Coastal Daytona Academy: A High School Roleplay [OOC|DEAD]

[Imperial Esplanade]

Name: Daniel "Danny" Ryan Taylor
Sex: Male
Gender: Male (Binary)
Grade: 12th
Role: Student
Birthday: 10/09/2000
Hometown: Daytona Beach, Florida
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 6'0, 172 lbs, athletic
Personality: Ambitious, hard-working, and extremely competitive, Danny has established himself as the heart-and-soul of Coastal Daytona Academy's defense since taking over as the defensive captain of the varsity football team in his junior year. Being the son of the head football coach, who was also an ex-NFL player, Danny has always felt as though he had to prove himself, to work hard, and to earn his own stripes in the backdrop of his father's shadow. Danny can come off as unsympathetic at times, even too serious in his dealings with his fellow players, yet always plays with a fire and passion that frequently inspires others, challenging them to play their hearts out as well. Danny takes his academics just as seriously as he does his sports, mostly due to his father's unwavering demand that his son remains on the honor roll in order to partake in athletics of any sort.
Sexual Orientation: "0" on Kinsey Scale
Moral Alignment: Lawful Good
Personal Skills: Danny has developed excellent memory, has superb fitness, and is extremely confident in his ability to get any job done. Danny is also quite the womanizer, and has scored many an occasion -- having become quite the object of desire for many girls on campus. His family legacy, and influence, on both Coastal Daytona Academy as well as on himself, personally, has also made him feel as though he has more responsibility on campus, and thus has taken upon himself to conduct his affairs with propriety in his dealings with students and faculty alike.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Danny is not exactly the most gregarious person, ceding to guys like Rick Palermo in that category, and sometimes allows people to get under his skin. Danny has an unhealthy obsession of dwelling on little things, always trying to achieve perfection, and will frequently beat himself over when he fails to live up to his own expectations -- which are mounting, due to his living in his father's tremendous shadow, feels as though any personal failure will let down so many others in his own family, and others, who have invested time and attention into forming him into what he is today.
Biography: Unsurprisingly, Daniel has always felt as though he had to live up to his father's image and (sometimes unrealistic) expectations set of him as a result of his immediate lineage. His parents had always pressured Daniel to excel in school, as well as in sports, yet he had since taken those expectancies upon himself and has developed an unhealthy self-demand of sheer perfectionism. This has always been the case for him throughout his middle school and, particularly, high school years. Daniel has lived his entire life in Daytona Beach, raised in a relatively middle-class family, and has decided he will attempt to play collegiate, and even professional, football for as long as he can -- though with the preference for doing both outside of the state of Florida.
Other: Starting middle-linebacker, and defensive captain, of the CDA football team. Son of Coach Carl and cousin to Sophia, Sydney, Scott, and Sean Taylor.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Name: Julia Amber Winters
Sex: Female
Gender: Female (Binary)
Grade: 12th
Role: Student
Birthday: 08/27/2000
Hometown: Daytona Beach, Florida
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'6, 124, athletic
Personality: Julia is an empathetic, relatable, down-to-earth, and upbeat person toward others regardless of their socioeconomic status, despite her associations and friendships with many of the more popular of students at Coastal Daytona Academy and typically has a lot of suitors; however, she also has occasional secretive wishes wasn't hanging around so many people as often as she is. Julia tries her hardest to be a loyal and confident friend, the best teammate possible, and quite an excellent student -- and Julia is usually successful in such a stressful balancing act, yet the question remains for how long. Julia, despite her relatively high standing among both students and faculty alike, frequently finds herself wishing she had done things differently in her life and has a difficult time letting go of some of the more difficult aspects of her past. Julia is very close to her family, has tremendous admiration for her parents, and spends a lot of time hanging out with her younger sister, Hannah. Julia has always been a major pop-music fan, having built up an impressive collection of CDs, and shares a similar fondness for art with Madison Perkins.
Sexual Orientation: "0" on Kinsey Scale
Moral Alignment: Neutral Good
Personal Skills: Whereas Julia doesn't have Madison's expensive software, she certainly makes up for it in pure artistic talent and proficiency. Julia is also one of the most athletic students at Coastal Daytona, being part of the cheerleading team as well as the softball and track teams, and has become a very good cook in large part to having taken up a bit of an interest in her father's profession and learning from him. Julia is frequently the commanding voice in the room, displaying superb leadership skills followed by a notable sense of humility and gratitude for the contribution of others in the aftermath of whatever activity or event she had partaken in.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Julia has a tendency to trust too many people at their own word, and frequently finds herself associating with the wrong people she assumes to be her friends. Julia is a bit careless when it comes to romantic, and even sexual, interactions that may likely lead to a particularly scandalous outcome. Julia frequently, albeit quietly, suffers from Anxiety issues as well as subsequent Insomnia. Bit too superstitious for her own good.
Biography: Born and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida, to an executive chef father and a waitress mother who had worked at the same beach-side grill, Julia grew up in a relatively low-income home all throughout her childhood. Her father, in 2012, was laid off by the owner of the grill he worked at and started to work at Perkins Manufacturing. Coincidentally, Julia's mother took up a secondary job with a local maid service soon after (to help cope with the loss-of-income that ensued) that serviced the Perkins family mansion. Four years later, Madison and Julia would meet and form a friendship one year after in their sophomore year, 2015. The two grew surprisingly close as friends -- and when Madison's father eventually heard about the Winters family struggles as well as the fact her father worked for him and her mother was one of the regular maids, he generously offered to cover Julia and Hannah's tuition at Coastal Daytona Academy which cemented the two families as friends. Julia and Madison both tried out for the cheer-leading team in 2015, made it, and rose to the rank as co-captains of the squad. Julia also took up track-and-field that year, and softball a year later in 2016.
Other: Loves to make home-made pizza, and is very good at making delicious pizza from scratch (as well as other foods, too). Has a younger sister, Hannah.

