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Player Information
Name: Maddie
Age: 17
AIM SN: chekhovs juice
email: begintothunder@gmail.com
Have you played in an LJ based game before? Yep!
Currrently Played Characters: Ahiru (duckyourself)
Character Information
General
Canon Source: The Poisonwood Bible
Canon Format: Book
Character's Name: Rachel Price
Character's Age: 17
What form will your character's NV take? Here!
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: Rachel possesses no supernatural abilities.
Conditional: If your character has no superhuman canon abilities, what dormant ability will you give them? Rachel will have the ability to automatically correct her appearance if something happens to ruin it. For example, if she’s walking in the rain without an umbrella and she gets soaked, the second she’s out of the rain, she will appear totally dry, as if nothing happened. She will have the same effect on other people, and this will extend to any situation that harms appearance except major injury. She’ll only be able to heal (very small) cuts and bruises.
Weapons: None!
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History: The summary begins here!
Point in Canon: After the ants swarm Kilanga.
Character Personality: The most notable trait of Rachel’s is her high level of self-centeredness. In the first chapter narrated by her, most of her thoughts revolve around herself - more specifically, her hair, clothes, and overall appearance. Although she is immediately surrounded by people less fortunate than she is, the things she’s commenting on are mostly her own misfortune rather than the hardships that the African people are going through. Even within her own family, she remarks at one point that they are ‘concerned with everything except my wellbeing’. Adding to her self-centeredness is the fact that she tends to find anybody who disagrees with her opinions to automatically be in the wrong, and unfairly targeting her.
Apart from simply being self-centered, she is deeply judgmental of people or attitudes different than herself. Echoing a large trend in America at the time the book took place, Rachel is an extremely racist girl, often considering herself better than the African people because of the color of her skin and the fact that she was raised in America, a ‘more civilized’ country than the Congo. She finds much of their culture shocking and revolting, as well as inferior to her own. Though she spends her entire life in the Congo, she considers herself an American girl at heart, albeit one trapped in a place she has no chance but to remain. Though she does plenty complaining about being stuck in Africa, she doesn’t take much action to try and return to America, even after she becomes independent from her parents. Likewise, she has a problem with both avoiding blame and shoving blame onto other people. She will always choose her comfort over the comfort of others, being a very selfish individual. When her youngest sister, Ruth May, is bit by a venomous snake later in the book and passes on, most of Rachel’s thoughts are about the fact that her life will never be able to go back to the way it was, rather than the fact that her sister is dead.
On the subject of family, her relations with both her parents and all of her siblings are strained, to say the least. She doesn’t make any effort to get along with her family, demonstrating only anger and not repentance when conflict arises. This ties in with her inability to take the blame for any situation. Additionally, she tends to get annoyed with her siblings easily. The most notable of conflict within her family, however, is with her father Nathan. Because of her dislike for him and the fact that he is a pastor, she comes to lose faith in any form of religion. Inwardly, her thoughts about him are filled with disdain, though it’s not until later on in the book that her outward actions match this. Earlier on, when she’s around him, she’s generally subservient to his wishes; however, it’s when he isn’t around to watch that she feels much more free. He clearly shaped a lot of her personality, especially the way that she views men. She’s generally skeptical of men, although rebelling against the ideals her father would want and being involved with men pleases her to some extent, even if she considers herself above such activities. She considers herself above many activities, honestly; she detests having to cook, clean, and often, associating with certain groups of people. Another extremely notable trait of hers is how snooty she is about nearly everything. One more notable trait is that Rachel Price is not the brightest bulb in the bunch. She often uses words that don’t make sense in context, mixing them up with similar sounding words accidentally. Her critical thinking skills and logic are also nearly nonexistant.
Character Plans: Pretty obviously, getting her some CR! I’d like to see if anyone can successfully challenge her morals and self-centered approach to life, as well.
Appearance/PB: Here! PB is Mika Boorem.
