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tiatiatiatiatia) wrote2011-09-02 11:59 pm
tiatiatiatiatia) wrote2011-09-02 11:59 pm
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♠ Mun
Name: Rose Marie
Journal: No mun journal.
Contact Info: Any of my accounts including this one, AIM: lottielogic01, email: spiralnoir@yahoo.com
Other Characters: Jasmine
♠ Character Info
Name: Charlotte “Lottie” La Bouff
Movie/series: Princess and the Frog
Year/Position: 2nd Year college, dance teacher
Non/Speaking Animal/Companion(if any): None~
Powers: Per the AU history, she still has her voodoo curse of super strength. It’s not known exactly how strong she can be (since this requires willing use of it as well as proper training, which she never received), but it was seen in the last game that she was able to take out several 15-20 ft. tall trees with ease. However, she’s gained a considerable amount of control over adjusting how much strength she really needs to do day to day tasks, and can usually go about her business and not let too many people onto the fact that she’s hexed.
Canon history: Here~.
AU history: Lottie was raised in a spacious, elegant, and well-maintained antebellum mansion in New Orlean’s Garden District. Her father, Eli “Big Daddy” La Bouff, a man of old money, inherited the La Bouff family’s sugar and cotton plantations, and is well respected by the rest of the upperclass, businessmen, and political figures within the city. Due to his influential status within the community, constant income surplus, and to the death of his late wife, he had the will and the way to spoil Charlotte rotten from youth. He encouraged her from early childhood to wish on stars for her dreams, supporting her fantasies in any way possible. So when Prince Naveen of Maldonia rolled into town, she was instantly blessed with Big Daddy sending him an invitation to their annual Costume Ball. This was her chance to meet, fall in love, and marry a prince!
She had asked her childhood friend, Tiana, to cater the party, hoping her friend’s wonderful cooking would help convince the Prince to court and marry the young debutante. Woe was the poor blonde when her Prince didn’t arrive on time! However, she quickly perked up and acted the part of southern belle once he rolled in.
Unfortunately, Tiana’s clothes had been spoiled in an accident; unable to see her friend looking so miserable, she took Tiana upstairs into her room and offered one of her own dresses. While Tiana was changing, Lottie went out onto the balcony for a bit of fresh air, her room a tad stuffy from the damp heat of the warm spring night. Unexpectedly, she was approached by a talking frog who claimed to be the real Naveen. After some initial startling (and perhaps a few inelegant curse words of surprise), her fantasy-oriented mind settled on trusting what the frog said. Without hesitation, and with full confidence, she picked up the slimy little creature and kissed him dead on the lips. The spell immediately reversed, restoring Naveen to his human state right there on the balcony. Lawrence, Naveen’spackmule man servant instantly turned back into his old form as well, right in the middle of the crowd. Charlotte took Naveen downstairs and out into public to help explain the truth and reveal the imposter’s misdeeds.
That didn’t please Shadowman, Doctor Facilier, in the least. After Lawrence was taken away for impersonation and treason, Shadowman confronted the duo. Enraged, be began to cast a voodoo spell on them, more deadly than not. Little did the debutante, prince, and witch doctor realize, Tiana was nearby as well. Before the spell could be finished, she jumped in front of harm’s way in hopes to spare Charlotte.
Her act of courage, selflessness, and loyalty to her friend (and, unintentionally to Naveen) changed the spell around and made it go haywire; in the end, while Lottie and Naveen were still both hit, the voodoo had caused some strange and unintentional effects. Naveen transformed into a frog once more (easily solved later by another kiss), Tiana received the curse of turning anyone she touched into animals, and Lottie was hexed with super strength. Horrified by the discovery of said “power,” and as mad as a wet hen at being cursed, she chased the Shadowman away with her tiny pink fists of fury!
