Post by Bethany on Aug 31, 2010 2:18:41 GMT -5
[/color]player information!
preferred name ; Bethy still jeez like you don't know this by now
age ; 26 or a hundred by time this comes out
how you prefer to be contacted ; Telegrams are nice, but then owls are too.
characters you already play ; Areyna, Mason, Voltaine, Holden, Neorah, Vinny, Brice, Virgil, Autumn, Charisma, Cyrus, Hunter, Lady, Luna, Tarcharacter information!
the basics
character name ; Mazin Onyx Gates
nickname(s) ; The A'Mazin Gates, Maz, You ****er
age ; 27
date of birth ; October 22, 1981
blood status; Pureblood
sexual orientation ; Straight, but would probably cross to the dark side if the reason was fun enough or would really piss someone off or make them uncomfortable. He is known to flirt with men.
wand ; 14 inch mahogany wand with unicorn tail and demiguse hair core.
affiliation ; Neutral Mazin is a big fan of himself and not so big a fan of being drawn into other peoples messes.
occupation ; He's a muggle magician he also owns the club he performs at The Nightmare.
the appearance
height & weight ; Mazin is physically pretty average. At 5'9 for a man he's not very tall or very short. He weighs in at a pretty average 175. His frame continues to be average as he is neither fat nor overly muscled. His is lean without being emaciated, but doesn't look particularly fit.
hair ; Mazin's hair is the first sign of not average you get. His hair is naturally a fairly dark black color, but being a bit of a drama king black wasn't quite enough for him so he dyed his hair an ink black. He keeps it fairly long so that he can play with the style when he wants too. His favorite style is to let his bangs hang mostly in his face and kinda spike up the back. He will occasionally add white highlights if he's in the mood for a change.
eyes ; When you get to Mazin's eyes you absolutely know without a doubt there is nothing average about him. Mazin's eyes are a very very light grey almost white color. His eyes are very bright and many people think his eyes are sort of eerie. Mazin obviously likes them a lot because he goes out of him way to highlight them by using eyeliner and such to emphasize the color of his eyes.
facial features ; His eyes are of course the most noticeable feature on his face, but his face isn't anything to be ashamed of either. His lips are distinctly uneven as his bottom lip his much plumper than his top lip which is very thin. He doesn't mind this and in fact emphasizes this fact with a lip ring that makes his bottom lip look even bigger in comparison with his top lip. His nose is a little on the wide side and has obviously been broken a time or two. His cheeks are pretty well defined and he has a strong chin that's always covered with a little patch of beard. His skin is very pale, but mostly blemish free.
distinguishing features ; With Mazin it would be easier to describe what distinguishing features he doesn't have. The first and most notable are of course the tattoos that cover his body. His isn't completely covered in tats but it's a close thing there is a large percentage of his body that is tatted that isn’t. He has full tattoo sleeves on both arms, his upper chest is mostly covered as are both of his sides and legs. His back is also mostly covered with a tattoo of a ribcage. There is a little free space on his stomach and his neck has some free space as well, but other than that and his face he's pretty well covered. And if you want to know if his tattoos are everywhere else the answer is yes, but Mazin says you aren't a good enough friend to know about those ones.
style ; Mazin's style is definitely a little unique. He tends to stick to darker colors, but his fondness for darker colors doesn't impede his flair. He likes clothes that make people go WTF? He is particularly fond of his variety of top hats most of which are made of odd materials like leather or are oddly constructed. He is pretty much a fan of anything leather. His style is of course a little on the edgy side and is known for wearing a metal dog chain around his neck or some other outlandish accessory. The only area he's not very creative in when it comes to style is his footwear. The only thing he ever wears on his feet are a pair of black combat boots or black sneakers.
play by ; DJ Ashba
the personality[/color]
likes ;
IRONY[/u] Mazin has a strange sense of humor. He finds things funny that a lot of people don't. But without a doubt nothing tickles his funny bone more than irony. Even when it's not a very funny irony. For example Mazin could find an article about a man who was poisoned by the medicine he was taking to get rid of a cough and the thought alone would make him chuckle for hours. He wouldn't worry about the fact that the poor man was dead, but because the man died by taking medicine for a cough that wouldn't have killed him in the first place.
