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"Witty quote here."
[ Age (Anything goes) | Height (in feet) | Ethnicity | Pronouns (Things like he/him, they/them, etc... please don't get stupid) | Weight (in pounds) ]
[Put one word that defines your character here.]
APPEARANCE
"Quote about appearance here."
Essentially how your character looks. Be detailed here. Go over skin color, build, height, hair (including color, style, etc), scars, and other body alterations (Piercings, tattoos, etc). Along with descripting clothing style.
PSYCHOLOGY
"Quote about personality."
MAIN GOAL ⫻ (What does your character hope to accomplish in life?)
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ (What is your character's outlook on life?)
SECRETS ⫻ (What is your character hiding?)
SEXUALITY ⫻ (Your character's sexual preference?)
FEARS ⫻ (What does your character fear?)
QUIRKS ⫻ (Anything odd about your character that is unique to them?)
FLAWS ⫻ (What holds your character back?)
BACKSTORY
"Quote about past."
Pretty standard affair. I'm not going to expect a super long essay here, just the basics and whatever. Make sure to describe your character's part in the first three incidents and how that changed them.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"Quote about skills."
[REMOVE THIS. A list of everything your character is good at... just, uh, keep it realistic. If I see one judo black belt with survival skills training, cooking, and rifle training, I'm gonna slap a bitch. REMOVE THIS.]
[Skill name here] ⫻ (Brief (or lengthy) explanation of skill/talent here)
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
"Quote about equipment and or gear."
[REMOVE THIS. A list of everything your character has on them. Remember everyone's supposed to be constantly on the move from the mist so I expect your characters not to carry too much on them. REMOVE THIS.]
[Item name here] ⫻ (Brief (or lengthy) explanation of item here)
OTHER
"RANDOM QUOTE."
Anything else? Themesong? Random notes? Foreshadowing???
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[h3][u][b] APPEARANCE [/b][/u][/h3] [i]"Quote about appearance here."[/i]
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[h3][u][b] PSYCHOLOGY [/b][/u][/h3] [i]"Quote about personality."[/i]
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[b]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/b] (What does your character hope to accomplish in life?)
[b]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/b] (What is your character's outlook on life?)
[b]SECRETS ⫻[/b] (What is your character hiding?)
[b]SEXUALITY ⫻[/b] (Your character's sexual preference?)
[b]FEARS ⫻[/b] (What does your character fear?)
[b]QUIRKS ⫻[/b] (Anything odd about your character that is unique to them?)
[b]FLAWS ⫻[/b] (What holds your character back?)
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[h3][u][b] BACKSTORY [/b][/u][/h3] [i]"Quote about past."[/i]
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[h3][u][b] OTHER [/b][/u][/h3] [i]"RANDOM QUOTE."[/i]
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"If your plan was to get on my nerves then mission fuckin' accomplished."
[ 25 | 5'11ft | Chinese | She/Her | 132 ]
[Headstrong]
APPEARANCE
"I wish I had more of that... feminine appeal, yes?"
Meifeng is quite intimidating at first. With her abnormal height - inherited from her mother - and her well-built frame, many people are put off from her until she opens her mouth and smiles widely. Giving people a reassuring aura that counteracts that aura of a cold soldier that people first detect off of her. When she's out and around friends, she comes off as quite energetic, and friendly. As stated before, Meifeng is quite tall. She's five-eleven, and that means she essentially towers over her fellow female peers and stands up there with the big boys (Which has been a constant source of teasing and ire). This gives people the idea that her own mother was an Amazon (Which isn't that far off). However, her strong, well-built, frame doesn't really give way in the way of curves. Her chest is 30A (One thing she wishes was bigger), and she feels like she has to shop in the kid's sections. Her hips and behind aren't very appealing, and she lacks the feminine appeal - up into one glance at her face.
Meifeng is obviously Asian, a pureblood Chinese woman. No, she isn't "yellow." Her skin - which is white with heavy golden overtones - makes this very obvious. Her Asianic facial features make this even more obvious. Despite the fact that she's directly from China, she's been in America so long that her accent is only faint. However, throughout the years, Meifeng has gotten herself plenty of marks. Before, these were only scars on her knuckles, and scars on her legs and arms from sports-related injuries. A few years ago, you could say that these were just marks that implied that she liked a little roughhousing.
She likes to go for a blend of comfort, and style. She always found athletic wear to be comfortable, so she likes to wear basketball shorts, with some T-shirt, and sneakers. However, Meifeng will wear jeans, jackets, and whatever other clothes she'd find appropriate. Though, the only kind of trouser she won't wear is a skirt or a dress. You won't catch her dead in either of those. Meifeng's outfits can be called tom-boyish because of this. This brings that tomboy assertion even further is the fact that she even wears boys boxers and a sports bra.
PSYCHOLOGY
"Live for something, friend. Last thing anyone wants is to die in a ditch looking up at the sky realizing they ain't do nothin'."
MAIN GOAL ⫻ Meifeng wants to find her mother and younger sister... who, deep down, she knows is more than likely dead. She knows that the world is over and any chances of a normal life is now a pipe dream. Meifeng simply wants to go out with a bang and make the apocalypse as enjoyable as possible.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Passion above all else, that is what Meifeng believes in. She thinks that people can feel stuff for a reason, yes and people shouldn't be afraid to show their emotions and believe in what they believe in. And whatever someone believes in; they should be ready to die for it at a moment's notice.
SECRETS ⫻ Meifeng keeps her innate depression, sorrows, and anything that betrays her passionate nature a secret. In all honestness, it's all a facade, one that anyone with half a brain can see through. She knows that the world's fucked and just really wants to have some last fun before it goes out.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Meifeng is bisexual and has no real preference towards one or the other. She has discovered her bisexuality years ago during a botched romantic moment with a friend. Meifeng is flirty, and because she's so confident in herself, she's willing to flirt with anyone that pips her interest.
FEARS ⫻ Meifeng fears the ugly truth; that her little sister and mother are dead. She knows that it's true, but she wants to avoid that ugly truth if possible. Meifeng also fears going out without a bang - because she knows everything is fucked, so she wants to be happy when she dies at the very least.
QUIRKS ⫻ Too many to count.
FLAWS ⫻ Meifeng has already given up on hope for humanity and thus she only desires to party. She's loud, headstrong, and impulsive.
BACKSTORY
"Lonliness is a bitch."
So to be brief, Meifeng was born in China and her mother, Lihua Zhao, was an Olympic athlete before she decided to move on from China after the death of her husband. They settled in the great city of Los Angeles and Lihua took up a nice office job that paid well... but given that she was a workaholic she spent more time at the job than at home. And what time she spent home; she was knocked out or drunk off her ass. The illustrious Lihua Zhao was definitely not quite illustrious behind closed doors. Which meant that Meifeng had to be independent; she did most of the household cooking and cleaning for herself. In addition to her studying and other extracurricular activities. However, Meifeng desired more; she wanted her mother's attention and friendship as her childhood was definitely a lonely one. Especially since her English was terrible going to school and she had a hard time grasping it. Which made her the target of much ridicule and bullies; until she met her future best friend, Jennifer Caspin. Jennifer was also an outcast and a savvy one at that; she helped Meifeng learn English and they formed an inseparable bond despite their personalities being polar opposites.
Along the way, Meifeng made other friends, such as Cindy Keagan, that she had all the way to graduating grade school. Though there was one hitch that Meifeng didn't expect; the birth of her little sister Lijuan Zhao. Lijuan was born from a drunken one night stand that Lihua had with a coworker, and Lihua held onto the child of course. Meifeng loved her little sister unconditionally. After school, Meifeng was unsure what she wanted to do with her life; her friend Cindy went army but that wasn't what she wanted. She wanted a cool action hero job... so she decided to aspire for a degree in Criminal Justice. So she ended up going to the University of South Florida and while there were a few hitches here and there (due to Meifeng's rampant partying) she was on her way to earning her degree.
However, when she went back home for Summer Break; that was when shit hit the fan. The mist rolled right as she was getting off the plane and that was when the massacre began. The monsters killed everyone in sight but Meifeng was one of the few that was fortunate enough to getaway. Armed with a baseball bat she went back to her home... only to find blood and not one sight of her mother or sister. Forced to flee her home, Meifeng made her way to a camp set up by the army where she ran into her distant friend Cindy Keagan, now a Staff Sergeant in the army.
She wondered what the hell they were going to do next... when the mist rolled in and the base was overrun. Cindy and Meifeng hauled ass in Cindy's car and so far they've been roaming the collapsed American society trying to find some type of safety.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"No, I don't know karate. Fuck off."
Cooking ⫻ One of the only skills that Meifeng got from her early life was that she knows how to prepare some food from scratch. She can skin a chicken and other animals and cook it up asap. Of course, Meifeng knows how to make a mean grilled cheese.
Shooting ⫻ During their time roaming the American-Wasteland, her friend Cindy kinda taught her the basics of shooting. Though, Meifeng still can't shoot the broadside of a barn and Cindy has a hard time using any weapon that's not an M4A1.
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
"Need tampons bad."
