"I don't believe in destiny, Or the guiding hand of fate. I don't believe in forever, Or love as a mystical state. I don't believe in the stars or the planets, Or angels watching from above. But I believe there's a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love, And make it last..."
█▐▌★Name:Gabrian (No, he's not giving you his fullname! *sneer*). █▐▌★Nicknames: Gabe, Gabbu, Sir Snake, Dear demon (He would like to suggest you don't use either those last ones unless your name is Renaissance or Little-Wolfe). █▐▌★Gender: Male. █▐▌★Age: Physically seems to be around 17 19-20ish.
█▐▌★Personality: ((I have just realized how much Gabrian has changed since his joined the shop and how much IN NEED of a rewriting this section is so uhm... YEAH UH ignore the personality section till I rewrite it, herpa derp!))
It's quite posible that Gabrian will take one look at you down his nose and swiftly decide he either doesn't like you or that you're simply not worth his time. This actually has less to do with elitism and more to do with the fact he doesn't seem keen on forming any lasting bonds with anyone, regardless of species or race; he's probably going to treat an undead student with the same cold politeness as he'll address that demon student over there. This, of course, can make him come off as a bit (a lot) of a jerk-a**; granted, a polite jerk-a**, but a jerk-a** nonetheless. Ghouls seem to get off easier than most boils, if only because Gabrian seems keen on following etiquette and as such must remain polite to them. However, even ghouls must be warned, seeing as how Gabe doesn't seem keen on giving others too many opportunities; wrong him once or twice and he'll move along onto greener pastures. Convincing him to change his mind is also rather hard once he's decided he dislikes you.
His unwillingness (to various degrees of success, of course, since after all, deep down Gabrian is actually social) to form lasting bonds stems from the fact he views himself as a bit of a failure as a demon in general and is trying his damn-est to maintain an elegant facade in an attempt to hide said failures (not to mention the fact he likes cute things). It's much easier to trick people when one holds them at arm's length than trying to keep yourself from slipping around those that you've become attached to. At the same time, Gabrian is no where near as mentally strong as he would like some people to think, and as such, he often times falls prey of emotions. He finds himself caring about those that bother to spend time with him and persist on keeping him company, and though he might seem to be reluctant at first, he usually comes to terms with his own feelings given some time. Aka, no, Gabrian is not a cold hearted jerk and does actually care. He just usually needs time.
Under his facade, Gabrian is a far more relaxed, easy-going fellow. He has mischievous or silly moments around those he trusts, and seems far more natural around them. While he's still polite, and perhaps a touch 'uppity' he isn't really an actual jerk; most (if not all) of the cold, nasty remarks are uttered in an attempt to keep people away, not due to being cold hearted by nature. In fact, Gabrian is as much attracted to tooth-achingly cute things as he is to elegant jewelry and clothes; perhaps even more so. Needless to say, he tries very hard to keep that aspect of himself hidden and stashed away in the safety of his dorm room, but it's extremely hard for him not to react when something cute is shoved his way. His reactions to such situations will range from a brusque, obviously out of place retreat to... actually giving into his need to hold and possibly hug the cute offender. Said offenders can range from minipets, to items, to actual students, much to his chagrin. Then again, he's proud that he's probably one of few people that is able to walk across campus holding a relatively cute fuzzball in his arms and still manage to look relatively regal doing so.
He feels a need/pull to be near water; if there's a lake/river/whathaveyou nearby and he's not being forced to sit in class, you can bet he's going to be there, possibly playing his violin. His need to be near water is so great that rather than sleep in human-like form, Gabrian usually chooses to sleep inside a rather large 'fish tank' inside his room, in serpent form (he shares it with several of his minipets). He's a rather good swimmer, and seems to have an ease where music is concerned - he seems to favor the violin and the guitar, but given time and practice, would be able to pick up other instruments. Unfortunately he's not... exactly strong; at least not physically. While he does posses rather sharp, strong nails (like most demons), and an advantage when fighting in watery environments, Gabrian is quite obviously more a lover than a fighter. He would much rather talk or trick his way out of a situation than fight someone physically. If it's verbal banter however, he'll be quite happy to engage.
