Post by Eli Triton on Sept 28, 2014 22:48:28 GMT
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Let's Begin
Name: Areli Marinus Triton
Nickname/Other names: Eli
Parent(s): Queen Ariel and King Eric
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Canon: The Little Mermaid
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Mirror, Mirror
Face Claim/PB
Dylan O'Brien
Appearance: Eli is not as skinny as he used to be when he was a child, all his time in the water means that, while he's still pretty slim, he's got plenty of definition. He's small for his age, but he's ok with that - it means he swims faster, at least that's the way he sees it.
He dresses casually, jeans and t-shirts and whatever he finds to throw on, he favours uncomplicated clothing that's easy to pull off whenever the urge to swim takes him. If he's just relaxing at home or doesn't think anybody will be around, he'll probably be shirtless, as he feels much less constricted that way. He does at least appreciate how t-shirts are a lot more comfortable than the stuffy shirts and jackets of formal princely attire. He keeps his hair short most of the time, but what can be seen of it is a very dark brown, like his father's, though his eyes are hazel unlike either of his parents'.
He's a very physically expressive person, and he likes to always be moving, he uses his hands when he speaks and he's often in motion even when sitting 'still' - even if it's just tapping his feet. He's quite an awkward person, like he doesn't quite have control over his own body - except when he's in water. As soon as he's in the water he seems to know exactly what he's doing right down to the tips of his fingers, every movement he makes is sheer gracefulness - the exact opposite of what he's like the rest of the time.
Personality: Eli is a pretty upbeat person, he's friendly to mostly everyone he meets and doesn't hold grudges that often. He can be prone to slightly over-dramatic reactions, but it usually doesn't take long for him to forgive people and move on, and as long as people can deal with him overreacting in the moment, he keeps friends once he's made them.
As a child of two worlds, he thinks it's really important for people to understand each other, so he hates it when people can't see his point of view or, even worse, don't take the time to listen to it, and that's about the only time he'll stay angry at someone for any length of time. If they actually try and understand, he'll probably stay friendly enough - he'll just keep trying to explain until they get it. If they flat out refuse to listen, however, he'll usually get a bit sulky.
He loves learning new things, though he doesn't have the greatest ability to retain the information and he can be a little bit gullible, if somebody tells him a fact wrong he'll most likely believe it until proven otherwise, though he isn't all that bothered when he's wrong about something. He can feel a little embarrassed depending on how people choose to correct him, but most of the time he'll just cheerfully accept that he got something wrong and move on, armed with the right information - as long as he remembers it.
He takes after his mother a lot with his sweet and friendly demeanour and his inquisitive nature, so sometimes it's hard to see his father's influence, even his wilful refusal to do anything he doesn't want to do could be quite easily inherited from either parent, but despite his mother's obvious influence Eli does actually look up to his father a lot and wants to be more like him.
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Look into the Past
History: Eli was born to Ariel and Eric and, like his brothers and sisters, was raised to be a prince. In order to encourage harmony and understanding, Eli and his siblings had a lot of contact with his mother's family, despite not being able to sprout fins and join them properly, they would still visit them on the shore or take the ship out to the deeper waters. Eli loved being in the water, and every time they were close enough to Triton's palace Eli would constantly try and swim deep enough to get a proper look at it. His lungs always gave up before he could reach it, but after years of trying he could still beat most of his siblings in any sort of breath-holding challenge (and when children spend a lot of time in the water, those sorts of things occur often).
He was always a bit of a runt, he wasn't as fast or as strong as some of his brothers, nor as graceful and charming as his sisters, and much as he desperately wanted to he just couldn't connect with their father the way some of his siblings could, so he spent a lot of his childhood feeling like he was the odd one out - except in the water. When he was in the water his body moved the way he wanted it to, the world just made a bit more sense, and he often wondered what it would have been like if he had grown up with the merfolk instead of in the castle. He started collecting, just as his mother had, only instead of music boxes and cutlery it was seashells and sponges and bits of coral. His room began to resemble an underwater cave and every spare moment he'd be found paddling in rock pools or swimming in the bay.
It wasn't until he missed a very important rehearsal dinner for his eldest brother's coronation as crown prince that his parents were faced with the similarities between his behaviour and his mother's, and an ugly possibility presented itself; what if he tried to ask a witch for help? What would he sacrifice for a tail? At first, they simply tried to discourage him from spending so much time in the water, they cleared his collection and tried to interest him in land-based pursuits, but they soon realised that this only pushed him closer to the ocean.
That's when they remembered Seacombe Halpworth, they'd never thought about sending any of the children there in the past, as they were quite happy to have them tutored at home, but it seemed like taking Eli away from the sea and putting him somewhere safe, somewhere he wouldn't wander off and find a witch to grant his wish, was the best course of action.
Eli started attending the school when he was 14, at first it was hard to catch up, homesickness and frustration combined with so many new things to get used to made it difficult for him, not to mention he was still skinny and awkward, and kids can be cruel. Eventually though he settled in, he spent his time in the pool or the lake, and even though it wasn't quite the same it made him feel a little bit better. He tries his best to focus on his prince lessons, hoping it will make him more like his father, but he finds it boring and hard to focus, and he'd much rather be swimming.
He's approaching his final year and it's nearly time to make the choice whether to go home or stay on and study a degree, and though he knows his parents probably want him to come home, he's considering staying - mostly because he doesn't want to admit to them that they were right, what he really wants is to swap his legs for a tail and join his mother's family beneath the waves. He's hoping more time at school will help him find a safer way to do it, without making dangerous deals with witches.
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Tell us a Story
RP Sample: Eli kicked the door shut behind him and threw his bag onto the bed, quickly followed by his jacket and shirt - it had been a stressful day and removing the cloying fabric helped him breathe a little easier, at least until he could get down to the lake and really breathe. He was glad he didn't have a room-mate at the moment, it certainly made it easier to wander round without his shirt on without anybody complaining or making him self-conscious.
Shoving aside a pile of clothes with his foot, he peered around the room for his swimshorts - he'd gotten more than one detention for trying to swim without them, and while he was tempted to wear them under his jeans it just wasn't comfortable. Spotting the distinctive green pattern, he reached out to grab them. As he leant down, he noticed a towel within reach as well, unfortunately leaning over and reaching out with both hands was a surefire way to lose all balance, particularly when you were not that graceful to begin with, and he fell face first onto the floor. There was a layer of t-shirts that happily broke his fall, but an unfortunate crunch suggested that whatever was beneath the t-shirts had not been so lucky.
Sighing, he rolled over and reached beneath the clothes to fish out whatever he had inadvertently broken, fearing the worst.
"Oh, thank poseidon," he breathed, pulling out half a shattered seashell rather than something vitally important or expensive. "That could have been bad."
Dropping the broken shell without really thinking about it, he grabbed the offending towel that had started this whole mess and shoved himself to his feet. He really needed to swim. Snatching his keys from the bedside table, he headed out into the hallway - completely forgetting that he'd neglected to put a shirt back on.
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