APPERANCE __________________________________________________________________________ Standing at just over six feet, Jun-seo is a man of simplicity. From his simple hair cut to his bland fashion taste, Jun-seo is a simple man. Brown eyes sport dark under eyes, and the slight slouch he had developed indicates the amount he has spent away from bed and over his desk grading papers. Over his lip, Jun-seo wears a mustache he's been too lazy to shave off or maintain. It's clear to anyone that lays their eyes on him that he cares very little about his appearance, and yet he manages to not look too bad. As for his fashion taste, his simplicity extends to the way he dresses. Jun-seo's closet consists of black, white, and everything in between. He considers practicability over fashion any day of the year. It's easy to match his clothes, especially when everything is a shade of black or white. There have been a few special occasions when he wears the color blue, but those are rare. PERSONALITY __________________________________________________________________________ Openminded | Resourceful | Sarcastic | Cynical | Patient | Apathetic Jun-seo is a stoic man that keeps to himself most of the time. While there have been instances where his students have seen the more gentle and kind side of him he tries to put up a front. There are very few rare moments where he will approach a person and strike a conversation as he tends to be critical of others. There's something in Jun-seo that makes him push others away, perhaps is his non-caring attitude towards things or the stoic tone his voice has. While his outward attitude is toned down to almost no emotions, Jun-seo shows his emotions with actions. He likes to buy his students candies and offer them after tests or writes down a happy face on the student's papers he personally liked. There are little things that Jun-seo does to show his appreciation towards those he likes. It's easy to miss. BIOGRAPHY __________________________________________________________________________ Jun-seo grew up in Los Angeles, to be more specified, in Koreatown. His parents owned a little resturant off of Wilshire. He, along with his older sister, helped run the place. The family's restuarant wasn't that much of a hit for the locals, but it kept a roff over their heads and allowed his parents to set some money aside for the kid's college fund. Growing up, Jun-seo was a hardworking student. He had to be. His parents were strict about school and rarely had any free time to hang out with his friends outside school. While he didn't mind his situation, he had always wished he had more time for the very few friends he had made throughout high school. Jun-seo graduated from high school with honors, unfortunately, his mother had had an accident just a year prior to that. While his sister was already in university, his college fund had gone to help with his mother's medical bills. The whole bill almost crippled them into closing the store. Jun-seo had to take a year break between high school and college to help around the restaurant while his mother recovered. After that, he was finally able to enroll in community college while he worked two jobs. He never resented his parents or the situation he was in. Jun0seo knew that was life. All he could do was work hard and try to give back to his parents. Simple. That was Jun-seo's life. He graduated from UCLA with a Ph.D. in Psychology. He began working for a private clinic in Southern California. He worked there for about three years before he got a position offer from Northwestern University. Jun-seo took it, sold everything he owned in Los Angeles, and used that extra money to buy his parents a new home. With that, he set out for Illinois. OTHER __________________________________________________________________________ Kim Nam Gil | #495855
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______________________________________ ______________________________________ | Hayley Murphy (26) || Ex-wife || Deceased || FC: Rachel Bilson Hayden Murphy (5) || Daughter || Alive || FC: Briar Rose Christensen Oakley (7) || Family Dog || Alive || FC: Random Black Lab? Unfortunately Holden's ex-wife, Hayden's mother, died in childbirth. It's just been Hayden and Holden, along with Oakley. Oakley is very protective of both of his hoomans but most especially over Hayden. Holden would do anything to keep his daughter and his dog safe. He doesn't plan on going down at all, he plans to be there for Hayden until the end, but if it came down to it he definitely wouldn't go without a fight. Holden only has Hayden and Oakley, and once he loses them, he's got nothing to lose and won't really care much for this life after that. It'd turn him rather reckless, which would most likely get himself killed. |
