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an introduction to lerato dlamini
toffuna101
Posts: 3,855 Community Veteran
so before i leave the mix i just wanted to write a little story about lerato dlamini, a second year college student in havenbrook college studying btec level 3 art & design. heres her profile:
Name: Lerato Dlamini
Age: 17
Second Year
Subject: Level 3 BTEC Art & Design
Physical appearance: Dark-skinned and has black hair with dark brown eyes. She stands at 164cm and has scars all round her body from fighting.
Personality: Known as a bully in secondary school, she takes her reputation very seriously and will do anything to uphold it even if it meant manipulating others. She's also quite intelligent as she got high grades in her GCSEs including a 9 in art, hence why she is taking art & design in Havenbrook College. This means that she is a creative person despite her evil intentions.
Backstory: Originating from South Africa, her and her family moved to Bristol when she was about 4 years old and from then on she displayed signs of conduct disorder, bullying other classmates and involving herself in risky situations. She got diagnosed with conduct disorder when she was 12 years old since she committed a crime which involved bringing a bladed article into her school with the intention to cause harm. For this she was given a 6 month youth conditional caution which will stay on her criminal record for life, along with her being expelled from mainstream school and sent to a PRU (Pupil Referral Unit) where she stayed there for four years due to bad behaviour. At the age of 16 she then enrolled into Havenbrook College to study art & design and has been there ever since.
and heres ten fun facts about her:
) her hobbies include drawing, painting, sketching and causing chaos throughout havenbrook college.
2) she wants kids someday mainly so that she can call her future child a "mini lerato", not because she actually wants to raise the next generation of people.
3) she regularly picks fights with other people in the college, causing security to regularly separate lerato and her opponent.
4) her father's name is kagiso dlamini and her mother's name is ayanda dlamini.
5) she dislikes her younger sister retha because she believes that she's too soft for the world, in fact she could even go to say that she despises her.
6) she also dislikes retha because of her future career choice of being an engineer, and says that she should pick something more feminine and realistic.
7) her favourite genre of film is horror. she laughs at the jumpscare scenes instead of screaming.
8) she wants to be a freelance artist after college.
9) her favourite colour is black.
10) her favourite food is chocolate.
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ok lets actually start the story now:
The story begins with a young woman named Lerato Dlamini who was standing outside of Havenbrook College with a knowing smirk on her face, "Second year, here I come," She mumbles to herself as she walks into the campus. She goes upstairs to the art & design department and would sit down in her classroom. She would then start doing the work which involved sketching a picture of herself.
Later on, Lerato would be in the hallways when she got into an argument with one of her classmates which turned into a full on fight. Someone would grab her arm trying to deescelate the situation, "Calm down Lerato-" They would get cut off by Lerato glaring at them.
"Don't touch me," She snaps with her earrings on, causing them to let go of her.
"Okay okay chill," They would say before walking away.
Security would separate Lerato and her opponent causing the staff to call her parents. But she wouldn't care. She would just manipulate the situation all over again.
(i didnt make the picture btw, chatgpt did because im horrible at making art).
part 2 coming soon!
Name: Lerato Dlamini
Age: 17
Second Year
Subject: Level 3 BTEC Art & Design
Physical appearance: Dark-skinned and has black hair with dark brown eyes. She stands at 164cm and has scars all round her body from fighting.
Personality: Known as a bully in secondary school, she takes her reputation very seriously and will do anything to uphold it even if it meant manipulating others. She's also quite intelligent as she got high grades in her GCSEs including a 9 in art, hence why she is taking art & design in Havenbrook College. This means that she is a creative person despite her evil intentions.
Backstory: Originating from South Africa, her and her family moved to Bristol when she was about 4 years old and from then on she displayed signs of conduct disorder, bullying other classmates and involving herself in risky situations. She got diagnosed with conduct disorder when she was 12 years old since she committed a crime which involved bringing a bladed article into her school with the intention to cause harm. For this she was given a 6 month youth conditional caution which will stay on her criminal record for life, along with her being expelled from mainstream school and sent to a PRU (Pupil Referral Unit) where she stayed there for four years due to bad behaviour. At the age of 16 she then enrolled into Havenbrook College to study art & design and has been there ever since.
and heres ten fun facts about her:
) her hobbies include drawing, painting, sketching and causing chaos throughout havenbrook college.
2) she wants kids someday mainly so that she can call her future child a "mini lerato", not because she actually wants to raise the next generation of people.
3) she regularly picks fights with other people in the college, causing security to regularly separate lerato and her opponent.
4) her father's name is kagiso dlamini and her mother's name is ayanda dlamini.
