Prodigy Children

There are so many storybooks where it’s superhero teens at a ‘regular high school’ and it’s driving me crazy. I can’t join them because I have no idea what a ‘regular school’ is like. So, to change things up a bit, this won’t be your regular boarding school, public school, private school, anything. You won’t have powers and you won’t be normal. You will be…

Homeschoolers.

Or an unschooler, but I don’t know squat about that. It doesn’t matter if you’ve ever been homeschooled; it’s pretty much just math class in your kitchen and P.E. in the backyard, with a dash of private tutoring from good ol’ Mom/Dad.


Plot:

You are middle school or high school homeschooler, and genius in some way or another. You passed every test with excel, you remember every word taught to you, and nothing intellectual is too much for you. You skipped grades or zipped through them in a few months. Spellings bees, science fairs, you won everything. And you. Are. Sick of it. No one realizes how much pressure there is when you’ve done better than anyone. It becomes overwhelming, and you run, taking your allowance and favorite 1800’s novel.

You meet up with the friends you met through scouts, church, clubs, ukulele class… through some form of gathering or another, you made human contact. They’re geniuses, too, ones who are also sick of being perfect. Being teenagers, if that, the gang realizes that somehow, they have to survive off their measly savings.

To shake things up, there are bad people out there in the big, bad, scary world. These people noticed our li’l smarty-pusses, and that they could make some big bucks if they used them to hack into security systems, forge documents so they look real… And these people are really good trackers.

So here we are, down to our last dollars, in the middle of nowhere in some tiny town, planning our next move, how we are going to continue our education yet still live a relatively normal life with equally intelligent trackers hunting us down.

Will you join us?


Rules:

1.) No god-modding and all that.

2.) Mild and minimal swearing is allowed, so long as it’s mild and minimal. Nothing harsh, and not all the time.

3.) Keep everything PG-13 or under, or else...

4.) Romance is absolutely fine, but NO sex. Period.

5.) Post at least twice a week.

6.) Each post must be at least one hundred words long. That means I am going to copy-paste it onto Word and have it count your words, so you might want to do the same.





Profile Stencil:

If you can, please make two characters. Fifteen character maximum. Take your time writing your profile, and please, fill it out like it is. Don’t change anything, even the appearance part.



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[b]Appearance[/b]
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[b]Up for love?[/b]
 
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That’s about it. If you have any questions, PM me and I’ll get back to you the moment I can.


Link to Discussion Thread.

Name: Sabrina “Star” Walker

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Best Subject(s): Computers, science

Worst subject(s): History

Appearance:
-Hair color, length: Black, pixie-cut with bangs
-Eye color: Medium brown
-Skin color: Pale
-Height: 5’ 8”
-Build: Not too thin, but pretty muscular.
-Dress: Black. Leather. Studs. Black. Get the idea?
-Other: Has always looked older than she really is, and has a big star tattoo by her collar bone.

Personality: The tough feminist, always finding new ways to rebel against Mom. If you say something is a “guy’s thing”, she will go out of her way to do it. Can often be rude in her almost constant teasing, but it’s not intentional. Still, under all that, she’s an optimist who loves to laugh.

Weaknesses and Flaws: Clumsy, trips over her own feet a little too much. Her evil sense of humor and love of teasing people has lost her quite a few friends. Is rude when stressed.

Likes: Cold pizza with chocolate syrup, video games, swimming, and her friends.

Dislikes: People who stereotype her as a Goth or motorcycle rider, remembering historic dates, riddles

Habits: Stares at people when she’s thinking hard.

History: Was homeschooled her entire life by her mom, and was so determined to not be like her good, sweet, gentle friends that she spent every waking moment since she was twelve going through her idea of rebelling. Now, it’s just a way of life. She can’t remember a day where she wasn’t different from her skirt-wearing, makeup-hating violinist playmates. Nothing exciting happened, and it killed her.

Up for love? Yesh.