█▐▌★Why did they enroll at the academy? Gabe has a... deep dark secret which he really, really does not want you (or anyone, for that matter) to know. Said secret is, in fact, linked to his presence in Amityville; you see, despite the fact Gabe comes from a rather long, proud line of Nix demons, his er... Nix/Demon 'instincts', as his parents like to call them, are quite lacking in some ways. While he's elegant and polite, Gabrian lacks the general 'meanness' needed to climb up the social ladder. He's far more relaxed, silly and easy going than most demons, not to mention ridiculously attracted to adorable, cute things. Needless to say, his parents weren't particularly happy with all of this, so off to the academy he was sent in hopes he would be re-educated into more standard behavior.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:10 am
█▐▌★Y2 Level Fear:Serpent Strike - Through FEAR, Gabrian is able to produce a large, ghostly looking serpent (which strongly resembles his feral form), that strikes a target of his choice. The serpent in question dissipates after either hitting, or missing its target and is not sentient in the least; it's just a manifestation of Gabrian's magic attack, which just so happens to take the form of a serpent. [The Battle Cry]
Y1 level Fear:Healing Music - Gabrian is able to use Fear to produce a violin, which he then plays (the violin in question can not be used as an actual, physical weapon, and it vanishes once he stops playing). The music has a calming, healing effect on him. While in Serpent form Gabrian, rather than summon a violin, he sings to produce the same effect. [The Chill]
█▐▌★Natural Abilities: Serpent form - Females can change into what is commonly known as a 'mermaid', and males can take the form of a snake, a human, or a fish. Gabrian seems to have an affinity for the serpent form rather than the fish. His serpent form looks like this and is around this size. He is able to mildly manipulate his size, making it smaller if needed, though the smallest he can get is around the size of a large python. He is much more feral in this form; anything he feels will be extremely hard to hide and emotions seem to be amplified in intensity, which is to say... well, if Gabe likes you (or hates you) and he's in his serpent form, you're going to know. As a side note; he is not poisonous.
Dual-Terrain - A Nix can survive a battle underwater and breathe just as normally as on land, and are incredibly fast swimmers. Prey that you never have to fight one in its natural habitat, or you'll most likely drown.
Water manipulation - Like... mild water bending, if you will? He can not move large enough amounts of water to hurt anyone, nor can he move them fast enough to whip and hurt someone. He can float some water up and splash someone, or move it this way and that, making forms in the air. He could, perhaps, manipulate rain so it wouldn't drench someone he's walking with; that sort of thing. The larger the amount of water, the harder to control.
.....⊰「 LW」 : ★★★★★ .....Lovely little werewolf dancer whom I'm dating. Only one to date to kiss me in serpent form.
.....⊰「 ALESSA」 : ★★★★★ .....Stubborn little nagual ghoul. I find her charming, specially when she's not trying to bite my head off. She's dating Ren.
.....⊰「 RILEY」 : ★★★★ .....First few impressions were favorable. Polite, has a sense of humor and... mounts a dragon. Keep away from sugar.
.....⊰「 JERICHO」 : ★★★ .....Riley's dragon. Kissed him during spin the bottle, much to his distaste. Gruff but apparently loyal.
.....⊰「 AKSAJA」 : ★★★ .....Another dragon. Whom I also kissed (with more favorable results) during spin the bottle. Laid back.
.....⊰「 LIVIUS」 : ★★★★ .....Polite, refined, wonderful sense of fashion and great conversationalist. What more can you ask for?
.....⊰「 NATALIA」 : ★★★★ .....Sassy (and sweet) were lemur. Friend of LW and Ren's. Seems to like having her head/ears petted. Can take a joke.
.....⊰「 TSETSILIYA」 : ★★★★ .....Adorably shy, cute demoness. Took her to the Demon party. I keep having to refrain from hugging her. She's THAT cute.
.....⊰「 HADIYYA」 : ★★★ .....Temp captain of the swim team. Seems refined and nice. Haven't had a chance to talk to her one on one.
.....⊰「 SIN ERR」 : ★★★ .....Kept me warm during the Christmas raid along with another ghoul. I owe her on principle.
.....⊰「 SARIAS」 : ★★★ .....Former rival turned... not rival. Pleasent to me. Has this... thing going on with Icky. I don't want to know.
.....⊰「 DEACON」 : ★ .....Felt the need to shove his tongue down Sarias' throat during spin the bottle. Either desperate for attention or horribly daft. Maybe both.
.....⊰「 ICKY」 : ★★ .....The guy bit me. His only redeeming feature is he seems to care for the banshee ghoul, in his own twisted, strange way.
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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.
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 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.
The other side of the room, which can not be seen in this image, has a huge aquarium that lines the walls. In all honesty it's more of a tank than an aquarium. Gabrian usually uses that tank to sleep in, and actually only has the bed there because his friends insisted they he needed one. Otherwise... where were they going to sleep when they came over?
Also, Gabe is well aware of just how girly his room looks. He suggests you do not comment on just how girly his room looks. Because yes. He is aware. And you're probably going to have a pissed off nix at your hands if you dare make fun of him for it. Pissed off nixes tend to get revenge on those that offend them, and said revenges can be pretty harsh in relation to the offense committed. He would also like to note that his apparently... growing collection of pillows is not his doing. You can blame his ghoulfriend LW for that, because every single time she comes over, she brings a pillow with her. He's not sure why. He stopped questioning it after the eleventh pillow made it's way into his room.
