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I really like this character idea, and I think the way you play her could be exceptionally interesting. For instance, if she is in a location interacting with her surroundings etherally, you would post in that thread even though she might physically be somewhere else. I'm really interested to see how you play out the differences between her physical life and the etheral one.

To be perfectly honest, You filled out a great profile. I can't think of any questions to ask, really. I'd have to say you are good to go.

I, too, am really excited by this character. The Greenhills have, without giving too much away, a magical heritage as well. So expect some interesting interactions there...

Maia, I must say, I am glad you created a forest. Especially an isolated one.
Don't ask why (It's a teaser).

TASK FOUR:

Personality – All his life, Austin’s treated others generally kindly. He holds few stereotypes with an open mind and a laid back, easygoing lifestyle. Now, though, he’s running a bit short on his humor and entertaining side. He’s a seeker in that he wants something to belong to.

He’s not unwilling to defend himself, and he won’t b***h about anything, but if he makes himself a target, or lets dissatisfaction get to him, he’s at his weakest, most vulnerable point.

To the other end, his greatest attribute is his ability to see all sides of things. He’s been in many different social levels. He’s had friends that other friends would disapprove. He can relate to most issues, as life’s dealt him a rough hand.

Vices – Austin does not feel like he belongs anywhere. This idea he has of being lost makes him more vulnerable, even if he believes he sports a strong guard. He would never succumb to drugs and the like, but become his friend, and he’s pretty easy to manipulate.

He’s also curious, just naturally unafraid to try something new and interesting.

hello,
im new and i have an idea for a character named the Mummmblaa. she's tootally awesome amazing! please help!
(also: one of Nevi's friends. She's the best!)

Task Four

Matt's personality was really developed from his time in captivity. This tought Matt to be very self reliant. Though he sent most of his time in captivity being bored it didn't teach him patience. He still gets bored very easily. Matt tends to take a very neutral attitude in most affair and likes to hide his emotion. Though if he is happy people will know it. Not so much with anger. Overall, though, Matt tends to be happy. It would seem like Matt would have a lot of anger bottled up inside him as he tends to hide it from everyone else. But strangely enough he doesn't. Matt doesn't actually know why, it may be his meditation that helps him or maybe he subconsciously just doesn't bottle emotions up. But whatever reason it is Matt doesn't really care, as long as it works.
Matt treats his friends like a 16 year old treats their friends. Which means sometimes he can be a jerk but not always and he never means it. Matt is pretty neutral towards new people he meets. That is until he befriends them or defines them as someone really lame. And in the latter case he will do all that he can do to make their life miserable.
Matt long ago decided that God had given his rare gift. But so many bad things happen in the world that it just doesn't make sense that God is present. So Matt believes that God created a perfect world with the laws of nature and left to do something else. Because of his beliefs Matt defines himself as a modern Deist.

Task Five



Matt looks like a normal guy. He tends to wear band shirts, his favorite being Iron Maiden, and stands around 5' 8'' tall. He tends to wear black or blue jeans and sandals. His hair is a dirty blonde of around shoulder length which he normally tucks behind his ears.

Matt tends to slouch and has a wide stance when he walks. When just standing around he will put one foot forward and lean backwards almost like a casual en' guard stance. Matt doesn't mean to, but people tell him that when he walks around he projects an aura of self-confidence.

Matt wears near completely white fencing gear. With white knickers, socks, jacket, and plastron. His lame is a metallic gray with Andersson USA written on the back. He uses a black, white mask that allows his face to be seen relatively easily. Matt insists on using a Belgian pistol grip as it allows for more fine point control. His engaurd is relatively relaxed compared to some of his opponents with his left arm down and his foil in a high six. He uses fluid motions to move back and forth and even his lunges and Fleches seem to fit in with the fluidity.
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Updated!

Manderson, that is so much better! Now the rest of us can feel as if we understand your character almost as well as you do.

I do have to second what Maia said though. you may want to double check your posts for awkward sentences. Sometimes spell check misses things. For instance, meaning to type "Spent" and spell check won't pick up that you've typed "Sent" instead. (task 4).

I'd also love to hear a little bit more about Matt's personality. He seems really similar to my character Rowena, so again, that should be fun. Maybe they can go make people's lives miserable together! haha.

