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Three hundred young women, the pride of towns from Springdale, Ark. to Hillsboro, Oreg., were gathered in the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Battered suitcases in tow, they descended on the desert town with an old dream of hitting it rich—not at casino tables but by facing even longer odds. This was the first Western Models and Talent Competition, a kind of comely crapshoot in which aspiring Cheryl Tiegses and Christie Brinkleys try to catch the eye of star-makers like John Casablancas and Tichka of the Eileen Ford agency, who jetted in from New York.
The contestants arrived by more humble means. Karin Manson, 17, of Tempe, Ariz, earned the $250 entry fee working for Marcia Fine, director of a local modeling school. "She was so gorgeous when she arrived to sit with my kids that I knew I had to get her into classes," Fine remembers. "She helped pay for her classes by sitting for my kids." Manson's resolution paid off: She agreed to join the classy Manhattan agency Wilhelmina. Another hopeful, Karla Kempf, 18, of Las Vegas, exceeded her wildest hopes by attracting interest from both Casablancas and Tichka. "I can't believe it!" she gushed, tears tumbling on the mink she had borrowed from a friend for the runway competition. But after she chose to sign with Casablancas' Elite agency, the recent high school grad had second thoughts about the life she was leaving behind. "What about school?" she said, hugging her foster mother. "Oh gosh. What am I going to do?" She will soon find the answer on Fashion Avenue.
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Morrison says he will never forget the morning of Feb. 28, 1982, when as a young assistant D.A. he beheld the body of David Harmon, a 25-year-old banker beaten to death in his bed in Olathe. "You couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman, 10 years old or 80," says Morrison. Harmon's wife, Melinda, told police that two African-American intruders had bludgeoned her husband, dragged her downstairs, demanded the keys to David's bank, then knocked her cold. An hour later she awoke and ran next door for help.
The last part was true, say the neighbors, Richard and Gail Bergstrand, who lived in an adjoining duplex. With only a thin wall separating their bedroom from the Harmons', the Bergstrands had been awakened by the sound of the violent attack. "The noise was just so loud and alarming," says Gail. An hour later, when Melinda pounded on their door and asked for help, Gail was happy to oblige. But in retrospect, she says, she couldn't help but notice that the young woman seemed strangely calm. "I'm thinking how I'd react if my husband was just bludgeoned beside me. She said, 'Call my uncle,' and gave me the number. Nobody answered, and she said, 'Oh, that's right; they're out of town,' like when you call the pizza place and remember they're closed. Then she asked if I would call Mark."
Melinda meant Mark Mangelsdorf. At the time, he was the student body president of MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, a small religious college where Melinda was secretary to the dean of students. Mark and Melinda struck up a friendship—its precise nature remains unclear—and soon the handsome top student was a fixture at the Harmon home, a friend to wife and husband alike. On the night of the murder, Mangelsdorf quickly arrived at the scene and comforted Melinda. Gail Bergstrand accompanied them to the police station. "In the police car, she said to him, 'I am just so sorry,'" she recalls. "And he said, 'You have nothing to apologize to me for.' I thought that was odd."
Not as odd as Melinda's story, which authorities, on reflection, found flimsy. Why was David beaten so savagely and she just slightly injured? Why, if a pair of robbers had taken her husband's bank keys, did they fail even to try to rob his bank? Suspicion focused on Melinda and Mangelsdorf, especially after police found what appeared to be love letters written by her at Mark's apartment. But with no concrete proof of an affair, and little other physical evidence, the case faded. Mangelsdorf received a standing ovation at his graduation ceremony—a show of support from his fellow students—and went on to Harvard. He married twice, most recently to Kristina Mangelsdorf, 36, with whom he has a 2-year-old daughter and a new baby, and held high posts at Pepsi-Cola and other companies. Melinda, who left town for good shortly after David's funeral, married Columbus dentist Mark Raisch. They have three children.
Decades would pass before new technology helped to reopen the case. In 2001 Olathe detectives Bill Wall and Steve James became interested in DNA testing and began a review of the police's cold cases, including the most intriguing: the Harmon murder. Yet in the end, it wasn't science but intuition that jumpstarted the dormant case. On a hunch, in December of that year, James and Wall went to Ohio to visit Melinda Raisch. "She could have shut the door in our face and said take a hike," says Wall. Instead she told them a new account of the murder night. "She said one guy, not two, came in and nobody grabbed her. She saw a shadowy figure beating her husband. Steve and I were looking at her like, 'Holy smoke,'" says Wall. The detectives flatly told Raisch they believed she killed her husband. Then came the breakthrough: Raisch allegedly told the cops she had "felt the presence of Mark Mangelsdorf" that night. "She said she 'knew it was him in her heart,'" says Wall, and later added that the brutality of the crime drove her to end the relationship.
In May 2005 a jury in Olathe convicted Raisch for the murder of David Harmon, based largely on her shifting account of his death. Only after the sentence was delivered, however, did she fully open up, confessing to prosecutors that she and Mangelsdorf were in love and had made a pact to murder her husband. Perhaps in response to her belated confession, Mangelsdorf—who was charged as her co-conspirator—pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges on Feb. 13 of this year. He acknowledged that he participated in the crime without admitting he wielded the murder weapon, as Raisch maintains. Both await sentencing in May; because of deals cut with prosecutors, they face sentences as short as five years.
Interviewed at the couple's $2 million house in Pelham on Feb. 17, Kristina Mangelsdorf, a Pepsi executive, defended her husband, now out on bail: "We're doing fine. Mark is the strongest person I know." But John Harmon, the victim's father, sees Mangelsdorf in a different light. "This destroyed our family. David was my only son," he says. Just a few weeks after Melinda Raisch was charged, his wife, Susie, died of a blood clot. "At least," he says, "she died knowing something would be done."
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas leaders and thousands of flag-waving supporters declared victory over Israel on Gaza's first day of calm under an Egyptian-brokered truce Thursday, as Israeli officials flew to Cairo for talks on easing a blockade on the battered Palestinian territory.
Eight days of punishing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and a barrage of Hamas rocket fire on Israel ended inconclusively. While Israel said it inflicted heavy damage on the militants, Gaza's Hamas rulers claimed that Israel's decision not to send in ground troops, as it had four years ago, was a sign of a new deterrent power.
"Resistance fighters changed the rules of the game with the occupation (Israel), upset its calculations," Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, who attended the rally, said later in a televised speech. "The option of invading Gaza after this victory is gone and will never return."
At the same time, Haniyeh urged Gaza fighters to respect the truce and to "guard this deal as long as Israel respects it."
