Hurdy Gurdy Train's Passengers (Profile Thread)
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				Title: <strong>Hurdy Gurdy Train's Passengers (Profile Thread)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Red Offerings</strong> on <strong>04-08-2015, 05:14:07</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://s24.postimg.org/gs1sf17sl/helterskelter.jpg)<br><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="bbc_size">art by Alan Aldridge "Helter Skelter"</span></div><br><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size"><em>'Twas then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man<br>&nbsp;Came&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;singing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;songs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;love<br>&nbsp;Then&nbsp; &nbsp; when&nbsp; &nbsp;the&nbsp; Hurdy&nbsp; Gurdy&nbsp; Man<br>&nbsp;Came&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; singing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; songs&nbsp; &nbsp; of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;love<br><br>"<strong>hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy gurdy</strong>", <span class="bbc_u">he sang</span><br></em></span></div><br><br>This is the revolving profile thread for <span class="bbc_u">all</span> of the stories aboard the Hurdy Gurdy Train and it's conductor, the Hurdy Gurdy Man himself. If your profile has been approved by myself, you will be told to post it here. If your character survives through a story and you want to play on this train again, you may be permitted to edit your profile to advance your character. You can even tweak a profile to fit a new story, but you'll still need my approval before you put it here. <br><br><br><strong>Current Plot:</strong><br><em><strong>Haunted Hell House (http://s18.postimg.org/5u0hyg8y1/haunt.jpg)</strong><br><br><br><span class="bbc_u">Modern Day, Hollywood Hills, California</span>: Somerset Manor was the aging mansion estate of the late Hollywood starlet, Davina (http://s18.postimg.org/qpjm5m72h/davina.jpg) Lovatta. Davina had been a big star in the 1930's and 40's. She had starred in off-genre films during the late 20's and early 30's that didn't immediately grant her fame, but instead grew in popularity after the end of the second World War. She had purchased the enormous mansion at the height of her wealth and shortly after, married the first of six husbands. Ms. Lovatta threw hundreds of parties for Hollywood's rich and famous. After a while they gained a certain level of notoriety and soon numerous stories and rumors began to make their way through the lavish society in Hollywood. They said that it wasn't infrequent to find the hostess holding séances in the nude in her parlor and that afterwards, the participants would proceed to have feverish orgies where they claimed they were at the control of the spirits who they had been communicating with. Of course there were other rumors as well, rumors of drug use and overflowing alcohol use. Members of Hollywood's elite would sometimes stay at the estate for weeks and months at a time. They said Ms. Lovatta's obsession with the afterlife kept growing and growing and that sometimes truly frightening things occurred in the estate. All of the parties came to the end when the hostess herself ended up at the bottom of the grand staircase with her head twisted completely around. The death was ruled a murder plotted by her 6th husband, John Howard Rothschild. Stories flooded the newspaper saying that Rothschild had gone crazy and believed he was a witch hunter and that his wife was a grand sorceress. He went to prison and after that, the estate passed through a few hands who really couldn't afford to maintain it. <br><br>However, 5 years ago, the great grandson of John Howard Rothschild (from his first marriage), Eric Deitrich Rothschild purchased the decaying manor and had spent a few cool million in rejuvenating it to its former splendor. It wasn't quite ready yet, but being the showman and entrepreneur that Eric is, he chose to hold a contest. A fantastic scavenger hunt where at least five lucky winners would find a golden ticket and would be the guests of honor for a truly splendid sneak-peak of the unveiling of Somerset Manor. Press were going to be invited and there would be a charming cocktail hour for visitors to mingle. But when the party was over, those five lucky ticket holders would get to stay the night in the main portion of the newly remodeled mansion. The rooms were said to be truly amazing, luxurious, and let's face it, a once in a life-time opportunity. And to top it all off, the guests would be given $20,000 dollars apiece if they stayed the entire night. The catch? The manor is "supposedly" haunted and Eric wants to show the world that this is not the case and that he can turn this lavish mansion into an exclusive Hollywood resort.&nbsp; &nbsp;</em><br><br><br>Interested? Come to the recruitment thread and take a peek. Click here (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=233614.0)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Hurdy Gurdy Train's Passengers (Profile Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-08-2015, 05:26:00</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Kylie Jade (no, that's not her real name)<br><strong>Played By:</strong> RedPhoenix<br><strong>Age:</strong> 20<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Appearance:</strong> She looks like a young Hollywood starlet. Long thick brown hair, a chest that seems too large to be natural on her skinny frame, and a beautiful face with just a tiny hint of plastic surgery about it's delicate features. Basically a young Jennifer Love Hewitt. <br><strong>Little Somethin'-Somethin':</strong> Kylie is an aspiring actress who keeps getting turned down because other young stars have more "buzz" about them. Her attempts to get arrested in clubs have gone nowhere, the paparazzi stubbornly refuse to accuse her of being anyone's mistress and her appearances on daytime talk shows never really make a splash. Desperate for anything to get her name in casting director's heads, she took her agent's advice to stay overnight in the old haunted house. She has made sure to gush enthusiastically about her respect for the old Hollywood traditions she wishes to carry on her in current projects (i.e. projects she hopes to have when this is over...). <br><strong>Behind the Looking Glass:</strong> Being a nobody. Her face being injured. Losing her voice. <br><strong>Pain and Gain:</strong> Name recognition and acting opportunities!