Alex was not a morning person. She was also not a 5 am person. To her, there was all the difference in the world between the two. So when she groggily turned over to stare at the clock on the her bedside table, trying to find an angle that let her see past her plushy dog and flower vase, she stared at where the clock should have been – yet she saw no blue neon glow. The banging continued on her window, and did nothing to stop her increasing annoyance. She realised after an entire minute of staring at her table that the clock was, in fact, covered by a book. That’s right. The glow from the clock always kept her awake, so she always did that. Trying to drown out the noise which would undoubtedly induce a migraine at any moment, she reached over to pull down the book.
She couldn't seem to reach it, and her tired stupor meant that she managed to get everything except the book. She accidentally shoved Kujo, her plushy toy dog, to the ground, along with several coins, and almost her flower vase, but the book just always seemed right out of reach. The frustration grew, and in a ditch effort, lunged forward. Not only did she get the book, she managed to hit literally everything else on the table. With a crash that was drowned out by the storm, her lamp, alarm clock, flower vase, small pile of books, wallet, water bottle and smaller plushy toy cat-- Sir Fluffens, Esquire -- all smashed into the floor. Alex laid there for several seconds, trying to fully comprehend what just happened.
“Eh?” was all she vocalised, before groaning inwardly. With the energy of a sloth, she slowly crept out of bed and glanced at the 5:27 on her fallen clock. With another groan, she started the arduous task of putting everything back – everything was arduous to her at 5 in the morning. After she completed that, she stumbled to her wardrobe and pulled out her sleeping gown, wrapping it around herself and moving to the window. Pulling aside the curtains, she grimaced at the window visibly rattled in front of her, as if it almost threatened to outright rip off. Thankfully, the glass held, but she wasn't sure the same held true for the town. The weather had been fine the past couple days, so what happened? Just a freak change of weather? Well, obviously. What else would it be? On this thought, she turned and collapsed back on her bed, finding no more merit in contemplating the intricacies of the town's erratic weather.
Except the damn window kept rattling. And she was already awake. With another groan, she pushed herself up, and questioned when she last had to wake up this early. There wasn't much point to it, so she always slept it. It helped that her job entailed evening work. She sluggishly moved downstairs, being careful not to stumble in her early morning stupor, and moved through the hallway to the living room / kitchen.
“—it’ll be a lovely day, they said. It’ll be a sunny day, they said,” the annoyed voice of her father from the kitchen. “Winter would just disappear as if it were never there, they said.” She moved into the living room to see her parents sitting at the couch, watching the TV. “Hm, yes, I can see where they were coming from.” The room had a full view of their garden through a large window, so the effect of the wind outside was easily seen.
“Mornin’,” she tiredly said, moving to the pantry to get some cereal.
“Ye’ Gods, I didn't think it was biologically possible for you to wake up this early,” her father remarked, actually having to speak louder to be heard over the roaring thunder.
“Eh? What? I don’t think that’s a thing.” She blinked, confused.
“Don’t pay any attention to-” her mother started, but was interrupted by the single loudest boom of thunder she had ever experienced. The electricity shut of completely, the lights turning off and television going black, and the three of them just stewed in silence as the world suddenly and randomly got a whole lot quieter. Her mother broke the silence. “Huh.” Back to silence, save for Alex’s quiet munching of her cereal.
“Well, that’s done. I’m off to bed,” her father swiftly said as the conversation ran dry, her mother nodding in response. Both of them left the room, leaving her to contemplate if getting breakfast was the wisest choice. Now she felt like she couldn't go back to bed at all.
Well, she had until evening before she actually had to do anything, so set herself to just walk around town for some sort of idea. Finishing her cereal, she changed out of her pajamas and dressing gown, and into a long-sleeved shirt with a grey wool jacket and scarf, and a pair of jeans. She made she to do herself up with make-up, and to check that any traces a beard was not there -- all in all, make sure that nobody would be confused on what gender she was. She left the house and started walking to the general direction of the bar – she wanted to see if the storm actually did any damage. She hoped not.
