Halcyon

Surviving: The End. (Season 1) (CLOSING, look for reboot!)

@Sterling

She's a pathogen researcher from working with the CDC and USAMRIID. She'll definitely want your character's insight onto the virus. Given that your character is a biology PH.D. yes?

Surviving: The End. (Season 1) (CLOSING, look for reboot!)

Name: Gina Hollis, more Aptly Doctor Gina Hollis, PhD in biological and agricultural engineering

Age: 30
Occupation: Biological and Agricultural Engineer, specifically creating hardier plants and crops.
Family life: Gina was a foster child, eventually adopted by a loving family in Idaho. Her real parents had a little meth problem. But that didn’t stop Gina, her new foster and then adoptive family was supportive albeit large. She has three foster brothers and one foster sister as well as her parents. She has one biological sister but they haven’t seen each other in years and years, being spilt up in the foster care system.
Hair: Very dark brown, wavy, mid chest length
Eyes: Bright blue, hidden behind large black rimmed glasses.
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 130lbs
Group: CDC
Appearance: Gina doesn’t pay much attention to her appearance, more interested in what’s in her head. She tends to wear odd patterned shirts or dresses, with comfortable loose skirts or even scrub pants as she works in a lab. Clogs are the shoe of choice here.

Gina is a small and slightly curvy woman, her dark brown hair unaltered in anyway and usually falling over her shoulders in a mop or messily thrown up in a bun so it’s out of her way. She has large glasses that she really needs and bright blue intelligent, albeit odd eyes.
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Blood Type: O+
Immune: Yes.
Reason For Government Interest: Gina probably wasn’t their first choice, she was brought to the CDC last minute and was probably just the best option closely available with her credentials in genetic alteration and biology. Her main area of focus is producing hardier, longer living, larger producing agricultural yields.
Bio:
Gina Hollis was the first daughter born to her biological parents Stan and Lindsey Hollis, who married at 17 when Lindsey got pregnant. Both her parents dropped out of high school and after several years of holding minium wage jobs and working the most unwanted shifts, another accidental pregnancy, they seemed to realize their childhood was stolen and felt it was time to reclaim that.

Partying on weekends turned into partying on weeknights too, and then maybe afternoons… Drinking and weed moved onto harder stuff until one of the teachers at the public elementary school Gina and her sister Caren attended noticed something was amiss.

Social services was called and the Hollis’ were deemed unfit parents. Caren and Gina were placed in the foster care system, and to find them both homes were split up.

Gina was placed with the Adams’, a family who was highly religious and already big. They were farmers and welcomed Gina into their life graciously. Gina was clean, cared for, fed, and even loved. She continued to go to school and learn, enjoying what her teachers had to say and show her, and attended church with the Adams’ . By the time Gina was 10 years old they officially adopted her.

Gina was accepted into the university of Idaho and got her BA in Biology. She continued through state funding to get her PhD in Biological and Agricultural Engineering and took on a position in a local lab making stronger crops.

@Sterling

The CDC character I'm making is going to have SO many geeky science talks with yours. Just saying. It'll be glorious!

Surviving: The End. (Season 1) (CLOSING, look for reboot!)

@Halcyon@Tomahawk

I think it might be interesting to have the cops run in with the uhh...Military peeps? At some point. Just a thought. I was reading Hal's char pages and thought it could be fun.

Thoughts? ( I know T is out of town till tomorrow but this will be sitting here waiting)

@Sterling

Oh I think that'd be loads of fun actually! I'm writing a collab with Vilhelm right now, but that's certainly something we could play around with!

The Spirits Within: Stigma

Intellectual snark is the best kind of snark there is! Haha I jest I jest!

The Spirits Within: Stigma

Ye gods I'm probably gonna spend all morning tomorrow just reading every single other character to write Eric's relations. Just like last time yay! XD

I also like how Elvira and Eric are "related" by way of both their surnames ending in "wood".

That would make them... The Woods! Aha ha, aha ha, aha, ha, ah...please don't hurt me

@DJAtomika

Totally forgot to respond to this! 'The Woods'. That's happening haha! I'm totally getting a snarky prank duo feel ... even if it does contrasts their disposition a tad...

The Spirits Within: Stigma

I'll be on the pad if anyone's feeling chatty!

Surviving: The End. (Season 1) (CLOSING, look for reboot!)

Name: Carmen Hollander
Group: Walker
Age: 27
Occupation: FBI
Family life: Single
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Weight: 135 pounds
Blood type: AB
Immune: Immune

Gear: Carmen carries a backpack that contains items she found scavenging. Within the backpack, food, water, and a thermal blanket make up the bulk of the contents. There are some personal things stashed in there, but the amount is minimal. Her arsenal consists of her Sig Sauer P226 and a hunting knife she found in a store.

Bio: Raised in the heart of Tennessee, Carmen grew up in a family that had strong ties to the military. With growing up in the country, she hardly had the upbringing that city folk were accustomed to. Her family often had hunting outings where she learned how to stalk prey, follow the trail of potential game, kill said game, skin it, and harvest the meat. Her brothers also had a passionate fascination for anything firearm related. Going along with the stereotype that all southerns were gun crazy rednecks, she too grew up loving the sweet smell of gunpowder and the cool touch of steel.

