EchoicChamber

The Academy of Evil

Aristide made no real effort to hide the way his eyes roved about the stranger as he approached, taking in the scar, the build, the height. He made no effort to respond, either, letting the words just hang in the air with no real rush to respond to them. It was only when he was satisfied with his little assessment that he shifted a little, turning his hand to inspect the length of his nails.

“I am, yes. I’m assuming you must be one, yourself, going around asking about it.” His wrist lowered, one dark brow lifting in time with the movement. “And you are…?”

The stranger had, admittedly, sparked a sort of low interest in him. It wasn’t much, really- the sort of feeling you might find when something caught your eye in a shop window- but it was there, and it was enough to keep him from dismissing the fellow and going off to find wherever the hell the dorms were, so they wouldn’t have to keep lugging their things around with them. The scar, as well as the build of the boy, implied strength. Experience. It was the eyes, however, that betrayed where that experience came from.

It was curious.

@The Narrator

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To say that Library wasn’t particularly enthralled by this whole situation would be an understatement. The look in her brother’s eyes told her that he had found something to amuse himself with for at least a good couple of minutes, though a conversation about his particular major wasn’t exactly riveting She gave a brief nod to the boy that had approached them, but chose to let Aristide take the reigns of this situation, entirely quiet. Even if she wanted to say anything, he would likely just force himself back into the center of attention anyway.

As usual.

She stood there for a moment, watching Ari talk, then slipped away from his side, footsteps remarkably silent against the auditorium floor.

🌌 Ultraverse: Strifes and Triumphs. (Superhero RP, Always Open). 🌌

Oh, dang, just took a look through this forum, and realized there's some familiar faces here from hundreds of years ago. I'm tempted to join, since it's been a good while since I've been in anything superhero-y. I have a few questions, but since you mentioned that you're on the road, @Count Cuddles, I'd be willing to hold off on pestering until there's a better time.

The Academy of Evil

The pair had taken to leaning against the back wall of the auditorium when the headmistress delivered the speech, listening with differing levels of interest as their eyes swept the room. The way that Aristide crossed his arms over his chest, lip curled, practically screamed to the world that he wasn’t especially impressed. It was a carefully constructed look, a position of the body that declared that all the agency of his self was his, that he was a master of his own fate and his own being. It was a voice of power.

Perhaps, in some way, there was some truth to it. They were entirely on their own, after all. For the first time, they were far from home, entirely in control of themselves; unless you counted the staff of the school, which Aristide didn’t.

Library seemed to grant more respect to the situation, back straight and shoulders squared, though her eyes betrayed her disinterest. As the headmistress finished, she stepped closer to her brother, voice barely a whisper.

“I guess that means that we’re supposed to figure out where we’ll be staying on our own, then.”

“Well, it seems like she wants us to just have us a nice little Lord of the Flies…thing here, so I’m not surprised.” Aristide’s tone was just as his body suggested: bored. However, as the words left his mouth, the curled lip formed a half-smile, and he straightened up a bit. “In which case, I’m afraid you won’t last very long at all, Libby dear.”

“Thanks for your voice of confidence.” She paused. Her shoulders seemed to twitch a bit. “Lord of the Flies, published on September 17th, 1954, was William Golding’s first novel. During a wartime evacuation, a British aeroplane crashes on or near an isolated island in a remote region of the Pacific Island, with the only survivors being a group of young prepubescent boys. The boys then-” Library gave a stifled noise, rapidly snapping her fingers, then quieted.

Aristide just rolled his eyes. “Absolutely helpless. Just stay close. They’ll eat you alive if they get the chance.”

“I’m not a five year old, you know.”

“Then act like it.”

“Says the person who broke a chair during a temper tantrum.”

That managed to get Aristide’s smile to tighten a bit. “Just shut up. Let’s go find some other…” He waggled his fingers. “Munchkin to associate ourselves with.”

Rolling her eyes, Library followed after her brother as he left the wall, and the two began their search for company.

