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Name: Lily Sage
Age: 16
Gender: Female

Personality: Quiet, not very outgoing in school. She has a few acquaintances, but nothing you’d call a real friendship. Smart, but laid back. Self-sufficient and independent.

History: A young Native American girl adopted by a rich family at the age of 12. Even though the family already had a 10 year old son at that time, the mother had had hysterectomy once he was born. After ten years, she decided she wanted a daughter as well. She picked Lily because she was quiet, and a bright child, much like her son. Lily's parents died when she was a young child and no one else in her family wanted her. She’s got a close bond with her little brother, her best friend.

Bio: Doesn’t particularly like school, but she does what she must to pass. However, she loves reading and learning. She spends her free time reading novels and comic books, playing video games, and working a part-time job. She also has a review show on Youtube; on which she reviews books, comic books, games and movies, updating it every Friday night. Her little brother is her camera man and helps her with the editing. She’s spiritual, but not religious. She respects the earth and hates whenever someone litters and wastes. While she has a few acquaintances from school, the only one she truly cares for and calls a friend is Genis, her little brother.
Appearance: Native American (soft brown skin, strong cheek bones), long raven-black hair (goes past her shoulders) with a pure white feather braided into her hair, dark blue eyes. Physically fit, but not skinny.

Abilities: Strong time management skills (She can churn out a script for her show in a few hours), mild mechanic skills (she replaces the oil in her own car and various other tune-ups, but when it comes to more technical areas such as the engine or the brakes, she hands her car over to professional mechanics), flash programming and video editing.

Name: Locke Cole (Again, AU)

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Personality: Laid-back, quiet, reserved, mysterious. The only thing he opens up about is his car, a '67 Chevy Impala, which he calls his baby.

History and Bio: Locke's the new kid in school. There's a rumor going around about his ex-girlfriend, Rachel, dying. There is only one universal truth, that she and her cousin, Anna, died in a car crash. But was it simply an accident, or was there more foul play at work? Only two people, besides the deceased cousins, know...

Appearance:

Abilities: Very good with cars. Once upon a time at another school he was also heavily involved with the drama department and choir. But that was another life...

Originally from: Final Fantasy VI

Name: Kefka Palazzo (Guess where this one came from... >.>)

Age: 34

Occupation: Deputy Headmaster

Bio: Born into a very stressed and impoverished family, Kefka learned hard work pays off quickly. He was a great help around the house, learning everything quickly, and learned faster still in school. His genius earned him many enemies throughout elementary and middle school, where he was the subject of the typical bullying the genius type seem to be all too acquainted with. By high school he had started taking personal defense classes (unarmed combat of various bastardized types that we have no real equivalent for) and learned rhetoric well, based on his own personal theory of humiliation through words outclasses humiliation through fighting.

Graduating at 16 and a half, Kefka went on to a university, where he was further ostracized by his 'peers' who were at least 2 to 3 years older than he on average. He focused his studies in teaching and also minorly in business, and his classes slowly shrank in overall size, until he had a close batch of unlikely friends by the time he was ready to obtain certification for teaching.

He applied to several secondary schools, realizing it was probably one of the more important places for students to have guidance as he did. He was accepted by about half of his hopefuls (the others dismissing him as 'too new' for the administrative positions he specifically stated he was going to apply for eventually), and settled on Gobancho Academy.

Teaching Math (from the rudimentary algebra to the higher forms of Calculus) and some Chemistry, Kefka quickly earned the love of his students and respect of his peers for his precise methodology and clear-cut examples. The geniuses he taught blossomed, the more dunce-like students he had actually learned, and even succeeded more than their lazier counterparts.

After about 7 years, Professor Palazzo redirected his energies to becoming an administrator at the Academy. One more year of effort and he rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Headmaster, allowing him to essentially be the legal second in command at the school. He grew fond of his newfound power, but didn't abuse it, instead he willingly took all disciplinary action under his belt, teaching students when they went wrong. Major trouble died down at Gobancho shortly after Kefka took his position.

