<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/75PeqUc.png)<br/><div align="center"><strong>Robin Elliot</strong></div></div><strong>Nicknames / Alias:</strong><em>Robbie (rare, mostly among theater friends as a diminutive/affectionate term), Mute (bullied, disparagingly) Helen Keller (bullied/disparagingly) </em><br/><strong>Age: </strong><em>17</em><br/><strong>Birthday: </strong><em>November 8, 2005</em><br/><strong>Gender &amp; Sexuality:</strong><em>Cis-gender male, he/they pronouns (goes by he, welcomes they), homosexual</em><br/><br/><strong>Face-Claim / Play-By:</strong><em>Biel Macià</em><br/><strong>Height: </strong><em>5'8"</em><br/><strong>Brief Physical Description: </strong><em>Robin tends to come off as deliberately unassuming in most group, either with his arms crossed in front of his solar plexus or hands pushed into his pockets. He tends towards a quiet, even unassuming, posture; his green eyes often wander. If he does not know someone well he can have poor eye-contact and a stilted tone, though can in contrast be quite talkative and relaxed when around friends and familiarity. He has brunette hair that he keeps just below shoulder length; it is naturally wavy with a predominance of loose curls. He often is wearing a faint fragrance evocative of lavender incense.</em><br/><strong>Arriving from: </strong><em>San Diego, California</em><br/><br/><strong>Character Trope:</strong><em>Performer</em><br/><strong>Stuffed Animal Type</strong><em>Fantasy</em><br/><br/><strong>Please provide three to five subjects or tasks that your character is strong at. At least two of these should be drawn from your Trope:</strong><em>Pantomime, Acting, Singing, Mathematics, Yoga</em><br/><strong>Please provide two to three positive qualities about your character.</strong><em>Artistic, Analytical, Motivated</em><br/><strong>Please provide three to five subjects or tasks that your character is weak at. At least two of these should be drawn from your Trope:</strong><em>Debates / Arguments, Confident / Competent first impressions, Foreign Languages, Visual Arts, Applied Arts (metalworking, woodworking, etc.)</em><br/><strong>Please provide two to three negative qualities about your character.</strong><em>Anxious (particularly in unfamiliar social situations,) critical (of self and others,) impractical thoughts / idealistic impulses</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Paranormal Powers</span><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/aVxMRPx.png)<br/><div align="center"><strong>Fellow</strong></div></div><strong>Power 1:</strong><em>Flames heed your call, surging or dwindling at your gesture. Activating this power allows you to produce a small, lighter-sized flame in your hand.</em><br/><strong>Power 2:</strong><em>Your breath is an arctic breeze; able to ice over a window or freeze a cup of water.</em><br/><strong>Tools of the Trade</strong>-<em>Through pantomiming the use of a small hand-held tool, such as a pen, rope, hairbrush, scissors, or umbrella, Robin may treat the object as if it exists and functions. The tool must be capable of being mimed out with his hands, and it can not rely on a power source (such as electricity, fuel, or gunpowder.)</em><br/><strong>I'm In a Box:</strong>-<em>Through the miming of a box on all sides of him, as well as up to three other people, Robin may create a pocket demense where those inside may not be seen, smelled, or heard by those outside. Though they are not natively able to hear or see what is going on outside the box, people inside it can risk 'peeking out of the top of the box' and possibly being seen in order to hear or see what is going around them. The effect ends if Robin mimes tearing apart the box or someone is discovered in their 'peeking'. A person inside the box may also crawl outside of it without the effect ending for those inside, provided that they are not 'caught' in the process.</em><br/><br/><strong>Describe your character's home-life. Be sure and include their relationship with parents and any siblings.</strong><em>Robin hails from San Diego, California from a distinctly middle class background. He has one brother, Felix Eliot, who around two years ago transitioned his gender expression from that of a female. He has a close relationship with his brother, and has historically looked to them as a bit of a protective figure. Robin's parents are very image conscious, which is only aggravated by the fact that his mother is on the city council. His father is a foreman. His homelife has always been somewhat tense due to an overemphasis on appearances, and has become only more so in recent years between him openly identifying as a homosexual and his brother's transition. There is an air about his parents reception of these changes that imply their children are doing things for attention, as rebellion, or simply going through a 'phase'. Robin often has impractical aspirations and dreams, which keeps him from being particularly open to his parents about his future. (He is much more open to Felix.)