Somerset, Clarissa

[lady]

CLARISSA LEIGH SOMERSET

FULL NAME: Lady Clarissa Leigh Elisabeth Somerset
NICK NAME: Clary, Clare, etc.
AGE: Seventeen
GRADE OR OCCUPATION: High school junior
ORIENTATION: Straight

FACE CLAIM: Emily Browning
EYE COLOR: Yellowish green mixed with brown
HAIR COLOR: Brown
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: Five feet anda little under one hundred pounds
DESCRIPTION: Unlike most people her age, Clarissa still has yet to lose the childish rounded shape of her face. Compliments always come in words such as ‘angelic’ and ‘doll-like’. The entirety of her face appears to be youthful and vibrant at all times, with high cheekbones, a softly rounded jaw, and a faintly pronounced chin. Coupled with her pale, smooth skin, dainty eyebrows and wide eyes, Clary’s face gives the illusion that she is a porcelain doll, a perfect little lady. After many years of intensive training in all forms of dance, some repercussions are bound to show. As with most dancers, it shows on their feet; their abnormally strong feet. Through the years, Clary’s feet have been mangled and distorted to the worst extent. The knuckles on her toes are often inflamed, the skin is scarred from past blisters and open sores, while new ones develop every day. It may be a sign of her success, but it’s ugly and disgusting to see her toes.

A rather odd beauty graces Clarissa. Her face is round and full, but oddly sweet and rather stunning. To compliment her angelic appearance, two clear green eyes above her high cheekbones, and a pair of full, luscious lips underneath. She radiates a soft happiness, is as graceful as her appearance would suggest. Instead of the usual dancer’s body, tall and lanky, Julie’s body is small and compact, standing at only five feet and weighing in at less than one hundred pounds. Her body is all soft curves and petite. Although her face is often complimented and envied, her somewhat bony body has never been the desire of anyone.

Clary has developed a strong liking for dresses and skirts, usually she’s wearing one or the other, accompanied by something to cover her legs if the skirt isn’t long enough. This does not mean that her skirts are short, quite the opposite actually. Pants are a rare addition to her wardrobe, though not unheard of. It isn’t abnormal to see her wandering around town in just her dance clothes, the thing that she spends the most time wearing. Despite her status as one of the world's elite, her wardrobe remains simple. All pieces are of the highest quality and expensive, but she never finds pleasure in being overly flashy and showy. Just because one comes from status does not mean it had to be visible on their clothes by the amount of sparkle or shimmer they wear. Her clothing is modest and never reveals more than necessary. Keeping things tasteful and simple.
PERSONALITY: Clary's the kind of girl anyone can like. She loves meeting people, and can strike up conversation with almost anyone. She enjoys learning about people, and doesn't like leaving people out of groups, she includes everyone, to the best of her abilities. She makes a point of knowing everyone who walks the halls of her home, and knowing them well enough to be able to call them by name and greet them while passing through said halls. She's energetic, but not hyper, and she always likes to stay occupied, whether it be by talking, or doing something with her hands. She will do anything for a friend or family, or even someone who deserves something good to be done for them. She’s a very smiley person, and she loves to make other people happy, and even goes out of her way to do it. If someone’s sad or hurting, Lady is usually the first one to go and comfort them. She doesn’t like to see people hurting, and carries an aura of soft happiness and sereness around her, always a soft smile on her face and a kind word from her mouth. She is very respectful to her elders, and does her best to never get involved in things that will get her in trouble, though she sometimes gets dragged into it because people can convince her to do almost anything.

She’s sweet to the point that it gets her into trouble, as she will go along with almost anything without putting up a fight. She doesn’t have much of a will of her own, and she doesn’t like to make decisions. She takes far too long to think things through, and will often observe a situation from many different angles before making a decision. She isn’t impulsive, and doesn’t do many things just on whim. She will often get dragged into doing something reckless by the people around her, and finds herself taking the fall because she feels that it was her fault for not stopping them. She’s kind and compassionate, and never judges people on appearance or race. She doesn’t believe that anyone is better than anyone else, and doesn’t associate with people that do. She’s the shoulder that everyone cries on, proverbially of course, because she is a good listener and she’s very logical and sees for than one side of every situation or problem.

But there is also another part of Lady that she keeps bottled up. She has a monster temper, and it doesn’t take much to make her go off when she’s in a mood. She has a very low tolerance for, blatantly put, shit. She may seems like the type that won’t fight, but if someone hurts something, or someone that is important to her, Clarissa will not think twice about confronting them, as much as she hates it, and will try to avoid it at all costs. She can hold a grudge for a very long time if she feels the need to, and she will never forget a good deed done to her or someone else. She worries a little too much about everything, and she hates taking risks. She always thinks things through thoroughly, and doesn’t get to try many new things that way.

