Post by Elaina West on Dec 15, 2006 15:51:55 GMT -5
Some minor spelling errors, however, you are still accepted.
Gabrielle Blagden
Name: Brooke
Other characters on the board: None
Are you over 13?: Yes, I'm 16.
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Name: Elaina Lynn West
Age: 16
Year in Salem: Junior
Gender: Female
Birthday/Sign: August 22 / Leo
Blood Type/Purity: Pureblood
Family Members: Marius West (Father), Julia West (Mother)
Appearance: Elaina is of average height and is quite skinny for her age. She has long brown hair that accents her teal colored eyes. Elaina would usually be seen wearing the school uniform consisting of the short sleeved button up shirt of a green color representing her house, black pants that go shortly below her ankle, and black shoes that were a little scuffed at the tips and fading because of how much Elaina wears them.
Physical appearance is very important to Elaina. She finds it important to keep her hair looking nice and her face clean. In a sense Elaina is a bit obsessive compulsive when it comes to her appearance. It mostly has to do with her desire to make a good impression on her school mates and teachers. Elaina always though that she would get more respect if she looked good than if she looked like she didn't care at all.
Personality: Elaina is brilliantly creative and she is a generally very outgoing, excited individual. There are sometimes that Elaina can be very bossy and patronizing, but that doesn't show as much as her generous side. Usually Elaina is very good at making friends, and can handle herself in a conversation with just about anyone.
Being on the intelligent side... Elaina sometimes has a bad habit of feeling superior to people younger than her, and that gets the best of her sometimes. Elaina can be very ambitious when it comes to her life goals. She doesn't want anything getting between her and her goals. Even though Elaina knows the possibilities of getting the exact goal that she had dreamed of as a child, she doesn't doubt that she can do it.
Doubt is a foreign word to Elaina and she will strive as hard as she needs to in order to get something done. Generally Elaina has a dislike for people that do not even try to get what they want out of life. To her it almost seems like they aren't really trying, and that goes against all that she stands for really. But Elaina does like to see people take the lead in things. Most of the time she will try and take the lead, but if someone else does, then she can't help but feel a little proud for them.
Another thing that Elaina has a minor distaste for is doing things on a routine. That is something that Elaina can not bring herself to do. In order for her to actually enjoy her day there has to be something thrown in, something new, exciting, thrilling, something that would keep Elaina on her feet at all times. Ordinary days usually put Elaina in a down mood. That would be the least social point of Elaina's week.
In that case, Elaina really hated to be bored. She would only tolerate boredom if it were in a class room, and that is only because she has to tolerate it if she wants a good marking in that class. Otherwise Elaina is always looking for something fun to do.
History: Elaina Lynne West was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 22 to Marius and Julia West. As a baby Elaina was taken care of by a maid because her parents were usually busy at work or something. When Elaina finally turned one both her parents had since quit their jobs and decided to concentrate on raising Elaina the way they should.
The age of one was also the age that Elaina began to talk. Her first word was, of course, daddy. There was usually a competition between her parents to see which one of them could get Elaina to say mommy or daddy first. The usual winner was her father.
When Elaina was three years old her parents decided that it was time that Elaina needed to get out and meet some kids that were her age. That never really turned out to be such a good idea. Elaina was so used to being around her parents that she would begin to cry as soon as she couldn't see that her parents were there with her.
By the age of five Elaina was over that little fear. She just happened to be one of those kids that never settled down. She didn't like to sleep, and when she did her parents were generally relieved. There were times when her parents would wonder if she were a normal kid or not.
Elaina always loved to draw on things. Whether it was paper, a book, or even the wall a couple of times, she always found a way to express her creativity. When Elaina was ten she got in trouble for drawing on some important bank papers of her fathers. Even though the drawing looked good, there was no possible way to see the numbers beneath it.
That was also the very night that she discovered her magical abilities. Her father had sent her to bed on an empty stomach, and when Elaina lay down to go to sleep she had a dream that her father stubbed his toe. That night she was woken up by a loud yell. Her dream had come true and her father had stubbed his toe.
When Elaina told her father what had happened, he couldn't have been more proud of her. There was a big celebration in the West household that night. Marius was almost afraid that Elaina wouldn't be a witch because her magical abilities were taking so long to show. But when it finally happened... there was nothing that held Marius back from showing exactly how happy he was.
Elaina was 14 when she began to go to Salem. At first she was almost a little scared of it. But after a while Elaina got used to it. with her persistent personality she managed to pull of good grades in her first year at Salem. Her Freshman year at the school went surprisingly smoothly.
