Here's where we can talk about our characters, ask questions about the physical house itself, etc. Maybe even plot!
Everybody who plans to participate needs to post an in-depth character bio. I'll go first ^_^
Full Name: Erika Genevieve Bianchi
Preferred name: Erika
Age: 24
Hair: Brunette under a bleach blonde bottle job with hot pink tips. The color changes a lot. The cut is past her shoulders, lots of choppy layers that really make no sense. But it all sweeps up nicely into a ballerina's bun. With the help of lots of bobby pins and plenty of stiffening hairspray.
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'6, 5'9 on pointe
Weight: 120lbs
Family: Mother, Christine Alice Bianchi (Deceased) Father, Don Stephen Lino Bianchi (Living but estranged from Erika)
Background: She was very close to her mother Cris. They spent a lot of time together and her mom was the one who took her to her very first ballet class at three years old. Not long after the girls sixth birthday she died tragically. That was when her father's casual neglect turned to a palpable resentment. Bitterness built between the pair. All the money that Don Bianchi had piled up did nothing to repair the ruined father-daughter relationship. And neither of them particularly cared to fix it. Erika threw herself into the dance, the drama, the music, the stories. Drugs and alcohol and sex were experimented with in turn before she grew bored and tried body art. She has several expensive tattoos on her skin though all but one (a thorned rose around her left wrist) are hidden by clothes.
Reason(s) for coming to the House: A new adventure. The invitation intrigued her.
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Oct 14, 2009 - 16 57
Due to some very unfortunate circumstances, Rau will not be joining the rest of the team. When asked if he wanted to converse with Latin speaking goats, he sent a knife flying at my head. His mute refusal to play along has this god asking why I ever thought free will was a fair deal.
On the other hand, an new character has come into play, one that mostly enjoys this kind of torment.
Full Name: Projectile Vomit
Preferred Name: Vomit or Kitten
Hair: Blue
Eyes: Depends
Skin color: Green
Age: Age doesn't matter to a demon.
Height: normally about 5'5
Weight: 115lbs
Family: She has a sister named Influenza. Call her Flu.
Background:
Vomit is a working class demon from hell, and is an office girl who runs golpher errands for Supreme Ruler Bob, the macho man in the hot down under. A bit of a klutz, she was one more mishap away from having her last horn pulled. And its as bad as it gets ladies and gentlemen to be a demon without any horns.
As punishment for her last "mistake" she was sentenced to play the raven so to speak to a psychotic killer recently freed from her region of Hell. Charged with watching over him and keeping him in line, she has more than her share or work to do.
She is a bit of a collector, and enjoys stealing shiny objects from humans who are not able to see her.
Special Powers: Vomit is able to change her shape at will into anything she can concieve. She is also able to remain invisible until she wishes to be seen. She is also able to go back and forth between dimensions as her "job" requires.
Reasons for Participating: Vomit does not have any say in the matter of participation. Supreme Ruler Bob is very displeased that she accidently sent in an order to Management to have his personal derriere tarred and feathered.
----------Nano(2007) Dark Ways(Paranormal Romance)
Nano(2008) Insurrection (Horror)
Nano(2009) Shadow Path (Paranormal Romance)
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Oct 13, 2009 - 05 21
Man, I so want to do this but I'm not sure which character to invite?
----------Hey D, some help?
The Red Guard - 2007
Precurser to Hell - 2008
Finding Glory - 2009
Do not mess in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup...
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Oct 13, 2009 - 09 09
Full Name: William the Goat
Preferred name: William (never Billy)
Age: 5
Hair: A coat of thick whitish fir.
Eyes: The large, dark iris common to goats.
Height: 4 feet (including horns).
Weight: 97 lbs
Family: Unknown, suspected mutton.
Background: Raised in cold clime of the Yorkshire Wolds, William was destined for a quiet life of grazing, building muscle mass and becoming some Yorkshireman's Boxing Day chops. But he was denied the delicious destiny of his race after he wandered into an enchanted glade and supped on the wrong bit of grass. Now, he spontaneously kicks passages of Virgil's Aeneid into the dirt, though unfortunately none of the patrons of the Kicking Goat Inn (where he has become a kind of mascot) have any Latin, so his talents remain under appreciated.
Reason(s) for coming to the House: Looking for some savory--and non-magical--bits of foliage to munch upon.
----------Now brian.never.ends
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Oct 13, 2009 - 19 27
This actually brought me to tears with laughter! This is some of the best writing I've read in a long time and I really hope to read more of William's tale this November - please share!
