[OOC] Another School of Mutual Killing!? - OOC

[Morrigatdoom]

Anywhere from 2-3, there are still some people who need to post their first characters (I think? Not sure >.>) and once we add in Grey's other two characters and my second character we'll be at 10, and somewhere around 15 or so is kinda what I want to hit.

And, as for characters, I think I will post my second one now!

Super High School Level Waitress: Edie Jensen

Name: Edie Jensen

Super High School Level Talent: Super High School Level Waitress

Appearance: Edie has semi-bright orange dyed hair that goes to just above her shoulder with bangs. She has a slight tan from the occasional waitressing outside, but is still rather fair in skin complexion. She has brown eyes, and is about 5’6.5” in height, and, though a bit slim, definitely has her fair share of tone from running around so much and carrying all sorts of heavy plates and dishes around the restaurant. Her outfit consists of a black shirt, black pants with a small white half apron that goes from her waist to just above her knees that she uses to carry her notepad for orders. She also wears simple white knee high scoks andblack sneakers. She also has a fair smattering of bandages from burns or accidental scrapes/cuts.

Personality: Upbeat and energetic are probably the two best descriptors for Edie. She’s friendly and sociable to a fault, whether with customers, friends, family, or even strangers. Edie also has an incredibly strong memory, which has only strengthened from years of memorizing orders. Although she’s very nice and knows that the customer is right, she does her best to avoid this leading into abuse over nothing, and isn’t afraid to kick out someone if they’re being too much of a jerk or being too rambunctious. She’s also good at idle chatter when she needs to be too, as chatting with her customers has been a big part of the job she’s had for a big portion of her life, and is an incredibly hard worker.

Biography (before coming to Orion Academy): Edie was born to a simple family, whose only real note was that her parents owned a very renowned restaurant in the town they lived in. However, despite the popularity of the restaurant, it was a bit hard for the family to make ends meet, and as such, ever since she was young, Edie would have to help out at the restaurant after school. At first it was just getting drinks or counting change, but by the time she was 8, she was quickly drafted into being a waitress, or at the least, it being tested out by her parents to see how she could do. And surprisingly enough, she did great at it. Her parents were rather surprised by her ability to do so good, and she liked it and thought it was fun. She kept doing her job every afternoon happily, and by the time she was 12, she was the only waitress at the restaurant—and everything still went smoothly.

She kept up her life of school and working, and by the time she was ready to go to high school, she received a letter to attend Orion Academy—as a Super High School Level Waitress. Although she was a bit nervous to try and accept it, afraid her parents would need her too much to leave, they insisted that she accept, and accept she did, leaving her family and restaurant to attend Orion Academy just as they wanted.

[RBYDark]

16 should probably be ideal, but I guess a couple more or less would be ok, right?

EDIT: Whoops, ninja'd, by the GM no less. Also, Morgan heard that.

[Morrigatdoom]

Yeah, definitely! I mean, it'll be good to have more characters because it'll lead to more craziness, though I don't want like 20+ because that turns from a school of mutual killing to a small town of mutual killing.

And with Edie that's my last character I'll be posting as I'll be playing our glorious headmaster Monokuma! >:3

[Jester Acharis]

Ha, small town of mutual killing. There's an idea for a sequel.

And alright, going to go with a SHSL torture specialist, then. A bubbly one. Because who said your work had to reflect your personality?

[Morrigatdoom]

Ok, everything in the OP should be fixed for the character list. I'll keep adding them in as people post characters.

[Grey]

Warning, frickin' huge picture

SHSL Gamer

Name: Astolfo Garneau
Super High School Level Talent: Super High School Level Gamer
Appearance:

Personality: Astolfo is frighteningly outgoing, prone to saying too much and having his conversations drift on towards the realm of 'maximum social awkwardness', despite no ill intent on his part. He has this odd habit of popping up in the most random places and often gets himself mixed up stupid shenanigans as a result. All things considered, he's a bit of an airhead. Optimistic and well meaning, but still definitely a space case all things considered. However, this makes it quite surprising when his wide range of experiences in video games gives him an astounding knowledge of general subjects. Unfortunately, this benefit gets looped back around since his way of communicating the points is... less than astounding, since it's usually phrased as something similar to 'that's how it works in games'. Incidentally, concerning his talents, he isn't actually ambitious at all, quite lackadaisical in his efforts actually, not doing things for a particular reason, just 'because he could'.
Biography: Astolfo was the son of the CEO of a big name video game development studio, and as such, knew about the existence of these wonderful contraptions from a very young age. Furthermore, due to the constant flights around the world for conventions and other such things, the then young boy had plenty of time to kill playing games. He spent much of his life simply trying to figure out the best method to get both 100% completion and multiplayer top scores in all the games he played, and although he realized the goal was nearly, if not actually, impossible for a human, he figured he really had nothing else important to do and kept on playing his games. However, this doesn't mean he was the anti-social, sleep deprived, or physically inept stereotype. Quite the opposite actually, he made plenty of friends, got his eight hours, and spent at least thirty minutes each day on the treadmill positioned in front of his TV. Eventually, he'd receive an invitation to Orion Academy, and that was when he realized he'd done it. While determination is normally the key to success, he simply noticed that he had succeeded in the first place.

