Appearance:


Name: Adam Oppenheimer
Age: 23
Gender: male
Orientation: straight
Relationship Status:single
Occupation: graduate student
Favourite Books: Chaim Potok's The Choosen; J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
Personality: Adam is a relatively quiet man, though cheerful in disposition. He is more comfortable with his face in a book than with chatting up girls.
Brief Bio: Adam is studying Jewish Studies at the local university. He was raised in a family of five children and is a middle child. His older sisters are both married with children and his youngest siblings are still in high school. He is close to his family and lives with them still, in a basement apartment.

Adam's goal is to become a university professor. He teaches some undergraduate classes as a teaching assistant and loves this work. Despite being quiet in disposition, he has discovered that he does well in front of a group of people.

He has a cat named Sheba and is a doting father. I Love Books.

Figure since I never got a chance to use him, I'd just use Shawn again.

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Name: Shawn Burnham
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Orientation: Asexual
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Construction worker
Favourite Books: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.

Personality: Shawn tries to be friendly and polite to people, but due to his deep-seated rage issues, this often proves difficult. He has always had a hair-trigger temper that he never, not once in his life, learned to control. This was always more due to a lack of knowledge on proper social skills, rather than out of genuine malice. He just never quite understood subtle social queues or what is considered acceptable behaviour to other people, meaning that he can often be blissfully unaware of the nature of his actions. A lot of his general rudeness isn't because he's an intentional jerk, but because he never talked to enough people to learn basic social etiquette. When not factoring in his temper, Shawn just proves to be incredibly awkward, lonely, insecure, childish, and one big barrel of self-loathing.

Brief Bio: Shawn's upbringing and home life was positively idyllic -- he grew up in a middle class family in a reasonably sized two-story house in a relatively safe neighbourhood. His parents were more-or-less loving and doting people, and he went to wealthy private school where bullying was rarely a problem. All in all, there was no trauma or abuse that could possibly explain his behaviour -- yet to him, that just makes his rage issues more troubling because he's convinced that he has no-one else to blame but himself. In school, he always instantly shut down any prospect of friendship by accidentally saying or doing say something abrasive or rude, leading to constant isolation. At his younger age, he never quite understood why no-one liked him, any council from his parents or the school all going directly over his head. Thus, he never tried to adjust his behaviour, and was fully convinced that it was somehow other people's fault, never his own. When he actually realized what was wrong in his teenage years, he was far too entrenched in how he acted to actually properly change anything -- it was all unconscious behaviour that he was only barely aware of. After he left home he found that he could never really get any job where he had to work with many people, and after a while searching, settled on being a construction worker, as he was always quite physically fit. He stills fails to make any real friendships and relationships, despite constant attempts, and often goes to the library after or in-between work.

Appearance: Shawn generally gives the impression that appearance is the last thing on his mind. His chestnut brown hair is grown out long past his neck, which he keep tied up in a ponytail with his hair pushed back from his forehead. He has a rather poorly shaven beard as well, with random patches of his chin merely showing signs of stubble while others have obviously just been outright forgotten. He has a triangular face with a wide forehead and a pointed chin, with grey-blue eyes that often seem to stare and wonder around room, with straight eyebrows that always seem to have a slightly irritated frown. At 6 feet tall, he stands up tilted and rather slouched, with a lean, athletic and physically fit body. His clothes are often messy, usually just throwing on the first thing he pulls out from his closet.

Other: Shawn often has a massive problem remembering people's names.

I love books, y'know.

Sweet. I'll hopefully have my character up by later today, if not tomorrow.

Both accepted, but Optimist, I wanna know that you've read the rules!!

And I'm looking forward to seeing your sheet

Appearance:
Name: Peter Denholm
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Mall Security, Army Reserve
Favourite Books: J.R.R Tolkein's The Hobbit. Max Brooks' World War Z. Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Mysterious Island
Personality: He is rather reserved for the majority of the time, but when relaxed and more at home, he can be boisterous, fun, and slightly overbearing. He likes to provide cynical and critical humor, sometimes a little dark humor. He still tries to make a person's day. Unfortunately, he usually feels too shy to do so, but when a friend is in need, he'll be ready to boost their mood, lend a helping hand, and give them a boost in a jiffy. He tries to help people out a lot, but can be very rough around the edges, tending to break things he doesn't realize are weaker than he expected. He is not very good with children and tends to avoid them, as they dislike his deep voice anyways. He loves dogs and some cats. He enjoys to hunt and target shoot.

Brief Bio: He came from rather peculiar upbringings, as he was homeschooled and was the second youngest of 11 children. He didn't really amount to much in academics, as his siblings were far more studious than him, but, of all things, he liked playing basketball. He never quite got into watching games on TV, though. He was much more athletic than the rest of his siblings, being able to run fast. He always wanted to do track and field, but never got the chance. Finally, he decided to put his talents into something after he graduated at age 18, and joined the Army as an Active Duty soldier right after. He went into the infantry and began to progress further up the totem pole, as he served four years active, getting one combat tour in Afghanistan that spanned 15 months and allowing him to see a fair share of combat. After he found himself in the Army Reserves, as a Sergeant(E-5) in a Civil Affairs Battalion(still an infantry sergeant, though), he suddenly wanted to return to Active Duty, as his Army reservist civilian life wasn't quite on par with his goals. He is now debating on whether or not to make the switch to active duty or stick with his civilian life and work his way up the totem pole in the civilian world. He goes to the library to keep up a good hobby, as he found himself with too much free time and didn't want to spend all his money drinking at his regular bar.

Other: In a firefight in Kandahar province, he took shrapnel to his right leg from an improvised explosive device and now has a small limp too his step, favoring his left side. The effects of his combat tour are very apparent, as his reflexes are excellent, though he does have the odd habit of forgetting his shoulder width, and smacks into walls as a result.

I love books!

Accepted!

Sorry, I did read the rules and I Love Books.

I'm truly sorry. I really want to get into this, but I just can't really connect with it...

No problem, sorry to loose someone though :(

Accepted

SKY!!!!!!

Question: should we perhaps work out here how well everyone knows each other?

Good idea.

Apologies for my absence!

We could do a relationship chart for each character? To show which characters know/like/dislike each other?

Guess I could say my character has worked security in many different places, but got transferred to the mall. He could have met Adam or Rebecca when he worked at one of the colleges that either attended.

And hey, who doesn't go to the mall? Have any characters had a run in with mall security?

Not mine, I wouldn't think.

I am going on vacation for ten days starting tomorrow. I may still be around some, but I am not at all sure. It depends upon finding Wifi and time

Hope you enjoy your vacation, Optimist.

Alright then, just to spur everyone else on...
@ Warrior: Mall security? It's possible. Nothing particularly major, but security could have been called on Shawn due to him being particularly belligerent or verbally aggressive. ("Twenty bucks for a goddamn cup?! Are you fucking kidding me?! I'll give you two.") This would probably mean that Shawn is fairly nervous around the man.
@ 4week: Due to her working at the library, he'd probably at least know Laura and have talked to her several times. Although I doubt he'd have made any particularly great impressions on the girl.
As for the rest, again, Shawn rarely makes good first impressions. He'd probably try (and fail) to get along with Rebecca, due to liking her taste in books. How do you think she'd react to him, though?
Probably wouldn't try too talk much to Peter or Adam, due to their reserved nature.

I figure on just bringing in my character as a newbie. It will make life easier.