OOC casting call for Bloodstone

[chewbacca71]

Liam Dove

Name : Liam Dove
Sex : Male
Height: 1.9 meters
Weight: 150 Kilos
Age : 27

Background: Liam was born in Dublin, spent most of his early life there. He came to England to pursuit his dream of being a Doctor, most of what they had where he lived was almost witch doctor level. He has learned some rudimentary first aid at this point, he is a fast learner. He was taking a holiday from school and they were supposed to meet at this Mansion. Liam arrived to a letter from his friend that he was not going to make it. Liam is determined to try and have a good time by himself . Maybe he will be able to make new friends here. He has black hair, shot with gray, and bright blue eyes.

 

[Shaq]

Name: Cornelius Loffre Lovejoy (prounouced Loffrey)
Sex: Male
AGE: 43
Weight:189 lbs
Height: 5'8
Hair: Brown with many gray streaks, unkept
Eyes: Brown

Physical Description: Somewhat short and a medium size body Lovejoy wears typical English clothing with a long beige overcoat. He wears large glasses yet still carries a magnifying glass.

Characteristics: Lovejoy comes from a long lineage of great English dectectives, unfortunately Lovejoy has bundled up many cases for English Parliament and local police stations. He has excellent deductive skills but can often be very imperceptive. This is also complicated by his alcholism. He carries a flask with him everywhere he goes.

After not being able to close a case in which the murderer was later to discovered rather easily Lovejoy was shunned and became the laughing stock of English Law enforcement. He decided to journey to America to apply his detective skills there. Unforetunately he was drunk and did not realize what ship he boarded. Even more unforetunate, the ship he boarded was doomed to be hit by a furiuos storm that caused it to sway off course onto a dreadful island.

 

[The GrandMage]

I wanna be Professor Plum!

Just to remind everybody-From "The World Almanac and Book of Facts", 1997, p.973, life expectancy in the US was 54.1 years for those born in 1920.

Now, although I may not have the facts for Britian, I can imagine it about the same. Just wanted to throw that out to show how old my old fart's gonna be. Respectively.

Name: Prof. Harold M. Plum
Sex: Male
Height: 4'9"
Occupation: A retired but noted historian, and a professor at London's major college (For the time period, bah, who cares?)
Age: 56
Eyes: Brown, when they're opened.
Hair: Grey, he keeps it combed back to where it reaches the nape of his neck. A small bald spot is developing on the back of his head.

Appearance: A thin, seemingly frail old man. A face full of wrinkles, but still a charming smile, since he's manage to keep most of his teeth. He wears a nice purple suit, and round, wire-rimmed glasses. His eyes appear constantly in shadow, and he has a certain 'feeling' about himself of suspicion, added to his being the quiet type, and nervous habit of flicking his eyes about everywhere, he tends to unsettle people, even close friends he's known for years. He's abandoned ties, calling them 'A strangling curse to anyone above the age of thirty-four.'

The Facts: Although he may appear frail, he's managed to live by himself even in his 'old' years. His muscles may not be large, but they are there, and they do continue to do their jobs. Never far from his pipe of the old flask of whisky he keeps in his coat, he loves to smoke, and drink to anything that might rattle his old nerves. He came to wealth in his early twenties, when his extremely wealthy uncle Mortimer passed away under 'mysterious' circumstances. Being the black sheep of Plum's family, he'd left everything to the only relative still talking to him-Harold. Added by his looks, the family, if the the police, are quite content to call Uncle Mort's death murder, by none other than the heir himself.

After many years as the leader in his feild, he settled down, deciding to pick up his life where he'd left it. Having never been married, he satisfies himself with collecting old books and studying the newest findings into the past as he travels a bit, trying to enjoy what little time he has left.

 

[Zircon]

LOL guys,

Grandmage, I'm having a middle age crisis then...

Z

 

[Firesprite]

awesome! look what I found... castle leslie imagine this place before it was modernised.....

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I WANNA LIVE IN CASTLE LESLIE!!!

 

[Firesprite]

So do I!!

And if you have a look at the chinese room information and print room, they mention a secret passage

 

[PmTick]

FS, can I use a native of the island?