In Elaina's Sophomore year the Sheol was attacked by Neo-DEs. That nearly had Elaina terrified. She was close to writing her parents and asking them to take her out of the school. But Elaina's pride wouldn't let her do it. There were two students that were taken from the school named Samantha Digglesworth and Clifford Reed.
Luckily there were people that were willing to fight the DEs, and the two students were returned. What really got Elaina was the fact that one of them was injured badly and the other had to be tutored for his last year. Elaina remembered them having to close down the school for a little bit in order to make adjustments to the security and such.
Elaina was just glad that her parents considered letting her go back for her Junior year. After getting that far in her schooling she really didn't want to stop it then. Elaina didn't want that incident to stop her from reaching her goals, and she wanted more than anything to graduate and become an artist. The only obstacle that she had to worry about now were her Junior and Senior years.
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Likes: Elaina like things such as being ahead of other people, changes, extroverted people, drawing, singing, and reading. She does have other things that she likes that aren't as important too. Such as: Her favorite food is mashed potatoes, and her favorite desert is cherry pie. Elaina's favorite game is called the question game (you can do nothing but ask questions that pertain to the other person's question), her favorite type of music is classical (even though she doesn't get to listen to it much during the school year), her favorite type of books are mystery books, and she adores the color green.
Dislikes: Elaina dislikes shyness, laziness, pink, close minded people, and the feeling of wool fabric. That is about it besides the fact that she also dislikes having a routine with a fiery passion. That is one thing that bothers Elaina to the point where it almost makes her angry. Other than that there isn't too much that she doesn't like.
Best Subject: Prescience would be Elaina's best subject, followed by Alchemy.
Special Abilities: ((I would like for her to have the ability to be a seer, and the link in the rules to follow if you wanted your character to be a seer was not working. It said that the page didn't' exist... so I will let administration decide on that.))
Hopes and Dreams: Elaina hopes to one day become a well known artist, but in the current days Elaina just wants to get through school. Art has always been one of her strong suits, and because of that her imagination is very big. There is not a day that Elaina doesn't just sit and draw what's in her mind. That's why she does so good in prescience. She has had enough practice with expanding her mind... that it comes easily to her. Which opens the door to possibly being a seer in the future, but she is undecided about that.
Wand: Elaina's wand is made from Mahogany. It is about 9 1/2"s long, has a core of unicorn hair, and is very strong and sturdy.
Broom: Elaina's broom is a Comet 290. Considering Elaina doesn't play much quidditch or anything, the broom still looks to be brand new and hasn't had much damage done to it at all.
Pet: Elaina had a white owl that she calls Plato. The owl has a small brown patch of feathers around it's eyes, and that is how Elaina can tell that the owl is her own. She calls it Plato after her favorite Greek philosopher.
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SMART Scores:
Wand Work: E
Alchemy: O
Magizoology: E
Astronomy: A
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Word Verification: *Shh*
Writing Sample:
The night time seemed to be the only time that Elaina could find to truly let her mind wander. It started in her dorm where she attempted to draw on a blank piece of parchment. It wasn't long until her ink ran out. She frantically searched through her stuff to try and find more ink, but it seemed that she had run out. With a blatant sigh Elaina stood from her bed and straightened the covers up which she had scattered while searching for the ink.
Elaina decided that it wouldn't be that difficult to sneak down into the hall way to see if she had left her extra ink in the hallway when she was drawing earlier. Elaina was beginning to get a little sleepy, and was starting to think that she should just abort the mission and look for it in the morning. But her eagerness over ruled the thought.
When Elaina pushed the door open to go out into the hallway there was a loud 'umph' sound. Elaina slowly peeked around the exit to see the hall monitor lying on the ground. She winced at her mistake as she noticed that the hall monitor's clothing had been stained with the ink that she had come to find.
"Hey, you! What are you doing out after hours?"
Elaina drew in a deep breath and pondered a possible excuse. She didn't want to get in trouble, and she really didn't want to look bad. She ran a hand through her hair, "I'm so sorry... I really didn't mean to knock you down. I was just coming to look for my ink. I left it down here earlier and I, uh, I didn't want anyone to spill it or anything."
The look on the hall monitor's face told her that she didn't want to stay around much longer. "Well, I can see that you have found it... so, um, I'll take this and... go on up to bed." she said softly. Elaina bent down and picked up what remained of the ink and broke in a jog back to her bed. Elaina breathed a sigh of relief before chuckling to herself and getting under the covers and falling asleep.