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Acer's Aspire V3 771G is a surprisingly affordable 17-inch laptop with some good performance. At just around $900, it is one of the least expensive laptops on the market to feature both a quad core Intel i7 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics processor. These combined make the system even capable as an affordable mobile gaming option.
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The feeding routine is also important. Will you be meal-feeding two or three times a day or leaving dry food out for free-choice feeding? What works for one cat might not work for another. "Cats are more different than they're alike,'' Dr. Remillard says.
Some cats crave a quiet spot away from the noise of children and other animals, others are perfectly content dining on the floor next to you at the kitchen table. If your cat doesn't seem comfortable, or it's not eating properly, try a different arrangement; putting the food in a place only it can reach is oftentimes a solution.
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Clathrate hydrates are hydrogen-bonded crystalline cages of water around small nonpolar molecules, such as methane. They typically form at low temperatures and high pressures in the presence of liquid/solid water and dissolved gas. In view of their potential in the fields of energy, carbon sequestration, industrial separations, and natural gas transportation, a better understanding of the nucleation and growth of Clathrates is of great interest.
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Few things in life make Chiquita Meeks feel as good as driving to the hoop and sinking a shot in a tight game. In basketball, says the 16-year-old junior at Chicago's John Marshall Metropolitan High, "you have to really push yourself to show what you can do." But if Meeks has no shortage of spirit, there was one thing she did lack: new basketball shoes to replace her old ones. So, when her coach announced this fall that Meeks and her 12 teammates would each be getting a new pair of $85 Nike Women Air Taurasi hightops, the 5'7" forward was thrilled: "Having new shoes, you know you're looking good. And they make you play better because they feel better on your feet."
The donor—whom school officials identify as an ex-Chicago resident and basketball fan—bought shoes for about 6,000 local boys and girls this year, at a cost of $300,000, and has promised to keep players shod for the next decade. At John Marshall, where 88 percent of kids come from low-income homes, the gift couldn't be more welcome. "We haven't had new uniforms in about seven years," says athletic director Dorothy Gaters. "We're very pleased to have the shoes." Meeks vows to thank their benefactor with all-out effort on the court: "He believes in us. And we believe in him."
Amanda Reding was in her first year at Minnesota's University of St. Thomas when a mysterious letter arrived. A $10 bill was enclosed, along with the suggestion that Reding do something fun. The strangest part was the signature: "Barnabas"—a reference to the Biblical apostle who offered advice to St. Paul. "It was nice to know someone was thinking of you," says Reding, 22, now a senior.
Thus ensued an epistolary friendship—that, it turns out, has started up each year since 1997 between Barnabas and one college-bound member of the United Methodist Church in Rosemount. Barnabas sends students modest amounts of money during their first two years—in all he has given $1,500—and occasional letters of encouragement. When the students finish their sophomore year, Barnabas offers to reveal himself, provided the student keep his identity secret so he can carry on the tradition. Speaking to PEOPLE on condition of anonymity, Barnabas says only that he's a 39-year-old father of two whose own spirits were buoyed in college by monthly cards from a family friend. "These kids are venturing off for the first time," Barnabas says. "I want to help them maintain a connection."
Reding has since learned Barnabas's true identity. But, Barnabas says, about half the students choose to remain in the dark, perhaps finding comfort in the anonymity. "There's no risk," he says, "in sharing with someone you may never meet."
After years of struggle, Kimball Minor could see a brighter day. Working full-time as a home health aide and attending college by night to earn a degree in pharmacy technology, the single mother of three had saved to buy a new living-room set. "Once I finished school," she says, "I wanted to buy a new home."
But Minor, 31, lived in New Orleans, and when Hurricane Katrina struck Aug. 29, it washed away her dreams. "I never had the opportunity to salvage anything," says Minor, who fled with her children—Cynika, 17, Theron, 14, and Malik, 10—544 miles to Lewisville, Texas, where she got work as a receptionist at Christian Community Action, a crisis relief agency. She was at a Nov. 11 luncheon honoring volunteers when a speaker told how an anonymous donor had given $25,000 to go to one needy family. As Minor listened to the description of the winning family—a mom in school, three kids—something suddenly clicked, and the tears started to flow. "I was like, 'Me?' " she recalls. "Words cannot explain." Says Ed Johnson, president of the agency: "She's overcome a lot of adversity and stayed very positive and strong."
Minor plans to purchase a reliable car, go back to school—and, she hopes, put some cash in the bank to buy that house someday. And if she ever meets her benefactor? "I would give them a big hug and thank them so much for opening their heart and caring."
Clare Bradford was 4 when she first heard a recording of Yo-Yo Ma and decided she, too, wanted to be a cellist. "She's always had strong ideas," says her father, Mark, 48. "She wouldn't give us any peace until we found her a teacher and got her an instrument."
Clare's talent grew quickly—and so did Clare. At 7, she took part in a master class with famed Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and played alongside the pros of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a special concert for young audiences. And, by mid-2003, Clare had clearly outgrown her quarter-size cello. To continue to progress at her advanced level, she needed a first-rate instrument to replace it—difficult for the Bradfords, who support five other kids on Mark's salary as development director of a nonprofit group.
Then her parents learned of the perfect cello for the pint-size prodigy: Built around 1820 in England, it was going for $6,000 at a Boston shop. The Bradfords were struggling to work out a way to buy it when they got a lucky break: A salesman at the shop, Peter Jarvis, knew a wealthy arts patron who had purchased instruments—always anonymously—for college students. The Bradfords sent Jarvis a videotape of Clare's performances, which he sent on to the donor. Shortly after, the cello was bought and paid for. "We were more overjoyed than you can imagine," Mark says. Practicing daily and progressing, at 9 Clare again outgrew her cello, and again, the donor stepped in, buying a $7,500, three-quarter-size cello made in Germany in the early 1900s. "This person must be very generous," says Clare, now 10, who updates her benefactor via letters to Jarvis. "I am very thankful."
It was almost midnight when Cathy Pernaselli's son Michael called from Iraq—where he was posted as a Petty Officer First Class—but still, he asked to say hello to his two sleeping daughters. It would be the last time they would speak to their father. Two days later, on April 24, 2004, a suicide bomber killed Michael, 27, in Basra. Cathy broke the news to Dominique, then 4, and Nicole, 3. "I told them bad men blew up Daddy's boat," she recalls, "and that he was up in heaven." That left Cathy, 51, a high school aide, and her retired husband, John, 53, to raise the girls. (Michael won legal custody after his 2003 divorce.) They planned to send them to Seton Catholic School in their hometown of Brighton, N.Y., outside Rochester. But before Cathy could even enroll them, the principal called: An anonymous benefactor had paid the girls' tuition through sixth grade, worth more than $50,000. "I was dumbfounded," says Cathy. Adds John: "This is nothing you'd ever conceive would come about."
