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Aelita Stones | Code Lyoko | Reserve Expired

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Player
Name: Paul
Personal Journal: white_tiger
E-mail: Redrobin2013@gmail.com
AIM/MSN: AIM: Herc061881
Timezone: PST
Current Characters in Route: Rainbow Dash bestofthebest & Sayaka Miki aheroofjustice

Character
Name: Aelita Stones
Series: Code Lyoko
Timeline: After the events of Season 4 episode ‘Double Take’
Canon Resource Links: http://codelyoko.wikia.com/wiki/Aelita_Schaeffer

Personality: Aelita has been shown throughout the series to be quite intelligent and smart beyond her years. She's always been kind, generous and compassionate to her friends and others, but she's also witty; she's been quick - and good - at coming up with insults and outsmarted monsters on Lyoko. However, as the youngest of the Lyoko Warriors (physically she’s 13 years old; chronologically, she's around 22 years old) Aelita's also the most naive.

During her first few days on Earth her feelings were hurt easily and she had been easily swayed by others. Thanks to the support of her friends, Aelita was able to adapt to life on Earth quickly and has matured. She didn't have much in the way of social skills at first, but was able to adapt very well. She's polite and very respectful to adults; she does her best to be honest even though she covers up the truth about herself a number of times, especially when her connection to Franz Hopper is close to being revealed during season four.

Aelita blushes whenever she talks about things that are secretive between Jeremie and herself. (She's Jeremie's love interest.) Aelita grew fond of Jeremie during the first season and talked with him on a daily basis about his life. Their romantic feelings developed over the series and Aelita learned she didn't always have to like the same things Jeremie liked to be with him. Yumi and Aelita have a close bond, both being the only girls in the group. They tend to share stories and gossip together, as shown in the Season 2 episode 'Common Interest.' In the Season 4 Christmas episode ‘Distant Memory,’ when Aelita said she was staying at Kadic to keep an eye on XANA, Yumi suggests that she spend Christmas with her and her family. Aelita politely refused, but said she would keep in touch with her. (Aelita spends Christmas with Jeremie and his family at the end of the episode.) Odd and Aelita have a great friendship as he treats her like one of the guys. Ulrich was the first member of the team other than Jeremie to learn about her existence. They have a good friendship, Ulrich treating Aelita like a sibling and he spends a lot of time protecting her; both Ulrich and Odd call Aelita ‘Princess’ while on Lyoko. Aelita has been shown to get irritated and upset, mostly toward Jeremie when he would rather work on one of his projects instead of taking time out to enjoy her interests; she also got angry with Odd when his laziness caused them both to get in trouble in the Season 4 episode ‘Replika‘ and they argued with each other. (Thanks to Yumi and Ulrich choosing to go on a mission away from them, they were able to make up in time to keep two of their classmates from discovering the Factory.) The only time she was angry with Ulrich was during the Season 3 episode 'The Pretender' when he told a younger classmate - who liked Yumi - to follow her around all day to get her attention, which Yumi hates.


Strengths/Weaknesses:

+ She’s very adept at computers and anything involving electronics
+ She loves to play music, knows how to play the piano and is a talented DJ
+ She gets along well with others
+ She knows how to ride various vehicles when needed
+ She’s been taught Pencak Silat (an Indonesian combat style) by Ulrich
- She takes people at their word on occasion and has been tricked, both on Earth and on Lyoko
- She’s susceptible to mind control
+ - She was one of XANA’s main targets frequently alongside Jeremie and Yumi, XANA considering her a major threat and someone he needed alive
- She has nightmares regarding her past involving her parents, wolves, men in black and the final moments with her father leading to her being virtualized on Lyoko for the first time

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Togepi
Password: Scrambled Eggs

Samples
First Person Sample: The screen clicks on, and for a long moment pink hair is visible until a very familiar ‘Toge-toge-prrrri~!’ is heard, followed by light giggling.

It’s okay; don’t be afraid Togepi! I’m just trying out my new equipment. Hello? I’m Aelita Stones – like the rock band? I’m new to Johto and while I’ve figured out that I’m on a journey I don’t know why I was chosen to be pulled to a different world! At least it’s not a XANA plot…

But onto my point: has anyone seen any of my friends around? First is Jeremie: he has blonde hair, sometimes wears a blue sweater and has glasses. You’ll recognize Odd at first glance –his hair sticks straight up, wears mostly purple and he tells a lot of jokes! Most of them aren’t that funny, but don’t tell him I said that. Ulrich’s quiet but very kind and respectful to people he meets. Yumi’s great to be around, wears mostly black and she’s Japanese. Try not to make that mistake around her.

(Aelita soon hears Togepi talking in that familiar trilling voice she’s loved hearing since arriving.)

What’s that? A Pokemon’s nearby? Well, we should see what kind it is and try to catch it; you’re pretty powerful for a cute little thing, but you can’t take on everyone by yourself! Thanks for listening, and I’ll try to answer back when I’m not in the middle of a Pokemon battle!