 

[Firesprite]

PM the island is the entire grounds of the mansion. Professor Plum up there ^ is the new owner. You are welcome to live nearby on the mainland, or ask Mage if you can work/stay in the premises with him or in one of the servant cottages dotted about the place.. Either way won't matter to the storyline I have in mind, but I've given Mage some liberties with the premises and grounds

You're other option is to sneak onto the island, weather the storm and "reveal" yourself to the other folk afterwards. You will need access to the mansion sooner or later...

 

[Lady_J]

Mage can I be a staff member? Think scullery maid, fat cook, or old gardener. You pick.

 

[PmTick]

Hmmmm have to think about this one a bit.....Hey Lady J, how have you been? Haven't really seen you around lately.

 

[The GrandMage]

Ahhh,...the life of a rich old codger,.....I think I'll nap by the fire now.

Oh, yes, sure. Hey, why not? We've got a business to run! The more help, the less NPCs! And as for the choices, let's start with a fat cook, because, in the words of ol' Prof. Plum, "I don't trust thin cooks. If you can make that much good food, and not eat at least some of everything, there's something wrong with either you, or the food."

The kitchen and the dining room are on the first floor. Do dish out something special for the opening of our fine little business. Do hope it's a success, get some people in here. Far to big for one old man, I always say. You know, I remember when I was,......*yawn*.......ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZz

 

[Lady_J]

Fat Cook

Name: Mrs. MacMurphy
Age: 42
Status: Married to Mr. MacMurphy who tends the grounds, no children.
Weight: None 'a yer buisness now!
Height: 5'3"

Bio: Mrs. and Mr. MacMurphy moved from Ireland to England to find work as a young couple. They have worked for several upper crust families, and have been in the mansion for several months now, preparing it for the first guests. Mrs. MacMurphy is head house keeper and cook.

The one great sadness in Mrs. MacMurphy's life is that she can not have children: she has had several miscarriages and one infant was stillborn. She hopes that the new owner will bring a large family for her to take care of and spoil.

Favorite catch phrase: Be about yer buisness now!
Favorite past time: Nagging the chambermaids.

 

[Lady_J]

Hey PM! Be my husband! I promise I won't hen peck you too much!

 

[PmTick]

Gee Lady this is all so sudden, I mean we've never even gone out before but what the hell, yes.

I may be going away tommrow through Sunday so I'm going to be inactive till then.

BTW, how many kids do you want?

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Yay!!!

The one thing we needed was a butler! (or is it steward more PC?)
Either way, I want to be the first one to say "The butler did it"! hehehe... walking punchline...

 

[PmTick]

Please don't ever use PC terms, I hate PC.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Couldn't agree with you more, Pm

But this is 19th century Britain, and one must stay in character

 

[Shaq]

I could play dual roles if you all need more people on the staff?

 

[Zircon]

I think the 19th Century terms would be Housekeeper, groundskeeper, butler, nanny...etc...something non PC, plus, this is the height of Queen Victoria's era, so terms like Sahib, Rajs or Rajahs would work too...Sahid means Master, sort of, so if one of the NPCs or characters was a Sikh, then the term would be respectful.

Z

 

[Firesprite]

Hey everyone.. I've finally posted the start of the thread... Bloodstone

Love it Lady J! Looking forward to your bio PMTick

 

[PmTick]

I'll post something tommorow if I'm not going but Sunday if I am going away.

 

[chewbacca71]

I will also post tommorrow, need to get some sleep. Thank god its not beauty sleep or I would be offline till next April lol.

Chewey

 

[chewbacca71]

Firesprite, if I post anything that does not jive with what you are trying to do, let me know. I dont find editing.

Chewey

 

[PmTick]

Re: Fat Cook

Mr. Arnold MacMurphy
Age: 43
Status: Works as a groundsmen, Married to the main house keeper and cook.
Height: 6'1"

Mr. MacMurphy has worked for upper class people his entire life and hates it. As a boy he had dreamed of somehow becoming a member of the upper class elitist but gave up his dream a long time ago. He hopes the new owners will let him be and not ask too much of him.