Writing Samples
First Person Sample [When the NV clicks on, it’s obvious the person operating it is inexperienced by the quizzical tone of her voice.]
--lo? Hello? Well, since it seems whoever made this has done everything in their power to make it confusing, I am just going to have to assume it’s turned on. I am also going to assume - against my better judgment, I might add, because I happen to be an educated young lady - that I have not come down with some freaky African disease and this isn’t some crazy hallucination. At least, I'll try to swallow that for a few minutes.
So. Slavery, monsters that come out after dark, creepy mutant powers to everyone who comes here, insane murderers around every corner, time is somehow frozen back home, I’m getting kicked out of my room in a month, and nobody born in this town cares enough to even bat an eyelash in my direction. Anything major I’m missing, now?
...Hell’s bells, peachy keen city you've made for yourselves! And here I was thinking things couldn’t get any worse for me.
Third Person Sample It’s not until the tests are over and the men at the baseball field have directed her to the Tower Apartments that she really has the time to absorb what's going on. But when she does, she stops to think. At first, there’s panic, and she nearly flies into a tantrum, but that ends soon. After all, there aren’t any ants; that is definitely a positive. Secondly, there's the reaization that this is probably some creepy hallucination from an African disease, making the rest of this invalid anyways. Thirdly, though more importantly, there’s the thought that her father wasn't here, and the rest of her family, too! They probably weren’t even worried, and at that, she sighs, sitting down on the bed.
But, hey, at least they weren’t here. Especially her father. According to the men outside, it could very well be a long time before she set eyes on him, her mother, or any of her sisters again. And honestly? That was fine by her! Why should she have to be stuck in the God forsaken Congo one minute longer than she had to? Let the rest of them suffer through the heat, the snakes, the ants, but most of all, let them suffer through the scripture!
This vacation was seeming more and more welcome with each passing moment - of course, minus the murderers and monsters and torture and slavery and corruption and everything else that had been mentioned.
Man alive.
Name: Maddie
Age: 17
AIM SN: chekhovs juice
email: begintothunder@gmail.com
Have you played in an LJ based game before? Yep!
Currrently Played Characters: Ahiru (duckyourself)
Character Information
General
Canon Source: The Poisonwood Bible
Canon Format: Book
Character's Name: Rachel Price
Character's Age: 17
What form will your character's NV take? Here!
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: Rachel possesses no supernatural abilities.
Conditional: If your character has no superhuman canon abilities, what dormant ability will you give them? Rachel will have the ability to automatically correct her appearance if something happens to ruin it. For example, if she’s walking in the rain without an umbrella and she gets soaked, the second she’s out of the rain, she will appear totally dry, as if nothing happened. She will have the same effect on other people, and this will extend to any situation that harms appearance except major injury. She’ll only be able to heal (very small) cuts and bruises.
Weapons: None!
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History: The summary begins here!
Point in Canon: After the ants swarm Kilanga.
Character Personality: The most notable trait of Rachel’s is her high level of self-centeredness. In the first chapter narrated by her, most of her thoughts revolve around herself - more specifically, her hair, clothes, and overall appearance. Although she is immediately surrounded by people less fortunate than she is, the things she’s commenting on are mostly her own misfortune rather than the hardships that the African people are going through. Even within her own family, she remarks at one point that they are ‘concerned with everything except my wellbeing’. Adding to her self-centeredness is the fact that she tends to find anybody who disagrees with her opinions to automatically be in the wrong, and unfairly targeting her.
