Pressman's School for Gifted Boys

[TSP]

Location: Pressman's School is a prestigious academy located in the North most regions of the Highlands amongst the highest hills and mountains England has to offer.
Terminology: The term 'Gifted' is in reference to those with powers over natural and unnatural elements, such as the control over earth, fire, water and air - or the control of the mind to move objects, etc.
History: The school was started by James Pressman, (Bristol, England 1738-1801) in the year 1780, when the Industrial Revolution was beginning its boom. At first, the school was met with few applicants, the first of which was Mr. Pressman's own son, Harrison Pressman*.
James Pressman was the sole teacher of the academy, as funding was sparse, until 1787, when word of the school spread from the confines of England to all over Europe, and soon, the world.
James Pressman was forced to turn his small contingent of students into teachers in order to accommodate the enormous flux of new applicants – and with the amount of funding that came with these new applicants, the school itself was able to grow into the facility it is today – complete with dorms, mess hall, kitchen, rest rooms with interior plumbing, multiple classrooms, gymnasium, training facilities and showers.

The school now boasts an amazing 470 students, with 87 staff including teachers, chairmen, kitchen staff, janitors and headmaster.
The current Headmaster is James Pressman III (1955-), who inherited the title of Headmaster from his father, Ronald Pressman (1918-2002) in 1982. James Pressman III has three sons, Gerard Pressman (1980-), Beverly Pressman (1984-), and James Pressman IV (1989-), all of whom attend the school at present.

This Summer of the year 2007 marks a new era for the school as young women are now being permitted to apply – this has been a subject of controversy for several decades, yet only this year did the Board of Education for Pressman’s School for Gifted Boys sway their decision in favor of Women’s Rights.

*Harrison Pressman (1760 - 1818) had power over stone, and was a great artist - said to be able to 'find' the sculpture in the stone before he even began sculpting. He inherited the school from his father in the year of 1788, though James Pressman remained on with the school as Chairman until the year 1798 when his failing health forced him to stay at home.

Character introduction goes as follows:

Name:
Age:
Year*:
Sex:
Ability**:
Weakness***:
Character Description:
Character History:


* Age does not necessarily coincide with what grade your character is in. A first year applicant is still a first year applicant at age 5, or at age 15 (or at age 21 for that matter)
** No God-mods, please.
*** Every ability and power has a weakness, please list this/these as this limits God-modding.


Pressman's School for Gifted Boys


Dining hall


Pressman's Chapel, built 1907


View of School and Chapel from playing fields

[ninjalocke]

Wow. I can tell you worked hard at this cookie.

Name: Locke
Age: 15
Year*:2nd year
Sex: Male
Ability**: Power to control water particles in the air on command (In short, use water), levitation
Weakness***: Drought or icy powers
Character Description: About 180 cm tall, brown eyes, black medium hair, NOT fat.
Character History: Unknown

[TSP]

Sweeeet - and yes, I did work hard =P thank you.

Name: H'Elle
Age: 21
Year: 3rd year
Sex: Male
Ability: Shapeshifting
Weakness: Can only change into creatures/people whose blood has been on his hands - also greatly dislikes the sight of blood.
Character description: 6'2", lean yet toned with broad shoulders and a slender waist. Long, straight black hair reaches his waist. His skin in pale, and he doesn't tan easily. His eyes are a deep amber-honeybrown, though it differs in the light.
Piercings, etc: Lip piercing - a silver loop on the lower lip to the right of center. A double helix piercing on right ear (like mine, but with two!), two small CBR with a black hematite beads. (I'll post a piccy soon, mebe)
History: H'Elle had a twin sister, of whom he was very protective of - and they were very close friends.
Three years ago, he was driving with his sister, listening to music and having fun - though not entirely paying attention to the road.
He drifted over the center line while turning a bend in the highway, when a semi suddenly came into view.
The impact sliced the car in half, crushing his sister in the passenger seat. H'Elle was left mostly unharmed, though covered in his sisters' gore.