The girls miss their dad terribly but have adjusted well to school. Their grandparents are grateful to hundreds of people who have sent notes of support and, above all, to the mysterious donor. "It's hard to believe," says John, "there are people who do this kind of thing."
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|Grasshopper Paper Tube Craft
Classified: Medium and is best suited for 4 and up.
What you need:
- Toilet Paper Tube
- Scissors
- Green Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Green construction paper
- Green pipe cleaners
- Crayons
- Glue
- Optional: Glue gun
Vocabulary: Grasshopper, herbivore, sculpture, monochromatic
What to do:
1. Preparation: Cut the ends of the paper tubes as seen in the photo below. Cut two 4" pieces out of green pipe cleaner for the hind legs, two 3" pieces for his front legs and two 2" pieces for the middle legs. Draw wings and a head on green construction paper. If your preschooler is old enough, have them cut out these pieces herself.
|Cut angles into the paper tube
2.. Discuss with your preschooler facts about a grasshopper. Show photos, read books, or go on a live "grasshopper hunt."
3. Paint the paper tube and set aside to dry.
|Paint inside and out.
4. While the paper tube is drying, draw a face onto the grasshopper's head and cut out the wings.
|Happy vs. Sad Grasshopper!
5. Once the painted tube is dry, glue in the grasshopper legs as shown. **Note: I used a hot glue gun here for an extra hold. It is not necessarily needed and should only be done by an adult! ***
|Glue on legs as shown
6. Glue the face to the front of the tube and the wings to the sides.
7. Allow all pieces to dry.
|My son turns everything into a puppet!
8. Bend legs into place and enjoy.
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Your favourite swag of vagabonds — that'd be Thundamentals — are on the road with The Herd for the next month in support of their 'Thousand Lives' tour. Tuka gives the low down on the first week of touring.
It's gonna be a pretty special line of shows for us seeing as the first real set we ever played was with The Herd in the Blue Mountains years ago, so in a lot of ways it feels somewhat sentimental.
The first leg definitely started out on the right foot, a brilliant way to kick off the tour if I do say so myself (bad pun intended). Both Sydney and Newcastle shows were sold out.
The Sydney show was the first time we'd played a set in a while so I was a tad nervous... I tend to piss like ten times before I play when I'm not nervous so if you can imagine I had a fairly weak bladder that night.
However, being the hometown gig the crowd was insane, really nice vibe in room, everyone seemed super amped by the time we came on and by the time we got off stage the place was heaving.
Certainly a bucket list moment sharing the stage with The Herd for their last song as well.
Mad props to everyone who came down and The Herd for having us. Brisbane's gunna get it!
Stay tuned for next week's next tour diary and video instalment from the Thundas.
Thundamentals, along with Sky'High, join The Herd at The Zoo Friday April 27 and the Great Northern Saturday April 28.
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Eligibility for Medicare Supplement Insurance
This article was updated on: 07/28/2015
Are you thinking about getting a Medicare Supplement plan, also known as Medigap? You might already be aware that this insurance can pay for some of your Original Medicare, Part A and Part B, costs. There are certain times and situations when you're eligible for Medigap.
Because Medigap policies supplement your Medicare coverage, you must be enrolled in Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B to be eligible for this type of policy.
How can enrollment periods affect my eligibility?
The best time to enroll in a Medicare Supplement plan is generally during your Medigap Open Enrollment Period—for most people, this period starts the month that you turn 65 and have Medicare Part B, and goes for six months. This is when you can get any Medigap plan that's available in your area, regardless of any health issues you may have. The insurance company can't charge you more if you have health problems.
You can apply for a Medigap plan anytime, but if you apply outside of your Medigap Open Enrollment Period, the insurance company can require you to undergo medical underwriting. It might charge you a higher rate if you have health problems, and there's no guarantee that a plan will accept you. There are exceptions; you have guaranteed-issue rights in certain situations.
Am I eligible if I'm under age 65?
Federal law does not require insurance companies to sell Medigap policies to people under 65, but many states do have this requirement.
If you're under 65 and have Original Medicare due to a disability, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), your state may let you apply for a Medicare Supplement policy when you're under 65. However, depending on where you live, you might not be able to purchase the policy option you want—or any Medigap policy—until you turn 65.
Some insurance companies will sell Medigap policies to people under 65 even when it's not required by law. These companies may charge more for the policy or deny coverage for preexisting conditions, so you should review your rights under state law before making a purchase. You can get this information by calling your State Health Insurance Assistance Program.
Am I eligible if I have a Medicare Advantage plan?
In general, Medigap policies don't work with Medicare Advantage (also called Medicare Part C) plans. However, you may be able to buy a Medigap policy under certain situations, such as if you are eligible for "trial rights."
Trial rights allow you to join a Medicare Advantage plan for a trial period during your Initial Coverage Election Period. If you're not happy with the plan, you can return to Original Medicare anytime within the first 12 months. Before returning to Original Medicare, you can apply for any Medigap policy that is sold in your state. Your new policy should go into effect the same time your Medicare Advantage plan enrollment ends to avoid breaks in your coverage.
You also have the right to buy certain Medigap polices in other special situations. Here are just a few examples (this is not a complete list):
- Your Medicare Advantage plan leaves Medicare.
- Your Medicare Advantage plan stops providing services in your area.
- You move out of the plan's service area.
Under these circumstances, you may be eligible to buy any Medigap Plan A, B, C, F, K, or L that is sold in your state. Remember, you still must return to Original Medicare in order to get a Medigap policy.
Important note: It's illegal for anyone to sell you a Medigap policy if he or she knows you're in a Medicare Advantage plan, unless your coverage in this plan will end before the Medigap policy goes into effect.
Am I eligible if I have coverage through Medicaid?
Medicaid typically doesn't work with Medicare Supplement plans. In fact, it's generally illegal for insurance companies to sell Medigap policies to anyone who is receiving Medicaid.
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MORRISVILLE — A borough police officer has been suspended for 10 days following the death of an inmate who hanged himself in his cell in May.
Officer Wayne Apice, a 10-year veteran of the force, was on duty when Rodney Glenn, 27, of Bristol, hanged himself in the borough police station. Glenn had been arrested for trying to steal a woman's purse.
It is the first punishment connected with the suicide. However, Borough Council members said they might consider additional discipline within the Police Department. Glenn's family filed an intent to sue document in court on June 12.