****ING WITH PEOPLE[/u] Most people like playing with things like Frisbees or footballs Mazin likes playing with people. He loves pushing people's buttons just to see what they will do. This of course gets him in a lot of trouble from time to time, but he just loves it anyways. The more outrageously someone responds the more fun it is for him. He will push people whenever he gets the chance just because he can and he finds it enjoyable. It is a very rare person or occurrence that he will choose not to screw with.
FIRE[/u] Mazin isn't quite a pyromaniac, but he is obsessed with fire. He loves everything about it. He loves the heat. He enjoys the way things smell when they burn. He even loves the bite fire has when it burns you. He is known to play with fire on a regular basis and has incorporated it into his shows. He likes fire that much. He fortunately won’t set crap on fire for no reason, but if there's an excuse for it you can bet he will jump right on it. His hands are usually covered in a selection of small blisters because of this like. And he is probably the only person in the world who actually hopes when he kicks the bucket that he does it in flames, because that would be a hell of a way to go out.
MUSIC[/u] Another neigh on obsession with Mazin is music. Of course he really only likes very loud screaming metal music, but he loves it. His philosophy is that music isn't loud enough unless your ears are bleeding. Music is another of his loves that he incorporates into his show. He even does a trick or two involving guitars. He does actually play the guitar, but not in public and not in his show. But Music is one of the few moments where he's fairly quiet and not trying to figure out how to **** with things.
TATTOOS[/u] His love for tattoos is fairly obvious as he is pretty much covered with them, but he loves them for a variety. The first and probably weirdest reason is that getting tattoos turns him on he loves the feeling of the tattoo gun tearing into his skin. The second and less weird and probably more important reason he loves tattoos is because they tell a story in the most dedicated way you can tell a story. And while he does just enjoy getting tattoos each one has a story behind it even if it's a story only Mazin will ever really understand.
CRAZY WOMEN[/u] Mazin has a number of unhealthy habits. He is into a lot of crap he probably would be better off leaving alone, but there is no unhealthier thing that he likes more than a crazy women. Most men spend most of their time desperately looking for a sane woman, Mazin goes out his way to find ones that aren't. He's never really been sure what it is about a woman that's not quite all there that pushes all his buttons, but there is no way to deny it. Everything about a crazy woman appeals to him. The danger, the risk, the pure out irony of this, the excitement, the uncertainty and the fact that crazy women are the best in the sack all appeal to a part of Mazin he can't deny. He's pretty sure that if fire doesn't get him it will be one of sexy crazy biatches that he dates.
dislikes ;
CLINGY[/u] One of Mazin's favorite phrases is "I'm not a sock and you aren't static so stop clinging to me dammit." Mazin hates when people get clingy. Whether it be a friend, a lover, a sibling it annoys him greatly. He has been known to go off when someone won't give him his space. His definition of clingy is a bit fluid as sometimes he's more willing to accept it than others, but once he's had enough he will waste no time and tell people to back the frick off. He likes his space and he's not going to let someone else hog it up all the time. The only one who gets away with this more often than not is his sister Ember and even she sometimes gets the give me space speech.
DISBELIEVERS[/u] Being a muggle magician Mazin is used to his share of skeptics that don't believe in magic. This he doesn't care about it's their blindness to magic that let people like him leave in peace hiding in plain sight. He however hates people who don't believe in his illusions. He doesn't care if they think it's all a fancy trick afterwards, but he cares if they don't buy into during the moment. He has always been very touchy about it why go to a magic show if you didn't want to be sucked into a magical realm? He knows he's good at what he does so feels that anyone that isn't at least momentarily drawn into the illusion creates does so just to spite him. It makes him mad enough he's almost gotten in trouble a few times for using real magic on muggles who ticked him the hell off.
