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Skeeter, Rita; annoying journalist
Topic Started: Aug 9 2009, 07:50 PM (150 Views)
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About You

What should we call you? Cottonheadedninnymuggins. Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?
What is your gender? Alien
How can we get in touch with you? BAD TOUCH, BAD TOUCH!
How did you know we were here? The mothership sent me!
Did you read all of the rules? What rules? I make my own damn rules!!! But yeah, I read them.
Show us a sample post, from any game. A recent one would be nice. Doesn’t have to be the character you’re applying for.
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How many characters do you currently have on this board? Three. Dorkie, Googles, and Andi.
Anything else you want to tell us before we begin? Uhm…. Ron Weasley is hot! HANDS OFF, HE’S MINE!

About Your Character

Basics

Full name: Rita Elaine Skeeter
Nicknames: People call me Rita, that’s all! (Rita refuses to acknowledge the names she is called behind her back)
Ancestry: Purest of the pure, indeed!
Gender: Female
Age: A lady never reveals her age. (However records show that she is 24)
Birthday: May 16, 1951
Sorted into: Hufflepuff, back in the day.
Who do you follow? Why, myself of course! Who better to follow?
Wand: Eleven and a half inches, holly, with a unicorn hair at the center.

Personal
Sexuality: I love the men! *Giggle* A strong, handsome man that will sweep me off my feet!

Likes: Writing, gossip, spying, sneaking, talking to people, listening to conversations she’s not supposed to, coffee (she loves the buzz it gives her), fire whiskey (another buzz), parties, handsome men, shopping, clothes, those little tea sandwiches, getting her nails painted, money, being the first to know things.

Dislikes: Being out of the loop, privacy, anything soundproof, bubblegum, children, animals, bad writing, chipped fingernail polish, higher authority figures, other writers, doing any form of real work.

Strengths: I’m extremely sneaky! I’m also a terrific writer and I have a lovely personality! I’m very kind and gentle, and I love helping others! I’m a terrific person with good morals and I deserve to be recognized for that.

Weaknesses: I have none. I’m damn near perfect. I have a weakness for um, children. I love the little tykes! Can’t stand to see one in pain or harm. (What Rita fails to mention is that she really has a weakness for gossip and men. She is also very dishonest and rude.)

Goals: To be a top journalist Oh wait! I already am! To make tons of money and never have to work again!

Fears: Being hated by my public. Like that’s going to happen! HA! Also, being poor and ugly.

Tics, Quirks & Habits: Rita frequently chews on the end of her quills when concentrating, and she avoids eye contact when lying (which is often). She also has an annoyingly high pitched laugh and is a touchy-feely type of person.

Pet Peeves: I cannot stand people that don’t like to share their stories! If I have the decency to talk to you, have the respect to answer me! I also can’t stand people that smell bad, I can’t focus on anything other than the odor of which you reek.

Favorite sounds and smells: I love the sound of my own voice, it’s marvelous! Also, the sound of gossip and secrets! I love the smell of flowers and expensive perfume, and the sweet smell of revenge.

Have you ever met a boggart? What does it look like? No, actually, I have not. Though if I met one now I guess I would see myself as a hideous old hag with no friends or a decent career.

Can you cast Patronus? What does it look like? What memory do you use? Oh, um, well, I’ve never actually been very good at magic and this spell was extremely hard to learn…

What is the worst memory Dementors bring forward? Childhood. It seemed to last an eternity.

If you were to find the Mirror of Erised, what would you see? Myself in a huge home with lots of money and servants and expensive jewelry.

Tell me a couple secrets about yourself: Rita refuses to answer this particular question, but the truth is that she is an unregistered Animagus, in which she takes the form of a beetle.

Personality: I'm kind, a good listener, loving, charming, and sweet. (Um, no. She is actually rude, dishonest, sometimes cruel, and mean. And apparently is a pathological liar.)


Looks

Distinguishing Features: My glasses, I suppose. They’re extremely lovely with REAL jewels encrusted in them. I also always carry my REAL crocodile-skin handbag with my Quick-Quotes Quill in case there's a story that needs reporting. They’re both quite rare and expensive, really. And my voice is quite unique, sort of high pitched and soothing. I also have three gold teeth.

Not-so-distinguishing features: Rita’s hair is blonde, nothing spectacular. She has a heavy jaw and large hands (often called masculine, which she disagrees with), crystal blue eyes, and heavily penciled eyebrows. Her long fingernails are always bright red because she thinks it makes her look powerful and lustrous.

Appearance: Rita’s hair is always set in stiff curls that hang around her face and she tends to walk rather fast, almost scurrying around nonstop. She isn’t the thinnest person in the world, a bit plump actually, but she refuses to acknowledge it. She often wears tight outfits that are brightly colored and flashy and usually very odd. She always has a fake smile plastered on her face for the public and her eyes are always rather shifty, due to her personality.

Place of Birth: Wiltshire, England

Immediate family: Rita’s parents are Louis and Anita Skeeter, both of whom died when Rita was sixteen due to old age. Rita is what most people would call a “surprise child” and her mother was nearly fifty when Rita was born. Her parents had never planned on having children, so she has no brothers or sisters.

Extended family: Rita’s mother had no siblings and her father had one younger sister, Mary-Ellen. All other family members are dead except for her cousin Cassie, who is nearly fifty and the daughter of Mary-Ellen. Rita and Cassie rarely see each other due to the fact that Cassie has never liked Rita and often calls her a lying cow, so Rita refuses to see her.

Other important people: Due to her insanity personality Rita is forced to be rather independent. Though she claims to have tons of friends, most people can hardly stand to tolerate her.

Pets: See above, she hates animals. The only reason she became an Animagus was to help her career.

History: Rita Skeeter was not fond of childhood. Her parents lived in the country, which had always seemed extremely boring to her. A single house with nothing but grass for miles. Her mother and father enjoyed the peace; she couldn’t stand it. She would read the paper daily once her father had finished and dreamed of getting out in the real world. With no friends to speak of (strangely, no one seemed to like her very much. Weird, right?) Rita was left on her own and spent countless hours writing stories and articles on spare bits of parchment she could find around the house up in her bedroom.

Her father had been a local shopkeeper and her mother sold flowers from a stand near the center of town. They had both retired at forty-five, claiming they didn’t need much to live off of, just the peace and quiet of the world. Anita took up knitting as a way to pass the time and Louis enjoyed doing crossword puzzles. The silence alone drove Rita mad! She always promised herself that one day she would get away from the hell her parents had inflicted upon her and make a name for herself.

When her parents passed away it made no difference to Rita. Since the day she had become an adult she had never looked back. Deep down inside she often wonders if things could have turnedout better, but she refuses to think about that. Emotions could kill her career, and that is the only thing she has and has ever wanted.

She currently lives alone in a small flat not far from Diagon Alley.


Misc

Anything else you want to share? Rita is insane and rude and self-centered. I love it! She is also a reporter for the Daily Prophet, she acquired the job nearly three years ago.
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Accepted! Let me know if you want a personal space for Rita!
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