[CHAR] Shine City IV: Romance Forever!

[Silver Fox]

Main Character

Ashton Griffone

Name:
Ashton Griffone

Age:
25

Gender:
Female

Appearance

Ash stands around 7'0 and is a lean, skinny, well toned muscular figure with light tanned skin. Short dirty blonde messy hair with her bangs covering her eyes a lot of the times, though she does push them to the side usually when looking at people. She had a nasty scar on her face of what looks like a claw Mark from her right temple to her left side of the cheekbone, one going from the right cheekbone to the middle of the left cheek, and the last going from the middle of the right cheek to the left of the jaw. Is usually wearing baggy clothes, but almost always has her black coat with white fluff trimming. Usually wearing a grey tank top and beige cargo pants and black combat boots and black fingerless gloves. A red cloth around her left bicep with a golden symbol shaping a Griffon.

Whenever she isn't in uniform of course.

Height:
7'0

Weight:
220 lb

Likes:

• Video Games
• Manga/Anime
• Rain
• Music (Pop, Country, Techno, game tunes)
• Animals
• Sleeping
• Dancing
• Cute Girls
• Meeting People
• Sweets
• Swimming
• Ocean
• Fire
• Hiking
• Sports
• Martial Arts/Judo
• Jumping in puddles
• Stuffed animals/plushies/soft stuff
• Flowers

Dislikes:

• Sour tastes
• Spicy Food
• Talking
• Judgmental people
• Cruelty
• Dishonesty
• Smoking
• Unnecessary Violence
• Cactus
• Wearing Dresses or Heels or Make up.

Party Trick:
She has a very good eye. Usually when she's somewhat focused, she can spot little things. She's also is able to throw someone flat on their back. Though she usually avoids having to.

Profession:
Firefighter

Personality:
Ashton is a very quiet individual. Literally. No really she hardly ever speaks, even to close friends. Some people have a hard time deciding if she's mute or just chooses not to speak. That isn't to say she isn't social however. She's quite animated in her movements and usually gets her point across to others by facial expressions and physical motions. Though, she does always carry a boogie board around her neck to write out any words she wants to communicate toward someone. Friendly and outgoing, she's happy to greet with just about anyone. Also a bit adventurous and enjoys wandering about on her down time. Usually, she's eager to please and is a bit naïve at times. A bit of a space cadet, she'll at times turn quite a bit klutzy when she's not focused on anything. Or, just get absolutely lost in the city during her walk-a-bouts. Is absolutely oblivious when it comes to romantic matters. One could fairly say she's a tomboy. She doesn't usually upkeep appearance as she doesn't see much point. Her body doesn't exactly meet the 'womanly attractive' criteria. Too tall, too flat, no hips. Never dresses 'girly' but she does like plushies. That and she would much rather get dirty by playing in rain puddles rather than putting on a dress or makeup.

Bio:
Growing up a orphan, Ashton doesn't have much memory before the age of ten. She's just always lived at the orphanage to her knowledge. She was a pretty quiet child, didn't talk much, but enjoyed exploring. One day, when playing by a bridge, she almost fell off it, but someone saved her. A woman of the military, and it was a start of her wishing to join the army. This woman was named Claire Griffon. Whom soon was kind enough to adopt the lanky child. A beautiful woman with a kind heart, with a bit of a stern way of upbringing, she still did her best to raise Ashton. Ashton ended up wanting to be exactly like Claire. Kind, able to show love to just about anyone. Not romantic... just... a pure emotion. It was hard to explain with words. When she turned the age of eighteen, she went off to follow her dream of following her adoptive mothers footsteps. Serving the armed service for three years, specializing with the sniper rifle. Though she retired and instead decided to train the next two as a firefighter. The army turned out just not to be for her, as she did not want to actually hurt people. She wanted to help them. Only staying so long was because she wanted to make Claire proud. However, one day she received a letter notifying Ashton that Claire passed away due to a accident that caused their apartment to be erupted in flames. Distraught and heartbroken, she felt completely lost, unsure what her purpose was anymore. However, after a few letters Claire had sent her prior, her confidence slowly returned. So she decided to do another physically active job that did help people that didn't exactly involve fighting people. Fighting fire. Deciding that was the best way to share kindness to others like others have shown to her.

Theme Song

Shine City IV Update: Nothing too much has changed besides currently allowing Amaya to room with her.

Side Characters

Marine Redwood

Name: Marine Redwood
Age: 24
Appearance:

Height: 5'0
Weight: 130

Likes:
- Fighting Fire
- Teasing others
- Messing Around
- Going out at parties or mixers
- Flirting
- Showing off she's a tough little girl
- Playing jokes and doing dares
- Free running

Dislikes:
- Idiots
- Fire
- People pointing out her short stature
- People underestimating her
- Hypocrites

Party Trick: She's really good at climbing.

Profession: FireFighter

Bio/Personality: Marine is generally a good natured woman who loves having fun. Going out on parties, going on dates, picking on her team at the station and thinking she's the one in charge and of course putting out fire. She's usually the one coming up with ideas to mess with people or play a little prank, making bets or other trouble. Her life was pretty normal though, growing up as a daughter to a Fire Chief. So she hardly saw him, but she always admired the trade. When her father died in a tragic accident in a house engulfed in flames, she swore she'd be the greatest firefighter in Shine City and be a Fire Chief like her father.

Theme Song: <haven't decided yet>

[Shin]

Natille "Nat" Gerwulf AKA Venka Morfeo

Pen Name: Venka Morfeo
Real Name: Natille “Nat” Gerwulf

Age: 24

Appearance:

Picture

Height: 163cm

Weight: 48 kg

Likes (in no particular order and quite miscellaneously): Sleep, nicotine dreams and even nightmares, her morning and evening cigarillo, writing, music, a cold drink after writing and occasionally before, her platonic relationship with Dr. Templeton, her not so platonic relationship with Templeton Rye, long walks, the rare new experience...

Dislikes (in no particular order miscellaneously): Excessive smoking, bad smells, pollution, people, the world, God and/or the gods, not being understood, the same old experiences, doctors (save for one psychologist), reality and life...

Party Trick: What a rare occurrence for Nat, she doesn’t usually have much tricks for parties. Her main party talent is her incredible tolerance for alcohol, gaining a rosy appearance on her pale skin but still remaining visibly stable and apparently mentally stable, though who knows how well she pretends not to be drunk, parties being so rare. She can also blow various interesting shapes with clouds of smoke, though she is sickened by most save for the occasional cigar or her favorite brand of cigarillos, Lily Clouds.

Profession: Professional novel writer, works from home. Occasionally follows various courses at the local university.

Bio: Natille Gerwulf, known to the few close to her as “Nat” by her demand, and to the general public as Venka Morfeo, famous writer of novels portraying a vividly described world alternate to ours, where a young woman finds herself going on adventures, fighting villains, making friends and even falling in love, has a peculiar source for the inspiration of her writing. This source of inspiration is seen as quite different things by different people and groups. For her reader base, it’s the world around her that feeds her colorful imagination, for her psychologist, it comes from her dreams, the reveries of a woman called “broken”, and for Nat herself, it was a reality she once lived.

Seven years prior to the present day, Natille entered a coma following an accident that killed her mother. Her father, a wealthy man who had spent his entire life thus far working so his dream of having a truly happy family with his beloved soulmate of a wife and his adored daughter, was, needless to say, devastated. Rushing to the hospital in the middle of a blizzard, which earned him scars from frostnip, he gave all he had so his daughter could be kept alive, even as his relatives, always scornful of his relationship, warned that he would be pouring his money into a vegetable.

Still, he pressed on, selling all but what he absolutely needed to live so his daughter could sleep soundly, his hope never dying. Left alone by a god he’d rather name the worst of demons, he fell into depression, drinking and nearly committing suicide. Though he reassured himself with the fact that care for Natille was carefully ensured in his will and testament, he could never pull the trigger, torn to shreds by the struggle within him between hope and despair. When he was not visiting his daughter, every moment felt as cold as the blizzard he fought through to first see her face after the accident, but as one year of melancholic slumber became two, then three, then eventually four, Alan Gerwulf never stopped signing checks to the hospital caring for her and fighting for his angel to be kept alive for just a while longer.

Natille awoke five years later, on a warm summer’s day. It would take her two months before she could form coherent sentences again and in the meantime, she cried, sobbed, even wailed and bawled at some points of time. While her father saw it initially as sadness from her mother’s death, a sadness they shared, or even tears of joy at being truly alive again, it was soon discovered that she was crying to be in the coma again. Not because of five years of her life being gone, not because her family was ruined, not because her father had remarried in an attempt to fill in a certain void while she was gone (though she would resent him for this later), but because of a life she had lived while asleep. The specialists taking care of her told her it was simply impossible that she could have vivid, realistic dreams while in a coma, but every day, she wrote in a journal about the incredibly colorful, detailed memories she had of her dream life.

Before she seemingly died and woke up from her coma at the end of a happy life, surrounded by a family she loved more than anything, she had lived a family life not unlike the one her father wanted for himself and his beloveds, with a handsome, strong, special husband, one who she had met during countless adventures she had after she came into the fantastical world she could now remember so intensely, at the age of eighteen. Nat, as her beloved had called her, had fought with a sword, with magic, with her heart, struggled, met many people, made so many friends, and even changed the world before living the rest of her life in peace. Her times were often happy, often sad, sometimes bittersweet, occasionally full of rage, but that rainbow of emotions was what she loved most. She had found everything she could have ever wanted in that world, she did everything she ever wanted and she never wanted for more. Natille cherished the twenty years she believed she had lived in that world so much that she could easily write every moment down.

All of it was gone and for those around her, it was a miracle. What a miracle! She finally woke up! Not a single person understood her distress, no one even sought to understand it, with everyone, even her own father, brushing it aside as side effects from brain damage she must have incurred in the accident. The only one who went as far as accepting them as dreams was a young medical student who would later become her psychologist, the oddly-named Bridge Templeton, however, that didn’t change a thing for Natille, who now firmly insisted she be called “Nat”. She had lost it all, everything she had ever cherished was gone, from the life she had lived in the coma and her life before the accident.

At one time, she had thanked the accident for sending her into a world where her life was even better than the last. Now, she cursed the world for its cruelty, taking both of her lives away, making all her actions be for nothing. A year after her recovery, she decided to move to Shine City, away from the house of her father and his new wife who treated Nat as her own daughter and did her able best to be the mother the girl had lost. Upon the suggestion of the local Dr. Templeton, she had published what she still believed were her own experiences in a novel, which was an astounding success. A serialization prompted the move in order to become closer to a publishing house.

One year has passed since then. Now known throughout the world by her pen name, Venka Morfeo, she continues to write her experiences as the stories of Lynette, a character that mirrors her in every way, living alone in a penthouse apartment, with no lack for material delights, leaving only to get fresh air and fresh food. Life on Earth and not in the world of Soma is seen as useless to her, her only purpose being to leave Lynette’s and her own mark on the world as Venka Morfeo. The perfect world of her slumber pales in comparison to the colors of Shine City to her and her hope is lost.

