was walking with his father by the wrong alleyway at the wrong time. Whether knowingly or subconsciously, Lawrence blocked this morose experience out of his mind. The most he can willingly recall is running out from the darkness into the arms of a police officer, and a newspaper headline reading: "Police Save Child From Serial Killer: The California Cannibal Still at Large." With a mother who had died shortly after his birth, Lawrence was left alone, so sent to an orphanage. This miracle child was adopted rather quickly, into a home of pity and compensation. But Lawrence's experience had hardened him, even as a child, and pity was hardly what he needed. Not knowing how to handle a child in such a situation, his parents tried to ignore his experience, and make him forget. Rather than receiving some sort of closure, the child was made to throw his trauma in the closet, and hope the skeleton never showed itself. It seemed to work, at least to the parents. Lawrence becoming so arrogant had to be a good sign, that he was coming to terms with his experience, right? It was this Laissez-Faire parenting approach that led to Lawrence building himself such a facade. But his family was not something to gripe about, other than the previous points. They gave him the tools to succeed in life, and pushed him to his limits. It was through this that he realized that the narcissism wasn't entirely fake, nor was it undeserved. Throughout his life he had been attracted to the careers of Law. [b]-WHY AM I HERE?-[/b] Lawrence had, for most of his life, stayed in contact with the police officer who he had been met with upon being rescued. It was this officer, who told him of the Academy, after hearing about it from a fellow police officer. He submitted an application in the form of a portfolio of his works- Having spent years in an internship with a respectable law firm, he built up a quite nice repertoire, becoming a key part in the arrests of many dangerous men. Certainly Lawrence would've preferred something more prestigious, like Harvard, but something drew him to Catalina. Perhaps the disappearances, appealing to his childhood. [b]-FAITH-[/b] Ever since he was seven, he disregarded any faith in a god. He believed himself to have been forsaken by the world, and had no reason to think there could be a 'benevolent god'. Going through life, he realized that he was the only constant in his life that he could truly believe in. [b]-FEARS-[/b] Lawrence doesn't exactly spook easily. This being said, his one true fear is failure, that he will disillusion his rather perfect self image. [b]-ASTRONOMICAL SIGN-[/b] [s]TerminallyCapricious (hue)[/s] Capricorn[/centre][/hider] --- Gisk: [hider=Dana Zachary Allbright]Name: Dana Zachary Allbright. Age: 18 Gender: Cis Male [url=http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/020/6/c/hipster_by_snowmaxx-d37njgb.jpg]Appearance[/url] Personality: Dana is a sensitive young man, who by this point in his life tends not to think terribly highly of himself. Very recently, he is actively trying to be more positive about himself and more confident and assertive in every day life. It is a struggle, and he worries that people see him as a doormat to be stepped on whenever they see fit. He has an addictive personality, and a tendency to get sucked up in things, some would say as a way to escape his more important problem. Your History: A young man from Maryland, grew up with a single mother and got into trouble in high school. He moved out in Junior year, and went to live with his meth addict girlfriend, Jess, who was an emancipated minor and lived alone on disability pay. Though he would have professed to love Jess, Dana was never happy with her, and their time together was an endless spiral of getting clean and relapsing. He was very close to dropping out of school himself, and when he was discussing the possibility with a counselor, he was given a pamphlet for the Catalina Academy. He got accepted, and left his girlfriend, promising himself that he wouldn't let anyone push him around anymore. Why are you here?: Dana heard about the school through a councilor at his old school, who knew some of his troubles and was trying to help him get away. As a part of the application, Dana researched the island and the school itself, and wrote a short poem about it. Faith: No particular faith, though he would tell you that he thinks some things happen for a reason. To him, finding Catalina Academy was a gift from some higher power. Fear: Astrological sign: Pisces[/hider] --- Polyphemus: [hider=Maximilian Elias Cotto]Name: Maximilian Elias Cotto Age: 18 Gender: Male Appearance: [url=https://patrickbrueltour.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/patrick-bruel.jpg]Max[/url] is a young man of slight build and olive complexion, with thick dark curling hair and alert brown eyes. He lacks any distinguishing marks- no scars, tattoos, deformities, anything like that. He prefers to wear dark clothing, and always wears a small Hand of Miriam necklace. Personality: Max is cynical, pessimistic, and occasionally bitter, often treating even the people he likes with disrespect and sarcasm. He is not naturally likable. However, this stems from his own insecurities- his own loneliness and anxiety about his life causes him to lash out in a self-perpetuating cycle. Privately, though he would never admit it, Max is a desperately soul-searching young man. Outwardly, he's just a snarky, sarcastic misanthrope. History: An only child, Max was born and raised in sunny Sacramento, California. His mother Rachel lost a short and brutal battle with ovarian cancer when he was only four, leaving Max to grow up under the care of his father Reuben. The elder Cotto, a history professor at Sacramento State, threw himself into his work and peculiar hobbies, frequently dropping everything to leave town on sudden "business trips". Max was raised mostly by babysitters and various members of his extended family. His mother's death and father's periodic absences had a profound effect on him, pushing him into cynicism and distrust of authority from an early age. While he did exceptionally well in school, he made few friends. Gradually, as Max grew older, he came to realize exactly what Reuben Cotto's "business trips" truly were: amateur paranormal investigations undertaken by a semi-secret group calling themselves the California Dreamers. While the older Cotto had long been a member of this organization, he had grown obsessed with the supernatural since the death of his wife, perhaps hoping to find some closure or comfort in the thought of a larger world, a world where death was but a state of being and the soul lived on. Max considered himself more realistic. His father's bizarre form of hope and idealism clashed with his son's skepticism and doubt. The gulf between father and son widened, particularly when Reuben tried to include his son in the activities of the California Dreamers. Max didn't believe in the supernatural. He didn't even believe in people. It became a point of contention, with the two barely speaking to one another and resentment growing on both