Needless to say, he's pretty emotionally screwed... Though he can now change into his sister (also, he can change into a large shaggy sheepdog, and an orange tabby cat, both male)

Name: Elizabeth (Beth, for short)
Age: 17
Year: 1st year
Sex: Male
Ability: Berserker, some fire abilities
Weakness: Cannot control her power, hates boys and men, hates cold water.
Character description: A fiery red-head, with an attitude to match, with green eyes, pale skin and freckles. She's tall, 5'10", with long hair falling to her mid-back, pulled back in a ponytail.
She's shapely, with a slender waist and large hips, and long legs.
Peircings, etc: A single earring dangling from her left lobe. A silver hoop, dangling silver chain, with a hematite cross on the bottom. Whole earring is about 2 and a half inches long.
History: Was forced to come to this school in order to hone her abilities - she comes from a long line of berserkers, though up until now, no female in her family has been prone to the ability. She is also her family's successor, as her family consists of Mother, Father, and three girls.
She. Hates. Men.
The hatred spawned from her father, who abused her into using her powers for training purposes - so she shies away from physical contact with males, though wont hesitate to confront them and get in their face.

[Sammiztah]

Name: Tatiana
Age: 14
Year: 1st year
Sex: Female
Ability: Power over fire
Weakness: Ice, water
Character Description: She stands about 5'2", or 158 cm. Her eyes are slanted and are of different colours; the left is a light purple and the right is a pale blue. She has a very fair complexion that is a bit prone to the sun. Her hair is light blonde, a bit wavy, and it goes a few centimetres lower than her shoulders. She is a little heavier than average, but it doesn't show too much.
Character History: Her older brother had grauated from Pressman's a few years ago, and she had always dreamed of going to the academy, since she also had a special ability. When she found out that girls were now allowed to study there, she immediently went to apply.

Personality-wise, she usually doesn't speak very much, and is kind of a loner. This doesn't mean that she is friendless, though. She does not trust anybody. She is very ambitious and confident, which can sometimes lead to arrogance. She is also somewhat self-centred, and sometimes thinks herself better than others. She honestly knows these are bad things, but she can't help feeling it. Despite this, she is still quite kind.

She's a leo; what can I say. XD I made her personality similar to mine for a reason. Yeah, I cheat. XDD Haha...okay. I'd like to build on this a bit more later, but this should do for now.

[Ice.Blue-Shiro]

Name: Hikari
Age: 17
Year: 1st year
Sex: Female
Ability: Lightning/Electricity/Technology
Weakness: Ice
Character Description: About 5'7". Her hair is dark Pink(Ichigo Momomiya); her roots are a sugar pink. The style is much like mine, but longer. Her eyes are pure orange. Her skin is slightly tanned, except for a spot on her left shoulder. Her body shape is like Yoruichi-samas. Her eyes change to bright yellow when she controls her element.
Character History:


(I have to go now, I'll add more later)

[TSP]

Sorry Tia, all girls are first years - so I changed your post (Gomen!)

We'll wait for Sokoya then we'll begin?

[sokoya]

Haha got the poke

Name: Camden Fattus
Age: 31
Year: Not appliable, though is a teacher starting his second year
Sex: male
Ability: Shadows. He calls himself a shadow stalker, as he commonly uses them to teleport and loom behind people.
Weakness: Strong light, as it tends to weaken shadows.
Character Description: He is a well dressed man, though most people tend to focus on his face. Though he is a hansome man bordering on 6"4, people tend to focus more on the sly smirk that hovers on his face, and steer clear. Most students and teachers also wonder if the cane and glasses he has are needed, or just for him to lure others to think he is easy prey.
Character History: He was deemed odd by the time he was six in Scotland. At first, they thought young Cam had a problem with his mind-but it turned out that he had a gift. He was sent to the gifted school, which upon graducation, went to the University of Glasglow. No one knows what happened after he acheived his teaching degree...only a year ago, he accepted a position at the school.

[ninjalocke]

Sokoyo, I know for some reason lights always been stronger than dark...but...literally, without light, there's no shadow. So light, would be the base source for your power. Which implies, that darkness is your weakness, even though you control shadows. Shadows cant be casted in the dark, but in the light, it can. Haha, its fun being the jerk.

[TSP]

Oh stop it, Erick - suspend your disbelief.

Shall we begin?

[sokoya]

sure, in a new thread?