But has hope died?

Personality: Today, Nat has given up on reality, after she was “killed” in her beloved Soma and brought into the sad plane known as Earth once again, in an uncomfortable, sterile bed. Due to this, she regards the real world with apathy, boredom and even hatred at times. Every experience seems redundant to her, though she is delighted by the rare experience that doesn’t feel like déjà vu. Occasionally she ventures out of her penthouse to look for these experiences, but when this is fruitless, save for physical fitness benefits, she usually retreats back for a drink and to continue working to the achievement of what she sees as her life’s purpose. Love is another thing that seems redundant to her, the memories of the love of her old life still fresh in her mind and not easily forgettable. People are monochrome background characters compared to the colorful, amazing people of Soma and her demeanor reflects this, polite and friendly out of courtesy, but uncaring. It would take true power of the heart to break her out of the prison of her memories, or death. Some small part of Nat still prays that it’ll be the former.

Theme Song: The National – About Today

[Knight of Doom]

Main Character

Amaya Tsukino

Amaya Tsukino

Age: 21

Height: 5'3"

Weight: 118 lbs

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

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

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

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

Amaya's Work Uniform

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

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

Amaya's Theme

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Side Characters

Devin Haas

Name: Diogenes Haas

English Name: Devin Haas

Age: 24

Appearance:


Height: 6'3"

Weight: 212 lbs

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

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

Party Trick: He knows quite a few magic tricks.

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

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

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

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

Devin's Theme

[Verdaux]

Sabine V 3.0

5'5 | 126 lbs.

Sabine D'Aramitz

25

Sabine likes to build things most people would buy as a single product : air-conditioners, motors, lightbulbs, distillers, etc. Comes with the standard ingenuity of her people's culture.

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

The smell of jalapenos are unbearable, but for the sake of money and customer satisfaction, she's learned to put up with it.

Among other dislikes, she hates drama / scandal on any scale, detests standards for what defines a relationship, and absolutely abhors mornings. It's a bad habit for her to immediately clock out by sunrise, but if it means sneaking a "cuddle" or two with her, she won't mind...

...that is, if you're paying by the hour.

Trick :

"I can still do a Rubik's Cube with three shots of cognac, if that counts! And uh...same with most other logic games. Jenga, Tic-Tac, Mindsweeper, Chess, Malancala..."

Profession:

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

Bio/Personality:

Sabine came in from another country, specifically the little island that lost the game of nuclear-hot-potatoes. The hometown in question was a place where the wealthiest came to purchase premium services in a certain hotel chain, a chain that became filthy rich once the tourist industry detonated post-normalization of foreign relations. The town, once a simple tourist-stop village, became a prime-time vacation spot, and with the influx of tourists also came the eviction of her house and gym to provide more room for the hotel's pool. By then, Sabine was already a "working lady" right out of her graduation from her high school (her training was statuatory, to say the least), and had made enough money to fly over to Shine City for a permanent residence. Unfortunately, the money pool wasn't nearly big enough to pay for the education most others would have by her age. Over here, she found no opportunities to continue her old way of life, and so she quietly slipped into the town to do the odd job or three, until she could be kept as a main-stay aid for cooking. Who knew she had it in her to live her old childhood fantasies?

With the last few months of adjustment, everything has reverted back to a strange, reminiscent lifestyle of the one she had once fled from. Given, she's free from the influence of pimps and drugs now, but between the webcams and the by-the-meal pay she gets delivering home-cooked courses to students at the Academy, romance has had even less time than before. That, and the incident still lingers in her mind...

...say, she forgot to tell her neighbor that she moved closer to the Academy for ease of delivery.

Shit. Time to get advertising on that new cafe of hers...

So, if you haven't noticed yet, she's quite the busybody. Rents to pay, jobs to work, and let's not forget the fact that she was 25! (Old enough for a quarter-life crisis!)

It's paying off, though; Sabine now owns the D'aramitz Café at a barely-paying-the-rent-rate, a catering/delivering service with plenty of vacant spots for those in need of a steady flow of income. Webcam seshes are at an all-time low, and things seem to be looking up...for this month's paycheck.

Café Theme!


Resumé-builders and newcomers are welcome to work!

Theme :

[Dolerman]

Name: Fenton Kelly (P.I.)

Age: 28

Appearance:


Height: 5'9

Weight:(161 lbs)

Party Trick: Can pull perfect donuts with his car.

Profession: Private Investigator

Likes: Chess, Smoking, Whiskey, Mecha Figurines, Jazz Bars, Classy Escorts

Dislikes: bright lights, noodles, guns, corruption, new jersey, ex wives, pimps

Personality: Fenton is very straight to the point and can seem cold and distant sometimes, especially when working. His sleeping pattern and drinking habits make him very moody during the day time. He has a strong sense of justice but also is a man of many legal vices such as gambling and women. He is known for having an almost non existent temper although he always seems mildly irritated.

Backstory: Fenton was always going to be a cop, he had a strong sense of authority even as child, who would always dictacte the rules of every game they would play and make sure everyone stuck to them. His career in the police force was pretty mundane to begin with, and he almost quit on two separate occasions due to boredom. But after sticking with it he finally came upon a case he couldn't take his mind off. The murder of a cult leader in his own mansion. The details of the incident were very strange with many witness reports alluding to something supernatural at play. The police commission quickly buried the case and listed the murder as unsolved, which angered Fenton. He then went on to become a private investigator and joined the Neo-City detective club. Where he would only take up cases that interested him, including the supernatural.

(Update)

Fenton is already investigating a major case in Neo-City but while his new partner is in training he has decided to return to Shine City to take up some light requests and relax before he has to jump back into his main case.

Fenton's Theme

[Delta44]

Main

Meet Elvira Fukuhara, the Russian-Japanese Nuclear Mastermind!

"Seriously, what's the big deal?"

Work Outfit

Name:
Elvira Fukuhara
Age:
31
Height:
5'8"
Weight:
"Sixty-seven kilograms...? I need to work out more. Hrmph..."
Likes:
Science, reading, proving people wrong, facts, statistics, ambition, the elderly, mint chocolate, black coffee, and adjusting her glasses with the creepiest smile. Also sadism.
Dislikes:
Youth, being wrong, randomness, masochism, not having her glasses, the entire internet, and motherfucking weeaboos. Also idiots. Those really tick her off.
Party Trick:
"Give me any equation and thirty seconds. I'll have it solved before we hit ten seconds, unless you put in a tricky one. If that doesn't cut it... I throw a pretty mean Levi impression from that anime, White Swamp."
Profession:
Professor of physics, nuclear energy and quantum mechanics at Shine Academy; also does her bit for power plants across the world as an active researcher into nuclear energy.
Bio/Personality:
*Play theme song while reading :D*

"When I was hardly a year old... My mother passed away before me...

The Chernobyl disaster took her away...

And it's something I cannot forget...

She died, sacrificed her life, to save those who wouldn't have had the time otherwise. At the cost of the few -- herself included -- she saved a great many more, giving the evacuation a head start against the meltdown. Her passing was heralded with honor, just like the many others who gave their lives for the greater good... so that we all could live, to see another day. So that my father and I could live on, to make our dreams come true, and to make this world a better place. So that we could accomplish some good outside of Russia. So that I could grow into a fine young woman, and so that we could become so much more. So that we could unlock our destinies, and help a great many more people. We moved to Japan; I grew up and my father grew old, but we forever remembered...

... the events of that day...

When I'd barely graduated a year... My father passed away before me...

Lost in the Fukushima disaster...

And it's something I just cannot seem to forget...

He died... To save those who still had a fighting chance... He sacrificed himself, like my mother, to abort a disaster which would have killed a great deal more. The time he put in, alongside the other scientists, helped alert and get many people out of the area. In fact, he was part of the one thousand death statistic who helped save the one hundred thousand others. He's not just a hero to the country, now, but in my eyes he is, too. Like my mother... Perhaps maybe like me, someday. It's why I research nuclear energy today, after all. I want to make this world safer for the coming generation - I want them to not have to go through what I did. Now I know I can be a bit mean-spirited and cranky at times, and I know I'm not always a good person, but... if you can give me a chance, and let me teach at this academy, I'll be forever grateful."

Theme Song

Secondary

Ryoki Mochizukki, Reworked~!

Name: Ryoki Mochizukki
Age: 28
Appearance:


Height: 166cm
Weight: 74.5kg

Likes: Music, her scarf, flirting, having fun with friends, experiencing new things, playing an instrument, making people laugh, drawing, dancing, working, otakudom.
Dislikes: Dishonesty, death, depressing topics, serious topics, bullies, things that aren't fun, normal people.

Party Trick: Ryoki has a deck of tarot cards. Should you request it, she'll give you a reading. Using the power of the arcana, she can supposedly tell you your future. Of course, if that doesn't cut it, she can play just about any instrument, and has a large stockpile of puns available if all else fails.

Profession: Ryoki is an aspiring musician who works from home. She has a wide variety of instruments that she owns and plays, but is best with violins, guitars, keyboards and saxophones. Not to mention singing; she loves to sing! She uploads her music on to sites such as YouTube and makes her own albums. She's not world famous by any means, but still makes enough to make a living. Mostly. Ryoki also works part-time as a voice actor, getting job offers every now and then to voice characters for anime, games and so-on. She also scored a job at the casino and has been working as a bunny girl waitress ever since. Sometimes the two combine and she performs at the casino as the infamous "Bad Bunny".

Bio/Personality: Ryoki's life has always been something of mystery and oddity. Though her childhood was sheltered, she became outgoing. Despite finding joy in life, she somehow felt depressed.

... And when she was faced with lost, she would always find herself.

An oddball, courageous and flirtatious, Ryoki Mochizukki is something special. She's strong, yet has a multitude of weaknesses, and always finds herself looking to the future. A woman who once looked over her shoulder to the past now boldly strides towards the future, and her love life heating up more now than ever before!
She loves him.
That man in the casino, who deals the cards and embodies charm. A perfect pair, some say, but she isn't so sure. Ryoki Mochizukki is a woman who has never really felt true love before. Past relationships being rather short and, to be frank, terrible, she doesn't quite understand how she's supposed to feel towards this certain individual.
Is he a friend? Or something more?

Regardless, Ryoki lives on, letting her heart guide her into the future.

Themes: Main Theme, Flirtatious and Sexy Theme!, Sexy Theme 2!

(Link to her former self.)

[LovelyAnastasia]

EDIT: Sorry! No more Kaori!