The Academy of Evil

Aristide Memoli

Name:
Aristide Pietro Memoli

Alias:
Ari (mostly by Library)

Age:
17

Gender:
Male

Physical Appearance:


The first thing one might notice about Aristide is that, in spite of his personality, he isn’t hideous. Standing at 5’11”, his build is that of one who has spent time building it through exercise and conflict. He’s lean, with pale skin, sharp turquoise eyes, and luxurious black hair grown out to his tailbone. Aristide has a penchant for half-smiles or smirks, or pursing his lips in a look of general disdain or disgust.
The second thing one might notice about him is just how gaudy he is.
From the fur coats he leaves hanging casually from his shoulders, to the glimmering rings on his finger, to the amulets, the necklaces, the bracelets, the anklets, the countless amounts of glittering and shiny things he keeps woven in his hair, one can easily tell he has no problem flaunting his wealth. Even his leather boots and pants scream of expense, and his shirts seem carefully chosen so they could be left open enough to show the peak of his chest.

Personality:
Bold. Brash. Flamboyant. Aristide is all that his sister isn’t and more. There’s a certain flair to how he speaks and conducts himself, and he seems to demand the attention of whatever room he enters, regardless of who might be company. On top of that, he’s terribly arrogant, with a thirst for violence, and a streak of vanity that runs a mile wide. Cruel. Temperamental. He isn’t the most likeable person as a baseline, though he can muster up some charisma if he puts his mind to it.
Despite his astounding list of negatives, however, he does have soft spots for those he cares about. While he insults and berates his sister on a regular basis- a favor quite often returned- he can often be found checking in on her and fussing over her health. Whether this softness extends to anyone outside of the family is yet to be seen.

Bio:
The Memoli family is a rather infamous one, being long-lived, primarily Mafia-based, and originating from Italy itself. With their use of illusory and mental magic, they carved out a name for themselves of an organization not to be taken lightly, but still makes for loyal and valuable allies. As one might imagine, this reputation places great expectations upon the members of the family, with the pressure weighing on their backs even through childhood.

Elizabeth and Aristide weren’t the only children that their parents had- in fact, they have quite a few siblings- but they are the youngest. While the heir of the line, their eldest brother Darrien, is expected to take over the head of the family business, the rest of the children are to be the “limbs” of the organization. Each child was put through particularly grueling training to see where their skills and weaknesses lie, and from there, are groomed to best blossom in the role that would best suit them. Library is to be primarily the Broker of the family, and Aristide the brute- or, as Blackwood might put it, the Psycho.

Neither sibling seems to particularly enjoy talking about their family much, though both seem resigned to their role.

Major:
Psycho

Classification:
Minion

Powers:
Fear Manifestations: Aristide has the power to sense the vulnerabilities of a person, and exploit them. If someone has a fear of spiders, he can create the illusion of spiders crawling onto them, or burrowing into their flesh. It takes time to construct realistic illusions, however, or ones that one cannot easily break out of. This, however, has a work-around: by enchanting items and embedding them, he can create long-lasting, terribly vivid hallucinations- even creating feelings of paranoia and fear- that end only when the items are removed. The more items he plants, additionally, the worse and more firmly-rooted the hallucination can be. These items could be arrows or knives, though Aristide prefers to use hat pins for no real reason other than aesthetic purposes.

Mundane Skills:
- Training: Aristide can shoot a gun, wield a knife, escape restraints, and has an unsettlingly high tolerance for pain. Unlike his sister, he also has skill in hand to hand combat, preferring to get up close and personal in a fight rather than fight from afar.
- Styling: Given how prideful he is about his hair, Aristide is an excellent hairstylist.

Equipment:
- An assortment of hatpins, enchanted and not.
- So much jewelry. So much.
- A variety of weapons, such as a pair of brass knuckles.

Other:
- Becomes filled with rage if silenced, or otherwise kept from speaking against his will.

After ten thousand years, my terrible, angry character is finished.

The Academy of Evil

Library Memoli

Name:
Elizabeth Fortunata Memoli

Alias:
Library

Age:
15

Gender:
Female

Physical Appearance:


“Library” is the sort of girl that is easily overtaken in the shadow of her brother. She stands at a mere 5’4”, with a slight build, the kind of light skin that results from being regularly out of the sun, and her hair, dark brown, is left tousled and to the length of her chin. Her eyes are her most striking feature, however, especially when contrasted with the wanness of her face- light blue, bordering on grey, they tend to express curious hunger, or a distantness when she’s left unpreoccupied.
She tends to dress in business-casual wear, always wearing long sleeves and pants.

