User:Aeriesol/Bailiwick

Zoraida Marasigan


Zoraida Soledad Bláithín Méabh Marasigan

the papier-mâché lakambini 💎 slytherin fifth year

stronger than anyone ever gave her credit for.

"I know how it is to wake up one day and find out that there's no breakfast at the table and all your siblings are hungry. I know how it is to learn that Mom has to sell the house and that we have to move. I know how it is to get laughed at in school and get pushed around and shrieked at. "Where's your daddy, huh? OH YEAH. DEAD." I know how it is to learn to fight back, which parts of the head will hurt most when the hair is ripped out, how to kick hard, use my elbows, and kick at shins. I know how it is to figure out where your classmates keep their lunch money and the stealthiest way to work through the lock and get it to get your family dinner. I know how it is to be repeatedly told that I can't do anything because I'm just a child and that I should let the adults handle it. I know how it is to give my siblings half my meal because they're still hungry even though I haven't eaten. I know how it is to curl up in the cot at night and bite back the tears because everyone else is breaking and I'm the only one left to hold this together. I know how it is to be yelled at and beaten for begging for money by my own mother. I know how it is to be lectured that we shouldn't beg because dignity is the only thing we have left, or the shreds of it anyway. I know how to be forced to understand the rules of the streets and the best ways to steal the money. I know how it is to have something to eat but not have enough of it so I'm still hungry. I know how it is to be spat at, sneered at, ignored, dismissed, and be the subject of every other type of bullying. I know how it is to want to die because this isn't living, it's surviving. I know how it is to want to end it there and now. I know how it is to get a reality check that if I kill myself I kill everyone I care as well. I know how it is to understand that we're all dying anyway and there's no real difference between dying now and later because we're done for either way. I know how it is to stop trusting in everyone except yourself because nobody really cares until it's done and over with."

I kinda need opinions from all over if anyone's stalking this...? Too cliche or...? TOO CLICHE. Overkill cliche. Redo her completely. Make a few adjustments! NOOOOOOOOOOO SHE SOUNDS FINE AS SHE IS. YOU DON'T NEED OUR OPINIONS WRITE YOUR CHARACTERS AS YOU WANT.

A destitute descendant of an ARMP ex-House who starves the majority of the time because she gives her food to her younger siblings who need it more than she does. She went to Hogwarts solely for the food and thinks she's Muggle-born but isn't.


