Sweet Grotesque

[Penny Royals]

Credit goes to the lovely SanityOuttheWindow/SeaandSunshine!

In short: we play a group of kids, who live at a rather bleak orphanage. In their past, they have had severe trauma... and afterwards, began to see a monster. Said monster is their new companion- a physical body to their traumas and fears, their imaginary friend, and best friend when they first come to this place...

BIO:

NAME:
AGE: (Under 18 if they're the kids)
APPEARANCE: (Anything goes)
BIO: (Include the trauma)
MONSTER NAME:
MONSTER APPEARANCE: (Again, can be anything)
MONSTER BIO: (Not a history, but about them.)

Here's our staff. If anybody wants to play one of them, or add a new faculty member, be my guest!

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NAME: Petra Clarke
AGE: 24
APPEARANCE:

BIO: Petra was born and raised in a small town nearby, with two wonderful parents. That of course ended when she was quite young- around five or six- when a heavy snowstorm came through. The power out in their house, their parents would cook with a grill- inside the house. How she survived was a mystery- but she still remembers waking up one day with her parents unable to do such, and, like a smart child that she was, getting on her warmest clothes and running out to find her neighbors. She was left here, and grew up here with the monster that she has- who disappeared when she went away to college at 18 to become a nurse, but now haunts her every once in a while since she's back.
MONSTER NAME: Valhalla
MONSTER APPEARANCE:

MONSTER BIO: Valhalla is a mute Grotesque, and not the brightest- but very much brute force. It shows the utmost adoration and affection for Petra- sort of like a puppy dog.

(Played by Anya)
NAME: Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Duncan
AGE: 43
APPEARANCE:

BIO: Teddy has some massive shoes to fill. Not only was he named after his parents' favorite president, but he inherited the orphanage from his Uncle Thomas, who was, at that time, considered to be a wonderful headmaster. Teddy has seen the place fall to shambles under him, and though he tries to keep the kids well and act as a father figure to them, he can't comprehend that maybe something else is going on... Something else like the monsters that live here...


NAME: Nancy Jameson
AGE: 36
APPEARANCE:

BIO: Nancy is the lady at the front desk. Rumor has it she and Teddy are both having massive affairs on their respective partners, but as of yet, nobody's quite sure yet...

(Played by Alastor)
NAME: Norville "Shaggy" Rogers
AGE: 43
APPEARANCE:
BIO: Yes, he's that Shaggy. He's long since given up his days of being a hippie-slash-teen detective and now works at the orphanage as the janitor. He's still a hippie at heart, his time as a teen detective leading to him becoming permanently high and giving him the ability to see the monsters in the orphanage (though this might stem from a trauma as a child as well).

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The Chernobog. (More about him to appear later in the RP.)

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• The orphanage is located somewhere in America, though it is never specified the state or region. It is surrounded by thick forest, with the nearest town (Bartlett Cove) being several miles away.
  
  
• The orphanage is six stories high, counting the attic and basement. It is on relatively flat ground, and the topmost part of the attic looms just above the trees.
  -First Floor: Kitchens, dining hall/cafeteria, front desk, Teddy's office, bathrooms for both genders.
  -Second Floor: Infirmary, school room, nursery, bathrooms for both genders.
  -Third Floor: Girls' dormitories, bathrooms (technically unisex). Each girl has their own bedroom, with a bed, a nightstand, a dresser, a closet, a window, and a sink. Anything else within the room is their own- including lamps.
  -Fourth Floor: Boys' dormitories, bathrooms (technically unisex). Each boy has their own bedroom, with a bed, a nightstand, a dresser, a closet, a window, and a sink. Anything else within the room is their own- including lamps.
  -Basement: For food storage, a boiler room. This is a restricted section.
  -Attic: For medical supply and extra bedding and such things as that storage. This is a restricted section.
  
  
• Haggle Creek runs through the forest. It is somewhat shallow, but very swift, with many rocks on the bottom. The creek often floods and overflows during the rainy seasons, and the banks are permanently muddy. This is a restricted section.
  
  
• The forest has four parts:
  -The Front: Open to all kids. A dirt and rocky road runs through it to Bartlett Cove. Considered safe. Kids need permission to leave grounds through the gate, however.
  -The Sides: Open to all kids who are good at walking. There are trails here. Considered safe, but not for the younger kids who might trip and fall.
  -The Back: Rough terrain, tangled bush and brier. Haggle Creek is within it. This is a restricted section.
  
  
• The grounds have many nice things, including a garden, a well, a large wooden play place, and a sandbox, as well as plenty of room to run around.
  