EDIT: 2/3

[Morrigatdoom]

Looks good Grey, approved!

[Morrigatdoom]

Oh, just to get opinions from people, should I end up trying to create a unique building layout for the school, or borrow from Hope's Peak Academy?

[RBYDark]

Admittedly, borrowing from Hope's Peak would be easier - common reference.

[Jester Acharis]

Agreed, I think using Hope Peak's would be better and easier for everyone to memorize. It still offers a lot of places where murders could take place, but weren't used as such in the game (the pool, the sauna, etc.)

Meanwhile, posting a WIP of my second character. He didn't become that bubbly in the end, but he is shy. That's something, yeah?

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Name: Dieter Brauer

Super High School Level Talent: Torture Specialist

Appearance: Small, slender, seemingly frail and often found sitting in the corner by himself, most likely painting flowers and butterflies, many often think they misheard his title when first laying their eyes on him. He looks a lot younger than he is as well, partly because of his larger than usual eyes, somewhat round cheeks and small, a bit feminine frame. He has sleek, blond hair, bangs parted neatly to the left and often covered by a hat of some sort - most often a beanbag one with lots of pins and decorations. His eyes are dark blue and seem to carry the look of a deer caught in headlights more often than not, especially when surrounded by people.

Despite what it looks like, Dieter actually does have enough physical power to carry around a bit heavier equipment and the like. He's probably still the weakest guy in any given group, but not completely useless. He gets bruised easily, though, so after his "shows of power" he's most likely going to have sore arms for a while. Still, he's very quick on his legs, so he does have that going on for him.

Clothing-wise, Dieter likes big, bright hoodies with sleeves longer than his hands, ideally equipped with a lot of hidden pockets for him to store stuff in. He doesn't really care what he wears on his feet, just a pair of random jeans and sneakers does fine in most situations. He also carries around multiple pairs of different gloves, often strapped to his hoodie somehow.

Personality: Usually quiet and seemingly timid, he's the guy to just quietly follow along with others' opinions and plans, rarely voicing his own wishes out of fear that people might yell or laugh at him. He doesn't handle criticism or teasing that well, after all. Indeed, not only does he not look the part of a professional torturer, he doesn't act like it, either. He likes people, but finds talking to them difficult, and as such he never initiates a conversation, just hopes that at some point, people would notice and come say hi to him as well. He gets really excited when talked to and is very often all-smiles when interacting with others, even if he is shaking constantly and messing up with his words out of nervousness. He looks the type to shatter if you touch him or scare him, and surely enough, unprovoked physical contact will most likely send the guy into a fit of panic - which may or may not end in him running into things and injuring himself. Dieter can be naive as well, not understanding sarcasm or innuendo that well and often opting to just laugh nervously when faced with topics he knows nothing about. Needless to say, this has led to a lot of bullying in the past. Strangely enough, bullies usually aren't on his back for more than a few days, however...

Still, there are things that clearly point to Dieter being more than just a meek kid out to hide from the entire world; if you engage him in conversation and give him free reign, you might end up hearing the strangest things come out of this kid's mouth. He has no problem talking about explicit torture or death, and he never blinks an eye doing it. He's also knowledgeable; ask him how many ways he knows to kill a man, and he will ask how many days you have to listen - and if, as a bonus, you would also like to hear as many ways to leave a man alive but wishing they were dead. Blood and injuries do nothing to faze him, and he will not understand if you back away from a particularly gaping wound someone got or shudder at the sight of a corpse. In fact, he will think of you as mean and rude to treat a fellow human that way. Yes, his demeanor changes remarkably when he's talking about his work or things relating to it, and gone is the shyness in an instant - only to return after he's done, most likely accompanied with confusion if you look at him funny.

Dieter also absolutely adores cute things, and once again, if presented with something cute enough, he will forget his shyness for a minute and run up to hug and squee the cute object or animal in question. He's very artistic as well, and loves to paint - often happy pictures with lots of pastel colors. He doesn't really like to share his works with others though. On an unrelated note, Dieter also cries somewhat easily. He's... a bit too sentimental for his own good sometimes, which an prove annoying to the people around him. He's aware of this and often tries to control his sobbing fits, reducing them to just silent tears and quiet mumblings.

Lastly, Dieter absolutely doesn't like people assuming that just because he happens to specialize in torture, that he would be a particularly cruel or sadistic person, or engage in violent acts on his free time (thankfully, due to his appearances, such assumptions aren't all that common.) He likes helping people whenever he can and is generally friendly, he just happens to have a gruesome job. But in the end it's just work for him and he holds the same passion towards it as people would over sports or medicine, but it doesn't mean he's out to get everyone for his own enjoyment.

Maybe.

