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N O V A H

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BIOGRAPHY—
The person who knows everything, the person who always figures out everyone's secrets, the person who prides herself most of all on her ability to be able to walk into a room and know how most everyone inside it is feeling. You became obsessed with making sense of things when you were younger, of picking them apart piece by piece until you understood every single aspect of a thing and how it worked. The intuition grew, and people became unnerved by how good you were at seeing them. At really seeing them. As such, sometimes people withhold their personal opinions and thoughts around you. In your opinion, it just makes them that much more obvious.
TALENT—
There is a lot of guessing involved in your talent. It's more subjective, reading people's futures through crystal balls and lines on palms. The truth is that you don't know how much of that part of it is real, but your ability to know intentions- that is where your true talents lie. That's what you've always prided yourself in. The staying one step ahead, the preparing for it all so none of it surprises you. You of course cannot read people's minds, but there are ways of studying past behaviors and decisions that can certainly inform a person, and at the very least there seems to be an air of mystery surrounding your talent, which is better than outright dismissal any day.
CONNECTION—
The one you didn't see coming, and the one you can no longer even bare to look at. Manny broke your heart in a way that you thought you'd prepared yourself for- boredom was fixable. Boredom was nothing. Boredom was... a passing feeling that you were more than willing to help him get past and that still wasn't good enough for him, for whatever reason. And so, rather than being your first love, he became your hardest lesson: you cannot be prepared for everything after all.

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P I P P A

^{EIGHTEEN • SHE/HER • TAKEN}

BIOGRAPHY—

You don't think it's fair to rule out anything. That sense of wonderment that people seem to lose- that's something you've clung to and cultivated. A belief in something spectacular, a hope for something better. Because, after all, you are perfectly likable and plenty cute. Any family would be lucky to have you! Of course, you're prone to your theatrics, and everyone who witnessed your meltdown a couple years ago feels safe in saying that you're maybe not the most emotionally stable gal on the block, but that's fine! You're not! And you've never felt like you needed to be. Frankly, it's impressive how quickly you became comfortable with yourself. For the longest, the others all looked to you, little trendsetter, and faked acting like you until the security they could see within you could be felt within them too.

TALENT—

Though it was certainly more when you still had a partner, you feel pretty confident in saying that no one's talent is better than yours even still. The audience reactions are priceless- they're often eating out of the palm of your hand by the end of it. And you love it. You adore the applause, and the wonder of how. But, of course, a good magician never reveals her secrets and it took you a long time to find a way to do the magic that was right for you.

CONNECTION—

When you were younger, people used to say that you and Robey were practically connected at the hip. You, the amazing magician and him, your wonderful assistant. You used to promise that you were gonna get the both of you out of here some day, that you were gonna figure out a way so that the same family adopted you both and you could be siblings. And then you both grew up, and he became less interested in magic, and in impressing people, and you guys began to drift, and then you had your meltdown, and things weren't ever really the same after that.

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R O B E Y

^{EIGHTEEN • HE/HIM • TAKEN}

BIOGRAPHY—

When you decided to be yourself, your true, whole self, you were surprised at how quickly things began to change. People treated you differently, acted like they were afraid of speaking around you without offending you- friends you'd known since birth. Teachers who you thought you could trust. Only some of each, of course. It sucked. But it also taught you what was important, and you've decided that this shit? These attempts at being adopted, these desperate hopes that they've been filling all of your heads with since you can remember- none of this matters. Because at the end of the day, you know you're all going to leave here and hopefully go some place better, and then eventually maybe twenty years from now, you won't even remember what this place looks like.

TALENT—

You were fourteen, you were wearing a stupid outfit with your stupid deadname printed onto it, and you were about as unhappy as you think you've ever been. And you decided to change it up, four years later than people usually have settled on their final talents. It took a lot of doing, a lot of convincing, but given the circumstances the school eventually approved a change. You'd always loved skateboarding and had planned to make it your talent before Pippa got the idea for you guys to be a duo, so it took you some time but you've finally gotten to a place where you feel like you've caught back up to your peers in terms of skill execution.

CONNECTION—

When Pippa started pushing harder than ever to be liked and accepted, you started rejecting it more than ever. Obviously, you were both going through a lot mentally at the time that had nothing to do with each other, but it is unfortunate that you guys were so close for so long and then you drifted apart. Between her feeling betrayed by you dropping the act and you being annoyed at how much of a tryhard she was becoming, it was only a matter of time as it was. Then she had her meltdown, and you were about to start your transition, and, yeah... Things changed.

