Name: Shou Matsuoka (Dr./Prof. Matsuoka to his students, or often just "Professor" but he really doesn't mind Shou, or if you happened to call him Mr.)

Age: 29

Appearance:

Has a piercing on his left ear on which he swaps between tiny spike or silver ring earrings. Dark circles aren't unfamiliar to his otherwise pale features, and his eyes are a clear, light, chocolate-brown colour which contrasts heavily with his (dyed) silver hair. In his youth, he used to have a select number of streaks in the mess of his locks that he dyed different colours once every two months. Though you can see a cigarette sticking out of his mouth when he isn't at school, it's replaced for a lollipop when he's on the job. Though oddly enough, it's difficult to tell from far away what it might really be...

Height: 6'2" / 188cm

Weight: 177lbs / 80.5kg

Likes: Fresh fruit, discussion and debate, thought-provoking material, philosophy, the sounds of the steelpan, the saxophone and the violin (and even the harmonica on occasion!), (soft spot for) Drum and Bass, oddballs, big dogs, breathtaking natural green scenery, lighting candles, aromatherapy, the colour blue, dressing classy, reading and writing fine literature, art, PC-gaming, white and milk chocolate, lollipops and gummy-bears, herbal teas and black coffees, blue orchids.

Dislikes: Liquorice, dark chocolate, small spaces, papaya, grading papers, his age and authority questioned, late students, the cold, spicy food, beetles, when people try to get him to dance, when things stop working.

Party Trick: Can, pitch-perfect and usually very loudly, whistle any requested song (that he knows).

Profession: Professor at the Shine City Academy (Department of Biology; Genetics specialist).

Bio/Personality:
Shou grew up in classy Shine City itself as the younger of two sons, so it's hard to find a place or trick or turn within it that the young gentleman doesn't know. Though, admittedly, he only came to learn of more of the city in his later years, having been homeschooled as a child and so finishing his education a couple of years early (due to missing out so many much-coveted summers). He landed his professor job through a mixture of sheer luck, his personal smarts and three rather interesting published works on the behavioural study of animals in captivity. This has led to him being a bit of an eccentric man, though he enjoys his fair share of parties as well, accompanied by a new experimental mixed-drink each time if not for a classic favourite of his: A glass of burgundy wine, for his more mature palette.

He spends his days teaching at the Shine City academy, hoping to inspire his students (though he has to admit again, most of them don't seem quite as much as interested in his lectures) to greatness someday. His personal interests are in the areas of Genetics and Zoology.
His young age is often a cause for playful kidding around by the older members of staff, though also gets him a lot of belittling remarks and unsatisfied glances from time to time. He claims he's just as much a student as anyone else, learning from his seniors whenever he can on their respective areas of expertise, and from his juniors on areas such as 'socialisation in the younger-crowds'.
He owns two dogs, a young Jack Russell Terrier called Jinxie and a larger Border Collie/German Shepherd mix called Romeo. Seeing as he lives by himself in a rather comfortable little house just far enough from the bustling city center to have an open yard, the two dogs get on well and don't get bored or lonely too often (special thanks to the dogs of the lovely old woman who lives next door!)

Shou himself is slightly introverted, preferring to be approached rather than approaching someone, though he has no problem doing the latter. He hardly ever is mentioned to say "he's bored", being a strong believer in finding entertainment in whatever one does. He is compassionate towards animals and, oddly enough, plants as well, having a well-tended garden set up in his backyard. He also possesses intensive knowledge on herbal remedies his mother taught both boys, Shou and Yuusha, when they were young. Being described as 'eccentric' due to his often chuckling at the most inappropriate moments, or his somewhat morbid love for setting things alight, or even his irritability on Thursday evenings when the weekend is so close, yet so far, he garners the positive attentions and affections of many others, particularly the schoolgirls at the academy impressed with just how young he is.
Or maybe they're just taken by his looks and undeniable quiet, mature grace.

As for his personal skills, outside of teaching and aromatherapy, Shou can also play the violin himself, whereas his brother picked up the saxophone when they were children. Though, to make up for it, he thoroughly neglected cooking in his youth and survives on the most basic meals, usually burnt or improper in some way, shape or form, but laden with spices each and every time.

In addition, it's been about four years since his long-term girlfriend and later much-beloved fiancée Alessandra (lovingly 'Alex') has passed now, the victim of a horrendous accident. Shou has mostly come to terms with it, though it isn't something one can recover from easily and he still thinks of her time and again, though still gets easily flustered around pretty women due to not being exposed to quite as much contact since her passing. It undeniably leaves him a little lonelier and 'emptier' than he'd like, and he often is solemn when he admits to that.