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Jennifer M. Collins named new SMU law dean
SMU's new law dean is a scholar at the intersection of criminal and family law whose background includes extensive academic administration experience as well as service as a federal prosecutor. Jennifer M. Collins will begin her duties as the Judge James Noel Dean … Continue reading
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SMU celebrates 50 years of 'I Have a Dream' Aug. 28, 2013
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington, SMU students will gather to watch televised anniversary march ceremonies, debate the progress of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream with Wiley College students and attend a lecture on the legacy … Continue reading
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SMU examines the costs of capital punishment April 15-18, 2013
As the State of Texas draws closer to executing the 500th death row inmate since capital punishment resumed here in 1982, a multidisciplinary symposium on the SMU campus will address "Death By Numbers: What Moral, Legal and Economic Price Are … Continue reading
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New pope's age, name, Jesuit history clues to future, says Curran
News that Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio would become Pope Francis revealed "two significant surprises," says Father Charles Curran, SMU's Elizabeth Scurlock University Professor of Human Values and one of the nation's foremost experts on Catholic theology. The first surprise? Pope Francis' age: … Continue reading
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Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt receive 2013 Jonsson Ethics Award
Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt – whose business, public service and education leadership has helped shape Dallas for more than 40 years – received the 2013 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award during a sold-out luncheon Monday, Feb. 25, at the … Continue reading
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Research: Texas public-school Bible courses skirt state law
Most of the 60 public school districts in Texas that offer courses on the Bible aren't meeting a 2007 state law mandating that those courses be fair as well as academically and legally sound, according to a new study by … Continue reading
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Helen Mirren Has No Kids. So What?Rebecca Odes
If Helen Mirren was a man, we'd know all about her Ducati collection. Or her devotion to transcendental meditation. Or her love of Japanese geishas. Instead, here's what we know about Helen Mirren, based on the 243 pieces that have recently been published about her in various magazines and web properties:
1. She has an awesome body, despite being an old hag.
2. She has no children. We also know quite a bit about why she has no children. This is because every interviewer seems compelled to get to the bottom of this mysterious lack.
Fabulous work, impressive career, amazing knockers, Ms. Mirren. But what's up with shirking your duty as a vessel for the next generation?
Do not be fooled by the impressive restoration of the exceptional post-reproductive woman: Item 1 and Item 2 are intrinsically related. Helen Mirren's body looks like that because she didn't ask her midsection to encompass a watermelon and two pomelos, retaining the slightly shrunken bags after the fruit has been eaten. That, and some excellent genes, and probably a lot of exercise and healthy eating (though apparently, also a fair amount of cocaine).
This is not to say that all mothers look worse after having children, or that age itself can't have a similarly ruinous effect. But when I think about the women I know who don't have kids, I see a lot of women whose bodies look "young for their age", which is probably because a body that hasn't gone through a pregnancy looks more "youthful" in some ways than one that has. That, and women who have children are too busy dealing with their children to take care of themselves.
Why does everybody insist on pestering Helen Mirren about her choice to stay child-free? Was it always this way, or is this a by-product of the last decade's celebrity baby obsession? Mirren seems perfectly willing to answer the endless questions (or maybe she's just polite). Basically, she didn't have kids because she never wanted them, which is about the best reason I can think of.
By the time a woman is Helen Mirren's age, we expect them to be, or at least look like, grandmothers. Mirren is fascinating because she defies our expectations. She's powerful. She's hot. She's selfish. Focusing on the things she doesn't have may be a way to try to find her vulnerability. Or understand how this alien creature who refuses to comply with the rules of nature (culture) works. Is she just like us underneath that improbably nubile skin? Does the lack of an "urge to procreate" make her somehow defective? And could we ever imagine a male celebrity being asked these same questions?


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A northern New Mexico elected official found himself on the wrong side of the law recently.
State police spotted Chama Village councilor Milnor Manzanares driving erratically. When officers pulled him over, he denied drinking but blew a .19, which is more than twice the legal limit.
"When you drink and drive, you're not above the law. You can be anyone. Whatever it is, ultimately, the outcomes can be very drastic," Lt. Emmanuel Gutierrez said.
The state police officer found a small unopened bottle of alcohol in Manzanares' pocket. He's due in court Wednesday.
The councilor was charged with another DWI back in 1992, but the case was dismissed.


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Texas Book Festival: Lawrence in Arabia, and Jesus in the House
Inspiring historical figures are always a big draw in books, and at book festivals.
There was a standing room only crowd in Austin on Saturday, for example, for Scott Anderson of Lawrence in Arabia. Ironically, the overflow crowd meant I would have had to stand outside a tent in the sun to listen. And since I am not T.E. Lawrence, who, Anderson explained, used to go to masochistic lengths to test the limits of his endurance — I headed back to the air conditioning. (Read the review, though — the book itself is a best-seller for good reason.)
I'm told that all things JFK-related were selling briskly at the festival, especially Dallas 1963.
But one of the day's best-attended events — and one of the best book talks I have seen at any Texas Book Festival — involved Zealot author Reza Aslan in conversation with Owen Egerton before an overflow crowd in the Texas House chamber.
I missed the opening of their session, and how I wish I had not. They moved rapid-fire through biblical history in a way that was history-focused but not condescending, fact-oriented but respectful of faith.
The choicest line might have been Aslan's rejoinder to the criticism leveled by Glenn Beck that Aslan's conversion to Islam was fueled by "godless communist professors." Aslan noted: "They were all Catholic priests."
And Aslan, far from being atheist, said this about his own quest for understanding: "I studied world religions, and I was confronted with this fundamental, undeniable fact: Which is that they're all saying the exact same thing. I don't then say, 'Well then, what's the point?' I believe what the Buddha said a long time ago, which was that if you want to strike water, you don't dig six one-foot wells. You dig one six-foot well. … I'm familiar enough with the religions of the world to know that they're all drinking the same exact water."
Agree with his views or not, it was an engaging, entertaining, enlightening session.


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Chris Brown's return to the Grammy Awards this year – he performed twice and won a gramophone for best R&B album – was not welcomed by everyone.
Country star Miranda Lambert tweeted her disapproval of Brown's appearance writing, "Chris Brown twice? I don't get it. He beat on a girl ... Not cool that we act like that didn't happen."
Added Lambert, "He needs to listen to Gunpowder and Lead and be put back in his place. Not at the Grammys." (The reference is to Lambert's song about a woman waiting to kill her husband after he gets out of jail.)
Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna, who was his girlfriend, in 2009 the day before the Grammy Awards. He has not been back to the awards since that incident. Rihanna also performed Sunday night.
Lambert wasn't the only one who had a problem with Brown's appearance. Jack Osbourne also Tweeted about it: "Chris brown ... people don't forget! #chrisbrownbeatswomen. If Chris Brown had worn a wife beater, the irony would eclipse the whole show."