 * Mixed blood/half-blood
 * I'm debating on whether or not to make her full out straight because I will literally have zero straight characters once this term is over, and my other in-progress characters are either aro/ace and bi...
 * BLERGH, help please.
 * No longer pure Pinay but lived in the Philippines for most of her life.
 * Illegal immigrant in Muggle Britain because her mother took the chance to get them out of the country
 * Street smart, could be book smart if she had the time and resources
 * Is now basically faced with the problem of feeding her family in a country they're not supposed to be in
 * Has five siblings and one mother. Father was a military man who died fighting in Iraq.
 * Sibling names: Xiomara, Onóra, and Nieves for the girls. TBD for the boys.
 * Unbelievably protective of them.
 * They have her wrapped around their fingers...
 * Semi-fluent in English, struggles with more in-depth conversation
 * Jewish/Catholic family, so she grudgingly accepts the belief that there's a God out there somewhere at the very least.
 * Lives in the East End of London
 * Probably has a knack for deciphering all sorts of weird foreign accents as long as they're speaking English. I'm not really sure. :\
 * Pick-pocket, has been since she was 4. Really good at it.
 * Used to nick her Muggle classmates' lunch money to buy dinner for her siblings.
 * Has now taken to filching galleons and jewelry from Diagon-Alley-goers
 * Loves the beach. Most things that relate to the beach. Could be a professional swimmer. Collects seashells. Adores the ocean in general. Marine biologist/oceanographer. Likes stained glass art. Freakishly good at any type of card game. Dog person. Dislikes practical jokes. Preference for crime/mystery novels (Agatha Christie is basically her idol) and dystopian fiction. Enjoys making papier-mâché in her spare time.
 * "Too filthy to care." and "And I'm Paris Hilton." are used in everyday conversation.
 * She more or less ignores it when people ask who she is and allow them to introduce themselves first, then to show her disinterest, replies with "And I'm Paris Hilton."
 * "Not a politician" is her motto.
 * Practical, analytical, knows how to pick her fights and win them
 * Conditioned to accept horror?
 * Shuts down her own feelings in favor of thinking logically to get herself out of the terrible situations.
 * Cynical, extremely so.
 * Alternates between "Everyone's just out to get you" ,"Okay, so maybe people aren't that bad, but I still hate them" and "oh my fucking God I need an apocalypse NOW!"
 * To a certain degree, especially if it involves her siblings.
 * Completely incapable of expressing gratitude properly, because NO ONE has ever truly helped her in her entire life.
 * Influenced by her mother to not take help unless in dire situations.
 * As an extension, works alone -all the time-
 * Struggles with emotionally-induced words in general.
 * May have an eating disorder, need to research.
 * She can't stand idiots.
 * What's up with everyone wanting small talk? Get to the damn point.
 * Has a HUGE soft spot for anyone younger. The younger, the easier it is to break her shell. She can handle the most bratty without batting an eye.
 * In retrospect, dislikes anyone older than her automatically. Especially adults. She more or less has an innate sense on figuring out people's ages.
 * Probably visits Lil Bundles whenever she can.
 * She's eventually going to become my backstabber character (one more for the bucketlist), after everyone in her family dies except for one sibling. Then she leaves that sibling in Lil Bundles because she doesn't want to scar them. Then becomes completely loyal to herself...unless someone changes that. (cOUGH POSSIBLE SHIP HERE COUGH)


 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral. Those that came close were: Chaotic Evil (29), Chaotic Good (24), Neutral Evil (19), and True Neutral (19) respectively.
 * Turning out more villainous yet not than I first expected.
 * Negative: Materialistic, withdrawn/detached/disinterested, manipulative, anti social, deceitful
 * Positive: Savvy, charming, elegant, analytical (this is kind of just the other side of manipulative, so it's debatable), flexible, purposeful


 * Average grades, but isn't intellectually challenged at all.
 * High grades in: Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts/Dark Arts, and Potions
 * Suffers with a P-T: None really.
 * Likes Astronomy but isn't really that good at it.
 * Struggles with Healing spells.


 * Model: Vanessa Hudgens
 * Wears secondhand robes, secondhand everything.
 * She could give less of a sh!t about fashion. What matters is the food in her family's bellies.


 * Danger classification: Looks like she can kill, can actually kill you, would actually kill you
 * Through various methods which will not be disclosed, she managed to train in silat/kuntao and Arnis fighting.
 * Knows how the hell to handle a gun, shoot it, and damage.
 * While they may live in the slums, Zoraida is literally the only one in the living family who can shoot their .38 Chief's Special (medium-speed load, carries six rounds).
 * Her above average skill in Potions allows her to experiment a little...

If What We Had Was Real, How Could You Be Fine?