Clary's a control freak, she knows it, her family knows it, and now you do. She's afraid of not knowing what's going to happen and she doesn't like the uneasiness that comes when you're in suspense with no prediction of the future. Even with class projects she's the bossier one, but she's subtle at it, not getting into the brut of it, but calmly guiding things her way from the side. She's usually busy and keeps herself on a tight schedule, and doesn't like to break it for anything. Obsessive compulsiveness keeps her this way, and causes her to spend a lot of time cleaning and rearranging her room and her day-planner, something she would die without.

She's always been a little spoiled, just like most kids that come from a high-standing family. But she was different; she was rewarded rather than just given things. When she did something particularly well, like a new piano piece, she would get a new dress. If she was behaving well at a party, her parents would let her stay up longer. From this stemed her hard-working and determined attitude. Now, when she wants something she won't just ask for it and then make a fit when she doesn't get it, she'll be denied it, then find a way to get it herself. It's the way she works. Besides all this, Clary is actually a very caring and kind person. She watches over the people she loves and makes sure they don't get into too much trouble. She's very protective with them and will often take the fall for them when they do something wrong. She loves people in general, despite being a little insecure in large crowds.

HOMETOWN: Badminton, Gloucestershire, England
FAMILY MEMBERS: MOTHER: lady mary-louise elisabeth somerset
FATHER: lord henry robert fitzroy somerset, 12th duke of beaufort
SIBLINGS: michael frederick fitzroy somerset, earl of worcester (soon to be)
OTHERS: dorothy dewitt, nany ;; gigi, cocker spaniel
HISTORY: The marriage between the Lord Henry Somerset and Lady Mary, daughter of the Earl of Dartmouth, was one of convenience. The two had barely known each other prior to their engagement, but agreed to marry nevertheless for fear and respect of their parents. Oddly enough, the two grew to like each other, perhaps it wasn't love, but it was tolerable, and much easier for them to be around the other without wanting to rip their throat out. The two eventually became friends, good ones in fact, and were one of the few happy, British noble couples that hadn’t initially married for love. It wasn't long before their first daughter, Clarissa Leigh Elisabeth was born. She was a happy, healthy baby, with big wide green eyes, cute brown ringlets, and the most adorable pudgy cheeks.

Clarissa, or Lady as most people called her, grew up in Badminton House, surrounded by beauty and lush things. She was a spoiled child, usually getting her way, but her parents were quick to teach her that not everything came easily, and she only received what she wanted if she had good reason to need it, or did something to deserve it. Lady excelled in everything she did, whether it was school work, or her regular riding, ballet, and music lessons. She was a sweet, kind child, and listened to her parents and her elders without second thought. She, unlike most children of her standing, didn't adopt a condescending attitude toward others (okay, just a teeny, tiny little bit, but it's almost unnoticeable) or become a little priss. Her parents fought to keep her humble and modest, not wanting her to develop a superiority complex.

Unfortunately, the young girl wasn’t exactly gifted in intelligence, sitting at only the average, which both parents found odd, considering they were both fairly qualified in their own fields. Nonetheless, Clarissa always tried her best in everything she did, and threw herself into her studies because she knew it would please her parents to see her grow. She struggled, but ultimately did as well as she possibly could. Her grades floated around the average, sometimes barely higher, and more often than not below what the average person would have. With every test and report card that came home, she could visibly see the disappointment in her parents’ faces when she got a C or lower, and it pained her to know that she was upsetting them. Studying began to take over most of her free time, and Clary rarely had time for much else, her social life was sparse as she was growing up, though she loved people and being around them. She just couldn’t find the time for friends when she was busy trying to make her parents happy.

When the post came with a letter addressed to her, Clary was a little more than surprised. She didn’t get much mail, most things were destined to her father, and sometimes her mother. It was a very difficult concept to wrap her head around. Something about it made her suspicious, not exactly sure if she should believe what the letter was telling her, and if she should go through with the proposition and attend the school. She let her parents make the decision for her, leaving it completely in their hands, knowing that she’d never be able to reach a conclusion for herself. After checking out the school for themselves, her parents decided it would only be good for her.

To say that Clarissa was nervous about attending the school would have been an understatement, but she took the new experience with stride, completely prepared to make new friends, meet new people, and have completely different classes than those at the local school in Badminton. It would be great to see people like her, learn about them and get to know them. All at once the prospect of new surroundings was frightening and exhilarating, so much so that Clarissa found herself bouncing up and down in her seat as she was escorted to the school with her bags. To this day she isn’t quite sure if the nervous habit was out of excitement or fear.