CHALLENGERS[/u] Mazin doesn't mind a good physical challenge or even a mind bender or two, but he absolutely detests when people challenge him. If you set a line that he supposedly can't cross he'll do it just, because you told him not to. He also has an issue when people don't do the things he asks of them, but not as much as people who challenge his ability to do what he wants rather than his authority. He can get fairly outrageous when dealing with what he considers to be a personal challenge issued by someone else. Tell him he can't touch you and he'll practically glue himself to you. Fortunately he more often than not seeing most challengers as jokes so he doesn't always push the issue.
CATS[/u] Cats just plain creep Mazin out. They slink around all silently looking at you as if they know all the secrets in the world. It also pisses him off how they strut around like they own the place when they so obviously don't. In Mazin’s opinion the only place for a cat is as violin strings. He has been known to kick any cat that gets near him. There are rumors that he sets out poisoned milk for the cat's near his place, but no one has ever found any evidence supporting this claim.
FISH[/u] Mazin isn't a picky eater. Really he'll eat just about anything even if it's not cooked all the way. Considering the fact that he can practically burn water he's had to learn to not be picky. But there is one food he just will not eat and that is fish. He hates fish. He hates the flaky texture. The taste is just as bad and the smell is even worse. He won't eat anything that contains fish or something even anything that's been near fish. If he thinks he can smell fish on something he's not eating it. And he won't step foot in a seafood restaurant even though he knows they serve things that aren't fish just because of the smell.
strengths ;
RESILIENT[/u] It's said you can't keep a good man down. Mazin of course doesn't know anything about that, but he can assure you nothing can keep a wicked man down. Mazin is the sort of man that always gets back up no matter what happens. He can get the shit kicked out of him and the next day he'll act as if nothing happened at all. He could lose everything he owns and he'd just start all over. Just like how he refuses to stop at enough he won't let anything keep him down. He takes a perverse pleasure in starting over when most people think he should just stay down.
THE SHOWMAN[/u] Mazin is a natural born performer. His almost innate understanding of the dramatic makes him a fascinating performer. He knows how to put on a show and capture an audiences attention like there's no tomorrow. He can make almost anyone believe almost anything even if it's only during the small space of time during the show. He is good enough that more often than not he can make even the most ardent skeptic suspend his disbelief for a least a few moments. This is what makes him such a good magician and one of the reasons why his act is so popular even though he doesn't put nearly as much work into his career as other actually muggle magicians do.
PROTECTIVE[/u] Mazin is not the sort of man one thinks of when you talk of good noble men. At best Mazin is seen as amoral if not down right evil. He's not what most would think of when they think of a family man, but in his way Mazin really is. While he treats Merry pretty much like he treats everyone else and the fact that he will still push limits even with his own siblings he really does take care of them. As soon as he turned seventeen he did what necessary to get the money to buy a house and get both his siblings out of the hell hole their parents had created for them and he has been taking care of them ever since. They all live together sharing the house he bought when he was still at Hogwarts. He does his best to take care of his siblings. Of course his efforts are a little more obvious on Emmy, but he's just as protective of Merry if less obviously so. Mazin is surprisingly enough not an overly violent man, except for when something threatens his brother and sister and then look out because Mazin will stop at nothing to protect them.
weaknesses ;
CRAZY WOMEN[/u] Love has always been a complicated thing. Even the most stable of relationships can get messy, but Mazin takes this to new levels due to his obsession about crazy women. He doesn't want a normal woman who could have a fairly calm and amiable relationship he wants a crazy bitch who just might cut him if he pissed her off too much. This is a weakness in a lot of ways. One he's very unlikely to ever find a steady relationship as he tends to go through romances like underwear. This makes it unlikely that he'll ever have a family. It is also a weakness, because it's more than a bit dangerous. He's been stalked, threatened, and one of his favorite ex's even tried to burn his house down. He's also known to be fairly indulgent to them and his crazy girl friends get away with a lot more than most people would.