[SkeankySnack]

Main Character

Kyle Parker

Name: Kyle Parker
Age: 23
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 226 lbs
Likes: Gaming, computers, metal, chillstep, spirituality, weed, work, a woman's eyes (he's a sucker for them)
Dislikes: large groups of people, cleaning, drama, horror, universities
Party Trick: Has surprisingly strong and dexterous feet (example: could catch a thrown ball and throw it back just as hard)

Profession: Works as an Apprentice Optician in a small glasses boutique called "An Eye for Fashion"

Bio/Personality: Kyle is a fierce individual, a passionate young man with the determination and confidence to back it up, but with enough understanding to process taken information and give a proper response, often with unexpected wisdom. Because of this his demeanor and low even toned voice can often relax people and a smile could brighten up anyone's day. There are times that he has bouts of anger, but more often than not he'll only get mad if someone really messes up.

Kyle originally came to Japan from America to study in university, after only attending university for a few semesters, it dawned on him that he hated schooling, but came to love the country he'd spent his time in. Kyle was determined to remain in Japan, even filing for a work visa and looking for any business willing to hire him in Shine City, most places unfortunately turned him down, that is until he came upon a little glasses boutique. Inside he met with the owner, a kindly old gentleman, Mr. Hiroshi, who would take Kyle under his wing and teach him all he needed to work in the glasses industry. With a new job and a place to sleep at night, Kyle had found his home.

Since Season 3: His hair has grown out longer, he's regained some of his old confidence and Nori has become a thing of the past for him. He's ready to start anew, and let love into his heart again.

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Side Characters

Mr. Hiroshi Ibarazaki

Wears these

Name: Mr. Hiroshi Ibarazaki
Age: 58
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 312 lbs
Likes: Drinking, Comradary, The Spirit of Youth
Dislikes: Thieves, Liars, Cheaters
Party Trick: Ever seen a man's gut split a melon in two?
Profession: Licensed Optician, Co-Owner of "An Eye For Fashion"
Bio/Personality: Mr. Hiroshi can be a bit of a loud and boisterous man, with a laugh as large as his belly and just as large a thirst. For a man who's as old as he is, most would assume him to retire or live somewhere a bit quieter, but he always says, "I thrive where the youth live, there's a fire in them that I just can't get enough of." He's known to out drink anyone who dares to challenge him, earning him the title of "The Dwarf of Japan".

Hiroshi met Dr. Dajianus some years ago and traveled across Europe with him for several months. Inspired by their travels they started a business together in Shine City, to give those an option of eyewear that was outside their normal culture.

Theme:

Dr. Giles Dajianus

Name: Dr. Giles Dajianus
Age: 38
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 190 lbs
Likes: Reading, quiet evenings in, professionalism
Dislikes: Disturbances, disrespectful youth, insurance companies
Party Trick: "I don't do parties"
Profession: Licensed Optometrist (OD), co-owner of "An Eye For Fashion"
Bio/Personality: Dr. Giles Dajianus is a man who's a bit rough around the edges, cynical with a slightly intimidating personality. Despite how he may physically appear on the outside, he is a man who has a passion for his work, cares deeply for his patients and isn't afraid to tell someone they're being an idiot if its a matter of health and safety. Because of his deep rooted professionalism he doesn't accept shoddy work and will only do things by the book.

Dr. Dajianus was born in the UK and there earned his license and medical degree. It wouldn't be for some time in his service to the industry (and marriage) that he'd be introduced to Mr. Hiroshi. From there, inspired by their travels across Europe they went into a business partnership together and opened "An Eye For Fashion" in Shine City.

Theme:

[The Survivor]

Kenji Omarsa

Name: Kenji James Omarsa
Age: 29
Appearance:

Ken

Ken usually wears casual wear, a light cargo jacket and T-shirt, with jeans and tennis shoes. He almost always wears his dog tags, that read 'Master Sergeant Kenji J. Omarsa' on one tag and read 'Venom' on the other. His arms are adorned with scars, a few on his torso and one across his left cheek. His hair is white, a genetic rarity accompanied by red eyes, he is technically classified as an albino; though his skin is not affected.

On his left bicep is a black and white skull wearing a beret with crossed knives behind it.

Height: 6 feet tall
Weight: 195 Lbs
Likes:
- Cigars
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Motorcycles
- Mexican Food
- Spicy Food
- Books
- Video Games
- Bass Guitar
- Weights and Fitness
- Hiking
- The Outdoors
- Weapons
Dislikes:
- Politicians
- Morons
- Overly Invasive People
- Liars
- Cowards
- Corporations
- Coffee
Party Trick:
Whenever he wants people to go away, he talks about his scars. That usually shuts them up.

Profession: Ken works as a bodyguard for some of the richest people in Shine City

Bio/Personality:
Ken was born as the oldest of 4 children. Growing up he had to balance between taken care of his siblings and taking care of his parents, namely one parent, his drunken mother. His father died in a commercial plane crash when he was very young. Ken's mother was a barely functioning alcoholic. Kenji began to resent his mother and his home, feeling boxed in and trapped by responsibility. When a recruiter for the armed forces showed up at his high school, he was all too eager to enlist. Ken called his uncle and explained the situation and much to Kenji's relief, his uncle agreed to keep an eye on his family. He went into the armed services at 18.

Ken thrived in the military, being admitted into the Special Forces only a year after enlisting. His youthful and eager demeanor quickly gave way to harsh reality as he deployed. The reality of death, the reality of serving, the reality of killing. He was introduced to the world that most would never see, the poverty ridden streets of back water countries to the corporate high rises of rival nations. He saw the worst of humanity and it never left him.

The years went on and Ken moved up in the military, he earned scars and war stories and tattoos. He learned the ways of the world and it hardened him and made his cynical. 10 years after he enlisted, he retired with an honorable discharge. He then returned home and began traveling the country, looking for a place to call his own. Kenji found Shine City through a job offer from an old war buddy to work for a Private Security Company as a bodyguard. So he traveled to Shine City to start his new life. It has been a few months since Ken arrived in Shine City and he's still adjusting to his mostly civilian life.

Kenji is a polite but very cynical person who prefers to keep to himself. He despises people he thinks are stupid, which would be 75% of the population. Ken is slightly socially awkward, not knowing what to say in certain situations or how to act. He can be especially nervous and awkward when pursuing women romantically, but can also be very charming. He enjoys his work, even if he doesn't like his client. Kenji still struggles adapting to civilian life and occasionally has nightmares about his more disturbing operations. He loves rock 'n' roll and often listens to what many people of his generation would call 'Dad' music. He sometimes has trouble connecting to other people his age, but when he does, he's loyal to a fault.

Theme Song:

[Matsuri]

Certified Pigeon Chaser and Songwriter

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NAME:
Aya Kagamine

AGE:
24

APPEARANCE:
A skyscraper of a Japanese woman, Aya stands at around 5'9. Her hair is thick and short, and her eyes are quite thin and sharp. There's also a small beauty spot at the bottom of her lip. She's a sucker for matching colour schemes, with wisely chosen outfits adorned with a different hat each day to match. She also wears glasses, but only when she's reading unnecessarily small text. Funnily enough, her eyebrows are quite thin, something people usually tease her for (and something she usually beats people up for saying such things).

HEIGHT:
5'9

WEIGHT:
132 lbs

LIKES:
Reading
Racoons
Spicy food
Song writing
Songs with deep meanings
Poetry with deep meanings
Stories with deep meanings
Amazing colour schemes
Scaring away flocks of pigeons (when there's no one around, of course.)
Writing
Taking walks in the park (especially early in the morning)
Playing with her trusty guitar/keyboard
Chewing pencils gum

DISLIKES:
Beaches
Sweet food
Heavy rain
Aeroplanes (Lord she's terrified of 'em)
The deep end of the swimming pool (or the fucking sea)
Getting lost in the middle of nowhere
Lettuce (there's a story behind that)
Fonts that are too damn small to read

PARTY TRICK:
Aya's surprisingly good at thinking up decent rhymes on the spot. Also, force her into a karaoke night and she'll destroy any singer who dares to cross her path.

OCCUPATION:
Cashier at the Eye For Fashion boutique.

PERSONALITY:
Aya is usually seen as this calm and quiet person who will really only speak when spoken to. She's always the one to linger in the background, and her often aloof behaviour and sharp featured face definitely gives off a stay-the-hell-away-from-me impression. In reality though, Aya is just a firework that could be set off at any moment. Stubborn and having a no-nonsense and brutally honest attitude, Aya doesn't really attract much positive attention. If you delve a bit more into reality however, you'll find the true, hidden Aya. Going into depth about this confused and emotional crybaby lady that doesn't know what to do in life would ruin the experience though, so you guys will just have to discover what this girl's really like on your own.

But in conclusion, just don't piss Aya off. Like, ever. Once the spark lights the fire, there's no going back.

Aya also has her fair share of quirks and habits as well. She tends to chews on the ends of her pens (especially when she's stressed or nervous) and is surprisingly an early riser. Her voice is actually a bit deep, but it doesn't take an abnormally high IQ to figure out she's a woman. Aya may sometimes have a tendency to overanalyse shit; if you put her in front of a blank canvas with a dot in the middle, she'll probably assume that the deeper meaning behind it is how minuscule people can feel. Something like that. It can get a bit bizarre and out of hand sometimes.

BIO:
Ever since not so little Aya was born, her single mother had always been struggling to keep their lives together. From their apartment to their bookstore that was barely standing on its two feet financially, the first few years of Aya's time walking on Earth was a hard time for her mother. However, not wanting her child to be affected by such things, a smile would cover her stress, and laughter would conceal her sadness. Aya was still young then, so she didn't really notice.

Then, in her first year of high school, her mother fell ill after overworking herself. It would take about a month or so for her to fully recover, but that month would be the time where Aya realised what her mother had been going through the second she was born. It was painful to discover such things at a time of bleakness and distress.

Although Aya's passion for writing songs and short stories had been present with her ever since childhood, a conflict within her began to boil up. She'd always wanted to become a writer of some sort, but would it be enough to fill Aya's pockets when she desperately needed it? Going for a much more 'praised' job would have been, well, better, right?

Then, the time finally came for the two to part ways. Aya would have to make her own breakthrough into the real world, leaving her mother behind and leaving herself filled with worry concern. Weekly phone calls would become a thing once Aya had moved in elsewhere, and the only thing the woman hoped for was that her mother would pick up every single time she called.

The Theme of Aya

Walking

Recollection

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[Lunaeria]

Addison Monette

ADDISON MONETTE

❤ Engineer ❤ Female ❤ 28 ❤ 5"6 ❤ 133lbs ❤ Libra ❤ Theme Song

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_{❤ A P P E A R A N C E}

_{Addison has been told by many people that she is very pretty and she doesn’t disagree with them. Although she lacks in any particularly striking features her general attractiveness is made up of lots of softer individual attributes and enhanced further by the girl’s potent make-up skills. She has long brown hair, often worn down. Her lips are almost always coated in a soft bubblegum pink lipgloss. She likes make-up and most often sports nude colors. When it comes to dressing Addison almost exclusively wears designer suits and heels to work, but outside of it? Her dress sense is somewhat of a hot mess. She owns several shirts from various fandoms, lots of neon items and anything that she feels exudes a sense of fun. She is able to coordinate quite well and cleans up very nicely provided she actually feels like making an effort. Addison also owns a huge number of rave outfits which she cannot bring herself to throw away.}

_{❤ P E R S O N A L I T Y}

<sub>Above all else, if one would assign a moniker to Addison it would be a thrill seeker. Addison loves fun, after spending a huge amount of childhood locked up in her home she is eager to see the world and be free. She likes fun and will follow it in whatever form she might find it in, she is adventurous to a fault and reckless to an almost dangerous capacity. Although her first for adventure is never really sated, with age comes wisdom, and Addison is more steeled and tempered than her early twenties. She is occasionally settled but never for long. Her bubbly and flirty personality allow her to make fast friends and a whirlwind collection of lovers but as one might expect Addison rarely stays still long enough to form a lasting connection.

