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ABOUT ELSWOOD
A state of temporary sedation. The sedative is administed via unknown means by Elswoods higher ups. This state gets its name from the fact that those who are sedated appear to be drowsy/under the influence
SLEEPER noun | sleep·er | /ˈslēpər/
An individual who is asleep. not to be confused with the sleepwalker below.
SLEEPWALKER noun | sleep·walk·er | /ˈslēp-ˌwȯ-kər/
An indivual who has been asleep for an extended period of time. Whether the school does this intentionally or not is unknown but more often than not, it is permanent. Some sleepwalkers have mild to severe amnesia.
HEATED adjective | heat·ed | /ˈhēdəd/
A term ascribed to new students that are on edge due to the new environment (and the number of other stress factors that come with being kidnapped of course) can also be used to describe existing students that are simply easily agitated.
ICE (OR ICED) verb/adjective | iced | /īst/
The act / the state of having abilities temporarily disabled. Usually only administered through means of an odorless gas within dorm rooms but it can be spread throughout the school.
THE FRIDGE noun | fridge | /frij/
The school has the ability to activate and deactivate most abilities within Elswood's walls. The fridge is what students rooms are called when their powers are "iced" (temporarily disabled) within them. Students are also isolated from their classmates and given alternative, less appetizing meals.
THE CRADLE noun | cra·dle | /ˈkrādl/
Students are only taken to the cradle as a last resort. The Cradle is an extreme version of The Fridge. Those who enter return as sleepwalkers who are physically unable to describe their time in isolation when asked. Their words come out garbled or not at all.
THE ELEMENTS noun | el·e·ments | /ˈeləmənt/
A group of four advisors, one for each division that have a direct line to Headmistress Elswood. Despite their best efforts, the Elements are never able to recall the details of meeting her after the fact.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER …
"This telekinetic guy was so heated on his first day that he was throwing people across the cafeteria! They put him in The Fridge for a few days to cool him down but right when they let him out, he was so mad about being iced that he knocked out one of The Elements that was bringing him his lunch. After that, they sent him to The Cradle and he's been a sleepwalker ever since."
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT KID WHO GOT SENT TO THE CRADLE LAST YEAR? KEEP UP WITH THE RUMORS, EVENTS, LEGENDS, AND LIES HERE.
ADHAM MORCOS
Adham is like any other resident of Elswood except for the fact that, like Anya, he cannot die. This makes him somewhat of a legend around the school as he's been around longer than the school has.
EVA VERNON
Its rumored that back in the 1980's, a girl named Eva Ophelia Vernon attended Elswood Academy. Early August was when she woke up in her new dorm. Panicked, she immediately began looking for a way out of the locked room. She would've tried to use her abilities to leave the dorm but there's not much that immortality can do to a locked door. When her door was finally unlocked, Eva was told to proceed to orientation. Something about her demeanor was off after that orientation. She entered fuming and loud, looking for answers and left the room uncharacteristically subdued. Getting up from her chair, she walked away. She walked … and walked … and walked, unfazed by the effects of the forest boundaries. Students claim to have seen a girl in a tattered uniform walking through the forest on several occasions.
LEO THE SENTIENT TABLE
Leo Ortega is a student that turned himself into that table in the teacher's lounge back in 2012. He hasn't been seen outside of that form since. Students assume that he lurks around at night but no one has any kind of proof. More about Leo can be found in the location section under Leo's Lounge.
QUARTERLY CAMPING TRIP
Four times a year, or every three months, all of Elswood goes camping in the woods for a week. Sometimes, students are grouped by division but there are other times where groups are assigned randomly and due to the clashing personalities of the four divisions, it doesn't always fare well.
ASHE'S CLEARING
A section of forest about 30 ft in diameter was burnt down by Elswood's Elliot Ashe in his freshman year. Whether the fire was intentional or not is unknown but he's fabricated at least ten different stories about the incident so no one really knows what is true anymore. Ironically enough, many students hold bonfires there.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ELSWOOD'S ENVIRONMENT; THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THIS ENIGMATIC SCHOOL.
100% effective, harmless memory erasing technologies are essentially a myth. Anything done by Elswood has been highly experimental and has ended with either fatalities or considerable brain damage to the subjects tested.