Apart from simply being self-centered, she is deeply judgmental of people or attitudes different than herself. Echoing a large trend in America at the time the book took place, Rachel is an extremely racist girl, often considering herself better than the African people because of the color of her skin and the fact that she was raised in America, a ‘more civilized’ country than the Congo. She finds much of their culture shocking and revolting, as well as inferior to her own. Though she spends her entire life in the Congo, she considers herself an American girl at heart, albeit one trapped in a place she has no chance but to remain. Though she does plenty complaining about being stuck in Africa, she doesn’t take much action to try and return to America, even after she becomes independent from her parents. Likewise, she has a problem with both avoiding blame and shoving blame onto other people. She will always choose her comfort over the comfort of others, being a very selfish individual. When her youngest sister, Ruth May, is bit by a venomous snake later in the book and passes on, most of Rachel’s thoughts are about the fact that her life will never be able to go back to the way it was, rather than the fact that her sister is dead.
On the subject of family, her relations with both her parents and all of her siblings are strained, to say the least. She doesn’t make any effort to get along with her family, demonstrating only anger and not repentance when conflict arises. This ties in with her inability to take the blame for any situation. Additionally, she tends to get annoyed with her siblings easily. The most notable of conflict within her family, however, is with her father Nathan. Because of her dislike for him and the fact that he is a pastor, she comes to lose faith in any form of religion. Inwardly, her thoughts about him are filled with disdain, though it’s not until later on in the book that her outward actions match this. Earlier on, when she’s around him, she’s generally subservient to his wishes; however, it’s when he isn’t around to watch that she feels much more free. He clearly shaped a lot of her personality, especially the way that she views men. She’s generally skeptical of men, although rebelling against the ideals her father would want and being involved with men pleases her to some extent, even if she considers herself above such activities. She considers herself above many activities, honestly; she detests having to cook, clean, and often, associating with certain groups of people. Another extremely notable trait of hers is how snooty she is about nearly everything. One more notable trait is that Rachel Price is not the brightest bulb in the bunch. She often uses words that don’t make sense in context, mixing them up with similar sounding words accidentally. Her critical thinking skills and logic are also nearly nonexistant.
Character Plans: Pretty obviously, getting her some CR! I’d like to see if anyone can successfully challenge her morals and self-centered approach to life, as well.
Appearance/PB: Here! PB is Mika Boorem.
Writing Samples
First Person Sample [When the NV clicks on, it’s obvious the person operating it is inexperienced by the quizzical tone of her voice.]
--lo? Hello? Well, since it seems whoever made this has done everything in their power to make it confusing, I am just going to have to assume it’s turned on. I am also going to assume - against my better judgment, I might add, because I happen to be an educated young lady - that I have not come down with some freaky African disease and this isn’t some crazy hallucination. At least, I'll try to swallow that for a few minutes.
So. Slavery, monsters that come out after dark, creepy mutant powers to everyone who comes here, insane murderers around every corner, time is somehow frozen back home, I’m getting kicked out of my room in a month, and nobody born in this town cares enough to even bat an eyelash in my direction. Anything major I’m missing, now?
...Hell’s bells, peachy keen city you've made for yourselves! And here I was thinking things couldn’t get any worse for me.
Third Person Sample It’s not until the tests are over and the men at the baseball field have directed her to the Tower Apartments that she really has the time to absorb what's going on. But when she does, she stops to think. At first, there’s panic, and she nearly flies into a tantrum, but that ends soon. After all, there aren’t any ants; that is definitely a positive. Secondly, there's the reaization that this is probably some creepy hallucination from an African disease, making the rest of this invalid anyways. Thirdly, though more importantly, there’s the thought that her father wasn't here, and the rest of her family, too! They probably weren’t even worried, and at that, she sighs, sitting down on the bed.
But, hey, at least they weren’t here. Especially her father. According to the men outside, it could very well be a long time before she set eyes on him, her mother, or any of her sisters again. And honestly? That was fine by her! Why should she have to be stuck in the God forsaken Congo one minute longer than she had to? Let the rest of them suffer through the heat, the snakes, the ants, but most of all, let them suffer through the scripture!
This vacation was seeming more and more welcome with each passing moment - of course, minus the murderers and monsters and torture and slavery and corruption and everything else that had been mentioned.
Man alive.