Addison likes to describe herself as a bit of a badass. She takes great interest in martial arts, motorbikes, and physics. Her motivation to become an engineer was so that she might design something cool for outer space; her current favourite idea is a mini-shuttle for quick space travel with an onboard entertainment system. She’s very smart and very active and hates the sexist idea that girls aren’t just as good at anything men can do. She spent a lot of her youth playing video games – dominating the Shine City Street Fighter tournaments with a killer Chun Li. Of course, Addison is still incredibly feminine; she spends way too much time watching beauty vloggers, she adores the color bubblegum pink and she adores the spa. If you ask her the easiest way to describe her is that she is just Addison.</sub>

_{❤ H I S T O R Y}

<sub>Born in Shine City to an incredibly wealthy family left Addison with a lot of choices, but surprisingly little freedom to utilise it. Her father an eager politician with lofty goals and her mother a socialite with a talent for manipulations they hoped Addison would become a nice housewife for a high standing young man. Raised to speak when spoken to, not be too expressive and to always be careful of how she presented herself Addison found solace in the one place no one knew her; the internet. Addison began to play video games in order to stave away the boredom; a fan of FPS games, MMO’s and survival horror games. This interest extended to other video games and her talents began to garner interest. She became the guild leader of the biggest guild in a huge MMO (you know the one), was one of eight players who had the fastest clear speed of her favourite survival horror game and was ranked number one of the leaderboards for nearly every FPS she played. Sticking to masculine handles and identities in order to prevent herself from being harassed by the goobers online Addison found a lot of comfort in the virtual world.

The real world not so much. While Addison was always interested in learning and partaking in practical skills, building things and designing them her parents discouraged her as they were not particularly ladylike careers. The only thing they allowed her to take were self-defence classes, but they weren’t impressed with her interest in furthering her martial arts skills. They disapproved of her interests in things like rap music and her tendency to get into scrapes with the other children – they continued to clamp down on their daughter until she reached the breaking point and ran away from home with a note at eighteen.

Eager to experience her first taste of freedom lead Addison on the adventure of a lifetime. Using the cash she had taken from her parents Addison took buses all around the country and worked odd jobs in order to fund herself. Making friends wherever she went, and usually leaving a few spellbound lovers too, Addison found herself in all sorts of situations. Some good, some bad – but every single one incredibly memorable. On her travels, Addison found herself in an underground rave club and was captivated by the atmosphere and the incredible DJ. So captured in fact, that she decided that she wanted to learn to do it herself. So at the end of his set, she went up to the DJ and begged him to teach her how to spin. Initially agreeing because he hoped he might get lucky with the pretty girl, the guy passed on what he knew to Addison and she started DJing herself. She went on a DJ tour of the clubs up and down the country until she was 22. Spending her nights partying, her mornings sleeping and her afternoon learning all the skills and having all the experiences her parents wouldn’t let her; martial arts, going to a rap concert, rock climbing and how to ride a motorbike.

On her 22nd Birthday, Addison and her friends celebrated a little too hard and deciding to take drugs from a dealer they didn’t know particularly well ended up costing one of their friends her life. Addison ended up being okay herself after she had her stomach pumped by the incident was an eye-opener. Realising that she couldn’t just party her life away, Addison worked up the courage and the money to go home to Shine City. She didn’t tell her parents until she enrolled on an engineering course at the local university and had settled herself in an apartment. Getting back into contact with them was difficult, they were understandably angry with her, but over time they began to heal as a family.

Addison finished her degree with flying colors and began to undertake a Ph.D. in Astrophysics, she had high hopes of designing something to go into space. She wasn’t too interested in going herself unless the opportunity somehow arose, but the idea that a piece of her would fly into space was the coolest thing she’d ever heard. Even though she is home in Shine City with a stable career, that doesn’t stop Addison from finding new ways to take life to max – just for the occasional thrill.</sub>

_{❤ L I K E S}

_{❤ Rap Music
❤ DJing
❤ Motorbikes
❤ Video Games
❤ Martial Arts
❤ Adreanline Rushes
❤ Designing and Building
❤ Anything Pink
❤ Bunnies}

_{❤ D I S L I K E S}

_{💔 Boring People
💔 Lame Parties
💔 Drugs
💔 Sexism
💔 Soup
💔 Anything Green
💔 Tofu
💔 Knock Knock Jokes
💔 Sci-Fi}

_{❤ P A R T Y T R I C K}

_{Addison is one of the best Mario Kart players anyone is likely to meet in their lifetime. Although Addison plays many video games, several at a professional level, Addison is a world class Mario Kart player. She holds the current world speed record for Sweet Sweet Canyon, Rainbow Road, and Toad's Turnpike. For those curious; her favourite character is Princess Peach.}

[Evil Snowman]

Theodore

Name: Theodore (Theo) Thomas Maxwell

Age: 24

Appearance:

Height: 5 ft 7in

Weight: 147 lbs

Likes: Cat's, music (rock in particular), video games, computers, Reading books, b-list horror films, boxing, staying in his pajamas all day, Cosplay (although its a secret), plants and flowers, cold days, snow, volcanoes, alcohol (He'll drink just about anything, minus beer), Heavyweight drinkers.

Dislikes: Being stared at, Dogs, people who don't remember his name or simply him, immature teenagers, mornings, techno music, hot days, lightweight drinkers, Beer

Party Trick: Theo is very good at impersonating people's voices be it a boy or girl. Even if he's only just meet the person whose voice he's trying to impersonate. All he needs is a few sentences and presto! Get ready to have conversation with him using your voice.

Profession: Theo works full-time at The Enchanted Florist as cashier and general helping hand. Doing whatever is asked of him be it sweeping the floor to promoting the store in some shameless costume. Part of his work is training to becoming a botanist, so once a week attends class for a day at shine academy.

Bio: Form a young age Theo as had a strong love of nature. As child spent much time as he could at the Enchanted Florist enjoying the large verity of plants they had often talking to the shopkeeper. Until his mother dragged him out. If Theo ever disappeared it was pretty easy to know where he went. As he grew older Theo developed other interest, but plants always remained his passion even if, during his high school years it got Theo picked on a little. However even if he got picked on for it Theo never showed it bothered him, but slowly as time progressed Theo moved away from his passion. By the time he was in his final year had nothing to do with plants only buying them when he was trying to woo a girl or was buying them for his mother on mothers day.

When Theo finished high school he was unsure what to do with himself, so spent the next few years working as a kitchen hand in a small dingy restaurant. It was during this time did his love for plants become reignited as one day on his way home form work, he bumped into the shopkeeper of the Enchanted Florist and ended up having a long conversation. The conversation lead to Theo paying his first visit to his old childhood hang out in a long time. Theo notice during his visit there was a "help wanted" sign hanging front window. It was during the visit he asked about the job. The shopkeeper already aware Theo had a good knowledge of plants, so the shopkeeper offered Theo a paid trial.

Thinking it be a good idea and way out of his current job, so took the offer and for the next three weeks started his trail at his old childhood hang out. After the three weeks he was given the job, Theo feeling happy he was able to enjoy a deeply held passion of his once again and earn a wage to boot. After several months of hard work, the owner of the Florist offered Theo to qualify him as a botanist so he could become a botanist if he wanted. Not willing to waste such a chance Theo jumped on it even if meant a little extra work.

Personality:

Theo personality is dependent on where he is and what he is doing. Maintaining what he calls his business persona.

Business Persona: When at work or doing anything that is important or anything that simply requires a more serious attitude, Theo uses this well-mannered and quiet persona that always keep things professional and buries his personal feeling, no matter what they are behind a small smile. While using this persona he tends to thinking things out carefully before he does things, to avoid stuff ups.

Real Personality: Theo's real personality, is one that is carefree and cheerful and somewhat energetic 90% of the time. With very little that can sour his mood even in the slightest way, or if something dose sour his mood he very good at hiding it. Theo is typically fairly lazy when it comes to doing things, most of the time only really doing things as he needs to. Unless said thing gives him something he wants, or is something he finds enjoyable thus giving him motivation. Otherwise, unless it absolutely needs doing Theo needs someone to kick him in the ass (sometimes literally) to get him to moving. Once he starts a task Theo is the type the likes to see things though to completion and hates being pulled away form an unfinished task.

Although it is rare Theo when starts to feel angry or sad and actually shows it for all to see it tends to be in extremes with him going super nova on someone or become very depressed. He will open up to friends or someone he cares about, provide they pry the information out of him. Theo fairly skilled at avoiding conversation about his feelings.

Theo tends to play rough, often in the form of playful punching or for his friends given them crushing hugs. When Theo set his mind on something (e.g. a goal of some sort) he shows a very driven and determined attitude and will do whatever it takes to get that something. This applies to his work persona as well. If he can't get what he wants or it snatched away from him Theo tends to get depressed and be quite difficult to cheer up.

The other 10% of his personalty, is more mellow and thoughtful side to him. Typically this side of him is reserved only those he holds affection for, but if the mood strikes him it shows itself around others. During these times Theo can be quite the romantic around some he "likes" and is easily swayed by his emotions by they good or bad.

Theme Song: Okay ... so I sort gave up during season 3. But I might find one ... doubt it.

Other: Theo as a pair pet cats called Jax and Krew, one being a brown British Burmese and the other being a ginger American short hair.

[dabombjk]

Kieran

Name: Kieran Hishamie

Age: 21

Appearance:

Height: 6'2

Weight: 185 pounds

Likes: Spicy food, Comedy of all varieties, Reading Sci-Fi books and manga, writing, music of all genres, taking naps, women.

Dislikes: Bullies, Fried vegetables, Working too hard, too much thrill seeking.

Party Trick: Kieran likes to have a good time, but isn't much for the party scene. Kieran can though keep the appearance up being sober when High, has a low, alcohol tolerance.

