Hill House {Open}

[Penny Royals]

The night you left would be cold, the moon shining through the fog. You left for various reasons – you were running away, or perhaps you were just lost. For whatever reason, however, you would find yourself alone in the world.

Then you’d hear it, someplace far away – a bellowing of a horn lasting every few seconds. The shaking of the ground would come next, and soon you’d see it – the light glaring down, a searchlight seeking for you only. The train itself was massive, with ornate carvings into the metal – though you may at first be aware of the lack of conductor and tracks, the thoughts would soon pass you by.

You were drawn here, to this place – none of you really know why or how. But each of you decided to step onto that train that night, and drift off to sleep, waking here.

Here is Hill House, so named for its resting place; the train wraps around the expansive grounds and gardens and drops you off safely within the gates before reversing and disappearing into the valley. Hill House is a massive mansion, and the staff at least seem friendly – and there are several other people just like you here, as scared, vulnerable and confused as anyone else, trying to figure out what brought you here, and what Hill House is….

We hope you enjoy your stay.


Hill House has several sectors to it….

The mansion itself:

-The West Wing
Here is where the various bedrooms for the kids can be found, all surrounding a large lounge with fires that always seem to be lit. The infirmary is located on the first floor of the west wing. There are also various passageways and staircases that drift off to nowhere, even if several students had sworn that that was the hallway their dorm had been down yesterday, when in fact it’s several halls down. Each floor has two communal bathrooms, and on the fourth floor there are windows that open to the rooftops.
-The East Wing
Here is the area where most other things take place; the kitchen and dining hall are here, the library, the office of Mr. Lovecraft, the workers’ stations and several activity rooms, including a quiet room, a workout space and dance hall, and a room that holds artwork.
-The Great Hall
The ‘welcoming center’, large open area where students are typically addressed, leads to either wing. There is also a central staircase that leads to the bedrooms of Lovecraft and other workers. There is also a tower here, extending beyond where the staircase ends, sealed off to those who work and live here.

The grounds:
-The gardens
Expands beyond and into the woods; spreads out like a maze.
-The stables
Where de Sade spends most of his time, situated near the lake, a suitable distance from the school.
-The lake
Very small compared to the rest of the place; it has small streams running to and from it in various directions.



Staff:
HP Lovecraft – Runs the halfway house and its affairs - Al
Edgar Allan Poe – Takes care of, for the most part, the children at the halfway house, and Lovecraft - Per
Elizabeth Bathory – Head of the workers, often steps up into Poe’s role however to the children - Sienna
Mary Shelley – Head doctor of the infirmary. - Flip
Marquis de Sade – Groomsman, takes care of all animals and various whatever else he can get his hands on
Charlotte Perkins Gilman – Gardener, though sometimes steps into interior design and helps Shelley - Penny
Bio for staff:
NAME:
AGE:
APPEARANCE:
BIO:

Bio of children:
NAME:
AGE: (14-20)
APPEARANCE:
DREAM: (What do they want to do, want to be?)
FEAR:
SPECIAL TALENT: (powers or something as simple as singing)
BIO: (Personality is probably biggest point here)

[Penny Royals]

NAME: Ryan Stark
AGE: 14
APPEARANCE: 38.media.tumblr.com/avatar_09c0f6ca110c_128.png
DREAM: To be a famous performer.
FEAR: His father, being sick, paralysis, limb loss.
SPECIAL TALENT: Things react to him, almost in a poltergeist fashion - to put this into perspective (along with Angel's), Angel can sense that there's something in a locked chest. He's the poor sap who goes to do something to the chest and the lock bursts off.
BIO: He’s grown up much of his life with his father only; the two are very close but Ryan also seems to have a terrified reverence for him. He can be rather histrionic, is extremely feminine and hates being touched. He can also be very argumentative when he wants, but is also very vulnerable.


NAME: Angel Dantes
AGE: 19
APPEARANCE: ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTM3NzQ4ODU0M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDM4Njg3OA@@._V1_SY317_CR12,0,214,317_AL_.jpg
DREAM: To become a famous children’s author and illustrator
FEAR: Monsters, her hallucinations, losing herself.
SPECIAL TALENT: Empathy – she can sense things about the environment and this allows her to open up doorways to certain plot points.
BIO: Angel is the daughter of a sergeant and an older woman, she is very close with her father and older brother. She has a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and is very, very sheltered and child-like.


NAME: Johanna Abbey
AGE: 17
APPEARANCE: www.hairboutique.com/tips/TaylorMomsen1_250h.jpg
DREAM: To change the world for the better
FEAR: Bugs, losing her father, fucking things up.
SPECIAL TALENT: Had-to-hand combat, specifically versions of tae kwon do - this translates, in the school, to a specialty in weapons.
BIO: Johanna grew up with her father Andrew, who (while also being a major kid at heart, moreso than her literally all the time) raised her to be very aware of the world and the issues surrounding it. She’s a very physical person, and has something of a temper. She’s also a lesbian, so…


NAME: Jane Gilman
AGE: 23 or so
APPEARANCE: www.nbc.com/sites/nbcunbc/files/files/images/2013/12/10/NBC-Dracula-Jessica-De-Gouw.jpg
BIO: Jane is based off of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, specifically her short story ‘The Yellow Wallpaper.’ Jane is primarily the gardener and something of a handywoman, though she often moved to help with any injuries or trauma the children have. She, like the other workers, lives on campus, her bedroom on the second floor nearest the west wing. She is quiet and compassionate, though often disenchanted and obsessive.

[Rocket Raccoon]

NAME: Annamarie 'Amy' Schrider
AGE: 14
APPEARANCE: i61.tinypic.com/25f3jeu.png
DREAM: To become the world's greatest gambler.
FEAR: Claustrophobic, limb amputation, feeling worthless/helpless
SPECIAL TALENT: Social chameleon - good at integrating herself with others, along with controlling her own emotions and attempting to manipulate others.
BIO: Amy grew up with her older sister, who was already a card dealer at a famous resort somewhere out in Las Vegas. Her older sister, Alexis, didn't find much time to look after the girl, so with things as they were, she got into quite a bit of trouble, but easily learned the ways of gambling, being good at all casino games minus slot machines, also learning to control her emotions well. She enjoys fancy-looking drinks (once more, Alexis is not a good parental figure and yes, Amy has very likely gotten drunk before. Repeatedly.), roulette, poker, and playing with kittens (specifically white persian cats like her own, Ace.)

NAME: Chet Knight
AGE: 17
APPEARANCE: i62.tinypic.com/2r7wv9w.png
DREAM: To become dictator of the world. Failing that, to become a badass mercenary.
FEAR: Spiders, eye trauma, being considered weak
SPECIAL TALENT: Limited amount of magic that allows him to go hot blooded mode, TTGL style and essentially do certain impossible things through SHEER WILLPOWER, the downside being that he's batshit fucking insane
BIO: No one's quite sure what happened in Chet's past, but from how he tells it, he was raised on the streets of NYC, sacrificed his older brother for his own life (and doesn't exactly regret it), and lost his eye in a fight started by him snapping his fingers a la West Side Story at a particularly violent gang. He likes mac 'n cheese, 70s/80s music, and doing the unexpected.

NAME: Leonora Glindalle
AGE: 16
APPEARANCE: i60.tinypic.com/k9bzuo.png
DREAM: To become a well-trained horse jockey
FEAR: Halucinations, evil robots, distrust in others
SPECIAL TALENT: Communication with animals, although she mostly excels at talking with horses.
BIO: Leonora grew up on her grandfather's farm alongside a horse named Diablo, who she loved dearly and considered her only friend. However, as Diablo got older, she began to be able to take him for rides less and less and he was replaced by his colt, Little Diablo, who Leonora liked much less. She has no siblings, and her parents are usually busy with work, so they leave Leonora to her grandpa. She's an A-B student and in addition to horseback riding, likes sports such as football, baseball, and soccer.

