Jacob

25

Male

Hetero. Having just gone through a difficult and messy breakup from a 5 year relationship, Jacob will openly and publicly say that he has no interest in love. Though deep down, he yearns nothing more.

Standing an impressive 6'1", Jacob is surprisingly lean. His entire body is well toned and formed from working out thrice a day. Which has the added benefit that he's not particularly weak either. Jacob carries himself with a certain confidence that comes from knowing he's good. This confident appearance is strengthened by his clothes: Casual and refined, but not restricting or old. Jacob likes to wear shirts and suits. He'll rarely wear anything else and probably not voluntarily. Those few who do not linger to look at his strong chest and are able to look on his face will see eyes that burn with a fire. His face is contoured by a stubbly beard which is trimmed neatly every day. Giving him a sort of sophisticated aura. All in all, Jacob's appearance is that of a man who has it all, seen it all and can do it all again if he wants to without even breaking a sweat.

Egypt

Thoth. God of knowledge, writing, science and magic. As well as the mother of Jacob.

Science of Magic - To many magic is all about mythical forces creating phenomenon that cannot be explained. Rituals are required to summon up these forces and a strong will is required to harness them. Through spells and incantations these forces temporary obey the caster's will until they are no longer required and may return from where they came from. To most people magic is about mysticism and the impossible.

The science of Magic is, as the name suggests, a combination of this and science. A caster must know the right incantation, as well as use the right channeling object. This can be a wand, a staff or even a ring. However, certain mystical powers work better with certain channeling materials. Some materials are straight up just better. Plastic could be used to channel power, but it will do a terrible job at it compared with a century old oak. The incantation is important too. Getting it wrong can make a spell imbalanced. Unbalanced spells can backfire very quickly. If you're lucky, they will simply drain you and make you feel tired. If the effects are worse, the very spell you tried to cast may backfire entirely upon you. Worst case scenario is that the spell is so powerful that one error is enough to turn it into a magical singularity sucking up all magical powers near it. In other words, it takes the life of the caster.

Now, this all seems pretty standard to magic. But now Thoth's influence comes into play. Spells can vary in strength based upon one's understanding of the spell, the words, the aspects they deal with and the world around them. For example, when you use the word "heat" many just think about warmth. They forget about the fact that it is radiation, a wave. When you hear the word fire you think about a fireplace or a torch. But that's a polluted image of the pure aspect fire. Aspects are trickier. One could say that Aspects are the fuel that is called and used for a spell. The mystical powers. Finally the understanding of the universe around you. Say you want to create fire. Once you've made it, you must keep it going. You could keep up channeling the fire aspect into the flame. Or you could apply science. Split water particles to create hydrogen (a fuel) and oxygen to keep the flame alive. The easiest way to do this is electrolysis. Thus instead of keep draining the fire aspect, one could start draining the electrical aspect and separate water molecules in the air to keep the flame burning.

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However, the opposite is even harsher. Should you not understand the basic fundamental forces and particles behind what you want to do, you simply cannot do it. You need a deep understanding of the subject like electromagnetism or the element iron. Furthermore, should there be no scientific explanation (necromancy) then it's straight up impossible. With the Science of Magic, you can only do which science and biology allow. So even creating matter out of nothing is straight up impossible. Lastly, finding certain incantations and suitable resources for a focus is hard. Certain aspects favour certain languages and materials. The fire aspect greatly enjoys gold and rubies, while the water aspect likes silver and amethyst. How or why these aspects like these languages or materials is so far unknown. There are tomes in the world with knowledge in it, but it's hard to know if the writer is lying or telling the truth.

Don't, for a minute, think that Jacob will close his eyes and make a leap of faith. Jacob remains in his own world and slowly expands that with careful experimentation. This makes him nearly useless the moment he's confronted with something entirely unexpected.