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Name: Alessandra Vittoria Goretti

Age: Deceased (Would have been 28)

Appearance:

Straight brown hair and radiant, warm hazel eyes.

Height: 5'6" / 168cm

Weight: 118lbs / 54kg

Likes: Living life, children, smiling, all music (especially orchestral), green tea, Mahjong, physics+physicists, mysteries, lab research, panna cotta, strawberries, tiramisu, pets, romance, astrology, red roses, stargazer lilies, blue orchids, sweater weather, the colour purple and most bright colours, the renaissance, home (Italy) and home food, her fiancé.

Dislikes: Animal testing, teasing, bitter things, lazing around, small handbags (there's never enough space!), gaudy decoration, arguments, racism, crowded places, narcissists, wannabes, unresolved matters.

Party Trick: For a woman of physics, she is quite good at guessing horoscopes and giving people a personality briefing using that information.

Profession: Professor at Shine City Academy (Department of Physics; Nuclear Physics specialist)

Bio/Personality:
Alessandra was a woman full of life, and her personality remains mirrored in her dog, Jinxie. She was a cheerful and passionate woman, and though she wasn't very loud, she radiated health and vitality, and glowed with an undeniable charisma. She was motherly and caring, compassionate to all living things, and curious to a fault. Easygoing and laid back, it was difficult to engage her in arguments. Her personality could be compared to a fawn's.

Alex was always curious about the ways the world worked, and from a young age, it was apparent to her parents that she would use that curiosity to achieve great things. And she did.
Moving to Shine City from Italy soon after finishing her highschool education to study nuclear physics from the very best, she ended up as a Physics lecturer for Shine City Academy, and though the position did not require her own research, she chose to pursue it anyway, balancing out her 'career' with her personal interests quite well. She worked hard towards the position of professor, and since she was comfortable where she was, she had her life planned around remaining in Shine City and settling down with a family there.

During her time at the academy, she met a certain biology professor, Shou Matsuoka, who at the time was still learning all there was to learn, and the two, despite their generally contrasting personalities, hit it off right away. They dated for the better part of three years before he popped the question, and Alex could not have asked for anything more. She moved in with him officially when he proposed to her, and they even bought a small, comfortable little house on the outskirts of the city, courtesy of their combined salaries.

Unfortunately, things did not go quite as planned. During their engagement, and her working as part of a long-term project to get to the very bottom of an elusive concept in the field of nuclear physics, something very particular happened to one very unsuspecting physicist. She did not know how, or why, or even who, but was caught in the middle of a brutal murder and mauling. Of course, the authorities tried to track the man down but to this date, little headway has been made. Her fiancé was told, simply, that she was caught in an accident, and spiralling into a depression that left him reeling, he still doubts the truth to this day.

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Name: Calliope Cross
Nickname: She's been called everything from cantaloupe to kaleidoscope, but she'd rather you just call her by her given name.
Age: 26
Height: 5'8” ((About 173 cm))
Weight: 130 lbs. ((About 59 kg))

Likes: "I like cats, dogs, fish, bunnies, frogs, snakes, penguins, basically any sort of animal...What?...oh...What else besides animals? Erm...haha...snow cones are alright, I guess?"

Her job, animals, sewing, horticulture, bad movies, tea, cooking, small spaces, bubblegum, reading, card games, jogging, hugs, the smell of old books, being outdoors, studying, long baths, stuffed animals, cute dresses, dumplings, and preparing for the imminent downfall of human civilization.

Dislikes: "Ummm...I'm not a huge fan of leeks."

Leeks, strangers randomly touching her hair, being cooped up inside all day, curry, hospitals, psychiatrists, needles, cold weather, being cold in general, bullies, waiting in lines, people who are mean to waitstaff, American beer, clowns, magicians, headaches, and the imminent downfall of human civilization (planning for it is fun, but the thought of it actually happening gives her so much anxiety).

Party Trick: "...*fidget fidget*...I can't do anything interesting, why, have you heard something? Move along, please!"

Profession: Works at Shine Aquarium as a dolphin and seal trainer. Studying to become a veterinarian and is set to graduate next summer.

Bio: The first time it happened was the day of her mother's funeral and little Calliope was terrified, because goldfish shouldn't be able to talk, right? But her's did, saying very plainly and clearly, "Feed me, Calliope, feed me!" She ran to tell her father but he dismissed it as a silly game of make believe and didn't give it a second thought at the time.

