Raphael Alexandros ((Adult, HoM Professor))

[Raphael Alexandros]

OH ME, OH MY IT'S:
RAPHAEL ALEXANDROS

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ALLIANCE – NEUTRAL, LEANING EVIL, TWENTY-SEVEN, STREGONI INSTITUTO ALUMNI

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HANG MY HEAD, HIDE MY FEAR, TILL YOU ALL JUST DISSAPEAR

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HELLO THERE, VERY NICE TO MEET YOU! COULD YOU TELL ME YOUR
NAME AND IT'S MEANING, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE? THEN I WOULDN'T AT ALL MIND KNOWING YOUR BLOOD STATUS, BIRTHDAY AND AGE. CHEERS!
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“My name is Raphael Domovini Alexandros, but Raphael or even Raph will do, of course. I’m uh… Twenty-seven, yeah, birthday’s the 17th of April. And I’m pure-blooded.

DUDE, THATS INTERESTING - WHAT HOUSE WERE YOU IN? OR WHAT HOUSE ARE YOU IN? AND MY OH MY YOUR WAND - WHAT IS IT MADE OUT OF?
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"I didn’t go to Hogwarts, being Italian I went to Stregoni Instituto, which is our national school of wizardry – There’s no house system there, so I can’t really answer that. I work at Hogwarts now though, as the History of Magic professor. My wand, now that is special, it’s practically an antique, passed down for a long, long time through my mother’s family. It’s made from dalbergia nigra, or Brazilian Rosewood, 9 inches, with a Manticore Hair as it’s core. A truly fantastic piece – It clicks really well with me, too."


AWESOME, WELL ANYWAYS...SO LET'S SAY YOUR STANDING IN FRONT OF AN DEMENTOR WHAT PATRONUS DO YOU PERFORM?
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"My patronus is a panther. Not sure why really, but it is. I struggle to produce one, though. Not that I’m a bad wizard, just that my happier moment tend to have happened when I’m drunk."


THAT IS ENTERTAINING, HAVE YOU LEARNED HOW TO PERFORM AN ANIMAGUS?
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"No, no real interest.."


OKAY, RIGHT - THERE'S A WAR GOING ON WHO ARE YOU SIDING WITH ?[DARK FORCE PLOT- SEE MAIN PLOT THREAD FOR DETAILS]
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"Well, whoever would serve me best if they won, I expect. People who protect those with money, I guess. I’d have to know the politics of the whole thing."


RIIIIGHT SO UHM WHATS YOUR SEXUALITY AND ARE YOU SINGLE OR TAKEN? WHATS COOKING IN THE LOVE NEST?
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"Well, I’m straight… Granted I’ve had my experiences, but like I said, I’ve been out of my mind quite a lot on whatever. I don’t have a girlfriend, I don’t think that’ll be happening any time soon… Not had so many… good experiences, can we move on please?”


ALRIGHT SO NOW WE'RE CLOSE AND EVERYTHING IS OUT IN THE OPEN I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR PERSONALITY. WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME YOUR FEARS, LOVES, HATES ETC.

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"Hrm. Well, I’m usually a fun guy, when I’m in the mood for it. I drink a lot, and it’s generally when I’ve got some alcohol in me that it’s all better. I can afford it after all, even though I did have a little… financial incident, shall we say, a year or so ago, hence why I’ve had to find employment. I do like history though – Goodness knows my own family has enough of it, and as much as I may drink and party, I do have an appreciation for that which has gone by. Just, y’know, not as much as I do for sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, as a Muggle may put it.

What I really hate, though, is people telling me that I have a problem. I don’t, okay? Yes, I drink a lot, yes there may be some other substances involved from time to time, but it isn’t a problem. Just because my puttana sister and idiota mother like to say I’m out of control doesn’t make it true. I have a job, don’t I? And so what, if I might have a little drink before that sometimes? It stabilises me. Ask me another question, I’ve gone and pissed myself off now."


WOW, YOU ARE INTERESTING MAN. NOW TALK ABOUT A TOPIC THAT IS CLOSE TO YOU IN SOME DETAIL.
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"Not only am I interesting, but I’m rich as all hell, if that might sway your opinion… Anyway, I’ve two things I’d like to mention here. The first is probably more important, and that’s my job. This’ll be my first year teaching History of Magic at Hogwarts, and I’m looking forward to it I suppose. I’ve always had a bit of a passion for it, and it was my best class back home – Not hard, considering I flunked pretty much everything else. The ghost they had teaching it for the past millennium or whatever made it seem dull, apparently, but I’m confident I can make these kids enjoy it. To be honest, working away wouldn't have been my first choice, but with the situation being as it is between me and my family I kind of wanted to get out of Italy. Teaching history had always seemed natural - Good money for talking about something I like, pretty easy if you ask me. And who knows, I might enjoy it too. Is it hot in here?

