Post by ross on Mar 15, 2010 20:21:44 GMT -5
Ross 'Euphrosyne' Grant
At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile
Full Name: Rosalind Grant...or Euphrosyne if you want to be technical.
Nicknames: Ross, Rosey, Hey You...she'll answer to most anything
Physical Age: WAY too old!
Date of Birth: Unknown
Hometown: Olympus
Current Residence: New Orleans, LA, USA, Earth
Occupation: Event Coordinator/Party Planner
Relationship Status: Eternally single despite a tryst here and there
Character Type: Lesser Greek Goddess (Grace) of Joy and Mirth
Affiliations: Neutral but mostly Good
Gender: Female
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Hazel (subject to color changes)
Height: 5'5
Weight: 110
Body Type: Classic
Best Feature: Cheeky grin, infectious laugh
Worst Feature:Goddesses do not have bad features. Didn't you know that?
Sexuality: Straight
Personal Style: Due to her quirky nature and the nature of her job she could be in anything from a tailored business suit to a pair of jeans and a nice blouse to a fancy dress. When on her own and left to her own devices she tends to dress out of habit and likes outfits that are airy and breezy like the tunics she is used to wearing 'back home'.
Face Claim: Allison Mack
Abilities: Infectious Laugh - It's said that laughter is the best medicine and if so well then just stick Ross into a cancer ward. When she's right and truly tickled and finds things funny she can cause those within hearing range of her own laugh to do anything from a chuckle for the most strong of willpower to fits of uncontrollable laughter to those of weaker wills.
Mirror, Mirror - She has a hand mirror that she can use after saying a small prayer to Aphrodite to communicate with the Goddess. Sort of a walkie talkie to Olympus. Unfortunately it can't be used too often or else it risks her getting found out by those still in Olympus that might not like her meddling. Her best bud can also contact her through the mirror too if needs be which can lead to embarrassing situations.
Inspiring - The Muses are like sergeants and in that line the Graces are like their Lieutenants while the Gods would be Generals. Muses inspire people in more specific things where as a Grace is a bit more generalized. When a Grace gives inspiration to a mortal it packs a nice wallop. Of course they are specialized in their own areas, Dance, Song, and Joy. Ross' specialty is Joy, all things happy, funny, and bright. She can lend a bit of happy inspiration to a person if they need it. She can vary the degree to which she inspires from a little to a lot.
Zapped! - As a daughter of Zeus she has a small limited ability to call the lightening. No huge thunderbolts zipping from the heavens but enough to cause a nasty sting if need be to protect herself. Imagine getting a jolt from a 220 household electric plug. It won't kill but it will give an attacker a reason to think twice. The bolts leave her hands, not the sky and the more electricity that is around her the easier it is to call, from electric lights to static electricity.
Party Girl - When someone's been the life of the party for eons being able to be the life of the party and plan a good one comes like second nature. It's a non supernatural ability of hers. Totally part of her personality and skills set. Comes in handy with her mortal cover of being a Party/Events Planner.
Teleporting - Like most Greek Gods she has the ability to just sort of 'pop' in where she wants to be. She can still do it but tends to try not to so as not to draw too much attention to herself and draw the eyes of Hephaestus and Ares.
Personality: Bubbly, quirky and a bit deranged. That's Ross to a tee. She is the slightly ditzy blonde that is easily distracted from her Goddess given task. She's quick to forget her mission when faced with the festivity and fun that is New Orleans. It isn't that she's intentionally shallow and is a really nice person for the most part. But like many immortals sometimes, she just 'doesn't get it'.
She's flighty, flirty, and fun. She has no idea what it means to be in a depression. She has a soft spot for her bestie's (Aphrodite's) little sprog like a doting aunt and would never consciously let anything happen to him if she was around. But then there's that pesky shirt attention span of her's to get around.
Likes:
• Music, Merriment, and Men
• Bright colors
• Bollywood Movies
• Comedy Clubs
Dislikes:
• Grouches
• Anchovies
• Babysitting
• Traffic Jams
Strengths:
• Olympian Powers
• Her looks
• Immortal
• Teleporting (limited)
Weaknesses:
• Fun distractions
• Cute boys
• Other Gods/Goddesses
• Vanity
• 'Gross' things
Mother: Eurynome
Father: Zeus
Siblings: Aglaea and Thalia
Others: Those Olympians are kinda twisted. Best to leave this unspoken lest we be mistaken for redneck hillbillies out of Deliverance.
Bio: As the song says, Papa was a rolling stone. And boy howdy was he ever! Zeus liked to fertilize things more than Johnny Appleseed. In fact, I have my suspicions that ole Johnny could have been Pops in disguise. Anyway...he knocked mom up and lo and behold me and my sisters popped out.
Everyone needs a purpose, even in Olympus. Me and my girls were sent to be attendants, handmaidens if you wanna use an old-fashioned term, to Aphrodite. It was kinda fun to be honest, like an eternal slumber party. Looking and handsome mortals, watching her bless or curse them, doing our hair, the ambrosia anointments, the celebrations. My sisters and I we made Ditie some lovely robes and dresses, dyeing them with the colors of fresh flowers. The red was always my favorite, brought out her pale skin and gold hair. She never said it but I knew I was her favorite. She loved to laugh!