<br><strong>What Lies Beneath:</strong> She has literally masturbated to the thought of winning an Oscar. She also craves a red carpet lifestyle where she steps out of a car and everyone screams her name and takes pictures and worships her. <br><br>Appearance photo (SFW) (https://dvdbash.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/ghost-whisperer-1-jennifer-love-hewitt-hot-dvdbash5.jpg) (although she's about ten years younger)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Hurdy Gurdy Train's Passengers (Profile Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ixy</strong> on <strong>04-08-2015, 23:55:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">&nbsp; (http://i.imgur.com/tpEsEij.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Mica Hyde (born Meredith Heller)<br><strong>Played By:</strong> Ixy<br><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Appearance:</strong> She has the preserved, stone-like skin of someone who adheres to a vigorous "maintenance" regimen, maintaining the illusion that she is even younger than she appears.&nbsp; Her hair is naturally red-- but not <i>quite</i> red enough to be unforgettable.&nbsp; She's petite, small-busted, and fragile-seeming, strikingly young for her age.&nbsp; <br><strong>Little Somethin'-Somethin':</strong> Her jobs as a waitress and caterer have sustained her in Hollywood for too long, and with each year she loses a smidge more hope.&nbsp; She's never headlined a film, never earned a role beyond the speaking role in a commercial, never caught a real "break", despite playing the game right, steering away from porn, dodging the offers of cocaine, avoiding the casting couch.&nbsp; But she never expected a tip like this... still in her cummerbund and bowtie, she was clearing the hors d'oeuvres plates from the main hallway at a Mulholland Drive estate at three am.&nbsp; She'd been solicited for 'extra work' no fewer than five times, including once by the host's wife... a practice that, from experience, meant more trouble than it was worth to accept.&nbsp; She was so exhausted she could barely stand, as the party had lingered on like influenza, and-- like her compatriots-- she was giving up, simply slipping a headshot and resume into a small stack that had accumulated on the pedestal table by the front door, when she spied a rocks glass on the newel post that, somehow, she'd missed.&nbsp; She almost left it, but out of her sense of obligation... the country girl in her, not wanting to leave a mess... she went back for it, and lifting the cocktail napkin to wipe blood-red lipstick crust from the rim, a slip of paper fell out. She picked it up, noticed its weight... some card, perhaps, or perhaps a folded memo?&nbsp; Curiosity overtook her shyness and, cautiously, she unfolded the envelope and, there, embossed in gold and black India ink, the words stared back.<br>Stealing it would be wrong... she should seek the owner... but this ticket meant something, and the touch of its glossy sheen was electrifying, whispering to the would-be starlet that this was <i>her</i> chance, one last opportunity... and it wasn't like she'd have to get dirty, or used, to take it...<br><strong>Behind the Looking Glass:</strong> Mica is terrified of being a powerless, classless, white-trash girl.&nbsp; She grew up in a coal-mining town and is horrified of the reality of her ancestry's poverty, servitude, and slovenliness.&nbsp; She fears being judged for her superficial qualities as well-- though surgery is always an option to improve her assets, she fears going under the knife, and as such turns down roles that require nudity or overt sexuality.&nbsp; <br><strong>Pain and Gain:</strong> Money is incentive enough for a girl who works 12-18 hour days, but the thought of being in such an unorthodox 'role' scares the life out of her.&nbsp; It is not a hotel, and there will be strangers sleeping nearby, sharing the bathroom, sitting at her table-- but the lull of Hollywood mystique, its old grandeur? It all harkens back to the films that gave her escape from her run-down town, the glittering starlets dancing with Fred Estaire or tossing their golden curls on the silver screen.&nbsp; It would be magical to stay in a home, to share that space... just for once to <i>be</i> one of those stars, and after four years waiting for her big break, success could earn her the <i>right</i> kind of exposure, the <i>right</i> kind of contacts... she could be remembered as a gutsy young woman who carried herself like a lady of the silver screen, who earned her place with classical charisma and modern spunk.<br><strong>What Lies Beneath:</strong> She wants to be adored, admired-- physically and personally.&nbsp; She wants people to see her as she is and see beauty there, so the "haves" look at her with envy and the "have nots" see her as inspiration.&nbsp; She wants love and admiration from a tall man who feels like a statue of the founding father.&nbsp; However... somewhere beneath that, hiding in her heart, she wants to be wanted, wanted badly.&nbsp; She wants to be lavished over and made an object of beauty, profound and irresistible, so that she can finally let go her fetters and be bathed in pleasures.&nbsp; This is selfishness, so she buries this want deep in her heart.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Hurdy Gurdy Train's Passengers (Profile Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fetwick</strong> on <strong>05-08-2015, 04:07:10</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Gary Cranston<br><strong>Played By:</strong> Fetwick<br><strong>Age:</strong> 31<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Appearance:</strong> (http://www.seducingwithstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dark-flannel-shirt-men.jpg)<br><strong>Little Somethin'-Somethin':</strong> Gary is a miner from out of state who came up to vacation. As a fun gesture, he decided to go panhandling for gold as a fun Saturday out. He picked up a fairly large stone that was painted gold. It was fake and cracked open easily, baring a ticket inside.&nbsp; Inquiring further, he was invited to stay at a mansion. With some vacation days left to burn, he decided to give it a go. It sure beat taking a bus tour of L.A.<br><strong>Behind the Looking Glass:</strong> Being Smothered, Being Alone, Being Helpless<br><strong>Pain and Gain:</strong> He mainly has nothing better to do. He was going to visit other sites that he could afford but when the mention of $20,000 came up, his eyes widened. It'd cover his expenses and then some.<br><strong>What Lies Beneath:</strong> He wants to own his own mining company so he can get out of danger's way, while still providing a business to keep his friends and family employed.
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