Of course when she turned ten and was still claiming animals spoke to her it was understandably less charming and more worrisome. Jordan Cross took his daughter to see a psychiatrist and they couldn't quite figure out what the cause for her elaborate delusions were either, but they were able to prescribe numerous medications that helped drown out the voices. Calliope hated them of course, but her father seemed relieved when she stopped talking to the neighbor's iguana, so she kept taking her pills to keep him happy.

School was hard for her due to her bookish nature and as a result she never garnered many friends or suitors. Calliope didn't mind though, she would much rather study animal medical journals and play chess with her father than flounder through small talk with her classmates anyways. She graduated at the top of her class and decided to pursue a career as a veterinarian despite her father's misgivings and enrolled in the local university for the following fall.

It was during this time that Calliope blossomed into a lovely young woman that was no longer riddled with acne and braces, but her social anxiety and skiddish behavior kept her from forming any lasting attachments. She graduated with her bachelor's degree just a few short days before her father passed away suddenly and unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. Calliope didn't leave the house for weeks, stopped taking her medication, and just when it seemed like everything was getting too much to handle and she was pondering taking drastic measures, she heard a strange voice…

"Shit girl, you lookin' ratchet as hell! When was the last time you ran a comb through yo hair? That old man was dope as fuck but damn girl, you gotta cut that shit out. You're messin’ with my vibe!"

There was no one in the house except for her father’s cat. It seemed like the voices were back.

Sonya coaxed Calliope into showering, then combing her hair, then slapping on some deodorant, and slowly, piece by piece, things started to get better. Calliope had been scared that she would be completely alone without her father, but it seemed that as long as she didn't take her medicine she had found a new friend. So she doesn't refill her prescription and when the semester finished up she transferred to Shine City for a fresh start.

Calliope then bought a small house with the money her father left and her and Sonya took in a stray cat that had been meandering around the garbage bins. Her grades were good, she got a new job at the aquarium, and everything was going well. But here lately, her cats have begun to worry that if they don’t socialize their human soon she would be forever doomed to be a lonely cat lady for the rest of her days...

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Calliope's House:

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Name: Nori Haywood
Age: 23
Height: 5'4 ((About 163 cm))
Weight: 113 lbs. ((About 52 kg))

Likes: ”Coffee is my favorite thing on the planet!”

Club/dance music, dancing, forehead kisses, flowers, strong coffee, people with a sense of humor, road trips, dogs, whiskey, video games, pretty dresses, blue eyed men, being snarky, crowds, her cellphone, cooking, tattoos, sushi, true crime tv shows, and manga.

Dislikes: “I used to not like the smell of cigarette smoke but...it’s kinda growing on me, y’know?”

Paper cuts, apples, violence, cold showers, cows (she thinks they're terrifying), spiders, doing laundry, jazz music, vodka, snobby people, thunder, traffic, windows vista.

Party Trick: She's pretty badass at shadow puppets! :)

Profession: Works at Shine City Investigation Services during the day and part-time as a DJ at Club LUSH on the weekends.

Personality: Nori has an adventurous spirit, thrives on action, and loves anything that gets her adrenaline up. This of course makes her a bit of a risk taker, which often gets her into sticky situations. It also means that she can get bored easily if she feels like she isn't doing something productive. When it comes to the people she cares about, Nori is loyal to a fault. If she sees someone bullying one of her friends she will not hesitate to call them out on it. She is a bright, confident, funny girl who is full of sarcasm and doesn't let anyone push her around.

History: Nori grew up the only child of two loving, lower-middle class parents in a rural farming community and even though she was happy, she always longed for the big city life. So when she turned 21, she moved to Shine City to follow her dream of being a professional DJ. Nori quickly learned that none of the radio stations would hire her without experience and she began to lose hope, until she saw a flyer that said Club LUSH was looking for part-time DJs. The young blonde was hired on the spot and while she was excited to be doing what she loved, it wasn't quite enough to pay the bills. So she had to take on another job at the local flower shop to make ends meet.

Then, through a series of increasingly bizarre events, she was targeted by a serial killer, her apartment set on fire, and she ultimately lost her job at the Enchanted Florist. It was alright though, because that’s how she met one Detective Oliver Holland.

He gave her a place to stay and through good old fashioned detective work they managed to apprehend and put The Weatherman behind bars. The case was over and there was technically no reason for Nori to hang around anymore, but she couldn’t quite bring herself to leave Shine City Investigation Services. The two grew closer as they continued to spend more and more time together and before long they struck up a romance.

Sure, he smoked like a chimney and sort of looked like a mummy whenever he was all wrapped up in those silly bandages of his, but he was funny and charming in his own weird, sarcastic way, and Nori couldn’t be happier.