Other: One older sister, one younger sister, and two younger brothers. Rides a motorcycle.

Picture(s): Just imagine a smile there…





Name: James Welt

Gender: Male

Age: 11

Best Subject(s): Social studies, Languages (French and Latin)

Worst subject(s): Mathematics

Appearance:
-Hair color, length: Dirty blond, about two or three inches long… I think.
-Eye color: Blue.
-Skin color: Pink-y, like a been-in-the-sun-with-SPF-10 pink.
-Height: 4’ 6”
-Build: Absolutely no muscle mass. Healthy weight.
-Dress: Simple and professional. Pants, tennis shoes and a collared shirt is the usual.
-Other: Nice teeth.

Personality: Sweet and innocent with a can-do attitude. James is always alarmed if he offends someone, and will try everything in his power to fix it. Is actually very formal, and a real gentleman.

Weaknesses and Flaws: Is really weak. Can barely carry his backpack.

Likes: Helping others, reading, his family

Dislikes: Anaerobic exercise, fractions

Habits: Paces. A lot. It’s how he’s not a couch potato.

History: The only child in the family, was taken to game shows and other assorted goodies with cash prizes. He realized that his knowledge wasn’t doing any good that way, and decided that he had to go out and figure out what his gift is for on his own.

Up for love? No. Eleven-year-old here.

Other: Carries a backpack with changes of clothes, a first aid kit, urban survival kit, two dictionaries and a picture of his family.

Picture(s): Yup.

I claim a spot! And do you mind if my character is a pianist? Like a musical prodigy? Just for a change.. if not, I understand but if so, that would be lovely .

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Name: Holbrook, Alexander (Alex)



Gender: Male



Age: 17



Best Subject(s): Musical Theory, English



Worst subject(s): Math, Science



Appearance:

-Hair color, length: Black, whispy hair. Sometimes completely out of control with a little bit of brown and blonde streaks througout.

-Eye color: A cloudy blue.

-Skin color: Pale

-Height: 5'8 (he's small)

-Build: Lithe and narrow with broad shoulders

-Dress: He wears a lot of band t-shirts and skinny jeans. Tends to dress completely out of character for himself.

-Other: He has a long necklace with a cross on it, though he is a skeptical and far from holy. It was a gift. He also always wears his low-rider skull candies around his neck, has a few piercings on his face and tattoos down his right arm and along his back.



Personality: Timid and quiet. Likes to be alone with his piano or guitar. He is easily spooked, but has a determined personality when it comes to things that matter to him. He has an awkward humor but likes it when people laugh, if he has to be around people at all.



Weaknesses and Flaws: He is easily hurt, and easy to run away. He is not great around people.



Likes: He loves music and is always adorned with a battered pair of skull candies and his favourite MP3. He loves animals, and books. Mostly, though, he loves his piano and keyboard. He plays way beyond his years.



Dislikes: Loud noises unless its music. People. Large places and big crowds. Obnoxious people, and people who look at him and refrain from talking, rendering him voiceless in their judgements. Although quiet, he hates to be voiceless, to not be able to change peoples minds. He is a quiet leader.



Habits: He chews on the end of the cross around his neck. He also bites his lip when hes nervous, and pretends to play the piano on a table or desk when there is none to be found. He hums a lot but usually only classics. He always sings the beatles when he's showering.



History: Being homeschooled, Alex concentrated on the things that mattered most to him. English and music. His parents were very rich, and very busy leaving him alone with tutors and nannies all his life. He never knew what it was like to have parents, in that sense. Them never being there didn't affect him much, though, for he always had his music.

His tutors had a hard time trying to teach him math and science because of his ill-contempt towards the said subjects and or lack of interest. Within due time, he found himself far behind in those subjects and far excelling the regular in the subjects that interested him. He was quick.