Curses aside, grateful that she was able to return him to normal self twice, as well as attracted to her outgoing personality and familial wealth, Naveen and Lottie dated for over a year. However, they discovered along the way that they were more friends than lovers. That made it easy for him to choose to leave for the Academy when he received his invitation. Almost ironically, Tiana was accepted into the place too.
Lottie joined them a few months later after finally receiving her own invite. However, upon her arrival, she found that Tiana and Naveen were falling in love; she quickly called off her “relationship” with the Maldonian, giving the two her blessing. Time passed at the Academy, and a little after the New Years holiday, Tiana and Naveen decided to return to New Orleans, planning on getting married and working towards getting Tiana her restaurant. Charlotte was left behind yet again.
However, shortly after their departure the Mist Boom occurred. Lottie hasn’t heard from either of her friends since, begging the question (she more often than not ignores for her own sanity), are they still alive? If so, where are they? Do they have all their memories and personalities still intact, or did the Mist alter them?
Even with those uncertainties weighing on her heart, Charlotte continued her attendance at the Academy. She even eventually made a deal with Shadowman to remove her curse. But this new Mist wave over the Academy has left that deal yet to be fulfilled (so poor bubbly Lottie is still hexed with voodoo).
Personality: Despite often coming off as shallow, Lottie has proven at times to be anything but. While she is indeed constantly worrying and caring about her own life, if anyone she considers a friend is in need, she gives it 110% to help them out and is more than willing to be the first one to come to their aid. Granted, that’s if she knows they require help. Otherwise, she’s typically off in her own la-la land.
Lottie is quite energetic and excitable, though this is multiplied by hundreds if a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself (such as Naveen’s arrival in canon). While still bubbly and hyper, she’s a tad more mild and reserved when life goes about normally (based on her attitude and mannerisms before Naveen, and after Tiana’s and Naveen’s marriage). Don’t let her bounciness fool you, though. She knows how to be elegant when need be (as seen with the expertise and the “masked” visage she wore she danced with fake!Naveen). However, she needs to consciously focus on being refined; if something takes her by complete surprise, such as frogs down her back, she can quickly lose that cool.
Charlotte also shows she knows how to play hostess and give out proper southern hospitality, no doubt taught and implemented by Big Daddy and the era (she apologizes to fake!Naveen for the frog fiasco in lieu of complaining or rattling on about it, as well as provided him with room, food, drink, and board).
That being said, she’s still ridiculously spoiled. It’s not often she can’t obtain something she wants, and when she doesn’t, it can send her into a tissy. Although, she doesn’t usually have too much of a problem when it comes to material possessions; after all, she can wright up a check here, drop some clams there, and it’s all hers. But if her heart’s set on something and she can’t get it, she becomes incredibly discouraged and disheartened (going into a pouting tantrum when Naveen doesn’t show up on time).
She doesn’t care about society’s views on the color of her friend’s skin. While one may think Tiana is the exception and not the rule, she readily swoons over Naveen who is clearly of a different ethnicity. This begs the conclusion that while she may be subject to believing certain stereotypes due to the era (which does exist in canon, with Mr. Fender’s statement, “...A little woman of your status...”), she doesn’t let it stop her from looking inside her friends and seeing the good in their hearts and their true personalities (or their potential for helping to make her dreams come true).
However, almost ironically, she does judge books by their covers... at least initially. She has an eye for people who are aesthetically pleasing and will usually attach herself to them before she does so with someone who isn’t as keen looking. First impressions are huge in her book (which is why she put on such a production with lights, the perfect pose, over the top get-up, and glitter for Naveen’s first glimpse of her). First impressions of others will last with her for a long time, for better or for worse, until something happens to replace it.
Charlotte’s also not always roses and sunshine. She’s more than able to give the cold shoulder, and does so without a second thought. Granted, she usually wouldn’t be so outright rude to a stranger or to an acquaintance (unless they’ve caused someone else she knows or cares about grief, such as the Shadowman). With people she’s more familiar with, she’s more than ready to risk being off-putting if being a little mean will get them to leave her alone (such was seen with Travis in canon).