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Relationship Status: Has been dating Oliver for about two months now.

Name: Bickford Beauregard
Age: 52
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 225ibs
Likes: Scantily clad men and women, money, booze, cigarettes, being stingy
Dislikes:…everything else
Profession: Assistant manager at Club LUSH

Personality/Bio: Bickford grew up in Shiny City with two loving and wealthy parents along with his three older siblings and despite all the odds, he still managed to turn out to be a massive dickhead.

Currently on his seventh marriage, Bickford spends most of his time at the club, where he is surprisingly good at his job. He isn’t well liked by his employees due to his constant crude comments and nagging them to wear more revealing clothing. It is his personal goal to see all Club LUSH’s employees wearing only their skivvies to work.

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Name: Cash Daindrich AKA DJ Dangermouse
Age: 27
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 166 ibs
Likes: Cigarettes, sleeping until noon, music, tattoos, being shirtless
Dislikes: Women with high pitched voices, coffee, having to wear a shirt
Profession: Main DJ at Club LUSH

Personality: When not on stage, Cash comes across as laid back, but aloof towards most people. He doesn't talk much and when he does, it’s usually dripping with sarcasm. That being said, once you get past his gruffness he isn't completely awful to be around, as long as you don't mind him not actually answering when you talk to him. Cash’s DJ personality is still pretty laid back, but he makes up for it with his great intuition when it comes to mixing music. He is always shirtless when working.

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Name: Megaera Kastrati
Age: 23
Appearance:



Height: 6’1
Weight:198 Ibs
Likes: Shooting ranges, Warsaw pact weapons, Pike Security PMC, wrestling, fights, conflicts, anything that gets the blood pumping really, beautiful men, fighting uppity dirt farmers, heavy metal, instability in rich foreign nations in need of security, money money money, ancient literature, Sun Tzu, booze (it takes the edge off of the boredom), guys brave enough to take a swing at him, Guns and Ammo (magazine), soldiers of fortune (only if they’re for hire or working with Pike-or really cute), anyone who manages to make his job slightly interesting, current affairs, political manifestos, history (particularly of the troubled regions of the world), gyms, working out, doing unto others, trashy schlocky actions novels and movies, collecting knives, using knives, martial arts.
Dislikes: Being blind in one eye, regulations on arms shipments, the monotony of working as a bouncer, the lack of his sort of “excitement” in the city, being terminally bored, increasing scrutiny on PMCs, uppity dirt-farmers who are way better shots then they should be, bears, moose, rival PMCs, a sudden outbreak of peace, the song “Truffle Butter” (ENOUGH ALREADY), being bumped into by dancers, the lack of brawls to break up and finally, students trying to sneak in who aren’t even smart enough to make his job mildly interesting for a few seconds. Anyone he thinks is “soft”.
Party Trick: Field-stripping an AK-47.
Quotes: “Y’know. I was the token dick enthusiast in my unit too. Nice to know some things never change.”

“Peace is our profession! Mass murder is just a nice hobby.”

“Teamwork is essential -- it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.”

“Remember kiddies, when you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade stops being your friend.”

“Killing for peace is like whoring for virginity. Warm feeling-and you get paid well!”

“Come on! At least go for the eyes! Break a bottle! Try to shank me! You’re just….going to let us kick you out huh? Feh. Goddamn lightweight.”

"Live" and "Hero" are mutually exclusive terms. Life would be a hell of alot more exciting if more of these drunken idiots were interested in being heroes. Don’t even get normal idiots into that here. I almost miss the goddamn dirt-farmers.”

“Good God, I need a stiff drink.”

"Division of labor. You tell me your life’s ambition and your dreams, and I laugh at them."

“The rest of these guys? As dumb as a bag of hammers, but they work cheap. Me? I’m what you call “just desperate enough.”

“Goldfish. I’m working with retarded goldfish.”

“That’s right, run away! Go crawl home and do coke off your mother’s back, like you did when Sammy wouldn’t touch your special place!.....Didn’t even try to throw one punch. The hell do you have to say to people to get a fight in this town?”

“Oh. That little thing in whateverstan? Yeah. I was there. Most fun I’ve had with my pants on.”

“Hey, merc work is good work-challenging, you get outside alot, make good drinking buddies, work with cute guys...promise ya you’ll never go hungry. Someone always wants someone else dead!”

“What do I want? I wanna enjoy every moment. I wanna fight, and eat good food. I wanna fight, and drink fine wine. I wanna fight, and sleep with beautiful men. Hell, I wanna fight with beautiful men! That's what it means to live.”

