The Family Tromperie

Based on my most recent Scenes From a Van entry:

Mansion wrote:

Another Crazy Dream-

Wouldn’t it be funny if we all knew each other in Real Life? I think so. I also think that my dreams are weird. I see them like a film in my head; scene transitions, steady camera shots through photos to live action, panning, etc. This is the movie I watched in my head last night. It is kind of hard to describe; but I will do my best.

It started on the Year book. The Family B______ had their own section in said year book instead of a picture like the others. First entry you zoom into a sepia family portrait, when it becomes full frame, it changes into a silent family film. First of the 70’s style parents, free spirits, then it goes to color film of the children. The frame pauses on each to give us a name, like opening credits; First Beaut, then Shiney, then everyone else as well.
These Children were all the parent’s foster children. Orphans and playing a part. I was the new addition to the family. We all lived as a family did; but the story starts on the bus to school.
Each of us are masquerading as sophomores in a small town. The first bus ride to school, all of us rode the bus to school together. The girls more towards the center front and the boys center back. After many seat changes, we settled in and Shiney and I sat next to each other, with Beaut across the aisle in front, and Moony across from her, All the boys were behind and I’m not sure where everyone else ended up.
School itself was odd. Since everyone else had already been. I was led around and showed the ropes. I had classes with everyone. Beaut, Moony and I had Gym together directly before Lunch when we all ate together. At the end of the day there was a ceremony in the Gymatorium. “Mom and Dad” were there, being honored for taking in yet another new orphan.
Then all us ‘kids’ had to walk home. When we all got to the corner gas station, we were cut off by this sports car convertible speeding in. This Red-Neck of a black woman, and her Red-Neck of a white man, began to spray themselves off with the power hose. In all the chaos of them yelling at each other, not angry yelling, just yelling; we discovered they’d gotten a notice from the school district that said everyone should be clean for an upcoming event. She also made it known it’d been a while saying “It’s been two months for me” and she was surprised he’d not had one in the mean time. I figure it was because dirt would show more on his pasty white skin, verses her dark complexion. She hosed him off in the car, he fell over the seats, but she also got water all over the convenience stores floor, it was an open air market set up. And then my brother woke me up.

The Premise: Each Character is an orphan or foster child living with the Tromperie's a lax and devoted couple who maybe the 60's weren't too good to. It is the last portion of their Sophomore year, only they may not all be 16 years old. Each is pretending to be what they choose, and are like their own sect of this small town. Some of the kids are new to the family, and some have been around awhile. Each of them also has a special 'talent' that is secret to the town itself.

Rules: NO ALL POWERFUL SKILLS/TALENTS. Please be reasonable. Enjoy yourselves wreak havoc, but not too much that you kill everyone's spirit and enjoyment.




Name:

Real Age: (12-24ish)

Time in the Family: (How long you've been with the Tromperie's, or if you are a new arrival)

Appearance:

Bio: (Why you're with the Tromperie's, your life before the family.)

Talent: (Can be a kinesis, or a well honed skill.)

Name: Deianira (DE a NEER ah) nickname: Nira, Dei,

Real Age: 20

Time in the Family: Has been with the family the longest. 9 years.

Appearance:


Bio: Deianira came to live with the Tromperie couple at the age of 11, after her abusive parents mysteriously careened off a cliff near their home in the mountains. She'd moved around alot with her parents, who always felt the need to move. It might have had something to do with the fact that they were always acquiring new things; but didn't seem to work. But then again, It might have been the actual economy like they said.
She likes it fine with the Tromperie's they stay out of her business, and she stays out of theirs. When they came to her and the others with the idea of having all the kids pretend to be the same age; and be eternal sophomores, she thought they were nuts, but it also sounded fun, so she has been switching schools each year, and retaking the 10th grade. So far, they've gotten away with it. She doesn't really have ambition for much, so she sticks around and helps with the kids; This has been her family after all.


Talent: Is good with wires. Splicing, slicing, reconnecting, etc. Not necessarily just electrical wires; they can be any sort of wires.

Name: Shayla

Real Age: 17

Time in the Family: 4 years

Appearance:

Bio: Born to a drunk who had no clue who the father might be, Shayla was put in foster care when her mother was arrested for child neglect after Shayla nearly died of pneumonia at age two because of an untreated case of the flu. Shayla was soon adopted by a couple that loved her and spoiled her. At age 7, her adoptive parents died in a car crash and Shayla was once again put in foster care. She was bounced around from foster home to foster home until she came to the Tromperie’s at 13. When she found out what the Tromperies were doing, she figured that at least they weren’t just in it for the money like all the foster parents she’d had and decided to go along with their scheme.