Remington Shotgun ⫻ A shotgun that Meifeng carries around on her that she picked off some dead guy. Unfortunately, while fighting the monsters she used the last of the ammo and now she just uses it for intimidation in the event they run into humans.
Aluminium Baseball Bat ⫻ Meifeng's weapon of choice; an old, dented, baseball bat. It's bloodied from breaking some skulls open but Meifeng never lets it leave her side.
Switch-Blade ⫻ Something that Meifeng almost never uses as a weapon but it's merely a switchblade. It's what she uses whenever she needs to cut stuff, but the blade is getting dull.
OTHER
"Hope for humanity is a stillborn dream."
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"The military couldn't stop the fog, girl. If they can't, who can?"
A few years working with the army really allowed Cindy to really put her body in great shape. She still looks somewhat mousy behind the pair of glasses that she's always seen wearing. However, she carries herself like a diva and makes it her mission to appear her best. Wearing the best and stylish clothes (She can afford to buy with her army budget), making sure that every part of her body is very well maintained, and walking with grace. People get the feeling that she emanates vanity, but quite the opposite, really. She's actually a very open, and friendly, human being. Cindy simply has a cool and collected aura that doesn't let too much emotion slip. However, she can still show friendliness in the way of smiles, and a generally polite demeanor. Though, that can flip in the drop of a hat, if someone were to set her off.
As it's been stated before, Cindy's build has gone up a bit. She isn't super muscular, but she is very tight, and has a light layer of muscle from all the exercise she does. The last thing that Cindy wants to do is gain a million pounds, so that's why she does a lot of working out in her spare time. She jogs, lifts weights, and does all that jazz, which is why her layer of muscle is mostly around her leg area. Speaking of her legs, Cindy's legs are quite thick. You see, Cindy was fortunately blessed by puberty to have a distinct body shape. She has a pear-shaped body. Her upper body is fairly narrow, that aforementioned thin body, small bust (at 30d), and very narrow shoulders. However, her thighs, legs, and behind are very thick. Which are usually accentuated from her outfits? It's something that Cindy feels much pride in. All inherited from her father's side of the family, of course.
Speaking of Cindy's genealogy, one of Cindy's most notable features is how she quite racially ambiguous. She's mixed from two vastly different ethnicities. Cindy's father was a proud African-American man with roots from Kenya, Uganda, and Sierra Leone. Which gave him a variety of looks from several different African countries. Her mother, on the other hand, was Indian. Cindy, on the other hand, takes more from her father in terms of her looks - he says that he looks exactly like his mother! However, her awfully dark-brown skin tone, her afro-textured hair, and skull-shape are obviously African-American. Which makes it appear heavily like she's two different races... and nobody can really tell which one. Though, whenever Cindy opens her mouth, she has a very urban accent. Sprinkling her sentences with "yo," and "ya'll" and other dialogue that'd be inappropriate in a professional setting.
A very stylish woman, when she's not wearing OCPs. You can tell that the years she spent within Los Angeles has really given her a great fashion sense. She tends to wear very stylish clothes that are up to date on the latest urban trends. She'll wear just about anything long as it looks good, and makes her look fun. However, due to her time in Verthaven, her outfits tend to be very loose. Cindy will wear T-shirts, jeans, skirts, dresses, and whatnot. Though she tends to omit the skirts and dresses for jeans and has a shirt and a jacket of some sort another top of that. Other times, Cindy dresses a little bit like school-girl wearing dress shirts, and she's notable for wearing ties. Her style does not seem to be consistent as her wardrobe is seemingly endless. As for other kinds of clothing, Cindy is perfectly fine with wearing hats (She loves straw hats), jewelry (Along the line of necklaces, and bracelets), and things such as scarves.
PSYCHOLOGY
"Trust me and we'll get through this, I'm a professional."
MAIN GOAL ⫻ Cindy just wants to get the hell out of this hell. Whatever the price.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Cindy believes in peace and staying out of people's way. She definitely doesn't like to raise a fuss no matter what happens, and even as a Sergeant in the army that hasn't changed. She's laid back, cool-headed, and always takes things slowly. Cindy actually legitimately cares about the people around her, and only wants to see them succeed. Due to a rather liberal upbringing, in which she could see many different places, meet a variety of people, and experience many different things, Cindy is very open-minded, free-thinking, and whatnot. She rejects conservative ideals in favor of a more progressive way of thinking. Which is why Cindy won't discriminate based on race, gender, and whatnot.
SECRETS ⫻ Cindy is, deep down quite sullen, fatigued, and wracked with sorrow. Losing friends and family, and almost dying several times has really left its mark on Cindy's mental state. She has generally gotten over the deaths of her family, but sometimes it still comes back to haunt her. She tries to bury her trauma with a happy face, but nothing truly works. Other than a bottle of alcohol, of course.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Straight as an arrow.
FEARS ⫻ Cindy doesn't fear a whole lot anymore except faltering herself.
QUIRKS ⫻ N/A.
FLAWS ⫻ Cindy is unaware of this, but she has arrogant and cocky due to her time in the military. Because of her training she knows a lot about survival, but she
BACKSTORY
"Joining the army was the best decision of my life, but it might have been the only thing keeping me and Meifeng alive."
Now, Cindy was born as the result of an unwed couple getting a little too passionate with their love. Her mother was an Indian Immigrant named Asha Patel, who came to America with her family decades ago. She worked as a teacher for the local university and Jackson Keagan. A man who climbed out of the poverty that is the hoods of Los Angeles, and avoided the gang violence that is prevalent in the area. He followed his passions to the top and became a club owner - He had to take a second job, but he was otherwise happy. They met at a bar, after some particular flirting, they became a thing. Months later, and they became particularly intimate. After a few romances later, Cindy was conceived and introduced a conundrum for them. Asha's family didn't approve of their relation (And even less about Asha birthing a bastard), and they didn't exactly have enough money to support the child. They figured that they'd get married soon as possible, and try their best (Since neither of them wanted to give her up for adoption - nor did they want to abort her).
So, they got married soon as possible, and they moved into an apartment and they were happy. Cindy was born (Her parents got into a long back and worth as to what to name her, agreeing on Cindy), and did nothing but eat and shit as she grew bigger. There wasn't anything special about her upbringing, no dead parents, no dark and tragic past. As she grew up she developed social skills like no other and formed a huge social circle that involved lots of partying gossiping and rumors. However, Cindy's life was pretty uneventful - she met Meifeng. When she graduated high school; she decided against going to college since she wanted to leave that lifestyle behind. Instead, she wanted a different type of lifestyle - in the military of course. So she talked to her local recruiter, went to MEPS and eventually ended up in Fort Jackson for her basic training. Afterwards she went for her training as a 42A and eventually bounced around here and there.
Once she hit sergeant; she ended up becoming a recruiter (it was either that or a drill sergeant but recruiter paid more). Again she mostly did the same thing; bounced around from here to there lying to teenagers and everyone else she could to meet that quota. Then, the mist hit and shit hit the fan. Almost everyone was called up to fight the monsters, including Cindy. The army did a pretty good job holding them back at first but eventually, it turned out that there were more monsters than they had bullets. Many units were completely overrun by the beasts and soon the United States fell.
Cindy was in one of the last camps near Los Angeles and eventually, she ran into her best friend, Meifeng. When the mist rolled around she had no choice but to cut and run with Meifeng.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"Just because I had an office job doesn't mean I still can't fight."
Soldier-Girl ⫻ Cindy has been with the army since she was eighteen and has picked up a ton of skills. She's a leader, she can shoot pretty well (though she only knows how to use an M4A1 carbine to tell you the truth), knows medical skills, and much more.
People-Person ⫻ Cindy definitely learned how to do this before becoming a recruiter. She knows how to talk to people, tell them what they want to hear, among other things.
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
"Had to leave my body armor."
Assault-Pack ⫻ Cindy grabbed one before she hauled ass out of the base that was getting overrun. An Assault-Pack is basically a glorified backpack but it's what she's been using to keep all of her items in. Such as her clothes and what little feminine hygiene items she has left.
SIG Sauer M17 ⫻ A pistol that Cindy grabbed off a dead guy during the attacks, she has a few clips left and has been using it conservatively. However, she doesn't know to use a pistol all that well.
Tactical Knife ⫻ Just a simple knife that she uses when she needs to cut stuff. She keeps it at her side at all times in case she needs to stab somebody or cut herself free from a monster.
OTHER
"Lord knows I've been trying to keep the two of us alive."
First impressions speak wonders. For Dean, he would get the occasional unsolicited stare when he'd be out and about. It's not his salt and pepper beard groomed to near perfection or his ruggedly handsome looks, but rather, the large number of tattoos on display from his neck down to his fingers. To top it off, his facial expression usually matches his outward appearance. He has the male equivalent of "resting bitch face", and his neutral expression makes him unapproachable at times. Dean has been advised by his friends he needs to smile more, but the man simply scoffs and gives them the middle finger. Dean's attitude coupled with his naturally strong build sometimes puts him in the hot seat.