PUSHES BOUNDARIES[/u] Mazin has always been a man who's liked to toe the line between good and bad, right and wrong, evil and not. He doesn't like boundaries, but he does ever so love pushing the boundaries as far as he can. He is the type who when you draw a line he will practically be unable to do anything but cross it. Mazin is naturally just not aware of the fact that sometimes enough is enough, because he believes there is no such thing as enough. When you think you've done enough you can always push just a little harder to watch the fireworks really go off. He will often purposely do things just to challenge people and upset them. He gets into fights on a fairly regular basis and he probably has an entire union of people that hate him because of this behavior. It's hard to like someone that simply doesn't believe in most limits or rules.
FASCINATION THY NAME BE DEATH[/u] Mazin loves life and he is by no means suicidal, but he had a definite fascination with death. The whole thing holds an unnatural allure to him it's like the only mystery that he's really ever been intrigued by. He's always been intrigued by it and while he'd never willingly take that final step to discovering the secrets of death he will happily flirt with it. This fascination makes him much more likely to do stupid things no one else will do. He often exhibits risky behavior that makes one think he's practically begging to die. He's also known to be a little rude when people die or even come back from death. He will badger someone who's had a near death experience for ages and he also has an affinity for hanging at a nearby morgue.
boggart ; As clichéd as it is Mazin’s biggest fear is losing his brother and sister. They are a unit and anyone leaving is simply not something he wants to contemplate.
amortentia ; Charred paper, burning leaves, and Obession the perfume
erised ; To solve the mysteries of dying without doing so himself. Well at least not permanently dying.
veritaserum ; That in a sick way he's glad his parents treated them the way they did, because ultimately it made all three of them he and his siblings exactly what they are and he's quite happy with who they are as people and as a highly dysfunctional family.
dementor ; Without a doubt Mazin's worst memory would be his first day home Merry's first year of school. He had arrived home and the very first thing he had heard from his sister were the words I hate you. Mazin's heart broke when he heard that. He of course had no idea what had been happening while he was gone, but even just thinking about that day hurts him in a way he really doesn't like.
patronus ; It surprises people to learn that Mazin is actually fairly handy with the Patronus charm. His best memory is of the day thanks to his own maneuvering with his Grandfather he managed to get enough money to buy his very own place and move him and his siblings away from his parents. He has never felt better than that day.
personality ; The very first thing most people notice about Mazin’s personality is that he's a production. He's always a little more than what seems realistic. A little louder, a little more outrageous, a little more aggressive, a little more everything. He's not one that's content to blend into the crowd. He's not one who takes being ignored quietly. He will one way or another make you pay the attention he is due. Mazin has a way living an exaggerated life. He could if he wanted to pull back or perhaps dial it down a little, but Mazin enjoys living life as if he's an actor who has to make things just a bit bigger than in real life so that the people in the back row can feel it. He's all about pushing the line and going just a little bit further than anyone else.
Mazin is a thrill seeker, a risk taker. He is someone who will never be happy with the status quo. If you've taken one step you can always take one more. He doesn't believe in the word enough because you can't ever go far enough nor have enough there's always room for more. Sometimes this works out well for him which explains why at a relatively young age though he for a while supported two minors still managed to make he fairly successful. He's a fairly popular muggle magician if not mind bendingly famous, he has a popular club that rarely has less than a half full house when open and all of this is because he wouldn't accept the fact that being a relatively young man with a dependable performing job as enough. He had to push a little further and get that little bit extra.