Talent: Pickpocket

Schedule:
World History
Art
English
Lunch
Biology
Algebra II
P.E.



Name: Catherine
Nickname: Cat or Caty

Real Age: 19

Time in the Family: 7 years

Appearance:

Bio: Catherine’s mother was a meth addict and her father a drunk. One day when Cat was about 8, her father took her beloved teddy bear away. Cat stole it back and left. Later that day, her parents’ house blew up. All were assumed dead until a hunter found Cat hiding in the woods a few days later. She was put in foster home after foster home, but none of them could control this conniving child. At 12 she was placed with the Tromperies and when she heard about their scheme, she jumped right in. She's been with them ever since enjoying that she doesn't have to act her age.

Talent: Dealing with chemicals

Schedule:
English
AP Math
Chemistry
Lunch
World History
PE
Art

Name: Elijah Ignatius

Real Age: 17

Time in the Family:3 years

Appearance:

Bio: His father was a drunk and mother was a hooker. He ran away from home, at 13 and ended up with the Tromperies a year later. When he was on the streets he did drugs and got into fights often. At first he thought what the Tromperies were doing didn't didn't make much sense but eventually it grew on him. He discovered his ability will on a date when he was 16. He has been praticing with it ever since. But the parents never did find there little girl.

Talent: pyrokinesis

Name: Azrael [nickname Azzy]

Real Age: 18

Time in the Family: 2 years

Appearance:

Bio: had a dead beat dad she never knew, and her mom was a workoholic... who liked to spend her money on less than legal things. She was arrested for these things, and Azrael ran rather than being put in the system and transferred from home to home, and she soon found the Tromperies. She discovered her talent when running from a police officer when she was nearing 16 and on the run. She stays with the family at 18 because she doesn't have anywhere else to go, and with not being in school for teh 3 years she evaded the cops, she cannot live on her own.

Talent: cyrokinesis

Name: Carter

Real Age: 19, most people think he is 14ish

Time in the Family: 4 years.(Stayed for his Brother and because he looked 14ish and never Changes so he had no where else to go)

Appearance:

Bio: Carter and his Brother Trent where born to a dung abusive mother and a plain abusive father, he would get bored and beat the shit out of them, one day when Carter was twelve and Trent was ten the night after Carter stopped sleeping his staged his mothers overdose, his father shot him self in remorse, Carter and Trent where placed in foster care the day after, three years later they where taken by the Tromperie family. Trent was thirteen at the time and had just found out his power of underwater breathing.

Talent: Stopped sleeping at age twelve when he came into his power, when he stopped sleep his body stopped growing and changing as well his body all but stopped aging.

Name: Trent

Real Age: 17

Time in the Family: 4 years

Appearance:

Bio: When Carter “helped” his mother overdoes one night and they went into foster care and refused to be split up. After a few years they where sent to the Tromperie family a about a weak later he found out his power to breathe underwater and so far at his ever school changing his appearance he was always the school swim team star and leader, he loved being underwater he enjoyed more then being above. He even used his summer job money to have a in ground pool that went to around twelve feet.

Talent: Able to breathe underwater and with stands it pressure.

Name:
Ana

Real Age:
19

Time in the Family:
New arrival, stays with the family and pretends to be younger (16) to make up for her lack of education as well as because it has been her first home since having been born.

Appearance:


Bio:
Ana never knew her parents, doesn’t know if she has siblings or anything. Once Ana was born she was left at the hospital and put up for adoption. A sad life though it taught Ana how to truly be grateful for what she is given. Ana was recently adopted Tromperie’s and has just been taken to her new home.

Talent:
Know anything just from touch, for example knowing what happens in a book just by touching the cover of it even if she never read it before. She can do this with people as well but only if she has known them for a bit or if she has gotten to know them, she can't do it with strangers.

She discovers her talent on her first day of school during her History class.

