, words of wisdom ---

[cate de la mare]

meet jude chodan marlowe. french/australian, twenty two, tourist, decent. and was born on tibet. his story is pretty dramatic - his father, an oil patron and a billionere, had an affair with his mother, who was a student at the university he visited for a seminar. they met up a couple of times after that, and one day, ellie - jude's mother - found out that she was pregnant, ran off, and gave birth to him at one of the most god forsaken places ever. through his childhood, he moved around the world and practically lived everywhere, and travelling became a life style for him. when he was fourteen, he lost his mother, and that was when he found out who his father was, and when his father found out that he had a son. at that point, his father took his cusdity, and he was sent to eton to study with the likes of prince william. anyway, he graduated early, than moved on to oxford to study law, graduated when he was twenty, then he started working as a photographer for national geographic. he has a flat in sydney, and comes back here when he's done with a shoot, but he spends most of his time reading about the next setting he'll be shooting in. he's a nice kid, loyal, honest and friendly, and the only thing he fails at is probably relationships. he thinks there's no point at having one when you have a life style like his, so he mostly does flings and fwbs. other then that, he's a cutie, a great cook, decent, etc. etc. he needs everything, so sex him upp !

meet ciel victoria of york. biritish/french, nineteen, tourist, out of line, experimental. ciel is a 'try everything once' kind of girl, except just once doesn't cut it for her. she's tried almost everything to be tried, except stuff that include needles, since she's afraid of them. she alone proves that one's family shapes one's personality, though she doesn't see that as a bad thing. her father is the duke of york, and probably the only positive role model ciel had while growing up. he, of course, is not exactly the type of man who can teach you the importance of hard work and such, but still, he is the most reasonable people around ciel and her brother. the same thing can't be sai,d for their mother, an nobel winning author - everytime they went to see her, she'd introduce them to another eighteen year old boy toy, and still does, claiming that younger men are a source of inspiration. and then there was her brother, who dragged her from one party to another - well, not exactly parties, but gatherings where about twenty dirty rich teenagers came together, listening brit rock, getting high and having sex - and was always too high to notice ciel getting a bit too personal with some kid not five feets away from him, and that's how she became who she is. she's also a pretty talented writer, a trait she inherited from her mother, and studies literature in ens. she needs friends, enemies, fwbs etc., so hit her up.

meet armand von der lindth. swiss, twenty, elite, musician & sketch artist, unambitious, dreamer. when you extract his artistic talents, armand is a classical rich boy. he's used to getting whatever he wants, and doesn't like it when things don't work out that way. but he's usually a nice kid - the type to go out of his way to make others happy, a loyal boy friend, smart, dependable, and a lot of things most people wouldn't except from him. however, when he drinks - well, that's a whole different case. alcohol turns him into a different person, and he suddenly becomes this asshole who can say and do anything, ignorant of the consequences. he is aware of this, and always wakes up the nest morning feeling terribly bad about what happened the night before, but he still can't keep himself from doing it or drinking, even though he knows the same thing will happen all over again. but other than that, he's someone you'd like to be around. he's witty, entertaining, and he could give you really cool birthday present - like a sketching of yourself or a piece he composed for you. he could be really distanced or really goofy depending on his mood, and i think he needs someone to be this sort of savior for him, and well, all the other stuff. he's cute, plot with him hoez.

meet cate de le mare. brisith, twenty, usyd student, music & fashion geek, genious, abrupt. cate is the daughter of one of the biggest rock stars of the previous century, and some of his interest in music obviously rubbed on her, and her other great interest is fashion, but her parents don't allow for her to do anything about either because of her... well, level of intellect. she's that kid who thought herself how to read, knows five languages etc., but she really couldn't care less about it. she's currently studying biophysics at usyd, but when she graduates, she will be going to milan to study fashion there, and doesn't care what her parents have to say about that. she's a bit too sarcastic, and that makes it hard to put up with her, but once you get to know her, you see that she's actually.. not that annoying. she doesn't believe in love, and can be really bitter to happy couples, so don't get annoyed when she does that to you. since my brain just died, that's all i have on her, plot with her, plz & ty.