While that “cold shoulder” comes in handy for dissuading certain folks from pestering her, she doesn’t always use it on people that should be receiving it. This is because Lottie is unequivocally naive and trusting. She prefers to assume people are generally good (this is most likely a result from living such a sheltered and lucky life as the daughter of the most prestigious and arguably powerful man in New Orleans). She will more often than not ignore signs that something’s fishy about them (such as fake!Naveen, since he acted outright suspicious many times throughout the movie before his reveal). She’s blinded bythe light her own rose-colored glasses, and typically can only recognize evil if it’s blatantly revealed.
Greatest Fear: She’s terrified of finding herself alone and on her own in the world, for one reason or another. She doesn’t do very well without constant support and acceptance from her friends and family (which, back in New Orleans, due to her position in society, was never an issue). She’s always relied on her father’s wealth, on her friends’ kindness and goodwill, and on her peers’ respect for her in order to measure her own value and success. Without all that, she’s nothing and she knows it. She’s not bright academically, and her sporting skills are nothing to applaud. Sure, she can cut a rug like no one’s business, but that won’t get her anywhere in life, and if she hasn’t learned it yet, she will eventually.
In other words, to be abandoned by others intentionally or unintentionally would devastate her to the core, since she would never wish to abandon those she cares about, much less want to. Likewise, permanently losing people close to her heart would have the bring about a similar devastation.
Has your character been at the Academy before/ does your character remembering being at the Academy before?: Yes, she has and for the most part her memory has been unaffected. She only wont remember certain people if their muns decide to bring them in fresh and wish for her to have no memory of them.
What are you plans with this character?: I want to continue character development with her. There’s so little that happens in canon that I’ve had to use interactions, plot, and player-plot to explore her and help her grow. I’d like to continue that, especially since she has quite a bit going for her, but has yet to see any of it through... which would cause said development.
Previous players with returning characters from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
disney_academy only:
How has the Black Mist affected your character’s memory, if at all?: No, it has not for the most part. As stated earlier, if someone brings in a character fresh and wishes for her not to recognize them, I’ll handwave those memories as having been compromised. Other than that, it’s unaffected.
Are there any noteworthy events that happened to your character in the previous game?:
-Failed dream training
-Took over Naveen’s dance classes when he dropped from the game
-First Academy boyfriend (Rameses II)
-Who failed to rescue her from being Mistnapped; she has no memories of him because of it
-Experienced adverse effects from the Mist due to the curse and the fail!rescue; complete disappearance or overzealous loss of control over her super strength has occurred. The former caused her to fall extremely ill and become very weak (lack of using her own strength since the curse provides super strength), and the later caused extreme pain (the curse going out of control throughout her body). Due to the fail!rescue, heavy exposure to the Mist or to Strangelings brings back brief flashbacks from the rescue, as well as phantom pains.
-Plot with Facilier to remove curse; we never got to see it through because of the closing of the previous game. It will probably be dropped unless whatever Faci that comes around next wishes to continue it.
♠ Writing
Third person writing sample: Bright blue eyes fluttered open, coming to focus on the polished and waxed wood floor beneath her. The blonde was propped up against a leg of the piano in her dance studio, an odd place for her to be and rather uncomfortable. But the moment Lottie realized where she was, a hiss escaped through her teeth; her mind was only now able to register that her blood felt like acid in her veins. Luckily, she didn’t even need to ponder over what that sensation was; after all, it wasn’t the first time she felt it. Miss Charlotte La Bouff knew from experience that the voodoo curse coursing throughout her body was agitated. She also knew from experience that there was only one thing that could cause it to act up like this.
Hoisting herself up to her feet, albeit in a rather unladylike and unbalanced manner from being immobile so long, she managed to stumble over to one of the nearby windows. Leaning heavily against the frame, Lottie squinted and looked through the glass. She was just in time, it seemed, to catch the sight of the last bits of Black Mist receding from the Quad. Her suspicions were confirmed. It was the Mist that was aggravating her curse!
