Post by LYRA RAYNE on Jun 5, 2011 17:07:34 GMT
LYRA MELODIE RAYNE
20 years old • 17th October 2001 • Graduate
Hogwarts
Half-blood
Zooey Deschanel
20 years old • 17th October 2001 • Graduate
Hogwarts
Half-blood
Zooey Deschanel
LIKES:
Singing
Playing and learning as many musical instruments as possible.
Being barefoot
Vegetables. She's weird like that.
Anything blue or yellow or orange.
Singing
Playing and learning as many musical instruments as possible.
Being barefoot
Vegetables. She's weird like that.
Anything blue or yellow or orange.
DISLIKES:
Bossy bullyish people. There's just no need for them.
Too much noise.
Being a twin is sometimes annoying. Especially since her twin is a boy.
The smell of coconut.
Bad breath. Just, seriously... brush your teeth.
STRENGTHS:
She's very musically talented.
Smart
Trustworthy
She has a lovely silly, fun streak, and finds it easy to access her inner child.
She's never lacking company in her huge family.
Divination and Ancient Runes.
Reliable
She's very musically talented.
Smart
Trustworthy
She has a lovely silly, fun streak, and finds it easy to access her inner child.
She's never lacking company in her huge family.
Divination and Ancient Runes.
Reliable
WEAKNESSES:
Flying. She never really had a good head for heights, though she would love to.
She has a whole lot of family to worry about.
Puppies. She finds herself adopting them randomly, and currently has four dogs.
She has hayfever.
Stubborn
She can seem a little aloof to strangers.
Snappy when pushed too much.
ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE
MYSELF
MYSELF
Lyra Melodie Rayne is the second eldest child of a very large family. Consisting of eleven siblings in total, She is also a twin - the older of the two by three minutes - and so finds herself even more crowded than the others, since there's that whole supposed psychic twin bond thing. Lyra has never experienced anything other than strong hunches where her brother is concerned, but the thought of him being able to intrude into her psyche like that makes her cringe. Being only three years younger than her eldest brother, she is a whopping seventeen years older than her youngest sister. She always just accepted the fact that her parents wanted a large family, and got on with the task of helping out as much as possible. As well as the older Rayne kids, who are mostly students at school, there is nine year old Shayla, seven year old Nathan, four year old Deacon, and three year old Harmony to follow in their footsteps. Needless to say they always had a very busy, and very noisy house growing up.
Every single member of the Rayne clan was born in Plymouth, in the South West of England. A wonderful coastal area with amazing weather and beautiful beaches, despite what the rest of the country might be suffering through. Lyra has a lot of childhood memories of playing on the beach, and travelling down the coast an hour or so to Penzance, where they would go exploring in caves, pretending they were pirates. Her childhood was wonderful and fun and filled with laughter and adventures. She and her siblings were always being taken on day trips and little holidays by their parents, despite the difficulty of packing up so many kids and keeping them all in line and safe while they were out and about.
Being from a Muggle father and a Witch mother, magic was always a part of her life, and Lyra thought her father handled the whole situation wonderfully. Even though he, himself, could perform no magic, he always tried to encourage and help his children with little things, including homework and the like. So when it came to Lyra's eleventh birthday, she had already been packed off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for a good month or so. Her mother was worried that the fact that her birthday fell six weeks after start of term meant that she would only be ten years old when she started, but Lyra coped remarkably well, considering. She was more than happy to go, an enthusiastic skip in her step the whole way. Plus, she did have her older brother and her twin to accompany her, so the transition was a little easier than it might have been. Sometimes her twin brother does actually come in handy.