  Amnesia - 5SOS 

''I drove by all the places we used to hang out getting wasted I thought about our last kiss, how it felt, the way you tasted And even though your friends tell me you're doing fine Are you somewhere feeling lonely even though he's right beside you? When he says those words that hurt you, do you read the ones I wrote you? '''Sometimes I start to wonder, was it just a lie? If what we had was real, how could you be fine? 'Cause I'm not fine at all  I remember the day you told me you were leaving I remember the make-up running down your face And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them Like every single wish we ever made I wish that I could wake up with amnesia And forget about the stupid little things Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you And the memories I never can escape  'Cause I'm not fine at all   The pictures that you sent me they're still living in my phone I'll admit I like to see them, I'll admit I feel alone And all my friends keep asking why I'm not around  It hurts to know you're happy, yeah, it hurts that you've moved on It's hard to hear your name when I haven't seen you in so long  It's like we never happened, was it just a lie? If what we had was real, how could you be fine? 'Cause I'm not fine at all I remember the day you told me you were leaving I remember the make-up running down your face And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them Like every single wish we ever made I wish that I could wake up with amnesia And forget about the stupid little things Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you And the memories I never can escape  If today I woke up with you right beside me Like all of this was just some twisted dream I'd hold you closer than I ever did before And you'd never slip away And you'd never hear me say  I remember the day you told me you were leaving I remember the make-up running down your face And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them Like every single wish we ever made I wish that I could wake up with amnesia And forget about the stupid little things Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you And the memories I never can escape  'Cause I'm not fine at all No, I'm really not fine at all Tell me this is just a dream 'Cause I'm really not fine at all'

this reminded me too much of them and you know exactly who i'm talking about. xD

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an angsty collection of burnt-to-ashes scribbles of a certain asian girl.


 * -|1=

Never knew it was possible to be a tightrope walker on the boundary of numbness and excruciating mental agony.


 * -|2=

I'm fine. Don't worry about me, Rina!


 * -|3=

Valentin, will you please get off my case?! Just...leave me alone already.


 * -|4=

If you honestly think I'm crying over just a boy, you're the insane one. There's so much you don't know about me.


 * -|5=

Cecilie, forgive me for lying to you like this.


 * -|6=

I have to do something, dammit, Reynie! I don't care if this kills me!


 * -|7=

The boathouse is a nice place at night to get paper cuts.


 * -|8=

It's not you. It's not anyone. It's my fault, okay? I'm sorry. God, I'm so sorry.


 * -|9=

Why are you mad at me, Dad? Where did I go wrong? Listen. Please. Please listen to me.


 * -|10=

You brought this on us, Mum. It's not your fault though. I hate me too.


 * -|11=

Be happy, Tori. Be happy. I hope you're happy. Sincerely happy. I didn't deserve you.


 * -|12=

Realized I was insignificant that day.


 * -|13=

I can't stop.


 * -|14=

Almost got caught.


 * -|15=

Does it really matter if I'm injured?


 * -|16=

I'm too aware of my own selfishness to say that I love all of you.


 * -|17=



'''they were too late. they were always too late.'''

Character Management


Total amount of characters: 10

Bold equals certain. Italics indicate they are yet to be seen.

'''The Fernandezes will be returning temporarily to the Philippines (and transferring back to PIM) due to complications with local politics and Ismael's disconcerting decline of health. (-2, 1 planned, 1 made, a little effect)'''

'''Rheine will be purportedly reported dead either midsummer or the start of summer. COD is ostensibly suicide by poison. She'll have sent bottles of her memories to Victoria, Cecilie, and the Fernandezes, and owl them all AND Boyce one last time. (-1, made character, devastating effect)'''

''Sabina may return to Ireland with Cait and Orfla once this league ends. (-1, made character, some effect due to Aerich)''

'''Psyche may disappear with no forewarning immediately after the end of the league. (-1, made character, some effect due to Edmund)'''

That's 10 - 3 = 7 for certain and at least temporarily. If all of them go through, that'll be half of my characters gone. I have Nausikaa and Zoraida in planning, so I think...I've got this handled.

Can You Feel This Magic in the Air?


It must have been the way you kissed me.

— Today Was a Fairytale, Taylor Swift

credit to who else but ellie, aka coding aristocrat

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Who are your characters crushing on?


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''What are your characters' relationship statuses? Who have they dated? Are they looking for a relationship?''


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Who will your characters always love non-romantically?


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What are your characters' sexual and romantic orientations?


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''How likely is it for your characters to become jealous, especially romantically? How would they react?''


 * -|Virginity=

''Are your characters virgins? If not, who did they lose it to?''


