[Monster] The CadyCave

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Marushii

It lurked in the shadows. It lurked in the rafters. It lurked at the edge of your vision, a fleeting apparition that had one purpose, one goal in its personified life. The acceptance bin flexed its paper-mache wings as shifted its stance, staring at the desk below it. The enrollment papers were right there, sitting there idly. Unsuspecting. Waiting.

The acceptance bin bunched itself up. It was a hunter, poised and ready to pounce on its prey. Three, two, one, GO! It sprung, taking a mighty leap into the air...

Only to come crashing down, missing the desk completely with a loud CRASH.

It would take five hours for the acceptance bin to crawl its way up and onto the desk with only one of its wings dangling from its back by means of one half-removed piece of scorch tape. But it would eat Arcadia's enrollment papers and recommendation letter. And it would saver every word. And each and every single one of Arel's pens. And staples. And paperclips. And everything else the secretary unfortunately left out on his desk.

 

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o1. cert
o2. table of contents
o3. enrollment form
o4. the modern manticore
o5. gladys winderly
o6. the room/emblems/clubs
o7. rp log
o8. battle log
o9. point log
1o. cadypets
11. friends
12. acquaintances
13. enemies
14. art
15. credits

 

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AMITYVILLE ACADEMY ENROLLMENT FORM


Name: Arcadia of the North Rock Clan
Nicknames: Cade, Cady
Gender: Female
Age: 16

Faction/Race Monster/Manticore

Personality:

+Decisive
While not always the best at making decisions, Cady at least is quick in doing so. She is generally well aware of her priorities, whatever they happen to be in that particular moment. She's not afraid to let others know what she wants, either. Her speedy and effective decision making often is as useful in battle as it is socially. She's quick on her feet, and tends to trust her instincts first. If it's a tough decision, she'd just go with her gut, and she'd be confident in that decision, even if questioned for it later. Regret isn't a concept she understands.

+Sincere
Cady is honest. It's not always for the greater good, but it's one thing about her you can definitely count on. She'll tell the truth, even if it's grossly inappropriate. She's a terrible liar, and doesn't really even bother trying on that front. Cady is about as honest as a girl can get, in both thought and feeling. She wears her emotions openly, and it's always easy to tell what kind of a mood she's in.

+Confident
If there's one thing this manticore isn't lacking, it's belief in herself. She stands behind her decisions and statements, and won't back down easily. This surety allows her to move through school despite the fact that she's somewhat educationally challenged. It's a kind of positive confidence- confident enough to be able to admit when you don't know something, without feeling like an idiot about it. She is the stupid question asking extrodinare.

=Curious
Cady is nosy. Sometimes this gets her into trouble, but most of the time it's pretty harmless. She just likes to know things. Anything from taking something apart to see how it works (and breaking it), or delving into someone else's business. She doesn't really get what 'boundaries' are, but will back off if asked.

=Chatterbox
Cady is a bit of an oddball. She's just a little bizarre, or, as her guardian describes her, 'very special Cady'. She doesn't really see the implied insult, which is just as well. She doesn't seem to know when to STOP TALKING, once she's started, and loves to pepper people with questions. Sometimes this can be good, and sometimes it's just plain annoying.


-Tactless
Part of being overly curious and inexperienced is her lack of knowledge of social niceties. She usually doesn't censor herself, saying EXACTLY what she thinks or feels, often at the expense or discomfort of others. While she might be being completely sincere, that doesn't make it any less awkward. While she often accidentally says or does hurtful things, she typically has a tendency to err on the creepy side; like, your hair is nice, or you smell like food. Generally she means it as a compliment, but it might not always be taken as such.


-Impatient
'Waiting' is what other people do. If you're Cady, you pause for about half a second, and then give up and do something else. Seriously, who has time to sit around? She shows up to class only on threat of failure, and her least favorite thing is written exams- all those squiggly symbols crawling over the page just don't hold any interest for her. She's into instant gratification, and does a lot better in classes oriented around physical activity rather than meditation or forethought.