When he turned 15 and no longer needed to be constantly guarded, he had started rebelling towards what he was 'supposed' to do and what he 'should' do. He started dressing in bright colours and skinny jeans, letting go of the strict wardrobe he had as a child. He even went as far as to forge signatures so he could get tattoos down his right arm. All of different meanings. He also adorns a pair of angel wings tattooed on his back showing that he is no longer tied down.

His parents were very angry about this, and he still continues to bicker with them about it. Because they are rarely home, it was never much of a problem. His lip piercings and spacers were never really a bother to them, due to the severity of all the body art he adorned.



Up for love? Yup



Other: Make fun of his music and he cries.



Picture(s):

This is him

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Name: Ephriam Robin Nelson



Gender: Male



Age: 17



Best Subject(s): PE (can you count that as a serious subject?), Music, Languages



Worst subject(s): Biology



Appearance:

-Hair color, length: dirty blond hair color. His hair is not long but not short either.

-Eye color: GREEN

-Skin color: a white with a good tan.

-Height: 5.9... is that 180cm?

-Build: Tall and muscular but not in the bulky way

-Dress: jeans, converse or vans, a band shirt, a sweater usually.

-Other: His eyes look like he can see right into your soul.



Personality: Fun, Outgoing, loves music, is a good cook, truthful, trustworthy, strong, sporty, very musical.



Weaknesses and Flaws: sometimes he can be rude, just because he is straightforward. creeped out by weird people and people repeating themselves.



Likes: Music, Coffee, Sushi, Shopping for shoes, old movies, people who laugh allot, Soccer, Football...



Dislikes: the cold, chewed nails



Habits: idk, ill add it later... sry



History: Ephraim was brought up in a very religious family. he and his sister were home schooled, because their parents believed the outside world was so bad and full of evil, that the kids shouldn't have to face it. The only contact with the outer world he has had was sports and music lessons.



Up for love? Sure, why not.



Other: ill also add that later... sry... brain blockage right now...



Picture(s): sry haven't found anybody matching the criteria...

Profile: I added a few more stuff because mine isn't that explanatory!





Name: Rosette White

Gender: Female

Age: 15

Best Subject(s): Maths, history and Sports

Worst subject(s): Art

Appearance:

-Hair color, length: Long brown hair which fall's to waistin a mass of waves and ringlets. Usually held up into a high ponytail by yellow peice of lace.

-Eye color: Dark brown almost black though the shades of colour change during the time of day from Moss tinted brown to a dirt red.

-Skin color: A creamy tan

-Height: 5'8

-Build: Slim

-Dress: A white poofy dress which falls just above knees, a large red ribbon going across the middle and white stockings. On her feet she wears tan ugg boots. She wears a ribbon with a heart around her neck.

-Other: Sometimes she wears a cat eared beanie when she is extremely shy or happy.



Personality: Happy, bubbly, adventerous and childish. Rosette likes to do anything that has to do with something that isn't mature. She loves to run, jump and skip and often doesn't watch what she is doing. She likes hanging around with people who do not gossip about other people.


Weaknesses and Flaws: Put's people in front of her own safety risking her own life for theirs. Her flaw's are she speaks way to fast for people to understand and often acts ditzy.



Likes: Anything childish, adventuring through the middle of no where. She likes people who laugh a lot and are free from gossiping. And she loves immaturity and helping other when they're down or in trouble!



Dislikes: Horrible and gossiping people. People who use others to get their war and people who are rotten and tease other's for what they are trying to achieve.



Habits: Jump around when ever she is trying to talk seriously.


History: She comes from a strict family which moved from Bosnia because of the war. Her Mother and Father treat her like the golden child instead of her brohters when all she wants to be seen as the little troublemaker. She lost her great Aunty and friend (Shark boy) making it hard on her life to stay chirpy all the time. She was homeschooled once she hit middle school because her father thought she was excelling way to much for the school. Her parents hide her away from other people in the world not letting her make friends with a lot of people unless they're her parents choice. The only true group of friends Rosette has are the ones she makes from sport clubs.