_______________________________________________ | 23 | cis Female | Lesbian | | Stripper | _______________________________________________ | APPERANCE ____________________________________________________________________________ While Jenara is only only 5 foot and 4 inches, she likes to stand out from others. Her skin is covered in dark freckles and her hazel eyes draw people in. She loves to dye her hair all sorts of color and loves to style it in all sorts of ways. She has a bit of extra weight all around her body but she doesn't mind the rolls on her stomach and the light stretchmarks on her sides. Jenara loves herself, and other love Jenera and that's all that matters. Jenara loves pastel colors, especially pink. She's often seen around wearing cute skirts and flowy dresses when she's out of work. She will always make comfortable clothing more fashionable and bold. You'll never catch her outside without some drip. While at work, Jenera tends to wear darker colors. She likes the separation between her life and work, so her go-to colors at work after black, red, and purple. PERSONALITY ____________________________________________________________________________ Friendly | Manipulative | Guarded | Cheerful | Blunt | Selfish Jenara understands that life is a bitch. That doesn't mean you have to let it make you it's bitch either. She lives her life to the fullest without letting others bring her down. She has been down there already and has done so much to pick herself from the bootstraps to let a few shitty situations take her down again. She loves to talk to people and always lends a helping hand to those who are willing to take it. Her outward look on life always stays positive as she tries to make the best out of every situation. Jenara uses people's ignorance of her as an advantage. Strangers see a bubbly naive girl down on her luck as a stripper- Jenara sees an opportunity to play with people and teach them a lesson. She hates being perceived as some damsel in distress. The woman knows how to fight, and she's not afraid to do so. BIOGRAPHY ____________________________________________________________________________ Raised by a single mother along with her two younger brothers, Jenara's family struggled to make meets end. Sure, they would go days with eating the same thing and sometimes their water was cut, but the lack of love was never an issue in her life. Her mother, Kiera, loved all of her children unconditionally as the children loved their mother. Growing up, Jenara did her best to help her mother. Be it go with her to clean homes or clean around the house and care for her younger brothers. While she had been forced to mature faster than other kids her age, Jenara didn't mind. She was happy where she was, with her brothers and her mother. Things began to look better for them when Jenara turned 16 and was finally able to get a job at a Burger King a few blocks away. She didn't mind working after school, and it was nice to help her mom pay the bills. Besides, she was able to keep at least 20% of what she made. Jenara would treat her family to dinner at the local Armenian restaurant and spend some money on herself. After graduation, Jenara joined one of her friends in auditioning for a strip club in downtown Chicago. It was supposed to be a new club with a "high-end" clientele. Luckily enough, Jenara and her friend got the job. While Jenara's mother was against the idea at first, she became a little more open to it after her daughter's first week there. The clientele were older gentlemen who would ask for private dances but always opted out to just talk with Jenara rather than have her dance. Jenara didn't mind either way, as long as she was getting paid enough to help her family out. After working a few years there, Jenara had finally saved enough money to put a downpayment on a home about 30 minutes away from downtown Chicago. Her mother was finally able to get more time off work and stay home where she started a little garden in their backyard. Her two younger brothers continued to help out with the bills, but Jenara encouraged them to study more. She was determined to get them into college. OTHER ____________________________________________________________________________ Unknown | #DAA69B
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โโโโ C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T โโโโ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ โโโโ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y โโโโ Milana Ivanov _______________________________________________ 29 | Female | Heterosexual _______________________________________________ Pharmacist โผ O T H E R โโโโโโโโโโโโ โบ FC: Madelaine Petsch โบ Color code: #B56E42 โบ Speaks English and Russian โบ She has a great sense of direction โบ Character is not disposable โบ Theme song | โโโโโโ A P P E A R A N C E โโโโโโ Milana stands at 5'4, weighing roughly 125 lbs. She has long, red hair and brown eyes, managing to catch the attention of both men and women passing by. Given her rebellious teenage years, Milana has a tongue piercing. She also has a tattoo on the right side of her midsection of a single rose. The tattoo has meaning to her as it's dedicated to her best friend. Fashion wise, Milana is all over the place. One day she may dress in all black and the next day she could be spotted wearing a pink dress and heels. Choosing to not follow fashion trends is something Milana is known for as she beats to the sound of her own drum. With that said, the girl does have taste and would much rather be overdressed than underdressed. โโโโโโโ P E R S O N A L I T Y โโโโโโ The moderately pessimist type who is a realist more than anything. Milana will straight out tell someone how it is and she will not apologize for it. Despite this tough persona of hers, Milana is more fragile than she seems. The accident from over a decade ago left her with nightmares on a regular basis which were at first unbearable, making her sleep-deprived among other things. Despite her past, the young woman