-Obtuse
You're going to have to spell it out for her. No, really. Sarcasm is ALSO way over her head. A lot of things are way over her head, like the sky, puns, treetops, social cues, etc. And don't expect her to know when a situation is awkward either- uncomfortable silences or sullen glares don't really register. She means well, but kind of has to be lead by the nose, so to speak.

Special
Riddle Me This
Manticores, like their sphynx cousins, love riddles. The funny thing is, though, they are absolutely horrible at them. Really. I mean, they're basically going to eat you anyway, so does it really matter? Either way, Cady shares this passion, and is known to call out some really rank ones before battle.

"WHAT IS BLUE AND LOOKS LIKE THE SKY? ...Wait...WHATEVER."

She can't be bothered to SOLVE riddles though. No, that requires too much work, and patience, and makes her head hurt.


Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? Cady was raised by a reaper named Gladys Winderly who was studying the North Rock manticore clan. This particular clan is named for the region they traditionally inhabited in ancient Greece - rocky hills-land, in the region known as Arcadia. They have thicker coats than most manticore (namely their Persian cousins), and feathery wings instead of bat-like. They also have furred paws. This separates them from some of the more southern species, who sometimes feature bony, spined tails and draconic appendages. They're also slightly less volatile (they'll just eat you whole instead of ravaging you first), so Gladys felt them ideal for her experiment.

As they are a very small sub-species, they had little say in Halloween Town politics. Gladys however, finds them fascinating creatures, and feels that it is a real loss that none of them have acquired licensing to cross over to the human realm and be allowed to visit their traditional territories. Thus, she reared and trained Cady with this in mind, so that she might attend the Academy. Included is a letter promising her good behavior, and that Ms. Winderly was 'fairly certain' she wouldn't eat anyone.


FEAR:

Natural Ability: Manticore have evolved to swallow their prey whole, posessions and all. They have a jaw that unhinges like a snake, and a complex digestive system that can handle metal and most foreign objects. Modern materials like plastic, however, can sometimes cause problems.

2nd Year: Can store things in her stomach, and vomit them back up later.

Flight is not a natural ability for manticores - Cady cannot truly fly in her natural form, and certainly not as a humanoid. A manticore's wings are largely used for gliding downhill, or from clifftop to clifftop.

1st year: Slow Strike - A touch based attack, if she breaks skin with her tail, she has a chance of inflicting a poison that slows the target, causing them to skip a turn.

2nd Year: Y1: Frenzy - Cady's year in school haven't tempered the impulsive ghoul any, and this attack uses all of her unbridled energy to her best advantage. She throws herself at her opponent, attacking with claws, teeth, and tail all at once, generally hurting herself in the process.)

 

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Manticores are a mythological beast considered to be close cousins with the sphinx. They are known inhabit more northern climes, however; mountain ranges are a favorite. They are probably best known for their dietary habits.

Physiologically, they are remarkably like their cousins, with human-like facial features designed to look friendly or trustworthy. The differences are slight. In some subspecies, they have wings - both batlike and avian have been observed. Their tails are also different; while their body most closely mimics the lion, their tails are equipped with stingers. These can be similar to that of a scorpion, or can instead be lined with spines, like a porcupine. Some sub species even have bull horns, exhibited on both male and female specimens. Typically, each sub species' can speak (albeit limitedly) in the language native to the region they formerly inhabited, BH*. In the case of the
North Rock Clan, it's Arcadocypriot Greek, but in the more fruitful subspecies both Grecian, Persian, and
Roman dialects have been noted.







Unlike the sphinx, who usually are found guarding treasure or a sacred location, the manticore stays within it's own set territory, luring in victims with it's friendly facade. Manticore are legendary for consuming their victims whole - possessions and all. Often when a villager would go missing, a manticore was blamed for the phenomena. While this is certainly a possibility, it is unlikely to have happened as often as rumored. Manticore are happy to eat virtually any living creature- it is only their man-like faces that leads them to be such an ideal predator.