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S Y L A N

^{EIGHTEEN • HE/HIM • TAKEN}

BIOGRAPHY—
In one of her most bothered moments, (no one can bother a person like you can,) Ms. Munroe once called you a 'complete agent of chaos.' It isn't that you're bad, and you don't exactly get off on constantly being in the hot seat, either. You personally believe that you were cursed to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time. You discover that the rafters in the greenhouse are climbable, and then twenty minutes later, dangling fifteen feet in the air, you discover that the walls cannot hold your weight. You have the astute observation that grape juice comes from grapes one day during lunch, and try to get it right from the source by stabbing one with a straw. When it gets stuck, you blow, and the grape flies directly into Professor Cheng's forehead. If it is true that you were cursed, though, you have some suspects: your parents, because no one knows anything about them, Novah, because you spend a lot of time with Manny and Robey outside and Novah is weird like that, or Mr. Charlie, because you're convinced that man has seen some shit. You have no concrete evidence, but as you narrow the suspects down, you trust that you'll get your answer soon.
TALENT—
You take personal offense to the phrase 'it's like riding a bike' because you are cold hard proof that riding a bike can be extremely difficult. You took to it quickly, to be fair, one of the first in your grade to settle on a talent for good. You liked the speed. You liked the mobility. You liked the danger. And you've gotten good at it. Very good. The amount of balance and timing and skill that is required for you to make what you're doing seem easy is astronomical in comparison to what people think riding a bike looks like: sitting an ass in a seat and mindlessly peddling forward. If you ride one right, a bike can take you anywhere you want to go, and the places you want to go are far far away from here.
CONNECTION—
You'd say Wyatt has been your best friend since you can recall, but it feels like even that sells it short. Regularly somehow the more functional of the two of you, he's gotten you out of trouble more times than you can count and you honestly don't know that you'd make it through life without him there. It isn't that he makes your decisions for you- he doesn't- but moreso that he never makes you feel bad for your rambunctious energy and your propensity for getting into trouble. There are times when you feel bad for dragging him along to detention with you, but its at least nice to have someone there to make jokes with instead of working on your classwork. He also always seems to have perfect insights on your relationship with Viola, whom you have been dating for only five months but whom you have been deeply in love with for several years now. There isn't a day when you don't wake up and still feel some kind of quiet shock that she's actually giving you a chance, but you're determined to make your relationship with her the one thing you don't fuck up.

^{PLAYED BY RAVE}

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T I A R A

^{EIGHTEEN • SHE/THEY • TAKEN}

BIOGRAPHY—

It seemed that fate's original plan was for your life to be quite easy. You were always pretty, and well-liked. Things you were taught to believe were of great importance. Obviously, your original life plan didn't go as intended, and sometimes you think about what would've happened if you'd been allowed to live that life instead. You wonder if you would've been content then to become the thing the world so obviously expected you to become. As you grew older in real life, you found yourself rebelling against it more and more. Hating the idea of becoming some fragile thing, quiet and polite and all pearly teeth and perfect hair. You're so much more than pretty. You're laughter when the last summer snow has called it quits. You're the rigid knuckles of your own consequence. You're a clever wit. You're a mountain of memories. You're a force.

TALENT—

You've always had a love of sharp and wicked things. Red target on the other side of the stage with one, two, three, four, five bullseyes jutting out of it, your chest rising and falling quickly from the effort, you smile. This. This is you. Arrows, and knives, and pinpoint precision. Danger. Adrenaline. Dragomir warns you not to push it too far and you're brave enough to push further still. You're eighteen now. It's your last chance to be adopted. You tell this to Dragomir and she scoffs and then she considers, hand pressed to cheek and chin. She considers. And you hope she approves, because you truly think you're right: this is what will get you adopted. You can feel it. If she approves, you will go from blades to bullets, and you'll finally have a home.

CONNECTION—

People often refer to you and Xenia as the twins despite the fact that you look absolutely nothing alike. This is because you've been basically mind-melded since anyone can recall. You never tire of each other's presence. You feel challenged constantly but also invariably supported. You feel unconditional love. Xenia, in truth, is much wiser than you, and much more outspoken. You're also probably more friendly. You do have a habit of finishing each others sentences, or speaking at the same time- both things that quietly irritate you because it's never planned and always ends with you blushing and her not wanting to speak at all and the other person thinking it's the most hilarious thing in the world.

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U L R I K

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BIOGRAPHY—

You're a pretty introspective guy. Bordering on obsessive. At times, manically so. But Munroe and Kim have you regulated and medicated- the asthma is a real bitch to control but after a lifetime of doing it, it's just a part of the routine. They'd all hoped it would ease with age, as is common, (in lots of cases, people are reported to never have attacks again after early childhood, weird,) but it only got worse for you. Great excuse to get out of running the mile in PE, you guess. The professors have all been given inhalers to keep in their desks because you have a horrible habit of forgetting your own. You've got a dry outlook, but a hopeful disposition. Cheerful, even. You're decently funny, and the tallest boy in class, (get fucked, Grant,) and you aren't an asshole. So you still feel like you have a lot going for you at the end of the day. The nights are still pretty rough though. Plenty of meds to knock you out. None so far to stop the nightmares! Haha! Kidding! (You're not.)