loves to have fun. She enjoys going out to bars and occasionally clubs, but also finds pleasure having a night in watching a good movie. Milana is fine around her friends, but is a bit more quiet and reserved around strangers until she gets to know them. โโโโโโโ B I O G R A P H Y โโโโโโ Milana was born and raised in Moscow to parents working the medical field, her mother a gynecologist and her father a surgeon. She had a cushioned life growing up, especially being an only child. Milana was rarely denied any of her wants, but her parents were firm believers in punishment and thus she was a well-disciplined kid from a young age. When she reached her school years, Milana didn't struggle with academics. The school setting suited her, especially given that it was a private school, and she excelled in her classes and had a few close friends who were also just as smart. However, the friendships came to a halt after the family moved to the United States when Milana was only 10 years old. The move was a bit of a stressful development for the young girl, but she coped with the language barrier and continued to push forward. On the night before her 18th birthday, Milana was out driving with some friends when she got distracted and crashed her vehicle into a tree. Her best friend Rose died on impact as she wasn't wearing her seatbelt. Milana had only had one drink, but being young and not knowing any better, she was afraid she'd be in jail for life and subsequently persuaded her other friend to switch places with her. Milana had gotten in trouble with the law before, but that evening she avoided any issues. Since then, the young woman decided to turn her life around. Not long after that, Milana went on to college where she buckled down and eventually fulfilled her goal of becoming a pharmacist. |
โโโโ C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T โโโโ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ โโโโ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y โโโโ James Emerson _______________________________________________ 42 | Male | Heterosexual _______________________________________________ Bar owner โผ O T H E R โโโโโโโโโโโโ โบ FC: Daniel Sheehan โบ Color: Light gray โบ Doesn't speak any additional languages โบ Will more than likely win a fight against anyone he's matched against โบ Character is not disposable โบ Theme song | โโโโโโ A P P E A R A N C E โโโโโโ Approximately 6'3 with a strong build, his large frame easily towering over others. The salt and pepper beard game is strong with James, and he is a stickler when it comes to its maintenance. He is covered in ink and has full sleeves with tattoos that are very symbolic to him, and he's happy to tell the stories if anyone is curious enough to inquire. James' typical, everyday fashion? A t-shirt and jeans. A special occasion coming up? He will dress up accordingly. โโโโโโโ P E R S O N A L I T Y โโโโโโ A bit rough around the edges given his background. James doesn't take crap from anyone and will happily knock you out for stepping out of line. With that said, he's tough, but fair. Given his profession, James is quite comfortable interacting with the general crowd, though he has absolutely 0 patience for nonsense. James' mind isn't easily changed, and that's led to a couple of failed relationships in the past. But does he care? No, not really. โโโโโโโ B I O G R A P H Y โโโโโโ Born and raised into trouble, James practically never caught a break. His parents lived in the rough part of town, and throughout his time there, he's been robbed, beat...you name it. James had to mature real quick in order to survive, something he figured out from experience as well as from the many sit-downs he had had with his parents. The incident that broke the family was the death of James' little sister, Lily. It happened when she was only 7 and James was 13. They were walking down the road one moment and the next, gunfire broke through the air. Unfortunately, Lily caught 2 bullets, which was later discovered were not meant for her but she was a casualty nonetheless. He lost his shit. His behavior took a turn for the worse, leaving his own parents terrified of him at some point. The kid was out of control, and no matter how many times he was thrown in jail, James simply did not care. But slowly, things improved a little bit. James realized he couldn't continue heading down that same path. There's that, and the fact that he had to become a softy for his first serious girlfriend who didn't tolerate any bullshit from him. While the guy was not academically inclined, he had some wits about him and enjoyed doing manual labor as opposed to sitting in a college classroom. Come to find out, years down the line, a relative of his passed away and left behind some money for James. With those funds he opened up his own bar and was beyond glad he would never have to work for anyone else again. |
