meyrick, cerise ; ceri

[cerise meyrick]

CERISE LETITIA MEYRICK

PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF

Nicknames: Ceri
Age: 16
D.O.B. November 2
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Homosexual
Grade: Junior

DON'T STARE AT ME

Ceri has dark brown hair that reaches a little ways past her shoulders. It's naturally curly, but Cerise likes to straighten her hair out if she feels like it. A lot of the time she has her hair pulled back in a pony-tail, or kept back from her face with barrettes. Her eyes are large and dark brown, and her eyebrows thin and curved in gentle arches. She has a fairly large nose that tilts upward lightly, and full lips that are sadly formed into a perpetual frown. Her skin is a light cinnamon color that turns darker during sunny months.

She wears almost no make-up or jewelry. Her ears aren't pierced because Ceri thinks the practice is rather barbaric. She sometimes wears necklaces or bracelets, but even then it's only when she wants to get dressed up. Her style is a casual one. She wears jeans and unfussy tops that don't draw attention to her. Cerise doesn't like wearing dresses or skirts, or any other kinds of fancy clothing. She doesn't put much stock in "girl" clothes or looking rich, so she just throws on whatever is available and wings it.

I WON'T SHUT UP, I KNOW THAT I SHOULD

Ceri is a serious young woman. She cares about her grades and work above all else. She's never late, always strives to be the best of the best, and never forgives herself for failure. She's as hard on herself as she is on everyone else. Ceri doesn't stand for failure from anyone she knows, especially not her family or close friends. Her perfectionist attitude is so serious that most people think she has an OCD - and maybe she does! Cerise makes no qualms about criticizing other people, even complete strangers, and this makes her unpopular in most eyes.

She's not exactly 'shy', but Ceri rarely speaks up for herself if picked on or singled out. Her quiet nature makes her look cowardly or strange, even if she's neither. She's frightened by very little - failure is her biggest fear. If her family or friends are in danger, Ceri will speak up, and she may even kick some ass if she has to! Although, most of the time, Ceri keeps to herself and doesn't get involved in any trouble that could put a bad mark on her record.

Ceri's fault, besides her nit-picking, is the fact that she hates telling people 'no'. She has total doormat syndrome, with a capital D. If someone she likes asks her to do something, Cerise tries her hardest to meet their needs. Teachers are especially good at making her do things. If a teacher or authority figure tells Ceri to jump, she just asks how high. Her mother and father can also take advantage of her good and need-to-please nature, too. The only one who doesn't use Ceri's doormat syndrome is her sister, and this is only because the girl has too much pride.

Even if the picture painted above makes Ceri seem like the stereotypical, weakish bookworm, the girl is a lot more than that. She is deeply passionate, even poetic about certain topics. Besides, her temper can flare up when you press the right buttons, and she has the habit of being very spiteful and stubborn. Most teachers might have control over her, but if they step on her principles Ceri will rebel, which goes twice for her parents. She wants desperately to break away from her parents' expectations of her, even if, at the moment, that seems impossible.

Likes:

>>Music
>>Photography
>>Sun, sand and sea
>>Dancing
>>Playing cards
>>Orchids
>>Meeting new people
>>Cuddling
>>Eating
>>Cool sunglasses
>>Getting mail
>>Traveling

Dislikes:

>>Salty stuff
>>Being nagged at
>>Being late
>>Failure
>>Laziness
>>Overconfidence
>>Stupidity
>>People who try too hard to look cool
>>Latin
>>Mushrooms
>>People using drugs
>>Her sister's problems
>>Stereotypes

Strengths:

>>Patient
>>A "people person"
>>Nonjudgmental
>>Creative

Flaws:

>>Not assertive
>>A doormat
>>Avoids talking about personal problems
>>Too serious sometimes
>>A total non-athlete/klutz

Fears:

>>Her life falling apart
>>Losing her sister
>>Failing to achieve her dreams
>>Getting bad grades

Secrets:

>>Envies her sister's boldness
>>Knows her sister still does drugs, but doesn't know what to do about it
>>Wants to be an archaeologist, even though her mom wants her to be a doctor

Quirks:

>>Counts floor tiles
>>Spots misspellings in published books

LIVING IN THE PAST

History:

Cerise was born a serious girl, and she'll probably die a serious girl. Her parents were both bookworms and geeks, and they started teaching Ceri to read before the girl could even walk. They put a lot of pressure on her to be the best and the brightest, maybe because their other daughter, Dream, was already turning out to be the rebellious sort at a young age. The pressure to be smart and talented was very stressful for Cerise, at least when she was a little girl. She grew into it eventually, but it still took its toll.

When she was in school, she strove to be the paradigm of an intellectual. She studied frequently, turned in work early, and went above and beyond the call of duty when it came to academics. Her parents were thrilled by her achievements, but they were never really satisfied. Ceri's mother wanted her to be a great doctor, and the woman said that, to do that, Cerise had to be perfect, perfect, perfect in school. Ceri did try to be perfect for her mother, but nobody is that perfect.