Up for love? I guess so



Other: She usually goes off into her own little world when ever she is all by herself. She can fight in unarmed combat and can use a bow and arrow because her father taught her.



Picture(s): Can't find any.

Dreamer: Sure, your kid can be that!

Also, everyone, try not to have too many best subjects. Like superpowers in other storybooks, too many would make you too powerful. And your character cannot be 5' 8", 5' 9", or 5' 7" from now on. This is getting freakishly similar.

Name: Elaine Hicks



Gender: Female



Age: 16


Best Subject(s): Ballet (if that's okay)



Worst subject: Math



Appearance:

-Hair color, length: Golden brown with soft curls down to the middle of her back

-Eye color: Light blue and gray

-Skin color: Pale, but not sickly pale

-Height: 5'3

-Build: She's small and rather larger chested for a ballerina, but she's still small compared to average girls. She has great posture and is really flexible.

-Dress: Usually wears black flats with her faded jeans and whatever blouse she wants to wear.

-Other: Usually wears her hair up



Personality: She tends to get lost in the music. She day dreams a lot, but others just call that zoning out. Sometimes, since she's more to herself, people think that she's stuck up, but she's really not. She just enjoys her own company.



Weaknesses and Flaws: She doesn't communicate well. She tries to handle things herself and will eventually get herself into trouble. Her big flaw is her vanity. Because of being raised a ballerina, she has be constantly in control of her weight and make sure she looks perfect unless she's lounging around the house.


Likes: Dancing, lounging, classical music, junk food



Dislikes: healthy food that she has to eat, going on pointe for hours, her mom



Habits: twirling her ponytail, grinding her teeth when she gets annoyed



History: Elaine was raised by her grandmother, whom she calls Grand, and her mother wasn't in the picture until she was nine. Her mother is addicted to prescription medication. She took custody of Elaine for half a year, and abused her verbally and sometimes physically all that time. She called her fat, stupid, ugly, every single insult she could come up with she said. Elaine told Grand, and Grand took her back immediately. Elaine had almost shut down emotionally, so Grand signed her up for a ballet class. It was almost immediately known that Elaine was a prodigy and she's been in it ever since. Her mother is still in the picture, but not nearly as much.



Up for love?: Yes



Other:



Picture(s):http://greeneyes17.deviantart.com/art/Ballerina-01-68456080

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Name: Payton Allison
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Best Subject(s) (maximum two): Engineering Technology and Chemistry
Worst subject(s): History and Literacy
Appearance: Payton has shoulder length brown hair with natural burnt sienna highlights. It's very layered. She's medium height but has muscle on her which makes her appear shorter. She's built like a dancer. She has amber eyes, olive skin and very pointy features. She's part Italian and part German, and it shows in her appearance. She prefers to dress in black.

-Hair color, length: Shoulder length, very layered, with natural burnt sienna highlights.
-Eye color: Amber.
-Skin color: Olive.
-Height: 5'4''
-Build: Dancer's
-Dress: Elegant black.
-Other: She always carries around a black messenger bag with anything you could possibly think of stuffed into it.

Personality: She's crude, harsh and horribly honest, so much so that it's a flaw. She's your usual tough girl, she's defensive, she comes on pretty hard and has a very imposing aura. She's pretty athletic, and not always as mean as her first impressions express. Sure, she's sarcastic and manipulative, but she can also mellow down quite a bit where she's rather fun to talk to. She's very ambitious and would like to one day be at the top of the engineering world. She's not competitive, more she can find higher spots to worm herself into.
Weaknesses and Flaws: She has a temper and can be very violence impulsive. She'll lash out at you if you make her mad. (Which doesn't happen too often fortunately. She's tough, so mad doesn't occur.)
Likes: She likes logic puzzles, sociology and driving really fast on a freeway.
Dislikes: People who don't speak up for themselves, don't defend their positions.
Habits: She used to be very anorexic and bulimic and of the very light eating habits have stuck with her. Sometimes she just can't swallow her food and she passes out.
History: Her parents were simply ecstatic when they found out about her precociousness at age 7 when she balanced a complex chemical equation at a science convention. She understood everything immediately. So naturally, her parents entered her in every young scientist contest they could find and pressured her very hard to win. "Honour your family, make us proud", were the words she heard nearly every day when she slaved through chemistry and engineering technology studies. Her media attention made her very self concious and anorexia and bulimia began to set in. When her parents figured out something was up, like her jagged brown and yellow teeth from the stomach acids, and her constantly dwindling body mass, they stuck her in rehab. When she was suitable enough to leave, she ran away to her Aunt's house. (Her mum and her aunt never speak so it works out.)
Up for love? Ya
Other: She's really good at keeping a straight face. Also, she's training as a boxer and it has done wonders for her physique. She's already won a number of awards.