[Kyraina]

Name: Joseph Bridges
Sex: Male
Gender: Male
Grade: 11th
Role: Student
Birthday: 09/29/2001
Hometown: Arlington, TX
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 6'1.5", 225 lbs, Athletic
Personality: He has been known as both as smart ass and sarcastic. He is also Known to have a short temper espically when it comes to protecting his Twin Sister even though they Don't get along very well. He is often a smart ass and sarcastic to hide his own insecurities and to get people to laugh
Sexual Orientation: 0
Moral Alignment: Lawful Good
Skills: He is strong and Fast, and good ball carrier Vision. He has skill as a mechanic and has a head for Math and Physics. He is a capable on road and off road driver as he has never had any kind of ticket or been in a wreck.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Joseph is known to be quick to anger especially when it comes to his sister or someone bullying someoneelse. He often struggles in English Class, and has been to mumble, He also Uses Sarcasm and Being a Smart Ass to hide any personal insecurities. He also feels after being unrelently by his parents that the only emotion others are allowed to see his him being happy, so he often bottles up his emotions and pushes people away.
Biography: Joseph and His Twin Sister were born a few minutes apart but on two different days, his father was a lead engineer for Lockheed Martin and his mom a professor at University of Texas Arlington. Joseph for the most part had a boring childhood other then beat relentlessly by both his father and his mother. When they would try to do the same to Jessica, Joseph would launch himself at them, and take further beatings for his sister.

Joseph started Playing sports at a young age, first T-ball, then eventually baseball, basketball, and football. Playing sports only made the beatings worse especially since his father demanded perfection every game, and his mother demanded perfection in the class room, and both demanded perfection at home, leading to him being constantly beat and the same for his sister. Despite all this Joseph excelled at Sports, and he grew increasingly protective Of Jessica. During Joseph's Freshman year he played on Trinity (Euless, Tx) High School's Varsity and JV Football Teams, setting a Texas State Record for most rushing yards in a Varsity Season but the Team lost in the State Finals, and the same with basketball and baseball. He excelled in Long Yardage runs but struggled with short yardage situations, so he decided to ditch some of his speed and bulk up. The Next Season, now a bulky running back, Joseph lead Trinity to a State Championship and the State's broken Tackles Record.

During Baseball Season, His Sister finally broke down after being heavily abused several times by their dad while he was in a drunken stupors and the two went to the police, and how the Twins were treated finally came to Light, his parents arrested, and sent to Live in Daytona Beach with His Uncle and his Uncle's Daughter. The Uncle was a Teacher and his Daughter Amanda was a Teacher at CDA so both Joseph and Jessica were enrolled at CDA, during the Last week of the year. During Summer Practice Joseph earned Himself a starting spot not as the primary running back but as the team's full back.
RP Sample: No
Other: Drives a Supercharged Toyota Tundra TRD Pro 4x4. Plays RB and FB on Football Team, and Catcher for Baseball.

[Corrian]

Depressing character of the bunch.

Name: Cassie Kennington
Sex: Female
Gender: Cisgender
Grade: 10th, Sophomore
Role: Boarding Student
Birthday: 15 years old. August 4th, 2002
Hometown: Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'4", 110 pounds, underweight, and a small body type in general
Personality: Cassie is about the most innocent and sweet person you could know. She fits very much into the saying of "She wouldn't hurt a fly". She tends to be rather laid back and doesn't really get involved in anything, most likely a big reason being because she's rather introverted. And not just in the social aspect like a lot of people. She still appears to actively be shy, unlike a lot of people who are introverted who don't come off as remotely shy, but still have a real hard time socializing. Because of it, she doesn't do a whole lot related to social stuff, or activities. And she also gets self conscious rather easily, but that may be for other reasons beyond just her personality. Related to how she acts, she's always very kind and sweet, if not too much. Not in any overbearing manner, but she would actively avoid hurting peoples feelings all the time, and she may come off as annoying just because she wouldn't be able to stand up for herself very well. That goes for her in pretty much all cases but maybe one big exception. She seems to be rather skittish and jumpy about things in general. Gets anxious in big crowds of people, feeling like she is suffocating from the inside. Though she tends to feel like that regularly anyway. Seems like she is regularly sad and depressed about something. Acts like something is destroying her from the inside. Tends to be rather quiet and doesn't speak up very well.
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual. 0 on the Kinsey Scale.
Moral Alignment: Lawful Good
Personal Skills: Dancing. Seems to be her biggest passion in the world, and potentially her only passion right now. Can't really think of anything else right now.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Seems to have a pretty severe case of social anxiety from being introverted and shy, though potentially fueled even more from things in her past. Introverted and shy making social interactions hard in general. Doesn't like being touched. Isn't particularly a very strong person. Has rather severe PTSD and depression as well. Emotionally fragile in general. Has quite a lot of fears.
Biography: Cassie's life seemed fairly normal up until a point. Things seemed to be fine until she was about 12. If you looked at pictures closely, you could see the happiness leaving her eyes more around this period of time, like something was shifting. She was happy when she was 10, but around 12, it seemed to start shifting. It is likely no coincidence that around this time was also when her family was in a rough spot financially between 10 and 12. Well, really, they never fully recovered. And this partly has to do with the fact that her father had began drinking to cope, turning him into a drunk and relying on alcohol, making thme waste any money they had away on alcohol. Her mom had also started smoking, so there was two people draining their income. And only her father really worked, while her mom seemed to do a little bit of something. A part time job, really. Her father worked full time, when he wasn't wasted. Her mom also did nothing to stop her dad from drinking, but that was for a later story.

From about 12 to 15, things seemed to just get worse and worse for her, for anyone who actually payed attention and noticed. Which besides a few people at school, it seemed to be nobody. The last 2 years of middle school and the first year of high school were hell for her. She could barely focus on school, and didn't do particularly well in classes because of it. School felt like its own version of a hell, but so did home. So she felt like she had no escape from her drunken father or the insanity of school, and that just made her feel even worse as the years went by.

To make matters worse with school, one time, one of her only friends betrayed her. She felt broken when that happened, as he was one of the only people that she could trust, and then he turned on her like the rest of the cruel people at school and started to bully her. She got bullied quite regularly at the school, and he just let it happen and turned on her at some point. They pretty much bullied her about everything. How she needed to "Smile more", how socally reclusive she was, and so on and so forth. This mostly started in high school, but it existed before then, too. And the first year of high school was when she got a friend, and then had him betray her.

But one of the most major events of all was one day when her and her parents were driving to go on a vacation, which she did not want to go on. It was a rainy day in Florida, and the roads were slick. Her dad may have been driving a little fast, and they ended up spinning out in the rain and crashing, the car flipping over completely. It wasn't a super busy road, and it ended up being a single car accident, but it was a real bad one. Both of her parents died in it, and she got pretty seriously beat up herself with glass everywhere, bruises, various scratches, a head injury, and a broken leg. She had been rushed to the hospital because she wasn't exactly doing well, but she had woken up before then and saw her dead parents and what had happened, but she was barely conscious at that point. Mostly, she woke up at the hospital in pain a while later, and that was the beginning of the next phase of her story.

The next phase of her life generally involved family she didn't know helping to pay for her to go to a boarding school. Which was interesting, to say the least. Also her medical bills, apparently. She came straight from the hospital to Coastal Daytona High School, and after everything that she had gone through, that is where she now resides. Though she is on a long road to recovery, mentally, physically, and emotionally all in one...
RP Sample: Depressed girl and her depressing life story.
Other: Currently has no immediate family she really knows well, as the ones that she knew the most died in a car crash. Is a Vegan, but isn't in your face about it, unless it, you know, logically has to come up for food reasons.

[Kyraina]

Name: Jessica Bridges
Sex: female
Gender: Female
Grade: 11th
Role: Student
Birthday: 10/01/2001
Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'9", 135 lbs, Athletic
Personality: Jessica is seen as Extremely Confident, but is actually very insecure due to being abused by both of her parents, but especially-so by her father,. She often starts cracking under pressure if she feels if its to much for her and has been known to freeze up if the pressure is to great outside of sports or beauty pageants. When something goes wrong its not uncommon for her to get upset and want to give up
Sexual Orientation: 3
Moral Alignment: Neutral Good
Skills: Solid basketball and Softball Player. She can sing and Dance well. English is her strongest Class.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Outside of Sports and Pageants if pressure is put on her it is common for her to freeze or have a panic attack. She is also very insecure and is currently suffering from PTSD from the being abused by both of her parents, but especially so by her father,.
Biography: Jessica and Her Twin Brother were born a few minutes apart but on two different days, her father was a lead engineer for Lockheed Martin and her mom a professor at University of Texas Arlington. Jessica, Like her brother, was often beat but not as often as Joseph as he would always distract their parents and keep them from her.

Like Joseph, she Started playing sports at a young age starting off with T-ball before moving on to softball and basketball. Jessica, like Joseph, had to deal with additional beatings for poor games and poor grades, and Like Joseph, she excelled at sports. Unlike Joseph she slowly shrank into herself and did not take to bullying well often breaking down when she was the target. She got involved in Beauty Pageants to make herself fell better about herself and build up confidence but her parents would use this as a further excuse to beat her if she came in any other place but first place. In both Basketball and Softball Trinity came up short in the State Playoffs

At Age 14 Their father started to to take the abuse further with her. 2 Years later she finally had enough of the treatment and her and Joseph and how the Twins were treated finally came to Light, her parents arrested, and sent to Live in Daytona Beach with His Uncle and his Uncle's Daughter. The Uncle was a Teacher and his Daughter Amanda was a Teacher at CDA so both Joseph and Jessica were enrolled at CDA, during the Last week of the year. During Summer Practice Jessica earn positions on both the ladies basketball team and Softball teams, the former as a guard and the later as a Shortstop and potential pitcher.

RP Sample: No
Other: Drives a 2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser Trail Teams Ultimate Edition, Plays Shortstop on Softball Team and one of the basketball teams guards.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Hey Ky, could you please rephrase that bit in her personality to something along the lines of "being abused by both of her parents, but especially-so by her father," please?

I believe that it is a bit too explicit for NationStates.

Thanks, buddy.

[Kyraina]

Hey Ky, could you please rephrase that bit in her personality to something along the lines of "being abused by both of her parents, but especially-so by her father," please?

I believe that it is a bit too explicit for NationStates.

Thanks, buddy.

yeah I'll fix sorry.

[Corrian]

Name: Dylan McCoy
Sex: Male
Gender: Cisgender
Grade: 12th, Senior
Role: Boarding Student
Birthday: 17 years old. June 4th, 2000
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 6'2", 186 pounds, verging on the husky side of things but not overly so. Is fairly strong, but again, not overly so.
Personality: Is a bit of an ass at times. He doesn't just speak his mind and come off as a jerk because of it, he's pretty much just occasionally a jerk who comes off as a bit of a bully at times, but it usually just seems to be him trolling you Not that that makes it any better.. He doesn't entirely speak his mind that much. However, like apparently all my people who are mean, he's still probably got a nice side to him somewhere. Or in fact, most of the time when he's not picking on people or something like that. Like he's that type of guy you can probably imagine being a cool buddy as a friend, but every now and then you want to cringe at them when they decide to open their mouth. Is a bit of a flirt, but not majorly so (At least most of the time). Definitely seems to like girls, though, and isn't really afraid to show it, either. While his brother is just overly friendly, his compliments can probably legitimately be taken as flirting. Is a bit of that high school guy you can imagine teasing you all the time, and probably occasionally pulling pranks on you. He's pretty much that type that will probably tease his younger brother relentlessly if he hangs out with a girl too much. Probably more I could add if I thought about it.
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual. 0 on the Kinsey Scale
Moral Alignment: True Neutral
Personal Skills: Sports (Preferably American football, though he likes basketball too), and that's probably about it.
Biography: Dylan and his brother, William, had lived a large chunk of their lives in Boston, Masachusetts. There wasn't really much to say about their lives during this time, as everything was pretty standard as far as a persons life went. You know, just like pretty much the majority of the population going through the motions. Nothing beyond the usual occasional family drama, family members dying of old age, and so on. Nothing dramatic or traumatic.

However, around the time they became teens, their parents had decided to move to Florida, wanting a change of scenery and climate away from the cold, straight into warm. Both Dylan and William were kind of reluctant about that whole thing, but came to accept it. They were fine with getting away from the cold, but not so fine with "getting away" meaning going into a hot and humid climate. However, they eventually adapted to it. For a few years, he went to high school there. Not too long later, both him and his brother, William, went off to a private school, him for his last year and his brother for about 3 more years. The first year of high school for his brother was in the same public school as he went to.

Now, with his last year ahead of him, he wants to make the most of it. He wants to do as good as he can in this football team for this year, after adapting to the newer team. Probably get himself a girlfriend as well. He's had some in the past, but they never went anywhere. And amazingly, he hasn't just slept with a girl yet, either. He seems more like just a big flirting type than the type to just sleep around. Beyond that, who knows.
RP Sample: Kind of an asshole
Other: Plays as a safety in the football team. Is pretty much an Internet troll in real life.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Corrian, could you at least use a different (non-celebrity) photo for Dylan? You're three-for-three on celebrities for face-claims. Some high school model would suffice.

[Corrian]

Corrian, could you at least use a different (non-celebrity) photo for Dylan? You're three-for-three on celebrities for face-claims. Some high school model would suffice.

Well, that tends to be how I find people that would work...watching shows and movies, so...

But I think I can, yeah, if I find anyone that works for me as a replacement.

Edit: So far no luck. Either way, I have ones that are like, Instagram models or who knows what coming later, anyway. Though I have another one I could change.

[Khasinkonia]

Tag

[Corrian]

Name: William McCoy
Sex: Male
Gender: Cisgender (May be more questioning, though)
Grade: 10th, Sophomore
Role: Boarding Student
Birthday: 15 years old. July 21st, 2002.
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'4", 117 pounds, kinda small body build. Not really muscular at all, and if anything, is kinda skinny. Rather short for his age and gender.
Personality: One noticeable personality trait people identify with him, is his overly friendliness to others around him. If he, say, thinks a girl is pretty, he will most likely tell that to them, even if he had just met them just then. The only problem with that, is that in today's society, that might come off as flirting. That's not his intent at all, and he's just being friendly and polite, complimenting them. So as you would probably guess, he's quite friendly to people. He seems to be rather unique personality wise, as well, enjoying the little things in life and talking about them with a fascination. If scenes from movies were real, he'd be that person standing with his arms outstretched, covered in butterflies. Tries to treat everyone with respect, though typically if they deserve it. Even then he still tries to approach them with a polite and level head, rarely ever losing his temper on anyone. There seems to be little anger inside of him, only on ocassion his anger coming out. He would be a very loyal and trusting friend, almost no matter what (There are obvious exceptions). Pretty much anything else that may be noteworthy can just be revealed ICly.
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual. Seems to favor females, though, so would be about a 2 on the Kinsey Scale.
Moral Alignment: Lawful Good
Personal Skills: Drawing mainly, writing stories (and classes involving writing stories or grammar and such like that), math, English class, various other unimportant skills I can't think of.
Biography: William and his brother, Dylan, had lived a large chunk of their lives in Boston, Masachusetts. There wasn't really much to say about their lives during this time, as everything was pretty standard as far as a persons life went. You know, just like pretty much the majority of the population going through the motions. Nothing beyond the usual occasional family drama, family members dying of old age, and so on. Nothing dramatic or traumatic.

However, around the time they became teens, their parents had decided to move to Florida, wanting a change of scenery and climate away from the cold, straight into warm. Both Dylan and William were kind of reluctant about that whole thing, but came to accept it. They were fine with getting away from the cold, but not so fine with "getting away" meaning going into a hot and humid climate. However, they eventually adapted to it. For a year, he went to high school there. Not too long later, both him and his brother, Dylan, went off to a private school, him for 3 years and his brother for his last year. The first year of high school was with his brother in the public school they went to first.

Now here, he plans to make the most of it. Mostly he just wants to do as good in school as he possibly can, without stressing about it too much. Of all things, he'll mostly want to focus on his drawing and writing skills, but especially his drawing. Maybe make some new friends, and potentially get himself a girlfriend at some point, but that isn't particularly a high priority for him. Overall, mostly it is about going through the motions and making due with what life throws at you.
RP Sample: Kind of too nice
Other: I don't think there is really anything that hasn't already been said.

[Song-Lu]

Name: Luke Lennox

Sex: Male

Gender: Male (Binary)

Grade: 11th

Role: Student & part-time Starbucks barista

Birthday: 11/08/2001

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Appearance:

His mother being Japanese, he is essentially a combination of of the East and West. He has unkempt red brown hair, green eyes and often wears somewhat hipster attire, even if he isn't an actual hipster himself. He too wears a set of black glasses and seemingly wears a pair of white headphones constantly, especially at school.

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'10, 143.3 lbs, swimmer's physique

Personality: Luke Lennox is quiet, well-mannered, thoughtful, mature and while approachable, is the type of person you cannot get to know easily. He is also mindful and cautious of his actions and words, believing that every deed and word carries specific weight, meaning that he is a man of his word and won't usually do or say something if he is unsure of the rewards and punishments he'll reap or doesn't know the answer. He is also a stoic, reserved and very calm person who can keep a level head in stressful situations. Despite initial impressions of being snobbish, introverted and aloof, he is actually a laid back, sociable and genuinely nice guy. That being said, he can be lazy and forgetful at times, often misplacing his things and often forgets to clean up his own room. He is also seen as very blunt and often goes straight to the point, claiming that he's somewhat allergic "drama" and such. He also exhibits a sliver of pride despite his outward humility, secretly expressing joy at the midst of success and is also receptive to flattery despite outward claims of compliments being "distracting". He can often get carried away easily by his own thoughts and struggles with feelings of envy and pride towards himself and peers.

Sexual Orientation: 2

Moral Alignment: True Neutral

Skills: Luke is an excellent swimmer, despite the fact that he only joined his previous school's swim team very late in the school year. He often takes pride that he rarely loses in a swimming contest even against star swimmers. Luke is also a bookish person, often making time to read and occasionally write literature and sometimes quotes prominent authors. He is surprisingly smart and perspicacious, but unlike before, it is now severely impeded with laziness and feigned ignorance. While not the fastest runner on the block, he showcases great endurance and agility. He is also a decent piano player.

Biography: Luke Lennox was born to a Scottish (with US citizenship) father and a Japanese mother. He was born at a whooping 8.5 lbs in a hospital in Scotland. The couple would return to Chicago after Luke spent his first birthday in Edinburgh. He grew up to be a intelligent and polite kid, and a very chubby one at that.

Things went well in kindergarten school, and he was lauded by his teachers as a prodigy. That would all change when he reached primary school. Taking pride in his academic prowess, he quickly became a favorite among teachers, but to his classmates, not so much. He was often bullied at school for being a smart-alec and a nerd, which caused him to quickly lose weight and appetite. At one point, even suffered from stomach ulcer because of his surprising lack of appetite.

By the time he went to middle school, Luke had become severely thin and malnourished. Yet despite a few harsh statements on his body, Luke experienced a greater degree of respect and was liked by almost everyone despite being guarded and snobbish due to his past experiences. He was seen by his peers as highly intelligent exuberant, funny and carefree, but his jokes often went too far and his pride often caused hurt to his "simple-minded companions", friends included.

By 8th Grade, he actually got himself a girlfriend despite being a total geek and quoting a lot of nerdy things. However, not all good things would last. During 10th Grade he found out that his girlfriend was cheating on her, prompting him to break the relationship and sending him to a spiral of depression. Even worse was that he fell out of the honor's list, and even got suspended sometime because he was caught cheating.

Because of this, Luke grew distant and even more depressed, worsening his already malnourished state. He even started drinking to the point that he would go home several occasions smelling like beer. This leading him into a downhill relationship with his parents and he would frequently quarrel with them. Luke thought of committing suicide or overdosing in Xanax in every moment he shut himself off the world, staying the confines of his room, but those never carried out. It was only then he realized that he needed to pull himself together when he almost died of drinking too much alcohol. Thus, Luke decided to make tremendous changes in his life.

Luke started to eat a lot more food, supplementing it with protein shakes and weight gaining milk to increase his BMI. He started to write short stories and play the piano, even if that reminded him of his ex-girlfriend. He also started to change his personality from a snobbish, brassy geek (which he now hated) to the man he is today. But most importantly, he found out about his natural talent in swimming and decided to join the swim team even if it was five months before the end of the school year. There, his athletic potential was discovered.

Despite having changed a lot in a course of only a few months thanks to sheer willpower and biting nihilism, Luke felt that something was still missing. He felt like he wanted to be a blank slate to become the change he truly wanted to be. After careful consultation with his parents, he decided to enroll at CDA. From that point on, Luke never felt excited about the new opportunities life presented together with his new self.

RP Sample: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=424143

Other: Luke has severe loathing for geeks ,nerds and vegetarians in general. He could also be easily bribed into doing anything with ice cream, because he likes ice cream. He frequently confuses pronouns (i.e, calling "Ma'am" instead of "Sir" and vice-versa) and spells and speaks some words the British way (i.e, "colour" instead of "color" and "waistcoat" instead of "vest", etc.)

[Imperial Esplanade]

I'll start the reviewing process of applications soon. Great to see so many so soon!

[The V O I D]

I decided to apply as the Disciplinarian. I may have a second character application for a student later on. Hope this is all okay? I dunno, let me know.

Name: Natalia Reid
Sex: Female.
Gender: Female.
Grade: N/A.
Role: Disciplinarian/Assistant Principal of Disciplinary Action.
Birthday: January 3rd, 1982 (age 34/35).
Hometown: Miami, Florida.
Appearance: Mrs. Reid.
Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'11", 124 lbs, average/curvy.
Personality: Natalia Reid is a very patient and calm individual. She likes to present herself as a friendly face whom students can talk to about anything. She tends to come off as calm, cool and collected most of the time. However, she upholds the rules and is very by-the-book. If someone starts a fight, they will be punished according to school policy. If someone has drugs and is caught in school with them, she will speak to the Principal, and possibly call in the parents and authorities of the student.
Sexual Orientation: Homosexual (6).
Moral Alignment: Lawful Good/Neutral.
Skills: Reid holds a minor degree in teen psychology, as well as being a part-time therapist on weekends. She's intelligent, and knows how to talk to people, having good social skills. She's good with technology.
Biography: Natalia Reid was born to a family of teachers. It was expected of her to lead by example, and to teach others. Natalia was also very gifted as a child, receiving exemplary grades from her teachers. In fact, at age fourteen, she was allowed to skip into her Junior/11th-grade year because of passing the necessary requirements early. This resulted in her graduating High School earlier than many of her peers at the same age, and getting a scholarship when she went to college.

Natalia studied to become a teacher, and during her minor courses with teen psych, she found that she wanted to be able to give teens the structure they needed to turn out alright. And so she switched tracks, trying to get the necessary licenses to become a part-time therapist of sorts while also looking to become a school administrator. Eventually, she came to work at Daytona; first as the Disciplinarian's secretary, and upon the old one's retirement, she took over at only age 27.

Under her watchful eye, students have a friendly face to come to when they are in trouble or need something, but at the same time, she is known for her strict following of the rulebook and often being very authoritative. She shows that she cares about students, but that there are rules and they will follow those rules. Natalia is openly a lesbian, having come out after proposing to her girlfriend when she was 32.

They are recently wed, and Natalia finds herself proud to be where she is.
RP Sample: Do I need this? I was in the previous one.
Other: Openly lesbian, married to Emily Reid (a white doctor who happens to be the school's go-to for physicals and such when evaluating students for sports). She has been discussing becoming the 'mother' of a child in her relationship with Emily, rather than being the 'father.'

[Imperial Esplanade]

I've updated the list to include that of 'pending.' This is where I'll link applications that I've seen, and have lined up for review (in order).

If your character isn't on that list, and if it isn't a rollover from the previous CDA-RP, that means I haven't seen it yet. Please let me know if I've missed something.

Rollovers, that were not edited from the previous iteration, are considered accepted and free to post -- starting immediately (Charlia).

[Imperial Esplanade]

Name: Sophia Marie Taylor
Sex: Female
Gender: Female (Cisgender)
Grade: 11th
Role: Student
Birthday: 12/24/2001
Hometown: Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'7, 120 lbs, slim figure
Personality: Sophia is a quiet, sweet, and humble young girl who prefers to remain relatively low key in the grand scheme of things around Coastal Daytona Academy. Sophia enjoys being in occasional solitude, during she she likes reading books, drawing or painting pictures, and even writing. Sophia, despite the fact she enjoys the tranquility that comes with being left to her own devices, can also be an affectionate, and loving, person to those whom she meets. Sophia, being that does not like to seek out the spotlight, prefers to keep out of sports altogether despite her height advantage and relatively underrated-athleticism, in favor of both intellectual pursuits and a spiritual lifestyle - latter due to her being a devout Christian.
Sexual Orientation: "0" on Kinsey Scale
Moral Alignment: "Lawful Good" Alignment
Personal Skills: Sophia is a remarkably bright, and resilient, girl who is academically-inclined and great with children. Sophia has a charming kindness to her, is an avid reader and writer, and has some singing and musical abilities as well.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Sophia struggles with anxiety and stress, is emotionally and relationally susceptible to being let down by friends (and boys as well), is frequently far too idealistic for her own good, can sometimes have an indecisiveness or lack of confidence in herself, and has some occasional bouts of melancholy.
Biography: Sophia has lived a very hard life so far. Sophia was born to a family of six, middle of three siblings, and together they were all raised on the family farm in rural Louisiana. Her mother, Mary Taylor, died when she was young, giving birth to Sophia's youngest siblings: twins Sean and Sydney Taylor, which lead to almost immediate family dysfunction. Sophia never felt particularly close to her father, though not for the lack of trying, and he took up an addiction to alcohol almost immediately after his beloved wife's death. Sophia's father, Sampson Taylor, grew anger issues and frequently took out his undiagnosed clinical depression on his children. Sophia was spared the worst of it, as he frequently resorted to physically beating his sons, but Sophia was frequently called traumatic and disgusting things by her own father, including (but not limited to) an "ugly pig" and a "complete waste of life" at one point. This moment horrified the much-younger Sophia, and led to her isolating herself from her family and friends for a period of time, but it would linger in her long-term memory for the rest of her life. After the initial shock, and pain, of that moment, Sophia decided she was going to be different and to be better to people than how her own father was to her.

Through it all, Sophia found solace in her faith, having taken a strong interest in Sunday School and the idea of a loving father in contrast to the abusive one she had on Earth, and grew closer to her other siblings - especially her younger sister, Sydney. Sophia quickly recognized that she was becoming a role model to the Taylor twins, and thus she also assumed a "mother" role toward them. Sophia's added responsibilities, at such a young age, enabled her to mature faster and to experience emotional growth far beyond that of her peers in late middle school. It was, at 7th grade, when Sophia began to take guitar and piano lessons, beginning to nurture and to grow a slight love for music. Similarly, a year later, Sophia began to share her younger sister's fondness of reading books, having acquired a rather large library of novels ranging a wide variety of genres. Life seemed to be going well, or at least as well as one can expect given the occurrences back home, but then Sophia found herself quickly struggling immensely at the high school scene. For the first time in her life, the brunette beauty had to find a new circle of friends - as her old one had gone astray and dispersed to other area high schools, and the one friend who went to the same school as her decided to make friends with other people and to (basically) block Sophia out of her life entirely. As a freshman, Sophia never found her place in the school she attended in her native Louisiana, and her grades slipped rather mightily - causing her to become the target of her father's ire. Sophia, facing tremendous pressure from her father and (now) herself, nearly failed out of school and was forced to work the summer, barred from possibly making friends over the summer or hanging out with her old middle school friends, at the family farm.

Sophomore year didn't seem like it was going to get any better either, for Sophia, but it magically did. Sophia became close friends, quickly, with a transfer student and she even had her first boyfriend, a baseball player for the school she went to. Yet, it wouldn't take long for tragedy to strike one again for the Taylor family. One Friday night in November of 2016, a drunken Sampson Taylor had decided to drive his brand-new Chevrolet Silverado back home from the bar. He never made it back. Sophia, and the rest of the family, were mortified to learn he was killed in a car accident. Sophia, and her younger siblings, had no choice but to move in with their grandmother, who lived nearby. The grandmother, however, was starting to suffer from Dementia as the school year came to an end, and thus was becoming increasingly unable to raise the parent-less Taylor children. Fortunately, Sophia and her younger siblings were able to move in with their uncle, Carl, and to attend school at that he coached at - Coastal Daytona Academy all the way in Daytona Beach, Florida. Faced with little other options, Sophia forced herself to find gratitude in having family somewhere, anywhere, being able to take them in.
RP Sample: Washington 2017 RP
Other: Younger sister of Scott Taylor, older sister of Sean and Sydney Taylor. Drives a refurbished orange 1978 International Harvester Scout that her father allowed her to use after he purchased a new truck for himself. Devout Christian. Loves puns.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Name: Carl Taylor
Sex: Male
Gender: Male (Cisgender)
Grade: N/A
Role: Head Varsity Football Coach, and Linebackers Coach, of Coastal Daytona Academy
Birthday: 10/27/1958
Hometown: Tallahassee, Florida
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 6'3, 195 lbs, Muscular
Personality: One would be hard-pressed to find someone who loves the game of football as Carl, having played seven seasons in the NFL, first for the Buffalo Bills followed by the then-St. Louis Cardinals. Carl was a passionate, fiery competitor as a player, and that hasn't changed after he retired from the league and began a career of coaching the game he loves. Carl is a very well-respected man on campus, having fostered a successful high school football program at CDA and mentoring countless young men through the years, and frequently goes out of his way to help grow a brotherhood in his locker-rooms each season. One example of such is his weekly get-togethers where he buys the team dozens of doughnuts from Krispy Kreme and orders pizza to be delivered to the school, together (as a team) they simply hang out for a couple of hours, playing video games, watching a movie, or playing dodgeball in the gym.
Sexual Orientation: "0" on Kinsey Scale
Moral Alignment: Lawful Good
Personal Skills: Carl always had a sharp wit and an astute mental grasp on the game of football, and he is also able to read situations well enough to generally know when to raise his voice or when to offer words of encouragement to his players. Carl similarly has always been great at instilling confidence in his kids, and always has ambitious goals for each football season. Carl has tremendous character and professional integrity.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Carl is usually very predictable, and is quite the perfectionist. He usually pins blame on himself, first and foremost, almost to the point of irrationality when situations go badly. He is a workaholic who sometimes overthinks things. At his relatively advanced age, Carl struggles with forming meaningful connections and relationships with some players like he used to.
Biography: Carl, the older brother of Sampson Taylor and uncle of Scott, Sophia, Sydney, and Sean Taylor, and his brother were born in Tallahassee, Florida - the younger brother making his arrival into the world in 1963. Carl was a troublemaker when he was a kid, even so in high school, yet found a sense of life direction and meaning within the camaraderie of his high school football team. Carl didn't realize just how good he was in football, having becoming quite the impact player almost immediately in his freshman year. Everything was going smooth-sailing for him, despite a particular incident that lead to him being arrested overnight during the summer between his freshman and sophomore year of high school for siphoning gas out of a stranger's car. His parents were livid, and he had matured greatly ever-since. By the time he graduated high school, Carl was a moderately recruited athlete who had committed to Louisiana State University in 1976 and started his freshman year as an outside linebacker. He thrived at LSU, more so than he did at high school, and played well-enough to be drafted into the National Football League in 1979 by the Buffalo Bills in the eleventh round of the draft. He played three seasons with the Bills, was cut in the aftermath of the 1982 NFL Player's Strike, and signed by the St. Louis Cardinals where he played for an additional four seasons from 1983 to 1986. Carl then retired from the National Football League and returned back home to Florida, where he was defensive coordinator and a linebacker position coach at his Alma Mater from 1988 to 1992. He was offered the job of Head Coach by Coastal Daytona ahead of the 1993 season, which he originally declined - though ultimately deciding to accept just in-time for the off-season. Coach Carl has remained there ever since, having led his team to consistent playoff appearances in all but four of his twenty-four seasons at CDA and having won the state title six times (1998, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2013).
Other: Married for twenty-four years. Father of Daniel and Emily Taylor. Uncle of Scott, Sophia, Sydney, and Sean Taylor and Lloyd, Patrick, and Ashlynn Murray.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Name: Sydney Isabella Taylor
Sex: Female
Gender: Female (Cisgender)
Grade: 9th
Role: Student
Birthday: 07/18/2005
Hometown: Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'5, 117, slim
Personality: Shy, kind, a veracious reader, and has an underappreciated wittiness to her humor. Sydney has always preferred an association with a few close friends over the prospect of popularity.
Sexual Orientation: "0.5" on Kinsey Scale
Moral Alignment: Neutral Good
Personal Skills: Tremendous IQ, contemplative/empathetic/perceptive, and great at chess.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Has difficulty establishing and maintaining healthy relationships, lacks self-confidence, not very athletic.
Biography: Sydney, like her siblings, had a rough upbringing, though Sydney was fortunate to have the guidance of her older siblings as she meandered through life - and was also fortunate to have a close circle of friends back in Louisiana that she managed to maintain throughout her childhood. Sydney hated her father when he was alive, and believed as though the feeling was mutual throughout her life due to the circumstances of her birth (as well as that of her twin brother), and she frequently expressed her disdain of him to both her siblings and her friends. Yet, when her father was killed in a recent accident, Sydney felt a strange feeling of devastation. Her relationship with her older sister, Sophia, has been particularly helpful in overcoming the loss of their father and she has, ever since, leaned heavily on her for even more of the guidance, friendship, and nurturing she has brought to the family.
Other: Twin sister of Sean Taylor, younger sister of Sophia and Scott Taylor. Loves anything, and everything, Disney.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Name: Sean Michael Taylor
Sex: Male
Gender: Male (Cisgender)
Grade: 9th
Role: Student
Birthday: 07/08/2005
Hometown: Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'6, 150, athletic
Personality: Sean is an energetic and gregarious child, in noticeable contrast to his far more low-key sisters, and is also very laid-back. Sean is also a very patient person, that of which he did get from his sisters, and he loves to play around in class.
Sexual Orientation: "0" on Kinsey Scale
Moral Alignment: Chaotic Good
Personal Skills: Sean has taken up an affinity of cars, and thus developed quite a knack on working on them. He is also a very enthusiastic, and a very honest, person. Great team-player.
Personal Vulnerabilities: Sean is not particularly forgiving when something happens to him, and he struggles with the idea of faith - frequently questioning the role God plays in his life and often jokes about his older sister's faith. His open-personality, while certainly leading to a perception of being outgoing, has also lead to incidents of being too blunt and insensitive when it combines with his honesty. Sean is a bit egotistical, believing the front of faux-confidence is necessary.
Biography: Sean, when he was younger, was close with his other siblings, though he had noticeably grew distant from them starting when he just turned twelve years old. Since-then, he has relied heavily on himself and his friends to get through the nuanced nature of life. Sean found a degree of solitude in sports, and particularly grew to appreciate the fraternity that came with being part of a team. Ever since he left home for CDA, however, he carried an anger (if not outright hatred) toward his entire family and immediately decided he was going to try to find the friends he deserves through, namely, the football and baseball teams of Coastal Daytona. The one thing he did appreciate about the move to Daytona Beach was the prospect of going to see NASCAR races at the nearby speedway.
Other: Twin brother of Sydney Taylor, younger brother of Sophia and Scott Taylor. Car enthusiast and avid Saints/LSU fan.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Since we've developed on the Taylor characters QUITE a bit more from the last iteration, they're being brought back -- though I'll make appropriate edits in the coming days.

Meanwhile, expect the first batch of official reviews to the pending applications to come in the morning. Tons of new characters will be gradually unveiled too.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Co-OPs are welcome to approve/otherwise for my own characters, as I welcome the thought of the application process being beholden to no-one -- including myself.

Yet, at the same time, I realize how busy you guys are, so it's not necessarily something that must be done.

[Imperial Esplanade]

--snip--

Accepted.

--snip--

Accepted.

--snip--

Accepted.

If you're trying to go for the tight end position for the football team again, let me know. I have an idea to make it work.

--snip--

Accepted.