Personality:
In a direct contrast to her brother, Library isn’t the most traditional recruit of a villainous school. She doesn’t hold any real interest in violence or world domination, and doesn’t spend her free time toying with others. In fact, she tends to keep to herself, preferring to spend her time collecting and poring over new information than anything else. However, what she lacks in malicious intent, she possesses in a distinct sense of apathy towards most situations.
Library could be best described as a “human Wikipedia”; it’s not uncommon for her to go off on random tangents mid-conversation about one fact or another, and has copious amounts of knowledge regarding topics both important, and entirely irrelevant and unnecessary.

Bio:
The Memoli family is a rather infamous one, being long-lived, primarily Mafia-based, and originating from Italy itself. With their use of illusory and mental magic, they carved out a name for themselves of an organization not to be taken lightly, but still makes for loyal and valuable allies. As one might imagine, this reputation places great expectations upon the members of the family, with the pressure weighing on their backs even through childhood.

Elizabeth and Aristide weren’t the only children that their parents had- in fact, they have quite a few siblings- but they are the youngest. While the heir of the line, their eldest brother Darrien, is expected to take over the head of the family business, the rest of the children are to be the “limbs” of the organization. Each child was put through particularly grueling training to see where their skills and weaknesses lie, and from there, are groomed to best blossom in the role that would best suit them. Library is to be primarily the Broker of the family, and Aristide the brute- or, as Blackwood might put it, the Psycho.

Neither sibling seems to particularly enjoy talking about their family much, though both seem resigned to their role.

Major:
Information Broker

Classification:
Minion

Powers:
Mind Work: By breaking the skin of one’s palm and pressing her thumb deep into the wound, Library has the ability to access the innermost thoughts and psyche of a person. She can look through one’s memories, change them, and even plant suggestions and alter the mind of someone with enough time and effort. This experience is incredibly violating for the victim, and both she and the victim will be left paralyzed during the act- though mentally, neither are. This also leaves Library incredibly vulnerable and defenseless as she casts, and afterward, she will find difficulty in communicating in anything other than babbling nonsensical facts for a time, and generally find her mental state taking a bit of a dip until it stabilizes afterward, though there are lingering effects.
Part of her being at Blackwood is in an effort to try and work around these weaknesses.

Mundane Skills:
- Perfect Memory: Library can remember anything and everything that she learns, in immaculate detail.
- Training: Library can shoot a gun, wield a knife, escape restraints, and has an unsettlingly high tolerance for pain.

Equipment:
- A few knives: her weapons of choice, though she tends to not even bother to defend herself.
- A few phones, largely burners.
- Various books, both empty and full.

Other:
- Has a tendency to neglect feeding herself, or eat mostly just fruit if allowed to. That doesn’t keep her from keeping a stash of snacks in her room and buried in her things, however.

Aristide Memoli

Name:
Aristide Pietro Memoli

Alias:
Ari (mostly by Library)

Age:
17

Gender:
Male

Physical Appearance:


The first thing one might notice about Aristide is that, in spite of his personality, he isn’t hideous. Standing at 5’11”, his build is that of one who has spent time building it through exercise and conflict. He’s lean, with pale skin, sharp turquoise eyes, and luxurious black hair grown out to his tailbone. Aristide has a penchant for half-smiles or smirks, or pursing his lips in a look of general disdain or disgust.
The second thing one might notice about him is just how gaudy he is.
From the fur coats he leaves hanging casually from his shoulders, to the glimmering rings on his finger, to the amulets, the necklaces, the bracelets, the anklets, the countless amounts of glittering and shiny things he keeps woven in his hair, one can easily tell he has no problem flaunting his wealth. Even his leather boots and pants scream of expense, and his shirts seem carefully chosen so they could be left open enough to show the peak of his chest.

Personality:
Bold. Brash. Flamboyant. Aristide is all that his sister isn’t and more. There’s a certain flair to how he speaks and conducts himself, and he seems to demand the attention of whatever room he enters, regardless of who might be company. On top of that, he’s terribly arrogant, with a thirst for violence, and a streak of vanity that runs a mile wide. Cruel. Temperamental. He isn’t the most likeable person as a baseline, though he can muster up some charisma if he puts his mind to it.
Despite his astounding list of negatives, however, he does have soft spots for those he cares about. While he insults and berates his sister on a regular basis- a favor quite often returned- he can often be found checking in on her and fussing over her health. Whether this softness extends to anyone outside of the family is yet to be seen.

Bio:
The Memoli family is a rather infamous one, being long-lived, primarily Mafia-based, and originating from Italy itself. With their use of illusory and mental magic, they carved out a name for themselves of an organization not to be taken lightly, but still makes for loyal and valuable allies. As one might imagine, this reputation places great expectations upon the members of the family, with the pressure weighing on their backs even through childhood.

