Seraphina Nicole Morant

[Seraphina Morant]

The Basics

Name: Seraphina Nicole Morant
Nicknames: Sera
Age: Fifteen
Orientation: Heterosexual
Desired Rank/Job: Student
Powers: Pyrokinesis
Side Effects: Headaches, Elevated body temperature that makes the user uncomfortable during warmer months, Acute sensitivity to cold, Quick temper
Play By: AnnaSophia Robb

The Details

Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Light Blue/Gray
Any Piercings? Her ears are pierced twice, and she's planning on more.
Any Tattoos? N/A
Any Scars? One slides down the length of her right lower arm, a thin slice made by a knife.

General Appearance: Seraphina is a little under the usual height for her age range, 5'3'', and her light blue eyes framed by dark lashes cause her to seem so innocent. Her golden hair falls in soft ringlets to her shoulders and her bangs are diagonally framing the left side of her face; she usually keeps her golden curls in a ponytail or bun. Her lightly tanned skin is splashed with freckles. Her body is of natural weight, around 130 lbs, and she has an athletic body physique with wider hips, just above average size breasts, and good muscle tone on most areas of her body.
Her wardrobe usually consists of skinny jeans, converse, and tank tops with various shirts or tops to cover and the occasional dress or skirt here and there. She dislikes the idea of using makeup, but only because when it doesn't give the effect she wants, she usually gets upset. Sera is usually found with eyeliner and mascara to give her light eyes a pop.
Personality: Sera is usually described as kind, but snippy, to most people. She is extremely intelligent and likes to show off her smarts, but she dislikes it when she's called out due to her intelligence. She is kind and likes to be with her friends and she is a wild child and likes to take life by the horns. She loves quotes and believes that music is the only thing that understands her. Sera loves to be around people, but at the same time she can't stand idiocracy. She gets irritated easily and has a very bad temper, which usually ends in at least one fight a day, verbal or physical. Sera is always either found with her friends, at the band hall, or in the auditorium. She loves acting and can play two instruments at a college level and is thinking of working on a third. She takes things literally and is somewhat oblivious to the simple things in life. Seraphina is misunderstood and was thought of as a misfit, only because of her complex personality. Due to her history, Sera has trouble being alone for long periods of time, which leads to her anxiety, although it is fairly easy to get through if she has someone to be with. 

Your Vices

Likes: 
-Movies
-Athletics
-Animals
-Outside
-Video Games
-Reading
Dislikes:
-Hot weather
-Cold things
-Sharp objects
-Tests
-Losing
-Idiocracy
Strengths:
-Music
-Acting
-Does't lie
-Writing
-Listening
-Education
Weaknesses:
-Forgetfulness
-Defies rules
-Not being polite
-Rambles
-Quick temper
-Anxiety
Fears:
-The dark
-Being alone/forgotten
-Insects
-Heights
-The unknown
-Not being in control
Secret: She still wonders if her parents were afraid of her new found abilities, or if they actually wanted to do what was best.

Family Ties

Father: James Morant - 35
Mother: Marie Morant - 32
Siblings: N/A
Any Other Important People: Nibblet, a small guinea pig that she brought with her to the new school due to her anxiety.

History

Seraphina has always been intelligent, and she was always placed in the more advanced classes. The people who didn't understand her, or disliked her and were jealous of her always mocked her and ridiculed her for her differences. Her parents did their best to console their daughter, but they knew that the best way for her to get through this was to teach her how to control her feelings. They did this throughout her entire elementary and first middle school years, teaching her how to become an actress, shielding her feelings from the others. 
Four months after her fourteenth birthday, she was out with her friends without their parents and was instructed to be home by nine. Instead of listening to her parents, she tricked her friends into staying out later, almost to ten. As they were on their way back to Sera's home, they were confronted by a tall, strange man. He quickly reached for the purse that was on her shoulder, and when he did so, she saw the glint of something sharp and metal, so Sera raised her right arm in defense and felt the cold kiss from the metal as it slid down her arm, then she heard a yelp and felt the presence of the man no more. She opened her eyes to see her friends cowering back in fear and the man running down the street, his clothes charred. In fear of herself, Seraphina instantly called her parents, begging them to pick her up. Once she told them the story, they took her to the hospital to care for her wound. The doctors said that it wasn't critical, but she'd have to take good care of it for two weeks without pulling out the stitches that the doctors used to close up the wound. Her parents were upset with her choice of disobedience, but they knew that they didn't need to punish her, for they had heard of an institute that cared for the gifted.
By the next day, people were meeting with her parents, telling them that sending Sera to the Hammel Institute was the best way to help her deal with her new found abilities. She didn't want to go, she had friends that were there, and family, too. But her mother and father wanted what was best for their daughter, and they reluctantly sent her away, giving her a cell phone and a laptop, her guinea pig, Nibblet, and one final kiss in their remembrance. 
Seraphina's first year at the Institute was harder than she thought. She had found a family in the musical and theater departments, but never really found a true friend outside of the organizations. She spent most of her time studying and watching movies with her guinea pig, Nibblet, on the weekdays, and only ventured out onto the campus for school. Sera had many friends that she spent time with, but she never got too close to them. She began making good progress on controlling her power, but she had problems with her moods, which caused difficulties with her powers. As she neared her fifteenth birthday, she began to make more friends and started to have more fun, and she enjoyed being away from home; she even began to act like her normal self.