APPERANCE __________________________________________________________________________ Aurora about five feet and eight inches tall and weighs about 160lbs. She has a runner type of body from doing a lot of cardio on her job. Her hair is a dirty shade of blonde that has a wave pattern. Her eyes are hazel with flecks of green and tan in the iris. While she is caucasian, her skin is able to tan due to her Swedish roots. When it comes to style, Aurora prefers comfort and practicality over style. She likes her clothes to hang loose around her body to allow easy movement. An oversized shirt, comfy pair of jeans, fuzzy socks, and tennis shoes are her ideal outfit to wear. When it comes to colors, she likes to wear bright vibrant colors because she believes bright colors can cheer people up. PERSONALITY __________________________________________________________________________ Friendly | Caring | Selfless | Courageous | Resourceful | Hardworking A kind heart rests inside of Aurora's chest. Even when she was a child, she would help her classmates and teachers in any way she can. She always wants to help people in any way she can after seeing her parents doing charity work most of her life. In return, if someone some was to help Aurora out then she will feel inclined to help them out. Her selflessness has turned her into a rather brave person willing to stand up for others when they can not. She is not afraid of getting hurt and works hard on bettering herself on ways to help. This has pushed her into the career she had chosen for herself. BIOGRAPHY __________________________________________________________________________ Ever since she was little Aurora's parents taught her how to help others. Both of her parents worked as first responders, her mother was an EMT while her father was a firefighter. Her parents loved to help their community out and would bring their daughter along to help out. They loved their daughter dearly and wished to have more but they were not able to. This left Aurora as an only child which was lonely when her parents were at work. When Aurora was sixteen years old, her father was died trying to put out a house fire. This devastated the girl causing her to pull away from others to mourn over her father. She was lost without a perhaps in life until her mother and some of her father's fellow firefighters came over to talk to her. After that talk, she had decided to become a firefighter in her father's honor. She started working out more often and studying for her classes that she fell behind in. Aurora was able to graduate from high school and go on to start her training. She took both written exams along with getting her EMT license. After this, she passed her fire academy training to become a professional firefighter at the same station her father worked at. OTHER __________________________________________________________________________ Sunshine | #FEFCAD
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_______________________________________________ | Zaneta โZaney or Zaneโ Tiphus | 21 | cis female | bisexual | | former novitiate | _______________________________________________ | APPERANCE ____________________________________________________________________________ With her back, hands, and forehead covered in scars, Zaneta is known to wear her hair long with a silk veil thatโs ornately held back by pearl-encrusted clips. She refuses to let anyone see the right side of her face, given the garish mark that strikes through it. There are two tattoos on her wrists and two on either side of her hips. No one can ever see what the ones on her wrist say, as she usually wears black out of habit. Despite her dark dress, her bright baby blue eyes are constantly locked in a state of wide-eyed innocence. She can usually get whatever she wants with a bat of her eyelashes. It also helps that sheโs average height, coming to about 5โ6โโ without shoes on. Her wardrobe consists of pearl hair clips, organza and silk veils, black dresses with plenty of lace, black and white skirts that barely pass for sensical clothing, a wide array of tube tops, sweatshirts, and pants, and even her old derby jersey, an array of rosaries sheโs added chains from her old sets of jewelry to in order to spice things ups, ridiculously big cross or hoop earrings, cowboy boots and go-go boots, Docs with the heels so worn down itโs a miracle they are even wearable, platforms that make her too fashionable for the apocalypse, black mom jeans, black bustier, and a white pirate shirt. Zane prides herself on being fashionable for the apocalypse. PERSONALITY ____________________________________________________________________________ Bubbly | Confident | Adventurous | Restless | Rebellious | Resourceful | Flirtatious | Apathetic How do you solve a problem like Zaneta? She always has this naive sense of the world, even though sheโs fully aware of its evils. Sheโs like a cat- she always lands on her feet, and itโs gotten to the point where she relies on that. Zaney is fully aware of what people think of her, particularly in regards to her bubbly natureโฆ and the fact that sheโs known to flirt with anything that moves. Still, discounted her entire life as a silly, little airhead, Zaneta prides herself on her confidence that often translates into foolish bravery and strong headedness. If someone needs a spider killed, monsters shooed away, or a zombie slaughtered, Zaneta is the first to volunteer. Sheโs always open to talk to new people, even if theyโre dead and trying to eat her brains. Simply put, it's easier to let Zaney run free than to abridge her adventurous nature because good things happen more often than bad things. Usually. Sheโs at least gotten this far on her strong will. Some call Zaney a chaos junkie, given the way sheโs drawn to always start a fight. Really, she just feels like she has no place in the world. She tried the whole God thing, but turns out sheโs too free-spirited