Name: Zach Ashe

Real Age: 15

Time in the Family: 5 years

Appearance:


Bio: Zach and Ethan where born as twins to a single mother that died in child birth. They where moved to live with there Aunt who was a mean drunk that beat them both for thing such as causing her sisters death, once when they where ten after he had beaten Zach who’s power had just manifested she began on Ethan. Saying it was his fault that she was aroused with a man around. That’s when Ethan’s powers manifested. He look at her, his brother knocked out form a blow to the head. The pupil in Ethan’s eyes disappeared as he hold her to kill her self, being drunk make it beyond easy to control her. She walked into the kitchen and stabbed her self twenty-six times before she died. Ethan covered in blood walk outside as a car was passing the pulled over and called nine-one-one. They where in foster care a total of a week before they joined the Tromperie family. They where sent to join them when they saw an older boy picking on Zach that when he pushed Zach and Zach hit the ground the older boy who was about thirteen got an erection and the person running the home foster care home knew about Tromperie family so he called them and arranged for them to live there. Now Zach is the football star that can play almost ever place and Ethan social outcast by his own choice. He likes being alone he, but he also likes knowing he can turn heads.

Talent: Infliction, When he is inflicted with pain the person that inflicted feel the same amount of pain except it is not pain it is pure pleasure. If a male where to hit him and cause pain he would be come aroused.

Name: Ethan Ashe

Real Age: 15

Time in the Family: 5 years

Appearance:


Bio: Zach and Ethan where born as twins to a single mother that died in child birth. They where moved to live with there Aunt who was a mean drunk that beat them both for thing such as causing her sisters death, once when they where ten after he had beaten Zach who’s power had just manifested she began on Ethan. Saying it was his fault that she was aroused with a man around. That’s when Ethan’s powers manifested. He look at her, his brother knocked out form a blow to the head. The pupil in Ethan’s eyes disappeared as he hold her to kill her self, being drunk make it beyond easy to control her. She walked into the kitchen and stabbed her self twenty-six times before she died. Ethan covered in blood walk outside as a car was passing the pulled over and called nine-one-one. They where in foster care a total of a week before they joined the Tromperie family. They where sent to join them when they saw an older boy picking on Zach that when he pushed Zach and Zach hit the ground the older boy who was about thirteen got an erection and the person running the home foster care home knew about Tromperie family so he called them and arranged for them to live there. Now Zach is the football star that can play almost ever place and Ethan social outcast by his own choice. He likes being alone he, but he also likes knowing he can turn heads.

Talent: True Hypnosis. He can control anyone that has not be trained against it. When used his eyes meld to where is no pupil and his eyes are a solid color anyone that looks into his eyes at this point will become controlled.

Name: Percival Tromperie AKA Percy

Real Age: 22

Time in the Family: Is the Tromperie's only biological child. So: his whole life.

Appearance:


Bio: Percy was born to the Tromperie couple as a fluke. They thought they could not have children, and after him; could not have any more. When he was 13 they started fostering children, the first was Deianira a troubled 11 year old whom he actually got along with. From there; The horde of children increased.
Percy has been interested in music since he was a young kid; and has been making music since he met Dei. He enjoys the throng of the sophomores ogling him, but thinks it might be time to move up a grade. He sticks around at home for two reasons: 1) it's free and 2) Dei is still there.
Deep down he is shy; and doesn't know how to express himself. He has a hard exterior.

He gets all of his stuff (his van, instruments etc) through hard work and playing gigs. He does odd jobs around town, and in KC. He acts his own age when he's away from the small town.

Talent: When he was 10; he realized that the weather in town was dependent on his mood and not the other way around. He's since realized that it is because he can control the weather up to a certain mileage around him.

Name:Daniel Trompiere

Real Age: 22

Time in the Family: 6 years

Appearance:

Bio: 
Daniel had grown up in what most people would say was the worst neighborhood imaginable. He was easily taken in by te violence, and by the age of 8 he was a part of a small time criminal organization. His parents were aware of this, but instead of an intervention, they encouraged it. Daniel was on the fast track to going down hill; after racking up an outstanding amount of crimes that brought much attention towards someone his age. However, during a job gone wrong Daniel was knocked unconscious, and when he awoke he was lying in a hospital bed. It is actually unknown who brought him there, but he soon found himself checking out of the hospital with the Trompieres.

Talent: Electrokinesis

Name: Damian Trash

Real Age: (12-24ish) 17

Time in the Family: (How long you've been with the Tromperie's, or if you are a new arrival) less than a year.

Appearance:

Bio: (Why you're with the Tromperie's, your life before the family.) parents died when he was 8. was put in a foster home with an abusive couple. ran away at 13 and lived on his own till just recently when social services finally tracked him down and put him with the family.

