Ridge Deverell

[Ridge Deverell]

The Basics

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Name: Ridgeley Barnabus Deverell
Nicknames: Ridge, Lee, Barney or Jelly.
Age: Fifteen.
Orientation: Heterosexual when sober but anything goes when drunk.
Desired Rank/Job: Student.
Powers: Brick summoning - He has the ability to summon bricks. Just individual bricks. And he can't exactly move them a long way either. Just the distance across a room, maybe slightly further if he was scared or under a lot of pressure, but generally not very far at all. It can take him anything from a few seconds to a minute to move one brick and this leaves him unable to move particularly quickly for a good ten minutes afterwards.
Play By: Alexander Ludwig.

The Details

Hair Color:Blonde.
Eye Color: Blue.
Any Piercings? No, he doesn't like the idea of piercings.
Any Tattoos? He would like to get one but hasn't done so yet.
Any Scars? Everyone has scars, so yes, a few. They aren't exactly obvious though.
General Appearance: Ridgeley has light blonde hair that he likes to keep fairly short and usually spiked up in some form or another. In fact, if his hair isn't spiked up there's usually a chance that something is seriously wrong with him. In general this would suggest that he is sad about something, in fact. But that would be a rare occasion. Almost all of the time, he is happy and therefore his hair will be spiked up as usual. As for his eyes are a bright blue color that seem to sparkle whenever he comes up with an idea that might be useful in some way or that he feels particularly proud of. Or if he wins something. He has very white skin in the winter and reasonably tanned skin in the summer as he spends a lot of his time outside.
His clothing is generally fairly casual. He doesn't overly believe in dressing smartly but he can do when he has to. He will generally wear either a short sleeved shirt or t shirt and shorts or jeans. In winter, he will always wear a jacket of some sort on top of his usual clothing. He owns more pairs of sneakers than most people would do but he does have an addiction to buying new pairs. That doesn't mean he'll wear them as pairs though. Sometimes he'll wear random shoes, just so long as they are in the same style, because he thinks it makes him look more unique than anyone else. Other than that though, he's pretty average.
His height is 5 feet 8 inches, or 172cm depending on whether you prefer to use metric or imperial systems of measurement. His weight is 145lbs or 65kg, again depending on the preferred unit of measure. He is happy with his height and weight and doesn't overly care whether he's taller or shorter than anyone else, or whether he weighs more or less either. He has a reasonable amount of muscle without looking too much like he cares about his appearance. He just pretty much blends in to the background. Or he would do if he wore shoes that matched, anyway.
Personality:Towards his parents and sister, he is a loving and caring boy that could never do enough for them. He helps around the house, mows the lawn, takes his sister to her clubs, go shopping for his mom, help his dad with his paperwork for his business... In general, he would do most things for them. He always helps out where he can. And similarly, if they want some time alone, he doesn't pester them. He just leaves them alone if that's what they want.
As for his friends, he's not a whole lot different. He's kind, helpful and thoughtful. He rarely forgets a friend's birthday and always makes sure to get them something meaningful because he knows he has a lot more money than most people, given that his dad is a multi-billionaire and he gets most things if he asks for them. Therefore he likes to make sure his friends can have things that they want as well, regardless of what that might be. He can be a little extravagant sometimes but he doesn't do it to undermine others. He just likes to help and make people happy. In fact, he dislikes the fact that he has a lot of money because he has lost friends over it in the past and doesn't often tell people about how rich his dad is. He just says he got some extra birthday money and things like that usually to cover that up. He doesn't like to brag about what he has in case he makes others feel worthless. If a friend ever needs someone to talk to, he'll be there. If they want someone to vent at, he'll be there. Even if they just want to have a laugh, he'll be there.
In terms of his own feelings though, he can bottle them up inside until he can't take it anymore and only then will be really let people know the way that he feels, or has been feeling recently. He dislikes talking too much about his own feelings to anyone at all. He rarely speaks about them if he doesn't have to. It's not that he necessarily has too many bad things in his life to make him depressed or anything like that. He can just get angry sometimes at something someone said and he tends to take it to heart but avoid confrontation because he dislikes arguments.

Your Vices

Likes:
+Drinking - water's good but alcohol's better
+Sports - especially soccer
+Listening to music - especially electro music
+Sneakers - especially when they don't match
+Watching films - but not horror when he's alone
+Making friends - especially if they're fun
+Money - what teenager doesn't?
+Hugs - especially if he's cold
+Winning - especially in sports
Dislikes:
-Being told what to do all the time
-Bungee jumping
-Losing
-Arguments
-People who hurt his little sister
-Having no money
Strengths:
+Math
+Protecting his sister
+Playing the guitar
+Being able to wear a different pair of non-identical shoes every day for a month
+Playing car racing games
Weaknesses:
-Drawing
-His fear of heights given he won't even stand on a chair without being scared
-His sister - he'd do anything for her
-He can come over as too friendly
-He needs to be liked or he can get depressed
Fears: Heights is one of the few things he really hates. This can be bad given that even standing on a chair terrifies him.
Secret:He's rich. He doesn't tell people this though because he has lost friends in the past because of it.

Family Ties

Father: Edward James Deverell - 38 - retired multi-billionaire through gambling.
Mother: Christina Grace Hamilton - 36 - Housewife.
Siblings: Tallulah Emerald Deverell - 11 - will develop powers at a later time.
Any Other Important People:His family has a dog called Rufus.