Sure, we all had our little trysts and our favored ones among the mortals but Ditie...well...she was married to that rotten old blacksmith Heph. Sure..he could fool around all he wanted but Zeus forbid Ditie look elsewhere. But she did, a few times. When it was a mortal it wasn't so bad. Those were easy to cover up but when she looked to Ares (not that I blame her! He was kinda hot!) As if doing the naked hokey pokey with the God of War wasn't bad enough she did it right in Heph's bed.Well that tattle tale Helios saw and told Heph and next thing you know he's caught them in a special net and embarrassed them to death. Of course all the ladies didn't mind so much seeing ole Ares in his state of undress. It's not everyday you get to see the God of War in his birthday suit. I swear even his muscles had muscles!!
Anyway Poseidon, always the big sweetie, saved the day, offering to pay if Ares didn't come through with compensation for shtooping his wife. Such a greedy Gus! She ran to us and we went to vacation on Kypros and gave her a little pampering to get her over the humiliation. Poor thing. She was only doing what came natural to her. Come on! She's the Goddess of Love! Sheesh!
But soon we had another problem....she was knocked up with Ares baby. So we cloaked that little bugger and took her from Dities' womb with a little touch of that Olympian magic and plug the little darlin into a mortal woman. Ditie wanted it to be the most beautiful woman of all Greece but....Helen had issues of her own to deal with so we found a lovely lady that had wanted children with her husband and viola! Problem solved and Heph didn't have to be the wiser....or Ares either.
I peeked in on the tyke from time to time. He had his mother's charm and his father's studly looks but not as bulky as Dad. He was gonna be a heartbreaker. I'd like to say that I acted as a good little fairy godmother but if I were honest, which I usually am, I kida got side tracked and distracted along the way.
I've watched over the mortals for a long, long time. Helped out a few from time to time. You might recognize some of them. One little guy named Charlie Chaplin was my favorite. I favored Jim Carrey for a while but he started to bore me. He never used all the inspiration I gave him so I took it away. What a waste.
So color me surprised as I was going about my own business when Ditie asks me to head to New Orleans. Says I need to go check on her son. According to her he was fool enough to marry someone from Athena's line. Sheesh...'thena was always so butch.. hated us girly girls. She was always RAR, Spears, strategy, fight! How boring. Well I guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree considering the polar opposites of Ditie and Ares. Not only that but apparently one of Ares other little sperm wigglers is down there too, Demios. *sigh* I HATE being around those twins! Their all doom and gloom all the time, creeping people out and making them scared. Well that just...just.. counter productive to what I do. I sooo don't need that but, anything for a girlfriend I guess.
One thing's for sure, Ditie is going to owe me BIG TIME for donning this mortal suit and running around their place all the time. I can't even pop back into Olympus to refresh or else Ares or Heph or 'thena might get wind of what's going on and do something to stop it. Or worse...hurt her little crib midget. Yeah yeah yeah, Ditie I hear you! I KNOW he's not a baby anymore but still..
But hey...she never said I couldn't have some fun while I'm here. Who knows, this could be fun.
RP Sample:
Oh the parade was wonderful!! Ross danced and twirled along with the other people in the costumed procession that boogied to the tunes played by the band leading the float down Bourbon Street. It was so wonderful, so ....alive!
This is what she loved about mortals. They lived it up because their lives were so short. Grasping it with a passion as they aged and withered. The stuffy ones up in Olympus could learn a thing or two from these mortals. But she figured a few millennium could make them bored. There's only so much boning and smiting that one can do after a while.
But these humans....these mortals! They found new ways to enjoy it. New ways to reinvent fun. She spun and took the offered flask from one of the other paraders and drank heartily. If only they could get past that little 'sin' and 'guilt' thing they carried around like baggage.
Her laughter bubbled up through her like a fountain and those around her shared in that good cheer, getting drunk on it as they passed by the crowds lining the streets, kisses blown to a few here and there, a little punch of joy sent their way from the Grace as she twirled along in her costume of gold and green with little purple accents around the neck and hem.
If only every day could be this fun. She'd nearly forgotten the reason she was there, her hands going to the bottom of her shirt and she had it halfway up, baring her pale belly and showing off her belly button and lower ribcage before one of the men in the parade caught her up in large dark chocolate colored arms and lifted her up to spin her in a circle, lowering his lips to her ear. But it wasn't that rich basso voice she expected, instead the voice of her bestie coming from his lips. "Forget about something Ross?" the decidedly feminine, seductive voice sounded as Aphrodite used this man as her speaking vessel.
"Um....no.." Ross said hesitantly and smiled nervously. "I was just...looking through the crowds. You know..scoping out the turf."
"Mmmhmmm..." the strange voice came from the brawny man. "Just don't forget...Find my Max. M'kay?"
Nodding and smiling Ross gave the man used as the vessel a peck on the cheek, leaving her rosy red lipstick behind "You know you can count on me Ditie...you're my number one girl." she said as she bounced off and disappeared into the festive crowd.