“Good riddance!” she muttered, relieved and wiping at her brow. Feet feeling unusually heavy, she slumped over to the piano bench, took a seat, and allowed her arms to rest on the keys; an awful dissonant chord echoed throughout the studio, but she didn’t mind. Not then; there were more pressing matters on her mind, such as the pain she was feeling. Her head flopped down onto her arms, adding a few more unintentional notes to the chaotic sound. Oops.
Slowly but surely, as she rested, the pain lessened to nothing and left only that familiar exhaustion of surviving yet another awful visit from the Black Mist. However, she couldn’t help but feel like she was forgetting something, something rather important. The ticking of the gears in her brain was almost audible as she tried to piece together what had slipped her mind. It took a few minutes, but with a mental “ding,” something dawned on her.
“Oh, dear sweet applesauce!” Her friends! She wasn’t the only one in the Academy after all! Hasty worry infested her thoughts as she slipped and slid across the dance floor and out the studio door. Scrambling down the hall and into her office, she practically tore apart the room in order to look for a very particular object..
First person writing sample:
[Fumbling and muttering is heard, the southern slang audible long before a picture comes into view.] Aha! I found it! Now, let’s get you up and runnin’...
... [Try as she might, the switches don’t seem to be working. Too bad she has yet to realize that the audio has been on the entire time.]
Oh, come on you stupid hunk of metal! Get a wiggle on, I need t’check on everyone and see who’s all still here... [Boop! And the video’s on, Lottie’s lovely scrunched up and frantic face comes into view. She peers into the lense and taps it with a huff before shaking the entire device, still unaware that it’s going.]
Would you work already?! [It’s only then that she freezes and notices that the video light is on.] O-oh... shoot. [She pulls back and smiles out of habit and embarrassment.] I sure hope no one saw that...
[Ahem.] Hey there darlin’s! I jus’ saw th’Mist hittin’ on all sixes in ordah t’book it out of here like a hood on th’lam! Is everyone okay? No one’s missin’, right?
Right?
...
Hello?
Anybody home?
[If only she had remembered to switch on the “Allow Return Feed” option.]
♠ Mun
Name: Rose Marie
Journal: No mun journal.
Contact Info: Any of my accounts including this one, AIM: lottielogic01, email: spiralnoir@yahoo.com
Other Characters: Jasmine
♠ Character Info
Name: Charlotte “Lottie” La Bouff
Movie/series: Princess and the Frog
Year/Position: 2nd Year college, dance teacher
Non/Speaking Animal/Companion(if any): None~
Powers: Per the AU history, she still has her voodoo curse of super strength. It’s not known exactly how strong she can be (since this requires willing use of it as well as proper training, which she never received), but it was seen in the last game that she was able to take out several 15-20 ft. tall trees with ease. However, she’s gained a considerable amount of control over adjusting how much strength she really needs to do day to day tasks, and can usually go about her business and not let too many people onto the fact that she’s hexed.
Canon history: Here~.
AU history: Lottie was raised in a spacious, elegant, and well-maintained antebellum mansion in New Orlean’s Garden District. Her father, Eli “Big Daddy” La Bouff, a man of old money, inherited the La Bouff family’s sugar and cotton plantations, and is well respected by the rest of the upperclass, businessmen, and political figures within the city. Due to his influential status within the community, constant income surplus, and to the death of his late wife, he had the will and the way to spoil Charlotte rotten from youth. He encouraged her from early childhood to wish on stars for her dreams, supporting her fantasies in any way possible. So when Prince Naveen of Maldonia rolled into town, she was instantly blessed with Big Daddy sending him an invitation to their annual Costume Ball. This was her chance to meet, fall in love, and marry a prince!
She had asked her childhood friend, Tiana, to cater the party, hoping her friend’s wonderful cooking would help convince the Prince to court and marry the young debutante. Woe was the poor blonde when her Prince didn’t arrive on time! However, she quickly perked up and acted the part of southern belle once he rolled in.