Of course just as often as it helps him it hinders him. Because it's a philosophy that he applies to all parts of his life. Even where people are involved he will always push a little further as he won't perhaps incapable of accepting the status quo. This makes him hard to have a relationship with. He could have the must understanding person in the world who would let him get away with almost everything and even then that wouldn't be enough, because he'd have to push at the one thing they couldn't allow until either he gets what he wants or goes bust. He just won't leave well enough alone. The fact that he's drawn to crazy women doesn't help his love life either but his main issue is that he will probably always feel the need to push.
The only area in his life where he can mostly leave things be is his family life. Of course he will push his siblings a little purposely do things to piss them off, but he manages to not do anything that will make them leave forever. He's a little more risky with his brother than his sister Emmy, but he pushes both of them to a certain extent, but not to a point where either could break. Though occasionally with Meir he is tempted to go a little further than he should. Such as the occasion where he blew up his brother's prized motorcycle just to piss him off. He would eventually apologize and replace the bike (mostly because Emmy was devastated at the loss of the bike), but he still enjoyed pushing Meir until almost the breaking point.
Mazin isn't very good with most personal relationships again because of his urge to push things, but his relationship with his family is fairly good. Yes they squabble but they are a fairly tight unit both of his siblings know that despite the little things Mazin might do that he will always be there for them when the chips are down and it really matters. He is fiercely protective of both of his siblings and takes a definite I'm the only one allowed to screw with them stance. He doesn't mind being the one to upset his siblings every once in a while, but Merlin help you if you accost either his brother or sister while Mazin can see it. If Mazin ever does wind up in Azkaban there's an eighty percent chance it'll be because he killed someone who hurt one of his siblings. He can be more than a little irrational sometimes with his protectiveness. A good example of this was when he fired one of his main music acts when the guy made a rude comment to Emmy. Anyone that deals with Mazin on a regular basis knows to leave Emmy and Merry alone unless they want trouble.
It's no secret that Mazin is a little closer with his youngest sister Emmy. Really Mazin can't verbalize why he's just a little more orientated to Emmy rather than Merry, but it's the way it is. All three of them know if they ever got in a situation where Mazin could only save one of the three of them he would choose Emmy as the most important. Maybe it's because of the three of them she's coped the worst with their life and is at times more a danger to herself than others or maybe it's because she's the only person willing to push things further than him. But it's a cold fact. Mazin and Emmy also have an oddly close relationship. The two aren't attached at the hip, but it's a close thing. They also have a relationship that can kind of raise eyebrows as many people would think Mazin and Ember are boyfriend and girlfriend rather than siblings. Mazin has never crossed that line and would never do so as that's pushing even to far for him, but he will happily flirt with and tease his sister as if she's was a regular woman rather than a sibling. They are also rather touchy with each other enough so that they can make some people uncomfortable without crossing that invisible line it seems only Mazin and Emmy can see. The touchy part of this is probably the only part of their relationship Mazin could change if he wanted to, as he doesn't really have to be quite so touchy but he enjoys shocking people so will often do it just for that reason.
Outside of his family Mazin just isn't the nicest guy in the world. He's not a loner, but it takes a special sort of person to deal with him. As previously stated he likes to push to far for most people to happily deal with. But he also likes to screw with people too much for him to be someone most people would choose to deal with willingly. Of all the ways he pushes boundaries playing with people is his favorite. He just loves proverbially sticking his fingers into someone’s head and stirring the pot. He gets a great deal of satisfaction from playing with people until they do what he wants. The fact that they sometimes break doesn't necessarily make him happy, but it doesn't bother him overly much either. He is also a bit of a sadist. He likes to hurt people he loves to make people whimper. This particular interest is one he only takes in with a willing partner as something is stolen from the experience if they are unwilling. Pushing the limits of someone who likes pain is another thing he especially enjoys.
Mazin will probably never be seen as a particularly gentle man as he makes no attempt to be anything other than his is. But there is a few occasions where he can in his own way are gentle. Of course he is always moderately gentle with his sister and brother as he can't stand the thought of really breaking either of them. But outside of that their are the people who enjoy his attentions those who don't mind that he actively will try to mold and push them into being what he wants them to be. These people he will treat with more care than most. He might perhaps break them, but it's not likely to be on purpose.
