ROLEPLAY HQ - paranormal-activities

Carmen’s first day as a third-year in college had gone about as good as she expected it to so far. Most of the first classes were introductions between the students and staff, with some teachers trying to get a bit of a lesson in before the bell rang and offering up homework. She had left high school to get a degree in film and she was one year away from achieving that goal. Her third year was finally the year where she could take more classes that had to do with her interests instead of the allotted necessities like math and science. Only having a few classes throughout the day also meant more time to focus on those that were important to her and the last class of the day was just that, extremely important. Film Studies was where she planned to focus most of her efforts in and when she entered the classroom, she could tell she was going to like it more than most. With less than fifteen people in the room, it meant more face-time with the instructor and more opportunity to get her questions answered. The only worry she had was that compared to the other students, she was exponentially more quiet and reserved. Her black dress slacks were a bit loose on her, having to be fastened to her hips by a belt and her button-up, white dress shirt left everything to the imagination unless she pulled her black, button-up sweater tightly around her. In her opinion, she wasn’t there to pull attention to her and if no one ever noticed she had been their classmate, that was fine by her. She took her seat in the far back corner, loading her desk up with her books and notebooks while she waited for the professor to come in. She had no idea who to expect as they had only been informed that the teacher had film experience since the previous staff member quit during the summer. She didn’t look around at the room after she sat down and simply kept her blue eyes on her own work, writing out the name of the class and the date on her designated notebook. @gweniee

It was Michelle's first day at this school of films and direction. Prior to this she used to direct some films. She has directed a wide variety of films varying from documentaries on nature to massy public Films. But this was something new to her teaching a bunch of young people about films. Well, what can go wrong? Michelle quickly reached the class and just entered inside without even giving a look to any student sitting on their desks. Michelle was a character who looked strict but was equally soft and passionate for those who vibe with her. She quickly put her handbag on her table and glanced over the class for a good 30 seconds. She cleared her throat a bit "Hello students, Myself Michelle Keatings and I'll be your professor for Film studies" She introduced herself with some poise in her voice as she brushed stray strand of her hair behind her ear. "We will be more or less discussing about what goes behind creating a visual masterpiece and how can you engage your viewers to the content you intend to create" Michelle explained as everyone intriguingly listened to her words. "So, to start with I want everyone of you to introduce yourselves and tell me one genre of films you are passionate about" She said as she walked towards the desks where students were seating adjusting her yellow dress which was a tad bit above her knees. "Think twice before you select a genre because you'll be going deep into it as our classes advances" She warned every one of them before they started the introductory session. @💛Shay-Bae💛

As a feminine voice rang it into the air, Carmen looked up from her notes that were dangerously close to turning into doodles and went a little wide-eyed. Not only did she not expect the teacher to be a woman, but a woman whose name she recognized. It was a big deal to be a female director, so when one cropped up during the credits, especially in a very popular film, one took notice. Carmen had never seen her before, but placing the diction of her voice with the movie she knew she had directed, it was no wonder the film was box office hit. She couldn’t help but pay attention to every word that rolled off her tongue as she sauntered around the room and asked people to introduce themselves. In every other class, Carmen hates this part, but she actually found herself excited to talk directly to this woman and regretting grabbing a seat in the back of the class. She fidgeted with her hair and sweater while the first four students made their introductions, trying her best to make sure she was presentable without drawing the eyes of her peers. When the time finally came for her to introduce herself, she realized she hadn’t been listening to those before her and had no idea what she was suppose to say or in what order. She hesitated as she stood from her seat and looked directly into the dark eyes of Professor Keating. “Umm.. My name is Carmen Connors, but most people call me CiCi.” What?! You don’t talk to people! Who calls you that?! She mentally chided. “I’m 21 and my favorite genre is paranormal horror. Although, I saw the movie you directed last year and it was amazing!” *As she finished, she found herself stretching out her hand to shake that of the professor. Her cheeks flushed a bright red and could only hope the woman would return the handshake if only to save her from even more embarrassment. Her heart was pounding out of her chest and after a few moments, whether the teacher shook her hand or not, she would sit back down and attempt to hide her

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face with her shoulder-length black hair from the other students who were likely laughing at the nerd in the corner.* @gweniee

One by one everyone started with their introduction. There were some interesting genres which Students picked but none that match her personal interests yet but she was hoping someone would share that interest with her probably. Then came the girl on the last desk. Michelle walked up to her as she stood up rather less confidently and started introducing herself. Michelle heard her carefully and also noticed her body language. Her white face was flushed with blood around the cheeks and she was fidgeting with her fingers. One thing she was clear about that this girl needed some confidence for herself. As Cici finished her introduction a few giggles were heard from students behind Michelle. She turned over to see who exactly was laughing but she couldn't catch the person. "Miss Carmen, your introduction was interesting. I too share the same interest in paranormal horror and I'm not sure if you've seen a documentary I've made on this very same genre" Michelle said with a light smile on her face as she gently hold Carmen's hand and shook it gently. Carmen did catch her eye out of everyone given 2 strong reasons. One, she need to help this girl to gain some confidence and be confident in her own work and second they shared same interests. The class went on as usual after the introductions as Michelle first started with how to understand the premises of any story/plot. Every now and then, Keatings kept catching glances over Carmen to see if she was paying attention or not. @💛Shay-Bae💛