</em><br/><strong>Describe your character's school-life. Are they doing well? What is their relationship like with their teachers and peers?</strong><em>Robin has always been a good student, though not to the point that anyone is going to mistake him for valedictorian. He has an uncomfortable relationship with school since it was an aggravator for his social anxiety; from second grade to seventh grade he went through periods of select mutism. Though through therapeutic measures, performance, and art Robin has conquered those tendencies (at least for the moment,) those school peers that grew up with him haven't forgetten and he's often still teased about his behavioral history. Robin is liked by his teachers, but often considered somewhat of a daydreamer and the type of student that does not fully apply himself. He has aspirations of being a stage performer, but officially has plans for college since he knows that he will get lectured on the likelihood of failure as an actor. He has, however, shared these with Felix. Robin is far from what someone would consider popular, being both somewhat quirky and shy, however he has some friendships within the drama and theatre geek contingent.</em><br/><strong>Describe your character's relationship to the stuffed animal that they brought. How did they acquire it? Did they want to bring it? Are they proud to show it, embarrassed to have it, or something else?</strong><em>Robin's stuffed animal is named 'Fellow,' which was named thus due to Robin's childhood misunderstanding of the word Pharaoh. He was gifted to him by his brother (whom, at the time identified as Felicia, his sister.) Robin was being badgered by his parents and picked on by his peers for his extreme social anxiety and selective mutism. His sibling had received Fellow (in addition to another stuffed animal, 'Hissy Fit',) as a Halloween present. Seeing the 'shy mummy' hiding his words and face behind bandages, Felicia gave Robin Fellow to remind him that it was perfectly okay and his right to be shy and selectively mute around people. Due to a statement Felicia made at the time, Robin sees Fellow as very closely linked to Hissy Fit, and an extension of his sibling's love and urge to protect him.</em><br/><strong>What is one thing will make your character most home-sick while they are away?</strong><em>Robin will miss the support of his friends and the ability to put on plays and other artistic ventures together. (He will, at least, have his brother for general company and people at camp to do these things with.) He will miss familiar surroundings, even if they are very imperfect ones, because that will mean a marked increase in his already existant anxiety problem.</em><br/><strong>What is one thing will your character be happiest to hopefully 'leave behind' while they are away?</strong><em>Robin will be glad to be away from the judging eyes and comments of his parents, particularly the pressure that they put on him and his brother to be 'normal'. Robin will welcome an absence of their rules and oversight, particularly since this summer will likely influence his decision highly whether he actually forsakes applying to colleges next year to try and make it as an actor or performer. Additionally, there is a certain boy that Robin knows will be in attendance at the camp, and Robin welcomes not being around his parents' oversights so that he can more easily get close to him, physically and emotionally.</em><br/><strong>What is your character's favorite campfire story and why?</strong><em>Robin's favorite campfire story involves a boy one day hearing noise in the night while out camping with the Boy Scouts. He goes out to see that a mysterious night circus setled across the campgrounds, and goes to join in. It ends with the boy joining in the circus acts and having fun until he realizes that he, and the rest of the circus, are quickly fading from view. Helpless to escape, the boy becomes part of the spectral circus that moves across the lands, never heard from again by his family or troop. This story always appealed to Robin because it did not seem a particularly bad fate, because he fantasized about the idea of him and his sister being among 'freaks' who did not judge them, unlike their parents. The fact that Robin found the confidence to overcome his select mutism through pantomime and performance made the particular flavor of the story all the more appealing to him.</em>