As she was finishing up college, Carmen had a chance to meet and talk to an FBI employee who came to her campus. Having majored in Psychology with a keen interest in criminology and the psychology behind criminals, it was no surprise she got along so well with said employee. Talking to the recruiter on multiple occasions outside of the recruiting session, Carmen knew how she wanted to ride out the rest of her life. While she wasn’t enlisting like her brothers, she’d serve her country in a different manner altogether. Instead of defending her way of life through warfare, she’d do her part within domestic security. With that in mind, she applied for the Bureau. After an extensive application process, she was accepted.

Having been in the special agent role for several years, it was around this time when the FBI received word of strange occurrences happening about the country. Having tempered her analytical mind, even with all of the information presented to her, Carmen was skeptical of it all. The reports stated that individuals were actively biting anyone they could see on sight. While the reports weren’t numerous, they were spread out. As with every other directive sent from the director, Carmen took her orders and dispatched immediately to the city of Baltimore. What she saw there would change her life forever.

As cases of the same rabid behavior began to spread and increase in the number of cases, Carmen was present in Baltimore as the walkers overran check point after checkpoint instituted by the military. Linking up with SWAT officer, Carmen abandoned her investigation as she fled the city with the officer. The whole situation was too large - too complex - to be headed by some group. This was something beyond her skill set, and she knew it.

Taking to the outskirts of the cities - far away from populated areas - Carmen and Avery - the SWAT personnel she was with - continued to dodge major city after major city.

Seven months had passed. The world was silent.

Surviving: The End. (Season 1) (CLOSING, look for reboot!)

Name: Avery Carlson
Group: Walker: traveling with Carmen Hollander
Age: 31
Occupation: SWAT
Family life: Married with a daughter and a son (May make these characters later on)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Weight: 198 lbs
Blood type: O
Immune: Immune
Gear: Having stripped his SWAT outfit down to just the blue fatigues, tactical vest, ammo, and various other necessary essentials, Avery kept only his sidearm - Sig Sauer P226 - due to running out of bullets for his rifle. His knife is his main arsenal against the dead. Given how precious bullets are, the sidearm is only used for emergencies. He carries a backpack that contains survival items. Other than food and water, he has a single thermal blanket.

Bio: Growing up in a typical urban family, Avery’s life wasn’t hard by any means. With his father being a lawyer in the prominent city of DC and his mother taking care of him and his sister at home, it was expected that he’d continue on with the family legacy by becoming a lawyer. When he was younger, Avery was all for it. Believing how wonderful it’d be to be a corporate lawyer like his father and earning the big bucks. However, when he got older, he wanted to serve the public in a way that was completely different than what his family envisioned for him.

Graduating college with a degree in criminology, instead of applying for law school, Avery applied to the police academy. When his father found out, the two had a huge falling out. Refusing to speak to him, Avery accepted the fact that the old man couldn’t see things from his point of view and left it at that. Wanting to prove to his old man that he could be the best in something other than law, Avery aimed to graduate the top of his class. No matter what.

Four years had passed since he graduated from the Academy. Now a proud member on the force of the DC area, Avery made Sergeant. Receiving the distinct honor of serving as one of the members standing guard around the White House area, it was about this time where his father and him reconnected. While their relationship would never officially heal, the beginning steps were made. Reunited with his family after some time, Avery introduced his wife and his son while the second was on the way.

When things seemed like they were headed back towards normalcy, Avery responded to several cases of domestic violence. Coming face to face with one of the suspects, Avery had a feeling this wasn’t some normal DV. It was something far more. Something that his superiors told him to keep a tight seal on.

His fears come through when he was called to a blockade in Baltimore. Tasked with escorting an FBI agent - a Carmen Hollander - he learned through her that there was an investigation going on to uncover the origins of the recent raising of the dead. Still far too taken aback to accept what he’d heard, the blockade fell to the waves of the dead as all the quarantine lines all but absolved.

Though wanting to go after his family, Carmen convinced him otherwise. He knew it’d be a death trap, but he couldn’t leave without knowing. As he made ready to leave, his route was cut off from the undead. At risk of being overtaken, he fled with Carmen.

No matter how far he ran, he’d find his family again.

Seven months had passed. He hadn’t forgotten his vow.

The Spirits Within: Stigma

@Prisk I'm fine with what you have there!

The Spirits Within: Stigma

@clericbeastIf they are pure frenemies, then you can expect Rui to rat Scout out if it is beneficial for Rui to do so. I image they would occasionally have brawls, because they pissed each other off enough too.

If they’re more friends than frenemies, then Rui will most definitely give Scout an alibi if zhe is able to and wouldn’t rat Scout out no matter what. But they probably wouldn't brawl… well, if Scout requests a whipping session, then Rui would bring out the whip, but that’s about it.

Which do you prefer?

@HalcyonWhether a character knows about Rui’s dual nature depends on you guys. Do you want Elvira to know about it?

@JJ Doe

Oh crap JJ! I totally ignored you. So sorry!

Would Rui's darker side be something she only entrusts to a few or does she not mind?

I might have missed it when I read through your sheet. I'll look through it again!