The school was nice, better than Clary had been expecting. She fell in love with it as first sight, quickly getting into the routine and making a place for herself. She found friends, mentors, and everything she had hoped to discover in the school. Her grades still averaged out as they had before, but it was bothering her less. She continued to practice ballet, though it was a little more difficult without a set instructor. However, she did grow homesick from time to time and would begin to get impatient for vacation time or visits from her parents. During the time in-between, they wrote back and forth and called at least a few times a week.

It was in one letter that her mother couldn’t contain her excitement, and revealed to Clarissa that she was pregnant again, with a baby boy. Clary had known that her parents were thinking about having another child through artificial insemination, but hadn’t been told that they had decided to go through with it. She was angry for a while, at them for not telling her, and at the unborn child for taking up space in her parents’ hearts, but after going home for summer vacation and seeing her parents both excessively happy about the prospective new Somerset, she couldn’t help but feel just as happy, though the bit of jealousy still remained. If it made her parents happy, it made her parents happy. So Clarissa resigned to keeping her opinions to herself and awaiting the birth of the child with her parents.

DISNEY CHARACTER: Lady from Lady and the Tramp
ABILITIES/ATTRIBUTES: Loyalty, kindness, openness, energetic, pleaser, temperamental, jealous, etc.
DESCRIPTION: From what Clarissa has managed to gather, the base of her connection with her character is her personality. They are quite similar in temperament and habits, though Clary isn't as fond of large crowds as her Disney counterpart. As Clary continues to grow, her history has begun to fall more into place with that of her story. Her mother is now pregnant again, and Clary isn't quite sure which way she should take it; she is happy for her family, but on the other hand she is rather jealous and anxious about sharing her parents and their attention. Though she is quite aware that the character lies dormant inside her, Clary has yet to make any concrete connection with her, and is quite apprehensive about it.

YOUR NAME: dell
YOUR AGE: sixteen
YOUR RP EXPERIENCE: four years
YOUR SAMPLE:

For most people, the end of summer and the beginning of school weren’t exactly the best time. But for others, like Clarissa, it was actually a happy time she’d been waiting for for a while. From the moment school let out for the summer, Clary found herself missing the school and her friends. Sure, they kept in touch during the time they were away through phone calls and text messages, some even sent postcards and letters if they went on vacation, but it just wasn’t the same as talking to the face to face. Very rarely did she get to see anyone during vacation. She was usually off somewhere, at a party or another event, acting like the perfect little Lady everyone expected her to be. She was, in almost totality, this person that everyone saw, but sometimes she just wanted to be able to be with her friends watching movies and talking about nothing, instead of being stuck inside with people twice her age trying to make interesting conversation. During such conversations, Clarissa would often wonder what everyone was up to, instead of listening like she should have been.

Which was why, upon her arrival back to the school, she knew she had to devise a plan to get caught up with everyone’s lives, and quickly. She hated being kept out of the loop and not knowing certain things that she felt like she should. Thus, she approached Emily Swann, her roommate extraordinaire and best friend, to help her think up a way to get everyone they knew together. At first, it started as a small get together in their room, but as word spread and people began to ask Clary about the supposed ‘slumber party’ promptly inviting themselves, she couldn’t say no, and soon the entire thing spiralled out of control, encompassing students from every house and needing more space than just the girls’ room. They convinced the dean to let them use the student lounge for the night, considering it was a Saturday night, the first Saturday back at school, and the students needed a little celebration.

For the past week or so, Clarissa had spent an insurmountable amount of time organizing, trying to make sure everything would go smoothly and that nothing would go wrong. Emily and she had made lists of movies, music, food, everything they needed and divided up the tasks to be done. Clary had been put on movies and music, seeing as she didn’t exactly like junk food, but would let herself indulge for this one night. Yesterday morning, copies of movies that hadn’t yet been released on DVD arrived at the school, courtesy of Clary’s credit card, and a few connections in Hollywood. She had gotten a list together of everyone’s favourite music, and even suggested that some people bring their ipods and docks to help out. Her laptop was already set up in the lounge, itunes open, ready to download any song that anyone could want.

Looking around the lounge, Clary nodded to herself. Everything was ready. The music was already on, the gaming systems were fired up in the gaming room, the movies splayed out in front of the large tv... A smile graced her lips as she pulled out her own personal touch out of her overnight bag. Candy à la Disney Princess, much to her amusement. Her fingers flew across the keys on her phone, sending out a mass text message to everyone. The party was on. Now, she thought as she fell back on the nearest couch with a handful of popcorn, all she had to do was wait.

[MONSIEUR DISNEY]

Fabulous app! So detailed and precise, you've done Lady justice! Welcome to Memory, and don't forget to fill out the face claim, job claim and residency claim, etc.!