Eh, yeah, the next thing would be the lifestyle I lead… or used to lead, I suppose. As the son of a rich family, yeah, I’ve partied. My notoriety never really spread beyond Italy, but my parties were legendary. I’ve lost entire weeks to partying, and I regret not a second… I think. Like I say – I can afford it right?"


SO, WHAT ABOUT FAMILY? WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? WHAT IS YOUR HISTORY AND DO YOU HAVE BROTHERS, SISTERS, AUNTS AND UNCLES?
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"Well, my father, Mercucio, died when I was six. He wasn’t the smartest of men, but he was wise with the family money, almost doubled it in his lifetime, so fair play to him. I don’t speak to my mother, Agata, or my sister, Giulia, any more. About a year ago they started to take offence to the bad name I was giving the family, and they cut all contact 6 months ago – As well as my access to the family funds, as it happens. Of course, when dear old madre dies, half of the Alexandros fortune still goes to me, because she can’t interfere with my father’s will, but not any of her family, The Sorel’s, money. I still have a lot of my own saved... well, some, I mean... but, uh, I could always use more, right? Hence why I’ve decided to start working. Also I uh, was engaged a while back, but it didn’t go well. She died, basically, it was a bad batch of… well I’m sure you can guess, it wasn’t legal, it was cut with venomous tentacula seeds powdered down. It was me that got it for us, but I passed out and she started without me... I don’t like talking about her though. Next."


I THINK THATS EVERYTHING, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE I GO?
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"Uh, not really, nah. Is there a toilet in here? I need to… uh… use it, I suppose… "

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THE ROLEPLAYING SAMPLE !

SEE: FLINT SAXON

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ALL ABOUT: MYKULL !

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Thanks to our Sarah for helping find this code!!

[Rafael Ochoa]

Points of contention:
Why did he come to England at all? Furthermore, why would he endeavor to become a teacher, of all things? Would he not attempt to enter his own alma mater for gainful employment over that of a foreign nation, especially since you so painstakingly went out of your way to make his Italian ancestry clear?
Added on to that you waver between whether he needs this job or not, which confuses me, since he's supposedly loaded, given the antics he keeps hinting at.

"Also I uh, was engaged a while back, but it didn’t go well. She died, basically, it was a bad batch of… well I’m sure you can guess, it wasn’t legal, it was cut with venomous tentacula seeds powdered down."
This sentence also drops down in sense made to me about halfway through. The latter half makes me think it was a bad divorce, but she's dead, so...?

[Raphael Alexandros]

I'll make the first part clearer, you're right, on rereading that is a bit jumbled. Why he's started is answered, however - 'I still have a lot of my own saved, but I could always use more, right? Hence why I’ve decided to start working.'. Not as in depth as you may want, I accept, but it is quite obviously there. As you may have gathered, Raph isn't too upfront about himself, so taking that into account I think it's safe to say he may be embellishing certain things.

I don't get how you could think the second part of that sentence was a bad divorce. The idea is that he's talking about cocaine but is trying to to be deathly obvious with it - as he would in an interview situation, which is the point of this form of application if I'm correct?

EDIT: Well, I've edited everything you mentioned havign a problem with to iron out the creases, hopefully that'll solve it.

[Madeline Athol]

Hey, Im taking over this app now

First, Im curious... how did he get from having a financial issue to being rich? Did he win a lottery? Get a loan? Was he a hitman? What happened?

Also, we already have a History of Magic Professor. I believe there are other positions open if you would like to claim one of them.


After these changes, I would read over and see if its accepted.

[Flint Cotnoir]

He wasn't in a bad financial situation to right - He was always rich, but stopped being so when his mother cut contact? Sorry, due to the nature of this app it's hard to keep things chronological AND make it work as an interview. I probably won't use it if I make any other characters, it's caused too many problems.

Also, at time of application, the position wasn't taken, and while I accept that there's little can be done about that I'd like to say I don't really think it's fair that two very minor quibbles (their being picked out, I feel, part of Matt's app-reading style, rather than a general problem) stopped me from getting the position when my app was up several hours before the other. I'll get to changing it eventually, I'll need to rethink some things about the character first.

[Raphael Alexandros]

Might seem a little rude to ask, but is this case being looked at still or will I scrap this app and begin revising the character?