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Oct 14, 2009 - 05 36
Thanks, Limulus!
----------Now brian.never.ends
33,778 / 50,000
Oct 14, 2009 - 10 25
Full Name: Cupcake
Preferred name: The Director
Age: 3
Hair: Grey
Eyes: Blue
Height: 9 inches at shoulder
Weight: 12 lbs
Family: None. The Director is a genetically engineered persian housecat. His family is whatever human mind he happens to enslave with his powerful psychic powers.
Background: Engineered from birth to be a feline adding machine, Cupcake eventually came to run the local animal testing laboratory as his own personal fiefdom through a human proxy (the campus director) using self-discovered mind control powers. For two years, the employ of the lab just thought the human director had a strange obsession with the persian cat test subject, oblivious to parasitic relationship the cat had with his mind. At the end of Nano 2007, Cupcake (the "real" director) let his human brain-slave burn to death after hippies in giant robot suits attacked the lab.
Reason(s) for coming to the House: Harnessing minds to further his aspirations for world conquest. To prevent William from being the sole quadrupedal participant.
----------2006 - Untitled - 16,790
2007 - The Successes of FAIL - 50,001
2008 - Her Animals - 50,106
2009 - ???
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Oct 14, 2009 - 16 59
You should use Max, like I already told you. I love Max and so will everyone else. ^_^
----------Nano(2007) Dark Ways(Paranormal Romance)
Nano(2008) Insurrection (Horror)
Nano(2009) Shadow Path (Paranormal Romance)
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Oct 14, 2009 - 17 28
Full Name: Nicolai Boze (pronounced Bo-zay)
Preferred Name: Bo
Age: Old enough to know better, young enough not to care...
Eyes: When in feeding mode they are blood red otherwise an astonishing golden honey, or so I've been told
Hair: An unforgettable mixture of deep golden browns and dark mahogany. When let loose it gently cascades past my shoulders to the middle of my back, but most of the time its tied up.
Weight: I'm not sure it matters much at the moment... I'd say 175 after feeding off a fat man, er or woman...
Height: 5'10", yes I know that's not very tall for a vampire. Trust me, I know how vertically challenged I am.
Background - specialties: Levitation, hiding in shadows and enough charisma to charm the pants off a puritan maiden. Physical skills include but are not limited to; keen sense of hearing, heat sensitive eye sight (if its got a pulse I can see it). I have a fondness for human blood, don't worry, our race has developed a blood pill that suffices until a proper donation can be made. I do have an allergic reaction to sunlight but before leaving the main house for this one I was given a 'special' injection by the house 'person' and was told I could be in indirect sunlight but not direct sunlight. Can you say extra crispy? Not even sunblock 200 would help. I do not sleep in a coffin. I sleep in a bed, in a very dark room with no windows or doorways that face an outside wall. At the moment I am disinclined to mention my family or my house ties as it has no prudence on this 'adventure'. I am here because I was offered the opportunity.
Sorry William I forgot Latin a long time ago, pity, I'm sure our conversations would be so in depth as to boggle the minds of the other participants.
----------As I am not human I'm not overly concerned about becoming a mind slave to a cat... of course I have had cat before, not quite like chicken...
I've been warned about Vomit by this rather large fellow named Belza, did I say warned, I apologize. I meant he mentioned knowing you... I can't wait to, meet, you.
And Erika, a tattooed, punk, ballerina, how delightful... you show me yours and I'll show you mine...
The Red Guard - 2007
Precurser to Hell - 2008
Finding Glory - 2009
Do not mess in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup...
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Oct 16, 2009 - 17 30
I want to play! I can still play right?
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Full Name: Its a secret.
----------Preferred name: TJ, or Molly McWhite in her act
Age: 19
Hair: White, totally white, almost silvery in the light
Eyes: Very light blue
Height: 5'3ish, 5'10 while wearing her "work shoes"
Weight: 110ish
Family: No family, except for someone who is not related to her that she calls 'sister', but only because they are such good friends.