Biography (before coming to Orion Academy): He was born to a pair of medical practitioners, namely a surgeon and a forensic pathologist and as such from a very young age, he was exposed to the field of medicine. His parents would leave their research books and findings on the kitchen table or forget to turn off their computer when taking a bathroom break, and young Dieter often sneaked to take peeks at their study material - which sometimes included corpses. His parents knew nothing of this, however, they did know how hard a doctor's life can be both physically and especially mentally, so they didn't want Dieter to take after them. So, whenever he expressed interest in their job, they told him no. They had noticed the boy liked to draw, and thus encouraged him to focus on that. Kids should play, not hurt their head with difficult and often gruesome research material. Unfortunately, what his parents didn't realize that forbidding a kid something makes it that much more interesting to them. As such, Dieter would make it a habit to sneak into the family's library every night to read and - even before he could read - look at pictures. It was all very fascinating to him, even more so because he couldn't understand any of it. Not without testing it out.

So, he set up his own "doctor's clinic" for his friends to try and test some of the things he'd learnt on them. Nothing too serious or life-threatening, of course. Just simple kids' fun - well, most of the time. That's where his career began. Career that, through relatives, connections, years of practice and a series of certain events, led to him working for the government as an interrogator or, as he's come to be known as, torture specialist.

The decision to come attend Orion's academy was made solely by Dieter himself, as he rather missed school, having had to drop out some years prior due to his career choice.

[Morrigatdoom]

Alright, unless a lot of people end up objecting, we'll go with Hope's Peak Academy. If people want, I can post pictures of the map in the OOC OP too?

Also, can't wait to see your next character in full Jester!

[RBYDark]

Ok, so with these next two profiles, we'll have...11 characters.

Huh.

[Jester Acharis]

Reference pictures could be good as a reminder/memory refreshed or whatever, yeah!

Aaand he's almost ready, just need to write the rest of his appearance and history.

11, eh? So a couple more would be ideal.

[RBYDark]

Indeed. I already have 3, but if a fourth is necessary, so be it.

[Jester Acharis]

I think I'm sticking to two, otherwise I fear it gets chaotic to handle for me.

Then again, I do have one more character idea I'd kinda like to try out...

Either way, gotta finish Dieter first.

[Morrigatdoom]

I can always do a 4th but since i'm going to be handling a lot of stuff with the rp, I might not.

There are also some people from the interest check thread who haven't checked in here yet I think.

[Jester Acharis]

Finished my second CS.

And yeah, lets hope they find their way here and post. Ideal would be if we had more players, so that everyone wouldn't have to play a ton of characters by themselves.

[Morrigatdoom]

Your second character looks good, Jester! Can't wait to see how he plays out :)

Edit: So that's 11, and I think Grey might have one more character? So that would be 12.

Yeah, like 14-16 characters would be nice. I might PM some of the other people who posted in the interest check after I get off work tomorrow if they don't post in the thread sometime before then to see if they're still interested.

[IVIasterJay]

Name: Elend Carrol

Super High School Level Talent: Super High School Level Scientist

Appearance:

Personality: Elend, or just "El", has the backbone of a jellyfish after it's been washed up on the beach for the batter part of a week. Sure, his brain works on an inhuman level when he's found himself a lab coat, but that does him a whole lot of good when he's stammering on and worrying about how stupid and useless he is. Seriously kid, grow a pair! He's constantly undervaluing himself, and he should seriously think about talking to someone about his self esteem problems. Any situation that involves girls makes him extremely uncomfortable, even more than normal. Occasionally he kind of zones out when he's thinking hard about something or working on something. It's much easier to talk to him when he's like this, as he'll talk normally and answer questions without realizing that he's actually carrying on a conversation with another living person, but the second he snaps out of it he goes back to being his normal, shy and nervous self.

Biography (before coming to Orion Academy): Elend doesn't know who his real parents are, only that they put him up for adoption before he was born. His foster family is nice enough though. And hey, he got a cute little sister out of the whole deal, so there isn't much else he can complain about. He felt the need to earn his place in his family, which he tried to do by being the best in school. That didn't work out. El couldn't pass gym if his life depended on it, can't write anything worth reading, and don't even get him started on the whole art fiasco. The only two things he was good at was science and math. He's not the most well-rounded sort of guy. Bullies have always seen El as a free meal, which he really is. It's not like he was going to fight back or anything. During high school his life took a sudden turn for the positive when he met Abby. By some impossible miracle, the two of them hit it off right away. Cassie, El's little sister, had to pay him that fifty bucks from when she'd bet that he'd never get a girlfriend a lot sooner than she'd been hoping. El had actually had to bring Abby home on three separate occasions before Cas finally believed him. He never did stop to wonder about all of his bullies disappearing the same time he met Abby. For the first time in his life, Elend was completely content with his place. Maybe he'll see them again?

[Morrigatdoom]

Accepted, Jay! Really like him!

Edit: Assuming everyone interested makes their characters and we get enough characters, would people be up for starting the RP this week?