Post by The Mistress on Oct 16, 2013 1:38:57 GMT -5
THE MISTRESS
Character Information
Full Name: The Mistress
Date of Birth: June, 10th 1850
Original or Canon?: A little of both
Face Claim: Kelly Reilly
Physicality
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Hair:
The Mistress's hair is currently golden blonde with a light red tinge to it in certain lights. It is kept in the most fashionable and appropriate styles of the time. She likes to keep up her appearances for him. Usually her hair is worn up in an evening style, but on rare occasions she leaves it down in its natural waves. Earlier, when she was young her hair tended to be toward a shiny coal black and perfectly straight- often either worn loose under a veil or styled up in elaborate, and often uncomfortable, structures.
Eyes:
The Mistress has grey blue eyes. They reflect the color of the water in the lake under the opera house when light from the outside hits it just right. They often sparkle with hope and certainly care. It is easy to see how much love they hold, how much compassion. It is rare to look into them and see anything else. Her eyes have been almost every color at one time or another. Very often they were brown or black at first and have gotten lighter and more colorful as time has gone on.
Height:5'8"
Body Type:
The mistress has changed shape and figure though out her existence. In this, her most permanent form, she has a long willowy structure. She is tall, but not so tall that she matches or even comes close to the stature of her master. She is thin, but not unhealthily so. She has a soft body with very little muscle definition but enough for anyone to see that she is reasonably active for a lady. All of her limbs are very graceful and have a lithe quality to them.
Complexion:
The Mistress has a pale complexion, yet healthy. She has a slight rose to her cheek and most people would describe her skin as cream colored. It isn't a sickly pallor like the thing that lives in the lake. The Mistress' skin is very much human and clear and perfect-just as he envisioned it.
Description:
The Mistress can be described as a lady in every sense of the word through her entire existence. She dresses for both style and propriety- constantly having a costume for every occasion and place. She is always lovely and well put together just as any well breed lady of society should be. Very rarely can she be found with out each hair perfectly combed and styled into place, she always dresses to coordinate with her Master so that they will not look foolish in public, and she is always properly accessorized for the events of the day.
Physically, the Mistress is quite beautiful and surprisingly warm looking for someone who doesn't really exist. She can always be found with a warm smiling welcoming her master home. She shows a great deal of emotion on her face, but only when appropriate. She is, of course, the physical embodiment of femininity. She has a thin frame with generous curves, only accentuated by the corseted fashions that are now popular. Her fingers are long and well manicured- but never painted. Very often she looks more like a doll of a lady or a painting of one rather than a real person which both pleases and upsets her in turn.
Over the years the Mistress has changed shape and appearances so many time it boggles the mind to the fullest extent. She has been everything from the dream of the shah's of Persia with dark brown hair down to her waist and almond eyes so dark they looked like the night sky, to a French Governor's daughter with elaborately curled red hair and bright blue eyes that looked like sapphires. She has been a geisha of the east with silken robes elaborately sewn and dyed. A lady of China with bound feet lips the color of cherry blossoms. She has even been a Princess of an African tribe with dark skin and short cropped hair bound for the west as a prisoner. Her most recent incarnation is merely the most stable and long lasting, but she expects it to change regularly and occasionally, to keep his interest she will occasionally bring back bits and pieces of her previous lives.
General Personality
Loves: Erik
Likes:
- Music
- Dancing
- Singing
- Opera
- Fashion
- Society
- Company
- Travel
Dislikes:
- The fish
- silence
- cold
Hates:
- death
- violence
- being left alone
Fears:
- being forgotten
- disappearing
- him dismissing her
- being replaced
Dreams:
- to become real
- to marry Erik
- to have Erik return her love
Short Term Goals:
- To please her Master
- To provide comfort and stability- both emotional and physically to her Master
- To aid her Master with his work
Long Term Goals:
- To be the only woman in his Master's life
- To have her Master love her the way she loves him
Strengths:
- patience
- mild manners
- decorum
- singing
- dancing
- loyalty
Weaknesses:
- she can be vain, often preening a great deal
- Erik, she fears hurting him and loosing him so sometimes she makes decisions that she knows to be wrong to keep him from being displeased
- She is jealous to a fault of others Erik may be interested and of his other creation who sometimes controls him more than she does
Talents:
- calming Erik down- she can sometimes, most of the time, remind Erik of what it means to be human and part of a greater society and thus restrain him to some extent
- Singing, Dancing, Playing instruments- The Mistress, like any lady of breeding and stature can play a variety of instruments including the piano and the flute and sing in a strong mezzo voice with great proficiency. She also is familiar with a great deal more than the traditional dances of a French lady given her various past lives. She can also perform various dances of different middle eastern, and asian nations. Mistress can also play instruments from those countries as well.