“If something happens to me, I want you all to know the truth. If they say Pike Security fought valiantly, I want you all to know we fought retarded.“

“Oi! The hell you got against mercs? That whole murder for profit thing? Yeah well, like you’re perfect.”

“Well folks, that concludes the list of reasons this city makes me need a goddamn drink, which for the record did not work. Either this booze is broken or this city is just too damn sobering.”

Profession: Bouncer at Club LUSH. Living off of his built-up savings from his mercenary ventures with Pike Security. He typically works weekends and a few weeknights at Club Lush. He does do some freelance work around the city-everyone always needs someone else beat to kingdom come or otherwise liberated from their teeth.

Personality: Megaera Kastrati is a man with many loves-the love of good food, fine wine and your typical creature comforts, but more then that, he is a man in love with the taste of blood in his mouth, the feeling of a fist hitting his jaw, and the feeling returning that strike tenfold. In short, he is a man who is in love or at the very least, lust with violence. He likes to fight, he likes to brawl, he likes to get down and dirty and be in danger of losing some teeth. It’s the quickest way to earn his respect-and even his love, if you’re scrappy and male enough. In short, he likes activities and people who, in his terminology “have balls” or at least “moxy”.

His work as a mercenary also ensures he has a somewhat...unique view of morality. Violence isn’t just a tool in the box of possible solutions-it’s the go to solution, it’s the prefered outcome, the one that results in the most good, or at least, the most fun….and really, is there a difference? He’s flippant, disrespectful, blunt and almost completely honest about his thoughts when it comes to other people-he’ll beat you half to death and call it good fun, but he’ll almost never lie to you, in sum. He expresses affection through insults-and only rarely does he go “soft” on someone-and typically only when he’s got it bad.

Kastrati likes to move-likes to “feel the burn”-running laps around the block, running a military course, hiking into the wilderness, or lighting off illegal explosives in the dead of night-it’s all fair game to him. He finds Shine City irredeemably boring-and he’s been trying desperately to find a way to entertain himself. Perhaps as a result of this, his feelings on anyone he perceives as “soft” are quite sour-and he is still somewhat bitter about being taking out of active service after being blinded in one eye, though he retains his loyalty to Pike Security regardless. Needless to say, he only respects the law as much as he needs to in order to stay out of a jail cell.

History: War is in the Kastrati families very veins-throughout the history of the family, their blood has been spilled on just about any frontline and for any cause you care to name. They’ve fought for capitalism, they’ve fought for communism, they’ve fought for peace, they’ve fought for conquest, they’ve fought to defend governments and to overthrow them-there are few places and even fewer causes in the world that haven’t seen Kastrati blood spilled in their name. This generation of this bloody, war-hungry family has been no exception.

Nemo Kastrati, Megaera’s father, has been the driving force in the family in this century-having turned the family hobby into an organized, profitable profession. Pike Security. A private military contractor that’s been deployed to hot spots the world over, to guard and conquer, defend and destroy. In short, Nemo Kastrati has done his family proud.

Megaera, as one might imagine, was just as eager and willing as his father was to add his own glory to the family name. From a young age, he trained, learned and observed, waiting for the moment he could join his father in the family profession. Indeed, in many ways this was the only option available to the young Kastrati-as one might imagine the family of a soldier of fortune is often on the move as contracts and security agreements take them to nations all over the globe. Regardless of his options or reasons however, Megaera joined up, officially, with Pike Security the very day he reached the age of majority.

The next few years of his life are, in his (slightly twisted) view, the best of his life. Moving from conflict to conflict, nation to nation, job to job and, in his words; “Seeing new places, meeting interesting people and then blowing them up.” Morally dubious as many of Pike Security’s jobs were, Megaera proved himself to be enthusiastically loyal, an able combatant and a bold soldier-contracts he signed didn’t just buy a gun, but his loyalty, a fact that spoke well of Pike Security.

As one might expect however, someone who enjoys combat and the “rush” that comes with it does not make the most pragmatic, logical soldier. During a particularly “bold” (stupid) move during pitched combat, Megaera was badly injured and lost sight in one of his eyes, compromising his abilities as a soldier-and giving his now-worried father a long-awaited reason to send him back to their home country on “leave”. Having lost his dream career, and seeing little other option, Megaera took a job at Club Lush and began the slow process of invading his liver with copious amounts of booze.

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Age: 21

Height: 5'3"

Weight: 118 lbs

Likes: Writing, Singing, Music, Nature, Sleep, Animals, Taekwondo/Martial Arts, Silence, Rain, Thunderstorms, Night, and Books.

