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[b]Name:[/b]Marcelina 'Marcie' Belmonte

[b]Age:[/b] 25
[b]Gender: [/b] Female
[b]Race/Ethnicity:[/b] Half Polish/Half Hispanic

[b]Sexuality:[/b] Homosexual

[hider=][b]Appearance: [/b] [img]http://i.imgur.com/wqrJE91.jpg[/img]

Marcie stands at just around 5'6" and has what she affectionately refers to as 'the right kind of curves'. Her hair always seems to be just a bit frazzled unless she puts forth the effort into styling it, favoring a bun to the side or to the back of her head. Marcie's sense of style is a bit on the outdated side, preferring to shop at cheaper establishments rather than fork over the extra cash for an outfit not designed with her in mind. The exception to that outfit rule is in her hats, she has a wide assortment of them being something of a collector of the accessory and while she won't spend large figures on shirts or pants or dresses, she has, on more than one instance, dipped into the bank account to purchase a hat that she has no intention of actually wearing.[/hider]

[b]Personality:[/b] Marcie is, in a word, outspoken. That often gets misinterpreted as being 'loud' but that is absolutely the wrong way to look at it. Marcie is someone who often gets lost in her own opinions, be they her thoughts on others or on her surroundings, she's not one that puts a filter on things just because she's out in public. Marcie is the type of person who would openly comment on someone in, say, a coffee shop and not realize she was speaking in a voice just loud enough for the target of her comments to hear. In most cases she doesn't mean to come off as rude, but so many people take it as such. Fortunately, she's good at navigating around those awkward conversations being something of a quick thinker and a student of improvisational comedy thanks to some classes at The Second City. 

Marcie understands that her vocal nature often puts people off of her (hell, it's why she reasons she can never land a second date with anyone) but she feels that changing herself would just be admitting defeat and that anyone who can't handle someone like her is not someone she cares to associate with. Though she has had remarks towards her friends, she does appreciate their friendship and in many ways values their approval over anything else, often going out of her way to make amends if she ever offended or hurt them. 


[b]History:[/b] Marcelina was the only daughter of a Polish butcher owner mother and a Spanish language teacher father, both of whom felt a connection at their first chance meeting at the Taste of Chicago. She was there to give out samples of her product and he was just there to enjoy the variety of foods offered from the cities best restaurants. Marcie was born and raised in Chicago, near enough to the heart of downtown to consider herself a city girl and familiar with the streets. Marcie gravitated towards her mother as a child, always wanting to help out at the shop but being told no due to the fact that butcher's knives tend to be incredibly sharp and Marcie...well, she was a bit of a klutz as a child. 

Marcie felt like she was lucky, her home life was never met with any difficulty, her parents are still together to this day, and though she was an only child, neither of her parents believed in spoiling her. They were parents first and friends second and when Marcie reached the ripe period of life known as 'teenager', suddenly she had to work to get the things she wanted, household chores for tickets to a movie, helping out at the shop for shopping cash, and eventually getting a part time job to earn her own money for a change. 

Marcelina's dream was to become an actress and when she went to college she went in as a drama major. Marcie never got the leading role in any of the university productions, and often found that she would be cast in a very minor role with maybe one scene, much to her incredible dismay. She was told that it was her acting but in Marcie's mind it was just because she wasn't as 'attractive' as the leading actress and she would see it no other way. 

After graduating finding employment was rather...difficult. She sought out acting jobs, in theater or in open casting calls for the many films that shot in Chicago, but the most she ever got was a simple "we'll call you". With no other options, Marcie took over the family business despite having no business experience. What she did have was experience cutting and packaging meats and she figured that would be good enough and so far...well they're not out of business so that's a positive. But she's not given up on her dream and takes classes with The Second City in hopes that her big break is on the horizon.

Fortunately she has a strong support network of friends who totally believe in her ability to act...surely.

[b]Other:[/b] Sometimes she thinks she might actually be a vegetarian, which makes her job as a butcher more than a little strange.[/center]
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