Completely relieved that the woman did shake her hand, her eyes lit up again when she mentioned a documentary she had made. When she took her seat, she made a note in her notebook to find that documentary. The rest of the class went exceedingly more smooth that her debacle in front of everyone. Every time Professor Keatings described or went in depth about a topic she knew little about, she wrote down everything she had said. Even if she had embarrassed herself in front of a class full of students, it was an honor to learn from someone who was so successful. When the dismissal bell rang, Carmen found herself feeling a bit disheartened. There were a couple students who jumped up to leave, others lingered for a few moments, but Carmen took as long as she could to pack up her things. She closed her books as if she was trying to read the last word before the cover was all she could see and neatly stacked her things atop each other before she stood from her desk. Once the room was mostly cleared out, she walked up to the teachers desk, keeping her eyes facing the floor the entire time. “E-Excuse me, M-Miss Keatings?” She took a few deep breaths before continuing. “What was the title of that documentary you did?” Sure, she could’ve looked it up on her own, but anything to get more time with the teacher was something she wanted to do. She could learn so much from this woman and the least she could do was show interest. @gweniee

As the class concluded Michelle started grabbing her notes from which she was driving today's lecture and placing them nicely stacked into a file. While she was going about her chores, she noticed Carmen approaching her and she continued her work as she asked Michelle about her documentary. "Miss Carmen" Michelle said out loud. "Or should I call you Cici?" She chuckled looking at her with a smirk on her face noticing Carmen was still looking down. Michelle gently raised Carmen's head by her chin to look straight into her eyes. "First of all, you need to look straight at me when you ask a question and second, you need to find it out yourselves" Keatings said in a rather stern voice as if she is instructing her to do so. "I did notice you write notes? In case you are able to figure out the documentary and do see it, I would like if you could write a small brief on what could've been done better or in a different way?" Michelle said as she picked her bag up and just gently patted on her shoulder and adjusted her black her gently behind her ear. "I hope you won't disappoint me, Miss Carmen" She said as she went on to her next class probably. @💛Shay-Bae💛

As Keatings called her CiCi, her cheeks darkened into a deep red and her eyes fell farther on to the floor until she brought her face up to stare directly at her. The woman was stunning and it made it hard for her to make direct eye-contact even though that was precisely what she had demanded. Carmen lightly nodded her head and when told she had to find the title of the film out for herself, she almost looked away again. She had fully planned on it and if it was a different professor, she might have, but she needed an excuse to talk to her and that was her best bet in her mind. At the mention of notes, she almost slammed her notebook open to prove she had, but quickly understood why Keatings was bringing it up. She nodded enthusiastically and felt a surge of confidence take over her. Her notes and academics were something she was good at doing and she had no doubt she would impress Keatings, but when the woman brushed her hair behind her ear, that bashfulness came back in full force. She couldn’t help but lower her eyes to the ground and nod again just before she left. Finally out in the hallway, her heart was beating a mile a minute. She couldn’t accurately process what had just happened, but she knew she had a film to find. Heading to the library, she found a secluded corner and pulled out her laptop. It wouldn’t take her long to find the many articles about Professor Keatings, even one that stated she was hired on as a college teacher, however, sifting through the material finally gave her the name of her paranormal documentary she had made. With much excitement, she gathered her things and made her way off campus. She planned on watching, and or buying, every movie ever made by the woman and would write up anything she could find to write about on the subjects. @gweniee

First day just went as she thought it would, Keatings had thought of finding that one person which peaks her interest and that she did. She couldn't help but think about that particular student dressed in that white shirt trying to recall her name again given how many students she met today. "Cici, Miss Carmen" She said to herself as she chuckled looking at the glass of beer she was having at her home. She had to prepare for her next class in advance for which Michelle thought of taking the class to a college football match. Keatings wanted students to start with learning to catch the emotions around them which are in abundance around them. She started typing onto her laptop to start noting down the trail of thoughts she had in her mind and soon it was her time to go to bed. ---- Next day Next day, the first class of her was that of Miss Carmen. Michelle was quite excited about her meeting with her today, she wanted to know if she was able to figure out that movie as well as what could've been done better or not. To be honest Michelle saw something in her and she hoped she can make Carmen realise her potential. Michelle as usual entered a rather buzzing class today and straight away went to her table greeting good morning to the students without giving a look at them. She placed her black purse on the table which perfectly matched with her clean and white shirt which was a perfect fit hugging her body as if it complimented her figure. Few buttons uptop of her shirt were unbuttoned just teasing a little bit of cleavage because why not. Woman had it in her, she flaunted it. As she turned towards the class, her eyes scanned for Miss Carmen and to her surprise she found her sitting right there in the front row. Michelle just gave a soft smile and a nod looking at her as if acknowledging that her presence made her happy.