Fashion-wise, the man is unpredictable. He looks good in a tuxedo, sweatpants, or shorts. Given the California weather, he'll wear whatever is appropriate at the time, which more often than not it's a button-down shirt and jeans. If he had to pick, he'd say his favorite style is business casual. As a bar-owner, Dean takes full advantage of the freedom he's allowed with his wardrobe. On occasion, he dons some of the jewelry he owns such as a watch or ring, but he refuses to over-accessorize.
On the other hand, there's Jane. She is a rather short girl for her age, but despite being small, she packs a big personality. Growing up, she always loved playing dress-up with her dolls and having tea parties, thus her hair always had to be made up and her nails almost always had a layer or two of glitter. But sometime in middle school, she dropped the act. She cut her hair short to make it easier to manage and given she has bright blue eyes, she loved the contrast created by black eyeliner and mascara. Some have labeled her as a goth, but she doesn't have any one specific style. She'll dress up if she needs to or dresses down to lounge or run errands.
PSYCHOLOGY
MAIN GOAL ⫻ Dean and Jane both want to find Sydney as well as take care of each other.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ This step-father/step-daughter duo have somewhat similar personalities. Dean has a "fuck it" mentality. He's overly-confident and believes he can get out of any nasty situation he may find himself in. Jane, much like her step-father, doesn't worry too much about what may or may not go wrong as she's a natural-born rebel. Currently, however, they're both starting to realize that they need a solid plan to simply survive.
SECRETS ⫻ When he was young, Dean got into a fight with another kid from school, Stefan. The two were alone, and after being punched in the nose hard enough to start bleeding, Dean knocked out Stefan and left him lying on the ground. News later circulated that Stefan was found dead, and Dean has never said a word of it to anyone. Jane's secret isn't anywhere near as shocking. She lost her virginity to a boy named Max on her 15th birthday and she never told her mom, or anyone else for that matter.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Both Dean and Jane are heterosexual.
FEARS ⫻ Dean is scared of losing those he loves the most, while Jane fears death.
QUIRKS ⫻ N/A.
FLAWS ⫻ Dean is reckless and at times believes himself to be untouchable. Jane has an attitude problem. She'll say things she later regrets but can't help herself in the heat of the moment.
BACKSTORY
It's no secret Dean had a troubled past. From a young age, he got involved with the wrong crowd and it went downhill from there. He often would drink and smoke weed, and eventually got his feet wet with the harder stuff. But his experimentation didn't last as he didn't enjoy the aftermath of the effects. Throughout his adolescence, Dean was in and out of juvie a number of times. His mother, who was raising him alone at the time, threatened to send him to some boot camp for troubled youth, but Dean didn't pay her any mind. He loved her, but he knew she wouldn't do anything like that to him. But his mindset changed when one day, the school's dean had a talk with him. He'd either clean up his act, or face expulsion. Sure, he'd been suspended numerous times, but he was never threatened to be kicked out of school. Just because he was a bad boy didn't mean he was stupid. He still wanted a high school education, and since he was so close to achieving that goal, he slowly began to clean up his act. Not only did his mother take notice, but so did the school staff. They supported him every step along the way until his graduation. Dean was indecisive as to his future, but after a few years of going in and out menial jobs, he started working at a local pub as a barback, and he loved it. Dean slowly moved up, being promoted to bartender after some time and eventually, bar manager. He loved his job, and he had an amazing life going for himself when he met Sydney.
The young woman, Sydney, showed up at the bar one evening while leaving her daughter, Jane, with a babysitter. Jane was two years old and was as playful as a little girl could be despite the fact that her father was shot and killed during a sting with drug dealers. She was too young to understand why her father was gone, and the thought never crossed her mind until she was told the truth one day. Sydney and Dean eloped, the family eventually moving down to California when Jane was 7 years old. Sydney's architecture business was thriving, and Dean had just opened his own bar. Jane was without a doubt a pretty lucky child. Or she was, until they had to break the news to her that Dean was not her relative by blood. Jane took it pretty hard, lashing out at her parents before running away for the night. She had the typical teenage response to such big news, but over time, she slowly calmed down and realized she didn't have to treat Dean any differently than she had been treating him up to that point.
When the mist rolled around, Sydney was nowhere to be found. Dean and Jane were quickly able to meet up at the bar, but their attempts at getting through to her were futile. The two rushed home, avoiding the chaos going on around them, but Sydney wasn't there either. They debated staying home and waiting, but their argument was cut short when they heard a loud crash somewhere near the back of the house. They ran to the car and Dean peeled out of the driveway as Jane stared in awe at the monsters in the distance.
Up to that point they've avoided being killed, hoping that Sydney too was alive.
SKILLS & TALENTS
Brawler ⫻ Dean has had his share number of fights, and he's won most of them. He's not afraid to get down and dirty with an opponent or multiple attackers.
Multilingual ⫻ Even though Jane is young, she has learned two additional languages aside from her native English. She speaks French and Spanish, making it easier to communicate with some strangers whom they may come across.
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
Glock 17 ⫻ Due to his upbringing, Dean always knew a gun by his side would help him rather than hurt him, and he's had a number of them throughout the years. When the situation turned ugly, he grabbed his Glock and tucked it behind his back before he frantically tried to get hold of his wife.
First aid kit ⫻ Jane had called Dean who then advised her to rush to the bar. She had her backpack with her and the first thing he did was snatch the kit from behind the bar, handing it to her so she could put it away.
OTHER
"We'll find your mother, don't worry." "I hope you mean that..."
"I finally get six packs. Six packs of Starvation!"
[ 19 | 5'11 | Asian mix | He/Him | 163lbs ]
[Afloat]
APPEARANCE
"God I need a haircut."
Standing close to six feet and weighed around 220 lbs, you would not associating Cheung of half a month ago to the current Cheung. First off, he was a much chubbier person. He would slouch a lot, frowned a lot, sighed a lot. He would never groom his mustache, insisting on letting it untouched for as long as he shall live. Perhaps the only nice thing back then was the shortness of his hair. It makes him a bit tougher.
But, you can say that the mist changed a lot of things for a person. Cheung isn't that chubby anymore. It's kinda hard to remain chubby when you have nothing to eat for 3 days straight anyway. His mustache is now gone. His hair is uncomfortably long. And while we are on the note of noteworthy features, add the missing of pinky and ring finger of the right hand to the list. On the plus side, he has six abs now. Still, his fashion is the same as before. His wardrobe consisted of nothing more than cold colors jeans, black jackets, and grey to mossy green long-sleeves shirt. There are some shorts here and there, but the occasions where he can be seen with them are few. Even California's heat and the mist can't strip him from his favorite black jacket, mossy long sleeve shirt, and brown khaki combo.
PSYCHOLOGY
"I thought I could do everything to stay alive. Turn out, I can't.
MAIN GOAL ⫻ It was all about surviving during the first few days. But then, it turns into helping others to stay alive.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ If he can't be there when they need him, he can be the alleviation for their suffering. A can of food. A helping hands.
SECRETS ⫻ He could have save her, his roommate. But he left her to die behind the door while he hid in fear.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Heterosexuality
FEARS ⫻ He is really afraid of pain. He can't imagine how loud would he yell or how much pain he would endure before death come. So avoiding pain is the first priority.
QUIRKS ⫻ He always scratches his head when he is embarrassed.
FLAWS ⫻ [Hypocrite]: Cheung likes to judge people based on his impeccable scales. But, when things come to shove, Cheung will likely hide better than a rabbit.
BACKSTORY
"Well, I leave. Close the door and all that."
Perhaps, when standing from an outsider viewpoint, Cheung is your average Chinese ascendant child. Great at Math, ace his AP test, having his dream job as an engineer. Perhaps having one or two accomplishments during his early times, competing in a few STEM competitions,... Nothing really stands out in a sea of already standout people.
And that makes Cheung disappointed.
Cheung felt that his life was somewhat of a mistake when he was born. He was born into a family of six, and a contestant for the next "head-figure" of the family. As such, he was pampered with loves and unnecessary adorations from the adults. His grandfather played favorite games with Cheung's other cousin. His grandma loves him more than she will ever love his sisters. His father speaks with this kind of knowledge as if Cheung would overcome some great tasks in his life. And his mother always speaks of making his own decision. But this only devastated the child more when he compared himself to the more accomplished peers.
Cheung feels lost. He didn't know what to do. What to make out of it. He feels that this unfair treating should stop, but he doesn't know whether he should speak out or do something about it. And this loss of direction and self-control sparks anger inside him. He thinks that he should be scolded for his failure, that he should learn something. But no one sees that. No one helped.
He associated his loss to his family. If they have not pampered him so much, showered him with praises for everything he achieved and give him more praises even when he failed, perhaps he would not be so lost.
So, he just learned his best and yeeted himself out of New York. He went as far as he can. He took extra jobs to make sure he will never be free enough to come back. And when the mist came, when everyone tried to make a run for their home, Cheung hunkered down in his room, queued for another round and just suffered the first night in solitude.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"Just in case I can't find a job."
[Electricity class]⫻ Cheung knows how to read the electricity diagram (the simple one). He has the basic concept of how electricity works and normal circuitry. He has no idea how to fix a generator, but he can be trustworthy enough to change a lightbulb.