--snip--

Accepted.

--snip--

Accepted.

Betcha I can top that.

--snip--

Accepted.

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Pending.

He goes from a "bully personality" to not actually being a bully, but a generic jerk sort of character?

Tad confused about that evolution, but it seems that what you are going for could just be paraphrased by something similar to "he can be a bit of a jerk."

I'll also need to confirm that nobody else is playing safety, since New Flattnerk had claimed the other safety position.

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Pending.

Nothing is wrong with it, but just going to leave this as pending in case you want to change the picture you are using for him.

No more using celebrities for you, after a third such picture, so use more normal people/high school portraits. Please.

We REALLY don't want this to be a school of the gorgeous people and famous doppelgangers.

--snip--

Accepted.

--snip--

Accepted.

She would be 35, and nah I know who you are -- despite being in Central Valley as opposed to Coastal Daytona, but I can understand the confusion on that front.

[Corrian]

Co-OPs are welcome to approve/otherwise for my own characters, as I welcome the thought of the application process being beholden to no-one -- including myself.

Yet, at the same time, I realize how busy you guys are, so it's not necessarily something that must be done.

I read all of the apps. Yours seem good to me.

--snip--

Pending.

He goes from a "bully personality" to not actually being a bully, but a generic jerk sort of character?

Tad confused about that evolution, but it seems that what you are going for could just be paraphrased by something similar to "he can be a bit of a jerk."

I'll also need to confirm that nobody else is playing safety, since New Flattnerk had claimed the other safety position.

I made some edits on the personality defining what I mean better. Kinda needed that anyway.

--snip--

Pending.

Nothing is wrong with it, but just going to leave this as pending in case you want to change the picture you are using for him.

No more using celebrities for you, after a third such picture, so use more normal people/high school portraits. Please.

We REALLY don't want this to be a school of the gorgeous people and famous doppelgangers.

I explained myself on this in the OP and co-op Discord chat. Williams is one of those characters I SEE as this, and changing it would feel fundamentally wrong with the mental image I have got for the character. Dylan didn't matter enough, nor will my next one, which I will actually change anyway because he looks like Alex from 13 Reasons Why. The rest of my apps are either not that big of famous people, or that is who I see them as and nothing else will work in my head for them anymore. Besides maybe one of my other male characters, but he's an actor I'm pretty sure I've only seen exist in one movie, so I'm not exactly sure he is "famous"

This whole "This is how they look, and this is how I see it, and said appearance is part of the character now (excluding ones not "famous" celebrities)" includes Agatha, Cassie, Cassandra, Ula, William, and probably Riley. Elaine probably COULD be changed if it came to it and I could find something that fits better or the same for what I imagined, but I doubt it.

Also technically only 2 pictures so far now after I changed the last one

Also also, if ya guys didn't choose gorgeous for Karena, she wouldn't be

[Terintania]

Name: Asher Lyndon
Sex: Male
Gender: Cis Male
Grade: 11th
Role: Sudent
Birthday: 9/22/2000
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Appearance:

Height, Weight, and Body Type: 5'11", 169lbs, slim, but with well defined muscles.
Personality: Asher is the type of person who seems to have too much energy all the time, but not so much in a way that is seen as annoying. He's kind, and will generally treat everyone in a friendly manner unless given reason to do otherwise. An example of that being his lack of patience for anyone who would hurt someone else, either with words or actions, and he won't hesitate to beat someone up to defend someone else. Aside from his the intolerance for bullies, he's generally pretty care-free, and loves to have fun. Sometimes 'having fun' happens in dangerous ways, due to his adrenaline junky lifestyle.
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Moral Alignment: Neutral Good
Skills:
-Skilled at Archery
-Expert at Snowboarding
-Took a few lessons of Taekwondo
-Novice Rock climber
-Has vague motocross knowledge
-Pretty good at surfing, but nothing special
-SKilled with a skateboard
-Masterful at inline skates
-Has begun learning parkour
-Has tried gymnastics a couple of times
-Knows how to do tricks on a BMX bike
-Can manage to stay on a unicycle
-Good at fencing, axe throwing, knife throwing, and can hit a target with a javelin
-Good at swimming
-Knows enough about horseback riding to not fall off
-Experienced hiker
-Can play guitar, though he's not particularly masterful at it.
Biography: When Asher was born, he we put up for adoption, his birth mother not having wanted a child. However, he got adopted by the time he was 1, so he has no memory of being without a family. He was adopted by a fairly well off couple, one being a nurse and the other being a architect. Even as just a baby, he had a pretty big abundance of energy, and he took his first steps at a fairly young age. Once he figured out walking, he was always on his feet, wandering about. Which was probably nice at the end of the day, because little kids get tired easily, and he was always good at expending energy. As he got older, he started discovering sports, and would often just generally do dangerous things, such as riding his bike over ramps and stuff. He was often getting in to trouble at school, too, for things such as climbing on the roof and occasionally skipping classes because they were boring and he lost interest. He eventually adjusted more, at least to the extent that he learned not to skip class. He began asking his parents to buy him things, such as a pair of skates, or to get him lessons in various things. By the time he was a teenager, he'd already had knowledge of various sports, aside from ball related sports, as they never interested him. That didn't mean the jocks at school didn't try to get him to join whatever local team may have been around. This aspect became more and more when he got in to highschool, but he always turned them down. Outside of athletic based aspects of his life, he made a lot of friends, and would often hang out with them. But mostly his life was just normal, aside from being a sports enthusiast. Then one year his architect mom received a job offer that she was excited about. The only problem? It was in Florida. After a long time of talking and debating, the family decided to move. Asher, himself, was conflicted on it. He didn't like the idea of leaving all of his friends, but he was interested in the adventures that Florida would hold. And so, they moved in the summer, when he was off school, and he kept himself occupied by taking advantage of the lower age restriction for getting a motorcycle licence. Now, he's set to start his new high school.
RP Sample: Random post from random RP
Other:Just gonna put some of his noteworthy possessions here.
Motorbike
Helmet
Jacket like this, but red
He also has a pair of red inline skates with LEDs along the bottom.
Another thing to note is that he has a prescription for marijuana for ADD