Dislikes: Mornings, Needles, Heights, Pain, Enclosed Spaces, Sports, and Being Bored.

Party Trick: Amaya knows many martial arts tricks and can break boards.

Profession: Amaya is a student at Shine City Academy. She is majoring in Biomedical Engineering, and minoring in Psychology. She also works part time as a waitress at a fancy traditional Japanese restaurant called the Tiny Snowflake located in Shine Junction.



Bio/Personality: Amaya grew up with two extremely busy parents as an only child. Her mother and father owned a consulting company together, so she had a lot of money growing up. She originally started taekwondo because she was alone a lot, and her parents worried about her well being. Eventually she grew to love it and started taking many other forms of martial arts. When Amaya went into college, she wanted to go away from her home and be more adventurous, but she still wanted to live in a larger city, which is why she choose Shine City Academy. She lives in the dorms on campus to get the full college experience (plus she didn't know anyone going into the academy Freshman year). Amaya didn't want to rely on her parent's money, so she got a part time job, which she absolutely loves. Amaya decided to work there because she enjoys traditional Japanese culture and also she thought the uniforms were very pretty on her (not that she'd admit that to anyone). The pay is enough to get her by, with a bit to spare on a good day. In the past couple months, Amaya has been rigerously studying for school, but now that summer break is rapidly approaching, she doesn't really know what to do with herself. She's going to be kicked out of her dorm pretty soon and her roommate Rachel is spending most of her break traveling.

Amaya is a quiet person, especially with strangers. She sometimes gets social anxiety because she's not used to interacting with others. Amaya is very good at handling small children, although she doesn't really like to spend time with them. Once one gets to know Amaya, she can be very kind and gentle. She cares a lot for what little friends she has. She can be silly at times and enjoys laughing with others. However, she does have a limit. If you ever get on her nerves or are rude to her, she is terrifying. Since she is well trained in martial arts, she isn't afraid to hurt others. Especially if you hurt her friends. Amaya finds the way others think interesting. She's also a great listener, but has trouble comforting. Not that she doesn't try her best in doing so. Amaya also has pocrescophobia, or the fear of gaining weight. She has never told anyone this. And while she isn't anorexic or bulimic, she is a health nut. So she works out regularly, and does her best to eat healthy foods. She also makes sure to never measure her weight. While it isn't severe, it still affects her from time to time.

Name: Diogenes Haas

English Name: Devin Haas

Age: 24

Appearance:


Height: 6'3"

Weight: 212 lbs

Likes: Working out, Shine City, Helping people out, The Beach, swimming, Sweets.

Dislikes: The cold, snow, enclosed spaces, mushrooms, drugs.

Party Trick: He knows quite a few magic tricks.

Profession: He works as a personal trainer (and sometimes a receptionist) at Shine City Gym.

Personality: He an be pretty blunt and oblivious at times, but in general he's a very bright person who enjoys helping others. He's also really good with kids and is a caring person. He's a family kind of guy.

Bio: Devin was originally from Egypt, but his family's living conditions weren't good. Devin went to Shine City Academy on a full ride scholarship. Now he sends money home to his parents and 5 younger siblings.

Note: Diogenes means God-born, or, Heaven-born in Egyptian. (Which seems pretty accurate to me ;)) Also when I saw the picture I decided that he was going to be eye candy since there is a lack of eye candy in this RP.

Name: Rachel Sunbelle

Age: 20

Appearance:


Height: 5'8"

Weight: 127 lbs

Likes: Shopping, Fashion, Coffee, Flirting, Partying, Bright Colors, Children, and Art.

Dislikes: Rules, Tea, Exercise, Vegetables, School, Rain, and Reading.

Party Trick: She can turn rags into fashionable outfits easily.

Profession: Rachel goes to Shine Academy and is working on a Business major. She works at the school's library, reluctantly.

Personality: Rachel is an energetic, and confident girl. She enjoys living life to the fullest and wants to become a fashion designer.

Bio: Rachel lived all her life in Shine City, in a normal, middle class family. She grew up surrounded by good friends and family.