for such a position. Before joining the nunnery, she tried college but dropped out after she realized she liked roller derby more than solving quadratic equations (seriouslyโฆ why did anyone think that Zaneta would excel in a math degree?). Before that, she was the star cheerleader. Nothingโs ever stuck with Zaney, except derby and her rebellious spirit. Perhaps she should join a commune. Despite her overflowing spirit, Zaneta still struggles with appealing to peopleโs feelings. She simply doesnโt understand them usually, even though sheโs well-aware of her own. It surely doesnโt help that she used to cut up dead animals at a kid just to โlook at their insides,โ but she swears sheโs not a serial killer. At least not one for humansโฆ maybe zombies though. Zanetaโs just got more goals in life than feelings for it. She wants to get things done, contribute to the world in some way. Not sit around talking about her sadness. BIOGRAPHY ____________________________________________________________________________ Zanetaโs life didnโt really begin until her senior year. She lived simply with her mother (her father unknown), busting kneecaps on her roller derby team (If you want to know, her nickname was Fridge. Donโt ask). Zaneta was called โZaneyโ and loved by almost everyone who got to meet her. Sure, she had ultimate Elle Woods energy, and her grades were abysmal, but she managed to go to college with a little bit of effort. She dropped out only a few years later, making people think she was some type of idiot. Except, Zaneta had always been smart. Sheโs just never applied herself and was blonde so everyone assumed the party, it-girl was stupid beyond recognition. No, Zaneta simply enjoyed putting her skills to other uses. Like turning their rival schoolโs entire football team against each other because she was dating all of them at the same time, resulting in them turning on each other in the middle of the game (she kissed one of them during halftime) and allowing her school to go to states for the first time in almost fifty years. She did the same thing with the Debate Team, but no one wants to note that they were gullible to let her do it twice. When she started college, no one expected Zaney to go into math. Especially not calculus. However, she did it anyway, and she almost graduated. But, being Zaneta, nothing could hold her fascination that long. Therefore, her next obvious conclusion was to become a nun. For some reason. Her thinking was that sheโd become like Mother Tereasa, just without all the terrible qualities. You see, the reason why she wanted to become a mathematician was because she wanted to be the next Einstein. Now, she was looking to become a philanthropist and servant of God. She lasted all of six months before quitting, unable to stay away from roller derby and her friends. After that, she started working at a local diner, trying to come up with a new goal. When the apocalypse hit Texas, Zaneta was planning a road trip to Florida with her gal pals where they were going to do all the things they could only do on the weekends in Austin. Her mom came home that day, greased up from working on the underbelly of a car at work, and turned on the news to discover that the entire world was falling apart. Something shifted in Zelda that day, and she forced Zaney to throw out anything she had packed in her Jeep for the trip that didnโt have a survival use and revealed to have hidden a duffle bag filled with an entire Army base worth of weapons under her bed for years. They set off towards Oklahoma that evening and Zaneta woke up the next day to find that her friends, who had set off without her, had been killed by a swarm of zombies, at least what sounded like zombies based on how it was described on the radio. After everything turned to shit, Zaneta and her mom roamed for a while before they finally found their way to Chicago. It wasnโt long before her mother started to show signs of drifting away. Sheโd leave for a few hours and come back just before dark. Then, one day, her mom got too brave and the wild look in her eyes made Zaney go after her. She doesnโt remember what happened after that, only that her mom didnโt come back, but she did. She assumes her momโs dead. After all, Zaneta returned with cuts on her hands and back, marrying up her forehead and cheek. It certainly didnโt help that she couldnโt remember anything that happened. Still, even though she canโt get answers about her wounds, she blames herself for her motherโs death. 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_______________________________________________ | Aran โA.Jโ Ahmadov | 22 | cis male | bisexual | | college student and drug dealer | _______________________________________________ | APPERANCE ____________________________________________________________________________ Standing at 6โ3โโ, Aran is lanky and long. He stands like an Enderman, with long arms reaching out to grab things. He wears round glasses that manage to soften some of the features of his face, especially because heโs made of long, harsh lines. On top of his glasses, A.J. has dark brown curly hair. Itโs often in his face or forming a strange halo. Usually, Aran can be found wearing big, hefty sweaters with his favorite red low-top Converses. Heโs a simple guy, and he dresses like an indie kid, even during the apocalypse. PERSONALITY ____________________________________________________________________________ Bubbly | Attentive | Intuitive | Organized | Calm | Over-protective | Big-mouthed | Finicky |Deceptive | Eccentric As the glue of his college friend group, Aran is extremely aware of other people's needs and opinions. He ensures anyone and everyone feels welcome and loved. Believing in karmic justice, Aran does this in hopes of people reciprocating the kindness he spreads. Suffering from a sub-par high school social experience, he knows what it's like to feel left out, so he has a tendency to organize every social event and D&D game to a T. Aran can't have a brunch without giving everyone a place card, attempting to mix up the group and keep everyone in touch with each other. He's the one whoโs always messages the group chat first, asking everyone for an update on their lives. He would never exclude anyone, and he expects to be involved. In fact, he'll make himself involved. On top of being hyper-involved with everyone's lives and ultra-supportive, Aran is a calming presence. Perhaps it can come across as uncaring to the unfamiliar eye, but he's incredible at quieting a room of everyone's worries. In addition to this, he's able to read a room quickly, picking up on the minute details and intricate emotions. Because of this, he's the type of person to hug someone without needing to know what's going on. Due to his family's tendency to ignore him, Aran is an expert at making people feel loved and understood. He believes in being supportive without being pushy (or so he thinks). Aran doesn't need to know why you're crying, even if he's going to grill you once those tears dry up. Aran chooses to call his intense involvement in his friends' lives being over-protective. A less conservative judgment would be that he's overbearing and controlling. It comes from a good place, but he can't reel it in to a normal level. Oftentimes, he'll get into fights about what his behavior is classified as. So maybe he spent two hours Insta-stalking that girl you mentioned finding cute in your Psych class or he emailed your professor about you being sick... that just means he cares! He'll defend you to the very end, but he can't promise he won't cause bodily harm to the one who hurt you. Unfortunately, Aran also suffers from being a massive gossip. He can't seem to keep everyone's ideas to himself. This comes from his tendency to be "too much" when it comes to caring for others. He just needs to discuss with his nearest confidant about how to deal with your choice in significant other. There's an inherent attempt to do good with this also, but, obviously, he's telling everyone other people's business. On top of Aran's intense involvement in other people's lives, he's extremely particular about how things are done. He feels compelled to control everything, and if it isn't done the "proper way," he'll take over the entire situation. Aran will fix anything he feels wasn't done right. This makes him awful in group projects, but it can also annoy his friends, especially when playing D&D. He hates it when other people mess with his narrative, convinced his creativity is enough to create a magical experience for everyone. Overall, Aran is an awful collaborator. Aran can just... be a lot to handle. He's lovable, definitely, but he tends to be over-the-top about everything. Simple isn't a normal appearance when it comes to Aran. He prefers to call this eccentricity, like the type a billionaire who invests in flamethrowers or Beanie Babies has. Still, it's often more annoying than anything. He comes to every D&D meeting with mood music ready, a powerpoint of aesthetic pictures, and even props if he has the time. At his apartment, he has a collection of those plastic babies that are a meme except he paints them all and creates specialized name tags for them. They're essentially his form of an old woman's tchotchkes. Perhaps some of this is a strength, but it intensifies his other faults. Even before the games began to infiltrate his life, Aran is a master in the art of deceptiveness. He's able to live two different personalities simultaneously, and, when he gets caught, it tends to piss people off. He's either this hyper-organized, over-bearing, lovable geek or he's dealing weed at the next frat party. This makes him a fantastic liar by default. Aran can easily slip from one personality to the other, and he often feels terrible about it. He isn't a compulsive liar, but he does what he can whilst suffering a massive identity crisis. As one of the more classically nerdy people of the group, Aran still holds onto a lot of his freshman year passions (despite not really being that guy anymore). He's a Trekkie, rages about GoT (especially that last season), reads the books before the movies/tv shows, and frequents various fan-theory Reddits. Another remnant of his younger and much more innocent self is his "go-get-'em attitude". He doesn't use it for acing exams anymore, but it's still a huge part of Aran's personality. Now, he uses it to keep his double life a secret from his family and friends. Flying by the seat of his pants, Aran manages to be in two places at once, it seems. Determination is a guiding light for Aran, and he uses it for good and bad (depending on your interpretation). Spending a large amount of high school friends-less (or with shitty ones), Aran wore the label of "nerd" as a badge of honor. Although he's definitely grown past limiting his identity to one thing, he's still seen as the smart one by his peers- despite failing half of his classes this semester. Witty, without the wool pulled over his eyes, and a problem-solver, Aran is still as intelligent as he was in high school. Knowing that there are people much smarter than him, Aran has a tendency to overcompensate by being the leader of any function. Although his glaring flaws have the capability to make a group project or outing miserable, he's still the best one for the job. Unwilling to let obstacles get in his way, Aran will ride into the storm first, leading the pack into war. In a more practical sense, he's the type of guy to order water for the whole table at a restaurant so nobody sits in awkward silence and glaring at the waiter. BIOGRAPHY ____________________________________________________________________________ Living in Chicago his entire life, Aran has had only a few different places he's called home. His mother and father moved the family only once during his adolescence. And they only moved down the block to a bigger home after his father got a promotion. The wildest his living situation ever got (outside of living on his own) was when they lived with his dementia-ridden grandmother, for three months during their second home's renovations. A true bohemian, his grandmother was Maude from [italics] Harold and Maude [/italics] to the core; her house was shrouded in plants (a trait he picked up), sage-flavored incense (to which Aran question why she didn't just burn sage) constantly burned, and she read people's fortunes for a little extra retirement funding (which she promptly spent at the casino). His parents would call this the worst three months of their lives, but Aran calls it the best and the most formative. Aran suffers from classic middle child syndrome, and as a result, he often craves being the leader. Otherwise, he feels a bit lost in his role in life. However, this go-getter attitude also makes him the glue in many friendships. Aran is astounding at planning events and bringing everyone closer. He is always ready to put on a show for his DnD group, which is why it is a shame he was never good enough for school plays and musicals. Always the lowest-level tech assistant, never even a supporting character . . . But that is all behind him now. He has turned expectations around by being a masterful DM. The silly voices, the elaborate puzzles, the tricky plot twists โ it's all there. There are just a few small problems. Aran is from a very relaxed, happy suburban life. His parents, Moon and Kasem Ahmadov, work respectable, middle-class jobs. His siblings, Akara and Venus, have never gone off the deep end. His family doesn't even have a black sheep. Unless . . . he's the black sheep? As the only one to attend University of Chicago, Aran is the king of subverting his straight-laced parents' expectations. Akara, his older brother, is currently a first-year grad student at Harvard Law. Venus, whose name comes from the insistence of Aran's grandmother prior to her passing, is on the road to being a world-class pianist. As the only one predicted to have a sub-par career, Aran knows he's the odd thumb of the family. No one will acknowledge it, but he senses it's on everyone's minds, despite only communicating with his family via FaceTime and their group chat. As a teen, Aran always struggled to be seen. Even amongst his siblings, he felt ignored by them. Since there are a few years between him and Venus, they never really communicated about anything important. He was overly protective of her, as he is with all people, but she never understood his nerdy interests, only entertaining them when she had nothing else to do. Closer with his brother, Aran and Akara were troublemakers as children. They enjoyed playing harmless pranks on their schoolmates, parents, and especially their baby sister. However, as the two got older, they began to grow apart. Akara, despite having lackluster grades compared to Aran, was the star of the family, the prize. He was student body president all four years of high school, and he won several orator scholarships, leaving more than enough money to pay for Aran and Venus' college diplomas. Like Aran, Akara is also a problem-solver. The only problem is this has always outshone Aran and what he views as his most valuable asset: his ability to orchestrate everything. Even though he was valedictorian, his parents only gave him a pat on the back. Despite all this, he was close to his parents at one point. Before Venus was born, he was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed kid, and his parents were always entertained by his antics, even when they got him in trouble. They used to stand by Aran and defend him against principles, critical relatives, and his own brother. "He's too sensitive... too nosey!" was a common complaint, but Kasem encouraged his youngest son to ignore them. "Most people just don't like that you know your ass from your mouth," he would tell Aran. His mother always encouraged him to be the person he is today, although perhaps a little less big-mouthed, saying, "Most people don't care... you do. Don't change that." All of this changed after the '08 crash and the family gained a member, only to lose a whole college fund's worth of money. Now, Aran is expected to find a money-making job to relieve all the stress of working extra hours (even with