FAMILIES WITH MULTIPLE GIFTED CHILDREN
For couples who aren't gifted, there is a 1/100 chance their offspring will be twins. On the other hand, two gifted adults are ten times more likely to produce twins, triplets or even quadruplets and of those children, all of them will have superhuman abilities.
Couples that consist of one human and one superhuman only produce a gifted child every one out of three times. If a gifted child has two other full siblings of different ages, they are most likely the only gifted child in their family.
SUPERHUMAN ABILITY AS GENE MUTATION
A mutation is, more often than not, the reason why the residents of Elswood are the way they are. This mutation could have occurred in their parents before being passed down or the child could be the first in their family to ever have superhuman abilities.
SUPERHUMAN ABILITY AS A RECESSIVE GENE
It's also possible for a child to have two parents who both lack superhuman abilities if a grandparent was gifted.
TEACHERS WITH SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES
In order to teach at Elswood, you do need a masters degree in the field. If Elswood provides that degree and knows that you aspire to become a teacher, your preparation begins when you're accepted at the age of eighteen. If said degree requires you to be outside of the school, Elswood will keep tabs on you during your schooling and bring you to Elswood immediately following the completion of you masters degree.
TEACHERS WITHOUT SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES
Not all teachers in Elswood have abilities as finding gifted adults who also want to teach specific courses can be a difficult task. There are a few selected teachers who possess no abilities whatsoever.
STUDENT TALLY
THIS SECTION IS USEFUL FOR LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF ELSWOOD.
ASLEEP adjective | a·sleep | /əˈslēp/
A state of temporary sedation. The sedative is administed via unknown means by Elswoods higher ups. This state gets its name from the fact that those who are sedated appear to be drowsy/under the influence
SLEEPER noun | sleep·er | /ˈslēpər/
An individual who is asleep. not to be confused with the sleepwalker below.
SLEEPWALKER noun | sleep·walk·er | /ˈslēp-ˌwȯ-kər/
An indivual who has been asleep for an extended period of time. Whether the school does this intentionally or not is unknown but more often than not, it is permanent. Some sleepwalkers have mild to severe amnesia.
HEATED adjective | heat·ed | /ˈhēdəd/
A term ascribed to new students that are on edge due to the new environment (and the number of other stress factors that come with being kidnapped of course) can also be used to describe existing students that are simply easily agitated.
ICE (OR ICED) verb/adjective | iced | /īst/
The act / the state of having abilities temporarily disabled. Usually only administered through means of an odorless gas within dorm rooms but it can be spread throughout the school.
THE FRIDGE noun | fridge | /frij/
The school has the ability to activate and deactivate most abilities within Elswood's walls. The fridge is what students rooms are called when their powers are "iced" (temporarily disabled) within them. Students are also isolated from their classmates and given alternative, less appetizing meals.
THE CRADLE noun | cra·dle | /ˈkrādl/
Students are only taken to the cradle as a last resort. The Cradle is an extreme version of The Fridge. Those who enter return as sleepwalkers who are physically unable to describe their time in isolation when asked. Their words come out garbled or not at all.
THE ELEMENTS noun | el·e·ments | /ˈeləmənt/
A group of four advisors, one for each division that have a direct line to Headmistress Elswood. Despite their best efforts, the Elements are never able to recall the details of meeting her after the fact.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER …
"This telekinetic guy was so heated on his first day that he was throwing people across the cafeteria! They put him in The Fridge for a few days to cool him down but right when they let him out, he was so mad about being iced that he knocked out one of The Elements that was bringing him his lunch. After that, they sent him to The Cradle and he's been a sleepwalker ever since."
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT KID WHO GOT SENT TO THE CRADLE LAST YEAR? KEEP UP WITH THE RUMORS, EVENTS, LEGENDS, AND LIES HERE.
Adham is like any other resident of Elswood except for the fact that, like Anya, he cannot die. This makes him somewhat of a legend around the school as he's been around longer than the school has.
