Post by Griffin Helms on Nov 21, 2009 10:30:02 GMT -5
[/ul]FIRST MANIFESTATION !
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APEEKBEHINDTHEMAGIC
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NAME ! Erick
AGE ! 29
PREFERED CONTACT METHOD ! pm
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WANNAGETTOKNOWME
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FULL NAME ! Griffin Josiah Helms
NICKNAME(S) ! Griff
AGE ! 31
DATE OF BIRTH ! January 11, 1960
DATE OF DEATH ! n/a
RACE ! witch
AFFILIATION ! neutral-------------------------------------------------------------
ATASTEOFYOURWITCHCRAFT
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POWERS !
- ILLUSION | the abilty to alter or deceive the perceptions of another. usually visual, may be caused by mental powers or holograms and other light-based illusions.
PASSIVE POWERS
- EMPATHY | the ability to read, sense, and/or control the emotions and/or feelings of others.
- PSYCHOMETRY | the ability to relate details about the past and/or future condition of an object, person or location, usually by being in close contact with it. shown through premonitions.
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MIRRORMIRRORONTHEWALL
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MIRRORMIRRORONTHEWALL
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OVERALL APPEARANCE !
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ONTHEOUTSIDELOOKINGIN
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ONTHEOUTSIDELOOKINGIN
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LIKES !
INNOCENCE There's something to be said about innocence. It's undoubtedly one of the last pureties left in the world. In fact, it was one of the reasons that Griffin chose to become a teacher... the innoncence of youth. It reminds him that there are still some things that evil can't touch... some things that are still worth protecting. However, some peope equate innocence with ignorance. Griffin plans to prove that there is a difference between the two.
CONTROVERSEY Who says you have to play by the rules? At one point, Griffin would have been the sort of person to follow the rules, because that's what one does. However, who's to say that you break any rules just by living life as you see fit. Speed limits are meant to be broken. If marriage was sacred, there wouldn't be a 50% divorce rate. Dammit, I'll drink for the carton if I want to. Griffin's decisions may not always be popular, but he rarely loses sleep over them.
[/ul]DISLIKES !
AUTHORITY Authority is just a fancy way of saying someone's able to have it their way right away. In Griffin's opinion, Authority can kiss his lily-white ass. If he's asked to do something, don't ever expect it to be done right away, not unless he has common interests at stake. It's not uncommon for Griffin to be pulled aside for the proverbial 'pep-talk', but those in charge shouldn't be surprised to see what they say go in one ear and out the other. You know what they say: 'please' and 'thank you' gets you everywhere.
EXPECTATIONS It's no fun when things become predictable. It's not safe to get caught up in routines where you're expected to do something. Griffin learned this lesson some time ago. Living your life according to a routine only accomplishes one thing. People will swear up and down that it offers stability and order to one's life. Yet, what it does is set you up for a fall when the element of surprise is introduced to your life. Oddly enough, a surprise is the one thing you can never prepare for.
[/ul]STRENGTHS !
PASSIONATE It's been a long time since something... or someone has been able to draw Griffin close. However, in those rare moments, he truly does become passionate towards it. He'd be completely willing ot put everything he had into accomplishing a goal that he set, or to protect something that he truly cared about. Once upon a time, Griffin had even fallen in love and sadly he lost it. That memory only drives him to hold on tighter to the things he cherishes, as he refuses to have anything else be taken away from him again.
[/ul]WEAKNESSES !
KARMA The idea that turnabout is fairplay dances frequently in Griffin's mind. The universe cheated him out of true love, given the opportunity, Griffin thinks it's only fair if he gets to give those responsible for robbing him of true happiness the shaft if the opportunity were to present itself. To have the ability to save someone, but not do it because of a so-called grander obligation? What gives someone the right to sacrifice the life of someone else... just because?
[/ul]GOAL !
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IT'SALLSPELLSANDPOTIONS
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IT'SALLSPELLSANDPOTIONS
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FAVOURITE CLASS !
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JUSTMAKINGMYOWNWAY
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JUSTMAKINGMYOWNWAY
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POSITION HELD !
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I'MGONNACALLTHISHOME
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I'MGONNACALLTHISHOME
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HOMETOWN ! Bakersfield, CA
MOTHER ! Charolette Jean [nee Warren] Helms, 62, human, n/a
FATHER ! Joseph Henry Helms, 65, human, n/a
SIBLINGS ! n/a
SPOUSE ! n/a
CHILDREN ! n/a
OTHER SIGNIFICANT FAMILY ! Amanda Lunari, deceased, witch, (photokinesis, cloaking, danger sense)
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I'LLTELLYOUMYSTORY
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I'LLTELLYOUMYSTORY
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It was a mild winter afternoon in Bakersfield, California that greeted Griffin Helms as he was welcomed into the world as the son of Joe and Charolette Helms. There didn't appear to be anything especially out of the ordinary of this couple. They were simply young and still filled with bright dreams as any pair of newly weds would be. It had been barely a year into their marriage and already their family was underway. As far as this happy couple was concerned, they were well on their way to attaining the American Dream just as they'd hoped.
