Post by calla on Jul 27, 2011 23:33:51 GMT -6
CALLALILYWATSON
“Well, tell me a little about yourself. What’s your name?”
I have been called many names and I change mine regularly to suit my needs and purposes. My given name however is Calla Lily Watson. It was given to me by my mother in honor of my grandmothers favorite flower. I my self do not put much stock in flowers. They are fickle and sickly things. Their only purpose is beautification and if you use them as such it inevitably kills them. I honestly find them a bit depressing, but a name is a name and that is mine.
“Next question, how has your High School career gone thus far?”
I have never been to a high school per say. My parents being the horribly wealthy people they are did not want their children to associate with the likes of.. "normal" children. I was trained by a set of the finest tutors in new England. I can speak six languages, perform every 'womanly pursuit' such as flower arranging, playing the piano, and needle work, and kill a man in 19 ways using only my own body. I have never actually needed to put the last piece of training into action, but it's nice knowing I can. I know in all of the teen movies the little rich girls just want to be normal and fit in with all the other kids, but I adored my tutors. Why would I want a mediocre public education when I can barely keep myself entertained with the rigorous and advanced education I am getting now?
“What did you do when you weren't in school? Any hobbies or sports, anything like that?”
I suppose my largest hobbies would be martial arts and languages. I did not really play any sports outside of my martial arts and definitely not any team sports. My twin brother and I often spar together and when we are not with our tutors we play make believe. Some people with make believe is just for children, but Curtis and I have always found it to be rather profitable. Sometimes I was a french mistress willing to work for pay and sometimes I was the bastard child threatening black mail. No matter what version of make believe we played we always, always eventually got what we want from whoever happened to be the playmate of our choice. Sure they did not know they were playing the game, but that made it even more fun. Preying on peoples most basic weaknesses and instincts is rather titillating.
“Family and friends are pretty important. Tell me about them. How are your relationships with them?”
I have no use for any friends other than Curtis. He is my twin brother as well as my 'best friend' as some people might say. He is really more than that though. He's my other half. Together we are completely unstoppable. He matches me in every single area where most people would fall horribly short. Our parents are vague concepts. They created us to better fit their perfect image of a family, but once we were born they had no further use for us and immediately pawned us off on an army of servants. Our existence was all they wanted and now even that probably does not matter to them.
“Thank you for sharing that with me. So those are your family and friends, what about yourself? Describe yourself to me.”
What is there to say about me? I consider myself to be the ideal woman. I have mastered all of the arts that woman are supposed to excel at and I am both intelligent and beautiful. More than my feminine advantages though I'm also a highly talented martial artist and gymnast. There's not much that I am not good at and while that would probably be intimidating in most people, I think that the average person would respect my many skills rather than being jealous of them. You see I worked for years to hone these skills. Forgoing 'friends' and relationships with the outside world to instead feed my ever growing need for knowledge. I am not perfect by nature alone. I am the ideal woman through my own dedication and discipline.
“Other then the reason your here, at Blackwood Academy, have you had any other issues with law enforcement?”
The law enforcement have thus far been too unintelligent to catch Curtis and I. You see we do painstakingly in depth research before picking who we play with and we don't leave any sort of trail to follow once our game is done. Even if we did our toy would not press charges because we have already extorted their biggest weakness, whatever it may be. People do not want to alienate a person who can reduce them to nothing with mere words. It generally isn't good for the pride. They would rather pretend as though they had not really cared about jewels or the money. It makes them feel better in their puny little minds. The only time we were 'caught' this time is because we opted to mock our prey rather than slink away with our booty. It was worth it though to know we bested the most powerful man in our town. The whole thing got so publicized that by the time it was all over we appeared to be mad geniuses and the mayor appeared to be exactly what he is, pathetic and fool hardy.
“What is the worst thing you’ve done? Why did you feel the need to do that?”
I can not say I consider anything I have done truly bad. All of my actions, even those that might appear horrific to others, were performed after a great deal of thought and planning. How could I consider anything I worked so hard at bad? I suppose some might say that black mailing my parents into the ultimate financial freedom was pretty bad, but I consider it a suiting punishment for their neglect. They should have to bank roll of my expeditions with no complaint to make up for the emotional scarring they caused me when I was a little girl. It is only fair. Perhaps had they taken the time to remember one of my seventeen birthdays I would not feel so bitterly, but that is not the case and so I do.