[Police code]⫻ Not the computer, although those are kind of useless these days. As a matter of fact, Cheung knows most of the common police codes due to his community service officer's background.
Tawny skin tone, spine shows skinny, 5'6 without heels and 6'0 in heels. Her hair is dark brown, in a pixie cut, and curly if she doesn't flatten it. Her eyes are dark brown. Her ears are pierced. She's into flashy over the top fashion when she parties, colorful girly fashion for her every day wear, and Korean over sized fashion when she doesn't feel like dressing up. All her clothes has a luxury brand logo on them somewhere and she never wears last season's outfits. Her accessories are diamonds, diamonds, and more diamonds. If she's not more blinding than the sun, then she's not doing it right. Her nails and toes are a different color every week. She gets her nails done as sharp as she can, unless she has a girlfriend. She has freckles across her cheeks and nose.
PSYCHOLOGY
"Definitely the worst and doesn't care."
MAIN GOAL ⫻ To marry a rich man or woman with legal financial earnings. Her father's money is dirty and she knows she won't make it in jail, so she needs wealth that won't get her arrested.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Cash is king.
SECRETS ⫻ She's the secret love child of a Mexican drug lord.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Bisexual, but is looking for a spouse with fat pockets. Will marry for the promise of a limitless credit card and freedom to do what she wants when she wants.
FEARS ⫻ Being cut off from her father's bank account once he dies and her older brother takes over.
QUIRKS ⫻ Clicks her tongue and rolls her eyes when she's annoyed.
FLAWS ⫻ Selfish, manipulative, privileged, and petty.
BACKSTORY
"Never been without a dime."
Belen is the daughter of plastic surgeon Dr. Violeta Cartwright and drug lord Emiliano Huerta. Violeta was vacationing in Mexico for two weeks the summer of her last year in med school when she met Emiliano. They had an affair, Violeta well aware that Emiliano had a wife and ten year old son, Nataniel. Violeta went back pregnant and with Emiliano's phone number to his business cell phone, so his wife wouldn't find out. Once she told him about her pregnancy he wired money into an offshore account she had access to, because family was the most important thing to him and he wasn't going to be a deadbeat to his little girl, despite rarely getting to see her. Violeta used the money for medical bills, expenses, and to move out of her studio apartment and into a mansion in San Diego, CA. His paid bodyguards to watch over his family, hired nannies to take care of Belen while Violeta finished her residency and started her career. They were the ones that taught her spanish and spoiled her, but Violeta wasn't having it. She tried to instill the value of money and hard work into her daughter, but Belen was too headstrong for her own good and didn't know how to listen. Instead, she charmed her way into getting what she wanted with a sweet smile and empty promises.
Belen had two rooms for her playroom full of every toy she ever wanted. When she became a teenager the rooms became her closet. One for the latest clothing and the second for last season's shit she hasn't given away yet. For her sixteenth birthday she got a Lamborghini, crashed it at a party a month later and got a new one. Most of her friends are the fakest bitches you ever did see. Many were patrons to her mother's clinic. They were all insecure, ugly scrubs that needed to fix their looks, because they couldn't compare to her. Her real friends were her bodyguards Gregorio and Cruz. They followed her everywhere and tried their best to advice her on bad decisions. Sometimes she listened, sometimes she didn't. The boys and girls she "dated" were the leather jacket, motorcycle, sob story, fix me types that she lavished with gifts, fucked, and "loved", until she got annoyed with them and sent them back to the hard-knock gutter they crawled out of. She graduated from a catholic school with mostly elite children that were just as bad as her, but not better because no one's better than Belen. She never bothered with college cause that's for people that don't know how to marry rich and need jobs to sustain them.
Boys and girls filled the empty whole in her heart where her father should've been. She had all the shit and comfort of wealth, but not the love she needed. Her mother, nannies, bodyguards, and occasionally her brother weren't enough. To her it wasn't fair that Nataniel got to have both parents while she got secret skype calls whenever her step-mother was on vacation. Bullshit. Nataniel and her got along-ish. He lived with them for the five years he was in college abroad. He long accepted his father was a cheating asshole and didn't take it out on his extended family. Belen, on the other hand, was a brat to him at every turn, because she recent the relationship he has with their father. The older she got the more she eased up and realized he had as much control over their father's actions as she did. She's worried that as soon as their father kicks the bucket, he's in his fifties and three years in remission from prostate cancer. It could come back any moment and if he dies that's it for her, unless her brother keeps her on the books. So she's on the hunt for some rich fuck that's tolerable and will her spend money like it comes from a fountain.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"No basic bitches allowed."
MANIPULATIVE ⫻ Belen's more than just a pretty face. To get what she wants she learned that people will do anything for anyone with her looks, even if they know she's toying with them. Not her fault people are willing to take the poison.
HAND GUN TRAINING ⫻ Her father has a lot of enemies. She's his best kept secret, but that doesn't mean he doesn't pay for her to have protection. That includes learning to shoot hand guns, because you can never be sure how competent hired guards truly are.
ATTENTION TO DETAIL ⫻ She has to notice the little things to pick at people insecurities or their desires when she manipulates them. And she can't walk outside without looking her best and being stylish and matching takes practiced detail.
YOGA ⫻ Does yoga advanced yoga to stay in shape.
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
"Not the bitch to fuck with."
GOLD RUGER .380 LCP ⫻ Tiny and easy to hide in her purse. Has one magazine with 6 rounds and an extra just encase.
LOUIS VUITTON ALL-IN MM ⫻ Large and spacious for three pairs of clothes, protein snacks, and her hand gun with an extra magazine in the inside pocket.
BODY GUARDS ⫻ Her father has two bodyguards following her everywhere for protection. Gregorio and Cruz are ex-military and while they were only in it for the money, they've been with Belen for nearly twenty years. They're loyalty is with her and they'd do anything to protect her.
Lena doesn’t look like it at first glance, but she’s actually pretty fit. She wears a dark gray coat I’ve her body, it hugs her chest a little tightly, but the sleeve flair out a bit and are therefore rather loose. Her skin is a fair olive shade, and has what looks to be faint burn marks from days long gone. These burns are more prevalent around her hands. Lena’s hair is almost always in a really thick braid, almost as thick as her arms. Any hair that she misses simply gets chopped off. Her massive braid thins out towards its end, away from her head. This hair is the color of tree bark, and though it’s tied up, it looks a bit messy.
Lena has this resting face that looks as if she’s lived for hundreds of years, nothing ever seems to phase her or shake that stone expression she wears. She also has some pretty noticeable dark circles around her eyes as a result of developing insomnia thanks to the fucks in the most. Lena typically wears clothes that don’t move from her body, but flow off of her limbs, an example of this is her coat, and her faded jeans that she’s had on for who knows how long. She also has a pair of weathered, knee high boots that she found in an abandoned shop somewhere. Lena’s eyes, if you can see them, are a dark brown color with some lighter brown flecks in them. Hanging from her shoulders is a small and light blue backpack.
PSYCHOLOGY
"As long as we’re alive, we win. When we die, they win."
MAIN GOAL ⫻ Lena hasn’t had much of a goal in mind since the world went to shit. She’s just stuck to herself and tried to stay alive until she can’t for as long as she can’t.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ As far as she’s concerned, you should walk like there’s a knife in your boot, in her case, there’s usually more than one. She doesn’t let this reddened world slow her down, and believes in letting life get away with just enough before it starts to bite her. Nothing is meant to happen, it just happens.
SECRETS ⫻ She wasn’t always female.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Like hell if she knows.
FEARS ⫻ She’s probably worried the most about one day walking through some ruined city and finding somebody from her old life, someone who didn’t know who “Lena” is.
QUIRKS ⫻ She sometimes seems almost dangerously relaxed, too much so for her own good in a world full of monsters.
FLAWS ⫻ Again, sometimes she just can’t bring herself to feel worried about anything. On top of that, she doesn’t know shit about guns.
BACKSTORY
"As much as I hate to say it, the past makes us who we are."
A long time ago, there was a kid with a name Lena never even thinks about anymore. He grew up in a quiet town with a lot of people in it, and held onto a secret he didn’t want anyone knowing about. This kid didn’t have the best parents growing up, they always talked about how he was their property and how they had the right to do anything in the world.
Though this kid never harbored any sort of serious hate for anyone, he still tried to keep as much distance between himself and those parents of his as possible. If he wasn’t at school, he was in his room alone. But he started coming out of there more and more when he and his father built a makeshift forge in their backyard. His dad made things like hatchets and shovels, or nails. The kid made knives and swords, and was pretty damn good at it too.
By the time people were spreading rumors about this kid, and spreading rumors about a red cloud, he had already made an entire arsenal of sharp weapons out of enjoyment alone. His father was beginning to pick up of the things people were saying about him, so he confronted his son. They got into a serious feud, and a fist or two had been thrown.
That was the day the most came.
Hours after that fight, the kid was outside working on a knife when the monsters hit the other side of town, where his dad was blowing off steam. In a fit of adrenaline and fear, the kid grabbed a backpack, loaded it with some things, and grabbed as many of his knives as he could. If anyone made it out of that town, they’d never see him again.