Talent: technokinesis: can make any piece of tech work. and he can fix any electronic if he has the parts.

class schedule: 1st bio 2ed shop 3rd math 4th english/lit 5th pe 6th history

new car:

Ana's Schedule:

block | class
1 | History
2 | Advanced Art
3 | AP Math (Advanced Algebra 2)
LUNCH
4 | AP Chemistry
5 | PE
6 | AP Lit

Classes

Carter- Adv Phyiscs,Adv English(Creative Writing), Adv Math(Abg 2), (Lunch), Ap Latin, P.E, Avd History.
Trent- Math, English, History,(Lunch) Bio, P.E, P.E(Swim Team)
Ethan- Math, English, History, (Lunch) Bio, P.E, Photography
Zach- Math, History, English, (Lunch), Bio, P.E, P.E(Football/Baseball Depending on time of year)

Az: Science [ap chem]
history [ap euro]
math [honors algebra 2]
[lunch]
english [ap comp + lit]
PE
photograpy

So I guess we're posting our class schedules. haha....


Dei:

1.English
2.Ap European History
3.Algebra 2
Lunch
4. Art
5. Music
6. PE


Percy:

1. Biology
2. History
3. Algebra 2
Lunch
4. Art
5. Music
6. AP Lit

1-English
2- AP Math
3- AP History
Lunch
4- Biology
5- PE
6-Art

1. Biology
2. English
3. Math
lunch
4. P.E.
5. Engineering
6. Computer Apps

After Discussing it with Sea; we needed a location:

http://www.baldwincity.org/

Baldwin City Kansas is what I chose. It's close enough to Kansas City and the State line.


#
Brief Description
# Baldwin High School serves 9th through 12th Grade Students From The City Of Baldwin City, Which Is Part Of Douglas County. Some Or All Students From This School Participate In Free Or Reduced Lunch Programs.
#


General Information
* Number of Students: 434
* Number of Full-Time Teachers: 37
* Student:Teacher Ratio: 11.9:1

Name: Ginger

Real Age: (12-24ish) 19 She never left because at the Tromperie's was the only place she felt like she belonged

Time in the Family: about 3 years

Appearance:

Bio: Her life before the Tromperie's wasn't much of one. She was constantly beaten and abused by her family, she would often lock herself in her room to get away from her 'family' and one night escaped through her bedroom window and ran. She stole what she needed to survive until the police picked her up and took her to the local orphanage where she was adopted by the Tromprie's. Soon after she had gotten a job at the junk yard and her boss had just gotten a '67
mustang in and he was going to crush it until Ginger fought for the car.
to which he said that it would never run again and wasn't worth the
wasted time. She then made a bet that if she could fix the car in two
days time she could have the car. Her boss agreed and she fixed it in a
day.

Talent: She's a bit of a Miss Fix it, because she can fix and or improve just about anything that has a circuitry or motor. Which happens to be how she got her '67 Mustang convertible she now proudly drives.

1. P.E.
2. English
3. Geometry
lunch
4. Principles of Technology
5. Auto Shop
6. Computer Repair

why is she still there after 18?
[we all had to post a reason, you cannot escape from it ]

and class schedule

I never added one for Carter but it is assumed he is there for Trent. and he looks 14ish lol.

Whoops, okay, I'll fix things

The Troperie's

Mr. Redford Tromperie (60) Mrs. Raen Tromperie (58)


Ex hippies. And very lax with the rules. Mr. Tromperie has a skill of knowing what people are good at, and Mrs. Tromperie has a heart to help those in need. Neither of them care much for the rules put together by society and believe that public school beyond the 8th grade is useless propaganda. They also encourage all of their children to work for what they want and to further themselves as much as they can.

The Location of the Tromperie's current home is on the corner of 5 districts. Just far enough away to switch the students without question. They have up to 2 more years here before they will move on again. They have no problem with up and leaving everything behind. They want the kids to understand that everything in this life is fleeting.
(will add more later)

Zach's Updated Bio:

Zach's personal Bio: Zach while in foster care, still trying to control his power was picked on alot by the older boys because he looked like a "Girl" With in the first week while they were there a boy who was fifteen at the time how would find fun in hitting on Zach when on one was around, after a few times the boy figured out what the more he hit Zach the more turned on he became. Soon after the boy decided it would be fun to not only hit on Zach up rape him as well. Zach at first did not know what was happening other then pain. He never told anyone not even Ethan. To this day Zach is now very emotional on the side that he hides with a hard reflective surface that makes him very defensive and not just to him self.