Confident, strong, capable. Jacob in his daily life looked like he had it all, did it all and could do it all again without much effort. He’s easy going and always seems to know what to do. But that’s because he’s in control. That’s his trick, his way of dealing with the world. Jacob must control everything around him. At work he knows everything there is to know about the system. At home, he knows exactly how to cook the meal. When going out he knows exactly to what bar he’ll go. Of course, sometimes you have to broaden your horizon. But Jacob does it carefully and slowly, often in controlled enviroments. He won’t try a new recipe unless he is absolutely sure that nothing can go wrong and even when things go wrong, he still had back-up food. He won’t walk up to meet a colleague unless he observed him/her from a distance and hear enough things about them by other people. Throwing unexpected problems at him is a good way to make him break completely.

There is almost nothing exceptional about Jacob’s life. He was born to an average man who was content with his life as garage worker. His father never told him about how he was born or about his mother. But many colleagues often said that she was some strange woman who always kept on asking questions to the point that it became annoying. But clearly Fredrick saw something in her. The second he was born she took wings. Jacob could have turned out pretty screwed if Ruth didn’t show up. Ruth was Fredrick’s second wife, and according to many the right kind of girl for a simple man.

Jacob’s early life was dominated by curiosity. Even when he was litte he’d ask strange questions as why the grass is green or why the sky is blue or how a pen works. Much to the annoyance of the teachers who wanted to get on with their lessons. Jacob was a strange student. If the subject engaged him he’d achieve the highest scores of the entire class, but if it bored him a “barely passed” is the best one could hope for. Many teachers often assured his father and stepmother that he was a very smart kid.

Something that got proven in college. Where he studied computer science. The subjects were actually fun to him and he graduated with incredibly good scores. From then on he also fell in love with a girl named Jane. Jane was everything Jacob wasn’t. While Jacob was smart but reclusive, Jane was wild and uncaring about the consequences. More often than once she got herself in trouble Jacob had to save her from. They stayed together, but every question about marriage from Jacob got shot down. Eventually, a year ago, he broke it off. Devastating himself in the process.

Fredrick Harper To Jacob, his father is nothing but a good role model for those who, one day, will decide to sit down and say: I’ve done enough. He loves his father very much, but he dislikes the idea of settling down. Never the less the two have a good relationship and he calls his dad often.

Ruth Harper Fredrick’s second wife and Jacob’s stepmother. Though to Jacob she’s simply his mother. Even if she isn’t his biological one, she helped him through a lot in his teenage years. Just like his father he dislikes her idea of life, but respects it.

Levi Micah Cruz

29

Male

Levi, being a rock star, has many fans, and at times some of those fans are beautiful young women. His career has made him young and immature. He is still in his sleep-around phase and has yet to give it up. Although, he does dream of having a woman who would stick around. One who he could make breakfast for, who he could wake up and see sleeping next to him every morning and not someone who he would have to kick out. He wants a smart woman who supports his dreams, doesn’t love him just for his money, and who doesn’t try to hold him back. Someone who he is comfortable with and who he doesn’t have to hide from.

Levi is a beautiful man and he has inherited his father’s belt. Cocoa butter skin, springy black curls, and eyes of honey. It’s no wonder the women melt at the sight of him and his voice steals their hearts. Tattoos line his arms, the muscles of his back, and form a low necklace beneath his collar bones that say the quote above: “Where words fail music speaks.” Beneath his navel across the solid expanse of his abdomen is written: “I pick you.” He has one nose ring on his right nostril, he wears hoops along the lower shells of his ears, and he wears low-hanging necklaces about his neck. The man is tastefully ripped for being only a guitar player maybe because he does more than just play music!

Greek

Apollo - The God of Music, Poetry, Art, Oracles, Archery, Plague, Medicine, Sun, Light and Knowledge.

Levi is known to bite off more than he can chew in defense of his pride. He will sometimes step into a fight that he can’t win, and he doesn’t logically look at how big the guy is or how many friends some bully has, he gets into this overconfident false-belief that he can actually win. The confidence works sometimes, but other times, people can find him in an alley or gutter after a harsh beating. Most times he’s lucky to be alive, but one day, he just might not be. His fame and money can get to his head sometimes.