  
• Bartlett Cove is a coastal town with many beaches for kids to swim at or go rowing. It is a relatively sleepy and small town, with mostly older folks living within. There are many shops and things to do and see. Permission, a key, and a chaperone (for younger kids, anyone over sixteen can go alone or as a chaperone) are all needed to go here though.

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[/li][li]Don't be afraid to give your kids mental illnesses or physical deformities or disabilities. We can work with them.
[/li][li]If your kid has been here long enough, they most likely will have depression. Keep that in mind- why will be shown in the story.[/spoiler]

More such things to come!

[Anya the Purple]

This sounds really interesting. I WILL make a profile at some point, but right now I'm tired and lazy and all that.

[Penny Royals]

Is fine! c:

NAME: Sarah Queen
AGE: 17
APPEARANCE:
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BIO: Sarah had a rather normal young childhood, being a big fan of fairytales and stories and such. Her mother being a wonderful actress, Sarah wanted to be one too, getting screenplays at a young age to practice and practice and practice. At the age of twelve, however, her mother abandoned her and her father without a word. She came back a week later with a boyfriend, taking Sarah out to do things. That continued on for about three months before her mother vanished off the face of the earth, leaving Sarah forever crushed. Her father remarried two years later, to one whom Sarah mostly considered 'a wicked old witch', mostly due to being bitter about her mother still. They had a baby boy, Marcus. This seemed to really just tip it over the iceberg for Sarah, who had to babysit often. To make it up to her, they took her out to go camping one week, with her best friend, Janie. That night would live in infamy for them both, as during the night a landslide occured. Her father and stepmother were only able to hand her and Janie Marcus and get them started away before they were caught underneath. Sarah and Janie, with Marcus in tow, were able to get out of the landslide's path. Sarah and Marcus stayed with Janie and her family for a few weeks before being sent to live at the orphanage. Sarah hasn't been the same since, seeing a terrifying monster every day and suffering horrendous nightmares...
MONSTER NAME: Origen
MONSTER APPEARANCE: Origen stands at a rather massive 10'2. It- as that is the best way to describe the gender of the monstrosity- is humanoid, nude but featureless, and the skintone goes between a muddy brown, a volcanic dusty red, and a clean, but almost inside-out looking tan, with veins scattered to and fro. Origen's arms drag all the way down to the ground, but it's upper body does not sag with it. Origen has no face, at least, not on the head... but the chest holds a face and the back holds another. The faces resemble her parents, and they are almost always either peaceful-looking or in severe pain, screaming but silent.
MONSTER BIO: Origen is silent, of course, but that doesn't stop it from having blatant emotions via it's body language. It is often excited, but always confused because everyone is so afraid of it.

[Alastor]

NAME: Nina Jameson
AGE: 10
APPEARANCE: www.tektek.org/avatar/50628980
BIO: Nina's life before having gone to the orphanage was generally full of death: her mother was killed during childbirth, her older sister dying from pneumonia when she was 7, and most recently her father being killed by another member of his gang, which she had the misfortune of having caught a sight of before fleeing. Shortly after, she was sent to the orphanage, and began seeing her monster. In personality, the girl is rather outgoing and friendly, if a bit scattered-brained.
MONSTER NAME: Genesis
MONSTER APPEARANCE: Genesis is a lanky quadrupedal, with a human-like torso with its ribcage jutting out from a lack of weight. The creature's spidery legs come from the spine, thin enough that it shouldn't even be able to support its weight. The creature has what seems to be a a human-like head, with no nose. ...or eyes for that matter, with where the eyes would be being replaced by bloodied, black holes. The monster's mouth is a circular hole, covered in a seemingly endless row of sharp teeth. It's covered in a red, blood-like substance that oozes off of the creature's body.
MONSTER BIO: Genesis is... not the social type of monster. At best, it'll be apathetic towards you, at worst it will actively hold the desire to kill you, though it likely will not act on the impulse. When confronted, however, it will become hostile.

[lovely corte]

BIO:

NAME: Omar 'Naykar' Zervinoz

AGE: 17.

APPEARANCE: Omar is a tall boy, with a round head and out-sprouting ears. His face appears very warmly, and he is massing some stubble.

He has a pale complexion, and appears alot more sickly than he actually is, with aqua eyes and shaggy, brown hair.

He usually wears black, loose jeans, converse hightops and a grey sweater. Also wears a beanie, and prescription glasses.

BIO: Omar was born to a Serbian Father and a Bosnian Mother. He grew up in the Bosnian Wars, and their successions.