For activities, Eidel especially likes reading, music, sight-seeing, making home-made teas, games and… she doesn’t really know what else. Having spent most of her youth either studying, trying to be social and sticking with whichever group or clique that accepted her, she never really had time to develop her own hobbies.
As for various subjects, she enjoys the following:
-Learning and studies
-Languages
-Technology
-Organization
-Otaku-ism (very closeted about it, however)
-Socializing (?)
-New things, interesting, unique people

She denies disliking many things and this is mostly the case, as Eidel is fairly open to new things, but a lot of the time, she does dislike a given thing and just wants to fit into a group.
However, things she dislikes for sure are the following:
-Rejection
-Loneliness
-An excess of excitement, though she still seeks it
-Drinking, most of the time
-Smokers
-Love (ironically enough, as she wants to have it more than anyone she knows)

Name: Vern Closet Smith AKA:"The Limit Breaker"

Age: 29

Appearance: Loose, long sleeved, button down shirts with dark slacks, a black woven belt, and slip-on dark shoes make up Vern's normal attire. He has black hair with subtle brown streaks and dark brown eyes. Under his modest clothing, Vern is faintly defined all over. His entire body is evenly toned but he still has enough surface fat to be a comfortable pillow should the need arise.


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Height: 5'11"

Weight: 165lbs

Likes: complex and subtle flavors, natural medicines, exotic spices, cooking, subtlety and complexity in music or art, up-front honesty, decisiveness, quiet, discussion, people, Co-op gaming, thinking things through, clothes that fit the person and not just the persona, healthiness

Dislikes: Delusions, contempt, closed minds, passing judgement, crowds, plastic, PVP addicts, excessive improvization, excess in general, revealing outfits, predatory behavior, incompetence, guys who walk out on commitments, doctors and medicine

Party Trick: Vern knows a few things about getting the most out of the body he's got. In short, he can lift, break, bend, throw, or catch things that should be too heavy for someone with his build. But, "limit breaking" can cause deep bruising and other soft tissue injuries. He can also go from extremely coordinated and precise to epic clumsy as soon as he gets distracted by conversation. He can't walk and talk at the same time.

Profession: Recently managed to acquire his first business, a small bookstore and supply outfit called Ink Sparks located just off a shady corner of the mall parking lot. You know, the spot with the graffiti and the flickering streetlights. It turns out that this tiny storefront bookstore actually maintained wholesale connections and used its extra large backroom to process and ship large orders of books out to schools, libraries and other institutions. The prior owner had dabbled in... other kinds of shipping, damaging the store's reputation and attracting the wrong crowd of customers. However, the legitimate portion of the business was easily profitable as it was. Vern was lucky, and he only had to modify a little of the business. But, it would still take awhile for its reputation to recover from prior scandals, resulting in higher profits. In the meantime, Vern continued living in his apartment and caring for the building, carefully saving money and looking for his next business acquisition.
Bio/Personality: Vern started out as the youngest child in a successful family. His grandfather had started with a truck and passed on a farm, a store, a small shipping business, and a storage complex to his children when he died from a heart attack at 78. His widow never had to work for money after he passed and she never lacked for the company of her children since several of them stayed close to home, taking over the management of the family businesses.

Vern's father had the management of the shipping business. That kept him close enough to home and productive enough that, by the time Vern was 18, the man owned a locksmith's shop and a small auto body shop as well. He was well on his way to achieving what Vern's grandfather, his father-in-law, had. Then he started losing weight.

The cancer wasn't fast but it was stubborn. After almost two years Vern's father passed away, not from cancer, but from the chemo and radiation. The cancer had never gotten bigger than a small button. The condolences from the doctors felt less than hollow that day.

Not satisfied with the doctors and their excuses, Vern started studying alternatives to commonly accepted medical practice. His family supported him financially but retained some distance. In their eyes it was just a way of grieving the loss of his father. In a way, part of it was. But then he started finding things. Herbal remedies for cancer that had hardly any side-effects and were not toxic to the patient were the discovery that really turned it from a grief quest to a crusade. He was going to change the world, re-discover these millenia old cures that worked so well for so long, and fix all the evils of modern medicine.

Then the law stopped him. It had actually been made illegal to practice herbal medicine over a hundred years before, back when modern medicine was still in its infancy. So, no matter how hard he looked, Vern wasn't able to find anyone who could teach him the finer points of natural medicine. The crusader spirit died. But, he knew that people were stubborn. Somewhere, hidden in something legal, would be part of what he was looking for. Then he found martial arts, yoga, and the wonders of aroma therapy. Martial arts preserved the understanding of the body with an eye toward using it to break things without suffering injuries. Yoga preserved a profound respect for the body's own ability to heal and the belief that the body's energy could be generated and channeled. Aroma therapy used herbal effects to alter the mind and affect the body. Vern studied all of them but he was no super-student.