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Things You Most Probably Don't Know/Care For About My Characters


Rheine and Kate are my most dangerous characters, believe it or not.

Sabina is the least likely to commit a murder.

Psyche has three jobs: veterinarian, Quidditch player, and if I told you the third one, she'd kill me and you.

Elodie listens to Halsey a lot.

Kress doesn't mind listening to 1D and she never ever trash talks them for some unfathomable reason.

None of my student characters have been in Hogwarts if they were Sorted above first. Rheine and Joan both attended for the first time in their fourth and second years respectively due to complicated circumstances, and were both to a degree unaware of their heritage until then. Aspirin, Zeph, Kress, and Valentin all came from foreign schools (Beauxbatons, Mahoutokoro, PIM). My adult characters (auto graduates) are both introverted and have at least one person that can be vouched as their friend (Edmund for Psyche's EESM days and Cait/Aerich for Sabina's Hogwarts' days) and thus it isn't so unrealistic that any of their classmates during the school years never spoke to them.

Aspirin is officially the most cinnamon roll-y of my characters and has a tendency to be almost inhumanly cute in eVERY DAMN SITUATION.

Tamara is one hell of a screamer (reaching 100dB at max), so be glad she doesn't get scared easily. (courtesy of her twin sister's love for horror)

Attempting to Humanize Fiction


aka random bits and bobs i need to jot down.


 * Need to work on listing all my characters' likes and dislikes and little quirks, but this is an endless project.
 * Kress laughs at the idea of love. Love means you're going to abandon your family then get killed? No thanks.


 * "I don't want to be like my mother. I'm not her, even though I look so much like her. I'm not her. So why does it feel like the world is dealing out the punishment for her on me?

Ideas That Will Never Ever Set Sail


Crappy, ridiculous, and moronic future character ideas that nobody would ever give a f*ck about because they're that horrible. Take note of the excessive use of "a/an", because it's loner roleplayer mode again. I warned you, didn't I?


 * A hydrophobic Slytherin.
 * Quintuplets that all look exactly the same but with varying sexualities.
 * A character with septicemia. Tamara.
 * A character with hypokalemia. (Kress was supposed to be this, but she doesn't need any more health problems tbh.) Tamara.
 * A character with chronic urticaria. (Zeph </3)
 * An asexual character with HIV due to blood transfusion problems. (ILLORI FRIGGING CONTRAIRE DARP VERSION though I'm not sure if this'd be allowed)
 * A character who fakes their death and changes their identity every single year because they don't want to get attached to anyone. (...there's probably a mental disorder linked to this?)
 * A heliophobic werewolf.
 * An orphaned character who lives in a circus but actually has a Muggle dad who suffered from amnesia while working for the FBI/CIA as a secret agent. (KATE FREAKING WETHERALL.)
 * The epitome of average character that I still need to figure out how to make interesting.
 * A character with photographic memory who has social anxiety and anxiety in general.
 * One who eventually grows up to be an information broker/criminal.
 * An aspiring LGBT+ Auror who comes from a -phobic, criminal family and is bullied a lot.
 * An aromantic character whose catchphrase is "I love ice cream and ice cream alone, but you can't be ice cream because a. you're hot and b. you're a person."
 * Family prolly owns Florean's or some other ice cream store chain.
 * A character who speaks in book quotes.
 * A character who speaks using random music lyrics.
 * A character who is intensely good at mythology. (Was supposed to be Rheine....but eh, the world works in weird ways.) Tamara and Nausikaa.
 * A character who doesn't believe in love anymore because her mum left her dad because of financial issues. ( Used to be Rheine Wait, no, this is still Rheine, LOL.)
 * "But if you like causing trouble up in hotel rooms." A purely platonic relationship that likes to wreak havoc by messing around in public places and gets into jail all the time.
 * An extremely superstitious and paranoid character.
 * A character who has this weird habit of befriending ONLY criminals, outcasts, loners, black sheep, etcetera and gets into loads of sh!t for them and naturally gets backstabbed or abandoned all the fricking time.
 * A character whose guilty pleasure is collecting all kinds of stuffed toys.
 * A character who passes out every time they make eye contact with someone.
 * A color-blind character. The see-completely-no-color kind of color blindness.
 * That extremely health conscious health freak character.
 * ORTHOREXIA NERVOSA.
 * An asexual character who's gifted af in poetry and is a total cinnamon roll with social anxiety but leaves poems for platonic loves EVERYWHERE.