5) she dislikes her younger sister retha because she believes that she's too soft for the world, in fact she could even go to say that she despises her.
6) she also dislikes retha because of her future career choice of being an engineer, and says that she should pick something more feminine and realistic.
7) her favourite genre of film is horror. she laughs at the jumpscare scenes instead of screaming.
8) she wants to be a freelance artist after college.
9) her favourite colour is black.
10) her favourite food is chocolate.
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ok lets actually start the story now:
The story begins with a young woman named Lerato Dlamini who was standing outside of Havenbrook College with a knowing smirk on her face, "Second year, here I come," She mumbles to herself as she walks into the campus. She goes upstairs to the art & design department and would sit down in her classroom. She would then start doing the work which involved sketching a picture of herself.
Later on, Lerato would be in the hallways when she got into an argument with one of her classmates which turned into a full on fight. Someone would grab her arm trying to deescelate the situation, "Calm down Lerato-" They would get cut off by Lerato glaring at them.
"Don't touch me," She snaps with her earrings on, causing them to let go of her.
"Okay okay chill," They would say before walking away.
Security would separate Lerato and her opponent causing the staff to call her parents. But she wouldn't care. She would just manipulate the situation all over again.
(i didnt make the picture btw, chatgpt did because im horrible at making art).
part 2 coming soon!
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Lerato was in bed that night deeply asleep after successfully manipulating her parents and had a dream. She had a dream that she was on the throne.
"Ha! This is exactly what I imagined my future to look like!" Lerato would smirk, looking down at her loyal subjects, "Don't disappoint me."
Her loyal subjects nodded in agreement, rushing to get done with the next order of hers.
The next morning, Lerato would wake up in her bed satisfied, "That was a lovely dream," She would mutter to herself with another smirk, but this time it was an evil smirk.
Later on, she was at college again but this time she was in the library doing her work when Kelechi a boy below her year sat down opposite her with his laptop on the table, typing away at some code, "What's your name?" Lerato would suddenly ask, already knowing that she was going to manipulate him.
"Kelechi," He muttered shyly, glancing at her briefly before getting back to do his work.
"My name's Lerato," Lerato speaks up, leaning towards him maliciously, "What are you working on?"
Kelechi pauses. A beat. Then he frowns and responds timidly, "Just some college work."
"You must be pretty smart then," Lerato then states, "But you know who's smarter?" She questions.
"...Who?" Kelechi asks.
"Me of course," Lerato says confidently in her bravado, "Follow my lead and we'll get along just fine."
part 3 coming soon!
As the weeks progressed, Lerato would get to know Kelechi better. For instance, she would find out that he likes bacon and eggs for breakfast which was great, because the more she knew about him the more she could exploit it to her own advantage. She also knew that he liked the colour blue which was useful to know. One day whilst during her break she would go to the library and spot him there, causing her to come up to him, "Kelechi!" She would exclaim with controlled happiness, touching his shoulder to assert dominance.
"Hey Lerato," Kelechi responds, "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing great considering I get to see you," Lerato says, attempting to manipulate him. Her grip on his shoulder would get tighter as she continues talking, "Now how about we hang together? It doesn't have to be big. We can just go the park and chill really."
He would widen his eyes and reply in shock, "Really?"
"Yes Kelechi, we can hang out together. How does that sound?" She questions, letting go of his shoulder.
"That would... that would be nice," Kelechi responds, smiling slightly.
And so, on the weekend Lerato would be waiting for him in the park, wearing a simple black hoodie and jeans. After what seemed like a while he would finally appear, making Lerato smirk, "Finally, took you long enough," She would say as they started walking down the grey path together.
"Sorry I'm late," Kelechi would reply timidly, "The bus was late," He would explain, making Lerato wave her arm round a bit in dismissal.
"Nah, it's fine, at least you're here," Lerato would respond confidently, taking long strides with her legs as she walks, "So how's life?" She questions casually.
He would keep his sleeves rolled down, answering "It's okay, I guess. I have to do a lot of college work nowadays but it's fine."
Lerato nods thoughtfully at his response, then adding, "I have to do a lot of college work myself. Art work really. But it's alright, I can manage it perfectly fine. After all," A beat. Then she responds arrogantly, "I'm invincible."
Kelechi gets taken aback by her confidence, then smiles, "You are pretty confident Lerato. That's a good trait to have."
Lerato adjusts her hair before smirking knowingly, "Thank you," She would say, taking the compliment well.
part 4 coming soon!
well unfortunately i wont be able to finish off this story because of the pre-moderation being implemented on this website. this means ill be taking my leave from the mix.