Singer Michelle Branch asked: "Trying not to go off on a rant but ... Chris Brown ... *bites tongue* have we forgiven him? #Grammys."
Others who publicly voiced their displeasure included Wil Wheaton ("Everyone who apparently forgot what Chris Brown did to Rihanna should read the police report exactly what he did"); Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet ("Are Chris Brown's mom and dad CBS and Grammy Brown?"); and The View's Sherri Shepherd ("Looks like all is forgiven w Chris Brown. That's all I'll say.")
Brown, of course, had something to say, too. He posted a Tweet, "Hate all you want becuz I got a Grammy now. That's the ultimate F––– off!" that E! online reports he deleted and replaced with a less aggressive message.
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I do want to experiment with the concept, so Imma take that route despite the downsides. So, hey, thanks! I'll grab the Spirit SU form then.
I do want to experiment with the concept, so Imma take that route despite the downsides. So, hey, thanks! I'll grab the Spirit SU form then.
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Would it be acceptable if my character is currently unacquainted with the other good characters? I feel like he'd prefer to not have others learn of him being an Exorcist due to the risk of Noon being exposed. Hence I'd prefer it if he could start off alone and have his first interaction with the good characters early on in-game.
Name: Ren Midnight
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Character Type: Possessed Exorcist.
Appearance: Ren stands rather tall for his age at 6' 2'', his body is well toned due to all his training, but due to his choice of clothing it is rather difficult to tell and hence he just appears to be rather lean. His skin is a rather dark tan, but he seems to lack any traits that would give away his ethnicity.
He has long, messy, black hair that falls down to the top of his neck. From the look of its appearance he obviously hasn't bothered to keep it well groomed. He has however decided to stay clean shaven. He has pair of cool gray eyes which have been known to unnerve people, coupled with his social ineptness this hasn't been the greatest combo. Despite that the few rare smiles he flashes, cause a feeling of purity and innocence to enter the room. A stark contrast to his otherwise hardened features, which even still are dampened by his otherwise youthful appearance.
In terms of clothing Ren generally wears rather casual clothes, his preferred colors being mostly grays and black, with a speck of green thrown in every now and then. He can generally be seen sporting dark pants and a belt. He generally has a dark green shirt tucked into the pants, with a gray sweater vest thrown over it. Finally he wears a long black jacket that falls to his knees over it all. This jacket also has a collar at the top. He generally leaves the jacket open, however he will zip it up now and then.
Two more things he can be seen wearing is a baseball cap of some sort and a locket around his neck, inside of which are pictures of the two most influential people in his life: His adoptive father and his Exorcist Mentor.
Personality: Ren prefers to keep to himself and has become rather ambivalent to most things. His self esteem is rather neutral as all throughout his life it used to be on a roller coaster. From originally an extremely low self esteem to the point of self loathing, to then an extreme confidence in his abilities, to once again being knocked down, Ren has lost it in him to care too much about others or himself. The existence of Noon only further serves to darken his mood.
However that's not to say Ren doesn't care about people, he does, rather deeply in fact. He hates seeing people oppressed or bullied and will do whatever it takes to save someone. It's just that aside from that he really has lost any motivation towards any real goals in life, something which worries his old man deeply.
Ren is very much so a loner and is a horrible people person due to his limited interaction with others; however he is quite adept with speaking with and helping Spirits. Something he had to work hard for, due to their inherent fear of him.
Ren only has one thing he strives for in life, creating a balance between the Spirits and People. He is always trying to help both of them, despite his many shortcomings. All Ren wants is for a world where people don't have to live in fear or be picked on. Hence Ren will go to great lengths to help others, regardless of who that person may be.
To sum things up, Ren appears cold and uncaring on the outside, but this more so due to a combination of not knowing how to express himself and not caring for most trivial things. On the inside he is someone who feels very attached to this world and wants to see it made a better place. He believes that no matter the bad, good people and things do exist. Sometimes you just need to look a little harder.
History: Ren was found at midnight on the steps of an orphanage in a big city some distance away from Juniper Village. The official who found him gave him his name using a nearby "For Rent" sign which had long ago faded away to only read "Ren." Ren was given his last name via the time he was found.
Ren would never learn why it was his parents abandoned him, but his life in the orphanage wouldn't be peaceful either. Despite the kindness of the staff, Ren had trouble making friends for one reason. He could see things others couldn't. He could see Spirits.
Since as far back as he can remember, Ren has always been able to see them, and they would often play merciless tricks on him. This caused him to be very frightful as a child, and he was regarded as a freak. However whenever anyone would try and analyze for schizophrenia the Spirits would always hide. Hence Ren would always pass any psych evaluations.
This led to him being seen plainly as a freak and cry baby by the other children. Hence it was that Ren was always alone. He never made a single a friend throughout his time in the Orphanage, not to mention parents didn't want to adopt a freakish child like him. Especially not one who also seemed to have a string of misfortune following him.
Eventually Ren's savior came in the form of the Orphanage Official who found him all those years ago. The man was quite old now, and had decided to retire. However he was disheartened by the fact that no one had adopted Ren, a boy he had seen the gentler traits in. Deciding to end the boy's loneliness, the man adopted him on the day of his retirement, which also coincided with Ren's tenth birthday, or rather the day he was found.
However despite the fresh environment and loving home, Ren's life still wasn't easy. Spirits continued to assail him, and Ren was just as frightened of them as ever. Eventually even the old man had enough with the crack doctors who never found anything wrong. So it was he turned to more occult options and eventually came in contact with an Exorcist.
It was this Exorcist who realized taught Ren about Spirits and the jobs of an Exorcists, and under her wing Ren soon trained to become an Exorcist and finally fight back against the Spirits who had assailed him for so long, and as a bonus, Ren finally began to develop a sense of self esteem. He finally felt wanted and needed in the world.
For reasons unknown to the Senior Exorcist who had take Ren under her wing, Ren proved to be a remarkably quick study. Before he was twelve years old, Ren had already exorcised quite a few Spirits, as well guided a few others to peace.
However there was one fundamental aspect of an Exorcist Ren couldn't accomplish, creating a Spirit Catalogue. No matter how hard he tried, Spirits were always driven away; it seemed something about him scared other Spirits, which was why they originally assaulted him so much.
Neither Ren nor the other Exorcist could figure out what the cause of this was. Regardless, Ren decided to train twice as hard to make up for this deficit. Hence while he may not have other Spirits to aid him, his body is in top condition to allow him to better combat such threats.