He was 'volunteered' for military conscription, and watched his father get killed on sniper alley along with his mother as they attempted to reach the other-side to ex-fill civilians.

He eventually experienced the end of the war, after witnessing murders, genocide and systematic rape, before he was taken to the orphanage, as a part of of an armistice between wherever the orphanage is located and the compassion of a U.N Peace Keeper.



MONSTER NAME: Vulgar

MONSTER APPEARANCE: Vulgar is a combined mass of patch-work skin, filled with festering corpses and leaking corrosive liquids. Puss and gaseous substances leak from Vulgar, and he is covered in diseases.

His genitalia are mutilated, as are his lower-regions. He's short-squat, with stubby arms and an over-hanging stomach that is on the brink of tearing from all the corpses ingested.

MONSTER BIO: Vulgar is just as his name implies. He is to the point, rude to some, and is hard to get along with, in sharp comparison to Omar.

[Penny Royals]

^Is it weird I thought Vulgar to be like, a mix between a Weezing and The Cleaners from Labyrinth? ._.

I like how we're all apparently going for as nightmarish as we can make them. xDDD I mean God, Al's monster dips into MY fears as it has grasshopper-like legs (or at least that's how I picture it), and I... kinda-sorta made the cousin of Slendy...

Added setting details. If nobody minds, we could use a school teacher (or teachers), a person to run the nursery, and any other staff, as well as people from Bartlett Cove!

[Anya the Purple]

I could play Teddy, if you want... Also, is it okay to make a teacher with a monster? There's a character I'd like to use, but it's best if she's an adult.

NAME: June Summers
AGE: 15
APPEARANCE:

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BIO: June lives a fairly normal life and is a resident of Bartlett Cove. She's rather hipster-ish, right down to the fake glasses. She's into psychoanalysis and likes to subtly analyze the orphanage kids whenever they come down to the cove.
MONSTER NAME: N/A
MONSTER APPEARANCE: N/A
MONSTER BIO: N/A

NAME: Sia Ackerman
AGE: 35
APPEARANCE:

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BIO: Sia was raised in a religious cult. Life for her involved lots of praying and a good deal of physical labor. But since she didn't know any other way of living, it was fine. Until she was asked to kill one of her fellow members, a young girl who had begun to question the authority of the cult leaders. Sia did this, by way of a relatively slow poison that allowed her to have a long conversation with the girl before she died. Afterwards, Sia realized what a monster she was and ran away, ending up in Bartlett Cove. After a few years, she managed to get enough education to get a teaching job at the orphanage, where she still works now.
MONSTER NAME: Jinn
MONSTER APPEARANCE: The young girl she killed, but more zombie-like. Deathly pale skin, ragged clothes. Stands about 4'5" tall. Long, tangled, blonde hair.
MONSTER BIO: Jinn never speaks, but follows Sia constantly, wearing the scared and accusatory look the little girl (whose name was also Jinn) had right before she died. She never disappears, even when Sia closes her eyes. Over time, Sia has learned to deal with her as long as she doesn't make eye contact.

[Alastor]

Aug 31, 2012 12:49:27 GMT -8 Anya the Purple said:

I could play Teddy, if you want... Also, is it okay to make a teacher with a monster? There's a character I'd like to use, but it's best if she's an adult.

NAME: June Summers
AGE: 15
APPEARANCE:How do you embed an image that's from your computer instead of from the internet?
BIO: June lives a fairly normal life and is a resident of Bartlett Cove. She's rather hipster-ish, right down to the fake glasses. She's into psychoanalysis and likes to subtly analyze the orphanage kids whenever they come down to the cove.
MONSTER NAME: N/A
MONSTER APPEARANCE: N/A
MONSTER BIO: N/A

Upload it to a file host. Or just use the attachment function above.

[Penny Royals]

Teachers can have monsters, yes- as Petra does. To embed an image from your computer, click the 'reply' button and check underneath the title, there should be a line saying 'Attachment' with a 'Browse' button.

[Anya the Purple]

Thanks. Btw, added another bio.

[Penny Royals]

Yay! :DD

NAME: Marcus Queen
AGE: Will be 4 very soon.
APPEARANCE: He has short, wispy brown hair that curl at the ends, and brown eyes that seem almost too large for his face. He's still got his baby fat.
BIO: Marcus is Sarah's little brother, obviously. He's cute and sweet, with a habit of getting into trouble accidentally. He is surprisingly independent from his sister.

[JW%]

As you recall I had a character for this before, but I'm not sure I can join it while... dealing with everything else that requires my attention. So, sorry Patty isn't going to be cropping up.