He aquired a part of two martial arts, Karate and Aikido, and pair those parts with yoga's emphasis on relaxed extension and mastery of the breath. Then he used what he learned from aroma therapy and began using the oils of medicinal herbs on himself directly, as well as the aroma. The effects were both subtle and significant. He gained a good amount of strength, mostly in his core muscles instead of his arms and legs, and he stopped getting sick as often or for as long. Still, even with those results, he wasn't able to go farther without a proper teacher who knew how to take personal health and make it professional. So, he was stuck. Vern's family were also beginning to lose patience with him. He was rapidly becoming the family's first "black sheep" in generations. They stopped sending money.

So, he looked for work. Being stubborn, upset, and 21, along with some odd situations of questionable legality, resulted in him setting off with a traveling freak show as their newest attraction, "The Limit Breaker". He wasn't on stage alone for months but shared the scene with the group's "Strong Man". It was a fact that he couldn't lift as much weight as the far larger man, but when he slipped during a trick and accidentally threw a 150lb barbell toward the small crowd Vern lived up to his stage name. He got a hand on the barbell and managed to plant it into the stage hard enough that it snapped some of the boards, and he did it with a smile and a victory pose as though it was all part of the act.

It took a week for his arm to heal and another week for it to change back to normal colors instead of a mix of lime green and royal purple, but he was famous. He was glad that he wore a mask and went shirtless during that performance. It was different enough from his normal dress that he was still able to disappear after shows. And there were a lot of shows. Videos captured by cell phones went viral on the internet and the size of the crowds trippled, seemingly overnight. The business was booming. But, the fangirls were becoming a problem.

He was having a harder and harder time getting away without letting anyone get a look at his face. They all had cell phones and the mask was creating a sense of mystery that just kept pulling them in. Eventually, after their last show in Shine Junction, "The Limit Breaker" quit the show and walked away at the height of his popularity with his earnings. He still exchanges e-mails with his former co-worker, the "Strongman". But, other than that he has no real connections other than family.

It took a couple nights at hostels before he found a place that suited him. It was small and out of the way. One of two small apartment additions built on top of a three story, four bedroom house. To get to it he had to follow the, fairly clean, alley around back and then climb three flights of wood stairs that were slippery when wet and worse when icy. But, the owner of the building hadn't been able to get any renters for the house or the other apartment so he cut Vern's rent in half in exchange for help with maintaining the building until it became profitable again. With the reduced rent, Vern could afford the place easily enough but he needed to find a job. Specifically, he needed a job where he could avoid talking to people or attracting attention while getting enough money to take care of business.

He had his personal goals but it was time to live up to the example his father and grandfather had given him. He needed to establish himself so that, if he ran into the right girl, he could take care of her properly so that she could have freedom to live worry free if he happened to die before he planned. It was time to take that budding tradition to the third generation. Step one, get back to earning money and work on finding businesses to buy.

Since coming to Shine City, Vern's outlook on life has changed only slightly. Being present for a murder, even when the details were out of his view, and befriending his cross-chasm neighbor have caused him to be even more careful about things in general. He is more inclined to worry than ever, especially since his new friend had a stalker problem and a couple neuroses to season her life with danger. Still, in spite of these factors, Vern has not seen or heard from his neighbor in weeks. He worries constantly but strives to distract himself with work, hoping to hear from her soon.

Also, though he has never been a very social person, he has begun to seek social venues for the sake of practice. He is a business owner now. He needs to be able to move casually in various social circles without embarrassing himself or weakening his business reputation. However, he has avoided clubs in favor of visiting various cafes and restaurants for these practices.

Play me songs that immerse me in the mood...

...just make sure the verses aren't too crude.

I've always loved the sappy love songs and peaceful music, but not when people abuse the lyrics.

It's funny how I find myself when lost in the moment...

...I lose myself when I own it.

I'm never quite there up on the screen, believe it or not; I'd be very different if a few things could be taught.

Tell me I'm a good person to be around...

...but only if you're telling me the truth.

I like it when we're honest to each other; no euphemisms, no roundabouts - just your honesty from your mouth to my mouth.

Among other likes, Sabine has a preference for (extremely) muscular men, as well as money (comes with the die-hard high-rise life), and (quite secretly) substances no one in their right mind should be touching. It's how most of her relationships prior to coming here were touch first, cuddles later. In fact, touch is more of a commodity than proof of love, which as of late hasn't garnered any lasting relationships.

Among other dislikes, she hates drama / scandal on any scale, detests relationship advices, and loathes mornings. It's a bad habit to immediately clock out by sunrise, but if it means sneaking a cuddle or two with her...

...well, if you can pay the hours, maybe she'll be fine with that.

Trick :

Profession:

• Camgirl - 100% questionable, 100% profitable.
• Owner of the increasingly popular D'Aramitz Delivery. She's chef, deliveryman, and business owner all rolled in one.

Bio/Personality: