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Started March 22, 2021 by Deleted user

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Many years ago, five witch families crossed the sea to the new world to escape persecution. They settled in the newly bustling cities of the North East and thrived. This continued on for many years, in which all five families used their magic to become bluebloods, politicians, celebrities and the like. Until in the early 1900s, one member of the five families decided that they needed more power, more fame, more everything and accidentally summoned a dark creature from the depths of the Void causing major destruction.

In an effort to stop the creature many lives were lost, including members of the five witch families, but in the end they prevailed. The Elders decided the break the circle binding the five families, as being all together only seemed to bring constant tragedy and temptation to the dark. Each family moved away to different parts of the country and eventually their magic began to fade away, their histories forgotten.

Now, a century later, 5 decedents of the original families happen to enroll in the same university in the dreary and mysterious woodlands of the upper North East. Brought together once more, it seems that Fate may have more in store for them, and as their powers being to awaken/get stronger, they may just reawaken the beast that has been slumbering for so long.

OKAY– Eris back at it again with a roleplaying.

There are 4 open slots (I've already picked out the last names for ya, because……well I like these names)

Witch Family Cahor: (This is the family that had the bad dude that summoned a rampaging demon in it) Lee
Witch Family Proctor: Reed
Witch Family Alden: Eris
Witch Family Reoch: Tired
Witch Family Cantini: Shade
Witch Family Talbot: Elly

Also - since our characters are going into University, they must be at least 18 years old.

Rules:

1. Ask me before joining
2. Please please please use correct grammar and punctuation and all that
3. Don't control other people's characters without asking
4. LGBTQ+ is both welcomed and encouraged
5. Hate between the characters is alright, hate between each other is not (be nice guys)
6. Try and make your characters diverse in personality, race, sexuality, etc. (No Mary/Gary Sues)
7. Try and refrain from one-liners if you can. (I'm a stickler for longer responses, so try your best!)
8. If you have major plot ideas that's encouraged, just pm me about em
9. There's going to be lots of swearing here. And murder and thievery. And possibly drinking and gambling. You know "college stuffs" If you're not okay with that, don't join.
10. There's gonna be romance but let's not have any planned beforehand. Just let it happen, people.
11. I reserve the right to add to these if I want.

Template!

Name:
Gender:
Sexuality:
Age:
Appearance:
Do they know about their magic: Y/N?
Personality:
Major:
Open to shipping?:
Magic Specialty:
Other:

Me, in tears, knowing full well I shouldn't do another rp because of my lack of motivation: May I join?

Not even a question, Reed. Get yo ass in this. <3

<3
I'm gonna go sleep but I will re-read and make a character in the morning!

May I join? Your premise gave me an idea for a Cantini or Cahor descendant who returned to the U.K. as a "dollar princess" (when destitute aristocrats sought to marry heirs to mercantile fortunes who were usually American, so there would be a combination of money and aristocratic titles). I'm into what's sounding like Academia Gothic aesthetics!

I'd like to lurk and follow the plot either way.

Previous roleplay writing sample: https://www.notebook.ai/forum/limited/i-have-an-oc-and-i-want-to-use-him-for-something-so-why-not-for-a-roleplay-o-o#post_2448586

Oh, may I yoink the Proctor family name?

Ooo may I? I'm a sucker for witches. I might go with Cantini or Reoch, if that's alright

Think I could join?

Oh heck I got here too late…

May I join? Your premise gave me an idea for a Cantini or Cahor descendant who returned to the U.K. as a "dollar princess" (when destitute aristocrats sought to marry heirs to mercantile fortunes who were usually American, so there would be a combination of money and aristocratic titles). I'm into what's sounding like Academia Gothic aesthetics!

I'd like to lurk and follow the plot either way.

Previous roleplay writing sample: https://www.notebook.ai/forum/limited/i-have-an-oc-and-i-want-to-use-him-for-something-so-why-not-for-a-roleplay-o-o#post_2448586

Yes! please join!
Let me know which Family you'd like to choose.