Unfortunately, Tiana’s clothes had been spoiled in an accident; unable to see her friend looking so miserable, she took Tiana upstairs into her room and offered one of her own dresses. While Tiana was changing, Lottie went out onto the balcony for a bit of fresh air, her room a tad stuffy from the damp heat of the warm spring night. Unexpectedly, she was approached by a talking frog who claimed to be the real Naveen. After some initial startling (and perhaps a few inelegant curse words of surprise), her fantasy-oriented mind settled on trusting what the frog said. Without hesitation, and with full confidence, she picked up the slimy little creature and kissed him dead on the lips. The spell immediately reversed, restoring Naveen to his human state right there on the balcony. Lawrence, Naveen’s
That didn’t please Shadowman, Doctor Facilier, in the least. After Lawrence was taken away for impersonation and treason, Shadowman confronted the duo. Enraged, be began to cast a voodoo spell on them, more deadly than not. Little did the debutante, prince, and witch doctor realize, Tiana was nearby as well. Before the spell could be finished, she jumped in front of harm’s way in hopes to spare Charlotte.
Her act of courage, selflessness, and loyalty to her friend (and, unintentionally to Naveen) changed the spell around and made it go haywire; in the end, while Lottie and Naveen were still both hit, the voodoo had caused some strange and unintentional effects. Naveen transformed into a frog once more (easily solved later by another kiss), Tiana received the curse of turning anyone she touched into animals, and Lottie was hexed with super strength. Horrified by the discovery of said “power,” and as mad as a wet hen at being cursed, she chased the Shadowman away with her tiny pink fists of fury!
Curses aside, grateful that she was able to return him to normal self twice, as well as attracted to her outgoing personality and familial wealth, Naveen and Lottie dated for over a year. However, they discovered along the way that they were more friends than lovers. That made it easy for him to choose to leave for the Academy when he received his invitation. Almost ironically, Tiana was accepted into the place too.
Lottie joined them a few months later after finally receiving her own invite. However, upon her arrival, she found that Tiana and Naveen were falling in love; she quickly called off her “relationship” with the Maldonian, giving the two her blessing. Time passed at the Academy, and a little after the New Years holiday, Tiana and Naveen decided to return to New Orleans, planning on getting married and working towards getting Tiana her restaurant. Charlotte was left behind yet again.
However, shortly after their departure the Mist Boom occurred. Lottie hasn’t heard from either of her friends since, begging the question (she more often than not ignores for her own sanity), are they still alive? If so, where are they? Do they have all their memories and personalities still intact, or did the Mist alter them?
Even with those uncertainties weighing on her heart, Charlotte continued her attendance at the Academy. She even eventually made a deal with Shadowman to remove her curse. But this new Mist wave over the Academy has left that deal yet to be fulfilled (so poor bubbly Lottie is still hexed with voodoo).
Personality: Despite often coming off as shallow, Lottie has proven at times to be anything but. While she is indeed constantly worrying and caring about her own life, if anyone she considers a friend is in need, she gives it 110% to help them out and is more than willing to be the first one to come to their aid. Granted, that’s if she knows they require help. Otherwise, she’s typically off in her own la-la land.
Lottie is quite energetic and excitable, though this is multiplied by hundreds if a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself (such as Naveen’s arrival in canon). While still bubbly and hyper, she’s a tad more mild and reserved when life goes about normally (based on her attitude and mannerisms before Naveen, and after Tiana’s and Naveen’s marriage). Don’t let her bounciness fool you, though. She knows how to be elegant when need be (as seen with the expertise and the “masked” visage she wore she danced with fake!Naveen). However, she needs to consciously focus on being refined; if something takes her by complete surprise, such as frogs down her back, she can quickly lose that cool.