Rumor has it over his most recent vacation, he volunteered for a psychological experiment involving electrodes strapped to his head. Little do people know exactly how broken he became as a result. Rumor has it that the Deputy has developed fairly insidious methods for punishment lately, and some students claim to hear him cackling in delight in his office as he not-so-quietly plans usurping the headmaster's position.

Melodye Suzuri
age: 17

loud and obnoxious, but well meaning at heart - somewhat of a genius ditz

DESCRIPTION:

A girl with short fluffy, sort of frizzy rather unkempt black hair framing silver rimmed glasses. She has bright green eyes, wears no makeup or perfumes, and likes to wear "clothes that fit comfortably". She's slightly overweight, which makes her performance in athletic things hard to praise. However the case, her smile is genuine, regardless of how she comes across. She always says she's "no one's personal fantasy, sexual or otherwise" because she's clumsy and has hardly any idea of how those kind of things work. Obviously, Mel's a virgin, and she doesn't really have any plan to change that right now.

She is usually seen either in her school uniform or her chef's coat, but in those times she's not dressed for school or work related things, she can be seen wearing casual dresses with tennis shoes. Even though she's at an age where she can drive, she chooses not to, and walks from place to place to help combat her weight. Her favorite casual outfit is a knee length denim skirt, a white button up blouse with a blue cardigan over it, a headband with a simple blue bow on the right side, thigh high white socks, and her tennis shoes. There are times when she wears a upper body red apron over that with a little penguin sewed onto the chest - but only when she's cooking at home. Her skirt is always long to prevent a leg brace on her left leg which is very weak, and she's very sensitive about it.

Mel usually carries a bag with her full of all sorts of goodies: a laptop with the charger, a spiral notebook, some pens, and a hand held gaming device. Her motto is simply "Never be Bored! Life's too short to be bored!" and she does what she can to prevent this from ever happening.


Except she's a bit overweight, that picture rather works.

PERSONALITY:

Melodye comes off as quirky and unusual to most people. She's very eccentric, borderline crazy at times, even though she really does mean well. While she is loud and boisterous, most people tend to look at her and then avert their gaze. She's often seen as immature for not understanding subtle hints about things kids her age normally talk about, like relationships. She doesn't seem to care about that and considers herself to be very carefree and lazy. Her entire speaking process is stream-of-conciousness, which leads to very awkward situations and many random lines, ala Homsar of Homestar Runner.

Her favorite thing in life is eating, and her second favorite thing in life is cooking so she can eat. This has led to her having an overeating disorder, though she doesn't seem to want to do anything to solve it. She's sensitive about her weight, so she walks and works out to combat it because she doesn't want to stop enjoying having gorge fests. Rumor has it through her hometown that she once ate the entirety of a buffet in a single setting, burped, and asked if there was any dessert - though this is only a very exaggerated rumor. Her friends, to try and solve this problem, took a day to only let her have food around which she can't or won't eat and she became so depressed they had to let her eat full speed again. This matters a lot to both her personality and her mindset, and whenever she can, she will compare any situation to food.

Melodye has a soft spot for technical things like computers and video games. If she isn't looking in a cookbook at the library, she may be reading about the upcoming video games in a magazine nearby. She finds it hilarious that she's learning to be a chef but can't play video games about cooking very well at all due to the fact that the games aren't realistic. Her real love is for adventure RPGs for the escapism and the dream to be able to "kill her inner demons".

When she starts to fall in love, Mel will revert to being a very quiet person. It is very unlike her not to speak up about whatever she feels about anything, but if she ever develops a crush, she will just stare and daydream about the person in question. She won't admit to either the crush or just daydreaming, but don't expect her to actually act on the crush unless it's in secret. The object of her crush will usually end up getting cards that say "from a secret admirer" or "from your loyal fangirl" but may never know who they are from.

EQUIPMENT:

Melodye comes equipped with a backpack full of a few useful things. A laptop with its charger, a spiral notebook, a few pens, and a handheld gaming device.