Tamara Maksimilianovna Vasilyeva



 * Killing FOUR FIVE birds with one stone by:
 * Making her for Sadie's Zodiac project. (Aries)
 * Making her a relative of Orbit's Malachai Sutton.
 * Making her a relative of Lilly's Morgan Reese.
 * Making her a relative of Nyahcat's Svetla Vasilyeva.
 * TWINS WITH PEARL.


 * Tamara Maksimilianovna Sutton Vasilyeva
 * Nicknames: Тома, Томочка, Тамарушка - Toma, Tomochka, Tamarushka
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 * 4th year Gryffindor
 * Transfer student.
 * Went to Koldovstoretz for years 1-3 and got into a shitton of trouble (but always charmed her way out.)
 * Born on April 2, 2012
 * Looks Russian because family genetics work in curious ways.
 * REDHEAD I ADORE REDHEADS OKAY SHUT UP GO AWAY she's my fourth redhead oops there goes that 40%/4 character redhead limit
 * Darya Lebedeva/Cintia Dicker
 * WB Pic?
 * Red hair is a recessive gene so logic.
 * 
 * High speed metabolism is fantastic. She can basically eat an entire buffet and not gain a pound. xD
 * Loves food. Tries out everything.


 * Incredibly complicated family tree, one to rival a wiki family.
 * Thrown into adoption by her mum BUT GOT ADOPTED BY SVETLA'S DAD
 * Full sister of Malachai, half of Morgan's, NIKKI IS HER DIZYGOTIC/FRATERNAL TWIN, adoptive sister of Svetla Vasilyeva


 * Ah, a multifaceted snowflake ember.
 * BASED OFF TAMARA RAJAVI FROM THE MAGISTERIUM SERIES
 * "I don't care about appearances. I don't want to be the person who just gets things done. I want to do the right thing. I don't care if we have to lie or cheat or cut corners or break rules to do it."
 * PROBABLY ALSO BASED OFF SOMEONE IN SIX OF CROWS NOT SURE YET THOUGH
 * A character with septicemia and hypokalemia. Go for fatal illnesses.
 * >:D To make her family worry like hell over her when she needs to be hospitalized oops no regrets.
 * aNGER ANGER don't piss her off.
 * ANGER ISSUES. SERIOUS ANGER ISSUES. I need to stop giving my characters anger issues. First act of magic was triggered by anger.
 * She'll always have the last word in arguments.
 * Energy and dynamism, yas.
 * DEFEAT IS NOT AN OPTION THOUGH.
 * THERE'S AAAA FIYAAAAH STARTING IN HER HEART- craves for action. hates not having anything to do. probably proactive in everything.
 * Knows Система (Systema/The System) martial arts, sambo, and bare-knuckle boxing.
 * Probably a Beater for Gryffindor.
 * ENFP, but I rushed this so it's possibly inaccurate
 * 
 * ENTP? ENTP.
 * Nope, she's more ESTP/reckless. xD I HAVE FINALLY COME TO THIS DECISION.
 * Her twin encompasses the competitive side of the Aries, Tam probably shares the whole stubbornness/determination/reckless traits but isn't as competitive.
 * Has a penchant for taking ridiculous dares and coming out on top.
 * Can't resist weird dares. As long as it's something fun and fresh and new and you don't think it's possible, she WILL do it.
 * Can plan for the post-apocalypse like nobody's business.
 * Pays like 0.9999% attention in class but still manages to bullshit her way to Os in tests
 * Nobody ever realizes she's not arguing and she's actually agreeing with her opponent in debates but is instead just pointing out all the flaws like a pro.
 * Hella confident and comes off as cocky sometimes.