Elizabeth and Aristide weren’t the only children that their parents had- in fact, they have quite a few siblings- but they are the youngest. While the heir of the line, their eldest brother Darrien, is expected to take over the head of the family business, the rest of the children are to be the “limbs” of the organization. Each child was put through particularly grueling training to see where their skills and weaknesses lie, and from there, are groomed to best blossom in the role that would best suit them. Library is to be primarily the Broker of the family, and Aristide the brute- or, as Blackwood might put it, the Psycho.

Neither sibling seems to particularly enjoy talking about their family much, though both seem resigned to their role.

Major:
Psycho

Classification:
Minion

Powers:
Fear Manifestations: Aristide has the power to sense the vulnerabilities of a person, and exploit them. If someone has a fear of spiders, he can create the illusion of spiders crawling onto them, or burrowing into their flesh. It takes time to construct realistic illusions, however, or ones that one cannot easily break out of. This, however, has a work-around: by enchanting items and embedding them, he can create long-lasting, terribly vivid hallucinations- even creating feelings of paranoia and fear- that end only when the items are removed. The more items he plants, additionally, the worse and more firmly-rooted the hallucination can be. These items could be arrows or knives, though Aristide prefers to use hat pins for no real reason other than aesthetic purposes.

Mundane Skills:
- Training: Aristide can shoot a gun, wield a knife, escape restraints, and has an unsettlingly high tolerance for pain. Unlike his sister, he also has skill in hand to hand combat, preferring to get up close and personal in a fight rather than fight from afar.
- Styling: Given how prideful he is about his hair, Aristide is an excellent hairstylist.

Equipment:
- An assortment of hatpins, enchanted and not.
- So much jewelry. So much.
- A variety of weapons, such as a pair of brass knuckles.

Other:
- Becomes filled with rage if silenced, or otherwise kept from speaking against his will.

The Academy of Evil

Library Memoli

Name:
Elizabeth Fortunata Memoli

Alias:
Library

Age:
15

Gender:
Female

Physical Appearance:


“Library” is the sort of girl that is easily overtaken in the shadow of her brother. She stands at a mere 5’4”, with a slight build, the kind of light skin that results from being regularly out of the sun, and her hair, dark brown, is left tousled and to the length of her chin. Her eyes are her most striking feature, however, especially when contrasted with the wanness of her face- light blue, bordering on grey, they tend to express curious hunger, or a distantness when she’s left unpreoccupied.
She tends to dress in business-casual wear, always wearing long sleeves and pants.

Personality:
In a direct contrast to her brother, Library isn’t the most traditional recruit of a villainous school. She doesn’t hold any real interest in violence or world domination, and doesn’t spend her free time toying with others. In fact, she tends to keep to herself, preferring to spend her time collecting and poring over new information than anything else. However, what she lacks in malicious intent, she possesses in a distinct sense of apathy towards most situations.
Library could be best described as a “human Wikipedia”; it’s not uncommon for her to go off on random tangents mid-conversation about one fact or another, and has copious amounts of knowledge regarding topics both important, and entirely irrelevant and unnecessary.

Bio:
The Memoli family is a rather infamous one, being long-lived, primarily Mafia-based, and originating from Italy itself. With their use of illusory and mental magic, they carved out a name for themselves of an organization not to be taken lightly, but still makes for loyal and valuable allies. As one might imagine, this reputation places great expectations upon the members of the family, with the pressure weighing on their backs even through childhood.

Elizabeth and Aristide weren’t the only children that their parents had- in fact, they have quite a few siblings- but they are the youngest. While the heir of the line, their eldest brother Darrien, is expected to take over the head of the family business, the rest of the children are to be the “limbs” of the organization. Each child was put through particularly grueling training to see where their skills and weaknesses lie, and from there, are groomed to best blossom in the role that would best suit them. Library is to be primarily the Broker of the family, and Aristide the brute- or, as Blackwood might put it, the Psycho.

Neither sibling seems to particularly enjoy talking about their family much, though both seem resigned to their role.