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Pretty sure he was referring to your lack of OOC participation.
We were discussing the relationships here, you know. Making some sort of consensus before actually putting the relationship sections up.
EDIT: There we go. IC up. That... took a while.
We were discussing the relationships here, you know. Making some sort of consensus before actually putting the relationship sections up.
EDIT: There we go. IC up. That... took a while.
Question. What times do the stores open and close?
Appearance
Name: Alex Garnet
Age: 19
Gender: Biologically male; identifies as female.
Birthday: Winter 5
Role: Bartender
Likes: - Alcohol, and making drinks.
- Dresses, and clothing in general.
- People – but is less-than-stellar at actually dealing with them.
- Ice-cream, pizza, and pudding. And horror novels, for some reason. And flowers. Horror novels with flowers.
Dislikes: - Sarcasm. The fact it often has to be pointed out to her when someone’s being sarcastic just annoys her.
- Getting up early. Her job description thankfully does not entail it.
- Heat, and any building without working air-conditioning when in said heat.
Personality: Alex tries her hardest to be a social and outgoing person, but she always found that she was always completely awful at it. Inherently introverted, reserved, incredibly awkward and socially inept, Alex forces out a façade of enthusiasm so as to fit more with her chosen profession – something which many can easily see through. She can also come off as oblivious and incredibly dense depending on the situation, especially towards the subject of romance or concerning more subtle social cues, and often has immense trouble detecting sarcasm. Regardless, Alex has an innate curiosity and determination to develop better people skills, but often has difficulty speaking up against others, and never vocalises when she think somebody else is wrong. She is also quick to think poorly of herself, and falls into self-loathing at the drop of a hat due to her genuine fear that she will not be able to properly function as a human being if doesn't improve herself. Nonetheless, while she often has trouble properly expressing herself to others, Alex is sweet and genuinely good-natured, and holding most people and their company in high-regard.
Background: Originally living in a much larger town further away from Lily of the Valley, Alex grew up in a rich household with two parents who had a natural distrust of the school system, and was thus home-schooled by a hired teacher. This was not the cause of her lack of social graces – as she was not kept locked up in a house for all of her childhood, and her parents gave her plenty of opportunities to attend town events and clubs. Rather, she never made many friends due to her naturally feminine appearance and proclivity for both wearing girl’s clothing and tendency to play with dolls – male children either thought she really was a girl and just lying about her gender, or thought it bizarre and kept away from her; whilst female ones were similarly weirded out. She only started fully identifying as female in her teenage years, as she found she was never comfortable being classified as male, and preferred it if people did not actually know her biological gender. However, by this point she had never been able to make any real friends, and thus her social skills were severely limited. When she turned 15, she and her family moved from their town to the quieter Lily Town, her parents citing a need for a change of pace, and currently lives in one of the larger houses in the town.
Alex always had an interest in drinks to the point where she had probably tried every non-alcoholic drink ever made from before she turned 18, and had a lot of fun mixing them. This went to the point where her parents were worried that she would become an alcoholic upon turning 18 – as no drink would escape her thirsty clutches. Fortunately, this was not the case, but she did start taking a bartending course after finishing her schooling, and applied to the town’s bar. It took a while, but she managed to get a position as a bartender – wherein she found that there was a lot more to bartending than pouring drinks. It requires strong people skills, amiability and charisma, all qualities that she found she lacked. However, determined to stick with her chosen profession, she tries to teach herself the many intricacies of dealing with people.
Skills: - An adept bartender, with knowledge of many different drinks. The social side of bartending, not so much.
- A decent memory.