"What the one things you're most proud of?"
This one is far simpler. There was one con I am especially proud of. You see it called for a Russian heiress to pull it off and so I had to master coherent Russian in a mere six weeks and then sneak myself into a Russian palace in hand made traditional Russian wear. I am sure you have never tried to learn Russian, but that is a feat. I was able to convince a Russian prince not only was I Russian, I was his Russian bride sent over from a rich province. It took me two months preparation to research the con and then decide how Curtis and I were going to pull it off. After that I alternated between learning Russian and sewing a wardrobe of clothing fit for royalty. Had Curtis and I not forgone sleep for a few weeks I never would of pulled it off. I did though and through the connection I managed to get my hands on enough heirloom royal wedding things that I never would have been able to smuggle them out of the country had I not brought my own private plane. I still wear one of the bracelets some times to commemorate the deed.
"Other then your trouble with law enforcement, do you have any vices or addictions?"
Vices are for weak people and I am not a weak person. I live my life in a disciplined and dedicated matter. I have never even felt tempted to succumb to any vice because people who do are so far below my notice, that it has never been offered. It is very hard to be peer pressured when know one of my age other than Curtis could even be considered a peer. I may drink the occasion glass of wine if the role I'm playing calls for it. But anything other than that I refuse to partake of. It is not necessary for me to get my thrills that way after all. I am far too busy doing other things that are much more exciting.
“If you could change one thing about your life what would it be?”
I have the perfect life. I wouldn't change anything. It has taken me years to reach a level where everything has been manipulated the way I want it. Even this little bump in the road could be considered more of a social experiment than a folly. I have never had the opportunity to observe a great deal of people my age and so I am rather excited honestly. It will be fascinating to get into the heads of other people who are different like me.
“What criminal act got you sent here and who recommended it?”
Apparently the mayor of my small New England town can not take a joke. He took offense to Curtis and I stealing his families heirloom jewels. I do not really see why.. we sent them back the next day with a lovely note. We just wanted to prove that we could do it and we did. We did it easily. He had gotten far too cocky. His ego was too large to think things through wisely. After he realized we were the culprits he immediately reported us to the police and demand something be done. Sense we returned the jewels without even being asked they could not very well send us to jail, so here we are.
“Do think that you deserve to be here?”
I do not necessarily feel like I committed any criminal acts although I know a text book definition would disagree. I suppose by the worlds standards I do deserve to be here. In my own mind I would probably be better suited to a more exciting imprisonment, perhaps as the love slave to a foreign king, but I suppose this will have to be entertaining enough until then.
"Tell me about your life before Blackwood Academy contacted you, what led up to your stay here."
My life has been fairly constant thus far. When Curis and I were little we did not know that tricking people into giving us things was bad. We started pulling cons on the maids, gardeners, and our own parents from the time we knew how to talk. We would convince the cook that we knew something bad about him and we would be delighted to tell our parents unless he made us dessert for breakfast every day. The funny thing is that it was not even real information that we obtained, but rather peoples own guilty conscious that allowed us to manipulate them.
When we turned about 14 we decided that local cons were not very exciting any more. We spent days researching international places and people before deciding on certain cons to pull. After we decided what we wanted to accomplish we single-mindfully worked towards that purpose. We have learned a whole ray of seemingly useless things in order to be successful at whatever person we are pretending to be. To someone on the outside it might seem tedious to research and memorize the history of an entire family in order to play a jilted third cousin, but not to us. We loved the thrill of adopting a new persona and the triumph that came when we were believed.
I think some time in the future we might take our skills and make a more legal job out of them. Until then we shall continue to have fun.
Watson, Calla L.
Race: White
DOB and Age: April 18; 17
Age admitted to Blackwood’s Academy: 17 about two months.
Grade: Junior
Health issues: I'm allergic to most medications.
Other: Her twin brother is played by Mal and named Curtis. <3
Race: White
DOB and Age: April 18; 17
Age admitted to Blackwood’s Academy: 17 about two months.
Grade: Junior
Health issues: I'm allergic to most medications.
Other: Her twin brother is played by Mal and named Curtis. <3
Your name: Chris
How you found us: Caution
Code word in the Rules: Unicorn
Play by: Haley Bennett
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