Roleplay Example

She looked at her mirror on the front of her closet door and placed a hand on it, her eyes tearing up. She was sad and ashamed, she felt as if she were running away from the problem to something bigger, not to the solution. Seraphina glanced at the photos taped to the mirror of her friends and family, and a sigh escaped her. Although she had horrible memories of the people from her town, she still had those that actually cared. She turned to look at her bed, bare and naked in front of her. Her tiny dog, Spike, sat on it patiently, waiting for her to call him. Sera sat down on the bed and stroked her dog's fur, humming a song in her head when she heard "Sera, dear, it's time to go!" She gave her dog a kiss on the forehead and gently stroked his fur one last time before heading to the door of her room. She turned and gave it one last glance. Fifteen years of her life were spent there, and she was sad to leave it, along with her family and friends, but life brought changes, and she decided that this one was going to be a change for the good.

What About You?

Name: IncandescePrincess, Princess, Flame (whichever ^^)
Age: 15
Experience: Four years?
How Did You Find Us? Here
Ready To Play? Good to go.

[Kallisti*]

Whoa


Hey there, Princess! It's great to see new people around on the site, and I'm sure you're itching to play. But first, we need to make some modifications to your character app.

First, Ashley Benson has already been reserved by another player for their app, which in still in progress and was started before yours. Please find another play-by to associate with Sera - may I suggest AnnaSophia Robb, Taylor Momsen, or perhaps Jennifer Lawrence?

Second, while her personality has some interesting dynamics to it, there's a lot of contradiction with no explanation. Why does she like people if she can't stand them? If she's shy towards new people, then why does she like to flirt and how does she experience new things? If she gets irritated easily and has a bad temper, why do most people describe her as innocent or even a "good child"? And how can she be a good student if she defies rules and gets into fights (physical or verbal) every day? Please either explain these contradictions in a way that they make sense, remove some entirely if they don't, and over all flesh out the personality.

As part and parcel to that, please explain the contradictions in her Vices as well. With handheld game systems, it is easy to leave the indoors and go play outside, but it still seems strange that she dislikes the indoors while enjoying activities that typically involve being inside for long periods of time. Also, if she has "Sociable" as a Strength, why does she also have "Being polite" and "Anxiety" as Weaknesses? Please explain these contradictions in some way.

Finally, her History is very very short and does little to explain her life before or during Hammel. We need a specific time frame on when her powers manifested and how long it took Hammel recruiters to find her. Her childhood also needs to be explained in some detail, and using phrases like "everyone knew she was different" and "They always called her out" is powerplaying, which we do not allow. Not everyone treats a person the exact same way, and we'd like to see more in a history than just a paragraph. Please flesh out the History more, including parts of her early childhood, where she was born, the circumstances of her growing up... general things like that.

When you've made these edits, please bump the application and we'll review again!

[Seraphina Morant]

-bump -

[Kallisti*]

Getting there!


This is looking much better already! Now that we have more information, we can do a more in-depth review.

At fifteen, it is extremely unlikely that Sera can play four instruments with professional skill, let alone be working on a fifth. One is within reason, two maybe - four is a bit much. Please make this more realistic.

In her Personality section, you describe her as having a "bipolar personality". Does this mean that she has Bipolarity Personality Disorder, or are you simply implying that her moods shift rapidly? If it's the latter, we need a less clinical terminology. After all, we take all sorts of disabilities, disorders, and illnesses very seriously, and to use such terms in an off-handed manner is disrespectful.

As a side note, the Personality section cuts off at the end mid-sentence. Please fix this.

Next, large pets such as cats and dogs are not allowed in the Hammel dorms, and Sera is too young to live on her own in town. Unless she lives with a relative in Pilot Ridge, she would not be able to keep a dog. Small animals that can be kept in a 5-gallon aquarium or a similarly sized cage (such as rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, goldfish, snakes, etc.) are allowed, however.

As for her manifestation, it is from the initial signs of manifesting that the two-week period of Hammel's recruitment begins. Sera would not have had four months to learn to dress differently after her exceptionally high fever. Please up the time frame to no more than 14 days between the very first sign of manifestation and her being visited by a recruiter. Since she was sent to the hospital and there were at least three witnesses to her first manifestation of flames as well, the recruiter would have been at her house the next day, so be sure to take this into account.

When you've made these changes, please bump the app and we'll review it again!

[Seraphina Morant]

-I'm sorry, haha. Bump ^^-

[Kallisti*]

Accepted!


Most excellent! Thank you for being so eager and completing all of your edits. ^^ Please fill out your CLAIMS and you can get started!

As a minor note (this won't hold anything up) could you please state clearly that Sera went to the hospital for her injury? As I said, it's not holding up the app, but the clarification would be very helpful. Thanks again, and enjoy RPing!