hey dreamwalker.
want alex to be besties with eph? for eg they know each other from idk some music class?

Seven characters. We can start now, if you all want.

Yeppo!

Can I join?

But of course! We have three boys: two seventeen and one eleven. If you want to make a boy, any other age would be wonderful. But, you don't have to.

Sure, I'll be one - that's fine. To level out the genders, hey?



Name: Rex Regis Incursio - Prefers Regis (Only lets those close to him call him Rex. He is also known as "Hack King" on the Net)

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Best Subject(s) (maximum two): Computer Programming (IPT) and Biology

Worst subject(s): English and Graphics

Appearance:

-Hair color, length: Bright red, red I say, not orange. It comes down to just below his ears and contains partial natural highlights.

-Eye color: Emerald green with little specks of gold scattered through them.

-Skin color: Pale, has-barely-seen-the-sun white.

-Height: 187.6cm/6'2"

-Build: Lanky, he has the type of build most teenage guys get. They sprout up and after awhile fill out. Regis has yet to fill out, though he has some surprising muscle.

-Dress: Business long sleeve shirts with pants that hardly ever match, like boardies or skinnies (skinny jeans). He can always be seen wearing a spiked leather bracelet around his right wrist.

-Other: Has a small, almost invisible scar through his left eyebrow.

Personality: Regis is a little bit strange, if you would like to call it strange. He is blunt to the point of insanity, but sometimes he twists the words he says to make it seem like something else entirely. Regis is very curious and watchful. He has a monotone, relaxed way of speaking, which, if you didn't know him any better, you would think matches him. He has a twisted sense of humour and barely shows facial expressions, but he is very bitter at the world.

Weaknesses and Flaws: Is mentally unstable. Sometimes he will see something that reminds him of his past and he will completely flip out - with different random emotions, one day it could be anguish, the next anger, and the next complete happiness.

Likes: Computers and discussion about the composition of the universe.

Dislikes: People who can't take the truth and "brain-food".

Habits: When thinking he can often be seen running a finger over the middle spike on his leather bracelet.

History: Regis has a sort of bleak history. His family, a prestigious family who had connections to geniuses, only believed in raising intelligent children. When they found he wanted more to play outside and in the mud, they were frustrated and locked him inside and only allowed tutors to see him. He was home-schooled for a long time. When he turned 14 he had read enough books about the outside world and decided to leave. After escaping he realised how horrible it was. He was kidnapped and held for ransom, and suffered horrible injuries at the hands of his kidnappers. His parents paid for him, taking him to the hospital, he but a shivering husk of his former self. They managed to heal most of his wounds and treat them, but they missed the small one above his left eyebrow. Regis' parents decided, for lack of any other choices, to follow their psychiatrist's advice and let him experience the real world to see that it could also be nice as well as bad.

Up for love? Sure, why not?

Other: Is actually quite gentlemanly, if you dig deep underneath all the shit that he lived through.

Picture(s):

Spoiler

http://jounetsunoakai.deviantart.com/art/danshigakusei-114486616
http://jounetsunoakai.deviantart.com/art/hiratsuka-119971022
*eyes are not the same colour*

So . . . when are we going to start?