Major:
Information Broker

Classification:
Minion

Powers:
Mind Work: By breaking the skin of one’s palm and pressing her thumb deep into the wound, Library has the ability to access the innermost thoughts and psyche of a person. She can look through one’s memories, change them, and even plant suggestions and alter the mind of someone with enough time and effort. This experience is incredibly violating for the victim, and both she and the victim will be left paralyzed during the act- though mentally, neither are. This also leaves Library incredibly vulnerable and defenseless as she casts, and afterward, she will find difficulty in communicating in anything other than babbling nonsensical facts for a time, and generally find her mental state taking a bit of a dip until it stabilizes afterward, though there are lingering effects.
Part of her being at Blackwood is in an effort to try and work around these weaknesses.

Mundane Skills:
- Perfect Memory: Library can remember anything and everything that she learns, in immaculate detail.
- Training: Library can shoot a gun, wield a knife, escape restraints, and has an unsettlingly high tolerance for pain.

Equipment:
- A few knives: her weapons of choice, though she tends to not even bother to defend herself.
- A few phones, largely burners.
- Various books, both empty and full.

Other:
- Has a tendency to neglect feeding herself, or eat mostly just fruit if allowed to. That doesn’t keep her from keeping a stash of snacks in her room and buried in her things, however.

I'm still working on Aristide's profile, but I thought it would be a good idea to have Libby's up first just so I have something on here.

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@blackdragon Could there be a family of one certain major type sending their kiddos? Cause my characters are supposed to come from a magical mafia type of situation, but not as mafia majors, and I wanted to check to see if that was okay.

The Academy of Evil

@blackdragon I'd be incredibly down.
Also, would it be alright for me to make two characters, a pair of siblings?

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@blackdragon I’m around! I had a final today, so I was a bit preoccupied.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Earthbound

Sloth

Sin

Sloth

Demon Name

Phorutris

Gender

Female

Appearances

Human Form

Phorutris takes the appearance of a young woman that seems almost as if the color had been leeched from her body; pale skin, messy pale hair, and pale blue eyes perpetually ringed with shadows. She doesn’t put too much care with her appearance, often wearing whatever she happens to dig up- which leads to her looking like an absolute disaster- or putting on whatever her siblings throw at her whenever they have sympathy.

Her true form is a creature that seems rather unintimidating. A cross between a sort of humanoid, a bat, and a bharal, Phorutris isn’t small, but she hardly towers over others. The horns that protrude from her forehead slope backwards, her wings are often folded in, and she has fur. Soft, plush fur, which just so happen to conceal the spines just beneath. Her eyes are like those of a goat’s, and are the same shade of blue as that of her human form.

Age

She doesn’t remember, nor does she particularly care enough to try and dredge up the memory.

Pre-Sin-hood Biography

Phorutris is an odd case among her siblings, to say the least. Her rise and fall of glory was hardly anything exciting. There was no path carved in blood, no heads left rolling or broken souls left forced onto their knees in her wake. Hers was a path that took those that happened to be a threat to her, and pulled them into the gentle stream of oblivion. Her competitors grew complacent to the point of holding no real desire for the title, leaving them entirely vulnerable. It was through that that, over countless years, Phorutris came to gain the title of Sloth, and it was, ironically enough, through her own placid nature that she let it be taken from her.
She seems to have no real desire for revenge or to reclaim her title, and while she claims to be content enough with her new place in life, she’s not entirely unopposed to the stomping grounds of Earth, either.

Personality

Nothing seems to really elicit much of a response from Phorutris. Everything from her long-gone celebrity status, to threats against her person, are regarded with little more than shadows of true emotion. This unflappable demeanor allows her to keep a cool head in most tense situations, though it also means that she can be somewhat annoying when one is trying to get a proper response out of her. She prefers to take things at her own pace- even if said pace means a lack of ambition for most things- and for all her slowness, she isn’t unintelligent. If convinced to put the energy into something, Phorutris has the patience to wait as long as needed for the desired outcome to happen, and the power to make it easier upon herself.

Likes and Dislikes

Likes:
- Nature documentaries. She finds them fascinating.
- Grandfather clocks.
- Things that surprises her, or excite her.
- Bears.
- Her siblings(?)

Dislikes:
- Heavy metal music.
- Being forced to do anything.
- Chocolate.
- Her siblings(?)

Special Sin ability

Much like a vampire, Phorutris has the ability to drain her victims of their energy, storing it within herself to be used later. This power is activated with direct, extended touch, leaving the victim lethargic, apathetic, or in a state of hopelessness afterward; something that worsens the longer she holds on. This power can make her a considerable threat...
If she ever decides to do anything, that is.

Other:

N/A