[TSP]

Nope, here:

H'Elle

:: H'Elle lay on his bed, eyes trained on the ceiling, tongue playing absentmindedly with his lip ring, his thoughts troubled.
'Girls at the school... I wonder what that'll be like. I wonder if I'll be able to handle it?'
He rolled over onto his side, lifting his head a little to free his long hair from underneath his back, and looked over at his door.
'I wonder if I'll be able to keep my room to myself?'
So far, H'Elle had been lucky with his dorm - usually a two person room, with two double beds, and a bathroom with shower - there hadn't been enough students before now so he had had the room to himself for the past three years.
'But with the girls movin' in...' he grunted, then got up, straightening his shirt as he walked over to the door.
"Might as well get this overwith." he grumbled, slipping into his shoes and opening the door, closing it behind him as he headed off towards the entrance.

Beth

:: 'nuts, nuts... nutsnutsnutsnutsnuts...' Beth swore over and over again in her mind. She didn't like being here, she didn't want to be here - mostly because her father wanted just the opposite.
"You're not responding to my training anymore," she remembered him saying as she was sent off, "So I'm sending you to this school, and they'd better make you what you are, so help them.."

Beth glared at the school with angry eyes, hating the very thought of attending - but that's just what her father wanted.

She crossed the grounds towards the front entrance, her bag bouncing off her shoulder and her luggage clunking along behind her, sounding just as miserable as she felt. ::

[ninjalocke]

Wow.

Locke got up from his bed that morning with a startle. He had had a nightmare, involving him and some others, that seemed to be his family. He didn't know who they were, let alone if he even had any. He got up from his bed, walking over to his drawers. He pulled out some fresh clothes, and placed them on. He grabbed his keys, and headed out the door. After locking his dorm room, and walked to the lobby.

This had been only his second year starting in the school. He felt nervous of having an entire fleet of people of the other sex in the same school as his. Locke had never been all that well with the ladies. He would always grunt pretending not to care, when actually, he did. He scratched the top of his head wondering when they would come. Suddenly, he heard some one enter the room.

[Sammiztah]

((Do they have uniforms at this school? o__o))

Standing outside the school, Tatiana stared at the great building in front of her. She would have to be staying at Pressman's for nearly the whole year, and that was one of the few things that sucked about having to attend the academy. Even worse, she would probably have to stay in a room with someone else. Great. Well, she did want to study at Pressman's, so if she hated it here, it was her fault. Tatiana shifted her backpack, a red and black messenger bag with a black cat's head on the front flap, on her shoulder, and walked towards the entrance. She saw others around her, but averted her mismatched eyes. All she really wanted to do was get into the school and get the first day over with.

((Lol, short. XDD Ah well.))

[sokoya]

This...this was the kind of thing teachers lived for, didn't they? Breaking in the new kids. Fresh meat. Shaping up the new generation...however that went. And now, there was a new breed coming to the school: females.

Ah, some may like to have the kind that typically cried and was supposed to be easy to batter-and the perverted to drool over those that were legal. But not Mr Fattus. Ah no no, he was a man that truely wanted to education and keep the masses smart and from blowing themselves up right? Not really. He had other reasons then those mentioned above that kept him at the school. The reason that he was at the front of the school was different-he had gotten the short straw when the staff was trying to choose a greeter and fight breaker at the door.

The reason he kept prodding random students though with his cane to make them hurry...well, that was for fun.

[TSP]

H'Elle

:: As H'Elle entered the lobby to the front entrace, he saw a boy that he recognized among the masses as Locke, and sidled up beside him, leaning against a stone pillar.
"Mornin'." he greeted, keeping his eyes on the door as the girls filed through.
'At least there aren't that many...' he thought, thinking the ratio at 6 boys for every 1 girl - good odds for any guy (and at this, he chuckled to himself, noting the double meaning to his thought). ::

Beth

:: 'Oh god, don't tell me...' Beth thought as she finally made it past the freak teacher with the cane (she managed to get past without getting poked), 'Oh crap...' her heart sank as she realized just how bad her situation was getting - there were definately more guys at this school than girls.
She ripped open her bag and dragged the pamphlet for the school out with shaking hands, flipping through the pages as she walked, trying to find that little paragraph - ah, there it was:

"The school now boasts an amazing 470 students, with 87 staff including teachers, chairmen, kitchen staff, janitors and headmaster."

So, that meant that there were 470 boys at this school right now.

"Shhhhhhhit!" she dragged out the word as a hiss as she let her head fall back.
'There's only about 70 girls here.' she kept walking with the masses towards the auditorium, where orientation was about to begin. ::

Sam*- No uniforms, you can have your chara wear what they like ^_^