Profession: Slightly successful Fantasy book author and writer, wrote a book called 'New Voyage'. Lives in a small apartment

Bio/Personality: When Kieran graduated high school, he enlisted into the United States Army. In there Kieran had been transformed from the slacking, stoner, loser that he was into a person that could contribute to society. During his first deployment a year into his service, Kyles unit hit an IED on a civilian road in a third world country, and suffered a serious back injury. Kieran entire spinal cord became sprained, with fractures in his lower spinal cord. But because Kieran had not reported his injury immediately, when it was found out how bad his injury was getting, Kieran was discharged from the Army. Honorably but with no medical benefits. Kieran can still walk and lift and run, but can no longer bend over backwards, bend over forwards for too long, and too much pressure or weight will make his back flare with pain. Kieran moved to Shine City half a year ago for a change. He didn't wish to live in a place where everyone knew him and saw his failure. Kieran wrote mostly while he was in the Army, and when he got out he published his book 'New Voyage', a book about a group of five young adults surviving in a world where reality is always changing. The book sold quite well, and he had amassed a decent following of fans. For the last three months Kieran has been working on his second book 'New Voyage 2' whose title was a work in progress. While Kieran was a writer, Kieran liked to go outside, explore new places, finding new places to nap. Kyle usually brought his laptop or writing pad with him wherever he went, in case inspiration struck.

theme Song: Blank space by I Prevail https://youtu.be/czb_CZfWko8

[MyCatGinger]

Shou Matsuoka

Shou Matsuoka

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

Age: 29

Appearance:

(Credits to the original artist)
"I promise, I had just as rebellious a childhood as you kids, heh."

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

Height: 6'2" / 188cm

Weight: 177lbs / 80.5kg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shou's pets.

Romeo

German Shepherd x Border Collie
Adopted from the local shelter as a tiny pup, Romeo is now nine years old and an aging boy, but holds himself with a pride and loyalty to his master like no other. He makes an excellent companion on long walks, and in addition, an even more wonderful pillow to cuddle with when lonely.

Jinxie

Jack Russell
Jinxie is hyperactive and playful despite her six years of age, possesses a love for life itself any everything it brings. She's forever curious and could be called the polar opposite of Romeo, if not for the friendliness they both possess. She used to belong to Alessandra, but Shou has taken responsibility for her ever since Alex passed.

Theme(s)


And, an honorary mention...:)

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Side Characters

Tsubasa Yukimori

Tsubasa Yukimori

"Let's make the most of what we have, before it's too late, hmm?"

Name: Tsubasa Yukimori

Age: 23

Appearance: Long, chestnut brown hair and hazel eyes like leaves in approaching autumn, with golden-brown rings around the pupils. In stature, she is fairly weak, and can be prone to passing out time and time again, and her skin is fairly pale, and she appears tired, when not covering up with makeup, too.

Height: 167cm (5'6")

Weight: 52kg (115lbs)

Likes: Observing people, sketching, children and happy families, fountains and the beach, greenery, rivers, koi-fish, youth, optimism, making memories, miracles, hope, flowers (especially white roses), animals of all kinds.

Dislikes: Hospital beds, despair, giving up, people believing themselves to be less than they are, animal cruelty, sunburns, being alone (especially at night), uncertainty.

Party Trick: Surprisingly, a good mixologist! Can mix up lots of drinks!

Profession: Discharged from her duties as a nurse, but still refuses to quit work.

Bio/Personality: Tsubasa was always a sweet child, and an only child as well, growing up in a nearby community and moving later to Shine City with her parents. She had a cat from in her teenage years that is getting older now, and she is approaching the end of her life as well, named Cocoa. She is modest to a fault, and optimistic in nature, despite her more than pessimist-inducing circumstances. She is warm and kind and hopeful, and though she was considered a quiet child, is more of a social butterfly now than in her past as a child and teenager, seeing the world as a much more beautiful place than she thought before.

Approximately three months ago, Tsubasa was diagnosed with a terminal illness that was, sadly, genetic. It was not unheard of in her family, but still, her parents never expected it to happen to their only daughter. Of course, they were devastated, and because of their bad experiences with the treatments in the case of Tsubasa's grandfather and generally eastern-mindsets and disbelief in emerging western medicine, they opted not to put their child through chemotherapy, despite the fact that it may have increased her life expectancy or not (which explains her long hair, that is now weak and brittle and not as thick and lively as it once was, but still easily reaches her knees.) She is twenty-three years old but the sickness has evident tolls on her which she covers up with make-up, including premature wrinkles and skin that looks deader by the day.

She decided that she would not spend the last of the month(/s?) the doctors had presumed she would live sans treatment indoors and moping, and so, after plenty of therapy from the up-and-coming psychologist, going by Dr. Bridge Templeton, she has come to terms with her illness, and now looks to enjoy life in Shine City for what she never could before. She also hopes to find love in the brief time she has left in the world, and will never, out of stubbornness, open up to just anybody about her illness. As far as she is concerned, she is just a feather from a wing floating in the air current that life has in store for her, and her objective is to touch and influence as many lives as she can along the way, and make as many others happy as she possibly can before she has to go.
She hopes that will be enough to get her into heaven, having been raised in a fairly religious family with strong beliefs about the afterlife and karma, and one's good deeds.

Cocoa, Tsubasa's cat

Theme Song:

Alessandra Goretti (Deceased)

Alessandra Goretti

Name: Alessandra Vittoria Goretti

Age: Deceased (Would have been 28)

Appearance:

Straight brown hair and radiant, warm hazel eyes.

A younger Alex

Height: 5'6" / 168cm

Weight: 118lbs / 54kg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On New Year's Eve, The Weatherman became clumsy. This serial killer, responsible for taking the lives of many, particularly young women, was apprehended, and Shou was told the truth about his wife-to-be. It was reconciliation that he wished for, and he had hoped that the knowledge would help him get over her, but he cannot deny that he still finds himself smiling at fond memories of Alex, and he can't shake the sight of her face, wherever he goes, most of the time.
Theme(?)

[LovelyComplex]

Nina Valentine

Poetry Adjunct Professor at Shine City Academy
Previously a high school English Teacher in Middletown, Delaware, United States

● ♀ ● 29 ● 5'5" ● 114 lbs ●

♫ I am leaving, this is starting to feel like
It's right before my eyes
And I can taste it, it's my sweet beginning ♫
^{- What You Know, Two Doors Cinema Club}

| Appearance |

Nina has soft, gentle features for the most part, especially her skin that she lotions after a refreshing morning shower. A couple times a week she treats herself to a scented, therapeutic bath, which causes her to smell like Sweet Peas often. Her wavy, chestnut brown hair flows passed her mid back section when down. The only time it is completely free from hair ties or clips is when she's home alone. Hair can be troublesome, but she isn't one to cut it often. Her complexion is fair, due to her Italian descent and lack of ability to tan (Nina just burns). Her most prominent feature is her glacier blue eyes that contrast with her warm and loving demeanor. Make up can do wonders as it covers her dark circles from her numerous restless nights. Although she has a small figure, she does have "fluff" in all the right places.

Her style is conventional and simple. She was never raised poor, nor has she lived a luxurious life either. Her favorite types of clothing are summer dresses and sun hats, but people can find her wearing jeans, a tank, and a sweater/hoodie if she's doing errands, or business casual for work with some color to brighten her students' days. At home, she doesn't wear much... Maybe like a big t-shirt or yoga shorts and her sports bra. Being single and having a condo to herself means her house, her rules. She gets hot easily and doesn't always want to jack up the central AC since she's frugal (as hell). In addition, she has no piercings or tattoos. Not because she is against them, she just never thought to ask her parents. Also, needles are dreadful.

Nina's steps are soundless, her posture is straight, and her aura emits grace and elegance. A woman, whose fortunate enough to have taken singing and harp lessons when she was young, would like to think she was gifted with a silvery, melodious voice that doesn't annoy many people. Even with it being higher in octave, her voice is pleasant to the ears like a calm, summer breeze while you lay on a beach and gaze at the deep azure sea under the starry night. Her father would say if she wanted to, she could pursue a career in opera. "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera is a song she's taken the time to master. However, she doesn't flex her singing muscles often since her passion is writing. Poetry to be exact (high chance she's a little bit rusty when it comes to singing). She's never considered taking up songwriting before as a hobby.

| Personality |

Passion. That is the best word that can describe Nina. Whether it is in her intentional pursuit to inspire people to do better for themselves or in her everyday actions like saying 'how are you' to a coworker, she is an incomprehensibly passionate woman. Her allure is in everything that she is. When you first meet her, you instantly get hit by a personable, social butterfly that is full of vibrant positiveness (perhaps a little dorky and energetic for some people). When you start peeling her layers like a onion, you see that she has firm beliefs and opinions, full of thoughts that she doesn't necessarily understand, can be a natural flirt whether she is aware of it or not, and her heart aches for many things, like she carries the world on her shoulders. Her underlining sadness can be caught when she thinks she is alone, her smile drops to a blank expression, her blue orbs become detached from her surroundings, and she gets lost in her own personal battle: the battle of moving on and fitting into a new community of people. Nina knows she's capable and she won't hold back on opportunities that can change her life but... she's scared. How can she make another person love her? She was with Danny for most of her life and now she's alone. As much as she is insecure about her love life and doubts she'll find love again, she knows she'll be fine.

Single isn't bad, it's just lonely. The loneliness is the worst part of not having a special someone and the fact that she did have someone yet had to let him go for her own health was what made her realize she didn't like being lonely. Over the years, she realized the main reason why she married Daniel was because of how afraid she was of being alone. She settled.

Nina's a lot stronger than she thinks, a lot smarter than she realizes, and far more radiant than she has ever let herself believe. Her tendency to quote poets like Emily Dickinson or W.B. Yeats, or from excerpts of books or Broadways/musicals/movie shows how invested she is in her interests. While she grows as a creative mind but most importantly, a person, Nina knows she'll keep preserving. Life is strange but one thing shouldn't chain her down from living.

Music has made her cry more often because of how much it reminds her of all her wasted years. How she settled with him, with her job, and with her life. Most of her poems nowadays portray her desperation of finding happiness and fighting her negative thoughts. Her words on paper show the woman behind the smile, who wants to be there for her loved ones and students, who loves far more than she should, far more than some people deserve. Hate isn't something she can do easily, but when it comes to him, how could she forgive him?

| Likes |

• Reading books and Current Issues articles (especially when it comes to issues like sex trafficking and animal abuse). She doesn't have a particular book genre but if she were to choose... perhaps, era-based satire like Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen.

• Stand-up comedy, slam poetry, and Broadway (when words rely on a performance). Granted, she loves words in general, especially when they are lyrical. Poetry is music to her ears.

• Gardens and recreational parks. She's a nature girl by heart. Camping was one of her favorite past times with her family. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a green thumb.

• Conversationalists. She loves learning new things from other people and giving them food for thought, but in her own creative perspective.

• Her wedding band and engagement ring she doesn't have the courage to sell (yet?). She keeps her rings in a midnight blue velvet engagement box on her vanity. Daniel Harden was her ex, but we don't talk about him.
  
  "You married an Icarus, he has flown to close to the sun." ^{Burn from Hamilton, an American Musical}

• Teaching and inspiring. The creativity and talents of her students. The greatest joy of her job is seeing her students excited about coming to class and sharing their work. She believes everyone is capable of whatever they set their mind onto.