Relationships:
- Alice Rems (Darcness): Out of all the people in town, Alex finds Alice to be the most relatable. Both are considerably naïve and lacking in social skills -- but Alex would perceive the main difference between them being how Alex actively wants to change those things, and is acutely aware of it's existence. Because of this, Alex doesn't like Alice, due to a subconscious feeling that she's looking at everything wrong with herself -- whether it's true or not, as Alex's perception of other people often leaves a lot to be desired. She would probably be rather ashamed of this, and would hide her dislike as much as she can -- but her reactions to Alice are filled with more stuttering and hesitations.
- Brent Roless (ERode): Brent interests her as much as he stresses her out. She likes him for the same reasons that she enjoys the company of Izzie -- just with the added negative of him having zero adverse opinions to saying exactly what is on his mind, so he can often become fairly over-bearing to her. None-the-less, personal or not, most of the things he says intrigues her, and is often inquisitive into the things he does for a living.
- Elizabeth 'Eli' Stern (Liriia) (does not know her name yet): Alex has set herself the challenge of walking up to this girl and being able to hold an actual conversation with her, something she would currently be far too terrified of to actually do. Even if it's just a short conversation, she'd probably think it a decent development to her social skills, due to her apparent mysteriousness adding to her being fairly unapproachable -- at least, to her she seems that way.
- Everett Micheals (PerniciousIntent): Alex gets on rather well with Everett, mainly due to the man's nigh indiscriminate kindness and calming aura. He has the strange ability to reduce any stress she might get from talking with people, so she immensely appreciates his presence during a busy part of day. However, his intelligence often daunts Alex, and despite his lack of egotism, sometimes makes her feel lacking in worth. Also, she'd never say it, but she finds him really attractive.
- Gaku Yamamoto (Van): They met each other when the man worked for the bar for a bit, but outside of that he doesn't really go to the bar, and she can't really muster up the courage to talk to him on the street. The only real conversation they've had was about work, so she doesn't really know him that well.
- Henry Manteel (WolfsRose): Alex doesn't know him very well, as he hasn't been in town long. Her reactions to him have been fairly positive so far, though.
- Isabelle 'Izzie' McKenzie (Chezka): Alex, upon first meeting Izzie, genuinely thought her gibes and pranks were out of genuine malice, and her first encounters with the girl was of high distress -- she didn't take the hint with the girl's constant smiling and enthusiasm. However, it was quickly pointed out to her that she wasn't being sincere, and Alex promptly apologized for taking her so seriously. Aside from Alex's often oblivious attitude to Izzie teasing her, Alex enjoys her company immensely and admires her people skills, hoping to learn a few things from her. She also thinks that she's very pretty... but that's a different matter.
- Isis Thorne (Sezir): From the times that they have talked, they got on rather well, and the fact that she owns a flower shop means that she usually sees her quite a bit. However, friendly as they as, they are not particularly close, although Alex finds the woman's ability to stay smiling no matter what the situation is rather refreshing.
- Rosemary Bates (Darcness): Unlike Izzie, Alex isn't as fond of Rosemary because she believes that her sardonic gibes are out of a genuine wish to hurt her -- whether she actually does or not. She constantly fears that she's misunderstanding the woman somehow, due to her lack of overt expression and use of sarcasm. Therefore, she's constantly on alert when Rosemary is around in hopes of not accidentally misconstruing her -- which Alex finds to be quite stressful.
Other: Overall, Alex essentially looks like a woman. She takes special care of her appearance, but even on a day where she neglects her appearance, it would still be very difficult to tell. Her voice is also very androgynous.
Name: Alex Garnet
Age: 19
Gender: Biologically male; identifies as female.
Birthday: Winter 5
Role: Bartender
Likes: - Alcohol, and making drinks.
- Dresses, and clothing in general.
- People – but is less-than-stellar at actually dealing with them.
- Ice-cream, pizza, and pudding. And horror novels, for some reason. And flowers. Horror novels with flowers.
Dislikes: - Sarcasm. The fact it often has to be pointed out to her when someone’s being sarcastic just annoys her.
- Getting up early. Her job description thankfully does not entail it.