When he has feelings for someone, specifically someone he is in love with, he will do anything to ensure that someone is safe. His guitar is one of his one true loves, but that special someone means so much more to him.

Levi is a rock star and stereotypically he partakes in the three main musts: sex, drugs, and rock and roll. He doesn’t drug as heavy as some cokeheads. The hardest thing he has ever hit was weed for despite not having a high school diploma, he still had common sense not to go harder than that. He smokes cigarettes on a regular basis, and he might partake in a cigar or a fresh bag of Mary every once in a while. He drinks socially and he can hold his liquor pretty well. When he isn’t in concert, he dedicates time to writing music, painting, and going outside. Outside, he takes long walks or runs a few miles, and he’ll workout at the local gym or playground. He doesn’t stay out too long for, well, he’s a celebrity and people are insane.

When Levi’s invited to parties by other singers and celebrities, he usually doesn’t stay for long. He doesn’t know those people and a lot of those people just invite him just so that they can say he was there. He likes quieter occasions such as private dinners, movie nights at home, and just anywhere where he can be alone or if he is with someone, where he can focus only on that person and not be distracted by people and things who don’t matter.

When Levi is attracted to someone, he will flirt with the person and tease her. When he’s convinced that the girl likes him back, then he’ll try to serenade her. Yeah, its old school, but he believes that it’s pretty effective. He’s smooth with his words and tries to make his dates just as memorable as his concerts even if they may not work out in the end. He doesn’t want to regret anything.

Overall, Levi is a cool, soft-spoken guy who doesn’t raise his voice for nobody for he feels he shouldn’t have to. Ain’t nobody got time for that. For being soft-spoken, when he’s in front of a mic, people are usually amazed by the sound that leaves him. Where is that voice coming from?!

He isn’t the strongest of the godlings and he performs mostly a support role, but the biggest mistake one could make is assume that he is weak. He will stand up to any brute no matter the size or power level if that person is harming another person for unjust reasons. He especially doesn’t like when a man lays a hand on a woman and regardless if the man and the woman were a couple, he will punch the dude in his face [you can see his history for those reasons]. So at times, Levi bites off more than he can chew and his amateur boxing lessons don’t always prevail against an opponent who is tougher and can hit harder than him—but at least he tried right?

He sleeps around—already established—but if anyone ever tried to compare him to one of those guys called “players,” they’ll make his shit list. The shit list usually involves breaking off relations with that person completely. He has a lot of pride and he doesn’t like when people try to shit on it. He can hold quite the grudge. If Levi was ever in a serious relationship, and his lover cheated on him for someone else, she will have made an eternal enemy. In such a case, if he could save her, he wouldn't. He'd let nature run its course.

Either way, it seems a little hypocritical, but Levi believes that what he does is a mutual agreement and that neither partner expects a relationship afterward. As much as he wants to find the right person in his life, he takes quite a while to completely trust someone. He is a wealthy and successful musician, and most women just want his money. He has to be careful with how he goes about making commitments for people will use every trick in the book to ruin his career so that they can get a piece of it. So when a girl actually makes it to the girlfriend zone, she finds herself sitting in that position for a long time and then their meetings are in secret because of paparazzi. If there’s one thing that he hates most, it’s the paparazzi — he’s been in the news multiple times punching out some paparazzi creep who had trespassed where he shouldn’t have. They’re the reason why he will never partake in friendly group photos, selfies, none of that shit. The one night stands are smuggled into his studio apartment, and kicked right on out after he’s made sure that they didn’t leave any of their belongings behind (don’t want them to come back). This sort of behavior makes him hard to trust, but he is certain that he would make a good boyfriend if he found the right person. She’s out there somewhere he knows it and he will compete for her affection if he has to. Unfortunately, if his contender winds up winning her affection, like with those women who cheat on him (crap on his pride), he'll kick her to the curb.