History

Compared with most kids, Ridge had a very good childhood. From the time that he was born to Edward and Christina, he was given everything he ever wanted. Therefore it was hardly surprising that he was the envy of all the kids in the kindergarten he was sent to when he turned up with a new toy every day and with brand new clothes on. For a while, everyone wanted to be friends with him so that they could play with his new toy. Soon enough he learned that all they wanted was his toys though so he stopped taking them with him. Instead, he played with everyone else's toys for a while or would sit alone to play with anything that was his. For a while, he became very selfish and wanted everything to be his and only his.
When he was at home he wouldn't give anything to his parents and found that if he cried and shouted enough, he would be given anything he wanted. All he had to do was turn on the waterworks and whatever it was that he wanted became his in an instant. So that was what he did.
When his sister was born, he found that suddenly a lot of the attention was taken away from him. Because of this he immediately resented her existence and wouldn't spend any time with his family when she was around. For the first time, they would see to her before they did anything he wanted and he felt like all of a sudden his parents didn't love him anymore.
Soon enough he started school. There, he learned that he had to share in order to have friends. Crying no longer worked because the other kids did the same thing and the teachers had to choose between him or the other kid. He then learned that he loved to have friends. He craved the attention. He had always had all of the attention at home so now that he didn't always have it at school, he wanted it more than anything else. He had noticed that some of the other kids got attention by being bad and for a while, he did that too. He was quite a follower in that sense. When he started getting detentions however he realized that the attention he was getting wasn't the sort of attention he wanted and he cleaned his act up somewhat.
Once he realized that he could get attention from people from being smart, good at sports and generally caring, he decided that would be exactly what he would do. He wanted everyone to love him and if that was what he had to do, he would do it. He didn't even care about the fact that he had a lot of money and everything he wanted anymore, he just wanted to be friends with as many people as he could and to make them laugh. It was then that he took up playing the guitar and playing soccer as well because he knew that way he could make friends. He would be friends with those on his soccer team and with those he could class as band mates as well.
Then for the first time ever, his sister seemed to be showing an interest in him. She wanted to be his friend. She had given him her favorite toy to play with. And she didn't even care about the way that he had hated her for years. She didn't even seem to have noticed. Suddenly, he felt really bad about the way he had treated her. He may have only been around ten years old at the time but he had suddenly realized that she was his sister and he always wanted her to be there. It was like she was a part of his life and always would be.
She started at the same school as he was at and for a while, she seemed to be somewhat disregarded by some of the other students. He defended her though and they soon became closer than ever. They were practically inseparable, regardless of the four year age gap. Even when Ridge had friends over, he always made sure to include her in some way. Some of his friends were annoyed by this but he just told them that she was his sister and that they would always do most things together, regardless of age difference or anything else. This lost him a few friends but he didn't overly care so long as nobody hurt his sister. He was always very protective over her.
As she grew up and got more friends of her own though, he began to be pushed to the side a little more. This did upset him for a while but he soon started to focus his attention on other things. He got his first girlfriend when he was 13 years old and he spent less and less time with his sister. He spent most of his time either at his girlfriend's house or out with her doing one thing or another. Sometimes he would be playing soccer with his friends or playing guitar at some sort of music convention and he was generally well loved by almost everyone.
By the time he was 14, he was no longer with his first girlfriend and he had been with a few others in the mean time but this was hardly surprising given the attention he seemed to be getting from the girls at his school. He didn't see himself as overly attractive or any different from anyone else but some of the girls certainly seemed to disagree and he wasn't going to complain. He loved the attention after all!
He was told a few days before his fifteenth birthday that he was going to be playing his guitar in front of a crowd of nearly 1000 people at one of his dad's gambling meetings with some of his friends and that made him feel as though he was going to be loved by even more people. He loved the idea immediately and agreed to provide entertainment for the evening.
However, something went wrong at the meeting when someone drew a gun on his dad in the attempt to get money from him, having known he was a multi-billionaire. Ridge had almost expected something like that to happen to him one day but he hadn't expected it to happen when he was so young. He tried to stand up and shout to the person to stop but he found he couldn't move. The next thing he knew, three bricks hit the man in the side of the head and knocked him out cold. Ridge sat in silence, unable to move or speak for a good five minutes but nobody seemed to notice. Everyone was more concerned about the welfare of his dad and in calling an ambulance for the now injured man than where he was.
It wasn't until a few days later and a strange man knocked on the door that Ridge really thought about what had happened and the way that the bricks had appeared out of nowhere. He had a special power. The power to summon bricks. His parents reluctantly agreed to allow Ridge to go to a school for those with powers and he was taken away from everything he loved and knew and placed in an unfamiliar environment known as the Hammel Institute...

Roleplay Example

The sun was beating down hotly on the grass all around Ridge as he was lying back on the ground with his eyes closed, just enjoying the feeling of summertime and general warmth on his skin again after months of nothing but cold and wet weather. He didn't mind the cold too much. He would spend colder days inside playing his guitar or even doing homework if he was bored enough. He would never deny that summertime was his favorite time of year though. It provided him with everything he could possibly ever need. Fun, friends and soccer.
He smiled to himself, opening his eyes again and looking up at the blue cloudless sky. Perfect. Just how he liked it. He pulled himself up into a sitting position and looking around for someone he might be able to talk to. He hadn't had his fill of conversation yet that day. He was quite the socialite when he wanted to be and at that moment, well, he wanted to be.
He hauled his body up off the floor, brushing himself down to rid himself of the dust, blades of grass and leaves that were attached to his shorts, and then he headed over to a little crowd of people he believed to be around his age. "Hey guys, mind if I join you?" he asked, not waiting for an answer and seating himself on a nearby rock. "Nice day, isn't it?"

What About You?

Name: CJ or Charlie. My chatango name is charlieobscene so I think Charlie may be easier for people to remember though?
Age: 18
Experience: 4 years.
How Did You Find Us? Mel said I should join so I am XD
Ready To Play? You bet I am!

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Accepted!

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