• Renaissance fairs and the Medieval Times (guilty pleasures, shuuuush). She may be a little geek who wouldn't mind dressing up and getting into character. Maybe one day, if she ever has a child, she can take him/her to the fair! Her little knight or princess. Sadly, no matter how much her and her ex tried, having a child wasn't part of their story. There was no sadness in their attempt (like miscarriages), she just never got pregnant. Her maternal clock is ticking, which makes her nervous.

• Gardenia Lilies, the color white, hot chocolate with marshmallows, cooking (and grilling), a clean and fresh smelling house, the rain, listening to jazz or classical music during a nice, long bubble bath with a glass of Pinot Grigio. She's a light weight, so that's probably as far as her drinking goes that night.

| Dislikes |

• Her ex's love letters she has yet to burn. He was her high school sweetheart, her first love, her first time, her husband. She wants to erase everything... she wants to move on, she needs to move on, but it isn't that easy.

• Prejudice and bigotry. She understands there are many controversial topics in the world, everyone has a right to their own opinions. Nina would be understanding but if you're downright belittling others because of your narrow-mindedness, then she will step in and show you what a strong, opinionated woman can make you feel.

• Her insecurities and her tendency to hide them behind a smile. She's only given one man a chance with her, which means she isn't that experienced in the realm of love. She's lived through prose and stanzas. If she could rewrite her story to see if there was someone better than Danny, would she? Probably not. He helped her realize how much she loved storytelling, in many different art forms. She can't regret a man that once made her happy beyond belief. Life can be cruel, but it can always be worse. We just have to pick ourselves up from our falls. Some falls are harder than others, but we can do it. She can do it...

• Running and lifting heavy things. She is not athletic even if she is tiny. Honestly, Nina is just good at monitoring her weight. Without a doubt, she's an artist (never a cheerleader). She does like dancing even if she's basic and it takes her months to learn some moves in music videos! Dancing may be the only type of exercise she can do. Zumba!

• Loneliness. She tries to get home late so she can sleep, wake up, work, repeat. She's considering getting a pet to fill her void.

• Unnecessary violence. She's a lover, not a fighter. She can defend herself with her words, but... If she was in a sticky situation, she may be S.O.L. because she isn't one to strike someone and if she does, she's weak. She does believe in disciplining a child if they get out of hand, but that doesn't change the fact her punches tickle.

• Uncomfortable furniture. She bruises easily due to her anemia but most importantly she prefers clouds over bricks.

• Cursing. More for herself than others. She rarely curses and if she does she's extremely embarrassed. Oh and she doesn't like people underestimating her or thinking she doesn't have enough courage to do something. If you challenge her to do something, you might be surprised. Coming to Shine City was a risk, you better believe she is filled with more bold and daring actions.

| Party Trick |

She can talk with liquid in her mouth, but she'll look a little like a chipmunk and she doesn't think it's very lady like. A more appropriate party trick would be... She taught herself some Michael Jackson dance moves (she's no pro, but she thinks she looks cool - others would say she's adorable instead). Though, it's silly. She's silly.

| Biography |

About Nina

There are only two areas Nina has known prior to coming to Shine City, Japan. Delaware and New York. Delaware was and always has been her home, while New York was the occasional vacation spot her father and her ex husband would treat her to see magnificent performances (one out of affection, the other to get her out of his hair). Her childhood was simple and nothing out of the ordinary for a suburban girl. The only thing that was missing out of her life was her mother, who passed away before she could remember her face. With three brothers, Nina being the youngest and was (over) protected by all of them. Her father was a man of the military, a marine to be exact, who was stationed at a recruiting facility. He took note of her music talents and tried to assist her in blossoming as a songstress and a harpist, like her mother. Nina was a mirror image of his wife and he didn't want to lose that. He didn't realize that he and his high expectations made her gain insecurities a lot earlier than most kids. She would bring home awards, only to feel like it was not enough. She was never enough.

Her brothers were exceedingly smart compared to her. Science and math made her head spin. Nina tried to understand the formulas, she even had them tutor her but she just couldn't get these concepts wrapped around her mind. Her father sometimes forgot she wasn't her mother. There was always this constant image that haunted her to be someone that was long gone. Angelo became a doctor, Marco followed dad's steps but decided to join the Airforce, instead of the Marines, and work as a plane engineer, and then there was Nero, who became a Systems Engineer for Apple in California. Most of her brothers found a reason to leave Delaware, besides Angelo, who stood home because he found his reason in Delaware, his wife, who too pursued a medical career. Luckily his profession was needed everywhere.

When Nina was alone and felt the wild thoughts coursing through her mind, she picked up a pencil and wrote, many journals hold her poems and short stories (that is currently kept in a box in her closet). Her 8th grade teacher noticed her talents as a emotionally invested writer and during a parent conference the older woman told her father about writing competitions and open mic nights at this nearby cafe. He didn't take it as badly as Nina thought he would. Actually, he wanted to read her work.

High school was a transition. Her father started giving her more freedom, more opportunities to live her young life and build long lasting friendships, but ultimately, to make her creative mind flourish. She had to learn to balance school, her passion for writing and music, and socializing with the many teens that surrounded her on a daily basis. That was not an easy feat and to this day she struggles with balancing all things life has to offer. It doesn't help that the only things teenagers seemed to talk about were petty topics, drama, and love. At first, Nina thought she was better than her peers, who desperately wanted to get in a relationship. She didn't realize that most of the books she read at the time, most of her writing, showed she wanted it just as bad. Or well, she wanted a companion to fill the void of loneliness. Being surrounded by three brothers and a dad, Nina was better at socializing with boys than girls. However, she did get a girl friend that taught her a thing or two of being a female teen, like what guys cared to notice (cue insecurities about Nina's appearance). That friend wasn't the best influence to her, but if it wasn't for that friend, she wouldn't have met Danny. Danny was the first guy to approach her and ask her on a date. He even went out of his way to get her father's blessing. She couldn't believe how kind and how romantic he was. An enigma compared to his peers. She fell for him, she fell for him hard.

Nina accepted the fact that he wanted to become a businessman (a sell out). He had admirable ambition. She was drawn to his mind, drawn to his thoughts, drawn to his desire to become more than he was. Her infatuation covered the fact that he was selfish and wanted her to change her future for him. As long as she loved him, he could succeed. Nina decided to go to a local college and pursue a career in teaching because as much as she could pursue a career in writing or music, it wasn't stable. With Danny's spending habits, they needed something stable. College made her love teaching. Something about a teacher's job made her feel far more important than she could ever ask for. She could change a child's life by saying, "Yes you can." When she was 23, her father helped her get a job at Middletown High in the Appoquinimink School District. Although she was a nervous wreck, she always is during big transitions of her life, she loved it. She loved teaching. And then Danny proposed.

Of course, she accepted and her father gave them his blessings. Their wedding was larger than she would have wanted but Danny had many "friends" he believed should be there. If Nina had control of her own wedding, she would have preferred it to be small and intimate one. The one thing she'll remember from that day was her father crying and telling her how proud he was of her. Sadly, her father passed away a week after peacefully in his sleep. He joined her mom, so that wasn't so bad, right?

Once she was married to Danny, things changed. He became a man she didn't recognize. A man that was money and power hungry. He kept climbing, he kept striving for more, never satisfied with the life they had. She wanted a family, he wanted to be his own boss. Six years. She was married to him for six years, but with him for 13, ever since she was 16. What has become of her life? When the only thing you look forward to is going to work and hearing your students greet you the moment they see your smiling face. The arguments with Danny to prioritize and stop pushing her aside like she was just an accessory to his legacy escalated. He was paranoid and his insecurities were not something she could handle. She wasn't this trophy wife that he seemed to keep molding her to be. Her dreams and passions mattered. The icing to the cake was when he royally messed up and everything he worked for crumbled to the ground. Throughout these six years, her brothers would visit and try to convince her to leave him but she always found an excuse to stay. Not anymore.

Breaking things off and not looking back, she skimmed through her father's phone book and saw that he had a close connection residing in Japan. Taking a risk, she called the stranger and shed light to him of her story. He said there was an opening in the Literature and English department at Shine City Academy... Nina took this opportunity to get far away from Danny and for a new beginning. Shine City would be her new beginning.

| Other Themes |

Tears ft. Louisa Johnson, Clean Bandit
For Good, Wicked the Musical

[Viciousmarrow]

Patience Morgan

♢ Owner of Shadybrook Funeral Home, Funeral Director & T.A. ♢ 24 ♢ 5’1" ♢ 95lbs

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In Depth Appearance:

Patience is slightly underweight for a woman of her height and age, but she's not lacking looks. Her emerald orbs and her shockingly red hair stand out in the crowd, which attracts potential suitors. However, they tend to run off when they learn about her profession. She has no tattoos and only basic ear piercings, but she hopes to one day get a tattoo of a hummingbird (cliche, she knows). On a day to day basis, Patience is known to wear dress clothes everywhere she goes, mostly out of a habit.

Personality:

A bubbly and delightful presence, Patience doesn't seem to be the type of girl that would be working with the dead. In fact, most would guess that she was a used car saleswoman by her constant up selling of funeral goods, such as more expensive caskets or elaborate floral arrangements. True to her name, she is incredibly patient and she's always haggling and attempting to increase her profit margins, which can be a bit of an annoyance for her clients. Nonetheless, its quite obvious that she absolutely adores her job! However, Patience is very accident prone, perhaps even ditzy, and tends to make a mess when she's not paying enough attention to something. This has resulted in a few angry customers in the past, and it's something she's currently trying to work on. Despite her squirrel brain, she is an educated woman who knows her anatomy, chemistry, and even a good bit of history.

As a person, she is a sensitive woman who cries at every sad story and tries to be as empathetic as she can be. There are clear signs she is a workaholic due to her empathetic nature, and she tends to bite off more than she can chew, resulting in a frazzled jumble of stress. Aside from her money mooching, there doesn't seem to be a single evil bone in her although she does have a particular vice for alcohol. A woman can only see so many bodies before they start drinking to forget, you know? Patience has an affinity for men, especially the cute, educated ones, but she has found it is hard to snag a man that can deal with her profession. The smell of formaldehyde is apparently a turn off for most males. She worries that her bad luck with men will mean she won't ever have an heir to take over the family business when she's gone.

History:

Patience, an only child, and her family come from the town of Klaksvik in the Faroe Islands, just to the north of Scotland. Historically, the Morgans had owned one of the few and most prosperous churches in Klaksvik, and they were largely regarded as people of high stature for their dedication to the community. Growing up, there never were any problems financially, and the tiny Patience was given a proper Faroe education, which included learning Norwegian, Danish, and English. However, her father never was a religious man and got tired of pretending to be something he wasn't. However, he was interested in the funerary arts and dreamed of starting his own funeral home. So around the time she was 11, he sold all of his property, including the church, and shipped his family off to Shine City, where he had bought a nice plot of land with plenty of burial space.

