Adina Gillespie (Ghost, OC)

[Adina Gillespie]

ADINA GILLESPIE

”Some things belong on paper, others in life. It’s a blessed fool who can’t tell the difference.”

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Player Name: Adina or Adi
Years Roleplaying: 4 years
Gender: Female
Contact me: PM or my FB account (Adina Aperture Gillespie)
Anything else?: Nothing that I can think of

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Basic Information

[/b][/color] Adina Madeline Gillespie
Age: 29
Canon or OC?: Ghost OC[/size]
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Appearance

[/b][/color] 5”2’
Body type: Short and an acceptable weight; not heavy and not as thin as a rake.
Eye color: Green, usually flit about while checking on the other servants and workers
Wardrobe: A simple, faded and stained corset dress, ragged cloth to tie back her hair when working, and scuffled ballet flats.
General Appearance: Sharp eyes, prominent nose and cheekbones. Messy brown hair tied back and clothes constantly covered in spots of dust, food, and ink. She often bustles about quickly. She walks, no, rushes from place to place, constantly on her feet. She frequently chews on her nails when trying to concentrate on something, scrunches her nose when disappointed, and bites her lip when uncomfortable or trying to avoid a situation.
Played By: Kate Winslet
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Personality

[/b][/color] She tends to be quiet and seems shy. But she’s not afraid to speak her mind when confronted and stands up for herself and others. She often looks out for the others because she herself was never looked out for when she was growing up, especially the other female servants. She is very nervous around, yet tough, on the male servants, more so than the women. However, she greatly respects the noble ghosts and only aims to please them with her hard work.
When away from her duties, Adina teaches herself to play the harpsichord and how to sew. Her standoffishness towards men stems from how her abusive and often drunk father treated her after her mother died. Now that she herself is dead, Adina regrets not standing up to her father or knowing what her mother was like. Because of this, she continues to keep a close eye on the servants and feels even more bitter towards the male servants.

Dreams and Goals: She dreams of making a name for herself one day
Strengths: Quick learner,
Weaknesses: Her bluntness, shyness, and strict attitude.
Fears: Someone raising their hand or voice to her, losing face in front of the other servants, losing the people she holds closest to her heart.
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The Past

[/b][/color] Marie Gillespie, mother, and Lambert Gillespie, father. Both now dead; mother died in childbirth and the father died of pancreatitis from his excessive drinking which, at the time, was mistaken for the pneumonic plague.
History: Adina Gillespie had a very poor relationship with her father. Her father treated her badly after her mother died in childbirth. He was often drunk and beat her with a switch, blaming her for her mother’s death. To escape the physical and emotional abuse, she would often steal her father’s books and taught herself to read to try and educate herself on how be a proper woman and take care of herself and others when she grew up. She was determined not to be like her father. She kept many of his books after he died. Shortly after his death, Adina was sent away to work in the manor at age 5 because she was an orphan. She has lived, and died, there ever since.

Adina worked hard kept to herself, slowly allowing the other servants into her life. She grew to love the ladies and looked up to them like the missing mother figure she never had. She eventually became that very mother figure and won the hearts of many of her fellow employers. She got to be the head servant because of her strict attitude towards the others and her efficiency of getting the job done. However, she tends to either shy away from the men because of her past or scolds them more harshly than the female servants which led to her own death. She was drowned by one of the cooks in the washroom where she had been cleaning.

RP Sample

The horrific rush of water pounded against her eardrums as the cold, soapy fluid filled her lungs. The strong, merciless hands tightened around her throat and held her head down in the wash-basin. She kicked and tried to scream but all that came out were bubbles and belches of water. The detergent stung her eyes as they gazed up in terror as the cook kept her down. The last thing she saw were the yellow, crooked teeth of the man grinning down at her and heard his deep voice laughing with his Cockney accent. Her mortal coil faded away and her lifeless eyes stared blankly up from her watery grave…

Adina drew in a long, gurgling breath and bolted upright, sitting up in the water. She looked around to find herself alone. The manor was silent and decaying, cobwebs and dust covering the furniture and floor. She stood up and turned to try and look at her reflection but there was nothing… “What in-?” She murmured before suddenly remembering being held underwater… She was dead! Dead!! No longer in human form but now a mere phantom of her former self.

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[|ADMIN LEFFIE|]

Hey there! I happened to PM you a little while ago, about 30 minutes to an hour or so actually, asking about your character, and then you delivered! I cannot tell you how happy I am to have someone applying as a ghost to the Manor! And GOOD GOD KATE WINSLET! *dies* You don't know how much I love Kate Winslet, honestly. Freaking. Gorgeous. Woman.

I really really love your character. A servant is definitely what we need at the manor. You may be wondering about the pending then. I only say pending because you do need a bit more information in your app, especially in personality and history. In fact, most of your history seems more like it fits in the personality section, where it describes how she acts.

For appearance, you might want to go more indepth about how she walks, what her mannerisms are, what sort of expressions she uses, that sort of thing. Not too much, we really only look for one fairly long paragraph for appearance, not two.

For personality, I think you should describe more of her relationship with other servants, her standoffishness towards men which can THEN be reenforced by her history, and how she acts when she's not being a servant. If being a servant is really her entire life, then explain why it is her entire life and what ways she puts her all into it. Also, since she is a ghost, you should also explain how being dead changed her. Is she still the watchful servant who looks after the noble and higher class ghosts in the manor? What can be said about her own feelings toward being dead. Is there anyone she might have missed when she died?

For history, I like where you're going, but I think you should explain more of her relationship with her father and how being without a mother affected how she grew up (especially in the past when women looked to their mothers for guidance on how to become housekeepers and such). Would she have become a boyish girl because of it? And why exactly does she go to the manor to work? How exactly did she rise to the ranks of being head of staff?

Its mostly just details that we need, so that when people read your app when they post with you they get a better understanding of your character so they know if their characters are suited to play with yours.

Oh, and by the way, what time period did she die in, exactly? It would help immensely to understand what was proper when she was alive, and how that would carry over into how she acts now.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, your RP sample should be in past tense, btw, and should be just a bit longer, maybe including her becoming a ghost?

[|ADMIN LEFFIE|]

This is a lot better! I can tell how much more fleshed out she is. I can't wait to see her flitting around the manor! Don't forget to post a plot page, post in the Who's Who list, which you can find in the Notes from OG section, ask for some graphics (PLEASE let me work with Kate Winslet's beautiful face!), and especially introduce yourself! Don't be shy, either, you can come on the chatbox and chat with us too!