There are usually plenty minipets running amok inside the room. Some of which include a Death Charm and a pissy Lionfish Scareon. Gabe suggests visitors tread with care.
Gabrian loves his minipets. No, really. You don't understand. He really, really loves minipets, and if there's a sure fire way to get him to do a favor for you is by promising a minipet he's been seeking, in return for his services. He has an ever growing collection of pets, and they seem to come and go, between the room, the school grounds and the closet. Some are more keen on staying in the room, some are more adventurous, but Gabrian still knows every single one of them by name and would be able to tell his apart from those of any other students.
His peculiar... taste for cute seems to shine through more than ever in his pets. Alas, he is of the belief that he's one of the only students that can walk through campus carrying a pastel rainbow florence in his arms and still manage to look somewhat elegant. He dares anyone to give that a try. Go on!
He seems to have some strange sort of fixation for Floresce minipets, above all over. His fish tank, in fact, contains an astoundingly huge (and apparently ever growing) number of floresce pets. While most are pretty tame, easy to handle happy to cuddle with people, there's a few of them which Gabrian would advice visitors to stay well away from, for different reasons. Aka, touch the pretty, glowy, rainbowy snake fishies at your own risk.
Davy the Floresce is Gabrian's main companion and battle pet. He's also the indesputable leader of the group of floresce (or he would be if he cared to claim the 'throne', per say). He's always up to something and has a mischievous streak that matches up to that of his owner in his worst days. Curiously enough, he has several long scars over one eye, and though he's not blind, he can sometimes be seen wearing an eyepatch to cover the imperfections, courtesy of his owner. He seems to be into Lepus minipets, for some odd reason and despite the fact Gabrian doesn't get it, he's stopped questioning it. He has a thing for Alessa's First Mate Lepus, Sheelah, though it's probable he's not going to get anywhere with it. It spawned lepus/floresce hybrids. Oi.
Belle the wishing Secret, whom Gabrian named before ever realizing 'she' was really a 'he' is probably the prima dona of the group. He's high maintenance, enjoys attention and seems to thrive in groups. His favorite pastime is flirting, and though not obnoxious about it, he seems to have very little personal space. He also doesn't seem to gender discriminate where minipets are concerned, though he does favor females. Belle seems to have a soft spot for Ren's Meteor Shower, Aurora Borealis.
Glory the Celestial Rune is one of the most recent additions to Gabrian's main rooster. Gabrian knows that she comes from the island-that-will-not-be-spoken-of, and yet... can not determine when or how he got his hands on the Rune. When he arrived on campus, he found her crystal inside his jacket pocket, and he was much too tired to question it. She's serious, territorial and for the most part a rather grumpy individual that tends to like peace, quiet and water above all. She also seems to have determined both the room and demon are Hers and Hers alone, which makes her terribly unfriendly acquaintance for most people that set foot inside the room. She does have a soft spot for fin scratches though, and can be won over. With time.
Aside his rooster of main pets though, Gabrian has an assorted bunch of others that roam freely within his room, closet and... seem to like hiding under the pile of pillows LW has begun to construct. Some of the pets were adquired through Classes while others were bought out of a need to protect his room (given the fact he leaves it open all the time and people come and go as they please - it's a sure fire way to keep unwanted visitors out). There's also some which somehow landed themselves within Gabrian's care without him being entirely sure how that happened.
At the back of his wardrobe and closet there lurk four pets which Gabrian tries his best to forget exhist. Alas, the little things, which Gabrian has dubbed Annoyance, Disturbance and Horror like to cause trouble at the worst of time. He still recalls the first time he found out about them; the little things stole his er... underwear while he was showering, forcing him to give chase to the little menaces through the demon dorm building. Clad only in a towel. He's tried everything to get them to go away, but they just don't.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:33 am
I have been hoarding too much art to keep track of on here xD If you want to see it, go Here! It's VERY out of date but still. Will work on it.
This is Mimi, Gabrian's Treasure mimic, where he likes to keep his most important possesions. Amongst them, in one of the mimic´s deeper, most concealed compartments, are both copies of his emblem and... the ones he´s earned from fellow students.
Gabrian would like to take this moment to ward you from even trying to put your hand in Mimi in an attempt to steal emblems, because despite being pink, the mimic tends to bite anyone that attempts this. Besides, even if you put your hand in there, it's doubtful you're even going to find anything. He's not sure how it works, but... the emblems and other important items seem to be stored within a pocket space that can be accessed only if Mimi wants you to.
