23/09/2011; Crush reskinned! Oh my gosh! Why don't you all let us know what you think of the new skin? You can comment in the thread found here! If things look out of place for the next little bit (a half hour or so, starting at around 9:00 pm cbox time), it's because the sin is still getting switched over. Please be patient! The skin images and such should all be up now. If you see something out of place - besides images in apps made before today - please let me know so I can fix it! Also, there's a new rule! Check it out!
--- Crush
08/09/2011; So I finally got around to handing out advertising contest prizes. My creativity sorta... died. I couldn't think of anything to add to the prizes, so instead I just gave an extra 200 coins to first, second and third place. Though, we may have to have another one soon, cause this place needs more members. For now, though, I'll settle for the lovely activity check that you can find here! I've sent out a mass email to bother you all to come back, so there's no excuse for not posting in it. If you've posted an away topic, though, don't worry <3 We aren't entirely heartless and we'll take it into account.
--- Crush
18/08/2011; I think it's done... Oh my. Okay, so, if you see anything missing, let me know ASAP. Other than that, we're good to start advertising! WitS is officially open!
--- Crush
18/08/2011; Boards are done! Now, to write stuff up... if anyone wants to work on ideas for the shop perhaps? The rest is pretty easy for me to work on, but my mind isn't thinking of any shop stuff as of this moment in time, so a little help would be nice <3 I'll get to coding the rest tomorrow in the car or something. Maybe xD
--- Crush
17/08/2011; Skin is done.... next up, boards. But that can wait until tomorrow. If you guys have any ideas, lemme know by posting in the "To do" thread!
--- Crush
SUMMER; Hot and humid, this summer is one to be careful of what you do. Don't overexert yourself, or you may quickly come to regret it later. The Grace Hospital is filling up with cases of heat stroke and they're quickly running out of room for the most dire cases, sometimes even resorting to turning people who need the help away due to a lack of beds. Storms to break the heat are rare, but much appreciated when they come. Looks like it'll be a hard year for farmers, too, as it's fairly dry and you can only hand-water so many crops.
{ rev ; i'll be sure to wake you } « Thread Started on Aug 22, 2011, 10:38pm »
silas james gabriel
stay asleep, my little one. ignore the hell that plagues the world outside. soon enough this will all cease to hurt and i'll be by your side.
FULL NAME
Silas James Gabriel
NICKNAMES
S.J., Sly, or Rev
AGE
A very youthful sixteen in appearance, but closer to one hundred and sixty in years lived.
GENDER
Male
RACE
Faery
SEXUALITY
Bisexual
POWERS
Memory manipulation- a power he has because the family of faeries he was born to passed it along to him.
HAIR/FUR
Silas sports lemon blond hair. It's very thick and layered so that it extends outward in spikes. He has bangs that fall into his line of vision. The longest pieces of hair are at the back of his head, falling midway down his neck.
EYES
Silas has brilliant brown eyes. They always communicate an inhuman, comforting warmth characteristic of the faery species.
BODY TYPE
He has a humaniod appearance in his sole form.
APPEARANCE
This teenage looks the part of his species just as much as any other faery out there. Silas has an innocent child-like appearance that serves as a way to disarm other creatures. The warmth of his brilliant brown eyes also reassures others of his intentions in the way of the faeries. As more of a personal trait, Silas has a very straight, trained posture that suggests confidence opposed to general laziness. And his smile alone could inspire a smile for most. Surprisingly, his smirk manages to fit his features just as easily as a smile, giving him a mischievous quality. Silas' heights on the short side for a sixteen year old- he's just shy of five feet, four inches, but few find this odd when they couple his height with his general appearance.
LIKES
Children, citrus flavors, technology, the beauty of children, music, playing the piano, teaching the children something new
DISLIKES
The number eleven, disrespectful children, milk, being alone, the aging of humans, caffeine, when his hair is long, his hands being sticky, and the reality of poverty
STRENGTHS
Excellent power control, good social skills, and exceptional intelligence
WEAKNESSES
Loses sight of the value of friends, loses sleep because of frequent nightmares, blurs the lines of morality on a daily basis, and is nearly unable to deny his stolen children of their requests
HABITS
He has this rather unfortunate habit of ruffling the hair at the back of his head when he's anxious. Silas also drums his fingers on his pant leg when he's bored or thinking hard about something, and he paces if he's alone or if it's too quiet.
SECRETS
He won't say so aloud, but his most guarded secret is that he no longer finds the stolen children as satisfying as he did in his youth. Once the stolen children were someone to take care of, then playmates- now they're responsibility for a few years, then they're just people he knows. While he cares deeply for them, he knows there's more to life than just taking care of the children. Feeling this way disappoints him, however.
PERSONALITY
The first and most important word that describes Silas is magnetic. He has a force completely unique to him that compels strangers to venture closer, to figure him out.The second word is paternal. For all his vices, no one can doubt his fatherly instinct. He's the type of person who'll put everything else aside just to listen to you ramble and feel constantly cared for. On the negative side, he's very cold towards people closer to his age and older than him if he doesn't know them. In fact, if you don't consider him your guardian then getting on his bad side is almost a given. He's harshly honest, overly confident, proud, vengeful, suspicious, and jealous. But if you keep your distance his optimism and charisma are what you'll notice.
FATHER
Quinton Conrad Gabriel - appears thirty-six, is closer to three hundred seventy
MOTHER
Mariah Jordan Gabriel - appears thirty-two, is closer to three hundred twenty.
SIBLINGS
No biological siblings, but his parents have had countless stolen children
LOVE INTERESTS
None presently
CHILDREN
He has no biological children, but he's always 'adopting' kids into his family.
IMPORTANT FIGURES
The most important person is Arthur. He was the first boy Silas took and Silas' best friend until Arthur's death. Silas still has nightmares about Arty.
HISTORY
Silas grew up in a household where he wasn't the favorite. He was his parents only biological kid, but he was treated like a second class citizen. While he got taken care of, he was no one's priority. But he didn't let this deter him from trying to make his parents proud. His mother wanted him to pursue religion and his father wanted him to be a professional military man. They both insisted he had the traits to chase either, so he divided his time and learned to be good at both. The teachings of religion provided him with determination and charisma. The world of military training taught him patience and calmness.
At fourteen Silas took his first child. The act of kidnapping the babies of other species is a cardinal instinct for the faeries, but it's also the reason faeries are an underground species. Silas' first baby was Arthur and, for all sixty years that Arty lived, Silas and he remained very close friends. Even as Silas watched his once lively, beautiful boy age, he was happy. When Arty died of a heart attack at the age of sixty, Silas decided then that he needed to have more than one child at a time, as if this could take away the pain of losing them. It didn't. Arty was the first kid to call him Reverend because at the time he was studying religion. Since then kids have affectionately called him Rev.
You have all heard of unicorns and vampires and these sorts of things, I’m sure. They’re real, all of them. Sure, you can’t find them here on Earth, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t out there. They live in a world where Earth is the story, cars and telephones nothing more than a passing joke. In this world, technology is just starting to pick up on the road to progress and magic is far more common to see. Lately, though, in the center of this world, a place called Carvalo City, a new gang has formed. They call themselves The Faith and they work in the underground tunnels and the shadows of the slums, recruiting members day after day. They think Earth is real and they think they can find a way there. With this appetizing thought, they are gaining power quickly and that’s not all. The blind are beginning to see, those with deformities beginning to heal. Some call it a miracle. Others call it a warning. The only thing solid is that there is no explanation for it, just that it started when The Faith started testing ways to reach Earth. But, is Earth really real, or is it just a story?
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