Mazin is of course not content to be just one side of the coin so he willing will play both roles. So it's unsurprising that he is also a bit of a masochist. He likes being in pain maybe in more than giving it. He supposes it goes hand in hand with his morbid tendency to recklessly risk his life in name of pushing the boundaries the world has created. He supposes in the dark part of his heart that maybe he hopes one day he shall push so far on this side that he'll be able to solve the mystery that's plagued him for so long.
the school life[/color]
school attended ; Hogwarts
former house ; Slytherin
favourite subject ; Charms was without a doubt his best class. He didn't really like the professor to much, but other than lots of detention he took to the subject very well.
worst subject ; History of Magic was his hardest subject mostly because he didn't gives a Rat's ass about the subject and who the hell wants to learn anything from a ghost. Though he did get a lot of beauty sleep which he appreciated since his nights tended to be dedicated to more interesting things.
OWLs gained & grades ;
- Astronomy- P
- Charms- A
- Defence Against the Dark Arts- A
- Herbology- P
- History of Magic- T
- Potions- P
- Transfiguration- A
- COMC- P
- Divination- EE
- Arithmancy- P
NEWTs gained & grades ;
- Charms- O
- Defence Against the Dark Arts- A
- Transfiguration- EE
- Divination- O
the family life[/color]
partner ; N/A
children ; N/A
mother ; Danellia Gates, 45, pure blood
father ; Harrison Gates, 46, pure blood
siblings ; Ember Gates
Meir Gates; 26; Pure Blood
Meallan Gates; 17; Pure Blood (Half brother, but is considered part of the family)
other significant magical relatives ; If you aren't one of his siblings he doesn't consider you significant. He likes some of the people he's related to, but doesn't consider them to be family.
residence ; A large home on the outskirts of Nutsfield, Surrey, England that he shares with his family. His house kind of sticks out due to the fact that he keeps adding on to it and every time he adds a room he does it in a style different from the one before. He does this to annoy his neighbors
history ; Mazin would come screaming into the world on a cold October day just a handful of days before Halloween. He would be enthusiastically greeted by his parents who at this point seemed happy enough to have a child. However it would quickly become apparent that one just wasn't enough. Mazin would only be about a year old when his parents would bring Meir more commonly known to Mazin as Merry into the world. And his parents didn't stop there, because just about another year later they ended their baby spree with one Ember Gates. The birth of Ember would be the beginning of what Mazin would grow to consider the real Gates family.
The first few years of his life would be fairly ordinary. When he was just born he would be very well taken care of and often doted on. This pattern would go on for several years even though Mazin had proved to be a fussy baby and a fussier toddler. However before he would reach the age of five this and the rest of his life would be changed. Mazin wouldn't be quite five years old when he and his siblings would go from being a main stay in his parent's life to being little more than a side note. As far as they were concerned they had done their part by bringing not only one but three children into the world and after nearly five years of their time there were other priorities to take care of. It would be at this point that their Grandfather Jett Gates would step in.
Of course the man did try very hard to take care of them and to give them the attention they should have been given from their own parents, but it would quickly become clear that the damage was done. Of course all three children were still very young, but all of them were smart enough to realize things had changed and they were no longer important to their parents. As Children are likely to do each began to develop their own habits to demand the attention they were not being given. For his part Mazin took to being dramatic to get attention. It of course didn't work, but it would go a long way into impacting his development. He would get attention one way or another whether it be good or bad attention. This would also be the first time Mazin would start getting interested in fire after all one can't ignore a five year old who's playing with matches now can you? Not only did it get him attention it also started a life long fascination.