Oh, may I yoink the Proctor family name?

Yep. I figured you'd like that one.

Ooo may I? I'm a sucker for witches. I might go with Cantini or Reoch, if that's alright

Can you send me a sample? I dont think we've rped before

Think I could join?

Can i get a sample too? :)

Oh heck I got here too late…

Wellllllll I mean I love rping with you. If you'd like to join a slot is yours for sure! Just let me know what family you'd like.

I think I'll make a sixth family, depending on how I like everyone :P

(Here’s a sample!)
Mina’s family had been in Soul Station for generations, and the Murrays being the one of the more powerful families there, Moriarty would have known them well. Perhaps he was picking a familiar face when he ensnared her.
In a way, Mina Harker and her husband Jonathan were still haunted by the events of three years ago. Some nights she cried herself to sleep, some she didn’t sleep at all. On those nights, she would hear Jonathan murmuring and whimpering in his nightmares. Sometimes it went further than three years. The fuzzy memories of a sea of black and empty graves would resurface, or it would just be a simple question in her mind. What happened to them? No one could seem to say. Mina had her own speculations of the fate of her parents, but she never had the time to investigate them.
She had extended the manor that she lived in to accommodate the orphanage she ran, as she had thought it would be convenient to have work and home be in the same place. Indeed, it was. Though managing everything would get overwhelming at times, cutting transportation out of the equation certainly made things easier. After eating dinner with the rest of the orphanage staff, Mina made her way back to her office, where she found the letter on her desk. How it got there, she wasn’t sure, but she was too curious about it to care. There were other messages and notifications on her holographic computer, but a paper letter must be more important.
Upon opening it and reading the first few words, her expression was stony. When she was finished, she was shaking, but resolute. The strange message told of James Moriarty’s offer to recruit her to team with the purpose of finding and capturing the Clay Man, who, as the letter claimed, had brought about her father’s demise. Father’s? So did that mean…?
There was also the claim that the Clay Man was actively watching her, though how or why wasn’t specified. It only said that if something happened, the criminal would find the task of killing her and the rest of her family quite simple.
Mina vaguely remembered Moriarty’s name. Vaguely. Had father known him? Is that why and how he knew all of this? She then recalled his name being mentioned in a few news broadcasts, though that seemed to be all they had, his name. Like he was a mere footnote. This didn’t exactly solidify his identity in her mind. The letter asked her to go to the Benjamin Towers building next Thursday. Perhaps she could discuss it with him then? She would like for this to be simply some sort of prank, but then, why go through the trouble of writing this on paper?
She sighed. She would go. The feeling of there being more than meets the eye rose up in the back of her mind. And of course, there was only one way to find out if this was all true.

Well if I am able to join then perhaps Cahor?

(Here's a sample. Sorry for no dialouge.)

Chrysa sat alone on the rooftops looking down upon possibly one of the biggest parades in the year. It was a grand event. Streets upon streets of the cities were flooded with people as the government showed off their creations. She personally found it disgusting forcing people, the ones typically kept in the labs to ensure successful recreation, to dress up and put themselves on display. Most appeared fine, dancing and shaking around their floats, others were clearly uncomfortable and all of them female. Chrysa shook her head and mentally scolded herself into focusing on her mission. Her sources had told her a new splice was being released today, and she needed to check on which one it was. She had been up there for some time now and nothing new even as the parade was starting to come to a close. She figured no new splice was coming and it was all false hype, so she made her way down onto the streets to see if she could at least make something of this waste of a day. Maybe she could grab a new recruit or two. Chrysa dropped down onto the alley below and began to slink her way through the crowd brushing off the stares she was getting from men. She knew what they wanted and they would get a nasty shock if they tried anything.