- House keeping. Being the sole mistress of the Phantom's household she likes to keep the place clean and knows the location of every item and every knick knack that resides in the house. She likes keeping things neat and organized for appearances sake if nothing else and does so well.
Personality:
The Mistress strives for perfection. She aims to be ladylike above all things. She tries to be a calming presence in Erik's life. Very often she conceals her own feelings and worries for Erik's needs and desires at the time, feeling guilty if she ever speaks to her fears or wants of him. She often pines quietly and focuses on other things in her life in order to hide the full extent of her emotions. This does tend to make her a bit of a martyr at times and she recognizes this fact but fails to do much about it.
Despite her lady like tendencies the Mistress will fight for what she wants. Very rarely does she loose her tempter, but she does do so when she is driven by either Erik's or the Siren's improper behavior. Very often she will pout silently first and if things go further and she is ignored she will do her best to protest as best she can. She will not, however, ever fight back physically as all violence is against her nature.
Loyalty is by far one of the Mistress's best features. She will defend Erik no matter what he does. She may not approve of his actions, but if anyone else dares hurt him or attack him she will find a way to help or protect him. She tries to do the best she can to insulate him from those that will hurt him in any way- including himself at times, if that is necessary. She never questions his actions aloud, only in her own mind or with the Siren when she feels that they are alone- not that they ever agree.
Despite her lady like behavior and her decorum The Mistress does have a more lively and vivacious side to her. She enjoys music and performing in private when it is appropriate of course. She loves romance and stories which is why she enjoys attending the opera with Erik.
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Specific Details
Country of Origin: Many, although she was first born somewhere in Europe amongst the nomadic Gipsies
Languages They Speak: French, English, Latin, Persian, Italian, Russian, German, and Spanish.
Occupation: Housekeeper and Mistress
Relationship Status: Very much in a relationship, though she knows it is only real for her. Unrequited would be the best word to describe it.
History
Family:Erik, The Siren
Friends:Erik
Rivals:The Siren, Christine, anyone else who threatens to take away her Master and his love
Enemies: Anyone who hates her Master or seeks to do him wrong
Pet(s): none
Biography:
Loneliness can do strange things to a person. Sometimes it leads a person to find talent, sometimes it allows one to get to know themselves; for the Mistress loneliness led to birth. It was a June evening. Two of the gipsies had just gotten married as Erik looked on with the rest of the camp. As they all danced and smiled around the fire that evening Erik sat apart, away from the crowd wondering when he too would get to celebrate the way the happy couple celebrated. Erik wondered when he would get to stare into another person's eyes and feel complete and connected the way others did. He wondered when he would get to feel that he was not alone in the world, that there was someone out there who cared whether he lived or died, who could feed his dreams and passions. At that moment he saw her- a woman dressed in a long blue tiered skirt dancing near the flames, her dark brown hair swirling in the wind as she danced. He watched her for sometime, until in a small turn of the dance she disappeared. That was the first time he saw his Mistress.
As time passed she began to appear more frequently. As the Gipsies passed through various countries she would always show up on longer quieter nights by the fire and she watched him and he watched her- always in silence.
When Erik moved on so did she. She was there in the harem of the Shah when Erik was building his palace- her hair darker, her eyes near black and almond shaped but they both knew who she was. She would bask by the pools in the palace. She would peer over her veil and smile through the material in his direction. But still they always stared in silence. Always knowing that they were looking at one another, always feeling connected in some way but never speaking.
As Erik fled the Mistress followed. She never set foot on the ship during his time with the pirates but she was known by all of them through the stories that her love told to the pirates. She was a Princess of Siam the first time them met. Her rickshaw was held hostage by fearsome thieves and Erik rescued her. As a reward she spent the day walking the market him. They never kissed, but she gave him the pledge of her undying love as he left her alone before returning to the ship. She was, once, a lovely lady of China who sat, feet bound and played music for him- teaching him the strange instrument until no more could be taught. She was an African slave running from cruel masters who was hidden and protected by his bravery. His ship mates loved to her of their time together, their exploits. She was always beautiful. She was always majestic and mysterious. She was always his and his alone.