You mentioned that Matt hides his emotions (besides happiness). What usually happens to him after bottling them up for too long? Does he explode at people? Does he allow it to pass by meditating? Does he write emo songs? (haha, just kidding...) Also, might want to explain what deist means. I know what you mean, but not everyone does. I basically only know what it means because I'm a religion major. So expand on that idea a little bit.

Is matt a stud in fencing gear? (just kidding!) Does he have any defining features? Even "Normal people" have something that makes them stick out. What is it for matt? Is he bony? is he a little bit thick? Does he have a scar anywhere that people know him by? Does he have HUMONGOUS ears?

Maia - Thanks for stepping up! This is my first week of school here and life is crazy trying to buy books and fight with the various offices at my inefficient university. (Not to mention the internet in my dorm room isn't working at the moment...*grumblecakes*) If you feel like it, you are always more than welcome to help other members work on their characters. I can tell already that you do some really great work. Character development is my favorite part of the game!

Task Six

Name: Matthew Andersson
AKA: Mandersson (by friends & teachers), Mandy (by girls), Mando (by friends).
Current Age: 16
Appearance:

Matt looks like a normal guy. He tends to wear band shirts, his favorite being Iron Maiden, and stands around 5' 8'' tall. He tends to wear black or blue jeans and sandals. His hair is a dirty blonde of around shoulder length which he normally tucks behind his ears.

Matt tends to slouch and has a wide stance when he walks. When just standing around he will put one foot forward and lean backwards almost like a casual en' guard stance. Matt doesn't mean to, but people tell him that when he walks around he projects an aura of self-confidence.