NAME: Elizabeth Bathory
AGE: Eternally 22, don't you dare say otherwise
APPEARANCE: i62.tinypic.com/o88bcz.png
BIO: The most reasonable out of the three head teachers...though not by much. She's an elegant looking woman with a passion for fancy dresses and absolute proper etiquette. However, she also has a taste for younger females - supposedly to kill them and bathe in their blood to retain her beauty (or she might just be a lesbian cougar, who knows). She's relatively kind and motherly when she's not referencing grim misdeeds, and often is up to give cryptic hints...if she feels like it/isn't trolling the shit out of you. She also enjoys making puns. May or may not be a vampire.

[Alastor]

NAME: Eulalia di Adessi
AGE: 16
APPEARANCE: media.tumblr.com/bbba304d8617f1434a51128c8eb77f20/tumblr_inline_n9xlzblRHZ1rjhp81.png
DREAM: To learn all there is about history.
FEAR: Clowns, the concept of time paradoxes, losing her 'mamma e papa', and getting stranded.
SPECIAL TALENT: Something of an omniglot, owing to her odd childhood.
BIO: Eulalia is the daughter of Lucrezia and Aeon di Adessi, a pair of time travelers who often took her along in their travels through time (she claims she was born 'a day or two after Rodric de Borja was declared pope' because of said travels). The girl is rather peculiar in personality from the odd childhood resulting from this. Somewhat childish in personality, at least when concerning her parents who she idolizes and feels can do no wrongs. She can often be distracted by story telling or other such things, especially things to do with history. On top of this, the girl has a habit of interjecting her native Italian into her English- often leading to the impression that she isn't quite fluent in modern English.

[JW%]

NAME: Edgar Allan Poe, AKA, Henri Le Rennet, AKA Edgar A. Perry
AGE: ??
APPEARANCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_Allan_Poe_2_retouched_and_transparent_bg.png
BIO: He is not getting along with his father, hence the alternate names so as to not shame the family further. Or maybe he's just crazy. Either way, he has a reasonably sharp mind and detective skills, but suffers from manic and/or depressive phases which oft times involve drink or gambling.

[Flip]

NAME: Elinor Reynolds
AGE: 19
APPEARANCE: www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/12194/jaimie_alexander.jpg
DREAM: To get back her family home.
FEAR: Doctors, hospitals, needles- even the infirmary is enough to set her off. Also scared of vomit, and is not keen on the idea of drowning.
SPECIAL TALENT: Elinor has no 'true' powers, but has swiftly made up for this with self-taught skills of mentalism, sleight-of-hand and misdirection. Her skill to rapidly read people and react accordingly can make her appear psychic, but she denies any such supernatural skill.
BIO: Elinor lost her parents to a house fire at a young age, and was bounced from boarding school to boarding school by her family from then on, whilst they took control of her parents wealth and assets. However, having been over eighteen for over a year now, she is yet to see any of this fortune, and is very resentful as a result. She can be aloof and distant, but interactions with her can become intense very quickly. She is not cruel, just cold, and her outward character can come across as quite superficial. Getting close to her raises her defences- she is cautious about opening up to other, knowing what she can do when others open up to her. In her free time, Elinor enjoys instrumental practice, favouring the piano, as well as a range of outdoor pursuits- a love of which was fostered by her time at school.

[toothpiic]

Name: Melody Grace Sante
Age: 15
Appearance: Long dark hair about waist length curly hair, fair skinned with piercing green eyes.
Fears: Spiders, Heights and her father.
Dream: To be free from her father's clutch
Special Talent: Practices spirit magic. Uses the strength of her ancestors, an old book and a bag full of herbs and trinkets to heal, conjure up lost things and various other tricks.
Bio: Melody was raised by an abusive father. Her mother committed suicide when she was very young. Melody swares her cat that follows her around is her mother's spirit.