After that godawful day, the kid stuck to himself even after seeing plenty of survivors, but more importantly, he stopped being that kid, the world he hid from was behind him, now he was Lena Carter. She stopped caring about hiding, unless it was to hide from the mist. The end of the world took that old face away, now her secret was out, and she was herself.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"Need a weapon? Sure."
[REMOVE THIS. A list of everything your character is good at... just, uh, keep it realistic. If I see one judo black belt with survival skills training, cooking, and rifle training, I'm gonna slap a bitch. REMOVE THIS.]
Forging⫻ More specifically bladesmithing, Lena grew up with a cobbled-together solid fuel forget in her backyard, built by her father, when the two of them decided they needed something new to do. As a result of this, Lena’s good at crafting knives or small swords, as well as tempering and even repairing small damage to some weapons.
Melee Combat⫻ Lena’s never had formal training under some kind of teacher, but she’s always had an interest in fighting with daggers or swords, so she taught herself from a young age.
Managing Fire⫻ Lena’s old forge was fueled by coal and wood, and this made her learn the hard way how to arrange and stack material to keep air circulating through a fire. As long as she has something flammable, she should be able to keep a flame going for a while.
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
"Quote about equipment and or gear."
Various knives ⫻ Having grown with bladed weapons, Lena was able to grab quite a few, all of them she made at various stages in her life. Most of the ones she has now are, at first glance, hilariously small, but those are just emergency ones that she keeps in her boot or strung around her neck, and almost all of them are for things like stabbing or cutting through something small like a rope or some asshole’s hand. In total she has around 5 or 6 somewhere on her body. Her “serious” knife is an 8 inch integral-style dagger designed for hacking and puncturing. She hides its sheath under her coat.
Backpack ⫻ Inside this small pack is little more than a flask for water, one or two cans of food, and a rolled up blanket that she occasionally uses to sleep.
OTHER
"I’ve stopped thinking that the mist is the bad guy, just more like us before it showed up."
From the get-go, Hyoyeon seems someone who too pretty for anyone's good; Like she would look down on you even though she is 158cm. Her long, silky, brownish-blackish hair, small lips, and small nose are part of the Hyoyeon set of facial features that make her who she is. Her glasses are round and are usually the first thing people see, since most people walk up to her and usually look down because of her height and see her glasses. After that it is followed by her slim yet athletic figure, relatively small chest size and surprisingly, quite muscular legs.
In terms of fashion, she is still usually dawns Korean female fashion, though having usually multiple layers unless the weather calls for something lighter and cooler since she does take the heat very well.
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s k í l l s & t α l є n t s ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
➣➣➣ Taekwando ; Being born in Korea with a strict father who has seen that boys swoon over her, he wanted her to be able to defend herself. One black belt later... She knows very well how to defend herself. ➣➣➣ Hand-Gun Training ; After one break in in her apartment, she wanted to get herself means of defending herself, since she knew that Taekwando will only go so far, especially against enemies that are armed, so she got herself decent hand-gun training. ➣➣➣ Cardio ; She was in the swim team before, so her cardio and endurance is very good and it is still quite good when under pressure.
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"I got your back, as long as you have mine!"
MAIN GOAL : Not die, get home with everything back to normal.
PHILOSOPHY : As long as you have those who'll fight with you, you're invincible.
SECRETS : She could have saved her father... But didn't.
SEXUALITY : Bisexual.
FEARS : The past: Keep moving forward, you don't need to relive anything you don't regret.
QUIRKS : She bites her lip when she overwhelmed.
FLAWS : Sometimes thinks she's always right, and she wants to think everything will be alright, but she knows it won't.
є q u í p m є n t & g є α r ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ "A chocolate bar would be great."
➣➣➣ M1911 Pistol: Worn down, but still useful. ➣➣➣ Golf club: Looks like it's hit more creatures than golf balls. ➣➣➣ Backpack: It's got a few patches from multiple stitches, Hyoyeon has kept this backpack alive.
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"Didn't expect that now did ya'?"
It has been awhile since Hyohyeon thought about her past, a past that she has long opted to forget but really could not. Hyoyeon did grow up as the easy-going girl people know her as today but that does not mean she has not had her problems growing up. Her father was- over protective, definitely too overprotective, to the point where the girl never had good privacy growing up.
Her father had her growing up athletics to keep the boys swooning over her, and she was a surprisingly fast learner, from Taekwando to the college Swim team she was definitely proving to her father that she could handle herself over anything. Of course, even with all of that, her father did not let up until she eventually moved out, but he was still too protective. There was the nightly encounter of an armed robber who took her laptop but even she was able to give the man a right beating before running off. That was where her love of handguns had grown.
The day before everything went to shit, her father had forced her to play a round of golf with her but left his clubs with her for some odd reason. But when the mist covered the sky that was when things changed for the Korean. A monster had crashed in through the window and started attacking the terrified Korean. She eventually got the heaviest and sturdiest golf club she could fish out from the rack and beat the monster out of her apartment, out the window it came from.
Holy shit.
She grabbed her light Gray backpack, put the pistol in a holster around her waist and left her apartment with a few energy bars, a bottle of water and her now trusty golf club. She had gotten in her car with some definite trouble and headed to her father's house, a good 10 minute drive away. As soon as she got there, the man had run out onto the street, shooting at creatures with the rifle he had but was eventually swarmed. Hyoyeon watched from the drivers street, she could have saved him... But didn't.
After that, she drove off, seeing where the remaining gas of her car would take her, hopefully somewhere where things aren't fucked.
"Man, maybe this is bad, but I don't really feel bad for the dead. Like... like I've always been seen as just a dumb, silly little slut right? But I'm still alive. And like, everyone who hated me couldn't even last a week? It's pretty funny... and I'm still ready-- like water for chocolate."
Name:
Birth name: Angel Evans
Legal name: Maya Isaacs
Alias(es): Maya D. Starless, Maya Libertine, Bloody Maria
Age: She's been turning '27' for... maybe the past 10 years, at least? Height: 5' 10"/1.77 m-- though she will insist she's actually just a healthy 5'8". Weight: 110~ lbs/50~ kg. Her weight fluctuates pretty rapidly. Race: Unclear. She knows her birth father was black and Puerto Rican, so that's what she tells people. (Can't speak a lick of Spanish, though) Pronouns: She/Her or They/Them, depending on her mood. Though of course she's much less strict about these things now. Horoscope (she cares about that kind of thing):
Sun: Scorpio
Moon: Aries
Rising: Capricorn
Text color:*#1E46A8* Face claim: Indya Moore
APPEARANCE
"And I oop and I oop and I oopandioopannaouannaouannou-- sksksksksksksksksksksksksks(...)"
If asked to define herself with one word, Maya would use 'glamour.' It's certainly an apt descriptor, though it doesn't tell the full story.
Maya is a beautiful, feminine-if-somewhat androgynous young woman-- (though, not as young as she would like most people to believe)-- with curious and sensual doe-like and dark eyes, framed by a thick mane of flowing, curly obsidian hair (occasionally styled, often left to its own devices). Her eyes can draw one in and her face will keep you looking, full of regal qualities, unblemished skin (thanks purely to a high level of skill with makeup), and naturally flushed and plump lips.
She smiles-- or rather, smirks-- easily, those perceptive enough may notice that these smiles don't always extend to her eyes-- those particularly perceptive may notice that her eyes often convey a certain melancholy, as well as a hunger, that many may recognize as lust. Her full lips are typically parted and dyed with some colorful variety of dark lipstick, contrasted against this Maya's honey mocha skin is maintained as flawlessly as the dawn-- the direct result of her very mixed ancestry, (of which she is only aware of her biological father's part) and, despite the apocalypse, makeup. Her eyebrows are regularly maintained and she spends more time than is responsible ensuring that none of the natural blemishes of her face can be seen. One of her (many) vices is makeup, obviously. She is particularly fond of concealer and lipstick.
Despite all of this, her face typically won't be the first thing that one notices about her. Due to being assigned male at birth, Maya naturally grew tall at a young age, by the time she had begun puberty blockers, she was well on her way to reaching her peak already-- and while they did help in preventing her from reaching 6' +, she is still a fair bit taller than the average woman, especially with her hair. Aside from her height, she has a slight, unassuming, very skinny and willowy physical frame with practically no muscle-- she is very much medically underweight, and her lack of nutrition before and after the mist has not helped with this. Her bust is modest, nearly flat, and her figure could best be described as a "thin, fragile hourglass." She has no noticeable physical disfigurements, save for dark spots along her arms where needles have hit (and missed) veins and her nails, once kept manicured, have been reduced to chipped, bitten down nubs.
Before the mist, despite not having the money for it, she shared the sensibilities of many a wealthy fashionista and tended to wear clothing that looked good, but lacked in functionality. Now that the mist is here, she still struggles with dressing efficiently, she won't wear extravagant gowns when trying to avoid human contact, but she will still wear designer tops and bottoms over clothing better suited for running or getting dirty. Being able to loot for such clothing has made this very easy for Maya.
PSYCHOLOGY
"Oh dear, there's not much here."
