Asher School of the Elements is a boarding school and university for the "gifted" - the secret subset of the population that is capable of controlling one of five elements. Fire, earth, air, water, and electricity. The gift is usually a hereditary one, although occasionally the gifted can pop up in otherwise normal families. Asher itself is a remote city located along the coast of Washington state, populated entirely by the gifted and their families.
We are a slice of life RP with occaisonal sitewide plots. Please enjoy your stay!
DEC 7th I want to sincerely thank the members that have joined us, and welcome any guests reading this! We're growing slowly but surely, and it makes me really happy to see. Expect some more site information to be posted in the following days such as time flow, some additions to elements (what age do abilities arise? ect) Please ask any questions you can think of in our new #questions channel. <3
DEC 4th We are officially open for business!
DEC 3 Construction has begun on the site. We expect to open within the next week!
Post by RILEY VALIENTE on Dec 5, 2019 21:20:22 GMT
ASHER ACADEMY
RILEY M. VALIENTE
age
16
gender
F
GRADE
10
BIRTHDATE
07/04
SEXUALITY
PANSEXUAL
ELEMENT
ELECTRICITY
PERSONALITY
When asked to describe Riley, most would simply say she’s… a lot. A definite extrovert, she thrives in social situations and absolutely hates being alone. She has no qualms about chatting up literally anyone and ‘excessive talking in class’ is something she has gotten into trouble for in school quite a lot. While normally friendly (sometimes a little too friendly), she does have a sarcastic streak and absolutely no filter, so she can sometimes come off as blunt or outright rude, or worse, cruel, because of her complete lack of tact. While she will feel about it if she hurts someone’s feelings, she doesn’t usually dwell on it for long after apologizing and generally doesn’t really understand why “I’m sorry” doesn’t just automatically fix the problem. It’s not like meant to be mean. Despite this, she does make for a very loyal friend and perhaps the only thing she takes seriously in life is being there in a friend’s time of need, no matter what the problem calls for.
Riley lives to enjoy life, she lives on her whims and random impulses, and it can make her a bit fickle as she rarely sees anything through to an end result, getting bored somewhere in the middle and moving on to something new and far more interesting. Irresponsible and immature, she takes very little seriously and some might find her annoying or childish, particularly when it comes to some of her humor. She is also incredibly distractible, her mind going a mile a minute and leaping and rolling and dashing from one subject to another in a way that tends to be hard to follow. Unfortunately, this often translates into her conversation and can leave those around her lost and confused about just what the hell she’s going on about all of a sudden.
She has no sense of personal space or boundaries, though she will respect them if outright told to back off, but anyone meeting her for the first time is bound to be a little uncomfortable with just how close she gets. In fact, handshakes are for boring old men, when you meet Riley she WILL try to hug you. Affectionate and flirtatious with just about everyone, it’s very hard to tell when she’s actually serious about pursuing someone and not just being her normal flirty self.
Born just outside of Chicago, Riley was the first of four children. The first inkling her parents had that something was different about their daughter was when the two year old got ahold of a fork and jammed it into an electrical outlet while her mother’s back was turned to tend to her younger brother that was only a few months old. By the time the woman realized what Riley was doing, it ought to have been far too late, only nothing was happening to the girl. In a panic her mother rushed over, tried to grab her to yank her away, only to snatch her own hand back at the first notion of the electrical current transferring into her from her daughter. But Riley didn’t seem to feel it at all. She was taken to the hospital to be safe, but the doctors found nothing wrong with her after the incident, no signs of electrocution.
When she was three, a horrible temper tantrum sent the power in their home haywire: lights flashing, the TV was flickering on and off, and the toaster catching fire from an overloaded wire shorting out. One electrical fire doused later and her parents were certain the incident and Riley’s tantrum were related. It was far too much of a coincidence not to be. Of course, it wasn’t like they could go to a doctor about it, they’d be written off as insane. The couple started researching on their own and it was difficult going. There was so much nonsense out there to sift through to find anything with a modicum of truth in it. It wasn’t until just before Riley was due to start kindergarten that they finally found a contact in Asher who was able to give them the answers they needed. Promptly, the family packed up and moved, making a new home in the ‘gifted’ town, where their daughter would be safe and learn how to control herself. Her second and third siblings were both born in Asher, but she was the only one in the family to ever display an elemental affinity.
Growing up in Asher Riley began to learn how to control her abilities, though from the moment she began her schooling it was all rather difficult for her. Too hyperactive and unfocused for a classroom type setting, Riley has struggled with school since day one, unless on the rare occasion she finds a subject particularly exciting at the time. She tends to excel in areas of science classes where they get to do hands on experiments and of course absolutely LOVES gym class, but generally gets bored and tunes out in just about any other subject. This leaves much to be desired in her grades, even though her parents hired a private tutor for her when she got to high school. She would MUCH rather be hanging out with her friends than having extended study lessons, however, and when she paid even less attention to her tutor than she did when she was actually in school, that attempted fix didn’t last long.
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