sides. Finally, the older Cotto suggested to his son that he spend a year studying abroad after high school, using his contacts in the educational world to help Max gain admission to the Catalina Academy. Max agreed, thinking some time out of the country might help clear his head, and now finds himself off in the misty Caribbean. Why are you here?: Max first learned of the Catalina Academy through his father Reuben, a professor in the California State system who has contacts all throughout the educational world. Reuben encouraged Max to apply, ostensibly for college prep, and Max agreed, hoping a change of scenery and meeting new people might improve his mood. The application process was a bit odd, but Max contented himself by firing off an essay- he had always had a talent for writing. Faith: Max is virtually faithless, something of a nihilist. Fear: Max's darkest fear is one that visits us all, late on sleepless nights, in our deepest depressions, except in his case it is always whispering in the back of his mind. Max is truly concerned that there is no meaning to life or the world, that our existence is solely an accident and all of us have spiraled out of control, that nothing truly matters and continued existence is utterly futile. Max despairs, and occasionally in his worst moments, begins to suspect that his fears are uncomfortably true. Astrological sign: Capricorn Other: Max speaks Spanish (thanks to growing up in California) and Hebrew (thanks to growing up with his father) at near fluent levels.[/hider] --- RBYDark: [hider=Jennifer "Jenny" Sanders]Name: Jennifer "Jenny" Sanders Age: 17 Gender: Cis female [url=http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/black-teen-standing-railroad-bed-6526759.jpg]Appearance[/url] Personality: The first thing most people would use to describe Jenny is 'energetic' - she rarely seems to be tired, even minutes before falling asleep. No task that exceeds her physical capacities is impossible to her, and she does not seemed daunted by any amount of work before her. Unless, of course, the work is impossible to her in which case she won't even bother. In a sense, it can thus be argued she's rather cowardly in that she won't try things she believes she can't do, instead of seeing if it truly is impossible. It can also thus be argued she has common sense, as what good is it to waste energy on something that can't be done, just for the sake of trying it? Both views have been held by people she knows. Beyond that, it's generally agreed upon that's she's talkative, usually one to approach than to be approached, and seems to enjoy physical activities over academic and artistic ones. She has a weakness for small animals, though large dogs visibly unnerve her. In classes, she tends to record lectures when possible and simply listen to them later while jogging. She doesn't typically plan out things and, in a tight situation, goes with her gut over any analysis. Your History: Jenny grew up in Sparks, Nevada, as an only child surrounded by many older relatives in the area. She did fairly well in school and took gymnastic classes in her free time, as few things in general attracted her attention. She made friends easily, to be sure, though once they went their separate ways, she also had a hard time keeping in contact with them. So it goes. It was just a thing that slipped her mind. Her mother was concerned about the lack of interest and had her talk to a counselor a few times, though they reported no issues. Overall, her life was fairly quiet - some classmates needed to learn to keep their hands to themselves, some adults needed to keep their words to themselves, but Jenny never felt particularly threatened. The most exciting thing, as far as she was concerned, were the family reunions when her father's family flew in from the eastern coast and when she and her parents went to visit her mother's family in Tecate. During her first month of high school, she noticed one of her classmates, Randolph, struggling excessively during classes - he seemed to never have an answer ready and was frequently kept after class by the teachers. The whole scenario just seemed so strange that she ended up talking to him during lunch to discover he had been homeschooled and, well, despite his looks, he hadn't finished the material needed to even be in high school. Jenny promised to help him, and the two ended up hitting it off pretty well. His name was Randolph, and the more she learned about him, the stranger he seemed. Regardless, the two were good friends for almost three years and she managed to even get him coasting by in school with low Cs. Then, he stopped attending. Jenny visited his house, only to find his mother packing for a move and refusing to talk about him. Life moved on for everyone else, and it seemed everyone forgot about the odd boy. She ended up developing another interest, now in unexplained events, and it was through this contact in the first place that she learned of Catalina Academy and its exchange program. Why are you here?: Jenny learned about the program via Randolph's mother, who had been contemplating sending him there. Once he was gone, his mother moved away, though Jenny became curious afterwards. What about the school had attracted the woman's attention in the first place? She had heard a few things, namely that it was a bit of a tourist trap so she sought to do her own research. In the end, she was left with more questions than answers, and it seemed the best way to resolve it would be to attend the school herself. This meant uprooting herself from her friends and family, so it was certainly no easy decision; it took almost a year to decide. In the end, she chose to go - the school itself had some very high markings, the stories told probably merited consideration if she had the time if only to see how the natives were doing these tricks, and wasn't it possible Randolph had been sent there after all? When she discovered the application required that something else be enclosed, she decided to film one of her solo tumbling routines and send the tape in with her application. It must have been as good as she hoped, as she did get in. Faith: Roman Catholic; religion aside, it can be supposed that the one thing she truly believes in is that things always change, be it for the better or for the worse. She'll pray for the better, of course. She also feels she can rely on her family, provided she remembers to actually talk to them. Fear(s): Large dogs, sudden loud noises, and bodies of water where she cannot see the bottom. On a more existential level, she fears being forgotten and having left a mark on no one - no one lives forever, after all, and the closest one can achieve to such a fate on Earth is to do something amazing. Astrological sign: Leo MBTI: ESFP Other: She speaks some Spanish - not enough for heavy discussions, though, as her mother seemed to discourage her learning it from her family. At this point, Jenny suspects that her mother's side might be involved in activities of questionable legality and her mother doesn't want her to know. Even if true, she still trusts them.[/hider]