MAIN GOAL ♥ To blow up, and act like they don't know nobody. Meme's aside-- this wasn't too far from the truth in the 'beforetimes.' She wanted fame before, mostly to fuel her own addiction to pleasure. Now? Fame has been tossed aside in full pursuit of pleasure and aponia. Put simply, Maya doesn't want to deal with those monsters, or anything that would cause her pain or stress or anything like that. She wants to be warm and comfortable at night, and high all waking hours. Aside from that, finding her father-- though she doesn't want to admit this to herself, because looking for him means accepting the possibility he may be dead.
PHILOSOPHY ♥ She is an unrepentant hedonist, moral nihilist, and proud libertine.
SECRETS ♥ Not much, honestly. The fact that she's trans? Loud and proud. Her various addictions? She practically flaunts them as proof that she's still sane. She isn't particularly proud of some of the things she's done before the mist to maintain relevancy and her way of life, nor does she like her relationship with the mental healthcare system or her various diagnoses. She's not fond of discussing her parents, biological or adoptive.
SEXUALITY ♥ Lesbian. But she'll have sex with anyone.
FEARS ♥ The mist, obviously. Sobriety. She isn't particularly fond of bugs or rats, either.
QUIRKS ♥ She's compulsively been hoarding make-up and maintaining a made-up appearance to maintain a sense of normalcy. Most of the drugs she regularly partakes in (she's a bigger fan of hallucinogens and depressants than uppers), she isn't chemically dependent on (yet)-- it's purely mental. That being said, she does need liquor regularly or risk suffering withdrawals. On a more positive note-- she typically does really well with teenagers and children. While she may provide too high of a degree of freedom, she does genuinely care for them-- and may seem like a different person when interacting with them. They go out of their way to help children in need, and generally make younger people feel heard and seen, a trait inherited directly from her father.
FLAWS ♥ A refusal to fully apply herself. A lifetime of underachievement and unconditional support from her father has given her a bit of a complex, making her feel that even trying her best results in failure, so why try? The addictions and drinking can be a bit of a hindrance, of course. She exhibits many symptoms of borderline personality disorder, particularly in her risk taking, difficulty trusting, and rapidly fluctuating mood.
BACKSTORY
"A man who lies for a living is the most honest person I know. I think that's funny."
As far as the early stuff goes? Maya isn't exactly sure. She has the general outline, of course. She was born as Angel Evans, to a mother she'll never know, and a father who, at first at least, was well-meaning enough, but completely unprepared for a child. As time went on, her father became more distracted and neglectful, though she claims he was never outright abusive, her therapist may argue otherwise. She's forgotten most of this period, or otherwise buried it away. She remembers being in foster care for a few years, and that being so much worse. And she remembers things getting better, almost overnight, when she was adopted by a solidly B-list celebrity around the time she started high school.
She doesn't really know what happened to her birth father.
She has a much clearer memory of when she was adopted by her real father, very liberal, very gay icon Ricardo Isaacs, and onward. Moving from an Orange county poorhouse to the heart of Hollywood would make a strong impression on anyone. For Maya in particular, things clicked into place-- the excess, the parties, even the fake nature of everything made sense to her. It didn't matter that at this point she some mousy nobody in the body of a lanky boy. She could be whoever she wanted-- and so that's what she became.
Her transition, with puberty blockers, began around a year after moving in with who she would consider her true father (known to her alone, affectionately, as both Rico and Ricky). She was never a good student before, and going from the distractions of institutional poverty to the world through a lens of complete freedom didn't exactly help, but Rico getting her all the tutors she needed (as well as money making its way into certain hands to get her extra times, or failing grades accidentally marked higher)-- did help. When she expressed interest in music, Rico made that happen as well, giving her ample training from a young age, relative to when she was officially adopted-- enough so that she was able to earn a Masters of Fine Arts in Music Theory and Composition-- with financial assistance from Ricky, of course. Before the fall, she was an up and coming producer and song-writer, having worked with a few Billboard charting artists. It's very likely she's had writing credits on a few songs a fan of pop or pop-rap may have heard.
Her time at college was spent exploring her sexual identity (something she still loves exploring)-- and while she officially identifies as gay, she'll accept anyone as her play partner. Her openness and sexual liberation is something she directly inherited from Rico, himself very much a proponent for the open discussion and fostering of sexual relations. That being said, unaddressed insecurities developed during early childhood, combined with feelings of inadequacy due to feeling she never 'earned' anything, have left her a bit distrustful and unable to commit to much. She was in therapy for that before the fall, after much prodding from Ricky-- in fact, she was in the middle of a session before everything went belly-up. She's been traveling with her therapist and his son since then.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"Not to toot my own horn here, but I'm pretty good at...
...
blowing...
...
I'll go-- no, no-- it's fine, I'll leave."
[Kama Sutra expert] ♥ It's not a skill many would boast, but Maya dons this one and all of its implications and insults proudly. She is very adept at using her sexuality to get what she wants, as a weapon to some, as a means for negotiating on equal terms to others. Of course, there are many drawbacks in the world as it is, a lack of public services for treatment of STDs and those who would use violence to gain such things chief among them.
[Multi-instrumentalist] ♥ Right now, all she has is her voice. But Maya is a classically trained in many instruments, and informally or self-taught in many others. It'd be easier to list the few instruments she doesn't play. While she isn't trained in every style, she can recreate many songs she has heard within a day or two of hearing them.
[Decent actor] ♥ While she was never formally trained in classes, her adoptive father was a relatively famous actor before the fall, even moreso in his prime. A common night in with the two would involve watching one of his old Blaxpoitation movies, him explaining some of the techniques he'd use. The trick, he would often say, was making yourself believe the lie you we're telling everyone, before you even knew it. Her skill with make-up can often help sell whatever lie she's trying to sell, with a literal tailor made mask.
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
"*Drunk noises*"
[2017 Cadillac SUV] ♥ This car isn't hers-- technically it belongs to her therapist. Though, all driving, all siphoning of gas, and all maintenance (not much) is handled by his son. Maya, for her part, is an adequate navigator for night travel. Somehow, it's already on its last legs... But it's served as a reliable bed for a while now. Maya keeps several changes of clothes and a few other quality of life items in here.
[Chanel satchel] ♥ Somehow has less space inside than outside would imply. This is where she keeps pretty much all of her things that aren't clothes, which, isn't much.
[9" Italian Stiletto knife] ♥ This isn't hers-- it's on loan from her therapist's son, who wanted her to be protected. Maya has no idea how to use this efficiently-- she isn't particularly fond of violence, so her possessing this is almost entirely for show. That being said, it is very sharp and well maintained-- apparently (according to him) such a knife is illegal in the states, so however he got it, he takes good care of it.
[Make-up] ♥ At her current rate of use, Maya has about a month of concealer, eye liner, lipstick, and wet wipes in her satchel. A more than enough primer and nail polish to last at her current nervously reduced usage.
[Booze] ♥ A vodka girl. She keeps a flask on her person at all times. Her satchel has 3 Grey Goose minis, and a water bottle she is almost positive isn't actual water. This is mildly worrying. The near lack of booze, not the fact that she is 100% dehydrated.
[Basic hygiene supplies] ♥ The apocalypse is no reason to have bad breath and dirty teeth. Her deodorant will last, but she'll need new toothpaste and floss soon, though.
[Hormones] ♥ Her little group raided a pharmacy some time ago-- while she never particularly liked the idea of looting, she does know her hormone implant only has about 2 years left, if she's lucky. The hormones the place had were practically untouched. She grabbed a few bottles of spironolactone and estradiol to keep in her purse, just in case things don't go back to normal before then.
[... Other assorted pills] ♥ Well, in for a penny in for a pound, right? If she's going to steal the titty skittles, may as well take some of the fun stuff, as well. It's not like she can call her dealer up for these things! The place they hit up had been fairly cleaned through before they got there, but she knew of some more obscure downers that had been looked over that provide a passable high. These actually on her person or with her clothes-- her therapist's kid has about 6 months worth in one of his bags at recommended use, but she (and the kid, on occasion) take more than the doctor recommended amount, just a little, of course. They have 2 months between them. If they're lucky.
OTHER
"Really, I think we should just find some abandoned weed farm in the woods and wait this out."
Her favorite song is 'Love is Blue' and she considers the Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack the greatest film score, and a huge inspiration in her own sound design. Avant Garde Jazz musicians are her favorites. She very much values complexity and unique theming in her music.
That being said, she would unironically put this kind of thing on loop for 37 hours with zero hesitation.
"Looking good ♥"
... Or Hattie, it's not that big of a deal
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"Bruh, traffic downtown has NEVER been this good."
[ 16 | 5' 7"/170 cm | Mostly Black | He/Him | 136 lbs/62 kg ]
APPEARANCE
"Shit, man. I like what I like."