That's why she followed him to Paris, to the unfinished opera. She watched him as he was consumed by his new work. From the shadows she stared as he birthed a monstrous creature from the depths of the lake. She sat and she waited for him. Occasionally she would appear as a lady on the street with flaming red hair and elaborate dresses walking with her chaperone through the town as he worked with his fellow architects. Still, she sat and waiting for him to call for her again. She waited until the house was completed. She waited for him while he amused himself with the opera house and his music. She sat silently and did nothing but wait and long for the attentions he once gave her in the ports and markets of the world when they had been pirates together.
And then one day there was silence and loneliness. He was composing and couldn't find the right note. He had tried for hours. It was late and all but a few guards were present- nothing to amuse him. Then the loneliness hit in a singular wave of sharp pain and she saw her chance to return as his lady and maybe this time he would keep her. She changed her body- longer and more willowy with the perfect shape of a French lady. She grew out her hair to be longer and put it up in a golden twist. She donned a beautiful dress with lace in the lightest blue to match her eyes. Finally she was ready to be his and finally she knew he would see her for what she was truly worth.
She came up behind him and sat next to him on the bench of the organ before suggesting that perhaps he should try a half step up followed by an arpeggio and then quietly playing it out. That was when he finally looked at her and finally spoke to her. They talked for days and nights and finally, with the opening of the opera he took her out into public again like they used to. He was wonderful. He ordered her a foot stool and brought her a single red rose which she accidentally left behind alongside her gloves as Papageno found his love Papagena and they left the opera for the evening.
Since then he takes her more and more frequently. He always orders a foot stool for her and he always brings her a single red rose. They talk about the music and the costumes. When he is upset over the casting or the arrangement of the music she calms him and makes him forget for a moment or two and truly that is all she wants- to make him happy, to be his and for him to see her as his not just a dream.
Optional Character Information
Nickname(s): The Lady, Lady, The Mistress, Mistress, Dear, Dear One, Wife, Wifey (only the fish calls her this)
Voice Claim: Katherine Jenkins
Approximate Weight: 136 pounds
Religious Beliefs: She knows the rights of Catholicism but rarely performs them unless she is required to for public appearances
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Social Rank: She has been everything from a queen to a slave but in her current state she would probably be upper middle class, to upper class
Favourite Colour(s): Blue, Purple, Light Grey
Favourite Food:Fresh baked Croissants with strawberry jam
Favourite Animal: Bluebird
Quote:Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: "Why can't you see who I truly am?"
Song That Describes Character:On My Own- Les Misrables
RP Sample
RP Sample:
Things were so quiet today. He was gone again watching rehearsals for the latest opera. He was there more often than not lately. He was composing again too but always with the same longing and intensity and it certainly was not for her. He dismissed her so often these days. She was needed less and less. At this point she was afraid she would just disappear if he continued to talk about this Christine- this Swede. He would talk about nothing else. About the things he wished to do to further her career, to help her. He spent time with her- more and more everyday and she could not stand it.
Around the music room she paced and rounded ignoring the splashing in the lake that mocked her at every turn reminding her that she was loosing control of him. What would it take for him to see her again- to realize that she was made from him- for him! She was his and all he would ever need and yet he could not see it! Sitting in despair the mistress quietly picked up a piece of sheet music. This had to end. This would end soon one way or another and she would be there as she had always been there- his mistress, his lady, his love.
Around the music room she paced and rounded ignoring the splashing in the lake that mocked her at every turn reminding her that she was loosing control of him. What would it take for him to see her again- to realize that she was made from him- for him! She was his and all he would ever need and yet he could not see it! Sitting in despair the mistress quietly picked up a piece of sheet music. This had to end. This would end soon one way or another and she would be there as she had always been there- his mistress, his lady, his love.
About You
Name:Layni
Gender:Female
How Long Have You Been Roleplaying?: See Amélie
What Type(s) of "Roleplay" Have You Done?: See Amélie
Where Have You Roleplayed? What Sites Do You Belong To?:See Amélie
What Fandoms Have You Played Before?:See Amélie
Who Recruited You? How Did You Find Out About Us?:See Amélie
Contact Information:See Amélie
Anything Else?:Heeeeeere's Wifey
Required Information
Sources Used In Research: Meg, Erik's application, the Siren's application, my brain, various wikipedia stuff
PASSWORD:Somebody has stolen my bow tie....
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