Title: ROXBURGHE, Philippa
Description: work in progress
Philippa Roxburghe - December 20, 2007 11:15 PM (GMT)
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FALLING FROM THE SKIESFull Name: Philippa Gabrielle Roxburghe.
Nicknames: Pippa, Pip.
Age: 16.
Gender: Female.
Birthday: September 12.
Astrological Sign: Virgo.
Sexual Orientation: Straight.
Grade: Junior, 11th.
Clique: Royals.
School Activities: TBD.
Power: Illusion.SHINING OH SO BRIGHTLYPersonality Traits:
Flirtatious
Insecure
Perfectionist
Selfish
Bitchy
Judgmental
Knowledgeable
Intelligent
Loyal
Driven
Social
Bubbly
Fun Loving
General Personality: At first glance, Pippa seems like a rich, but nice girl, which are both kinda-sorta true... to some extent. Her soft, seemingly sweet appearance draws people towards her. Ha, fools. To strangers, Pippa's anything but a nice little girl. People see her bubby attitude and smiles which leads them to think she's somewhat approachable. Let me tell you they are simply mad! She's a brat and she's a princess, which make getting to know her a challege. But those who get close enough know Pip isn't too mean afterall. While she can be extreemly bitch and judgmental she doesn't let that stop her from having fun or being nice to her friends. She's even known to go quite far in protecting her mates and values them above all others.
Pippa is a softie at heart, just a little rough around the edges. When she was younger she acted like a queen, until her powers came along and scared the crap out of her. She hadn't even known they were coming and illusion was weird, it make her different than all her high society girl friends. As she began to get closer to high school she became quieter, more introverted. Pippa had to hide her freak show outbursts and silence helped with that. One of her old friends took over the group Pippa used to run, holding all the parties, getting all the boys, it seemed that the young Roxburghe didn't count anymore. Eventually she was kicked out of the group and they were mean to her. (discussed in more detail in her history). When Pippa finally realized that she wasn't a freak she became that bubbly, demanding, brat once again and never let girls walk over her again. Pippa knew she was destined to be a queen.
She's totally imperfect. From her trust issues, to overly flirtatious behavior the girl has too many flaws to count. Although, Pippa likes to pretend she's perfect. Truth be told, she would die before letting anyone else know she resents Nathaniel and Danielle for treating her like last season Louis V tote. Despite her parents thoughts children didn't go out of style like fashion.
One upon a time she liked longer relationships, serious relationships and to be doted upon by boyfriends because she thought she was worth it but ever since she hit high school the yearning to become accepted took over. Now she's consumed by using her sexuality to get her what she wants. You can't blame a girl like her can you? She just wants someone to care about her which is rather hard now a days. Instead of being a complete whore she's like a romantic trapped as a slut.
While she may be judgmental and a bitch at first, Pippa is a decent friend. She gives honest, sometimes overly blunt, advice and has no problem speaking her mind. Being girl who loves to have fun Pip has plently of random friends or friends of friends that she isn't too close with. Hardly any of them ever really sit down and talk about the things that matter and Pippa likes it that way. She's a shoulder to cry on and a loony idiot to laugh along with. If you thought stangers were in trouble, enemies have it the worst by far.
She's popular, she's got money, she lives with her parents though they're rarely home. She's a little abused on the inside. Though she seems carefree and extremely happy out the outside, she's boiling with either anger, anxiety, or sadness on the inside. Pippa can and will be a complete bitch so her friends know that when she's in a bad mood, just to stay away from her. Leave the girl alone and let her deal with her problems. Just simply let her cool off because once she's pissed off there are few people that can calm her down.
Pippa does her hair exactly right, wears the exact right outfit, she's always trying to be irresistible which is where her insecurities stem from. Surprisingly, past her selfish exterior and perfectionist tendencies she's very affected by her family situation, home situation, her friends. If she lets you past the thick wall she's put around herself you're there to say for life, unless you double cross her that is. She's one of the girls that you want to be best friends with and you want to love but you hate in her a way. Pippa, the scheming, catty, young socialite. Everyone loves a drama queen.
Likes:
Attention.
Couture.
Gossip.
Class.
Romance.
Control.
Elegance.
Compliments.
Good Friends.
Dislikes:
Procrastinators.
Sleeping Around.
Filth.
Disloyalty.
Cheaters.
Flings.
Habits:
Sleeping; cant sleep unless something is covering her.
Drinks; eat the whipped cream off drinks first.
Critical.
Smirking.
Caffeine.
Pet Peeves:
Bad Listeners or Being Ignored.
Lack of Self-control; overweight people and overeating.
Peeping Toms.
Popping Gum.
Nail Biting.
Chapped Lips.
Interrupting.
Belching.
Shoplifting.
Cracking Knuckles.
Chronic Tardiness.
FLITTING JUST LIKE FIREFLIES
Height & Weight: 5'4 and 92
Piercings/Tattoos: Ears.
Picture: 
Appearance: Her eyes are a brilliant hazel and often described as her best feature, but Pippa believes all of her features are beaultiful. She has long dark-brown hair that is naturally wavy but she blow dries it or staightens it sometimes. Pippa can be described as petite and dainty, if she wasn't so focused on going to university and marrying the man of her dreams she may have become a dancer.