Riley is a lithe, lightly tan-skinned teenager with well maintained, midnight black locs that reach anywhere from shoulder length to halfway down his back, often further braided or kept in messy buns in an effort to keep his eyes clear. His body is of a build that exists somewhere between muscular and lanky-- he would call it 'otter mode'-- still, he is naturally very thin, despite his muscle he is rather unassuming. His face is a perfect blend of his father and his mother; with caramel skin, freckles, and smouldering hazel-green eyes coming from his mother, contrasted with full lips, a prominent nose, and 4C hair directly from his father. Many have described him as being somewhat feminine in appearance, while this happens less frequently as he's gets older, people mistook him for a girl regularly when he was little and his mother's 'soft' features were more prominent. Hoping to fix this somewhat, and not get rid of his hair, he he's been hoping to grow some facial hair. Right now, sadly, to no avail.
As far as fashion goes, he is most easily described as a 'punk.' However, he tends to not get too extravagant with it, dressing as plainly as possible. Go-to options include plain black or white T-shirts, sleeves rolled up or outright cut off-- stolen, of course, black jeans, slim and long, heavily thrifted and usually only kept together by his skill with a needle and thread, and an incredibly reliable pair of doc martin boots he's had since middle school, skidded up to hell and back. While those are interchangeable, his two staple articles of clothing include a black, military-style hat, and more recently an oversized leather jacket.
Both items are unique to him in that, at any time he'll have sewn multiple patches on, or attached any variety of buttons-- any color in his fashion comes from these. The jacket has been particularly altered to have increased functionality. Notable, among various patches and buttons for local bands or revolutionary slogans, is a personally constructed recreation of the Black Panther Party logo made against the black leather using white thread and floss, and a fairly large black crow, with a thorny red rose held in it's beak, a design of his own creation, made using similar methods and homemade dyes. The jacket, while newer, shows signs of wear from how frequently it is worn-- it it's not worn directly on his body, he's got it wrapped around his waist. The hat is also clearly worn, from being near constantly used for over 5 years, were it not for the alterations, the thing would have fallen apart.
The only other physical aspects of note are a chipped canine tooth from an incident post-mist, and nose and ear piercings as well as small tattoos on his lower legs, not professionally done, certainly not approved of by his father.
PSYCHOLOGY
"Psych wasn't really my subject, man."
MAIN GOAL ★ He wants to do whatever he can to help keep everyone alive and protect the people he cares about. To see his mother and her side of the family again. To see his friends again. He just met Maya, but it would kill him if anything happened to her. He even wants see his father's side of the family in deadass nowhere Georgia again.
PHILOSOPHY ★ Riley believes, perhaps too optimistically, that people can organize to get through this. That everyone has things they want to protect, things they've lost-- by working together and organizing, things can be better for everyone.
SECRETS ★ Self-done tattoos from his father. He picks up on things his father and most adults may think he doesn't. His drug and alcohol use-- you guessed it, from his father.
SEXUALITY ★ Heterosexual. Though, his talks with Maya have made him think on it.
FEARS ★ Being a hindrance. Failing to protect or help anyone.
QUIRKS ★ Jokes when nervous. Almost never seen without a hat-- hence, 'Hattie.'
FLAWS ★ Questioning authority, while useful, does have its drawbacks-- for Riley, this borders on fanatic rejection of almost any authority figure. Can fall into flights of idealism. Him being quick on the uptake leads to over confidence, combined with his age and general inexperience-- this can lead to a lot of failures for him. He hasn't fully developed many of his skills and talents due to both to that youthful inexperience and his general slacker-like nature.
BACKSTORY
"My old truancy officer had a right hook from Satan himself, I bet he could take on these demons. But y'all ain't ready for that take yet."
Riley's father wasn't always a hotshot celebrity therapist able to afford a comfortable life for him and his son. No, before Riley was born, Doctor Lacey was actually a student at UCLA-- in his 40's, the man clearly stuck out from his peers, but more than his age-- his fierce dedication to earning himself a doctorate, while getting practically no sleep as he worked to keep his lights on while doing so, earned the attention of many of his professors. One in particular, a sociology professor interested in the vet who wanted to help his fellow soldiers suffering from PTSD, took a very keen interest. One thing led to another-- and the affair became a full on relationship-- following the spark of love, came a baby, then came marriage.
The first years of Riley's life were relatively normal. His mother and father loved him, and he loved them back. He was a precocious child, gifted in many ways, some may say-- with as much of a talent for learning as his father and just as kind and passionate about causes as his mother. As he grew though, his parents had less and less time for him-- his father graduating and going on to throw himself in his work, "saving the soldiers" as he would call it, and his mother became tenured leaving her even less time with the family. This bothered him at first-- but he learned to live with it-- supplementing the lack of affection with his extended family and friends he could do stupid things with.
The divorce between the parents was amicable, sparked by his mother accepting a position halfway across the country at some ivy league school and his father growing his firm fully dedicated to helping vets and PTSD sufferers, requiring him to take on high profile clients and celebrities to supplement the lack of income from some of the poorer vets and homeless clients his office would help. They both were further engrossed in their work-- his father made sure Riley knew not to blame himself. Instead, Riley came to blame the system that made things this way, one should be able to help people while still living in the moment, enjoying life for themselves-- this reading of the situation would strongly influence the person he would become in the following years.
While initially the parents wanted some flavor of joint custody-- the two agreed it would be better for Riley to spend more time in California, with his friends. Every other summer he would visit his his mother, who, to her credit, would have ample time for him since school was out. His time spent with his father, however? It wasn't really time spent with him-- Riley had been fairly self-sufficient from a young age due to how much his parents worked, but after the divorce Riley almost never saw his father unless he was passing out from work, or grabbing a coffee before heading in. Riley spent most of this time out with his friends, going to concerts, drinking or smoking, or otherwise doing some 'delinquent hood shit' as he would call it. His interactions with his father came in doing little thing, like preparing meals for him, doing his laundry, or otherwise taking care of him in some way. The nature of their relationship, to Riley, at least, was less that of a father/son and more like two roommates taking care of each other, which Riley actually liked quite a bit. The only time his father ever chastised Riley was when he got his piercings, and even then, it was mostly light chiding due to how tired the older man was.
From the day he got his permit on, Riley was picking up and dropping off his father at work. In fact, that's what he was doing when the mist came. His father was with some producer lady-- things were so bad she got in the car with them. And they've been together ever since.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"Is crushing mad poon a talent?"
[Naturally talented driver] ★ Riley was first put behind the wheel, at his own insistence, as early as 13-- while his father and mother couldn't always make the time to give him lessons, he took the few he got in stride. Easily earning his learner's permit at 15. He became his father's personal chauffeur, as well as the designated driver for many of his friends. His driving can be characterized as very defensive and fluid, capable of maneuvering quickly in cumbersome vehicles. He's been driving regularly for a little over a year now, and this is easily his most developed skill.
[Decent cook] ★ In growing up the way he did, he had to learn how to make meals for himself very early on-- later even doing most of the household shopping by himself. As such, he can whip up tasty meals with little fuss. Though, he tends to focus more on taste than nutritional value in his meals.
[Amateur mechanic] ★ He has some idea of the fundamentals for repairing motor vehicles and doesn't mind getting dirty under the hood. One summer, he and his friends fixed up a moped purely out of boredom. There's some overlap there, but it's mostly apples to oranges. And his self-taught patchwork repairs are no substitute for an actual trained professional.
[Sewing] ★ A skill learned from his time with the crusty kids. So long as he's got a needle-- he can perform basic alterations, repair most rips and tears, and sew in fairly professional looking patterns.
[Physically active] ★ You skip classes to smoke some pot with your friends enough times, and you'll run into trouble with the law. Luckily, Riley is physically active and fairly quick on his feet.
[Excellent eyesight] ★ This is inherited directly from his father who also had a marksman's eyes when he was young. Riley doesn't have the training or practice his father did, that made the man capable enough that he could have been a sniper with the rangers-- but the boy's sharp eyesight does help in various ways. Since the mist, he's grown accustomed to driving at night without lights on and has good enough visual acuity that he can notice things far in the distance before others.
[Misc. Skills] ★ Riley, in addition to his more practical skills and talents, does have a few situational skills he brings to the table; Notably, he is a talented artist, with an eye for graffiti and design. Another skill picked up from the older punks is DIY tattooing and piercings-- currently he's limited by only knowing how to make black ink, as well as using a held sterile needle instead of a gun. His designs for tattoos need to be simple and small as a result of this, but he has a few permanent reminders on his body that he does know what he's doing. Hairdressing is another talent of his, maintaining his locs is something his extended family taught him when he was very young, and he currently serves as his father's barber. In the time before the mist, Riley was good enough at shoplifting to either not get caught, or at least be in a good enough of a position to run away from security when he did. Lastly, while not an official skill with much use in combat, Riley was decent at a game he and his friends used to play, in which they would get high stab at each other's hands with knives. Usually switchblades-- his is currently held by Maya, though.
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
"I guess I really got in my bag... Ugh, I'm sorry."
[2017 Cadillac SUV] ★ This is, for all intents and purposes, Riley's car. It's his baby, and the overuse and strain it's seen since all of this started is killing him. He can give basic repairs-- but it's giving out soon-- he's good enough to at least diagnose the various issues, and repairs he can't make. He'll be sad when it finally goes. It's terrible what's happening, sure, but the freedom he's had on the road since this all began is something he could only dream of before. Inside the car he keeps a few cans of food, some spices, two changes of clothes, and some cleaning/hygiene or keeping the clothes and himself from smelling too bad.