Shine City was altogether a much different beast than the small town that the Morgan clan originated from. There were people everywhere, a huge difference! That was a good thing for business too since citizens were dying left and right, which was almost more than her father could handle. Patience begged her father to let her help him after seeing how tired he was from the constant cycle of funeral arrangements. Reluctantly, he agreed to make his daughter his apprentice, but only on the condition that she would go to college and pursue what she loved when it came time for that. Under her father's wing, she learned all there was to owning a funeral home, everything from embalming bodies to selling cemetery plots. It was quite a lot like wedding planning, only with a shorter amount of time to do it. Though her father thought Patience would give up and be disgusted by his work, she actually quite enjoyed it!

Recently, her mother and father passed away, just months apart, and she has now come in possession of Shadybrook Funeral Home. All the while, Patience has started her goal of obtaining a Master's degree in Genetic Biology, which combines her favorite subjects, anatomy and history, into one super fun major! While she didn't necessarily need to, she volunteers as a Teaching Assistant for Professor Matsuoka. She hopes that her expertise in genetics will help people find their ancestors and understand their cultural roots better when they visit her graveyard. This process has been incredibly taxing on her, but she's content with everything she has. Oh, another interesting fact about her is that she is an ordained minister, so she can totally officiate weddings!

Likes:

♥ Cute boys
♥ Alcohol
♥ Babies
♥ Anatomy
♥ A good deal
♥ Her job
♥ History
♥ Genetics

Dislikes:

✖ Violence
✖ Elevators
✖ Shouting
✖ Math
✖ Snapping turtles (they scare her)
✖ Eating
✖ Sour things
✖ Dandylions

Party Trick:

She's double jointed! Patience can bend her bones back further than most people can, but this tends to illicit exclamations of disgust. Otherwise, she can show off her history skills by recanting lists of important dates! Unfortunately, this is more likely to bore people to tears than impress them.

Side Character:

Lucky McIntire

♢ Mechanic & "Pharmacist" ♢ 27 ♢ 6'0" ♢ 178lbs

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In Depth Appearance:

There is a certain Southern American charm that radiates from Lucky's stormy grey eyes. Whether or not women find that attractive or not varies considerably on a case by case basis, but he has had some good luck with his looks in the past. True to his rural roots, Lucky has a distinct messy look to him, with his disheveled red hair and a preference for thrift store quality clothes. His typical outfit is a baggy set of grey cargo pants and a white tank top, which he'll accessorize with a light flannel jacket on occasion. Underneath his clothes, its quite apparent he's physically fit, but not overly so. He has a tattoo on his left arm, right below his elbow that reads "Protean", an expression of his versatile nature. Various scars litter his arms from his profession, and anyone with a keen enough eye might even notice the fading track marks from his history of drug abuse.

Personality:

Lucky is a firebrand and an adrenaline junkie above all else. He loves a good time and actively seeks anything and everything that'll give him a good high. Some people might say that he has an addictive personality, but Lucky would argue that all day, considering he is incredibly stubborn and doesn't know when to admit he's wrong. Moreover, he is prone to acting on his impulses and doesn't always think about his actions. Honesty is second nature to him, perhaps to a fault though. If Lucky thinks a certain lady is attractive or something is dumb, then he's not afraid to say it.

Though he may not seem it or even look it, Lucky is a clever man. His rather short criminal record is a testament to his ability to get out of trouble. By his own admission, he'll tell you that he definitely should be in prison for half the things he's done in his life. Fortunately, he has a good heart and treats everyone fairly. He would never harm a person unless he had good enough reasoning to. In fact, those closest to him know that Lucky would walk a hundred miles to be there for a friend in need.

History:

Lucky comes from the small town of White Pine, Tennessee, right near the rolling Appalachian Mountains. He only had a single sibling, a sister named Stephanie, to roam his family's small farm. Being as poor as they were and having little access to modern conventions, such as high speed internet, out in the middle of nowhere, Lucky spent most of his days bored to death. The boy had to invent his own fun, whether it came from hunting squirrels with a slingshot, learning how to work on cars, or picking at his grandpa's old guitar. Unfortunately, the older he got, the riskier his hobbies got though.

By the time he was in middle school, he was smoking and drinking with his band of rebel rousing rednecks. Somehow though, he was still doing well in school, something that would remain constant despite his increasingly reckless behavior. In high school, Lucky partook in and sold heavy narcotics, such as methamphetamine and heroin, and competed in an illegal racing circuit to afford his kicks. There were a few OD scares for him, but he never stopped. His lifestyle was just way too fun.

Unfortunately, his post high school years were incredibly rough. Lucky had developed a crippling addiction to heroin, and he spent every single penny he had or trading favors for the stuff. It didn't help that his friends enabled his addiction and constantly pressured him into worse and worse situations. It wasn't until he was 25 that his sister had a talk with him and he finally realized that this lifestyle was incredibly toxic. The best way for him to get out of this predicament was to move away, but he didn't have any money. So, instead of saving the cash he needed, Lucky stole all of his drug dealer of a best friend's money, packed his bags, and caught a plane to the most exotic place he could think of: Shine City.

The last 2 years have seen him completely recover from his former dependency, yet he admits he does miss it. If Lucky didn't think it would kill him, he'd be right back on it. Since he doesn't have a college education and refuses to work crappy retail jobs, he currently runs his own business out a van while gaining some supplemental income by selling weed and pills, "light drugs" to him, on the down low. He has had some struggles adjusting to city life, but he wouldn't change a thing. There's just so much more to do here!

Likes:

♥ Rap, metal, rock and country-western music
♥ New experiences and thrills
♥ Racing
♥ Dancing
♥ Working on cars and other vehicles
♥ Drugs (but he tries to stay away from doing them)
♥ The ladies
♥ Constantly going out

Dislikes:

✖ Stagnation
✖ Sweaters
✖ Authority
✖ Quiet events
✖ Religious zealots
✖ Sitting at home
✖ Boredom
✖ Formal attire

Party Trick:

Need something fixed? Chances are Lucky knows how to fix it. His repair skills aren't simply limited to vehicles! Not impressed by that? Well, grab a mic and he'll spit out some sick rhymes. He's surprisingly adept at rapping. Much better than Fred Durst anyway.

Other Themes:

I'm the Man
Bored to Death
Touch the Sky///Soul Meets Body

[sakurasan]

Ruby Vrientel

Finding Hope - Wonder

☂ 28 ☂ 6' 8" ☂ Kindergarten/elementary Teacher ☂ October 8 ☂ 150 lb ☂

Whether you like his appearance or not is up to you. But he isn't bad looking, though he'd never say that himself. When you see him off of work he has a whole bad boy thing going around which is just because of his eyes that are slanted upward and the piercings in his tongue that he got when he was younger. As well as the thousands of piercings in his right ear. He has raven black hair that usually goes unstyled on Friday's because he has a lot of stuff do for work the night before. He's well built but he's more of the type that looks thin from the outside even though he has a six pack under that. Ruby works out but not too much. Besides, kids like it more when he looks harmless.

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☂ Likes ☂

• Kids
• Candy
• Cafe's
• Pastries
• Rom-coms
• Alcohol//Frufru drinks
• Reading
• Libraries
• Positivity
• Flowers
• Dreams
• Instrumental and classical music
• Astronomy
• His family
• Patting people//habit
• Adorableness
• Coffee
• Bunnies
• Food

☂ Dislikes ☂

• Negativity
• Losing his temper
• Losing things
• Kids crying
• Horror movies//Scary mang
• Annoying pop music
• Black coffee
• Getting drunk - Rarely does it
• Having to deal with parents that don't shut up

☂ Party Trick ☂

He can sing with a ukulele. And use the maracas well. But the best is probably when he plays the piano.

☂ Biography ☂

Some people frown and pity Ruby when he talks about his past if he ever does. Others don't, finding the happiness that lies beneath the surface which allows him to smile today. He is the oldest of 6 siblings all at least 4 years younger than him. His mother was never really around, always coming and going until when he was 10 and she just vanished. He was crushed, even if his mother wasn't a good one, to begin with, she was still a mother. His father was an alcoholic. A narcissistic alcoholic that didn't really understand the difference between right and wrong.

He wouldn't really say that his father raised him and he wouldn't say that he didn't contribute to the person he is today. His father or Auther as he calls him was more of an embodiment of what not to do or be. Since day one he didn't look up to him for anything because looking at the good for nothing man that he tucked into bed at night was like looking at a man that he hoped he would never, ever become.

Auther wasn't a bad guy. Even if he has punched Ruby a few times it wasn't abuse. It was more like teaching him a lesson that he shouldn't talk back to his father. That's why Ruby still doesn't think that he had a depressing past. Auther never laid a hand on the younger ones or his sister that was 3 years younger than him so it was all good. But he did teach him a few things. Simple things like how to pick a lock, throw a baseball bat, and to understand that the bat in the umbrella stand was the killing bat and not to be taken to school.

Over the years, his father finally stopped drinking. This was when he was 17. His father finally started becoming like the father that he had always wanted. But well, it was a bit too late for Ruby. After all, 17 years was a long time and the only relationship that his father could save was with Ruby's younger siblings. But Ruby was still proud, struggling to keep his father on the right track and make sure that he didn't slip because he had already gone through his father quitting alcohol before. It lasted 2 weeks before he was back on track. However, that was before and this is now. Meeting Ruby's father nowadays is terrible for Ruby himself. He can't stand the fact that his father denies not being there for his children before and acts like he was always this perfect dad.

Fast forward to Ruby in his last year of high school. He still hadn't decided what he wanted to become. After all, before, all he did was worry about his siblings as if he was the father. Never worrying about himself. But his grades were still great. He had to make sure to keep them up so that he could teach his siblings after all. That and he could sell test answers on the down low. And one day, it hit him. He was at home with his 5-year-old sister sleeping in his lap after he had read a bedtime story to her. He loved to teach them about the world and ready them for what was going to be thrown at them later. He loved children. The only time he smiled in the past was when he was sure that his siblings were truly happy and that he had done something right.

Moving to shine city was a spur of the moment decision. He could finally move out and his father promised to take care of the kids and they could video chat any day. So, he went to a university and took a 4-year bachelor's degree program. And he got a music degree. Even if he could have become a teacher to the older kids such as middle or high school, he loved little kids more. Now he teaches at a kindergarten and loves his job. The subjects he can teach are reading and music. Currently going to Shine college for a degree to teach math. But as of now, he is teaching math to the young ones. And living in Shine city has been great so far.

☂ Personality ☂

Ruby's drive is to be someone that no one will ever say "you're just like your father." Because no matter how much his father changes he doesn't want to be anything like him. Even if he does love him.

What you see isn't always what you get. A positive, risktaking dreamer that has a habit of trying to make those around him happy. Some may see a rebellious bad boy when they see Ruby but it's the complete opposite. Ruby is a sweetheart. A cute guy overall based on his personality. He's used to children and honestly doesn't socialize much with adults. That's probably why he's shyer around adults and completely changes with kids. Ever since he was young he never had the time for friends since he was working 2 jobs at a time and 3 if you counted taking care of the family. He seems more and more like a teacher after you get to know him.