TALENT—

Fun fact: height works against you in gymnastics. Tell that to the guy who pledged his entire future and happiness into doing it when he was twelve and one of the shortest guys in his grade, only to grow over two feet taller in the years to come. It does make it harder, but you are still undeniably talented. You have a great vertical, you have good back strength, you're impressively flexible, and you keep your lines straight. Dragomir calls you the crane when you perform, which you hope is a good thing. It's common for you to end a performance with a good ole asthma attack, but a couple puffs on your inhaler and you're good to go. Honestly, that's no big deal- it's when your dumb lungs can't wait until after the performance to go and have a breakdown that really ticks you off.

CONNECTION—

You are friends with Zelda because about a year ago you were talking to her about how you missed Yusif and lamenting that you had no friends since he got adopted, and she looked very offended and said "I thought we were friends?" Now, you were absolutely certain that in the years you and Zelda had spent in the gym training your talents that neither of you had extended a hand to hang out, or made any sort of attempt at getting to know the other at this point, but then you had this weird aha! moment where you realized that the two of you spend all of your free time here, training your talents, and that you'd just been in the middle of trauma dumping on her, so she was actually totally right. She was your friend. So, technically the friendship started sometime before that but that's when you became aware of it and started to nurture it.

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V I O L A

^{EIGHTEEN • SHE/HER • TAKEN}

BIOGRAPHY—
You have trouble understanding why you have any friends at all sometimes. You don't ever feel like you're being purposefully malicious, but you just also happen to be really deeply selfish in a lot of ways that you can't even begin to know how to change. You're competitive to a fault- to the point that you sometimes resort to lying when you feel slighted or outsmarted. You constantly destroy everything you feel might be worth something in the long run because you're convinced you don't deserve to have it, or maybe because you're convinced anything worth having will leave you if you don't leave it first. You're also a terrible liar, and are thus unable to stop the rolling of your eyes when Hanna says something particularly backhanded to you, or the throwing of a pencil at Iggy's head when he keeps giggling at the word 'angina' in biology class. Thus, some find it difficult to be around you, and you sometimes wonder if people struggle to tell you their secrets. Honestly, that one is probably for the best. You have enough of your own secrets to worry about.
TALENT—
There's a certain look people always get on their faces when you name your talent- sport. It's a bit general, you suppose. But it had to be. It was pitching a softball originally, but there wasn't a lot you could do with that beyond ruining your shoulder, and then it moved to jumpshots in basketball, goals blocked in soccer, you even broke some wall-climbing record one day during PE without really applying yourself. You're, at your core, an athlete. Not a jock, Dragomir says, but a genuine athlete. 'The kind who succeeds in any competitive sport.' The generalness of it allows a bit of wiggle room in your yearly talent showings, but you risk a less-refined performance if you do too much, and a boring one if you don't do enough. Watching an entire team of people be good at sports is one thing, but watching one person do it alone, well, the novelty wears off quick between the cameras and the quiet echoes of an otherwise empty room.
CONNECTION—
It's fucked up, and you know it is, but the truth is that you started dating Sylan because he was persistent, and he made his feelings for you very, very obvious. You were reeling from your forced sudden breakup with Yusif, and Sylan was a shoulder to cry on. It was nice to feel wanted. So you let it go on, and you let it continue until his feelings went too deep for anyone to get out without drowning. And though you've grown to care very deeply for him, and have an immense amount of gratitude to him for helping you through such dark times, your self-destructive tendencies are flaring up in the worst way: you've fallen for Wyatt, his best friend. But you've both made a promise that what happened before winter break can never happen again, and you fully intend to uphold your side of the promise... so long as he does, too.

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W Y A T T

^{EIGHTEEN • HE/HIM • TAKEN}

BIOGRAPHY—

You think, maybe, it was decided for you that you'd forever be relegated to being 'the funny one.' It has its perks, of course, but you do often find it frustrating that your generally positive outlook on life makes it impossible for others to see you as a fully fledged human being. It is especially irritating when you're speaking very honestly, and very passionately, and no one pays attention because you have allowed yourself to become a chronic side character, somehow. You grew up in the shadows of louder friends, waiting for them to grow bored and look to you to fix the boredom, and one day sometime recently, you made the conscious decision to end that era of yourself. You are here. You matter. You deserve to be treated as such. What a tragedy that the ones we love most are the first we hurt when we decide to start living for ourselves for a change, but you've reconciled with that and come to terms with the fact that, at the end of the day, you have no other choice if you ever want to feel heard.