It also wouldn't take long for the three children to become very close. Despite their Grandfather's best efforts it was still very obvious to the children, that no one really cared for them, but the three of them. They would over time form their own little family, but even in their younger years it was obvious that their dynamic centered around Ember. Mazin was about six and his sister four when he started to encourage her to do whatever she wanted. He was probably the reason she learned to act out to get what she wanted. Even as adults they joke about Mazin being the Devil on her shoulder, because even as children he always encouraged her to push a little further and to do things she probably shouldn't do. His brother Merry would take up pretty much the opposite role. This became very obvious by Merry's introducing the yellow light red light concept. This wasn't something Mazin would care about much as a child, but it was something he was aware enough to realize what it meant when one of his siblings used the words.
It would be just a little bit after his seventh birthday that he would lose the little bit of care he did get from his Grandfather. If one wanted to assign blame it was Emmy who started it with their very first trip to St. Mungo's because of a self inflicted knife wound. It was this action that would prompt their parents to remove all three children from their grandfather's care. It would be at this point that Mazin, Merry, and Emmy would be on their own. While they did live with their parents other than providing them with food they were left to fend for themselves. This was the start of Mazin taking up an almost parental role looking out for his siblings. Perhaps not perfectly, but the effort could be noted. He would continue to do his best to take care of his siblings and everything would go fairly well until his eleventh year.
As most wizarding children in England do Mazin got his Hogwarts shortly after his eleventh birthday. He would also get his Gates ring, but this wouldn't be very important to him mostly because the idea of leaving his siblings was looming over him like the Grim Reaper. Mazin very much did not like the idea of leaving. In fact he refused to go and set his Hogwarts letter on fire, but this wouldn't work as his Grandfather was very persistent on the fact that Mazin was indeed going and it wouldn't be as bad as Mazin thought. Of course his Grandfather was completely wrong Hogwarts and the consequences were just as bad as Mazin had suspected. His first year at Hogwarts did not go smoothly. He did poorly with his classmates as he had no desire to associate with anyone other than his siblings. He didn't do well in his classes nor did he create any fans with his professor. And he got in trouble for his habit of playing with fire more than once. However he didn't really care that Hogwarts wasn't all the great what bothered him the most than unsurprisingly upon his return Emmy was no longer as trusting of him as before.
This trend would continue into his second year and would actually get worse because that year Merry left for Hogwarts as well. The school year didn't get any better and might have actually gotten worse as he didn't get along with his brother as well as he had hoped. Once again he was alone in a castle full of people who he didn't trust. This year he would get into more trouble and have many detentions. Upon leaving for the summer Mazin would be pretty much miserable, because his relationship with both Merry and Emmy were pretty much dead. His third year would be pretty much the most miserable of his school career because he felt alone and cut off from the world. This made him a less than pleasant individual this would be when he would start pissing people off for the fun of it. He couldn't make people like him, but he could damn well drive them crazy.
It would be the summer after his third year that things started to fix themselves. Emmy stopped hating him so much and Merry would be soon to follow. It would be a long time before their relationship would return to the way it used to be, but the fact that it was getting better helped Mazin a lot. Because of this his fourth year would be a lot better. He still wouldn't care much for his classes, but he relaxed enough that he made at least a few friends. Of course his good mood didn't mean he got in any less trouble. In fact he probably got in more trouble between defending his siblings and getting into trouble with them, but that didn't really matter as he had no intention of going for a student of the year award.
Mazin's fifth year would go by with little change except for two facts. One he would sit his owls and not do all that great. And two he would discover the world of muggle magic. It would start with a comment from a classmate and would develop into an obsession. First he found the irony of a wizard doing fake magic to be hilarious, but then he found it to be challenging and fun. At the time it just seemed to be a strange hobby, but it would slowly develop into a career. Other than discovering muggle Magic Mazin's fifth year would comprise of little more than watching Emmy's quidditch games and occasionally getting into trouble. However he did get into notably less trouble since his new obsession distracted him enough that he didn't have the time to get into as much trouble as usual.