Levi was born and raised in The Bronx, New York by his mother Monique Cruz. He grew up never knowing his biological father, but he wanted to believe that he was a better man than the one that came after him. Monique married a possessive, controlling, and abusive man by the name of Antoine Hoskins. He was an amateur rapper who believed that he was destined to make it big with his shitty lyrics. All the guy could produce was a good beat, which was the only thing rappers could produce that was worth listening to during that time. Antoine tried to get Levi to write rap music instead of the poetic crap he’d fill his diaries with, but Levi was too in love with his guitar. At times, he would stay late at school practicing so that he wasn’t in a hurry to return home. Antoine was quite the bully that whenever Levi refused to do what he wanted him to do, he always got a backhand or a fist. Around middle school, Levi was fed up. After the eighth grade, he vowed to grow stronger so that he could liberate him and his mother from the bastard.

Along with Music Appreciation, Levi took Weight Lifting. He wanted to learn how to work every muscle in his body that mattered. He participated in amateur boxing at the local gym, which he liked to do during the weekday because it gave him a better excuse as to why he wasn’t coming home on time.

Levi’s career took off when he had managed to build an amateur garage band with the kids in his Music Appreciation class by the name of Apollyon. Their band mascot was some Icarus-figure who was flying toward the sun. He started writing his music and applying his lyrics to the sound. Next thing he knew it, his band was in a talent show at school winning first place, and then they entered a Battle of the Bands competition. His band won first place again and they earned $50,000 that he fairly split with each of his members. A man approached him afterwards by the name of Dan Henderson. He shocked Levi by offering him a contract and a nice chunk of change. He was going to be living his dream!

Unfortunately, he had to leave his bandmates in order to enter the contract and he figured by giving them the rest of the competition money, that they were able to split on good terms. Overjoyed, he returned home (unexpectedly to Antoine). Levi entered the house to overhear Monique yelling at Antoine for being a bum and how he needed to get a job instead of relying on a rap career that wasn’t ever going to take off. Antoine hadn’t liked her dissing his dreams, and in retaliation, he harshly silenced her yelling with the back of his hand. It was the moment Levi had been waiting for for such a long time. Just seeing Antoine backhand his mother made something in him snap.

Levi rushed the guy and beat his ass. Monique, fashioning and swollen and bloody lip, screamed for Levi to stop but he didn’t until the guy beneath him stopped moving. Antoine was still alive, but his face wasn’t ever going to be the same again. Levi was furious to see his mother crying over such a loser, and although it might not have been the most appropriate moment, he dumped the news on her about his contract. He begged for her to leave Antoine and to come with him so that they could start a new life, but she refused. She also wanted Levi not to pursue his dream and to give up the opportunity in order to finish high school. Levi looked at his mother as though she had lost her mind for he had long made up his.

Levi went to his room, packed up his bags, and left everything behind: school, his mother, and especially that son of a bitch Antoine. To this day, he never regretted leaving for the doors opened up to him after that. Fame and fortune carried him away, and nearly brainwashed him of his old life. Every now and then he feels the urge to call his mother to check on her for it had been years since he last seen her, but he doesn’t. He fears what might have become of her. What she might say. What he might hear. Instead, he keeps putting the phone call on the back burner.

Monique Hoskins/Cruz – Mother - Levi loves his mother but he hasn’t talked to her since he left, which was thirteen years ago. He hopes everything is going well with her, and he is afraid to call and find out. He has been telling himself for the past thirteen years to call her, but he never does. Who knows how long he’ll keep telling himself?

Antoine Hoskins – Step-Father – This man is not his father. He will never accept him or acknowledge him as such. Levi believes that he is nothing but a piece of shit that if he ever left the earth, he would not shed a tear. He hopes that his mother broke away from that dude.

Dan Henderson – Manager – He’s not exactly family, but Levi accepts him as such. He respects the man for he respects him in return and they’ve been in business together for years. Dan is a father-figure who tries to make sure Levi isn’t doing anything that could damage his reputation and career. Basically, he keeps him out of trouble and keeps him on top of all of his gigs and appointments.