TALENT—

In a way, your comedy gives you a super power no one else can have. You are allowed to speak your mind freely, openly. If someone has a bad idea, you can slap a mention of it into your routine and let everyone's laughter be the subtle nudge they need. You can call out people's secrets, too, if it's been long enough since they were being talked about. Not that your comedy is malicious- it usually isn't. But you've been struggling lately with feeling like you matter outside of your good humor, and it has started to sour your relationship with the entire thing to start with. You don't have any plans of being adopted and becoming a countrywide sensation, or a bona fide comedian, or anything like that, so you tell yourself that just one more year of funny is all that stands between you and the simple slice of life you so desperately crave.

CONNECTION—

Part of the unspoken deal you've always had with Sylan is that he is the leader of your little duo, and you're the silly sidekick. You were content enough to play that part for most of your life- maybe its even why so many people struggle to see past the clever oneliners they expect from you. And your intention was never to hurt him, per se, so much as make a stand for yourself and something you really wanted for yourself. Someone you wanted, rather. You wish you could blame it on something else, that the punch bowl had been spiked like one of those books you read, but it was just you and Viola and the moonlight that night before winter break, when your lips finally met hers. All of thirty seconds later and the two of you were closing the greenhouse door behind you and creating a secret that could ruin either of you. She swears it was a mistake and said it couldn't happen again, but you already catch her staring and you'd be lying if you said you don't regularly try to create new opportunities just to be around her.

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X E N I A

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BIOGRAPHY—

People like to use the word 'bossy' when describing you. And, as you'd point out, they'd also call you particular, and highly functional, and determined, and very talented, with a rigorous work ethic. You could've given Dolly a run for her money if you were narcissistic enough to think you deserve to be in charge of the country. The real leaders are the ones pulling the strings behind the curtain anyway- life is rarely as it seems and you always feel strangely alien when you notice it while no one else seems to. You hold others at a distance, but a respectable one. You have a habit of calling everyone babe and sometimes you can be too critical of yourself and of others. You've definitely got some Capricorn placements, which means nothing, but also it makes you naturally business savvy and makes the likelihood of your success increase, so you'll take it. You don't want to take over the world, you don't care about fame. You only care about security, and in a world with so few people deserving of your trust, you only hold enough in your heart for yourself and Tiara- you're the only person you know who can get you the life you want. So it's up to you and only you to go out and get it.

TALENT—

Sculpture isn't something most stick with. You can remember a time when there were many like you, or like Bronte, and the art room would be overfilled with wannabes on their way to burning out. You've outlasted them all. Of course, the time spent there isn't really the point. There's an x factor, you feel, which is completely necessary to succeed as a sculptor. An artistic vision. Something to say. The world has enough contemplative busts of middle-aged white men, you know? What comes next? If you can't think of any good answers, you probably switched to a different talent long ago like the rest of them did. You, Xenia, have never wavered, because you've always known what you wanted to say and exactly how it should be said. The trick is finding which person is the right one to listen to what you're saying.

CONNECTION—

Though Tiara doesn't remember your first meeting, it is one of your favorite stories to tell when people ask. There's an indoor playground in the elementary courtyard, and the two of your were both playing on it in one of those formative pre-preschool years, and Tiara had tried going down a slide, but the strap of her overalls was caught on a ledge and she was left dangling helplessly off the side. You, being the pushy little diva that you were at the time, started shoving her further down with your feet so that you could have your own turn, and she pinched your thigh and then the two of you went rolling down the slide one on top of the other. By the time you made it to the bottom, both of your protests had resolved to laughter. You offered her a hand to help her up, and she never let go of it. Twins ever since.

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Z E L D A

^{EIGHTEEN • SHE/HER • TAKEN}

BIOGRAPHY—

Listen, when a person's name literally starts with a Z in a place where every grade is alphabetized, they get used to being ignored. In your case in particular, it means that growing up, if someone wanted to adopt a kid your age, they'd already watched 25 other performances by the time they got to yours. You accepted that you'd probably be better off teaching yourself to be self-sufficient than waiting around and hoping for an adoption that would likely never come fairly early in life. Maybe before you'd even settled on a talent. And you are very self-sufficient now, and feel confident that you'd be able to survive on your own even right this second. You struggle to pick up on social cues, sure, and often tend to come across as harsh or aloof when your intention was just to respond in a way you'd thought was honest or objective. As a result, you're a girl of few words, so you make the ones you say count. You have to. You're smart, but not the smartest. You're brave, but not the bravest. You're talented, but not enough for it to set you apart. It's your ability to think rationally and logically above all else that'll save you: your quiet cunning.

TALENT—

The fact that your talent is known at official capacity as a 'balancing act' is amusing to you- isn't everything a balancing act at the end of the day? Tightropes and spinning plates and unicycles and juggling- you've never fallen when those cameras were on. Every year you go above and beyond, really- push yourself a lot further than most would be willing to. But its for nothing, and you've already accepted that. So maybe its because they can tell your heart isn't in it that you've never gotten adopted, or maybe if you thought you actually stood a chance of getting adopted some day you'd be able to perform it even better. Who knows? That level of emotional understanding takes a steep amount of self-actualization and you have absolutely no idea how to do that, so you have no idea.

CONNECTION—

Ulrik has always, always been nice to you. You don't think you're special for this: he's genuinely just nice to people. But it did warm you to him a great deal in a time in your life when socializing was making you so uncomfortable that you often struggled to leave your room outside of forced commitment. He made one of the biggest of these commitments- training your talent daily in the gym- much more tolerable, simply by allowing you to exist nearby. For the last year or so, you've found that he is much more present in your life overall, now sitting with you at lunch for example. As you've gotten closer, he's definitely noticed a few of your stranger personality quirks, but in true Ulrik fashion, he's never made you feel bad about them.

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HEADMASTER WALTERS
80 • headmaster
his voice, since the children can recall, is of the deepest sort. it was also the kind that demanded respect by instilling fear- no one could hear a pen drop when headmaster walters did his daily address. no one could hear a breath. he rarely speaks directly to the children, pardon correcting or critiquing them, and though he is seemingly hated by the entire student body, no one dares speak out against him for fear of what his swift, cruel retaliation may be.

MS. MUNROE
47 • counselor
contrarywise, everyone has a very positive opinion of ms. munroe. the children are set to have weekly check-ins with her, and should feel comfortable sharing with her. certainly more comfortable than any other adult. it is then her obligation, of course, to secretly relay the information to the higher-ups, since her actual job is to monitor the children without making them feel spied on.

THE DELIVERYMAN
33 • transporter
as much legend as man at this point. the children all find him fascinating. they are not allowed to speak to him, but each time he comes, he brings all sorts of treasures and prizes. he once brought a trailer full of animals for the children to play with for instance. and to their knowledge, he is the only person who they know for a fact can leave the academy and somehow make it back alive and unscathed. rumors abound of super powers and the like.

NURSE KIM
62 • healthcare professional
though she displays a never-faltering cheerful disposition, nurse kim is prone to unsettling the children during their monthly check-in with her. when children are compliant, pleasant, and she likes what she finds in her evaluations, they get to leave with a piece of candy. on the flip side, the actions she takes when children are bad or her when findings are less than ideal can sometimes feel like excessive overkill. reactions might range from a squeezed wrist to being slapped across the face to being sedated until a checkup is over, if it's necessary.

PROF. CHENG
58 • maths teacher
joyless ms. cheng and her collection of porcelain figurines are less terrifying to the students and more of an inconvenience. she allows no talking in her classroom, pardon being called upon, and it always seems to be freezing cold in there no matter what. every shelf or flat surface has been taken over by little glass animals and dolls, and she keeps a record of all of them so that she knows if any of the kids borrow one to play with.

PROF. DEGRAW
45 • history teacher
a bit eccentric and easily pulled off target, professor degraw is not greatly equipped with social skills, but has a rare and impressive talent of recalling historical events from memory. obviously, the lessons have been doctored and restructured to suit the needs of these particular children, but there is still much he can- and will if given the chance- discuss all day. Industry changes, leadership changes, the creation of the districts and the capitol to begin with are among his favorite topics to discuss.

PROF. MOXEN
44 • english teacher
easily the most laidback of the teachers, and also a favorite among students. though, likely due in large part to his good looks and quiet wisdom. realistically, much of his teachings surround the reading-of and subsequent discussion-of books he deems interesting enough to read. students often read ahead so that they can catch up on work in other classes, something he both allows and encourages, though he does have one rule: no spoilers.

PROF. BINGHAM
51 • science teacher
her room is always dark, she always has music playing, and it always smells good. she does lots of hands-on experiments, but is also very harsh about deadlines and offers zero makeup work opportunities. if students fall asleep in her class, she allows them to rest and then grades their classwork as is at the end of class. a final grade is final. she also likes to cook special meals for her students when they excel or catch on to a concept very quickly.

PROF. DRAGOMIR
65 • talent refinement
there's never a time when dragomir's hands are empty: a clipboard full of notes, a thermos of coffee, a cigarette right in the middle of the auditorium, you name it. she exudes a sort of confidence that suggests some form of job security the rest of the staff doesn't seem to have. don't be mistaken- this unmarriage to the system is not to say that she is rebellious to the school, or that she even enjoys her time with the children. she simply exists on her own axis, and the rest of the universe orbits around her as she sees fit. she helps each student discover, curate, and excel in their yearly adoption talents.

PROF. GREGAINE / "Coach"
77 • physical education / leisure
easily one of the more divisive staff members, gregaine holds little patience for weakness and also seems to care about those with what he deems 'good potential' more than any other professor does. he's loud and boisterous and overly fond of competition, but he can also be a great deal of fun, and quite personable one on one. he once mentioned to a group of students in passing that he's worked here longer than almost anyone else on the staff, but when asked how long specifically, he didn't answer.