Akara paying largely his own way) so he could go to school. It was in high school that Aran faded into the background of his family, and he wasn't listened to anymore. All he got was criticism, the type his parents used to defend him against. As his only champion, his grandmother hosted Aran on days where he couldn't stand his parents fawning over Akara and Venus whilst no one talked about his working-a-job-and-getting-all-A's-feat. She picked up the torch his parents dropped, but she added her own twist. Encouraging him to abandon all hopes of impressing others into loving them, his grandma left an imprint on Aran forever. He'll often think of her when he lies to his parents over FaceTime, telling them he's happy and "staying out of trouble." His grandma always lived her life truthfully, even when it pissed off his mother or their extended family. As the only one who still embraces counter-culture, she is the spark that has led Aran to this double-life he lives, where he doesn't know if he's a geek still or if he's a party animal, pot-dealer-turned-filmmaker. Because of this, as one might imagine, losing his grandmother during freshman year hit Aran hard. However, it inspired him to live a fuller life. Knowing his grandmother would hate him mourning her or living a false life, he settled for an in-between. Following in his grandma's bare-foot, toe-ring studded footprints, Aran started his own cannabis business, or, as the layman would call it, he's a weed dealer. Growing it in the closet of his apartment, he's made the majority of his friends this past year through attending various ragers. In fact, he's only barely managed to scrape by the past semester because of trades of weed for free tutoring or straight-up cheating. He's made a decent amount of money from his business, and he's excited to use the money to backpack around Italy... Well, not anymore. Now, heโs got bigger fish to fry. OTHER AND HEADCANNONS ____________________________________________________________________________ Unknown | #adb80e
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APPEARANCE __________________________________________________________________________ In a crowd, Malachi wouldn't necessarily stand out. Short brown hair, brown eyes, a slight tan, and maybe a little on the taller side, he could be just any other college kid. He takes care of himself as best he can - semi-regular exercise has kept him in shape, if not athletic. He dresses nicely enough, for a college student - they're not necessarily the newest clothes, but they're practical, and he likes them. His wardrobe almost entirely consists of jeans and plaid shirts, with a number of jackets, tank tops and other items to add some variety. PERSONALITY __________________________________________________________________________ Compassionate | Dedicated | Reliable | Headstrong | Reclusive Malachi has always been distant from his peers, and responded poorly to many authority figures throughout his life. He doesn't actively push people away, but there is a wall that he has built around himself, and only a few people can break through it. The root of it is because of his childhood, but after a while, it just became... comfortable. On the other side of that, is a responsible and caring young man that refuses to give up. Once he's decided he's going to do something, he'll stick by it - even if it's reckless or it lands him in a spot of trouble afterwards. When it comes to animals or young children, Malachi isn't afraid to show a more vulnerable side of himself - he's often visibly happier when interacting with them, and he's good at comforting them and calming them down. BIOGRAPHY __________________________________________________________________________ Still working on this, so here's a synopsis Block 1- Childhood/early-mid teens. Malachi was essentially the caretaker of an ill or disabled family member (parent or sibling), meaning a lot of his time was spent between them and school, leaving little time for friendships or extracurriculars. Other family member (single parent if sibling, or uncle/aunt/grandparent if parent) would have been working constantly in order to support the ill relative's healthcare and other needs. Many teachers do not understand/know/ignore the situation, leading to Malachi's general disrespect. Block 2- Late teens. Support/therapy dog was acquired in the form of a 2-3 year old dog (german shepherd, golden retriever or mutt mix; all are irl support dogs used for this purpose), in preparation for Malachi starting at the nearby college. Unfortunately, due to the disability/illness, family member was hospitalised and didn't make it (they had specified DNR; Do Not Resuscitate). Cue small funeral, with Malachi and other family member being only relatives. Other family member makes sure Malachi gets to keep the dog. Block 3- Early 20s/present day. Malachi and dog are living alone in childhood house/maybe moved to apartment, studying (one of: premed/vetinary care/childcare/teaching). Other family member checks in with him periodically, but they and Malachi have a hard time connecting. Malachi spends most of his time at college or at home - still no extracurriculars or close friends. Mostly reads, watches TV/YouTube/Netflix, or takes dog on hikes. OTHER __________________________________________________________________________ #20B2AA
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