Post by Cameron Brooks on Oct 17, 2008 23:32:05 GMT -5
Accepted: welcome to the Ministry of Magic!
Full Character Name: Cameron Marshall Brooks
Character Gender: Male
Character Age/Birthdate: 17 October, 1980
Position Requesting: Junior Assistant to the Minister
Country of Citizenship: England/United Kingdom
Year of Employment at Ministry: 9.5 (see credentials)
[ Physical Character Description: ]
Cameron is about 69 inches tall (five foot, nine inches). He has sandy brown hair and it is rarely in place. Completely disagreeable. He was a Quidditch player until he got injured and lost the independent use of his right leg. (A bludger is a nasty thing to piss off, but a Bulgarian beater is by far the worst of all things to piss off). He is well built, still works out and maintains a healthy life – with the assistance of a crutch.
[ Personality Character Description: ]
A jokester, Cameron likes to entertain a room. He has a sunny disposition on his otherwise bleak life. (Quidditch was his passion). His determination to climb the social and political ladder leaves him right in step with just about anyone he’s worked with in the Ministry. He is easy to become friends with, and difficult to dislike. He is a charmer, so be careful around him (and ladies, please guard your butterbeers!). Thus far, living with his adopted sister, Danielle, has proven the hardest challenge for Cameron, but he understands that she is not a rag and it quite useful for him. (she nurses him).
[ History: ]
Drawing from a relatively large family, the Brooks Family, Cameron falls in last… right behind Jordan. Their eldest brother, James, recently wed a notable young woman from the Torrington Family (Phillippa), and has spurred on Lord and Lady Brooks’ dreams of seeing a grandchild before seeing their deathbeds. However, the sad truth must remain – beginning a family at ages 37 and 34 (respectively) never much helped in an expedient grandparent acquirement.
The Pecking Order
James Patrick was born on the second day of 1976. He screamed; and he kicked; and he pissed all over the midwife; and she screamed; and she ran; and since then, James has been making jokes about it. So the prospects of the children to follow were greatly enhanced from the first. James turned out to be quite alright, though, serving not only as a successful stand-up comedian but also as a very reliable brother and true companion to anyone. Miss Torrington, in those regards, got much more than she bargained for when she married him.
Emma Lauren sprang out next, relatively quietly, under a full moon on the 23 July in 1978. She provided not only a first daughter to Lady Judith, but also a first real playmate to young James. Their bond is by far the strongest of the four Brooks children. Emma and James have also wed each other many times (as the necessary roles for playing house when they were younger), but never has this groom kissed any other bride than his own. Emma is sweet and sensitive at home, quick to joke and fool around with her brothers. But at work (French and Irish Tutor at Fife-St. Andrew’s Academy of Magic, Scotland), Professor Brooks is all business. Her transformation is scary.
Jordan Thomas was born on the 15 June 1979. Though he screamed for nearly two days straight, he grew up to be the most passive of the four children. In secondary school, while still a Ravenclaw Sixth Year, Jordan proposed to his long term girlfriend, Hillary Wright. They mixed their graduation party with their wedding reception, and have been married happily since. The gravest blow to their union came when Hillary learned that she was physically incapable of bearing children. As the only witch in her family, this was a relief to the Wrights and a disaster to the Brooks’. But all pulled through. Jordan has formed a close bond with his younger brother, but keeps very close alliances to his older siblings as well. He works as a member of the Ministry under in the Department of International Cooperation, British Seat to appease his family.
The Love of His Life
Taking on Quidditch at the ripe age of 13, as a proud member of the Berwick House Club (Fife-St. Andrew’s Academy), Cameron helped his Velveteers to a share of three house titles. His selection to play for the eventually defunct Scottish National Team kept that passion alive. When the club disbanded (financial reasons) he was invited to play with the Great British team. In qualifying, however, he made friends with a nasty Bulgarian beater and was not only disqualified from the match, but compromised for life. He spent three days in the hospital; he was physically healed in just one day. The mental blow spun Cameron in a new direction: the Ministry. He began working there a year after regaining mobility. From 1999 – 2003, Cameron filled the position of British Quidditch League Headmaster. He was replaced when he was offered the Head of Magical Sports position, which he held proudly from 2003 – 2007. In 2007, he moved up the ladder again with an appointment as one of the members of the British International Liaisons/Ambassadors in the Ministry. The position was formally disbanded before last year (2008), and taking a temp job tutoring at his alma mater kept Cameron from living off unemployment. His dedication to his work, however, never decreased one bit. He is more than ready to take on a much higher seat.