She dresses preppy, but also a little bit sexy, if she wants to spice things up for a night out she'll wear a singlet, sexy dress or a tasteful miniskirts, never too short. Pippa always remembers that certain settings reqiure different dress codes and never wears anything that would embarass her parents. Pippa's favorite designer brands are Chloe, Marni, C&C California, Calvin Klein, True Religion, Seven, Dior, Habitual, and Missoni.SHOWING THE WAY TO HEAVEN
Family Members:
Nathaniel [Nathan, Nate] 56, Father Investment Banker
Danielle [Dani, Elle] 47, Mother, Fashion Designer\Ex-Model
Antonio [Antony, Tony] 19, Brother, College
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Pet(s): None
Financial Status: Very Wealthy
History: September 12. Her birthdate. The date that Philippa Gabrielle Roxburghe was born. She was an oops child and her parents didn't ever feel the need to keep that from her. While her older brother Antonio was expected, she came as a complete surprise. Her mother, Danielle Mignonette, was working as a model in New York when her best friend Felicity set her up with a British Business man, Nathaniel Roxburghe. She had known Felicity since her days at an academy for magically gifted students and after graduating the two move to NYC. It had been hard for Danielle to leave but she and Felicity both wanted to pursue careers in an area of the country that was no where near their school. It was hard to meet any men she could fully share her life with it always felt as if she couldn't let them in. The two went out for drinks, hit it off, and shortly became a couple, but the attraction was purely physical, at first. Just like all the other guys, she couldn't let him past the wall she put up. When Felicity asked if she had gone on any interesting flights with Nate, Danielle thought she had meant on an airplane. It turned out there was more to Nate than it seemed and soon Danielle confessed that she could perceive the future.
After the two were married they moved back to Nate's manor in London. Danielle soon found out she was pregnant with a son. The young couple was more than overjoyed with their baby boy and decided to name him Antonio. Modeling was put on hold so that Danielle could stay home and raise their son properly. They told him stories of magic and how he too would have powers. As Tony grew older Danielle had decided she would return to modeling. But her plans were put on hold again when she found out she was pregnant with Pippa. It's kind to say the news of a child was not well received this time around. In Danielle's eyes, she had already surrendered her body to a child once before and while she loved Tony greatly she just wasn't sure she was ready to do it again. But eventually the couple decided that they would have the baby and hope for the best.
Pip was a spoiled child from the start. Mostly because Danielle no longer wanted to put as much time and effort into the upbringing of another youngster. The little princess and spent most of her time with the best selection of hand-picked nannies that money could buy. From the couture baby clothes, to her white pony named Amelia, Pippa was given anything and everything she wanted. Even if she hadn't been born with good genes she would have been doted upon. But there was something about her cobalt blue eyes and perfectly curled black hair that made "everyone wanted to own" Pippa well at least her parents that is. The nannies, cooks, army of private tutors and friends were "constantly fussing over her so there was no room to breathe," but secretly the girl learned to love the attention.
During her elementary and early middle school years, Pippa was popular and controlling. At the age of seven she pointed to one boy and told her mother matter-o-factly "Him. That's the one I'm going to marry." Her life was pretty much laid out in front of her on a perfect silver platter.
Her family owned many houses and her parents never let her forget it. The older Pippa got the more they flitted in and out of her life. While Pip always called London home LA, New York, and Paris alsobecame hometowns to Danielle and Nate. Of course Pippa and Tony vacationed with them at the other homes but it just wasn't the same. Their parents claimed they wanted her and Tony to stay with her friends and have a "proper upbringing." And they did. Most of her childhood was spent with other trust fund babies, daydreaming about princesses, wicked witches and castles. But as they grew older something about the dreams changed. Suddenly her silly fantasies became more elaborate boys that could fly and girls who could tell the future, she had always fit in somewhat easily being rich, and pretty made her easily to envy or follow so why was she suddenly different from all her friends.
Her brother Tony had told her the stories that their mother told him and while she wholeheartedly believed him the nannies always told her it was nonsense. So while Tony was prepared to acquire his shapeshifting powers when Pippa began to do magic life as she knew it was over.
When the letter came from Aura Academy accepting her brother Pippa said nothing of her weird encounters. Like the time when she was ten and she went to the fridge to eat the box of pizza she had seen earlier but it was gone. Or when she was twelve and her brother said that their parents had come home from Paris early but when she went to greet them saw nothing. Maybe she had forced herself to believe these things, surely her mind was playing tricks on her. The truth was her mind could do more than she had ever thought she was capable of. She ignored the rest of the oddities that became more frequent in her life with age. The sad thing is Pip probably would have claimed insanity before she admitted having powers. As far as she was concerned she was not going to some freak institute for the "gifted." That wasn't part of the plan that she had mad about university, her prince and her castle so it simply wasn't going to happen. Who knew if she would even be accepted too, maybe she was just overreacting. But the two long years before high school seemed to drag on forever, the London house was more quiet now that Tony had left. Even Pippa could feel her firey personality draining as she cracked under the fear that she could be "magic" too. She began to let people, push her around suddenly she was no longer the leader of her group and fell to the sides.