However Ren's life would once more take a turn for the worse when the reason for his oddities finally came to light during a battle against a particularly malevolent Spirit when Ren was 14. His mentoring Exorcist sacrificed herself during this confrontation to save Ren, and this event caused the true nature of Ren's existence as an Exorcist was revealed.
When the death of his mentor caused Ren's psyche to falter, the Spirit residing in Ren finally awakened, possessing his body for the first time. The possessing Spirit easily dispatched the Spirit Ren had been fighting and would have gone on to continue a rampage of its own, had it not been for Ren's over dominating willpower to not allow anyone to come to harm.
So it was that the Spirit inside Ren was sealed back within him. However no matter what he tried, Ren was unable to exorcise the spirit and nor was any other Exorcist Ren secretly confided in. However through conversations with the Spirit, who Ren took to calling Noon, after he refused to give his name, a name Noon rather detests, Ren learned that Noon had been dormant within his body for quite some time. It was Noon's possession that allowed Ren to see other Spirits, as well quickly master exorcising them. However Noon's presence was always what prevented Spirit Cataloging as well as what drove other Spirits to fear and detest Ren.
For two years now Ren had been forced to learn to live with Noon, and recently he decided to head to Juniper village to investigate the Spiritual disturbances he'd heard rumors of. Preferring to remain relatively unnoticed by the others in the area, Ren had been posing as a transfer student in order to hide his true goals from everyone, Spirits and Spirit fighters alike. As ever since his mentor died he doesn't like working in groups, plus the old man who adopted him thought it'd be good for him to attend a normal school for once.
That all went down the gutter once the Zombies happened, as the school Ren had transferred shut down because of them. For Ren though, this was a blessing as he'd now have more time to investigate what was happening. He is currently still keeping his nature as an Exorcist a secret from everyone.
Inventory: Ren's weapon of choice is a long bow and specially designed arrows meant to travel further and faster. Both were specially designed by his Mentor. When forced into close combat Ren will utilize a pair of carved obsidian daggers. He carries the quiver and bow in a bag pack made to look like a standard, camera tripod bag. The pack for his bow can be attached to another bag pack he often carries which generally contains a First Aid Kit and a laptop. Last item of note is his cell phone, which is simply a smart phone.
Possessing Spirit
Name: Noon
Spirit Type:Spirit Type: Unknown, believed to be an Imp/Goblin, but Noon is rather silent on the matter. Without the revealing of any powers it's been impossible to determine his type.
Appearance: Unknown, as Noon hasn't revealed himself in any physical form. However in the rare moments when he takes over control of Ren's body, Ren does look slightly different. For one thing Noon asserts himself with a smug sense of self confidence. This can be seen in the way he walks, his posture being much straighter and he tends to use the height of Ren's body to almost make it seem like he's towering over you, even if he's shorter than you. Ren also seems to lose much of his youthful innocence when Noon is in control; he's hardened features coming out much more prominently.
Also the first thing Noon does when in control is fix up Ren's hair. He'll use a comb if possible, but if not will use his hands to straighten Ren's. Slicking it back and allowing the excess to hang much more regally down the back of his neck.
In terms of clothing he'll take off both the jacket and hat Ren normally wears, and will straighten up whatever other pieces of clothing Ren is wearing. He jokes with Ren that day he gains full control the first thing he's going to do is buy a nice suit.
Personality: While Noon may be a malevolent Spirit of sorts, that really isn't the proper term to describe him. By all means he does mean to cause harm, but often it seems that crimes can be for his own sick amusement. He enjoys tormenting and cracking jokes at Ren's expense whenever the opportunity may arise.
He is rather quick to shoot down the more idealistic views Ren may bring up, and will often point out to Ren the low odds of accomplishing a task. Other times, when the fancy takes him, he will act like the reverse of a conscience, whispering terrible ideas to Ren. However if that wasn't odd enough he will even sometimes speak like the stereotypical Angels and Devils depicted on the shoulders of cartoon characters, debating amongst himself the finer points of one of Ren's actions. Suffice to say this drives Ren nuts.
However there are rare times when Noon will lend a hand to Ren, even when it doesn't serve any particular benefit. Such as advising him with a good strategy to help save someone, or telling him what to say in a tricky situation.
Unpredictable is probably the best word to describe Noon, for even after two years of living with him, he still manages to surprise Ren with his actions. The only thing Ren had been able to figure out, is that Noon won't allow him to die. Despite Noon's constant and vehement denial the fact, Ren is positive that Noon is unable to survive on his own. As to why, that is just another mystery of Noon Ren hasn't puzzled out.
History: Noon is rather silent about his past and will quickly shut down the topic anytime Ren brings it up. What is known is that he possessed Ren the moment he was born, how or why is unknown. However something was wrong with the possession and he was forced to lay dormant inside Ren until an intense emotion awoke him. However even when dormant, his very presence affected Ren; from Ren's ability to see Spirits to said Spirits often attacking Ren, all of that was due to Noon's presence. After awakening he has remained inside Ren's head, often pestering the boy, but all the while awaiting the day when he can fully seize the body.
Physical Abilities: N/A
Supernatural Abilities: His possession of Ren caused Ren to develop an aura of sorts which agitates Spirits around causing them to fear or hate him, sometimes even both. This aura only deeply affects weak Spirits, stronger Spirits may feel slightly uneasy around him and the strongest will feel nothing at all. It is impossible to see him within Ren, and as Ren keeps his existence a secret, few even know he is possessing Ren.
Last edited by Onarax; 24th June 2013 at 11:12 PM.
Onarax Ren - Possessed Exorcist, Noon, Imp?: Pending
- Since it's not fair to leave the Spirit's Appearance field blank, could you at least list how Ren's appearance changes when Noon takes over? This could be things as simple as slouching more, or standing unusually straight.
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Edits have been made.
Alright, that'll do: Accepted
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You don't really need more than 2-3 people for an RPG (1 if they have D.I.D.), but there is an upper cap on how many players I'll accept (about 14), and we're not even close to it, so it's nothing to worry about. The real issue for the RPG right now is that accepted players aren't posting...
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Yeah sorry about that, I've been waiting for more people to post myself.
Give me until tomorrow, or maybe tonight. XD I should be finished by then. History is done, as is Apperance, just stuff for her Spirit Partner, that's all. XD
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Alright, done, tell me if I have to edit anythin'.
Name: Lenora Winfred
Spirit Type: Ghost
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Appearance: Lenora is a small girl even for her age, only standing somewhere a little above four feet. She is a frail-looking girl, and although she used to have a slightly tanned skin, an amount of freckles and the brightest red cheeks in the world when alive, her death took most of that away and left her pretty much a shadow of her former self. Nowadays her freckles are barely visible, and no matter the amount of sunlight or exercise she gets exposed to, her face remains pale and almost porcelain-like, much like a doll's.