The piercings and all weren't really a rebellious phase thing. He didn't have time for that. They were all done to himself by himself because he wanted to feel it. He has high pain tollerance so it had to be poking a hole in his skin. The stress of everything had started building up and well, kids that are only 15 think that appearance changes things. Besides, he's a fan of earrings. Some would call him a masochist for that reason but he'd never call himself that. He just wanted a wake-up call. Something to tell him that pain didn't matter and to stop stressing because he had things to do.

He doesn't really get angry. You'll notice that if you hang around him enough. He uses stupid words as substitutes for curse words sometimes and he just doesn't get mad. Ruby has done a good job at not losing his temper over the years. He's only gotten angry at the kids once and that was regretful because kids hate it when their teachers get mad at them. Ruby won't be mean to you if you piss him off a little because that's not in his nature. Pushing him to his limit is tough and well, let's just hope you don't.

A mature guy for sure. But he does love to take care of others as well as helping people. Ruby has a habit of worrying over friends and family too much. And if he goes out of his way to help, just accept it because chances are he won't take no for an answer if you're in trouble. Even if it's something small he'll help you out. Doesn't matter if he's known you for one day or he just met you. Trust issues? Not so much since he never had to deal with it. That said if he does fall for someone he may be afraid of them leaving.

Ruby is prone to giving out compliments. After all, kids love it when they receive compliments. It boosts their confidence and they feel even more proud of themselves. So he may just do that to adults as well. Whether it's a girl or boy. He's not trying to charm anyone. Especially since he has no idea about charming people. Ruby didn't have time for friends so how could he have time for a romantic partner? He honestly flushes at a lot of things and gets embarrassed pretty easily. And he pets people way too often since kids. But has never experienced love and he's sure as hell oblivious to others romantic feelings. Though he thinks that he isn't.

[Fabricant451]

Lixue "Licks" Zhang

_{♣ 26 ♣ Female ♫ LUSH DJ ♫ Radio Hostess ♪ 5'8" ♪ 124 lbs ♣ But I don't care what they say, there's no mess that can't be danced away. Together we destroy, together we go down}

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Appearance: Despite her name, Lìxúe's features aren't entirely Chinese in origin - though she is certainly Chinese in ethnicity. Her skin is a darker shade, some classify it as tan but those in the know would spot it as biracial - and with her rounded, bright blue eyes and the small, button-ish nose it's a fair assumption to make...as well as an accurate one. Lìxúe takes after her mom in the respects that she values most, namely in Lìxúe's rather lustrous shimmering black hair - which even when drenched in the sweat and the rhythms of the night manages to stand out when it shines just right under the spotlight. She attributes the more physical attributes of herself to her mother as well, except for the thin lips which she credits to the doctors that reduced their natural puffiness.

Lìxúe frequently wears clothing that some might consider provocative only because she shows off the skin of her torso. Half-tops, sleeveless numbers, things of that nature - though it's a bit eye catching she doesn't wear anything that would get her the wrong sort of attention. It's because of that, and because of her belief that her thick legs are offputting, that Lìxúe never wears skirts, always going with jeans or pants that are either a tad too tight or require the use of always-stylish belts. Her left arm has a silver bangle and her right has various wrist bands and accessories - matched by the silver and gold earrings she never leaves the house without. Silver on the left, gold on the right.

Beautification is crucial, but never too much. The last thing she wants is for her makeup to run due to the sweat that her main job entails. Her nails are always painted in bright colors - and they are luminescent which makes for a hell of a show when the lights dim at LUSH and ten brightly colored nails spin the records. Lìxúe never wears a different kind of lipstick other than her standard pink and the only time she is out of heels is when she's behind the turntable - because standing for hours in heels is murder.

Lìxúe considers herself a rather attractive sort without coming off as smug about it. She knows what she can show off - namely her arms and torso - and how to make sure that when people are enjoying their nights at LUSH that it's not just the music that has their attention.

☺Personality☻: It's easy to assume Lìxúe is some sort of party animal given her love of the night life, the club scene, and from how she talks about it but that's really selling her short. While she is most certainly a night animal, Lìxúe is a rather boisterous sort, always wanting to engage people - greeting them enthusiastically. A life under lime light can certainly influence a person. It's not unflinching optimism, not truly, just an infectious sort of way of making sure that people are having a good time whenever she happens to be around.

But one facet of Lìxúe's personality is that she harbors a rather distressing side that she tries, desperately, to keep under wraps. Namely that once she's out of the public eye - back at her place or just dipping into a stall at LUSH - her addictions take hold. Surrounded by lights, drinks, noise, body heat and, yes, the occassional party enhancer has given Lìxúe a bit of a substance abuse problem which is only compounded by her easily addicted self. It's not just the substances she struggles with, but she chooses to look for those who will reinforce her positively - codependency. She desperately seeks the approval of others even those who are privy to her other, far more potentially lethal indulgences.

It's not all bad with Lìxúe however, as she possesses a sharp mind - thinking ahead and good under pressure, a useful ability in the high stakes, high pressure, high anxiety world of mixing, spinning, and controlling the vibe of a party. She may not be book smart but hers is a street-wise sort of intelligence. She knows how to talk to people, how to get others to talk to her, how to control a room with her voice and words when her music and hands can't do it. Always cool, calm, and collected except when a hit is needed; From every pore she exudes charisma but her selective ways means that not everyone gets a chance to get to know Lìxúe. It's not all a mask, but her desire for approval colors her interactions considerably.

♫History♫: Lìxúe's story starts with her parents, specifically her mother who was, at one point, a known name in the HK Cinema scene. While not ever breaking into the Western market, she enjoyed a bit of fame in her home country. But fame is a fleeting mistress and a scandal surely didn't help matters. Lìxúe's mother was married to a producer and things seemed rather happy between the two. And yet how happy could they have been if Lijuan, that being Lìxúe's mother, found solace in the arms of an American tourist? It was three nights, a fling, with a handsome gentleman with a deep voice and a large personality. He was on a tour of China. She was bored and desperate. When the media heard that Lijuan Zhang was pregnant they had a field day - congratulations were everywhere. And then Lìxúe was born and she did not resemble her father much at all. Then the rumors started. Then the blood test confirmed. Then Lijuan Zhang never worked in the media again and, in disgrace, fled the country with Lìxúe - not wanting her daughter to be unfairly stigmatized by her mistake.

Lìxúe only discovered the truth of her heritage after reading about her mother's career following her mother's death. Lìxúe was only thirteen when Lijuan was killed by a drunk driver. Lìxúe got in contact with her father, her biological father, who, as it turned out, was an audio engineer. Lìxúe took to him almost immediately and it was through him and his work that Lìxúe developed a love for music herself. By the time she was seventeen she had been ruining her dad's vinyl records by trying to scratch and spin for three years and decided to spend her allowance and saved up holiday and birthday money to invest in a turntable of her own. It was slow going, of course it was, but her first big break happened at age twenty two.

Lìxúe had been putting her remixes and mixes on the internet and a rather obscure little night club needed someone to bring a crowd. Lìxúe volunteered, submitting her mixes as a resume. She got the gig and spent the better half of a year spinning and styling in the club. People recording and distributing her sets earned her more opportunities and gigs until eventually she was signing a contract at LUSH in Shine City for exclusivity rights. The pay was good, the venue was great, and they didn't forbid her from doing house shows - she just couldn't work for any other club for a few years.

Relocating to Shine City was a much easier adjustment than she thought, but then she had always been a fan of the urban noise that a city brought with it. Lìxúe even found another paying gig - this one just guesting on an afternoon radio show. She got to promote her own gigs and interact with fans on a more personal basis, it was a win-win as far as she was concerned.

But with her reliance on substances how long can she keep it going? After all, if there's one thing the Zhang women have experience with it's the fleeting star of fame.

Also she goes by 'Licks' when behind the table because she got tired of people mispronouncing her name.

Likes: ↑ Pastries, specifically little cute ones with strawberry and chocolate
↑ Chocolate and strawberry - including chocolate covered strawberries
↑ A bit of Irish in the coffee in the morning
↑ Making her own remixes and songs
↑ Sleeping until noon
↑ Loud music, preferably played by her
↑ Chai tea
↑ Magical realism fiction novels

Dislikes: ↓That feeling of needing a fix
↓ Waking up before the sun
↓ Spicy foods of any sort
↓ Decaf coffee - why does it even exist?
↓ Meat and chicken. She is a pescatarian.
↓ Action movies - she's a fan of the romantic dramas
↓ Science fiction novels
↓ Dogs - she's a cat person for life

Party Trick: Without knowing the ingredients of any given cocktail, she can tell you what's in said cocktail after a sip - two if it's particularly heavy. If you give her enough time she might even be able to list off the brand that went into it.

Theme Song: 'Dreams are what I like. Travel through the night
I'm invincible once I close my eyes. Can't take the pressure, escape to my dream. Sometimes this world is better' - Dreamer by Maya Jane Coles

[Dolerman]

Name: Rosanna Reyes
Age: 23
Appearance:


Height: 5'9
Weight: 135 lbs
Likes: Cocktails, Board Games, Animals, Hip Hop, Salsa, Cycling, Smoothies, Sunsets
Dislikes: Pickles, Liars, Smokers, Crying Babies, Flashy Cars, Sunglasses Indoors.
Party Trick: Can breakdance !
Profession: Barista at the MochaVine Coffee/Bar Place

Bio/Personality: Rosanna moved to Shine City after breaking up with her millionaire boyfriend from the united states. Shes found a new job and loves it dearly. Her life beyond that is a mystery, speak to her to find out more! She can be quite girly and flirty and LOVES to party! Despite being a popular girl she gets hilariously dorky around hot guys and stutters on her words. She also loves to keep fit....while watching others keeping fit. In recent years Rosanna has cemented her reputation as a fairly....easy conquest. But now she is doing her best to try and move away from that and find something more worthwhile. But as we all know...old habits die hard.

[Dolerman]

Jack Jonai

Name: Jacques 'Jack' Jonai
Age: 26
Appearance:

Height: 5'10
Weight: 159 lbs

Likes: Dancing, Photography, Chinese food, Island Cocktails, Comic Book Collections, Cyberpunk Music,
Parties, Gambling (guilty pleasure)
Dislikes: arrogance, noise, disorder, boredom, bacon, spiders, overpriced cars.

Party Trick: Unexpectedly good pencil sketch portraits due to her observant nature and dexterity.

Profession: Festival, Party and Private Events Co-Ordinator and Host

Bio/Personality: Although Jack was born to a wealthy family in shine county , he is a newcomer to the town. He has been organizing high-end parties and events since his teens but was drawn to the seasonal festival in shine city mainly for the crowd it brings. Jack is active and energetic but has very little direction in life, he is an eternal bachelor and is having fun travelling the world throwing major events, what will his new job in sine city bring him?

Theme Song:

'On The House'