House: Agrippa
Room Number: 149
Room Mate: Li Mei Zhi
Gabrielle Blagden
Name: Brooke
Other characters on the board: None
Are you over 13?: Yes, I'm 16.
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Name: Elaina Lynn West
Age: 16
Year in Salem: Junior
Gender: Female
Birthday/Sign: August 22 / Leo
Blood Type/Purity: Pureblood
Family Members: Marius West (Father), Julia West (Mother)
Appearance: Elaina is of average height and is quite skinny for her age. She has long brown hair that accents her teal colored eyes. Elaina would usually be seen wearing the school uniform consisting of the short sleeved button up shirt of a green color representing her house, black pants that go shortly below her ankle, and black shoes that were a little scuffed at the tips and fading because of how much Elaina wears them.
Physical appearance is very important to Elaina. She finds it important to keep her hair looking nice and her face clean. In a sense Elaina is a bit obsessive compulsive when it comes to her appearance. It mostly has to do with her desire to make a good impression on her school mates and teachers. Elaina always though that she would get more respect if she looked good than if she looked like she didn't care at all.
Personality: Elaina is brilliantly creative and she is a generally very outgoing, excited individual. There are sometimes that Elaina can be very bossy and patronizing, but that doesn't show as much as her generous side. Usually Elaina is very good at making friends, and can handle herself in a conversation with just about anyone.
Being on the intelligent side... Elaina sometimes has a bad habit of feeling superior to people younger than her, and that gets the best of her sometimes. Elaina can be very ambitious when it comes to her life goals. She doesn't want anything getting between her and her goals. Even though Elaina knows the possibilities of getting the exact goal that she had dreamed of as a child, she doesn't doubt that she can do it.
Doubt is a foreign word to Elaina and she will strive as hard as she needs to in order to get something done. Generally Elaina has a dislike for people that do not even try to get what they want out of life. To her it almost seems like they aren't really trying, and that goes against all that she stands for really. But Elaina does like to see people take the lead in things. Most of the time she will try and take the lead, but if someone else does, then she can't help but feel a little proud for them.
Another thing that Elaina has a minor distaste for is doing things on a routine. That is something that Elaina can not bring herself to do. In order for her to actually enjoy her day there has to be something thrown in, something new, exciting, thrilling, something that would keep Elaina on her feet at all times. Ordinary days usually put Elaina in a down mood. That would be the least social point of Elaina's week.
In that case, Elaina really hated to be bored. She would only tolerate boredom if it were in a class room, and that is only because she has to tolerate it if she wants a good marking in that class. Otherwise Elaina is always looking for something fun to do.
History: Elaina Lynne West was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 22 to Marius and Julia West. As a baby Elaina was taken care of by a maid because her parents were usually busy at work or something. When Elaina finally turned one both her parents had since quit their jobs and decided to concentrate on raising Elaina the way they should.
The age of one was also the age that Elaina began to talk. Her first word was, of course, daddy. There was usually a competition between her parents to see which one of them could get Elaina to say mommy or daddy first. The usual winner was her father.
When Elaina was three years old her parents decided that it was time that Elaina needed to get out and meet some kids that were her age. That never really turned out to be such a good idea. Elaina was so used to being around her parents that she would begin to cry as soon as she couldn't see that her parents were there with her.
By the age of five Elaina was over that little fear. She just happened to be one of those kids that never settled down. She didn't like to sleep, and when she did her parents were generally relieved. There were times when her parents would wonder if she were a normal kid or not.
Elaina always loved to draw on things. Whether it was paper, a book, or even the wall a couple of times, she always found a way to express her creativity. When Elaina was ten she got in trouble for drawing on some important bank papers of her fathers. Even though the drawing looked good, there was no possible way to see the numbers beneath it.
That was also the very night that she discovered her magical abilities. Her father had sent her to bed on an empty stomach, and when Elaina lay down to go to sleep she had a dream that her father stubbed his toe. That night she was woken up by a loud yell. Her dream had come true and her father had stubbed his toe.
When Elaina told her father what had happened, he couldn't have been more proud of her. There was a big celebration in the West household that night. Marius was almost afraid that Elaina wouldn't be a witch because her magical abilities were taking so long to show. But when it finally happened... there was nothing that held Marius back from showing exactly how happy he was.
Elaina was 14 when she began to go to Salem. At first she was almost a little scared of it. But after a while Elaina got used to it. with her persistent personality she managed to pull of good grades in her first year at Salem. Her Freshman year at the school went surprisingly smoothly.