Third Person Sample: Aelita woke up, looking around worriedly for a long moment, expecting to see the familiar setting of Lyoko or anyone of the 5 sectors…but instead, she didn’t see the Mountain, Ice, Desert, Forest sectors or even the mysterious Sector 5. To her surprise, what she saw almost reminded her of Kadic.

“Toge-toge-prrrrrri~!”

Almost. She nearly screamed in surprise while looking around once more, finally feeling something press into her leg and looked down to see a small egg-like Pokemon raising it’s tiny arms.

“Awww…look at you! You’re cute, but I’m pretty sure you’re not someone’s pet and if you’re here then I’m not at Kadic; pets aren’t allowed, even if I know someone who breaks that rule every day.” Aelita picked up Togepi almost immediately, relaxing and feeling much better.

“Your name’s Togepi? I’m Aelita, and I’d love to be your friend! I'm sure we’ll find my friends soon, but for now we should figure a few things out…like why I was picked to come and not one of my other friends. Ulrich and Odd would love it here! Well...maybe Odd more than Ulrich.”

PENDING

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Before we make our final decision on your application, we would like a revised personality section and third person sample. The personality section isn’t focused very clearly on Aelita herself and instead explains a lot of people’s relationships to her; this is fine as long as it’s used to further the analysis of her own personality but shouldn’t take up the majority of the section. We would altogether like to see a cleaner and more in-depth version. As for the third person sample, it doesn’t meet the 300 word count requirement and should showcase more introspection. You will have one week to complete these requests before the character is available again.

Re: PENDING

[lyokoprincess]

Personality: Aelita has been shown throughout the series to be quite intelligent and smart beyond her years. She's always been kind, generous and compassionate to her friends and others, but she's also witty; she's been quick - and good - at coming up with insults and outsmarted monsters on Lyoko. However, as the youngest of the Lyoko Warriors (physically she’s 13 years old; chronologically, she's around 22 years old) Aelita's also the most naive.

During her first few days on Earth her feelings were hurt easily and she had been easily swayed by others. Thanks to the support of her friends, Aelita was able to adapt to life on Earth quickly and has matured. She didn't have much in the way of social skills at first, but was able to adapt very well. She's polite and very respectful to adults; she does her best to be honest even though she covers up the truth about herself a number of times, especially when her connection to Franz Hopper is close to being revealed during season four.

Because of the close bond she has with her friends Aelita learned how to love and care for others, even going out of her way to help people she might not like. Before being virtualized on Earth Aelita showed a keen interest in learning as much as she could about the world, so when she had time to do so she called up various facts and information while in one of the Towers on Lyoko no matter which Sector she was in. Once on Earth, it eventually dawned on Aelita that she felt like she had been there before, with her memories slowly coming back to her in the form of dreams.

Third Person Sample: Aelita woke up, looking around worriedly for a long moment, expecting to see the familiar setting of Lyoko or anyone of the 5 sectors…but instead, she didn’t see the Mountain, Ice, Desert, Forest sectors or even the mysterious Sector 5. To her surprise, what she saw almost reminded her of Kadic.

Almost.

"Hmm, this can't be a XANA attack. If it’s not an attack by XANA, then why was I brought here? And without any of my friends! If this is a situation, it would require all of us instead of just me. If something serious happens I don’t think a Return to the Past is possible here." she mused to herself. “And why would that strange woman I met in the house say I was her daughter? She didn’t look anything like my real mother! The professor was a big help, even if he did say my partner had escaped the lab…”

“Toge-toge-prrrrrri~!”

She nearly screamed in surprise while looking around once more, finally feeling something press into her leg and looked down to see a small egg-like Pokemon raising it’s tiny arms. Odd had described these little creatures to her…so, she really was pulled into another world.

“Awww…look at you! You’re cute, but I’m pretty sure you’re not someone’s pet and if you’re here then I’m really not at Kadic; pets aren’t allowed, even if I know someone who breaks that rule every day.” Aelita picked up Togepi almost immediately, relaxing and feeling much better.

“Toge-toge-prri!”

“Your name’s Togepi? I’m Aelita, and I’d love to be your new friend! I'm sure we’ll find my friends soon -if they were even brought here- but for now we should figure a few things out…like what other types of Pokemon are around, and which ones we’d be able to catch. I’m sure Ulrich and Odd would love it here! Well...maybe Odd more than Ulrich.”

[these_balls]

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept your application at this time. While the revised personality does better explain what you were trying to say previously, it's still altogether lacking; the personality appears to be shallow and while it does touch on several aspects of Aelita it doesn't expand on any of them, making it difficult to get a good understanding of the character.

The new sample is lacking in a similar way, showing her dialogue but very little of her internal thought process, reasoning and emotional responses.

Feel free to reapply as many times as you'd like.