Monstrumology 101

[Finnick_is_smexy]

This is a RP where you are selected to join a monstrumology acadamy. You can be anyone you like even from the books. I haven't thought of an intro so you can pm me with ideas.

The main teachers:

Pellinore Warthrop: You know him! (Taken; Indispensable )

Name: Noah Rodriguez
Gender: male
Age: 30s
Height: average
Body Type: gangly
Eyes: pale blue
Hair: very long, white blond

Name: Justin Sky
Gender: male
Age: early 50s
Height: slightly above average
Body Type: average
Eyes: dark blue
Hair: very long, curly, light brown

Name: Tina Starker
Gender: female
Age: 30s
Height: above average
Eyes: dark green
Hair: medium, wavy, pale brown

Name: Danielle Wyman
Gender: female
Age: 70s
Height: average
Body Type: solid
Eyes: pale green
Hair: long, wavy, strawberry blonde

Students:
Zoe Sangster (me)
to be filled out


monsters:
Erno- This dog-sized, oozing, draconic monster can be found in caves. It attacks with slashing claws and acid. It can be easily injured with ice. They hunt in bands of 5-10.

Felade- This runty feline monster lairs in secluded forests. It attacks with piercing claws and venom. It fears ice and water. They travel in cland of roughley 20-25.

fill this out to join:

Username:
charecter's name:
looks:
bio:
personality:
history(optional):
other:

example:

Username: admin
charecter's name: Zoe Sangster
looks: tall (well over six feet) with an athetic body type and a fine featured face. She has stylishly long blonde hair and eyes the color of charcoal dust
personality: Extremely witty and irreverent, well-traveled and well-read, and keenly interested in the subjects of morality and monster-hunting, though not necessarily in that order. There seems to be nothing she will not do to destroy the pod of man-eaters, no law that she won’t break, no ethical dilemmas she will consider. In many ways, she is the dark mirror image of Pellinore Warthrop
other: She seems to loves upsetting Dr Wartrop and has on more that one occasion egged the doctor into almost inflicting physical harm upon the blonde. In one case Wartrop actually slaps her, which doesn't seem to upset Zoe in any noticeable way.


EDIT This RP takes place in 2021. Somehow they made Pelinore & Will come back to life. (jk but what if?)

[indispensable]

Username: Indispensable

Character's Name: Dr. Pellinore Warthrop

Looks: Tall, well over six feet, and thin. Pale, with an "angular handsome face," black, wavy hair, and black eyes.

Bio: Not Needed

Personality: "A solitary man, a dweller in silences, a genius enslaved to his own own despotic thought, meticulous in his work, careless in his appearance, given to bouts of debilitating melancholia and driven by demons as formidable as the physical monstrosities he pursued. He [is] a hard man, obstinate, cold to the point of cruelty, with impenetrable motives, and rigid expectations, a strict taskmaster and an exacting teacher..."

History: Not Needed

Other: I plan on playing Pellinore as he is after the third book, meaning he'll be a little more forgiving to Will Henry than he has been in past books (just a heads up to whoever wants to play Will Henry), thanks to character development. However, to everyone else his character will mostly be the insufferable bastard he's always been.

Example:

Pellinore frowned deeply as he rounded up his notes, shoving them with little care into his folder, which he tossed onto the examining table for his apprentice to pack later. In an hour and a half the Doctor would giving a lecture at the new school over the Astomi, much to his loathing.

"I can't believe I let that old fool trick me into this," the monstrumologist growled out loud before continuing his thoughts silently. Lecturing to a bunch of whining, flighty children. What was von Helrung thinking?! Trying to teach Monstrumology like it's some half-besotted nursery rhyme that can be passed on to the indolent masses? "He should be hung for crimes against humanity!" The doctor's last thought was shouted with a note of disgust, before he became silent again. It'll never work. He'll see and rue the day he ever attempted this idiotic ploy.

There was a pause, then a sigh as Pellinore looked at his notes, sniffing haughtily. I suppose it doesn't matter if this plan is doomed to fail. I must not let the good name of Monstrumology be sullied in the process, must not let the lessons be misconstrued by some imbecile who fancies himself a scientist, who would be sure to try and take my place if I rejected this proposal. Pellinore looked down at his blood stained clothes. He had but an hour and fifteen minutes left to get ready. Will Henry better have done the wash.

"Will Heeenery!"

[oddfellow90]

Hey, is the part of Justin Sky up for grabs?

[indispensable]

As far as I know, yes. Feel free to create a profile.

Btw--to anyone reading--I had the idea that the two male teachers would be "official" professors of monstrumologist, while the female teachers--though they're just as learned in the craft as the men, thanks to having apprenticed under full fledged monstrumologists--would probably have to pose as a matron/nurse and a grammar/geography/math teacher.

This is because the first female monstrumologist wasn't allowed to enter the society till 1907, but as that's only a few years after the third book, I have to assume there are already women studying it on their own (probably born into families of male monstrumologists). I figure von Helrung--with how keen he is to pass his knowledge onto Lily--would actually be all for women entering the trade (and so could get away with letting girls train at the school, since "times are changing" and "it can't help to let them study it in theory!"), but would have to disguise the fact that he's letting women teach the monstrumology classes.

I figured the older woman, Wyman, could be the nurse/matron who teaches "first aid," but actually lectures on serious medical treatment, biology, and in depth anatomy. The younger woman, Starker, could teach "geography/arithmatic/est," but is actually informing students on the locations of specific monsters and how to track them.

(There are a bunch of other classes the men can take up, or split with the women, as can be seen in the RP Plot thread.)

Of course whoever picks the characters will get to decide for themselves, but I just thought it was a neat idea to share because 1) it keeps in line with canon and 2) it can create character depth/drama.