[Bags] ★ Both black, with one clearly designed for students, and the other travel. The big one contains 4 rolls of duck-tape, a roll of toilet paper, a multi-tool, sharpies, pens, and a notepad, needles and thread, a tube for siphoning gas, a length of wire, two bottles of water, assorted spice packs from ramen and sauce packets from entirely too many fast food places, as well as silverware both metal and plastic, a nearly empty travel container of hand sanitizer-- and a well read book of poetry. The smaller, is less filled, it's got more pills than Riley would care to mention-- he was always a weed person before all this, so he doesn't really use them to get high while scavenging or driving-- but they do reliably help him get to sleep. He's holding the bag for Maya because he's worried she may just OD if she had it to herself.
[Leather jacket] ★ Cumbersome in the desert sun, perhaps. But this jacket is invaluable for keeping warm at night. It's a sturdy enough leather to keep you protected from scrapes and cuts when you fall, and he has further altered it to include many more pockets in the interior than it originally had, allowing him to keep all kinds of things on his person. They range from things like an adjustable wrench and lighters to his car keys and his phone and charger, he's even got some candy and a few emergency joints squirreled away.
OTHER
"I only like Death Grips ironically."
A few songs from a typical Hattie playlist:
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"I'll say this much-- we weren't trained for this in basic."
[ 59 | 6'/183 cm | Black | He/Him | 230 lbs/104 kg ]
APPEARANCE
"I uhh... I make due."
Tom Lacey, quite obviously from his graying hair and the chocolate tone of his skin, is a bit of an unassuming older black man. He's very much got a bit of an "average" face, mostly unremarkable, save for his near-sight alleviating glasses and a well maintained salt and pepper beard. Physically, he's a bit pudgy, most noticeably the beginnings of a small gut-- (very much a 'dad bod' as his son would say), though his arms and legs still posses muscle from his time in the armed forces. He's bespectacled, he's balding, and despite this, he could pass as younger than middle aged, were it not for the tired gleam one can clearly see from his eyes. Years spent working in exhausting jobs or studying so that he can work, compromising to build up something he truly believed in, only to have it all come crumbling down-- have taken a toll on the youthful glow that runs in his family.
Perhaps as a result of all of his friends who aren't vets being teachers-- Tom dresses like a bit of a college professor. He wears thin sweaters with shoulder pads over button down shirts, slacks or khakis, patterned socks, and some flavor of pleather loafer. Though, since the mist, he tends to forgo layers, either wearing only the button down or the sweater. He favors dark, neutral colors, dark beige, brown, navy, olive and the like-- with white being the only exception. It is very rare for his tops to have any kind of design, he likes monochrome simplicity. Since beginning to traverse the desert regularly, he dons whatever brimmed hat he can find to protect against the sun. The man does have more than a few scars from his time in active duty, though, he keeps these hidden with his clothes-- his most revealing display is rolling up the sleeves of his button-down or sweater, to which a few scars may be visible. He doesn't like talking about them.
Like any esteemed older gentleman, he goes absolutely crazy for sweater vests and Hawaiian shirts.
PSYCHOLOGY
"This is kind of my thing."
MAIN GOAL Achieving stability.
PHILOSOPHY After losing everything he'd worked years to achieve, Tom focuses less on protecting the world, or broad concepts like that. He can work with individuals-- that, he understands. Right now, the individuals are his son, and one of his former patients. He would sooner die than see any harm come to them.
SECRETS He keeps much of what he has seen in the service a secret. He is fairly tight lipped about the time between being discharged and earning his doctorate.
SEXUALITY Heterosexual.
FEARS Failing.
QUIRKS PTSD.
FLAWS He doesn't like talking about himself, which he knows means some people will be less likely to trust him. He tends to apply therapeutic solutions to more problems that it may apply to. He doesn't practice what he preaches all the time when it comes to his therapy, as he hasn't particularly worked through many of his issues and trauma. Can act impulsively when people he's invested in are threatened.
BACKSTORY
"There are some wounds that don't heal."
What Riley knows of his father is only half the story.
Tom Lacey was born some decades ago to a large but poor family in a small rural town in southern Georgia. His childhood was relatively normal-- he was known for being bright as he grew up and took to his studies with a vigor his siblings and cousins couldn't replicate. He was certainly a citizen of the times and his location, and saw some unsavory attitudes and actions committed by those who saw him as lesser simply because of the shade of his skin. But he was happy, and he still believed in the American Dream in spite of this. So, logically, once he graduated from high school, believing further academia wasn't an option for him, he joined the Army.
His results from the ASVAB, as well as his natural talent with various training meant he has his pick of jobs-- many times it was mentioned he could have excelled as a special operative, or ranger-- his incredible eyesight and aptitude for marksmanship made him a natural candidate. But he always had his eyesight set on the medical path-- his argument was that there was no point in being good at killing, if there was no one there to help you when you got shot at. And shot at he did get. The death and suffering he witnessed during his years in service have left him with scars he might never recover from. It's not that he doesn't believe in the country, or even the Army anymore. So much that, he saw it's effect on people, in particular his brother and sisters first hand.
Coming back home, he found himself unable to reintegrate into civilian life. At first his family was supportive, but with time even they grew cold, not knowing what they could do to help him. Eventually, he made like Otis Redding, and left Georgia to move in with a unit member of his in San Francisco. There he stayed for years, spending much of his time with his new roommate drunk, or high, wasting time and his body. It wasn't until his roommate died from an OD-- something he hadn't considered could happen outside of the shit-- that he got his act together. With a bit of help from the VA, he got himself in school-- starting with an associates from community college, he worked his way up to earning a doctorate. Just like he thought when he first became a medic, he wanted to support the soldiers who made it home-- mentally now, not physically.
A few years later-- add in an affair or two, a kid, a marriage, and an office of therapists that rely on him for support and guidance-- and you've got the overworked mess that is Tom Lacey. At least, you did until everything went to hell, and he was in the shit all over again.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"Everyone brings something to the table."
[Licensed therapist] Tom is more than familiar with the horrors of combat and the traumatic specter of PTSD. As a therapist, he specialized in helping his patients work through trauma, though his talk therapy can be used to work through many issues.
[Combat medic] Tom blew the ASVAB away, as well as his AIT, excelling as a combat medic with his unit. Firing a weapon was a weak point for him, but he was always willing to rush into the line of fire to save his brothers and sisters (earning him more than a few scars and brushes with death). His specialty was stabilizing wounds while under fire and under-supplied.
[Old soldier] At the end of the day, despite it being decades ago, Tom was a soldier, a notable enough infantry medic that he could have gone on to special ops if he wanted. While his body is no longer in it's prime, and he doesn't remember everything. Some things stuck with him like muscle memory.
EQUIPMENT & GEAR
"You know how it is, with the back and all."
[2017 Cadillac SUV] Not the navigator or repairmen, and certainly not the driver, (he's had his fill, thanks) Tom is the group's lookout, often sleeping during drives and staying up whenever the other two park to get some sleep. If his son wants to handle the driving-- he figures it only benefits them all, and he's glad he got this overpriced ride for that alone. He's not the pack mule he once was, and hasn't really taken to scavenging like his son has, and such keeps pretty much all of his gear in the car. This is mostly clothes, he has the second most changes of clothes of the three of them, though this is still only about a third of Maya's supply. Aside from that, he has his own hygiene products, and has socked away a few rolls of toilet paper and some food from the communal supply for his own use.
[Sturdy pipes] Near the beginning-- Tom and co. were riding through what seemed like abandoned suburbs, looking for others. Eventually Maya and Riley went to look for anything useful, while Tom kept back, He picked up two thick copper, oxidizing green from their time spent without use, from a nearby construction site as he kept his eyes on the road. Giving them a few test swings in the air, he noticed a figure skulking toward the building Maya and Riley were in-- he stopped himself from excitedly calling out when he noticed the gun the figure was holding. Not caring to see what might happen next, he acted on fatherly instinct and old soldier's training-- coming up from behind and subduing the man, despite the risks. By the time the other two came back from their sweep-- the trio had a great lesson about taking more precautions in this brave, new world. They haven't left his side since that incident, when not holding them, he keeps them tucked between his belt and pants. The pipes screw into one another, allowing them to serve as twin bats, or a single spear if Tom wishes-- Riley filed down one of the ends to increase lethality as a spear.
[1911 .45 Pistol] The trio unanimously decided Tom should be the one to hold on to the pistol. He had been particularly fond of gun play in the Army, but he was the only one with actual training. The pistol is all black, and visibly old. Tom has done what he can to maintain it since acquiring it, but an old gun is still an old gun. The magazine had 5 bullets left when they first got it, and since then, Tom has only needed to fire the gun once. Typically it is kept in the glove box if he's near the car, since he doesn't care for having it on him without a holster.
OTHER
"Trauma responses are natural. But remember, we don't have to let them live our lives for us."
The good doctor's favorite artist is Prince (RIP). But he's also fond of Bowie, Janis Joplin, and Deep Purple when winding down. He has a real weakness for 'Dad Rock' and crime dramas.