Her first two years of high school went by without much difficulty. Cerise made exemplary grades, was the favorite of most of her teachers, and had even managed to pass her least favorite subject - gym. Her sister wasn't fairing nearly as well. The girl had gotten in with a "bad crowd", as Ceri like to put it, and she didn't even try to pass any of her classes, if she showed up to her classes at all. Cerise could only stand back and watch her sister nose-dive, because the older girl refused to listen to reason.

At the end of her sophomore year of high school, something terrible happened. Ceri's sister was caught with illegal substances on her person on school grounds, and what made it worse was that the girl was under the influence when it happened. All that was found was pot, and the only relief in that was that it hadn't been one of the stronger drugs Cerise had the sneaking suspicion her sister was taking. Nevertheless, the girl could possibly be sent to juvie hall for her actions.

Ceri was terrified of the thought of losing her only sister, but she was angry too - angry that Dream could be stupid enough to even take drugs in the first place, and angry that her sister had gotten caught. The Meyricks pleaded with the authorities to find some other way Dream could make up for her crime. After two weeks of waiting anxiously, an answer finally arrived from the authorities who had detained the girl. They said that if Dream was enrolled in a local reform school for a designated amount of time, she would not have to go to juvie hall. The Meyricks were relieved, but they still had problems to deal with.

Mainly, they had to decide if they liked the idea of enrolling one of their daughters in reform school at all. It seemed impractical to only register one of them for the school, and have to take the other girl to a completely different one miles away. After a lot of thought, the parents decided it was best to send Dream to the reform school - along with her sister, Cerise.

Ceri did a double take on that one. Why should she, a model student in every sense of the word, have to go to some freaky reform school - that was possibly violent - and that might endanger her future dreams?! Her parents reassured her that her future as a doctor - Ceri mumbled 'archaeologist - would not be put in danger because she attended a reform school for completely innocent reasons. Cerise was still horribly offended and just plain upset by the decision, but her doormat syndrome wouldn't let her disobey her parents in this regard. She'd do it for her sister, she decided. Even if she tore the girl's head off for making her do it, she'd do it for her sister.

Mother: Alisa Elena Meyrick ; 45 ; Pediatrician
Father: Aman Jonathon Meyrick ; 47 ; Pharmacist
Siblings: Dream Emmanuelle Meyrick ; 17 ; Senior
Pets: None
Other: None

WELL I AM WHAT I AM WHAT I AM

Alias: Cirri
Age: N/A
Gender: Female
Experience: 2 years
Contacts: PM
Secret Word: {removed by admin}
RP Sample:

"It looks like a prison," Cerise commented when they pulled up in front of the reform school. Her parents shared a somewhat annoyed look, but didn't reply to their youngest daughter's observations. Ceri turned her attention to her sister, who sat beside her in the backseat. "Don't you think it looks like a prison or asylum or something?"

"..." was all her sister said. The other girl didn't even glance toward her younger sister. She was just as upset at being sent to the reform school as Ceri was, if not more so. At least Cerise didn't have to make up for any "crimes".

"I bet they have armed guards and drug dogs at every corner," Ceri continued. Her sister winced, and Ceri realized she'd said the wrong thing. She didn't apologize for her foot-in-mouth moment, though. It was Dream's own fault for getting caught with drugs. It was the girl's fault for taking them in the first place. Ceri wasn't going to linger on mistakes that had nothing to do with her.

Their parents quickly pulled up to the school. They were obviously tired of Cerise's criticisms of the new school, so they wanted to dump off their daughters as quickly as possible and then drive off to their equally yuppie jobs. As the car pulled to a halt, Cerise and Dream's mother turned around to her girl's with a kind smile."You'll both do fine, don't worry." She said this to both of them, but she was looking at Ceri when she spoke. Dream sunk down in her seat morosely, ignoring her entire family.

Ceri reached over to put a hand on her sister's, but she stopped herself. She had no idea how to comfort Dream. She had known, once. When they were little girls they had always been each other's friends and bulwarks, but now they were so far apart in who they were and what they felt that Cerise wouldn't know where to begin.

Both girls hopped out of the car and started walking for the school. Ceri had to walk quickly to keep up with her sister's long strides, but she managed to catch up eventually. "Hey! Do you want to see if we have any classes together? Maybe I can help you with -"

Dream whirled around so quick that Ceri was shocked. She was shocked even more by the girl's fierce expression. "You don't help with shit, all right? You just go about your business and I'll go about mine, and hopefully we won't even have to speak to each other. And you won't hurt your goddamn perfect record."

Ceri blinked in surprise and pain. She hadn't expected her sister to be so hostile to her offer to help. Of course, Cerise knew her sister had a lot of pride, but the girl was also far more intelligent than her grades showed, so shouldn't she jump at the chance to improve her grade point average just a little? "Sorry. I was only trying to help you. I didn't mean to -"

"If you want to help me, stop being so fucking perfect all the time. Not everybody can be like you, Cerise." Dream shook her head and walked even faster. Ceri was so confused and hurt that she stopped following her sister and simply stared after her. She had nothing to say to that, really. Nothing that would make anything better, anyway.

"I'm not perfect...," she finally mumbled, but her sister had already been gone for a long time. Longer than Cerise knew, perhaps. The girl looked around her and blinked back the tears that had started welling behind her eyes, and then she headed toward Red Sky Academy with her chin held high.

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