Name: Anjali Sassoon (I'm thinking great-grandmother's maiden name was Cahor, but I'm open to Anjali being distant cousins with another character—or a new family entirely; my proposed great-grandmother's maiden name for this option, Talbot, might still be hidden.)
Gender: femme
Sexuality: sapphic
Age: 21

Appearance: Faceclaim on Karen Shenaz David. Olive complexion, aquiline but also slightly soft features, delicate arched eyebrows that maybe make her look more mischievous or judgmental than she actually is.
Do they know about their magic: Yes.
Personality: Kind and headstrong, still learning to balance those.
Major: English Literature (with a minor in theater arts)
Open to shipping?: only if necessary to the plot

Magic Specialty: It looks like super speed. Actually, she can slow time (not freeze it) up to one hour per month intermittently at will, slowed down to over twelve hours at most.

As a consequence, if she uses this power to its limit, then she gets afflicted with "hiccups" after the next new moon. These "hiccups" mean that twelve hours of the next month will be sped up to compress to one hour per lunar cycle—and she cannot control or initiate this balancing-out.

If she only stretched 75 seconds into 5 minutes one month (she could slow time so that 75 seconds fit into 15 minutes, but can choose to not slow time down to that extreme limit), then usually the next month of it "springing back" will be one full minute being fast-forwarded at random times for five random days of that month. During these times, Anjali appears to be "zoning out" or "slow".

To use her power, she needs to be able to focus, so, if everybody in a room is shouting at everybody else then she probably can't get in the peaceful state of mind that allows her to slow time. If she were forewarned that she needs to use this power, then she can use it even while people are shouting (as long as they don't also try to knock her over or wrestle her or something).

She can cast up to 11 human-sized fields of inclusion with only her mind, if they remain within sight or if she knows them personally and can cast it on somebody out of sight—By doing this, others can experience time slowing down too, and benefit from comparative super speed, but Anjali controls the pace for all of them although of course she doesn't control their actions within or outside these time distortion fields.

Other: Is probably a TA, if no ships between players then she's probably in a relationship with her dormitory roommate from sophomore year who dropped out.

@Tired-but-passionate
@ShadeStar

You guys are in. Let me know what family you'd like

Well if I am able to join then perhaps Cahor?

Perfect! I'll put you down

Name: Anjali Sassoon (I'm thinking great-grandmother's maiden name was Cahor, but I'm open to Anjali being distant cousins with another character—or a new family entirely; my proposed great-grandmother's maiden name for this option, Talbot, might still be hidden.)

I dig her!
I'll make a new family for you. What name are you going with? Sassoon? Talbot? :)

Thanks! I’ll take Reoch!

Name: Anjali Sassoon (I'm thinking great-grandmother's maiden name was Cahor, but I'm open to Anjali being distant cousins with another character—or a new family entirely; my proposed great-grandmother's maiden name for this option, Talbot, might still be hidden.)

I dig her!
I'll make a new family for you. What name are you going with? Sassoon? Talbot? :)

Yay! The lineage that Anjali gets the magic from is Talbot—but the birth certificate family name is Sassoon…so, both, but only one officially shows (the non-magical Sassoon surname). Talbot can be for magical insiders in-the-know, and Sassoon in the "normal" life.

I guess I can take Cantini!

Name: Emery Takahashi (ancestral name is Reoch)
Gender: agender
Sexuality: ace panromantic
Age: 19
Appearance: https://pin.it/4cP79Ya stands around 5’3 and has a petite frame. Usually seen in comfy sweaters, sometimes cropped hoodies, and leggings/jeans. Sometimes wears leather jewelry if they're feeling fancy; like leather cuffs or necklaces with small charms on them.
Do they know about their magic: yes
Personality: an idealist, calm and reserved but also has this nervous energy about them, passionate on the inside. Perpetually tired at the same time. Driven by their morality, and often drifts into deep thought. Pretty nerdy, but usually hides that part of themself. Actually, I imagine they hide many sides of themself, as they have this mindset that nobody cares or that they have to be certain way for other people. Oh yeah, they’re also a people pleaser.
Major: Literature
Open to shipping?: yes, but only for fluff
Magic Specialty: basically, they can use their blood to enchant objects. As of right now, I would say that they know they can use one drop can either allow them to control the object like telekinesis, two drops can make the object change size, and three drops transform the object into something completely different, though the amounts are sometimes based off of guesswork. The more blood Emery uses, the more they are physically drained. They’re unable to use multiple enchantments at once, like if they enchanted an object to change size, then later enchanted it so they could control it with their mind. It wouldn’t work. Only when the blood is cleaned from the object will the enchantment lose its effect.
Other: they find that their nose and ears tend to bleed occasionally. Diagnosed with PTSD when they were about 17

Awesome!