Charlotte also shows she knows how to play hostess and give out proper southern hospitality, no doubt taught and implemented by Big Daddy and the era (she apologizes to fake!Naveen for the frog fiasco in lieu of complaining or rattling on about it, as well as provided him with room, food, drink, and board).
That being said, she’s still ridiculously spoiled. It’s not often she can’t obtain something she wants, and when she doesn’t, it can send her into a tissy. Although, she doesn’t usually have too much of a problem when it comes to material possessions; after all, she can wright up a check here, drop some clams there, and it’s all hers. But if her heart’s set on something and she can’t get it, she becomes incredibly discouraged and disheartened (going into a pouting tantrum when Naveen doesn’t show up on time).
She doesn’t care about society’s views on the color of her friend’s skin. While one may think Tiana is the exception and not the rule, she readily swoons over Naveen who is clearly of a different ethnicity. This begs the conclusion that while she may be subject to believing certain stereotypes due to the era (which does exist in canon, with Mr. Fender’s statement, “...A little woman of your status...”), she doesn’t let it stop her from looking inside her friends and seeing the good in their hearts and their true personalities (or their potential for helping to make her dreams come true).
However, almost ironically, she does judge books by their covers... at least initially. She has an eye for people who are aesthetically pleasing and will usually attach herself to them before she does so with someone who isn’t as keen looking. First impressions are huge in her book (which is why she put on such a production with lights, the perfect pose, over the top get-up, and glitter for Naveen’s first glimpse of her). First impressions of others will last with her for a long time, for better or for worse, until something happens to replace it.
Charlotte’s also not always roses and sunshine. She’s more than able to give the cold shoulder, and does so without a second thought. Granted, she usually wouldn’t be so outright rude to a stranger or to an acquaintance (unless they’ve caused someone else she knows or cares about grief, such as the Shadowman). With people she’s more familiar with, she’s more than ready to risk being off-putting if being a little mean will get them to leave her alone (such was seen with Travis in canon).
While that “cold shoulder” comes in handy for dissuading certain folks from pestering her, she doesn’t always use it on people that should be receiving it. This is because Lottie is unequivocally naive and trusting. She prefers to assume people are generally good (this is most likely a result from living such a sheltered and lucky life as the daughter of the most prestigious and arguably powerful man in New Orleans). She will more often than not ignore signs that something’s fishy about them (such as fake!Naveen, since he acted outright suspicious many times throughout the movie before his reveal). She’s blinded by
Greatest Fear: She’s terrified of finding herself alone and on her own in the world, for one reason or another. She doesn’t do very well without constant support and acceptance from her friends and family (which, back in New Orleans, due to her position in society, was never an issue). She’s always relied on her father’s wealth, on her friends’ kindness and goodwill, and on her peers’ respect for her in order to measure her own value and success. Without all that, she’s nothing and she knows it. She’s not bright academically, and her sporting skills are nothing to applaud. Sure, she can cut a rug like no one’s business, but that won’t get her anywhere in life, and if she hasn’t learned it yet, she will eventually.
In other words, to be abandoned by others intentionally or unintentionally would devastate her to the core, since she would never wish to abandon those she cares about, much less want to. Likewise, permanently losing people close to her heart would have the bring about a similar devastation.
Has your character been at the Academy before/ does your character remembering being at the Academy before?: Yes, she has and for the most part her memory has been unaffected. She only wont remember certain people if their muns decide to bring them in fresh and wish for her to have no memory of them.
What are you plans with this character?: I want to continue character development with her. There’s so little that happens in canon that I’ve had to use interactions, plot, and player-plot to explore her and help her grow. I’d like to continue that, especially since she has quite a bit going for her, but has yet to see any of it through... which would cause said development.
Previous players with returning characters from
disney_academy only: How has the Black Mist affected your character’s memory, if at all?: No, it has not for the most part. As stated earlier, if someone brings in a character fresh and wishes for her not to recognize them, I’ll handwave those memories as having been compromised. Other than that, it’s unaffected.