- Heat, and any building without working air-conditioning when in said heat.
Personality: Alex tries her hardest to be a social and outgoing person, but she always found that she was always completely awful at it. Inherently introverted, reserved, incredibly awkward and socially inept, Alex forces out a façade of enthusiasm so as to fit more with her chosen profession – something which many can easily see through. She can also come off as oblivious and incredibly dense depending on the situation, especially towards the subject of romance or concerning more subtle social cues, and often has immense trouble detecting sarcasm. Regardless, Alex has an innate curiosity and determination to develop better people skills, but often has difficulty speaking up against others, and never vocalises when she think somebody else is wrong. She is also quick to think poorly of herself, and falls into self-loathing at the drop of a hat due to her genuine fear that she will not be able to properly function as a human being if doesn't improve herself. Nonetheless, while she often has trouble properly expressing herself to others, Alex is sweet and genuinely good-natured, and holding most people and their company in high-regard.
Background: Originally living in a much larger town further away from Lily of the Valley, Alex grew up in a rich household with two parents who had a natural distrust of the school system, and was thus home-schooled by a hired teacher. This was not the cause of her lack of social graces – as she was not kept locked up in a house for all of her childhood, and her parents gave her plenty of opportunities to attend town events and clubs. Rather, she never made many friends due to her naturally feminine appearance and proclivity for both wearing girl’s clothing and tendency to play with dolls – male children either thought she really was a girl and just lying about her gender, or thought it bizarre and kept away from her; whilst female ones were similarly weirded out. She only started fully identifying as female in her teenage years, as she found she was never comfortable being classified as male, and preferred it if people did not actually know her biological gender. However, by this point she had never been able to make any real friends, and thus her social skills were severely limited. When she turned 15, she and her family moved from their town to the quieter Lily Town, her parents citing a need for a change of pace, and currently lives in one of the larger houses in the town.
Alex always had an interest in drinks to the point where she had probably tried every non-alcoholic drink ever made from before she turned 18, and had a lot of fun mixing them. This went to the point where her parents were worried that she would become an alcoholic upon turning 18 – as no drink would escape her thirsty clutches. Fortunately, this was not the case, but she did start taking a bartending course after finishing her schooling, and applied to the town’s bar. It took a while, but she managed to get a position as a bartender – wherein she found that there was a lot more to bartending than pouring drinks. It requires strong people skills, amiability and charisma, all qualities that she found she lacked. However, determined to stick with her chosen profession, she tries to teach herself the many intricacies of dealing with people.
Skills: - An adept bartender, with knowledge of many different drinks. The social side of bartending, not so much.
- A decent memory.
Relationships:
- Alice Rems (Darcness): Out of all the people in town, Alex finds Alice to be the most relatable. Both are considerably naïve and lacking in social skills -- but Alex would perceive the main difference between them being how Alex actively wants to change those things, and is acutely aware of it's existence. Because of this, Alex doesn't like Alice, due to a subconscious feeling that she's looking at everything wrong with herself -- whether it's true or not, as Alex's perception of other people often leaves a lot to be desired. She would probably be rather ashamed of this, and would hide her dislike as much as she can -- but her reactions to Alice are filled with more stuttering and hesitations.
- Brent Roless (ERode): Brent interests her as much as he stresses her out. She likes him for the same reasons that she enjoys the company of Izzie -- just with the added negative of him having zero adverse opinions to saying exactly what is on his mind, so he can often become fairly over-bearing to her. None-the-less, personal or not, most of the things he says intrigues her, and is often inquisitive into the things he does for a living.
- Elizabeth 'Eli' Stern (Liriia) (does not know her name yet): Alex has set herself the challenge of walking up to this girl and being able to hold an actual conversation with her, something she would currently be far too terrified of to actually do. Even if it's just a short conversation, she'd probably think it a decent development to her social skills, due to her apparent mysteriousness adding to her being fairly unapproachable -- at least, to her she seems that way.