The biggest party of eight grade was approaching and Pippa still hadn't received her invitation. If she hadn't been so worried about stupid magic she would have been throwing the party, all the girls would have flocked at her sides begging for an invite. But now here she was, forced to confront Gemma Coleburry about the party so Pippa approached her with a smile and swallowed hard as she looked toward the three girls surrounding Gemma.
"So, when's the party?" Gemma asked timidly with a smile. She received a cold smirk from Gemma.
"It's on Saturday but you're kinda not invited, I mean what did you expect to come over here and then I'd hand you an invitation with my sincere apology. 'Oh Phillipa I'm so sorry, your invite must have gotten lost in the mail.' Come on hun, you know how things are." It was odd how just two years ago Pippa had been in a constant power struggle with Gemma and now she was basically allowing Gemma to spit on her. How her attitude has changed in such a short time. But at the time Pippa wasn't thinking rationally she just had to get out of here so she turned and ran. She ran until she was too embarrassed because the wheezing created from crying and running was so loud.
"What happened to me? I just want to be normal!" Pippa said aloud but no one was around to hear her. "I used to be in control, I knew what I wanted, Gemma Coleburry would have been kissing my ass to go to that party. I would have thrown that party. I just want to be in control again." For almost four years Pippa had been with friends when they said things suddenly changed or she would see something and then it would disappear but she never understood. Sometimes she had thought they were just being mental cases but it made sense now. Pippa had the power of illusion and now she was sure she was a freak. When the letters came from Aura Academy her parents were over joyed, they flew in from LA just to come get her. The only good thing about Aura is that she would be with Tony again but she still refused to go. Her parents nearly dragged her out the door and shoved her into Aura Academy.OH, AND FOR JUST YOU AND I
Magic Words: Admin Edit
RP Sample: | QUOTE |
A sigh escaped the lips of the girl as she looked around her new room. Her dark brown tresses fell into her tanned face as she stared out the window of her home. Far off in the distance a sheet of green covered the land as far as she could see. True, Pippa had never actually been or even gone as many trees in her life but what did it matter? Loads of people thought forests were disgusting. No, it wasn't fear..it was just that she had no desire to. She had more...important things to do than go exploring and play with bugs all day long.
A new Chloe cape adorned her slim shoulders, while a sleeved lacy baby doll- stopping at mid thigh clung to her body tightly and her legs were veiled by sheer black tights. On her small, size 6 and a half feet were a pair of black leather Louboutin pumps. Just the outfit for a day of shopping. Or wait, no, she really didn't plan on doing that today because it would be rude to ignore all the other students... right? She had other things she would rather do. Like social domination.
She stood up and walked up to her roomy bed before she plopped down onto her white duvet. She picked up her new iPhone, looking down at the numerous little icons on the screen. What to do? What to say? She was lost at the moment. Ian had just text messaged her the other day but she decided not to respond. All of their plans had been thrown out the window anyway thanks to this school.
She typed a long text message to him before erasing it, rewriting something short and sending it. She then turned her phone off and got off her new bed again. She was bored, there was no doubt about that. Here at Aura, she didn't know anyone. She didn't have any friends like she had in London. She was a nobody here and it was making her a little ticked off to know that here, she was just known as the new girl. Back in London, it had been different. She had been popular and she had had tons of friends and here...she wasn't popular and she had no friends except for her brother. And she had no idea where he was, probably off shagging some girl.
She now knew what it was like to be the outcast and she wasn't liking it at all. She needed something to do...a project. Something for more good attention and not the 'Eew, did you here what Pippa did today?' attention. This was beginning to get on her nerves and she was going to do something about it. Pippa was not going to be the girl everyone turned their noses up at. No, she was going to regain her spot at the top of the list again, no matter what she had to do to get it.
She was determined...and she was going to succeed |
Philippa Roxburghe - December 21, 2007 06:06 AM (GMT)
Zephyriah Beccaria - December 21, 2007 06:20 AM (GMT)
"Creating Illusions" is not one of the powers on the Powers list. Your power must be from that list, but you may feel free to elaborate on it in your application.
Secondly, why on earth would she have three middle names? Most families don't give their children more than 1, two in rare occasions. Unless it's nationally/ethnically significant, which you didn't mention, having many middle names is highly doubtful.
Philippa Roxburghe - December 21, 2007 10:10 AM (GMT)
Okay fixed "Creating Illusions" to "Illusion" which is on the Power list.
Also I deleted two her middle names.
Zephyriah Beccaria - December 21, 2007 10:21 AM (GMT)
Make sure you get it in the history too.
Philippa Roxburghe - December 22, 2007 12:02 AM (GMT)
I must have overlooked that, thanks for pointing it out :)
Zephyriah Beccaria - December 22, 2007 12:54 AM (GMT)
Accepted!
Congratulations, you've been placed as a royal.
You have been placed in the mental abilities class.
You have been placed in the morning cycle.