The computer is state-of-the-art and reveals that she's been trying to teach herself to write simple programs, but she fails at doing so. This is proof that she's honestly got dreams other than cooking, but she'll never admit it. She also has countless recipes saved on it, as well as music for almost any occasion.

The notebook is full of notes taken in class, doodles, and random other things - and it is primarily used for just that. There are pages with ripped corners, notes passed between her and friends stuffed between pages as bookmarks, and it looks like it is over a few years old. Some of those notes are dated from her middle school years. The cover is drawn on all over, edges are frayed, and a pen is usually stuck in the spiral itself to prevent being lost.

A few pens because they always get lost somewhere, so it's good to have a few wherever you go.

HISTORY:

Melodye grew up by herself in terms of playmates. She was surrounded by adults most of the time, and even though she tried to make friends she always seemed to be too grown-up for other kids. The older kids didn't want to play with her because she was young, which left her to her childhood past-time: video games. During this time period, she spent a lot of time at her family's cafe, the "Morning Bright Cafe", and ate whatever was put in front of her. Eating always made her feel better about herself somehow. Food became something of an addiction when she would come home slightly depressed from school.

Around the age of twelve, it was announced that her family's cafe would be closed down forever. Seeing her father so sad, she vowed to learn to cook to revive it and save the family business - with her own flair, of course.

She learned rather fast, being the daughter of a great chef. Always being so focused on what she was doing, she forgot to learn social skills as she went along. Her grades in school were always decent, but something always seemed to be missing. When her father brought it up to her, she said "Dad, my only real friends have been my family this entire time. I'd rather work to make you guys happy again than to make new ones."

And this is where she starts, my friends.

AU Gremio
aka Gremio Gregminster



Gremio in the game of Suikoden is from the town of Gregminster. He doesn't have a family name and is a serviant of the McDohl household. He cares for the family by being the cook and the housekeeper until Tir, the young master of the house, gets his first mission from the castle. Gremio becomes his bodyguard, and eventually gives his life to save his master so that he may save the world from the Scarlet Moon Empire. He had a relationship with a soldier's apprentice, Camille, but died before it launched off.

AND HERE,

Gremio Gregminster settled down with his fiesty lady Camille, here to teach kids the skills they need to take care of their own home. He's puddy in Camille's hands. He loves her very much, and likes to tell his students about the difference between grown-up relationships and teenage infatuations. He has insight in the subject, as he and his wife have been married now over 25 years. His fluffy blonde hair creates fangirls for him, and he accepts them just as they are but nothing comes of it. His greatest wish is to one day be a father.

Name: Seth

Age: 17

Bio: Seth grew up in a home without a father. He became the father figure to his little sisters, since his mother worked well into the night. They hardly saw each other; however, when his mom was home, he would always find her passed out in the bedroom from drinking. After awhile his mother and sisters died in a car wreck on night when Seth was 15, the state put him in foster care. He worked hard for a year and was finally able to prove that he could take care of himself and keep his grades up in school. He misses his two sisters and his mother, grudgingly.

When Seth moved next door to Fall, he never knew that his life would change forever. She became his life link and he became hers. Seth enjoys playing the guitar and the piano in his free time. He loves his girlfriend more than life itself. He also hates to see others upset. He is not always optimistic but he tries to see the brighter of things. That is what he had to do growing up. When he is not inside playing instruments, loves to be active and play sports.

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Name:Rina

Age:15

Appearance:

Personality: Rina's a pretty easygoing person, and as such, is a bit of a space case when it comes to certain activities, like remembering tests or when library books are due back. However, she's not one for conformity, which is why she'll regularly complain about the uniforms to the librarian, who will listen with half an ear while he works. She's a diehard tomboy and can take out guys three times her size. Her hobbies include working out, practicing her martial arts, exploring, climbing trees, jumping out of said trees and just having a good time. She studies when she has too, but it's not her favorite thing in the world. She's got a solid and tough exterior, and is usually pretty feisty.