Of course, a few years later, after Griffin had grown into a young boy, just old enough to enter elementary school, the happy couple learned that their lives would be anything but normal in the years to come. Of course, it was Griffin that seemed to find the clouds preparing to rain on those dreams first. It seemed that Griffin, a wiry kid compared to most of his peers, seemed to be the target of plenty of taunts and bullying. He would be picked on for being nerdy, wimpy and as far as Griffin was concerned sometimes, just for the hell of it. In fact, it was when one particular bully began to take things too far that Griffin learned just how different he truly was from his peers.
Getting into fights had began to become routine for Griffin and turning up on the loosing end was practically scripted. However, on one afternoon, a bully almost took things too far as he held Griff's head in a puddle nearly drowning the boy. Several others looking on even started to insist that things had taken a turn for the worse, but that didn't satiate the bully in the least. He continued to hold Griffin down not caring that he was on the verge of actually being drowned in a mud puddle. Yet, there seemed to be some miraculous means of intervention as the bully seemed to reel back in fear, allowing Griffin to lift his head for air. The bully seemed to become frantic as he swatted all over his body screaming about spiders being all over him, yet to all the onlookers, there didn't seem to be a single arachnid in sight.
Griffin ceased being a favorite target for some time to come after that. Most of his peers simply seemed irked by the fact that the bully had such an anxiety attack during Griff's near death experience. Of course, Griffin soon figured out that he was in fact... different as he was able to make similar things happen over and over. He could make people see things that weren't there. It even got to the point where they started to think that they were real. And soon, Griffin and his parents managed to learn exactly why that was the case. They began to learn that Griffin was in fact a witch.
So, when Griffin was of age, and once he'd be discovered by other witches, Griffin was allowed to be admitted into magic school. There, he found himself fitting in with a great deal more ease... with people that were like him. In fact, it was there that he met, Amanda. Amanda Lunari at first seemed to be nothing but an object of his affections... the perfect daydream-date. But with time, she soon became so much more. It's a sappy tale of teenage love that grew to be so much more after the pair graduated from magic school.
Time certainly did pass, and the love between Griff and Amanda only grew. The two of them soon moved in together and lived as such for years. Eventually, Griffin built up the nerve to move beyond the formality and make their love official and asked Amanda to marry. And she countered by asking him to be a father. It was bliss unlike anything Griffin had ever known. And with nothing seemingly able to go wrong, with all the awkwardness in the past, Griffin found himself truly happy... yet it only lasted for hours.
Is it fate's cruel joke to only let you look upon bliss and then rip it away? That was certainly the way it seemed as Amanda found herself to be the target of a Darklighter. Griffin did his best to protect his wife, sacrificing himself by throwing himself in harm's way. Yet, ultimately it seemed to be futile. As in the end, Griffin awoke to find himself being healed by a whitelighter. However, before his fiancée could be healed, it seemed that the whitelighter was called away. In that moment, Griffin wanted so badly to change places with Amanda and their unborn child for life had certainly proven to be anything but fair.
Griffin stopped counting the days... the weeks... the months that had passed since that fateful day. For when the love of his life had died on that day, so had a piece of him. Gone was the jovial spirit that had always been so hopeful. It was replaced with an eternal cynic always questioning the why's and how's of life. And as the opportunity to teach Magical Ethics presented itself to Griffin, it seems almost poetic that his new post may grant him the perfect platform to seek the answers to those very questions.
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ANDALLTHINGSMUSTEND
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ANDALLTHINGSMUSTEND
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"Stay," he whispered softly as he lay in the bed. He held her hand in his own and gently drew her hand to his lips. The soft familiar sensation of her skin against his lips... so warm and the hint of jasmine slipping into his nostrils. However as his lips left her hand, his eyes found hers and he leaned over to kiss her. His lips melded with hers. And as he felt her pull from his, he already knew what her answer was going to be. It was going to be the same answer she'd given him each and every time before now. And sensing the words on his lips he closed his eyes and quickly uttered. "Don't say it... please."
He heard her inhale deeply and then opened his eyes to see her smiling back at him. The dark tendrils of her silk like hair resting against the pillow... her pillow. The way the sprawled out on the chic fabric was so beautiful. It was like a work of art. Her smile was bright like the sun, and thus her hair like little rays of light searching to fill the darkness so elegantly and serenely. He didn't even want her to move... this was how he wanted to remember her always.
"Griff," he heard his name called. And just like that, the illusion seemed to fade. The image of his wife to be, Amanda, faded and was replaced by the image of a woman with a hint of Asian ancestry. She smiled as she curled in bed, inching herself towards Griffin. Her lips met his and he returned the kiss with vigor, but couldn't help but feel that it lacked the passionate luster of the former kiss.
This kiss was broken with the resounding sound of Griffin's hand slapping the girl on the ass. A playful smirk came to her face as she looked up to Griffin. Clearly, this was the sign to rekindle the moments that had previously played out. Yet as she inched closer, Griffin's eyes met her own. "Why don't you get dressed," he said simply. "I've got work in the morning. I'd hate to be late for my first day." The look of surprise was etched so clearly on her face, but Griffin didn't mind in the slightest. As she rolled away from him to sit up, he could hear her muttering a few curses under her breath. Grffin only smiled slightly as he pushed himself up in bed and scoffed. "You didn't really think you were going to spend the night, did you?"
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