Her strawberry blond hair is tied into two high pigtails with colorful, flower patterned ribbons, and there's a butterfly-shaped clip keeping her bangs away from her eyes and to the left of her face. Again, her hair's color used to be a lot brighter before, but is now rather dull, seeming like it'd be covered in a layer of ash. Surprisingly, her eyes remain bright despite her death, their warm brown color just as deep as always, and she always has liveliness in her gaze, most likely due to the fact that she's unaware of her own demise.
As far as clothing goes, Lenora wears a simple red and pink dress, with frills on the hems and sleeves. There's a huge red ribbon wrapped around her waist, and she has similar ribbons on her wrist bracelets, also colored bright red. On her feet she wears pink ballerina shoes.
Lenora's always carrying around a simple round fishbowl with a single goldfish in it. Sometimes she seems to shiver at random as if she were cold, even if it's sunny outside.
Personality: Lenora is a very curious little girl, always looking for new things or people to interact with, and she has some serious problems staying still for long. If she sees a place she hasn't been to yet, she has to go and explore, no ifs, ors or buts, and she doesn't really have the mind to be afraid of spirits or the like either. She's always been able to see them and hasn't been hurt by one so far, so she doesn't really see them as bad guys. Of course, Lenora doesn't see anyone as a bad guy unless they've done something really horrible even she can't justify. See, Lenora loves the world and the people in it, and always tries to find a silver lining to everyone and everything. There are no bad people or bad things to her in the world. If someone does something unacceptable, she believes there's a reason behind it and rather than judging, they should be helping. Some say her words are wise beyond her years, some say it's your average child-talk and naivety, but be it what it may, it does make her rather simple-minded and easy to fool, if very accepting.
Speaking of being accepting, Lenora is always on the lookout for people to help. She loves to do good and she loves to see people - or animals, because yes, they do smile too! - beaming with joy, and she firmly believes that if one person does good, then others will follow and that if you get something good done to you just once, you will never do bad again. That's her very simple route to world peace, and she's rather dedicated in her goal. She tries to be polite whenever she can, although she has some serious trouble reading the mood and can come across as noisy or irritating at times, especially whenever she starts asking questions. Seriously, she's full of them. She loves rain and water, and is an exceptionally good swimmer for her age.
Of course, she isn't without her faults either. For one, she's incredibly stubborn. If she gets an idea in her head, it's nigh impossible to make her change her mind. She wants to see whatever she's decided through, and no amount of logic or yelling will make her yield and inch. This often leads to trouble since, as is the case with all children, most of her decisions are based on intuition or superficial reasoning alone, often stemming from her own feelings or beliefs at the moment. She isn't really capable of logical thought yet. In addition, the things she is stubborn about can come seemingly out of the left field to most adults. For example, she won't eat cucumber. There is no reason as to why she won't, she just doesn't. And there's nothing you can do about it.
Lenora's also rather emotional, and the moods and words of others affect her own state of mind a great deal, even if it doesn't show every time. Most of the time she manages to chase negativity away from her thoughts rather easily and manage to keep smiling, but she's also liable to have sudden bursts of sadness or anxiety whenever all the other feelings she's piled up burst out to surface, often triggered by someone else's sadness or negativity. She's quick to recover from these moments though, and can literally be smiling half a minute after crying her eyes out as if nothing ever happened.
One last thing to mention is that Lenora is a bit behind the times, having skipped twenty years in her slumber. She also suffers from partial amnesia, not really recalling all the details about herself and none about the circumstances of her death. She fears extremely low temperatures however, and gets easily nervous in snow, suggesting she probably still has her memories - just no way to access them.
History: Lenora led a fairly normal life up until her death. She was born to regular, loving parents in a fairly large house in California. The family had a moderately sized yard, and Lenora especially loved their large swimming pool. Yet, although life was good for her, she felt lonely at times. The house was big, and although her parents weren't busy all that often, there did come days when they were away most of the day as well. What Lenora hoped she'd have was a pet - or rather, a friend, since she considered all pets and animals her "friends" by default. Of course she had her friends at school, but she wanted someone to play with at home whenever she wanted. A sibling would have been ideal, of course, but her parents weren't exactly ready for another kid quite yet.
Then, one rather stormy night, Lenora got her wish granted in a rather surprising manner. She awoke in the middle of the night because of the storm, and as she was heading to her parents' bedroom to ask them to read her a story so she could fall asleep again, she happened to catch a beautiful sight from the corridor's window; the rain falling down was shimmering with lights of all colors, every droplet sparkling and glowing in the dark as if it were a piece of a rainbow falling down. Utterly fascinated by the sight, Lenora ran outside to try and catch the lights - only to end up falling straight into their backyard pool. The water was freezing and she couldn't yet swim without help, so she was quick to sink to the bottom, her screams unheard due to the thunder. It was just when she was about to drown that one of those lights came to her, and as it got closer she noticed it started to assume the form of a beautiful goldfish. The fish helped her back to the surface onto solid ground, and Lenora gave it a hug in return, deeming it her friend.
Her parents found her and brought her inside, not believing her story about the lights or the golden fish that saved her - they assumed, once again, it was just her imagination. The storm went and sunlight returned, and the wish as gone from the pool, only to return come the next rain. Due to that, Lenora came to love the rain. She and teh fish became fast friends as years went past, and eventually the fish stayed even after the rain was gone. Thus, Lenora finally got her friend. She learned how to swim in record time and spent most of her freetime on the pool, always bringing bread crumbs or other things for the fish to snack on. She was happy, her dearest wish now fulfilled.
Nothing all that major happened in her life after that. She continued to see spirits and continued to tell her parents about them, only for them to dismiss it as imagination every time. Ever since the pool incident though, her parents were a bit more protective of her and had a more negative opinion of her "imaginary friends" as they called them. They didn't want her talking about them as much, and did their best to keep from ever having to face danger or injury. She had a hard time seeing things her parents' way though, as she couldn't see how the world - and especially her spirit friends - could ever hurt anyone, let alone her.
Well, she found out one chilly, stormy winter evening when she had barely turned eleven. They were visiting her grandparents in Canada, and were just returning back home from to the hotel late night. Her grandparents lived rather far from the town, so their trip was long and mostly consisted of forests and hills. Her parents were rather tired and didn't notice the ice on the road. The car started to slide and ended up tumbling down a small hill into the forest below. Her parents were killed in the crash, but Lenora survived with little to no injuries. The trouble was that she was in the middle of nowhere alone. Like always, she tried to look for her fish friend for help, but try as she might, she didn't find water anywhere - just snow and ice. She was hungry, cold and alone, and took her last breath less than twenty four hours later, cold and covered in snow.