Background: TJ is a stripper at the Pink Tiger by day and a chainsaw wielding zombie slayer by night. During her act she goes as Molly McWhite because she only wears white in her act and she is very pale and has white hair. No one knows if it is naturally that way or if she dyes it. She lives off her stripper money and also the meager amount of money she makes by killing zombies. Unfortunately the people that usually call for her help don't live long enough to pay her. She only has one friend, her 'sister' named Naomi. No one knows very much about TJ, not even TJ. She never met her family, she's always lived on the streets raised up by one homeless person after another, until a shelter took her in, where she met Naomi. Both of them were able to work odd jobs until they could afford to live together in apartment, and then Naomi met her boyfriend and moved out, and now TJ is alone. She learned martial arts through a program at her shelter when she was a teen, and then learned zombie slaying from an ex boyfriend of hers, who was killed by zombies. TJ is very tough and will do anything it takes to survive, no matter who or what might get in her way. She is very secretive and does not reveal any information about herself unless she has to. She does not make small talk with people and can be considered rude. She does not stick to most people's code of morals, but she has very strict principles and self-discipline, although in her line of work that is very uncommon.
Reason(s) for coming to the House: Her apartment building is being condemned and she has nowhere else to go until she can find someplace else, because Naomi and her boyfriend are out of town.
- MayNoWriMo 2007 - Petite Muse - lost
- NaNoWriMo 2007 - Nightmare - really really really lost
- NaNoWriMo 2008 - Last First - really lost
- NaPoWriMo 2009 - 30 Poems, 30 Days. Won Big Time!!
- NaNoWriMo 2009 - The Lola Fund - Determined to win this
2,191 / 50,000
Oct 18, 2009 - 10 31
Full Name: Jon Smitt (alias Magnum)
----------Preferred name: Jon for everyday interaction (Magnum for jobs)
Age: 22
Hair: Dusty brown buzz cut. (Stays out of the way like that)
Eyes: Deep blue
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 134 lbs (lean figure, built for agility)
Family: Mother and sister living in New York. Jon moved to California for (Job Reasons)
Reason(s) for coming to the House: The organization have a hit to be done on an unnamed target currently living in the "HOUSE". And money doesn't make itself.
Background: Magnum is a junior member of an organization of assassins specializing in diverting attention from the organization and its clients via extreme subtlety. Every member has their own unique style for each job, Magnum is the sharpshooter who can parkour out of the scene or out of the path of bullets in a firefight. He is eager to prove himself worthy and idolizes the #2 in the group, Cain, a full-auto machine gun user, who inspired Magnum to learn how to use his dual 1911 handguns.
Quote of the week: "You know why I like being an assassin? It's twice the ASS!"
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Oct 18, 2009 - 16 02
Full Name: Catalina Renee Holt
----------Preferred name: Cat
Age: 16-17
Hair: Curly dark brown. She has a few natural highlights but its mostly dark. Big curls, not ringlets.
Eyes: Dark Brown, like her papa
Height: She's average, 5'6
Weight: 120lbs, but she thinks she fat, pssh
Family: Mother: Della Ruiz (Feral Vampire), Father: James Holt (human), Sister: Lilah Holt, Cousin: Michael Holt
Background: She grew up in Sacramento California with her father, sister and cousin. Her mother died tragically while birthing her (or so she's been told), and so holds a deep seeding guilt for the death of her mother. Her father and Cat do not have a very good relationship because James considers is Cat's fault that his wife "died". When he signs her up for a boarding school in England she is well uh...pissed. Not being very popular in Cali she can't imagine the terror to await her at Barnard Castle School. When she gets there she befriends a student names August, who she later discovers, is a vampire. Just as she tries to grasp the concept of the existence of vampires, elves, werewolves, etc. she comes to find that she is also a vampire (err...turning into one) and that she is to be the next ruler of the sentient world. *gasp*
Reason(s) for coming to the House: Needs to get away from school for a while. August (her boyfriend) pretty much threatened to break her violin if she didn't take a vacation. Out of nowhere got a letter asking her to come stay for a few weeks.
Life's a bitch because if it were a slut it would be easy.
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Oct 25, 2009 - 12 27
Full Name: Jason Striker
Preferred name: Striker
Age: 17
Hair: Cropped brown hair at his ears. Mostly unkempt.
Eyes: Brown.
Height: 5'9
Weight: 165lbs
Family: ward of the state
Background: As a ward of the state, Jason finds himself shipped around on a constant basis, his odd quirks grating on his foster parent's nerves. He was abandoned as a child (presumably) and does not speak of his childhood, claiming that "as a novel character, he has no childhood". He hopes to have an afterlife in the form of an epilogue.
Mental Quirk: Believes himself to be a character within a novel. As such, he will react to other individuals as written characters and might make philosophical comments. Often times, he will speak directly to the reader on a one-on-one basis. While he considers this quite normal, others may not be so kind.
Reason(s) for coming to the House: Sent as a ward of the state.
----------When Capable, Appear Incapable