PROF. TARLEY
43 • early childhood education
from the time a group of children becomes old enough to officially start school until they've reached high school age, each group gets assigned one teacher. tarley was the teacher for the eighteen year old's and some of the children probably view her as a substitute maternal figure. she was always warm and kind, yet stern. she was good at enforcing her rules and didn't like back-talk, but her sense of familiarity sets her apart as the children look back- she's been one of the most stable figures in any of their lives. some of them even cried when they moved up to the high school classes and tarley got her new class four years ago.

PROF. NIMMONS
31 • librarian
everyone agrees that, though delightful, professor nimmons is just a bit off her rocker. she trails off mid-sentence and likes to abruptly change direction when walking. she gets obviously uncomfortable when forced to be authoritative, and much prefers the art of subtlety in essentially every form of communication she can be subtle in. when not found silently appearing from behind bookshelves in the library, she can be seen strolling merrily through the halls and muttering to herself with her hands clasped in front of her and her head nodding yes and no to questions only she seems to be hearing.

MR. CHARLIE
77 • groundskeeper/detention
usually, the children's perception of mr. charlie goes something like this: they're terrified of the big man with the gravelly voice and the calloused hands when they are young, then they realize somewhere around eight or so that he's quite friendly and they've been silly for fearing him, and then they realize around thirteen or so that no one knows where he sleeps, and no one knows exactly what his job is, and they see the ring of keys he keeps on his hip, and from then on they decide its best to keep him at a safe distance.

GONE

Oscar - "adopted during year 16" - talent: puppetry
Quinn - "adopted during year 14" talent: robotics
Yusif - "adopted during year 17" talent: heavy lifting

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Post by dars on Dec 15, 2022 13:34:39 GMT -5

SNOWSPIRE SHOP

This will be a continuous event which will run alongside the plot and give characters an excuse to write outside of direct events. Snowspire has created a sort of currency-system as another outlet for the students to focus their energies beyond their own talents. Teachers and faculty give out tokens for completing various tasks, or doing well on assignments. Once per in-character month, the common rooms are turned into shops and students who've saved enough tokens can spend them on things like toys, books, tapes, or decorations for their rooms.

More special items are usually one-of-a-kind. Each item is also documented and it's up to the person who purchased it to take care of it. If someone bought the only pack of gum at the last shop and now there's wads of gum showing up on the sidewalk, they know exactly who to blame.

All students will start with 3 tokens, but will have ample opportunity to gain more by writing their challenges. It is up to the writers to explicitly write their characters completing these tasks in character, and informing me. While some events are open for all, some of them are special and can only be triggered once. Students will be limited to one special task per earning-period but may participate in as many "open to all" events as they would like! Each task must happen in its own post, (you cannot write a character completing several tasks in one post,) and more tasks will be added and updated as the plot continues to develop!

The system is first come first serve, so the task must fully be finished before you can get points. If a task requires two or more people, all of those people must have posted in the thread before anyone can get points from it. Once your character has completed a task, immediately pm me to claim the points.

Both IC and OOC prizes will be posted once we've reached that part of the plot!^^

^{COMING SOON!}	^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - post a oneshot having a session with Munroe SPECIAL: (+3 token each) - Requires two people: Character A and Character B have both been called into Munroe's office due to their recent argument. Munroe makes each character say three things they like about the other, won't accept fake answers, and won't let either student leave until the task is completed.}	^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Post being especially good during your character's check up SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - Requires two people: When Character A is late to their appointment, Kim sends Character B to find them. The later Character A is, the worse the punishment will be. - Something strange showed up in your character's check-up, which requires additional testing.}
^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Post your character acing a test in Cheng's class SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - Requires three people: Cheng is impressed with Character A and asks them to tutor Characters B and C, who have been struggling recently.}	^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Post your character giving an oral presentation on a (approved by Dars) historical figure of Panem SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - DeGraw forgets his graded papers in his room, and gives your character the key to go and retrieve his satchel during class. If your character returns promptly and doesn't steal anything, they'll get 3 tokens as a reward}	^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Your character, for whatever reason, decides to have lunch in Moxen's classroom instead of the cafeteria. SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - The student body finds out it is Moxen's birthday. Character A makes him a present- which he loves- and gives it to him after class.}
^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - As reward for everyone passing a quiz, Bingham cooks for the entire class. Write a post having your character participate. SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - Requires two people: Character A and Character B are paired together as lab partners for the semester and will have to work on various experiments together.}	^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Requires successful roll: Your character tries to switch things up with their talent by adding a new element, or a new trick, etc. Every time you post trying to succeed in this event, you roll 1d20. On a 15 or higher, Dragomir is impressed enough to reward you with a token. Until then, she thinks it needs more work and you must post trying again with a new roll. SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - Requires two people: Character A helps Character B develop their talent during free time and Dragomir happens upon it.}	^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Post having your character volunteer to lead stretches before gym class, and then doing so. SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - Character A is the first person to complete a lengthy list of rigorous spring exercises and training drills, which impresses Gregaine}
^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Show Tarley an art project your character made as a child in her class which they kept SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - Tarley is pulled into an unexpected meeting with Headaster Walters, sees your character passing in the hallway, and asks you to watch her class of kindergartners until she gets back}	^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Nimmons offers a token to anyone who shelves books in the library, so long as she feels they really made an effort to help SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - Requires two people: Characters A and B are given a list of overdue books and are asked to track down the people who owe them and get them back.}	^{OPEN TO ALL: (+1 token each) - Though students are made to do chores with Charlie as punishment, he often gives tokens for helping out with his various tasks SPECIAL: (+3 tokens each) - Requires two people: After a harsh blizzard, Characters A and B have to help Charlie move a fallen tree from the fence and make repairs. They'll get an unprecedented look beyond the fence, perhaps for the first time in their lives}