Her body was never found.
The next she knew, she woke up and it was spring - just twenty years later and with her already pronounced dead. She didn't yet know, but her late awakening was because it took that long for her spirit to properly form and thus, for her to awaken as a ghost. The reason to that was that unlike her body, which melted and got buried in time, her spirit was frozen the seasons through on that very same spot, the memory of the freezing cold she died in activating her illusionary powers and trapping her in an icy prison that was very much real to her. That was, until one particularly warm spring day, coupled with her fish friend's arrival and slapping finally broke her free.
When she woke she didn't remember where she was, where she had lived or how she had gotten there - all she knew was that there was water everywhere, and not only was her fish friend there, she could see various other spirits as well, clearer than ever before.
Physical Abilities: As of right now, Lenora is unable to possess or integrate anything.
Supernatural Abilities: As is well known, children have boundless imagination, and Lenora is no exception. Able to think up the most bizarre of creatures and objects, she has the ability to create visual and auditory illusions. She's unaware of this skill as much as she's unaware of being dead however, and it kind of works passively for now; whenever she really wants or fears something, or just focuses on the thought of it a lot, the object in question will appear and be visible to everyone as if it was real – including to spirits. And, while these illusions can do no harm to humans, they are very real to spirits and can injure them. The stronger the spirit she's faced with though, the weaker the affect. At the same time, the more Lenora realizes she's a ghost and the more intangible she becomes as a result, the stronger her power becomes, to the point it might even start affect humans in due time. It's still always affected by her mood, however. Strong emotions create strong illusions and so forth.
Like mentioned, Lenora can't possess or integrate anyone yet, but in exchange her body doesn't act like that of a normal ghosts' most of the time either; she can't pass through things as she pleases, people can see her and she can both touch and be touched, yet, she isn't still a ghoul. The reason behind this is the simple fact that she doesn't know she's dead. The human mind is a very powerful thing to begin with – people have managed to get themselves sick just by believing they are. So it isn't exactly impossible that a girl who both believes she's alive and possesses reality-altering illusionary powers in the first place would be able to make herself seem alive still.
Yet, there are still some hints left as to her current state; she's cold to the touch no matter what she's wearing and looks sort of frozen at all times, she doesn't feel hunger or thirst, and she doesn't seem to be able to feel pain, hot or cold properly. Also, her power to say tangible will fade as time passes, and be reduced greatly every time she starts to doubt her own existence. Were she to ever regain all of her memories considering the incident and accept that she's no longer present, she would most likely turn into a regular ghost – or disappear completely.
Name: Mr. Splashy (obviously, Lenora is the one who named him – and yes, it's also her who started to refer to it as him.)
Spirit Type: Elemental (Water)
Appearance: He takes the appearance a rather regular goldfish most of the time. The only thing that seems sort of 'off' in this form is that he seems to still be made out of water, and thus seems to sort of melt into the water in his fishbowl. Whenever he uses his abilities he starts to glow gold and illuminate the entire body of water he's in at the moment with the same bright hue.
Personality: Mr. Splashy seems to always be very tranquil and silent, and rarely even moves around in his bowl if there isn't some pressing need to. He's highly intelligent even if he might not look it, and is extremely protective over Lenora, to the point he isn't afraid to kill to protect the girl. He acts as a somewhat of a big brother figure to her, even if she considers her more a friend than anything. Neither sees him as a pet. For some reason, Lenora seems to understand him without him not really talking or otherwise signaling his intentions in any way.
History: Mr. Splashy used to be one of the multiple Water Elementals that forever traversed the lands as rain, falling down to earth as droplets and raising back up to the skies as vapor, only to repeat the circle for eternity. That was, until one night he ended up in the pool of a certain little girl and saved her from drowning. It was his first contact with humans, and seeing how lonely the girl was, he became her friend. From then on he'd always visit her with the rain, until finally he didn't even leave come sunshine anymore.
Physical Abilities: When Mr. Splashy possesses a human or an animal, it becomes able to breathe underwater, as well as gains the ability to turn into liquid, making it temporarily impossible to kill without destroying every drop of the liquid itself (for example, through extreme heat). Usually Mr. Splashy doesn't integrate or possess people, however.
Supernatural Abilities: Mr. Splashy is able to control water when it is in its liquid form (meaning he can't touch ice, snow or steam), provided his own body is in water. It doesn't have to be the same body of water he's controlling, long as there is water around him – the reason as to why he's always in his fishbowl. He can move water around as he pleases, use pressurized water as a weapon, drown people or – as he'd much rather do – prevent people from drowning. He's unable to control water's temperature, form or create more of it, however. He can summon rain though, being originally a rain spirit. In addition, he can evaporate himself at will and turn into steam, although he can't use his other powers in this form. It's most often used to prevent major damage done to him.
Last edited by GoldenHouou; 9th July 2013 at 4:51 AM.
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(GoldenHouou) Lenora Winfred - Ghost, Mr. Splashy (Elemental): Pending
You seem to have a little confusion as far as the concept of Physical and Supernatural abilities go. All the abilities you listed for Lenora are Supernatural (things she does without a host body), and you list Mr. Splashy's ability to evaporate himself under Physical.
It's okay for Lenora not to have a Physical ability, and instead have more Supernatural abilities, I just want to make sure you understand the concept here.
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Yeah, I admit that I wasn't sure where to put half of Lenora's abilities, as I knew they were supernatural, but since I already had a lot of text there and none in the physical part, and since those powers affected her physically as well as seemed to come logically after mentioning she can't integrate, I ended up sticking them in the physical part. I can switch those around, no problem.
And the evaporating thing yeah, no idea why it's there. It was a last minute addition, must've stuck it in the wrong section by accident. Lemme fix that up too.
Aaaand edits are done.
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Alright, Accepted, I'll update the member lists.
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... It's not officially dead, but it might be too hard, people seem to be having trouble not just with sign-ups, but with posting in the RPG thread.
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I'm done writing up Rose.~
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(*Jean Grey*) Rose - Necromancer, Moon - Ghost (Wolf): Accepted
- But, I just want to make sure we're clear:
Since Rose is a Necromancer and Moon has the ability to possess people, he may posses her, but she will not be the one in control and you need to RPG as him during this period.
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So yay. Now we're two necromancers.
I feel the posts we make In te RPG are very short
Speaking of. Do we have a discussion thread?
And also. lol. I'll try to get some interaction with the others later on.
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Hehe, don't worry. XD Hence, she wouldn't be so...civil when possessed. Feral, like a beast, since it's a dead Alpha controlling after all. XD
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