last but not least, this is alfie leland. american, twenty, elite citizen, actor, charming. nine months ago, this boy was studying pre law at harvard, following the footsteps of his father, the speaker of the house, and his grandfather, formet president of the united states of america. everybody was assured that he was well on his way to become a politician, but that whole changed when he came here to visit his cousin, who works for the sydney theatre company. one day, he was watching the hamlet audutions, and mumbled to himself about how they were all over acting. one of the co directors said that if he knew that much about theatre, he should try, and he did - and ended up playing hamlet - junior, of course. anyway, that was seven months ago, and he's been working as an actor for the stc ever since. he's a nice kid, smart and intellectual, and he needs everything, so sex him up !

[dakota roscoe]

yeah, i know, this makes me a huge nerd, but il ashley and jackson so ... we plot, yes? c: dakota is kind of quiet and introverted. she loves to take pictures, but she only shoots in b&w 'cause she's colorblind. she's going to uni right now, but she works part time as a kind of paparazzo - but more awesome. she gets hired to take pictures at music gigs and important shit and all that jazz. her parents are major art dealers and she's super loaded, but she doesn't really act like it. she's pretty distant from her family and soft spoken about most things. she's not into the party scene and everything - though she's so amiable that she'll do like anything to make a friend happy or what not. she tends to keep people at arm's length for a while, but you know you've made it if she shows you her darkroom in her apartment. she's sweet and generous and puts other people before herself - and definitely worries about her friends non stop. uh, that's about it. c: i'm brain dead atm, so it's kind of up to you how she'd fit in with all your lovely characters! i think she'd be the kinda girl to try and save armand, but it's up to you. i promise i won't be insulted if you're all 'ew no you're gross.' so then i also have credence, who's an entirely other can of worms. she's a nineteen year old model who just moved here from france. her parents are american, and she's only french by birth - french and english come easily to her. she's a bit of a nut, but in the best way possible. she's a total clown and can't take anything seriously - she was a class clown in high school. pranks are her favorite thing in the world, and she gets in trouble for them a lot - but she's genuine and sweet so people rarely stay angry at her for very long. she does dumb shit like falling off rooftops while drunk, but she takes it all with a laugh. she's kind of addicted to smoking and gin, which isn't very good for her at her age, but she doesn't care. for all of her bad habits, she can also be a major tease, but she never really goes through with anything - sex is one of the few sacred things left in her life. yeah, so those are my girls. c:

[cooper rhys anderson]

hey! so i think cooper and cate would have a very interesting relationship. cooper is also a bona fide genius and gets rather annoyed with anyone who can't keep up with his brain, so pretty much everyone. he's a bit of a cold asshole, but what can you do. i think if he and cate were to meet, he might kind of write her off as a pretty girl who wants to design, not someone who's very smart at all. and then she'd kind of surprise him with just how bright she is. maybe they meet in a bar or club or something, and they're both thinking of the other as a good hook-up and then they realize that the other is actually a fair intellectual match for the other and are kind of intrigued by one another. i could see cooper being very interested in her but kind of being like 'you're so smart, why do you want to go into fashion?' or something along those lines. i just think these two geniuses need to get together

[esmeralda cordoza]

helloo. i think that there could be some fabulous plotting between ciel/alfie & esmeralda. for ciel she seems so experienced and matured, which would fascinate her since she pretty naive. maybe as friends ciel could introduce her to the more party-oriented lifestyle essie has never known since she's ben so sheltered her whole life. while her naivete makes her seem slightly dumb, she's quite smart in philosophy and writing. as for alfie i think the main factor would be that they both act. she's quite easily impressed so his whole background/achievements, she be pretty enamored with him but not so much in a romantic way. or whatev if none of this makes any sense :P