Post by Ashley McArthur on Sept 11, 2010 5:00:58 GMT -7
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"Hey there bartender can you can I owe you the cash? Cause the end of the world, well, it came in a flash."
The Basics
Name: Ashley McArthur
Nicknames/Aliases: Ash (he'll introduce himself as Ash) Ashy, Ashy-pants
Age: 18
Grade: 12 (Senior)
Occupation: Student. Does odd jobs for the staff, Leader of the Half Monster Society (for more information on this see History)
Sexuality: Homosexual
Monster Parent: Medusa
Mortal Relatives: Evan McArthur (Father, turned into stone definitely deceased) Noah and Jennifer McArthur (Grandparents. Ashley does not keep in contact with them since he’s afraid they’ll get turned into stone too.) Stheno and Euryale (his 'aunts' on his mothers side)
Physical Statistics
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 157 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Slivered blue (when he uses his powers the irises his eyes get shot through with tendrils of sliver)
Lets Get More Personal
Likes:
- Vanilla ice cream
- Peaches
- Most kinds of music (except loud club remixes)
- Silence
- Pottery
- Gardening
- Cooking
- The sea
- Snakes.
Dislikes:
- Loud noises
- Pushy people who want to make friends with him
- Cats
- Owls
- Sometimes having uncontrollable urges to hit a child of Athena
- Having sudden inexplicable crushes on some random child of Poseidon
- Accidentally using his powers on someone
- Demi gods challenging him to spar just because they think he can be a dry run in case they actually have to face his mother
- His mother.
Personality: One of the more introverted personalities at Camp Half-Blood, it seems that Ashley really has no wish to socialize and is more often then not seen around camp all by his lonesome. While it is no secret that he holds everyone else at several arms length, this has not stopped certain people from wanting to befriend him. Most of these are usually of the opinion that having friends and socializing will do him some good or…they’re girls. Though he certainly didn’t ask for it, Ashley has inherited Medusa’s famed good looks (before she was cursed by Athena that is) and with his brooding and mysterious personality he seems to be able to attract more then a few giggly girls to him. Since he is Medusa’s son, Ashley has always earned the reputation of being a bad boy in certain circles.
However, nothing could be further from the truth. Instead of being a mysterious bad boy, Ashley MacArthur is reality’s version of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. Like the cartoon donkey, Ashley is pessimistic. In fact the word pessimistic might be an understatement when being used to describe him. He often acts as if he has a personal rain cloud above his head and it’s storming over him non stop. If the camp ever held a ’Mr Emo’ competition, Ashley could probably out angst a child of Hades and win hands down. He is also a wet blanket, being overly cautious and will often dampen the spirits of impulsive demigods with dire warnings. Those who attempt to befriend Ashley often get put of by him after a few hours when they realize that he is nothing like they first imagined.
Those who are patient and stick by him however will find that they have made a friend for life. Ashley is a truly loyal and caring friend. Nevertheless, it is not just his personality which hinders him from making friends.
History: Anyone who thinks that only Heroes have tragic histories have not met Ashley before. His story begins when his father, Evan McArthur took a wrong turn off a lonely road one night and ended up in Medusa’s most recent lair. A recent collage graduate, Evan was taking a cross country trip by himself but had gotten hopelessly lost. He was almost out of gas and it seemed like a blessing when he pulled up in front of the small, harmless looking cottage. Evan’s plan was to see if he could burrow the phone for it’s occupants but when Medusa greeted him at the door and he caught a whiff of what she was cooking inside, Evan was hopelessly hooked.
The smell of her cooking only reminded him of how hungry he was and Medusa herself proved to be very alluring and mysterious. She was hospitable and kind and soon enough Evan found himself wanting to stay. He did just that, forgetting about his road trip and even the outside world. He was very content with staying there with Medusa and eating whatever she fed him. He would have stayed content for the rest of his life, if it were not for him accidentally stumbling upon her creating one of her stone ‘sculptures.’ Luckily for Evan he came upon Medusa from behind and did not suffer the same fate as the fawn that she had managed to corner. However, it was already too late for him.
Medusa caught him easily as Evan tried to flee and Evan thought that it was the end for him. He’d become one of the many statues to decorate her backyard. But Medusa had something far, far worse planned. She had decided that she was going to change things around and have a living companion instead of a statue. Playing house with Evan had made her want something normal woman could have. A child. She kept Evan around like some kind of submissive pet and several months later Ashley was born. Surprisingly enough, Medusa was a rather doting mother and she was always careful not to expose her son to her gaze. Knowing that it was his own way to survive, Evan stayed close to the baby as well. But Medusa was quickly growing bored with him and he knew that if he didn’t run away he’d be turned into stone. Evan also knew that he had to take his son with him. Medusa was a monster and it killed him to think how twisted the boy would become without anyone to teach him anything about human compassion.
It took several more months for Evan to plan his escape. Ashley was already nearing his first birthday by then and Medusa wanted to give her son an extra special sculpture. Evan waited until she was out hunting for her latest victim before bundling Ashley up and jumping into his long abandoned car. As luck would have it, the car could still run and they made it onto the main highway before it ran out of gas. After that luck stayed on Evan’s side. He managed to hitchhike back to civilization, finding out finally finding out that he had been gone for three years. Incorporating himself and his son back into the normal world was no easy task. From then on Evan became paranoid about everything, convinced that Medusa would come looking for Ashley. He tried to raise his son to be as normal as possible but this hope was in vain. As the boy grew it soon became apparent that he had some of his mother in him. But Evan was determined to have Ashley grow up in a normal and loving climate. He was a supportive father and was always the shoulder for Ashley to cry on whenever he was teased in school for being weird. But all in all Ashley’s life was a constant.
It wasn’t until he was twelve years old that Ashley’s life was turned on its head. To put it simply he came home from school and found a stone statue in the middle of his living room. It looked just like his father, and the worst thing was the look of horror on the statue’s face. In the kitchen, there was the smell of someone cooking and a woman’s voice called out his name. Ashley bolted immediately. It was probably what saved his life. Well, that and the fact that there was a satyr in disguise living next door. The satyr was attracted to his scent and had grown curious about him since Ashley didn’t smell like a demigod but wasn’t fully mortal either. What followed was a chaotic journey to Camp Half-Blood and Ashley has been there since. Since he has nowhere else to go home when the summer ends, he is a year rounder at camp. He helps wherever he can and if he is jealous of the demi-gods, he hides it well.
Abilities: Aside from his good looks, Ashley has also inherited some of Medusa’s other abilities. The less serious one is her powers of persuasion. While not as strong or alluring as a Siren, if Ashley puts his mind to it he can certainly tempt and compel people into doing thing for him. His second ability is what he likes to call the ‘Basilisk Gaze.’ Ashley cannot turn people into stone but he can petrify them.
Weaknesses: owever being young and half mortal, Ashley cannot petrify someone for the rest of their lives. He can manage a few minutes at best, and that's only if he gets really, really angry, but just to be safe Ashley always has sunglasses on.
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OOC Information
Web Name: William
Contact: PM or Email - saturatedend@gmail.com
Play by: Tom Sturridge
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