EVA VERNON
Its rumored that back in the 1980's, a girl named Eva Ophelia Vernon attended Elswood Academy. Early August was when she woke up in her new dorm. Panicked, she immediately began looking for a way out of the locked room. She would've tried to use her abilities to leave the dorm but there's not much that immortality can do to a locked door. When her door was finally unlocked, Eva was told to proceed to orientation. Something about her demeanor was off after that orientation. She entered fuming and loud, looking for answers and left the room uncharacteristically subdued. Getting up from her chair, she walked away. She walked … and walked … and walked, unfazed by the effects of the forest boundaries. Students claim to have seen a girl in a tattered uniform walking through the forest on several occasions.
LEO THE SENTIENT TABLE
Leo Ortega is a student that turned himself into that table in the teacher's lounge back in 2012. He hasn't been seen outside of that form since. Students assume that he lurks around at night but no one has any kind of proof. More about Leo can be found in the location section under Leo's Lounge.
QUARTERLY CAMPING TRIP
Four times a year, or every three months, all of Elswood goes camping in the woods for a week. Sometimes, students are grouped by division but there are other times where groups are assigned randomly and due to the clashing personalities of the four divisions, it doesn't always fare well.
ASHE'S CLEARING
A section of forest about 30 ft in diameter was burnt down by Elswood's Elliot Ashe in his freshman year. Whether the fire was intentional or not is unknown but he's fabricated at least ten different stories about the incident so no one really knows what is true anymore. Ironically enough, many students hold bonfires there.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ELSWOOD'S ENVIRONMENT; THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THIS ENIGMATIC SCHOOL.
TEMPERATURE
Unless stated otherwise in an event or an update, Elswood's average temperature is a comfortable 70-80 degrees Fahrenheit.
WILDLIFE
Elswood is home to many little animals. Most of what you'll see in the forest are birds, squirrels, rabbits and deer. These animals are relatively harmless but some students have reported seeing wolves in the past.
CHARTING STARS
Anyone who knows their basic astronomy could tell you the constellations in Elswood are out of the ordinary. Sure, many are recognizable but there are some that aren't even vaguely familiar.
Unless stated otherwise in an event or an update, Elswood's average temperature is a comfortable 70-80 degrees Fahrenheit.
WILDLIFE
Elswood is home to many little animals. Most of what you'll see in the forest are birds, squirrels, rabbits and deer. These animals are relatively harmless but some students have reported seeing wolves in the past.
CHARTING STARS
Anyone who knows their basic astronomy could tell you the constellations in Elswood are out of the ordinary. Sure, many are recognizable but there are some that aren't even vaguely familiar.
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS "SUPERHUMAN GENE" WORKS? A SECTION WAS CREATED TO AID TO AID CHARACTER CREATION.
MEMORY ERASING
100% effective, harmless memory erasing technologies are essentially a myth. Anything done by Elswood has been highly experimental and has ended with either fatalities or considerable brain damage to the subjects tested.
FAMILIES WITH MULTIPLE GIFTED CHILDREN
For couples who aren't gifted, there is a 1/100 chance their offspring will be twins. On the other hand, two gifted adults are ten times more likely to produce twins, triplets or even quadruplets and of those children, all of them will have superhuman abilities.
Couples that consist of one human and one superhuman only produce a gifted child every one out of three times. If a gifted child has two other full siblings of different ages, they are most likely the only gifted child in their family.
SUPERHUMAN ABILITY AS GENE MUTATION
A mutation is, more often than not, the reason why the residents of Elswood are the way they are. This mutation could have occurred in their parents before being passed down or the child could be the first in their family to ever have superhuman abilities.
SUPERHUMAN ABILITY AS A RECESSIVE GENE
It's also possible for a child to have two parents who both lack superhuman abilities if a grandparent was gifted.
TEACHERS WITH SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES
In order to teach at Elswood, you do need a masters degree in the field. If Elswood provides that degree and knows that you aspire to become a teacher, your preparation begins when you're accepted at the age of eighteen. If said degree requires you to be outside of the school, Elswood will keep tabs on you during your schooling and bring you to Elswood immediately following the completion of you masters degree.
TEACHERS WITHOUT SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES
Not all teachers in Elswood have abilities as finding gifted adults who also want to teach specific courses can be a difficult task. There are a few selected teachers who possess no abilities whatsoever.
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