[ Pros and Cons : ]
Loving to joke, Cameron knows when enough is enough. He doesn’t communicate this well though. There are times when his FStA students don’t know whether or not he is being serious, sarcastic or silly.
Using cliché pick-up lines has been a vice and killer for his romantic life. He can get a girl laughing, but he can’t get a second date. Though his cane is very charming, its not the sort of thing a lady digs on most occasions.
Even with a remembrall, of which he has several, there are lapses in Cam’s memory. He attributes it to being in an hyper-extended state of physical shock from his bludger blow, but the excuse has never really flown so well.
[Credentials:]
1999-2003: British Quidditch League Headmaster
2003-2007: Head of the Department of Magical Sport
2007-2008: British Ministry Ambassador in Italy
2008-2009: Temporary Professor (Defence Against the Dark Arts), East Lothian Head of House and Quidditch Referee at Fife-St. Andrew’s Academy of Magic, Fife, Scotland.
[Writing/Role Playing Example:]
Having a third leg is not quite as funny in reality as it is in jokes. On Hallow’s Eve, he could rock the pirate costume, but it was always rather awkward coming into the office the next day with the same cane; people always thought it was just a prop. It was life. For a while, the really wicked people (the ones who thought they were more important than the job itself, took it for granted and, thus, were the ones who were fired in less than a year of employment wondering why) could always get away with playing pranks on Cameron because he was a dead giveaway with the cane. He could never sneak up on anyone. It got in the way at other times too; intimate times, when the cane was not involved; the injury was always involved.
And today it hurt.
Yeah, Dani had given him the potion for pain relief, but it was a searing sort of pain. He groaned when he moved. Could he possibly get a hold of a magic carpet? Couldn’t that work for him for a day? For a lifetime? Dani had hidden all the books that contained any sort of secret to levitation or conjuring spell for a magic carpet. She had a pair. She would always look him dead in the eye and ask, “Man or Mouse, Cam?” And of course he was a guy – a former jock too – and was, therefore, a man. “So, suck it up.”
Dani wasn’t his favourite. Not by a stretch.
Full Character Name: Cameron Marshall Brooks
Character Gender: Male
Character Age/Birthdate: 17 October, 1980
Position Requesting: Junior Assistant to the Minister
Country of Citizenship: England/United Kingdom
Year of Employment at Ministry: 9.5 (see credentials)
[ Physical Character Description: ]
Cameron is about 69 inches tall (five foot, nine inches). He has sandy brown hair and it is rarely in place. Completely disagreeable. He was a Quidditch player until he got injured and lost the independent use of his right leg. (A bludger is a nasty thing to piss off, but a Bulgarian beater is by far the worst of all things to piss off). He is well built, still works out and maintains a healthy life – with the assistance of a crutch.
[ Personality Character Description: ]
A jokester, Cameron likes to entertain a room. He has a sunny disposition on his otherwise bleak life. (Quidditch was his passion). His determination to climb the social and political ladder leaves him right in step with just about anyone he’s worked with in the Ministry. He is easy to become friends with, and difficult to dislike. He is a charmer, so be careful around him (and ladies, please guard your butterbeers!). Thus far, living with his adopted sister, Danielle, has proven the hardest challenge for Cameron, but he understands that she is not a rag and it quite useful for him. (she nurses him).
[ History: ]
Drawing from a relatively large family, the Brooks Family, Cameron falls in last… right behind Jordan. Their eldest brother, James, recently wed a notable young woman from the Torrington Family (Phillippa), and has spurred on Lord and Lady Brooks’ dreams of seeing a grandchild before seeing their deathbeds. However, the sad truth must remain – beginning a family at ages 37 and 34 (respectively) never much helped in an expedient grandparent acquirement.
The Pecking Order
James Patrick was born on the second day of 1976. He screamed; and he kicked; and he pissed all over the midwife; and she screamed; and she ran; and since then, James has been making jokes about it. So the prospects of the children to follow were greatly enhanced from the first. James turned out to be quite alright, though, serving not only as a successful stand-up comedian but also as a very reliable brother and true companion to anyone. Miss Torrington, in those regards, got much more than she bargained for when she married him.