Matt wears near completely white fencing gear. With white knickers, socks, jacket, and plastron. His lamé is a metallic gray with Andersson USA written on the back. He uses a black, white mask that allows his face to be seen relatively easily. Matt insists on using a Belgian pistol grip as it allows for more fine point control. His engaurd is relatively relaxed compared to some of his opponents with his left arm down and his foil in a high six. He uses fluid motions to move back and forth and even his lunges and Flèche seem to fit in with the fluidity.
Costume: Matt doesn't fight crime and thus does not have a costume.
Primary Power: Matt has the ability to slow down or speed up his perception of time. This does not allow him to actually move any faster but it may increase his reaction time and will have a much better eye for detail. There is no penalty the more Matt uses his powers, though each time he uses his powers it gets more difficult to activate them. Matt has trained himself enough so that he can use it around 5-6 times without much effort but after that the chance of error increases. What might occur when an error occurs can range from nothing happening to the opposite effect (if he tries to slow time it might quicken it instead).
Secondary Power(s): None
Weakness: Matt is very frail and cannot take a hit, so he tries to avoid them whenever possible.
Personality: Matt's personality was really developed from his time in captivity. This taught Matt to be very self reliant. Though he sent most of his time in captivity being bored it didn't teach him patience. He still gets bored very easily. Matt tends to take a very neutral attitude in most affair and likes to hide his emotion. Though if he is happy people will know it. Not so much with anger. Overall, though, Matt tends to be happy. It would seem like Matt would have a lot of anger bottled up inside him as he tends to hide it from everyone else. But strangely enough he doesn't. Matt doesn't actually know why, it may be his meditation that helps him or maybe he subconsciously just doesn't bottle emotions up. But whatever reason it is Matt doesn't really care, as long as it works.
Matt treats his friends like a 16 year old treats their friends. Which means sometimes he can be a jerk but not always and he never means it. Matt is pretty neutral towards new people he meets. That is until he befriends them or defines them as someone really lame. And in the latter case he will do all that he can do to make their life miserable.
Matt long ago decided that God had given his rare gift. But so many bad things happen in the world that it just doesn't make sense that God is present. So Matt believes that God created a perfect world with the laws of nature and left to do something else. Because of his beliefs Matt defines himself as a modern Deist.
Biography: Matt grew up leading a pretty common life and had pretty common friendships. Around half way through sophomore year Matt was walking through the factory district of his hometown. While looking into the windows he saw a bunch of thugs loading some boxes into a truck. Any idiot could have seen that they were up to no good. Well they noticed him and apparently thought he knew what they were doing, which he didn't. So they grabbed, blindfolded, and stuffed him into a bag. He was in there for what seemed like forever being jostled back and forth uncomfortably. Eventually it seemed like they had arrived at their destination. Matt was thrown down some stairs and into a room with concrete walls, they had removed the blindfold and bag, with only a cot in it.
He stayed in that room being bored for what also seemed like forever. Too pass the time Matt meditated. He had always been decently spiritual and with nothing else to do Matt had nothing better to do. This is the time when he started to develop his powers. One day while Matt was sleeping he heard a loud crash and then gun shots. Matt felt this was his best opportunity so he sneaked up the stairs. Then a figure opened the door in front of him and aimed his gun at Matt. Thinking quickly Matt did a quick duck and went underneath the figures legs. He scrambled up and went for the first door he saw. It led straight outside into a snowy landscape. Matt, pumped up on adrenaline, just ran right through as quick as he could trying to get as far away from his prison as he could. He ran until the sun started coming up. That's when he noticed that he was really tired. Remembering boy scouts Matt set up a shelter and tried to sleep. It didn't work very well but he at least got his sweating down. He walked well into the afternoon before he found a small town, he learned he was in Russia. From here he managed to get a ride to the airport and using his parents credit he managed to get to Delmor, a town where Matt felt he could be safe for a short time.
Going to an Internet cafe, Matt researched what might have happened in Russia. It turned out that the man who kidnapped him was named Damian Riggs. He was selling nuclear weaponry to the Russians and Matt had gotten caught in the middle of it. The American government decided to take this threat out quickly and that was how Matt got out. It turned out that Matt's parents thought he was dead and had abandoned all hope of him ever coming back. Matt took this very hard and lost all faith in his parents. He decided to stay in Delmor and go to the school there. He lives in a low income apartment located on Pioneer Lane. He doesn't really make a big deal out of his ordeal as he feels that everyone has their secrets so people tend to treat him normally. Matt has always been gifted with school and was able to keep up with the curriculum, but because of this he doesn't take his education very seriously. He really only applies himself to his fencing and meditation. But because his lack of care for education it is not unlikely that he will get one or two or three or maybe four detentions a week. The primary misdemeanor that applies to him is talking back to teachers. He really only does this when they are wrong or when his opinion is different in which case he feels the need to debate the topic.
Goals/Motives: Matt hasn't really decided what his goals in life are. Right now he really just wants to survive, develop his powers and get better at fencing.
Vices: Matt tends to be very sarcastic and can come off as a jerk. He doesn't really mean it but for someone who doesn't know it they might think he actually is a jerk.
Other: If the reader has not already picked this up Matt Andersson is a avid foil fencer.

I'm cheating and not going step-by-step. Don't tell anyone....

TASK 1:

My secondary character, who will probably not be as prominent, is Ames Oual. He is the Chief Detective, 43 years old, and Austin’s grandfather.

TASK 2:

Name – Ames Oual
AKA – “Detective” “Chief” or “Chief Detective”
Age – 43

Oual’s worked in the force for a long time at a variety of positions. He is the uncle to Austin Aires and the boy’s closest relative. He manages a wide variety of tasks within various departments at the police station. He’s often found there, overseeing a field mission, or even Gilligan’s Academy to recruit and meet with the instructors.

TASK 3:

After countless years of training and education, Ames Oual became a cop. Right after high school, he himself enrolled in Gilligan’s. Quickly advancing through ranks, he joined the detective’s force. Currently, he is the head of that department, overseeing most of Delmor’s crime wave. Besides his job, though, he is close with very few people personally.

Growing up, he was raised alongside his sister. He was extremely close to her, but once illness hit, she was taken away. At that point, she had married and given birth to Austin Aires. Oual and his nephew are also close to each other, while the father, Lucas, has remained somewhat of an acquaintance to both of these figures.

Back to growing up, since I got side-tracked. He was close to his mother and greatly admired his father. Unfortunately, his father was taken from them in a shooting accident as, he too, was a cop. Rather than scaring Ames away, this actually convinced him to fight crime. He became very intent on this, and personal matters lost their importance. Every crime and mystery solved made him even more determined. He never cared to live happily, but distracted himself with stopping criminal activity. Somehow, he got close to his nephew. This is probably because neither of them had real close family as they got older, and so turned to each other.