His sixth year would pass quietly as he was once again distracted and didn't have to bother with too many classes since he hadn't passed very many of his owls. However the summer would prove to be a big change. First and almost least was the discovery that they had a younger brother Meallan. Though he was technically only half a brother Mazin pretty much decided family is family and adopted him immediately treating him no differently than Emmy and Merry.
However the biggest change would be at home. They had been back from Hogwarts no more than a week when it became apparent that their parents had gone from neglect to blatant abuse. Of course they never laid of finger on them, but they did install a ridiculous set of rules. It took Mazin less than a week to decide he was done with their bullshit. It was about the time that their parents made it clear that they weren't to talk to their siblings at all that Mazin decided he had enough. So he did what any sensible seventeen year old would do he packed himself and all three of his siblings up and moved them all to his grandfather's house. Less than a week after that thanks to an all expenses paid guilt trip for their Grandfather Mazin had the money to rent a small apartment. It was a bit crowded, but they made due. Mazin was happy about the fact that they finally had a real family and that their parents couldn't get in the way anymore. Fortunately for them their parents never made a fuss about it. Well they tried, but a small fire in their house late one night once they were sleeping cleared that up very quickly.
His seventh year at Hogwarts would pass very quickly and the only thing that would change from usual was the fact that he actually started applying himself to his classes. It was a bit late to become top student, but he wanted to at least be able to get enough newts to be able to find a decent job. School was not his focus, but his siblings and the fact that they were on their own were and that meant that he had to get a job and he knew there weren't too many people who got employed with no NEWTS. Other than the new effort in his studies the only other event of any importance in his seventh year was his eighteenth birthday and his officially becoming guardian for his siblings. The next summer would be equally uneventful except for leaving Hogwarts, getting his first tattoo with his sister Emmy, and getting a job. The only real issue of that summer was forcing his sister to finish her studies at Hogwarts. After arguing for most of the summer he pretty much had to tie her to a seat on the train to get her there.
Mazin upon graduating worked a number of jobs and always quickly got fired. However a few months after graduating Mazin stumbled upon a muggle club who was auditioning for a magic act. This would be the first time Mazin would see his hobby as something other than a distraction. He would easily capture the job, not due to his amazing tricks which even he would admit weren't the best, but to the fact that even with his less intricate tricks his show was just more interesting. He would continue to work at this club and start to do the occasional party and so such while living with and taking care of Awny (Meallan) while Ember and Merry were finishing up Hogwarts. He would grow to really like his job and would after a few years go from being a support act to the club's main act. Not too long after that he would buy the club and rename it the Nightmare.
Mazin's next big step after buying his club would be to buy a large three story house that would give room for all of them to live. Everyone was mostly grown Awny was at this point even old enough to attend Hogwarts, but in hopes of keeping everyone together Mazin bought a house big enough for four adults to live in together, but still separately. He had each floor modified for the person living on it. He took the basement, Merry took the top floor, and he gave the second floor to Emmy and Awny who had always been close. He figured if they ever needed more room he could always add on rooms. He has done this and will probably continue to do so. He's already purchased the property next doors just in case, but hasn't put it too use yet.
By this point Mazin's life had settled into a chaotic little status quo. Very little would change and he's just fine that. The only notable event would be the night his sister was attacked by one of the cretin's she liked to bring home. Fortunately he was home and heard Emmy and Merry's patented Red light scream. He wasted no time kicking the man's ass and throwing him out of their house. This event served to make Mazin a little more protective than usual and it also lead to Mazin hiring Sal Emmy's body guard. He knew he couldn't be there every time Emmy got herself into trouble and while he couldn't be there every second he damn well could pay someone else too. Currently he's quite happy running his little club which isn't quite famous he has quite the cult like following and does pretty good business and could be considered famous in certain circles. He's also still taking care of his family even though all of them are grown.
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oooh an opportunity to jump through hoops for a bunch of muggles I think not.
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