Emma Lauren sprang out next, relatively quietly, under a full moon on the 23 July in 1978. She provided not only a first daughter to Lady Judith, but also a first real playmate to young James. Their bond is by far the strongest of the four Brooks children. Emma and James have also wed each other many times (as the necessary roles for playing house when they were younger), but never has this groom kissed any other bride than his own. Emma is sweet and sensitive at home, quick to joke and fool around with her brothers. But at work (French and Irish Tutor at Fife-St. Andrew’s Academy of Magic, Scotland), Professor Brooks is all business. Her transformation is scary.
Jordan Thomas was born on the 15 June 1979. Though he screamed for nearly two days straight, he grew up to be the most passive of the four children. In secondary school, while still a Ravenclaw Sixth Year, Jordan proposed to his long term girlfriend, Hillary Wright. They mixed their graduation party with their wedding reception, and have been married happily since. The gravest blow to their union came when Hillary learned that she was physically incapable of bearing children. As the only witch in her family, this was a relief to the Wrights and a disaster to the Brooks’. But all pulled through. Jordan has formed a close bond with his younger brother, but keeps very close alliances to his older siblings as well. He works as a member of the Ministry under in the Department of International Cooperation, British Seat to appease his family.
The Love of His Life
Taking on Quidditch at the ripe age of 13, as a proud member of the Berwick House Club (Fife-St. Andrew’s Academy), Cameron helped his Velveteers to a share of three house titles. His selection to play for the eventually defunct Scottish National Team kept that passion alive. When the club disbanded (financial reasons) he was invited to play with the Great British team. In qualifying, however, he made friends with a nasty Bulgarian beater and was not only disqualified from the match, but compromised for life. He spent three days in the hospital; he was physically healed in just one day. The mental blow spun Cameron in a new direction: the Ministry. He began working there a year after regaining mobility. From 1999 – 2003, Cameron filled the position of British Quidditch League Headmaster. He was replaced when he was offered the Head of Magical Sports position, which he held proudly from 2003 – 2007. In 2007, he moved up the ladder again with an appointment as one of the members of the British International Liaisons/Ambassadors in the Ministry. The position was formally disbanded before last year (2008), and taking a temp job tutoring at his alma mater kept Cameron from living off unemployment. His dedication to his work, however, never decreased one bit. He is more than ready to take on a much higher seat.
[ Pros and Cons : ]
Loving to joke, Cameron knows when enough is enough. He doesn’t communicate this well though. There are times when his FStA students don’t know whether or not he is being serious, sarcastic or silly.
Using cliché pick-up lines has been a vice and killer for his romantic life. He can get a girl laughing, but he can’t get a second date. Though his cane is very charming, its not the sort of thing a lady digs on most occasions.
Even with a remembrall, of which he has several, there are lapses in Cam’s memory. He attributes it to being in an hyper-extended state of physical shock from his bludger blow, but the excuse has never really flown so well.
[Credentials:]
1999-2003: British Quidditch League Headmaster
2003-2007: Head of the Department of Magical Sport
2007-2008: British Ministry Ambassador in Italy
2008-2009: Temporary Professor (Defence Against the Dark Arts), East Lothian Head of House and Quidditch Referee at Fife-St. Andrew’s Academy of Magic, Fife, Scotland.
[Writing/Role Playing Example:]
Having a third leg is not quite as funny in reality as it is in jokes. On Hallow’s Eve, he could rock the pirate costume, but it was always rather awkward coming into the office the next day with the same cane; people always thought it was just a prop. It was life. For a while, the really wicked people (the ones who thought they were more important than the job itself, took it for granted and, thus, were the ones who were fired in less than a year of employment wondering why) could always get away with playing pranks on Cameron because he was a dead giveaway with the cane. He could never sneak up on anyone. It got in the way at other times too; intimate times, when the cane was not involved; the injury was always involved.
And today it hurt.
Yeah, Dani had given him the potion for pain relief, but it was a searing sort of pain. He groaned when he moved. Could he possibly get a hold of a magic carpet? Couldn’t that work for him for a day? For a lifetime? Dani had hidden all the books that contained any sort of secret to levitation or conjuring spell for a magic carpet. She had a pair. She would always look him dead in the eye and ask, “Man or Mouse, Cam?” And of course he was a guy – a former jock too – and was, therefore, a man. “So, suck it up.”
Dani wasn’t his favourite. Not by a stretch.