Are there any noteworthy events that happened to your character in the previous game?:
-Failed dream training
-Took over Naveen’s dance classes when he dropped from the game
-First Academy boyfriend (Rameses II)
-Who failed to rescue her from being Mistnapped; she has no memories of him because of it
-Experienced adverse effects from the Mist due to the curse and the fail!rescue; complete disappearance or overzealous loss of control over her super strength has occurred. The former caused her to fall extremely ill and become very weak (lack of using her own strength since the curse provides super strength), and the later caused extreme pain (the curse going out of control throughout her body). Due to the fail!rescue, heavy exposure to the Mist or to Strangelings brings back brief flashbacks from the rescue, as well as phantom pains.
-Plot with Facilier to remove curse; we never got to see it through because of the closing of the previous game. It will probably be dropped unless whatever Faci that comes around next wishes to continue it.
♠ Writing
Third person writing sample: Bright blue eyes fluttered open, coming to focus on the polished and waxed wood floor beneath her. The blonde was propped up against a leg of the piano in her dance studio, an odd place for her to be and rather uncomfortable. But the moment Lottie realized where she was, a hiss escaped through her teeth; her mind was only now able to register that her blood felt like acid in her veins. Luckily, she didn’t even need to ponder over what that sensation was; after all, it wasn’t the first time she felt it. Miss Charlotte La Bouff knew from experience that the voodoo curse coursing throughout her body was agitated. She also knew from experience that there was only one thing that could cause it to act up like this.
Hoisting herself up to her feet, albeit in a rather unladylike and unbalanced manner from being immobile so long, she managed to stumble over to one of the nearby windows. Leaning heavily against the frame, Lottie squinted and looked through the glass. She was just in time, it seemed, to catch the sight of the last bits of Black Mist receding from the Quad. Her suspicions were confirmed. It was the Mist that was aggravating her curse!
“Good riddance!” she muttered, relieved and wiping at her brow. Feet feeling unusually heavy, she slumped over to the piano bench, took a seat, and allowed her arms to rest on the keys; an awful dissonant chord echoed throughout the studio, but she didn’t mind. Not then; there were more pressing matters on her mind, such as the pain she was feeling. Her head flopped down onto her arms, adding a few more unintentional notes to the chaotic sound. Oops.
Slowly but surely, as she rested, the pain lessened to nothing and left only that familiar exhaustion of surviving yet another awful visit from the Black Mist. However, she couldn’t help but feel like she was forgetting something, something rather important. The ticking of the gears in her brain was almost audible as she tried to piece together what had slipped her mind. It took a few minutes, but with a mental “ding,” something dawned on her.
“Oh, dear sweet applesauce!” Her friends! She wasn’t the only one in the Academy after all! Hasty worry infested her thoughts as she slipped and slid across the dance floor and out the studio door. Scrambling down the hall and into her office, she practically tore apart the room in order to look for a very particular object..
First person writing sample:
[Fumbling and muttering is heard, the southern slang audible long before a picture comes into view.] Aha! I found it! Now, let’s get you up and runnin’...
... [Try as she might, the switches don’t seem to be working. Too bad she has yet to realize that the audio has been on the entire time.]
Oh, come on you stupid hunk of metal! Get a wiggle on, I need t’check on everyone and see who’s all still here... [Boop! And the video’s on, Lottie’s lovely scrunched up and frantic face comes into view. She peers into the lense and taps it with a huff before shaking the entire device, still unaware that it’s going.]
Would you work already?! [It’s only then that she freezes and notices that the video light is on.] O-oh... shoot. [She pulls back and smiles out of habit and embarrassment.] I sure hope no one saw that...
[Ahem.] Hey there darlin’s! I jus’ saw th’Mist hittin’ on all sixes in ordah t’book it out of here like a hood on th’lam! Is everyone okay? No one’s missin’, right?
Right?
...
Hello?
Anybody home?
[If only she had remembered to switch on the “Allow Return Feed” option.]