*Before Halloween

 

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Ms. Gladys Beverly Winderly is a witch and cryptozoologist that has studied the habits and culture of various magically occurring species and phenomena. Her current favored subject of study is the North Rock manticore - a small subspecies of manticore that evovled to survive harsh, northern climes. She has published many papers on her subjects, insisting that they deserve increased recognition in Halloween Town's crowded monster population, and seeks through her pupil and adoptive daughter Cady to begin upping the number of manticore enrollments in the school through pre-schooling and training.

She adopted Arcadia when she was a kitten, from an average sized litter of the lead female of the clan. Like lions, all females were allowed to breed, but it was clear which females had status over the others, through feeding rituals and everyday interaction. She raised Cady as her own, teaching her how to speak English (her clan spoke mostly broken Greek) and teaching her the basics of being more human-like. While her intelligence is necessarily limited - manticore are more beast than man - she has so far been pleased with the result of her work.

Cady, like a normal kitten, didn't really seem to miss her siblings. She was still allowed periodic visits to her clan when she wasn't studying, but contact was limited in order to attempt to domesticate her more fully. She enjoyed her time with Ms. Winderly, who treated her as well as any doting grandmother might. She's excited about her time at school and the opportunity to meet new and interesting creatures.

 

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On a shelf along the back wall, Cady has a small cardboard box labelled "EMBLAMS".

Cady currently has 1 emblem.

Emblem Box

cady's emblem to go here

Next to the box for emblems, there's a small tack-board covered in club flyers and reminders.

Clubs!

 

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Current RPs

[TYPE] RP NAME (PARTICIPANTS) LINK
[PRP] The Golden Rule (Emily/Deacon/Arcadia) X
[PRP] Reading Rainbow...Sorta (Aislin/Cady) X
[PRP] C C (Charlie/Cady) X
[ORP] Sew You Think you can Craft? X
[ORP] Home Again (Halloween Hospital) X

Completed RPs

[TYPE] RP NAME (PARTICIPANTS) LINK
[PRP] Have You Seen My Smelly? (Arcadia + Claire) X
[CLASS] Sex Ed (ORP) X
[ORP] Prom Committee (ORP) X
[CLASS] Gym Class Field Day (ORP) X
[CLASS] Introductory Music With Professor Blue (ORP) X

 

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Battles

nothing to see here!

 

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teh rulz

GROWTH POINTS:


After a certain amount of collected growth points, you can submit your student in for advancement to the next year (in theory, though its technically always October...) This gives them access more battle options, some higher level classes, and other special privileges.

The default word requirement is 800. GMs may require either more or less in their classes and events, and may also award growth points differently, so always read the first and last GM posts thoroughly.


1 point can be:

- One piece of fanart drawn by you for anything related to shop (max 5 points this way)
- One complete regular rp
- One full solo rp
- One gm-modded event with point prizes (to be linked), where you included your character
- One complete classroom rp
- One complete homework assignment
- One complete battle, with just rolls
- Five minipets grown to their final stage (1 point per 5, up to 5 points can be earned this way)

2 points:


- One complete 'battle' roleplay with filled out roleplay actions
- Character 'plot assistance' (ie for events)
- Student is awarded a Pumpkin Seed by staff for outstanding work/achievements/something!




GROWTH REQUIREMENTS:

Year 1 to Year 2:


50 points + an exam (pass or fail) = growth towards next stage


Year 2 to Year 3:


50 points + one FINAL EXAM (pass only) AND TEACHER BATTLE (pass or fail)


Year 3 to Alumni:

75 points + one FINAL EXAM (pass only) AND TEACHER BATTLE (pass only)

Alumni have full access to the school. They may choose to continue learning with the teacher in very high, exclusive classes, and spend most of their time outside of school doing other activities. They may also be employed by the school to help in tasks such as T/Aing, library book-keeping, club assistance, event coordination, and the likes.

