Onyx Delorm {District7}

Onyx Delorme is one of the adolescent boys living in the entertainment area of district 7. He stands at five feet and eight inches and has a small build that isn’t noticeable until inspected. He has slightly ruffled hair the color of brown rust that accompanies his Alice-blue eyes. The details of his cheek bones and clean skin make the impression of a cute face and a lean body. Due to his Celtic roots, he has very light skin that burns easily if out in the sun too long.

Onyx’s style of clothing is very simple; a white long-sleeve button-up polo with jeans on a normal day. When he’s performing in his father’s restaurant at night, he wears a velvety black vest over his white polo and his jeans are exchanged for black dress-pants. Lastly, he wears a bracelet made of Jade and Onyx, in the same design as her sister’s Jade and Onyx necklace. They always wear their accessories to show that the two are siblings. All of these details make the appearance of the district three boy, Onyx.

The kind of performances he does at his parent’s restaurant is singing. His performances are done with his sister, Jade, who plays their family piano while he sings. The two sibling’s show is around one hour long and the show happens three nights a week. His voice is quite rich and sounds like a ‘chorus of angels’ when he sings. He even buys some sheet music for his sister and himself so that they can add a new number to their show. Since he doesn’t perform in the restaurant every day, he does the job of being one of the waiters that serve people.

As previously mentioned, he is good at singing. That’s actually one of the only talents that requires skill that he has. Other then singing though, he is good at social skills and entertaining even without having to sing. Because of this, it’s very easy for him to make friends with customers and with other students in his school. He’s also protective of his sister, Jade, in the same way she is protective of him, and probably is more protective of her. Anyone who tries to approach her with an untrusting look won’t be able to get within one meter without approval from his older sister.

Although he has lots of talent, he still has a few things that aren’t so great about him. For instance, he has bad coordination with his body parts, making it hard for him to play the piano or even dance properly. Another thing is that he can’t sit still for very long, and he has to move. This sometimes triggers his eyebrows to ‘Dance’ on their own. Sadly, he can’t use this extra energy to improve his coordination.

Onyx is the second and last child of Laura and James Delorme, the first born being her sister, Jade Delorme. The couple own a restaurant that used to be owned by James’s father. He’s inherited the restaurant, and kept the business as the new owner. The family’s restaurant has the luxury of being able to afford the luxury of a grand piano after the first decade of business. His mother, (Onyx’s grandmother) Selah, was a gifted piano player, but her talent was wasted when her son and daughter-in-law wasn’t too interested in playing the piano.

When the young couple conceived their second child Onyx, the newborn’s grandfather died of natural causes. It was great loss of for the family and the business to lose the original owner of the restaurant and the head of the house hold. Jade and Onyx where too young to remember any of the sadness from that experience, so all they heard was that ‘their grandfather died’ without any real details. Business became slow for a while, and Selah didn’t have any inspiration to play the piano.

By the time, Jade was 4 and Onyx was 3, they saw that untouched piano and started playing with it. The young girl just mashed the ‘buttons’ playing randomly without any real song, while Onyx was humming along to the notes she was playing. After a bit of fooling around, the girl tried to mimic the melody of the lullaby that the two young children heard when they where little. By the time she got the figured out half the melody; Onyx remembered the lyrics and started singing while she played the piano. This is the first baby-steps they took in developing their musical talent.

Selah was watching them, and decided not to interrupt them in exploring what they have inherited from their grandparents. After the two figured out that lullaby and played it properly, Selah went to the two young children and asked if they’d be interested in learning how to both sing and play the piano. Truthfully, Onyx wasn’t very good at the piano, so he learned more singing techniques then Jade did. Jade earned the ability to play the piano and sing properly. This sparked hope is Selah for the musical talent in the family to be revived.

By the time, Jade was ten and Onyx was nine, they were very advanced and professional for children their age. Now, business for the restaurant was looking up and everything was returning to normal after the loss of the grandfather. A sudden twist came upon the family again when a few burglars came to raid the house one night. The grand piano they had was a sign of wealth, and made them prey for a robbery. As soon as the family heard the window smash from outside, they all ran down the stairs to see two people in masks, holding bats. James and Laura ran over to the robber who had the money and managed to scare him off without much harm.

The other was next to the piano, about to smash it, but Selah, Jade and Onyx went to try and stop the offender. Jade, being young and quick, made it to the thief first, and tried the best she could to protect the property of the restaurant. Sadly, the robber got the best of the young girl, and managed to swing that bat right into her neck. The force wasn’t big enough to tear any ligaments, but it permanently damaged her vocal cords, making her unable to scream from the pain of being hit. Selah, made it just in time, a second before the thief took a second swing at the girl; grabbing the bat before it descended on the small fragile body. The robber was too large for the frail, old, and woman and managed to give a clear punch to her abdomen. In her recoil, the offender proceeded to beating her up with the bat. A few swings later and she becomes unconscious. Now, James and Laura come to rescue Selah, while Onyx runs off to find a Peacekeeper to arrest the criminal.

By the time Onyx came back with the Peacekeeper, the thief became too weak to move, and got arrested. They also tried to get medical attention for Jade and Selah, for they were the ones who got hurt in this incident. Doctors were called to the scene and examined the two injured people. For Jade, it was too late for her vocal cords, making her not able to speak or sing ever again. Selah got it far worse, eventually loosing her life from the injury days later. The family was now again struck with a great loss. It didn’t affect the business as it did with Onyx’s grandfather, but it was going to emotionally affect the workers. During the funeral of Selah, Onyx and Jade did a tribute performance to their dead grandmother, singing and playing a song that was thought to them.

Even after the death of Selah, the two children still practiced their musical talent. When Jade was 14 and Onyx was 13, the whole family moved along again from the loss of the older generation. The idea of performing came up in Onyx’s mind, so he asked his sister what her opinion was. Since she’s not able to speak, she uses sign language; something she and her brother learned from a book. This way, they’re able to communicate with each other. By this time, she got over the frustration of not being able to speak. She approved of her younger brother’s idea, and they both went to ask their father to do a performance in the restaurant. James decided to humour them, and allowed the two to perform a song number for the customers.

Jade played a melody on the piano and Onyx sand the lyrics to the song. This brought a spark of memory to the people who came to the restaurant while Selah and her husband were still alive. Also, the sight and sound of performers which are complimentary to the meal, gave the restaurant a good impression on the customers. From that point on, as well as working in their family business as a waiter, he and his sister are to do a performance every weekend in evening hours. Currently, Onyx still does his performances with his sister, learning and practicing more songs with her. He does pretty decent in school, and he does not have a girlfriend yet.

His FaceClaim in Damian McGinty

His sister, Jade's app will be submitted soon.