In Elaina's Sophomore year the Sheol was attacked by Neo-DEs. That nearly had Elaina terrified. She was close to writing her parents and asking them to take her out of the school. But Elaina's pride wouldn't let her do it. There were two students that were taken from the school named Samantha Digglesworth and Clifford Reed.
Luckily there were people that were willing to fight the DEs, and the two students were returned. What really got Elaina was the fact that one of them was injured badly and the other had to be tutored for his last year. Elaina remembered them having to close down the school for a little bit in order to make adjustments to the security and such.
Elaina was just glad that her parents considered letting her go back for her Junior year. After getting that far in her schooling she really didn't want to stop it then. Elaina didn't want that incident to stop her from reaching her goals, and she wanted more than anything to graduate and become an artist. The only obstacle that she had to worry about now were her Junior and Senior years.
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Likes: Elaina like things such as being ahead of other people, changes, extroverted people, drawing, singing, and reading. She does have other things that she likes that aren't as important too. Such as: Her favorite food is mashed potatoes, and her favorite desert is cherry pie. Elaina's favorite game is called the question game (you can do nothing but ask questions that pertain to the other person's question), her favorite type of music is classical (even though she doesn't get to listen to it much during the school year), her favorite type of books are mystery books, and she adores the color green.
Dislikes: Elaina dislikes shyness, laziness, pink, close minded people, and the feeling of wool fabric. That is about it besides the fact that she also dislikes having a routine with a fiery passion. That is one thing that bothers Elaina to the point where it almost makes her angry. Other than that there isn't too much that she doesn't like.
Best Subject: Prescience would be Elaina's best subject, followed by Alchemy.
Special Abilities: ((I would like for her to have the ability to be a seer, and the link in the rules to follow if you wanted your character to be a seer was not working. It said that the page didn't' exist... so I will let administration decide on that.))
Hopes and Dreams: Elaina hopes to one day become a well known artist, but in the current days Elaina just wants to get through school. Art has always been one of her strong suits, and because of that her imagination is very big. There is not a day that Elaina doesn't just sit and draw what's in her mind. That's why she does so good in prescience. She has had enough practice with expanding her mind... that it comes easily to her. Which opens the door to possibly being a seer in the future, but she is undecided about that.
Wand: Elaina's wand is made from Mahogany. It is about 9 1/2"s long, has a core of unicorn hair, and is very strong and sturdy.
Broom: Elaina's broom is a Comet 290. Considering Elaina doesn't play much quidditch or anything, the broom still looks to be brand new and hasn't had much damage done to it at all.
Pet: Elaina had a white owl that she calls Plato. The owl has a small brown patch of feathers around it's eyes, and that is how Elaina can tell that the owl is her own. She calls it Plato after her favorite Greek philosopher.
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SMART Scores:
Wand Work: E
Alchemy: O
Magizoology: E
Astronomy: A
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Word Verification: *Shh*
Writing Sample:
The night time seemed to be the only time that Elaina could find to truly let her mind wander. It started in her dorm where she attempted to draw on a blank piece of parchment. It wasn't long until her ink ran out. She frantically searched through her stuff to try and find more ink, but it seemed that she had run out. With a blatant sigh Elaina stood from her bed and straightened the covers up which she had scattered while searching for the ink.
Elaina decided that it wouldn't be that difficult to sneak down into the hall way to see if she had left her extra ink in the hallway when she was drawing earlier. Elaina was beginning to get a little sleepy, and was starting to think that she should just abort the mission and look for it in the morning. But her eagerness over ruled the thought.
When Elaina pushed the door open to go out into the hallway there was a loud 'umph' sound. Elaina slowly peeked around the exit to see the hall monitor lying on the ground. She winced at her mistake as she noticed that the hall monitor's clothing had been stained with the ink that she had come to find.
"Hey, you! What are you doing out after hours?"
Elaina drew in a deep breath and pondered a possible excuse. She didn't want to get in trouble, and she really didn't want to look bad. She ran a hand through her hair, "I'm so sorry... I really didn't mean to knock you down. I was just coming to look for my ink. I left it down here earlier and I, uh, I didn't want anyone to spill it or anything."
The look on the hall monitor's face told her that she didn't want to stay around much longer. "Well, I can see that you have found it... so, um, I'll take this and... go on up to bed." she said softly. Elaina bent down and picked up what remained of the ink and broke in a jog back to her bed. Elaina breathed a sigh of relief before chuckling to herself and getting under the covers and falling asleep.
House: Agrippa
Room Number: 149
Room Mate: Li Mei Zhi