- Everett Micheals (PerniciousIntent): Alex gets on rather well with Everett, mainly due to the man's nigh indiscriminate kindness and calming aura. He has the strange ability to reduce any stress she might get from talking with people, so she immensely appreciates his presence during a busy part of day. However, his intelligence often daunts Alex, and despite his lack of egotism, sometimes makes her feel lacking in worth. Also, she'd never say it, but she finds him really attractive.
- Gaku Yamamoto (Van): They met each other when the man worked for the bar for a bit, but outside of that he doesn't really go to the bar, and she can't really muster up the courage to talk to him on the street. The only real conversation they've had was about work, so she doesn't really know him that well.
- Henry Manteel (WolfsRose): Alex doesn't know him very well, as he hasn't been in town long. Her reactions to him have been fairly positive so far, though.
- Isabelle 'Izzie' McKenzie (Chezka): Alex, upon first meeting Izzie, genuinely thought her gibes and pranks were out of genuine malice, and her first encounters with the girl was of high distress -- she didn't take the hint with the girl's constant smiling and enthusiasm. However, it was quickly pointed out to her that she wasn't being sincere, and Alex promptly apologized for taking her so seriously. Aside from Alex's often oblivious attitude to Izzie teasing her, Alex enjoys her company immensely and admires her people skills, hoping to learn a few things from her. She also thinks that she's very pretty... but that's a different matter.
- Isis Thorne (Sezir): From the times that they have talked, they got on rather well, and the fact that she owns a flower shop means that she usually sees her quite a bit. However, friendly as they as, they are not particularly close, although Alex finds the woman's ability to stay smiling no matter what the situation is rather refreshing.
- Rosemary Bates (Darcness): Unlike Izzie, Alex isn't as fond of Rosemary because she believes that her sardonic gibes are out of a genuine wish to hurt her -- whether she actually does or not. She constantly fears that she's misunderstanding the woman somehow, due to her lack of overt expression and use of sarcasm. Therefore, she's constantly on alert when Rosemary is around in hopes of not accidentally misconstruing her -- which Alex finds to be quite stressful.
Other: Overall, Alex essentially looks like a woman. She takes special care of her appearance, but even on a day where she neglects her appearance, it would still be very difficult to tell. Her voice is also very androgynous.
@Chezka: Cool, that works. Alex would have initially thought her pranking and gibes were genuinely mean-spirited -- but it would've been pointed out to her soon enough that she isn't, by the bar owner or someone. Every time she teases her, she has to consciously remind herself that she's not serious -- often resulting in forced and very nervous laughter. Otherwise, she admires Izzie's people skills, and enjoys her constant energy. She hopes to learn a thing or two from her.
Rosemary: Unlike Izzie, Alex isn't as fond of Rosemary because she believes that her sardonic gibes are out of a genuine wish to hurt her -- whether she actually does or not. She constantly fears that she's misunderstanding the woman somehow, due to her lack of overt expression and use of sarcasm. Therefore, she's constantly on alert when Rosemary is around in hopes of not accidentally misconstruing her -- which Alex finds to be quite stressful.
Shall work on rest of relationships in my CS.
EDIT: Nice IC posts, guys. I'll get one up sometime today.
Rosemary: Unlike Izzie, Alex isn't as fond of Rosemary because she believes that her sardonic gibes are out of a genuine wish to hurt her -- whether she actually does or not. She constantly fears that she's misunderstanding the woman somehow, due to her lack of overt expression and use of sarcasm. Therefore, she's constantly on alert when Rosemary is around in hopes of not accidentally misconstruing her -- which Alex finds to be quite stressful.
Shall work on rest of relationships in my CS.
EDIT: Nice IC posts, guys. I'll get one up sometime today.
Hell yeah, more people. I'll get updated on everything and post sometime today.
Leon is now canonically Irish. It is now so.
Welp, posted for activity. Sir Shade, would you kindly blow up some boats so we can continue?