I'll be working on my character tonight. If everyone could have it up by Friday that would be awesooooooooooooooooooooome. :)

Name: Rowan Berry (Birth name was Rowan Cantini)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Pansexual

Age: 18

Appearance: Long semi-wavy black hair that's commonly tied up with a red ribbon bow, warm brown eyes, skin is on the paler side, most of her features are on the softer side. She typically wears a dark purple ribbon choker with a shorter black dress with the batwing sleeves and reddish purple leggings.

Do they know about their magic: Y/N? Ahahaha no.

Personality: She's a really sweet and nice girl, but she also has like no backbone. So while she has strong morals, she ain't gonna bring attention to when others ask her to actively go against her morals. Um, I'll figure the rest out later.

Major: English Writing and Communications (Minoring in Classics with an emphasis in Latin)

Open to shipping?: Ye

Magic Specialty: Verbal spell casting. Sort of a jack of trades in which she can use a lot of different magic, but it will always be a weaker form and it takes a lot of concentration to keep a spell active. Also, a lot of energy often meaning sustaining a specific spell might cause her to pass out. All spells she has been in the book she's had since she was a child, a family heirloom that hasn't been able to be opened since the families were banished. Also, the spells are all written in Latin hence the minor cause she doesn't know the language :)

Other: She doesn't know anything of her heritage or her birth family other than the book she's carried with her since she was a child. Also selectively mute, she can talk but it hurts and so she doesn't do it very often if at all preferring to sign or write in a notebook.

Name: Amelia Alden

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Age: 20

Appearance: Thick auburn waves that are usually pinned away from her sharply elegant aristocratic features, but are left to fall naturally down to her hips. Large sage colored eyes that are tilted up at the corners and paired with her always smirking full lips she emulates the look of a naughty cat. Average height, although gracefully pear shaped. Has an interesting array of henna like tattoos across her shoulder blades, down her back and both arms to the tips of her middle fingers in a sharp point. She usually dresses in a more gothic-boho style, and is always seen with a pair of thin form fitting gloves on. (Think Stevie Knicks)

Do they know about their magic: Yep!

Personality: (ENTJ) Amelia is cunning, sometimes to the point of ruthlessness. She has an ability to project a cold exterior, despite the fact that she feels deeply and passionately about many issues. Although she is highly skilled in most everything she attempts, Amelia has a tendency to be a bit hot-headed. She has a sharp wit and equally sharp tongue, which she can use to her advantage, although it can also get her into trouble. She chafes against authority but generally does what she needs to, regardless of the cost. Amelia trusts and loves very few people, but she is fiercely loyal to those she does, turning frighteningly vindictive when they are hurt or killed. Despite her vindictiveness, ruthlessness, and seeming coldness, Amelia is actually quite compassionate towards those who suffer and those she loves. She can be quite kind and caring but rarely anyone ever sees that side of her.

Major: History, specifically ancient societies

Open to shipping?: Yep

Magic Specialty: Amelia's magic is a rather explosive version of her family's traditional energy-bending. In simple terms her magic looks like telekinesis to the untrained eye, but if she touches something for a little too long, or loses control, she will accidentally activate the kinetic energy with herself and the object, making it explode. Hence the gloves that she always wears. She is also an extraordinary medium.

Other: Although there isn't very much 'Seer' blood in her family line, Amelia has a knack for predicting things, not enough to be considered psychic, but enough that most people will never bet against her.