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Carmen awoke the next morning an hour before she needed to with a deep-rooted excitement for her film class. She had managed to watch three different films created by Michelle Keatings and each had their own personality to them. The first was of course the one she was instructed to find and write about: The Ethereal. It was a fascinating documentary on a legendary hospital that many have claimed to be haunted. Not only did it explain the lore of the hospital in a comprehensible way, but there was also amateur footage featured throughout and it was something Carmen had not expected. It was so well done that she didn’t have too many pointers to give, nor did she necessarily want to. She managed to nit-pick a few of the lighting angles and recommended a bit more depth in the story telling in certain spots, but it was by far the best paranormal documentary she had ever seen. As she meandered through the day, she thought of a few notes on the other two films she watched: African Cats and Vengeful Death and wore them down as well. When she finally made it to Professor Keatings class, she sat in the front row and pulled out everything she would need in addition to her notes on the films. When the professor arrived, she couldn’t take her eyes off her. She was stunning, as always, but she suddenly felt intimidated. How would she feel about having a know-nothing student critiquing her career? Out of pure shyness, She huff her notes under her books and waited for the class to begin, still eager if hesitantly so. @gweniee

"Students" She said in a rather high pitched voice. "Today's class won't be done in here. C'mon, we will be going to the football field" She pointed outside of the class from where football field was almost clearly visible. Keatings walked towards the sitting area from behind her table with her hands folded and her eyes noticing Carmen. "The question is why are we going to the field?" She asked as she walked through the first row of students where Carmen was seated too. She walked for a bit and just stood right in front of her but didn't look at her for time being. "Today's task would be to learn how to capture various emotions going around in a frame and bringing the best out of them" She said pausing for a bit as she saw everyone noting down some points for reference. "Create a 5 min footage for me. It should be something or the other which is related to the field itself or the game and the theme is emotions" She said emphasising more on the word "Emotions". She leaned down on towards Carmen's table with both her hands on the table as she looked into Carmen's eyes while Carmen tried hard to avoid the eye contact. "Is it clear?" She asked looking at her and pausing for a bit. "Is it clear, class?" She said again raising her voice a bit. "C'mon lets go to the field and I want the task to be submitted before end of the day" Keatings informed the class about the deadline and backed off from Carmen's table and just stood there as the students started moving out of the glass chattering around. @💛Shay-Bae💛

As soon as Miss Keatings entered the room, Carmen was taken aback by her beauty once more. The confidence and graced she possessed every day was admirable and always took her by surprise. She was determined today, telling the class everything she wanted in the first few minutes of class while also making her sweat a bit from her proximity. She watched as she paced and stopped in front of her desk and it instantly made her cheeks go red. Burying her face into a notebook, she wrote down the assignment as if she was going to forget it and attempted to keep her face as low as she could. When she felt the professors palms press into her desk, she slowly lifted her gaze abs was instantly petrified in those dark brown eyes. Her own crystal blue hues practically seemed to shake under her stare and rendered her unable to answer until the rest of the class did. She snapped herself from her trance and nodded rapidly as she gathered her things, shoving books into her bag and forgetting everything about the assignment until she made it to the doorway. Surprisingly enough, she did remember the personal work Keatings had assigned her the night before, which made her stop just short of the leaving the classroom. She backed out of the doorway and waited for everyone else to leave before she turned to the professor. “Umm.. Miss Keatings… What about… My notes? Did you w-want them now?” She didn’t know why she was so nervous when she had to speak to this woman, but every time she did her legs felt weak and her stomach did flips. She swallowed hard and felt her head pounding out of her chest as she stared at the beautiful woman, waiting to see if she needed to give her the notes on her films now or later. @gweniee

Carmen came towards Keatings with a rather tensed looks and somehow Keatings enjoyed this tensions between them, the way Carmen is always terrified of her presence or the attitude. She liked how she was in the driving seat here. "Aah, Miss Carmen. I was wondering if you had done your homework or not?" She asked looking at her as she took her noted from her hands which were clearly shaking a little bit. Keatings opened the diary and started looking through it. "So? You'll wait here looking at me like that or would you rather complete today's assignment and present it to me by the end of the day?" She said still looking at the notes while Carmen just stared at Keatings face trying to read through her expressions. "And" She said taking a momentary pause. "You and me need to talk in my office by the day ends when you come to submit today's assignment to me" She said as she started walking towards the ground pointing on towards her watch gesturing to Carmen who still stood there. Keatings went straight to the stands nearest to the class and started going through Carmen's notes in detail. She was really impressed by the minute details she caught and the way she thought something out of the box. She noted down few points that clicked her mind at the moment right in her diary with a red pen and wrote a note at the end of her notes. Cici, good work with the findings. It will be fun teaching you for sure. Love, Michelle @💛Shay-Bae💛

( @💛Shay-Bae💛 @gweniee you wish to continue or should I move to inactive/archive foe you guys? :3)

(I do want to continue, I’m just trying to get my head out of my ass. If Gwen wants to put in inactive though, that’s fine.)