 * Interests:
 * A complete genius at anything candy related. Makes her own candy and gives sweets to her friends on the daily. It's noteworthy that her teeth are perfect and more or less immune to cavities.
 * A character who is intensely good at mythology.
 * Brilliant at chess and checkers, even though I'm not sure how to roleplay this.
 * Wizard chess school champion.
 * Is even more brilliant at monopoly. She's too good at this, to the point few people bother to play with her (reluctantly).
 * MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH. BRILLIANT AT MATH. ADVANCED INTEGRATION, DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS, ADVANCED DIFFERENTIATION, LOCI, QUADRATIC INEQUALITIES, TRIGONOMETRY, LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS. not probability and statistics because /I/ don't know how to do that stuff yet
 * ONOMASTICS. HAPPILY RECITES SHIZZAM WHEN SOMEBODY INTRODUCES THEMSELVES.
 * REALLY REALLY LIKES NEW THINGS AND UNKNOWN THINGS SHE MUST TRY EVERYTHING AND EXPLORE EVERYTHING.
 * "Don't tell an ENTP that we can't fly a rocket to Mars, build a 200-story skyscraper, or communicate over two-way wrist radios. That will be an invitation for the ENTP to prove you wrong."
 * Above still applies, sort of.
 * Debates. God, she adores debates.
 * She really, really likes debating stuff. Rarely for pure sport though.
 * Kind of frowns down on shipping, though Sveta is a massive shipper. She feels like it's putting pressure on the people being shipped.
 * Not a hopeless romantic. Romance can wait, tyvm.
 * On that "interests" note....greysexual, greyromantic.
 * An extreme LGBTQ supporter.
 * Wants to work for NASA or own a chain of confection shops/create her own line of candy or anything, JUST SOMETHING REALLY OFF THE ROCKER. Hell, she'd do eVERYTHING AT ONCE if someone dared her (probably Sveta.)


 * Skills.
 * Mathematics and chess and checkers as aforementioned.
 * Map-making and geography.
 * Lip reading.
 * Hunting and fishing.
 * VOICE IMPRESSIONS WHAT THE HECK.


 * Quirks.
 * Always. has. food. on her. iS VERY PROTECTIVE OF HER FOOD SHE WILL FIGHT YOU ON IT only people she care about get a taste
 * Always has some candy on her. Her robes are probably lined with candy and she totally sneaks it into the classrooms.
 * Pinches the bridge of her nose when she's debating/thinking in general.
 * Entire body sways when she laughs.
 * is probably a very good french kisser no regrets.
 * actually very good at kissing in general. a natural at it no regrets.
 * Tongue clicking.
 * In certain rather frequent moments, yells "BADUMTSSSSS!"
 * Lies to people a lot and makes up whimsical stories with a perfect poker face and laughs her ass off when they realize she's been feeding them bull all this time.
 * Almost always has a conspiracy theory involving her current surroundings she will debate on. And win. And convince people she's right and it's true. And then it turns out she doesn't really believe in the theory herself. I'm not really sure about this anymore.
 * Has crazy, brilliant ideas with the worst timings ever.


 * Page colors. Forgive my slight color-blindness.
 * EEFCCE (Snow, bright white [slightly yellowish])
 * BCB8B1 (Light slate grey, kind of)
 * 463F3A (Dark, bold gray)
 * F4F3EE (Even brighter snow white)
 * FFB399 (Gentle pink)
 * ABD5AE (Light teal?)
 * 98231F (Darkish red)
 * F4E87C (LIGHTYELLOW <3)
 * 3F1B16 (Dark brown, borderline black)