Being rather intelligent and a fast learner, Lyra was sorted into Ravenclaw, where she thrived on the serene, intelligence of it all. Surrounded by other witty, smart people who didn't care much for bossy, showiness, she made a lot of friends really easily, and was quite popular for her fun-loving, friendly ways. She excelled in subjects that others cringed away from, such as the tricky Ancient Runes, and the unconventional Divination. To Lyra, it was all just fun and interesting, no matter what others thought of it. As she got a little older, she found the courage to join the school choir, finally revealing her long-hidden musical talents to the school. Their father being a musician, Lyra and all of her brothers and sisters found themselves musically gifted in some way or other. Lyra herself found she enjoyed playing musical instruments, and so far, is quite adept as Guitar, Piano, Violin, and even a little of the Drums. She's also attempting to learn how to play a harp, and a trumpet, and doesn't plan to stop after that. As well as all of those, she has a wonderful singing voice that is so strong and powerful it could knock the windows out of the castle. Not that it's loud and painful on the ears in any way, but she has a lot of oomph to her voice, which is quite classic (she can sound like an old singer from those famous musicals with the stunning notes she pulls off). She enjoys nothing more than getting together with her family and having a music session. Basically, this means that they all fight for the limelight and play over each other, and occasionally, will cooperate on a few songs, which often sound amazing as a result. But it can be quite chaotic when it gets started. Even the little ones are up dancing and singing to their own tune.
Maybe this is why, upon leaving Hogwarts at the age of seventeen, Lyra went on to become a Muggle music teacher for a few years. It was a wonderful experience, and she would have stuck at it, only... she missed magic terribly. Unable to perform even a spot of it in front of any Muggles, she often felt restricted and like she was being held back. When an opening came up at Hogwarts for a new Choir Master, Lyra nearly burst into tears. Mostly because she would miss the old one, having a whole lot of amazing memories from her days under his instruction. Then she decided that it was her responsibility to try and tackle the role, even though it was unpaid. She would work something out, she told herself. And she did. Moving to the little town of Hogsmeade, which she had adored so much as a child, Lyra got herself a little house, and began teaching private music lessons to the Wizarding folk in the area. A lot of them remembered her talent from seeing her perform at school, and so her lessons quickly became popular, especially for children in out of school hours, or those too young to start school yet. It earns her enough money to survive, and have a bit of fun in her life, so things worked out pretty well for the girl with the musical name.
Not only does Lyra have a beautiful name, but she is quite lovely to look at, too. Around five feet and seven inches tall, she has a slim, yet curvy build, with long legs and creamy skin that tans lightly in the summer months. Her heart shaped face is a joy to behold. With rosy red lips, full cheeks, a cute button nose, and HUGE light blue eyes that capture anyone's attention in awe, she's a stunner. She has a gorgeous smile, too, filled with pearly white teeth, though when she does smile, her inner child is completely on show, as it makes her look very young and mischievous. Her hair is almost jet black. With a beautiful shine and glossiness to it, it hangs just below her shoulders, often a little wavy, though sometimes she straightens it. She almost always has a thick fringe cut in, though occasionally sweeps it to one side for a bit of a change. The only thing Lyra dislikes about her appearance, is her feet, which are a little on the larger side. But most people don't even notice, as she's tall enough to look in proportion, regardless.
In her free time, Lyra loves to spend time with her friends. They meet up in the Three Broomsticks at least once a week for some fun. She also take in a lot of stray animals, especially dogs. If a lost of abandoned puppy finds it's way across her path, she can't help but to pick it up and take it home. Currently owning four dogs, the youngest being six months and quite naughty, she adores having animals about, and is even considering getting a cat, like they have at the family home in Plymouth. Aside from adopting animals and singing, Lyra adores nature. She spends a lot of time in her garden. Not necessarily gardening, since she's honestly not too good at keeping things alive, so one of her neighbours tends to hers for her for a few free lessons every now and then, but she loves being outside, barefoot, surrounded by nature and plants and trees and insects and the weather, whatever it may be. A true nature child at heart, even indoors, or around the castle, she never seems to have shoes on her feet, unless it's absolutely necessary. The only downside to all of this, is that she has hayfever, so she always has to carry tissues around with her for when she's having sneezing fits.
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KIRA
Twenty one years and counting.
England. GMT.
RPing for 3 years
My ahmahzing friend, Quinny made it!
KIRA
Twenty one years and counting.
England. GMT.
RPing for 3 years
My ahmahzing friend, Quinny made it!