POINTS TRACKER

ALAIN: 3
BRONTE: 3
COLEY: 3
DOLLY: 3
ERRAS: 3
FARAH: 3
GRANT: 3
HANNA: 3
IGNIS: 3
JOYCE: 3
KAINE: 3
LOVIE: 3
MANNY: 3
NOVAH: 3
PIPPA: 3
ROBEY: 3
SYLAN: 3
TIARA: 3
ULRIK: 3
VIOLA: 3
WYATT: 3
XENIA: 3
ZELDA: 3

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Post by dars on Oct 31, 2023 11:43:08 GMT -5

E V E N T
^{STATUS: MANDATORY}

THE BLIZZARD.
As the students continue their schooling post-winter break, the school finds itself in the ides of the coldest season, limiting outside time even more than usual and seemingly causing some unrest among the teachers and faculty. Several students may have noticed their whispers, their worried looks out windows as the snow rises yet another foot in mass, but of course when spoken to about it, each dismisses the students' concern and guarantees them everything is okay. And perhaps it is! For all they know, the concern is just the early signs of going stir-crazy. After all, spending so much time with so many children who're stuck indoors can certainly be taxing.

But then comes the day when the lights blink out.

It's only happened maybe once or twice since any of the children can recall, and not for several years at this point, never for this long. After a few short seconds, they can all hear the backup generators kick on from some undisclosed place within the sprawling building. The emergency lights come on, lining the halls in haunting flickering shadow, and the ominous howl of the wind can now be heard more clearly than ever before.

Any students who try to leave the castle for the time being to explore anything outside- including the greenhouse, the stables, the auditorium, and many other secondary locations which can be found on the grounds, will find that every exit from the main building has either been completely blocked in by snow, or locked by the officials. News comes that non-essential power drainers will be temporarily cut off for the sake of preserving the generators for as long as necessary. Hours stretch into days, the snow refusing to cease until practically the entire first floor has been buried beneath a blanket of white. Delivery day comes and goes with no sign of the shops being set up, and more and more children seem to be convinced that their food portions seem smaller than before.

Concern grows, as does conspiracy. There are many things that don't quite add up, many questions going unanswered, but there is one question in particular that almost no one seems to be asking: If the backup generators aren't to keep the various distractions and entertainments for the students up and running, what exactly could be draining them so much?

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Hello one and all! This is our first mandatory event for Snowspire, and it comes in two parts. For the first part, there is no group thread but each character must participate in a thread with at least one other character and it must be centered around the event. As stated in the rules: "If your character goes inactive at any point, or misses two or more events in a row, they will immediately be harvested and die, and you will not be allowed to re-enter the plot. This is final." So failure to post in this event within the given time frame will result in your character's first of two strikes!

In part two of the event, which will be a group thread taking place once everyone has finished part one/the due date for part one comes, I will post a second update with more information. Failure to participate in this will count as an inactivity strike as well, meaning if you do not participate in either part, your character will be harvested.

ALL CHARACTERS HAVE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30th TO POST FOR PART ONE.

Start hitting up those dms for plots now!

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welcome to snowspire | d10 | ongoing! Dec 1, 2023 19:55:43 GMT -5

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Post by dars on Dec 1, 2023 19:55:43 GMT -5

E V E N T
^{STATUS: MANDATORY}

THE BLIZZARD.^{(PT. II)}
There are several strange things about tonight's assembly. Only candlelight and curious conversation fills the room, the students all sitting at their designated tables hoping to drown out the haunting sounds of the howling winds outside. Tonight marks two weeks in the dark. A few kids from the year-fourteens claimed that they heard the sounds of engines running outside somewhere on the grounds around breakfast time, but the only windows that weren't completely frosted over were the ones pointing toward the courtyard and the back forest, tall and looming. By lunch, everyone was convinced the kids had only misheard the generators in the basements, if they'd heard anything at all.