So, since this is so incredibly hard to grasp, here’s the overview: Ames Oual is the chief detective of Delmor. He cares about work and his nephew Austin. The end.

TASK 3.5:

Powers – Experience, training, intellect, and authority. He’s not exactly super, but in a sense… he passes. I think he’d have a chance against some of Delmor’s powered villains.

TASK 4:

Let’s talk about a Type A personality as well as Oual. The two fit nicely together. He’s always on the go, driven, motivated, ect. As a person, he can be called friendly, wise, and understanding. After so many years with the force, he’s seen just about everything. Based off of your attitude towards him, he’ll treat you kindly or harshly, but no matter what, you’ll always feel like he’s thinking about what’s happening when he’s done with you. His focus is in many different places at once, following a tight schedule. This schedule is largely because he’s not the type of boss who throws work onto the shoulders of his employees.

TASK 5:
Appearance – Standing at 6’0” and 160 pounds, Oual tends to dress, out of habit, somewhat formally, but at the same time, he’s trying to be informal. It creates an awkward, yet powerful image. He’s got deep blue eyes and a light brown haircolor to go along with his pale skin. He accidentally reflects the kindly, yet authoritative look he needs for work in his casual wear.

Costume – When at work, Oual sports a badge and a gun with various tools and a stereotypical brown suit. People would now immediately that he’s more than a cop.

TASK 6:

Name: Ames Oual
AKA: “Chief” “Detective” or “Chief Detective
Current Age: 43
Appearance: Standing at 6’0” and 160 pounds, Oual tends to dress, out of habit, somewhat formally, but at the same time, he’s trying to be informal. It creates an awkward, yet powerful image. He’s got deep blue eyes and a light brown haircolor to go along with his pale skin. He accidentally reflects the kindly, yet authoritative look he needs for work in his casual wear.
Costume: When at work, Oual sports a badge and a gun with various tools and a stereotypical brown suit. People would now immediately that he’s more than a cop.
Powers: Experience, training, intellect, and authority. He’s not exactly super, but in a sense… he passes. I think he’d have a chance against some of Delmor’s powered villains.
Weakness: He doesn’t have any real special capability. He’s just incredibly adept at what he does.
Personality: Let’s talk about a Type A personality as well as Oual. The two fit nicely together. He’s always on the go, driven, motivated, ect. As a person, he can be called friendly, wise, and understanding. After so many years with the force, he’s seen just about everything. Based off of your attitude towards him, he’ll treat you kindly or harshly, but no matter what, you’ll always feel like he’s thinking about what’s happening when he’s done with you. His focus is in many different places at once, following a tight schedule. This schedule is largely because he’s not the type of boss who throws work onto the shoulders of his employees.
Biography: After countless years of training and education, Ames Oual became a cop. Right after high school, he himself enrolled in Gilligan’s. Quickly advancing through ranks, he joined the detective’s force. Currently, he is the head of that department, overseeing most of Delmor’s crime wave. Besides his job, though, he is close with very few people personally.

Growing up, he was raised alongside his sister. He was extremely close to her, but once illness hit, she was taken away. At that point, she had married and given birth to Austin Aires. Oual and his nephew are also close to each other, while the father, Lucas, has remained somewhat of an acquaintance to both of these figures.

Back to growing up, since I got side-tracked. He was close to his mother and greatly admired his father. Unfortunately, his father was taken from them in a shooting accident as, he too, was a cop. Rather than scaring Ames away, this actually convinced him to fight crime. He became very intent on this, and personal matters lost their importance. Every crime and mystery solved made him even more determined. He never cared to live happily, but distracted himself with stopping criminal activity. Somehow, he got close to his nephew. This is probably because neither of them had real close family as they got older, and so turned to each other.

So, since this is so incredibly hard to grasp, here’s the overview: Ames Oual is the chief detective of Delmor. He cares about work and his nephew Austin. The end.
Goals/Motives: He simply wants to maintain Delmor’s crime wave.
Vices: Just his bad habit of rushing and talking to you like he’s awaiting his next appointment.
Other: (This spot will be used to update Oual’s adventure in summary form.)