[Alastor]

NAME: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
AGE: 46
APPEARANCE:
BIO: HP Lovecraft is the... well, maybe the historical figure. If he isn't, he's damn close to him in personality and world view. An all around basket case, Doctor Lovecraft (it's ambiguous as to whether or not it's an actual degree; and next to nobody acknowledges it anyway) takes care of the children in theory. In practice, he's not really much of a care taker- often locking himself up in his office and writing letters, as well as the horrific night terrors he has. He's often locked up in there as a result of being perpetually disturbed by de Sade, and really any sort of sexual conduct in general. He's also incredibly racist and an anti-Semite- even by the standards of his time. And he hates dogs, too. This Lovecraft might actually be the Crawling Chaos fucking with people. Who knows?

[Flip]

Name: Dr. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin- Dr. Godwin or Doctor, in the Infirmary.
Age: 34
Appearance: www.pjproductions.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/uncle-vanya-chichester/uncle_vanya_chichester-339.jpg
Bio: After a rich and informal education as a child, and great exposure to her father's liberal political theories, Dr. Godwin took a particular interest in the historical myth of Prometheus, and began to wonder whether it was possible to truly create life. After ending a brief romantic fling with the married Percy Bysshe Shelley, she spent a few years far deeper in study of the human body, qualifying as a medical doctor in the process. She joined the staff at Hill House with the assurance that her personal investigations could continue, albeit behind closed doors and with the occasional visit from de Sade for unknown reasons. Mary is a fine doctor, with plenty of experience in a great deal of areas of medicine- she is a calm and pleasant doctor, yet seems to remain eerily calm and pleasant regardless of the emergency. However, what she does in her free time is widely unknown and often speculated about by the young guests at Hill House, though their speculations are rarely as dark as the truth itself.

[Penny Royals]

NAME: Alphonse de Sade
AGE: 30
APPEARANCE: i.imgur.com/FU3BZMs.png
BIO: The groomsman of the mansion, and often butting into places he’s certainly not welcome. He has absolutely no sense of morals or restraint, viewing guests, staffers, and monsters alike as playthings for a sick mind - really, the only reason he's kept around is because he (usually, at least...) keeps the monsters of Hill House's grounds at bay, a job nobody else is willing or able to do.

[Flip]

NAME: Natalie Ellis
AGE: 17
APPEARANCE: encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQX544gp4qODvZ-cUh5WBBpYsiHq8e_Hdr3MqGIlJ52Ix3_uVQN
DREAM: To become a jet pilot.
FEARS: Drowning, her parents dying in service, pain.
SPECIAL TALENT: Unusually high endurance. She is very, very difficult to injure or tire out, and has not felt physical pain in her life- this has lead to her concluding that pain must be the most horrendous sensation ever, and consequently she is quite seriously concerned by the prospect, especially given no-one can explain it to her.
BIO: Natalie is one of four children of a serviceman and woman in the Armed Forces. Her mother is an Army Dentist and her Father a bomb disposal technician who often works at the front line. She and her siblings moved around a lot with each new posting of their parents, and have recently been posted to the USA. Natalie has had a mixed education, but doesn't care much for school. She has a wicked sense of humour and rarely takes anything (including herself) too seriously. She's also notorious for being late to everything, leading her mother to have frequently suggested she would be late to her own funeral. She has recently broken up with a boyfriend of a couple of months from the base, and was getting quite lonely with the recent move. She is very much a dog person. Her interests and hobbies include climbing and parkour, given her resilience to the falls that are unavoidable in the latter.

[Adlai Stevenson]

NAME: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron ("Please, call me Lord. Everyone does.")
AGE: 34
APPEARANCE:

BIO: Lord Byron - the man, the legend. Men want to be him. Women want to be with him. A hopeless romantic and a hapless adventurer, Byron spent most of his early, classically-educated days challenging the status quo (or what he saw as the status quo) with his charisma and zeal for something more out of life, seeking out passion and mystery and discouraging rank and privilege, despite possessing both. He's an accomplished poet, a seasoned traveler, a part-time revolutionary, and a full-time lover... well, until he loses interest and swings his way into another damsel's life.

His absence from Hill House, at least from plain sight, has been the result of such adventures; his return is... well, not exactly expected, to say the very least. His role mostly involves those who wish to accompany him on his travels, serving as something of an 'adventure chaperone' if you will.