Welp, posted for activity. Sir Shade, would you kindly blow up some boats so we can continue?
Krista took Jack's lack of an answer positively. Perhaps he was just distracted by the mortar shells veering dangerously close to the boat, or the deafening sound of numerous machine guns firing on top deck, but she chose to ignore their close brushes with death and take his silence as sheer confidence in his ability to get them away from their assailants. Unfortunately the attacker's didn't decide to communicate with their via radio before enacting their attack, because she literally had nothing to do except cower away inside the hunk of metal hoping that nothing managed to hit their extraordinarily flammable delivery items.
Her balance faulted as they managed to dodge the mortar shots, and collapsed against the iron hull. Despite herself, she couldn't help but let a tiny chuckle escape her lips as her adrenaline slowly rose. "In case your life ain't enough incentive, I'll buy ya' a drink later if we escape with our limbs intact!" she laughed to Jack from the ground, despite being fully aware that the boat could blow up at any second.
Her balance faulted as they managed to dodge the mortar shots, and collapsed against the iron hull. Despite herself, she couldn't help but let a tiny chuckle escape her lips as her adrenaline slowly rose. "In case your life ain't enough incentive, I'll buy ya' a drink later if we escape with our limbs intact!" she laughed to Jack from the ground, despite being fully aware that the boat could blow up at any second.
Alright, back from uni.
@ Sezir: 19 and 23 isn't that significant of an age gap -- at least not to the point where it would actively effect a relationship -- but I agree with that. Alex would often go to the flower shop, and would be friendly to her, but they're wouldn't be that close. At most, she would find her constant ability to stay smiling refreshing, and would enjoy her company.
I'll get to working on my relationship section soon.
EDIT: Haven't really heard any input from WolfsRose, so I'll wait before writing anything for Henry.
@ Sezir: 19 and 23 isn't that significant of an age gap -- at least not to the point where it would actively effect a relationship -- but I agree with that. Alex would often go to the flower shop, and would be friendly to her, but they're wouldn't be that close. At most, she would find her constant ability to stay smiling refreshing, and would enjoy her company.
I'll get to working on my relationship section soon.
EDIT: Haven't really heard any input from WolfsRose, so I'll wait before writing anything for Henry.
Alright, then it's safe to assume that Gaku and Alex would have met each other, due to occasionally working at the bar, don't really know each other that well.
Anyway, I'm going to sleep soon (it's 1:50am here), and I won't be able to access a computer until tomorrow evening, so I'll leave a few short notes for everyone else for the sake of ideas -- sorry they're not longer, kinda tired. Although I should probably note that them being acquainted with each other is largely dependent on if they visit the bar much.
- Henry: would probably immensely enjoy the company of him -- his relaxed nature would probably decrease some of stress that talking with people usually brings her.
- Everett: would probably be daunted by his intelligence, but overall similar to her reactions to Henry.
- Eli: Alex would view her as being this big challenge in overcoming some of her lacking social skills, like if being able to talk to that unapproachable and mysterious girl would mean that she'd be able to talk to anyone. She would be very interested in meeting with her, but would currently be far too scared for it.
Anyway, I'm going to sleep soon (it's 1:50am here), and I won't be able to access a computer until tomorrow evening, so I'll leave a few short notes for everyone else for the sake of ideas -- sorry they're not longer, kinda tired. Although I should probably note that them being acquainted with each other is largely dependent on if they visit the bar much.
- Henry: would probably immensely enjoy the company of him -- his relaxed nature would probably decrease some of stress that talking with people usually brings her.
- Everett: would probably be daunted by his intelligence, but overall similar to her reactions to Henry.
- Eli: Alex would view her as being this big challenge in overcoming some of her lacking social skills, like if being able to talk to that unapproachable and mysterious girl would mean that she'd be able to talk to anyone. She would be very interested in meeting with her, but would currently be far too scared for it.
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