But the strangest thing about this assembly, perhaps of all, was that it was taking place long after dark. The cold always felt even more biting after the sunset this far up the mountain- the students all grew up hearing tales of children who wandered out too far in the cold. How they would slowly grow weaker and weaker until they went to sleep and froze, right there where they laid, and how those same bodies would thaw come spring. From there, the story diverged into two paths, depending on who you asked. Some said the bodies thawed just in time for the bears to wake and eat them. Others said that the bears weren't the only things waking with the thaw.

There came a sudden undeniable quietness in the room as if interference the children had previously been unaware of no longer existed. The absence of the sound was heard. Every single child grew quiet for a moment, trying to discern what it was exactly they no longer could hear. It was only a matter of time before some of the more clever ones began to piece together what was happening.

"What you've just heard," came the thundering, low voice of Headmaster Walters from the raised stage at the far end of the room, "is the sound of the last generator turning off."

The chill in the room seemed to go colder and the quiet more stagnant, a pause pregnant with anticipation. Somewhere close to the dining hall, a clock could be heard ticking.

"Do not panic. This is because, in roughly thirty seconds, our full power will be restored! We received word that the worst of the storm has passed us earlier today while receiving a small supply shipment from down the mountain. Professors will resume teaching their regular lesson-plans tomorrow morning and once pathways have been cleared, access to all secondary buildings and locations will be permitted until further notice."

Relief washed over the crowd as many of them listened to the good news. Two weeks, it would seem, was more than long enough for any of them.

"Just in time, too," Headmaster Walters continued, raising his hands to silence the crowd, "for the time has come for us to wish fair weather to our dear Deliveryman as he continues his journey elsewhere. This evening's visit, regrettably, will be his last."

If the students thought that sounded rather strange, they wouldn't be able to piece together why until later. But for now, they all seemed content and pre-occupied with the good news. Only a few more seconds passed before, sure enough, the lights flickered to life overhead.

"Everything is as it should be again!" Called Headmaster Walters.

The crowd cheered. But was it?

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Hi hi and welcome to part two of our first mandatory Snowspire event! In part two, students will write their reactions to the news that the electricity has been restored at an unprecedented nighttime assembly in a group thread which will be posted by me soon. Everyone is required to make at least one post for this event in order to avoid receiving a strike. If you failed to post by the deadline for part one, your character's life hangs in the balance! If you don't post in this part, they will unfortunately be "adopted" and removed from the plot immediately.

You may also feel free to write your character beyond tonight's events in separate threads. Some ideas include regaining access to the auditorium, greenhouse, and other secondary locations that were previously off-limits to the students during the storm, making conspiracy theories over why the Deliveryman isn't coming back, resolving drama that occurred during the blackout, wondering where exactly all those generators are located, or anything else your character might get up to within reason!

ALL CHARACTERS HAVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31st TO POST FOR PART TWO.

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welcome to snowspire | d10 | ongoing! Feb 1, 2024 12:31:59 GMT -5

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Post by dars on Feb 1, 2024 12:31:59 GMT -5

The following characters have failed to post in either part of the last event, meaning they are irreversibly scheduled for harvest now:
- Joyce
- Manny
- Novah
- Sylan
- Viola

How this will work: Over the course of the next month or two in character, the listed characters will be told that they have been 'adopted' in the same manner in which other characters have received the news in previous events: likely at some sort of schoolwide assembly or announcement. When the character is announced as being adopted, they'll be taken for a final evaluation by Nurse Kim, who will then tell them they need a vaccination against a new disease that is ravaging greater Panem. She will inject them with something, and they will lose consciousness. In the final moments before they black out, they'll see Nurse Kim input a special code in the medicine closet's keypad, and a secret room will open.

The character will be escorted by Nurse Kim below Snowspire and into a room full of medical staff whom the character would not recognize even if they were awake. And then, the surgery begins.

I will be rolling in a thread to determine the order in which the characters are adopted over the course of this time, and will edit this post with a link to the results once I am finished. Characters who are getting harvested and characters who are not are free to write this occurring as much as they want, but all of the characters currently listed for adoption will be gone as of the next official event. Keep in mind characters who are not adopted yet have no knowledge that the characters who are being adopted are in danger.

Link to death order rolls: here

First to be adopted: Sylan
Second to be adopted: Manny
Third to be adopted: Novah
Fourth to be adopted: Joyce
Fifth to be adopted: Viola

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Erras, Grant, Lovie, Robey: You have all received a strike, meaning participation in the next event is mandatory or you will be harvested.

The new event will be posted soon, but for now, enjoy plotting with one another and remember to stay vigilant!