Post by Celeste Gerras on Mar 1, 2008 1:41:41 GMT -5
Character Basics
Full Name: Celeste Adele Gerras
Nickname(s): ----
Birthday: June 15th
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Desired Position: Dancer/ Chorus
Character Information
Appearance:
Personality: Celeste is a firecraker and always has been. She is known for her attitude, her passion, and her determination as well as her hot temper and high opinion of herself. To match this, Celeste is less than merciful with those she deems fools and only takes orders from her betters in the ballet staff and the chorus staff. She refuses to be told what to do by others who perform along side her and has a hard time tolerating any orders that assume her subservience from those around her own age. Celeste also has a bad habit of toying with people to get what she wants. You may call it a talent. She does.
History: Celeste is a common born girl with a common history. Her mother worked for years and a semestress for the leading soprano Carlotta Gudichelli and for those years Celeste was expected to simply follow in her mothers footsteps. Until she was ten she did of course, going to the opera like a dutiful daughter and helping her mother with the costumes until it was time to leave. However, Celeste's mind often strayed.
As Celeste worked she often watched the girls her age from the ballet warm up and then take her lessons. During the small amounts of time her mother let her roam as she worked on the parts too complicated for the inexperienced girl Celeste would find herself drawn to the barres and would practice what she had seen the other girls so carefully do over and over earlier in the day.
One of these days, when Celeste was toying with a ballet combination, Madame Giry caught her and corrected her on a few things. After a few minutes of repeating the combination, and performing a few more, Madame Giry was impressed by Celeste's drive, determination, and passion for the small task of barre combinations and invited Celeste to join the ranks of the ballet rats of the opera.
Her mother was reticent but eventually agreed and Celeste came to live and study in the ballet with the other girls. She spent most of her time studying. Celeste quickly rose above the others in her year and even those who had trained in the ballet far longer than she. Part of this was due to her determination to increase her skills in the vocal arts as well as dance. Her newfound excellence in both voice and dancer earned her one of the top positions in the ballet. One which she enjoys and carries with pride to this day.
Random Info
Likes: Attention, winning, singing, dancing, prestige, looking beautiful, compliments, flirting, mind games, getting her way, success, glamour
Dislikes: being helpless, loosing, being shown up, not being the center of attention
Fears: Not succeeding, loosing any mind games, getting in to deep into a situation, being helpless
Habits: Speaking her mind, acting like a diva, being inappropriate for her status, being overly forceful, stepping into things she shouldn't
Family:
Parents: Anoinette Gerras (Mother)
Sibling(s): None
Relative(s): None
Other
Custom Title: N/A
The magic word: Inside my mind
Role Play Sample: There were times when Celeste hated the fact that she worked in the opera house. She loved being on stage; the rush of the lights, and the whirl of action and grace around the stage, the marriage of movement and sound and everything that came together to create opera. She loved that. She loved the balls when she snuck into them. She had never been permitted because she was only part of the courps, despite the fact that she was one of its best members she had not yet been allowed to come to one of the masques. She loved to watch them though. The glamour, the gowns, the music, the dancing.
This time, she would not be kept away. Celeste was absolutely determined to sneak into the New Year's maque this year and nothing, absolutely nothing, was going to stop her this time. She had already found a beautiful gown from the stores of old costumes, and with the skill she had learned when she was younger from her mother, managed to renovate it a bit with a few more modern touches to the skirt and the bodice. It fit her like a glove with a few slight adjustments and she managed to get it hidden away so no one would see what she had done. All that remained now were to rustle up the final touches. She needed a few accesories and a mask from the props room and her plan would be ready.
Of course, the small challange was finding these items of course. It was easy enough to say that you were going to find the items, but once in the prop room, surrownded by unorganized junk, it was easier said than done. So, amid the piles of old swords, and destroyed bits of jewlery, Celeste found herself frustrated and digging for those final touches that would bring her into the masque she had so long looked down upon but never entered.
Full Name: Celeste Adele Gerras
Nickname(s): ----
Birthday: June 15th
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Desired Position: Dancer/ Chorus
Character Information
Appearance:
Personality: Celeste is a firecraker and always has been. She is known for her attitude, her passion, and her determination as well as her hot temper and high opinion of herself. To match this, Celeste is less than merciful with those she deems fools and only takes orders from her betters in the ballet staff and the chorus staff. She refuses to be told what to do by others who perform along side her and has a hard time tolerating any orders that assume her subservience from those around her own age. Celeste also has a bad habit of toying with people to get what she wants. You may call it a talent. She does.
History: Celeste is a common born girl with a common history. Her mother worked for years and a semestress for the leading soprano Carlotta Gudichelli and for those years Celeste was expected to simply follow in her mothers footsteps. Until she was ten she did of course, going to the opera like a dutiful daughter and helping her mother with the costumes until it was time to leave. However, Celeste's mind often strayed.
As Celeste worked she often watched the girls her age from the ballet warm up and then take her lessons. During the small amounts of time her mother let her roam as she worked on the parts too complicated for the inexperienced girl Celeste would find herself drawn to the barres and would practice what she had seen the other girls so carefully do over and over earlier in the day.
One of these days, when Celeste was toying with a ballet combination, Madame Giry caught her and corrected her on a few things. After a few minutes of repeating the combination, and performing a few more, Madame Giry was impressed by Celeste's drive, determination, and passion for the small task of barre combinations and invited Celeste to join the ranks of the ballet rats of the opera.
Her mother was reticent but eventually agreed and Celeste came to live and study in the ballet with the other girls. She spent most of her time studying. Celeste quickly rose above the others in her year and even those who had trained in the ballet far longer than she. Part of this was due to her determination to increase her skills in the vocal arts as well as dance. Her newfound excellence in both voice and dancer earned her one of the top positions in the ballet. One which she enjoys and carries with pride to this day.
Random Info
Likes: Attention, winning, singing, dancing, prestige, looking beautiful, compliments, flirting, mind games, getting her way, success, glamour
Dislikes: being helpless, loosing, being shown up, not being the center of attention
Fears: Not succeeding, loosing any mind games, getting in to deep into a situation, being helpless
Habits: Speaking her mind, acting like a diva, being inappropriate for her status, being overly forceful, stepping into things she shouldn't
Family:
Parents: Anoinette Gerras (Mother)
Sibling(s): None
Relative(s): None
Other
Custom Title: N/A
The magic word: Inside my mind
Role Play Sample: There were times when Celeste hated the fact that she worked in the opera house. She loved being on stage; the rush of the lights, and the whirl of action and grace around the stage, the marriage of movement and sound and everything that came together to create opera. She loved that. She loved the balls when she snuck into them. She had never been permitted because she was only part of the courps, despite the fact that she was one of its best members she had not yet been allowed to come to one of the masques. She loved to watch them though. The glamour, the gowns, the music, the dancing.
This time, she would not be kept away. Celeste was absolutely determined to sneak into the New Year's maque this year and nothing, absolutely nothing, was going to stop her this time. She had already found a beautiful gown from the stores of old costumes, and with the skill she had learned when she was younger from her mother, managed to renovate it a bit with a few more modern touches to the skirt and the bodice. It fit her like a glove with a few slight adjustments and she managed to get it hidden away so no one would see what she had done. All that remained now were to rustle up the final touches. She needed a few accesories and a mask from the props room and her plan would be ready.
Of course, the small challange was finding these items of course. It was easy enough to say that you were going to find the items, but once in the prop room, surrownded by unorganized junk, it was easier said than done. So, amid the piles of old swords, and destroyed bits of jewlery, Celeste found herself frustrated and digging for those final touches that would bring her into the masque she had so long looked down upon but never entered.