YEAR ONE

50/50
Classes: 4
- Gym
- Sex Ed
- Music
- Trashology 101
PRPs/ORPs: 9
-Prom Comittee
-Prom ORP (Helped run DJ booth)
-Cady x Claire
-Genderbend
-Battlegrounds Intro
-Scarentines Main (+2)
-Table 3/4(+2)
- Cady x Charlie

Solos: 2
-Slughetti and Peat Moss
Fanart: 5
-5
Minipets: 5
-5
Student Council: 1
-1 (Booth)
Oct. Meta: 11
-intro orp
-Team Venture
-Gauntlet
-Domains of Space/Time/Boss First Thread Second Thread
Battles: 8
-Floresctival
-Cady x Astra
-Cady x Thanatos
-Cady x Roch
Assembly: 2
-2 points
VDay Grams: 1
- You look delicious
Battle Card: 2
-Card


IN PROGRESS RPS
- Cady x Charlie
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Captain Bread

Cady found captain bread in a box by himself at a train station. Having never seen a kitten before, she automatically assumed it was some kind of snack, and ate it. Several minutes later, the tickle of salty tears down her throat caused her to hack him back up. He continues to cry, despite any kind of care or attention, so he mostly just mopes around pathetically on his own, although sometimes Cady will take him with her, because she's under the impression that sunlight provides some kind of Vitalmins.

He's named after the brand of cighoulettes Gladys secretly smokes, and Cady's favorite filler food.

Smelly

Smelly is... well, he smells awful. Probably because he eats garbage. Cady isn't really sure how he does this, as his mouth is firmly sewn shut (the only condition under which Gladys would allow Cady to bring a puppy to school). Either way, it means she usually doesn't need a trash can, although he does sometimes cause issues with disappearing homework.

Smelly was a parting gift from Gladys. Cady does not want to eat Smelly. He reeks something foul, and the faint green glow about him is also less than appetizing. Smelly's favorite activities are Getting Lost and Making Things Disappear, so Cady is usually chasing him around campus.

The Manticats

Cady doesn't mess with these guys. Cady didn't really even want them following her - they snuck into her luggage and in typical fashion ate all her nice clothes. They don't have names, either - the red and black one lives in her closet, and the purple one lurks around her room. It hasn't figured out how to eat Captain Bread yet either, so it mostly ignores him. And Smelly... well, he's too. Smelly.

They were a subspecies Gladys briefly studied before moving on to bigger and better things - literally. This may have something to do with them eating their way through her bloomers. It seems like they've decided to go to greener pastures with Cady however, in the hopes that there will be lots of interesting things to eat.

 

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oooo friends
xooo good friends
xxoo best friends
xxxo more than friends
xxxx ???

Cady hasn't been around long enough to make any friends!

 

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o+++ just met
oo++ getting to know
ooo+ almost friends?

Aislin o+++
A nice ghoul I met at Open House! She has a hole in her neck and smoke comes out, but there's no fire. SO WEIRD.

Cat o+++
Ash's friend. I think he's some kind of ghost. He likes riddles too, although I don't think he is as good as me.

Laiha o+++
Another ghoul I met at open house. She likes to eat things too, and is smart. Maybe one day she will come to school too.

Christof o+++
I don't know his name but he's a really neat boil whose bits are all sewn together! So cool. He also has his mouth sewn shut. He should probably fix that.

Claire o+++
A nice demon ghoul who gave me food. I like food.

 

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++++ didn't hit it off
-+++ do not work well together
--++ disliked
---+ disgusted by
---- HATE

Cady hasn't made any enemies (that she knows of).

 

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OFFICIAL ART BY BILIOUS <3
by me
cady!doodle by zom
by audio fiend
cadypony by me lawl
alt outfit by carhop!
headshot by katurn
commission by peasy!
cadychibi! commission
chibi by chiimarii!
art by rhaz!

 

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THIS IS HALLOWEEN belongs to lizbot, zoomutt and Marushii, as well as all the rest of the staffers <3
The Nightmare Before Christmas belongs to Tim Burton and Disney
Official Cady art by Bilious <3