Post by Rinse on Apr 17, 2023 11:21:38 GMT -8
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Hello, I'm Rinse! I'm about to turn twenty-seven and I started roleplaying on Warrior Cat forums over fourteen years ago (lolol). I took a very long break from roleplaying when I was about twenty and Build God has been my first real step back into the RP world! I live in Central USA but work third shift (9pm-8am, M-Th), so I'm around at weird hours of the day. Work makes it difficult to be very productive during the week, so I might be slow to respond and reply until the weekends. Regardless, I'd love to cook up some plots and shenanigans with anyone and everyone, so don't be afraid to drop a line if you've got ideas! <3 [break][break]
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[attr="class","th th-flower-1-o"] LESSONS IN POLYPHONY
[break]Hello, I'm Rinse! I'm about to turn twenty-seven and I started roleplaying on Warrior Cat forums over fourteen years ago (lolol). I took a very long break from roleplaying when I was about twenty and Build God has been my first real step back into the RP world! I live in Central USA but work third shift (9pm-8am, M-Th), so I'm around at weird hours of the day. Work makes it difficult to be very productive during the week, so I might be slow to respond and reply until the weekends. Regardless, I'd love to cook up some plots and shenanigans with anyone and everyone, so don't be afraid to drop a line if you've got ideas! <3 [break][break]
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TAWNY M. VOKES
26YRS OLD - THERAPIST - SECTOR - LIBRA - BISEXUAL - (x)
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Tawny is a nice-enough gal. She's always open to making new friends and doing new, fun things. She does have a tendency to flip-flop between friendly/open and gloomy/withdrawn, though. She's someone who values her own independence — she never wants to be to anyone else what she was to her father growing up (nor does she want to be like her father, needing someone as bad as he needed her). Even though she actually does better around others, she hates the idea of being dependent on anyone and so has gotten into the habit of cutting ties and isolating herself at times (even though it tends to make her depression worse). [break][break]
Tawny lives in a Downtown Apartment, works as a therapist, and also works for the Sector! She can manipulate (or even erase) memories through skin-to-skin contact. She can be quietly nosy at times, usually never hesitating to take a peek into the heads/pasts of strangers that she thinks might be interesting. She would show much more restraint and respect to her acquaintances and friends, however, feeling that using her Gift on those close to her is rather invasive.
Tawny lives in a Downtown Apartment, works as a therapist, and also works for the Sector! She can manipulate (or even erase) memories through skin-to-skin contact. She can be quietly nosy at times, usually never hesitating to take a peek into the heads/pasts of strangers that she thinks might be interesting. She would show much more restraint and respect to her acquaintances and friends, however, feeling that using her Gift on those close to her is rather invasive.
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Making nice and being friends honestly shouldn't be too difficult! Tawny likes people and she's generally pretty cool. Not difficult to get to open up. She's (usually) up for going out and trying new things, if she's given no reason not to trust someone. She's really terrible at keeping friendships alive though and lets many of them fizzle out. A chronic ghoster. Just when a person thinks they're really vibing and they've got possible BFF potential on their hands, she'll ignore their calls and just kinda disappear for a while. She can be a capricious little feline at times, winding in and out of people's lives. This can often leave budding friendships in the cold, with the other person wondering if maybe there was nothing there after all.
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I guess a person can hate her if they really want to, but why? She's such a sweetheart (most of the time)! If they've just got one of those personalities that just doesn't click well with hers, then I guess things can get out of hand, but Tawny doesn't typically try and start shit. Not to say she doesn't have the capacity to be catty or to hate someone, though. She certainly does (and it would be super fun to explore that side of her). [break][break]
She likely wouldn't like anyone who is very open with their powers or who uses their powers to do "Bad Things". It's her belief that powers should be hidden for the safety of all Gifted. It would be interesting for someone to try and convince her otherwise (because Tawny isn't usually very confident about any of her opinions). Otherwise, most of the people who don't like her are probably ex-friends who got tired of her avoidance; who she let down, abandoned, or canceled plans on one too many times. Possibly even scorned lovers who might feel like she horribly led them on when she went cold and cut them loose?
She likely wouldn't like anyone who is very open with their powers or who uses their powers to do "Bad Things". It's her belief that powers should be hidden for the safety of all Gifted. It would be interesting for someone to try and convince her otherwise (because Tawny isn't usually very confident about any of her opinions). Otherwise, most of the people who don't like her are probably ex-friends who got tired of her avoidance; who she let down, abandoned, or canceled plans on one too many times. Possibly even scorned lovers who might feel like she horribly led them on when she went cold and cut them loose?
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Romance was just never in the cards for her. Nothing serious ever happened. Or more like... she didn't let anything get too serious. Tawny's always strived to be as independent as possible — to prove something to herself in a way — and so when things got too serious with someone in the past, she's always panicked and broke things off. She's had a number of relationships that all look the same, with her eventually drifting away and putting distance between her and her partner. She can be a flirt and overall prefers casual hook-ups, unserious flings, friends who occasionally sleep together, that kind of thing. It'd be fun for her to have some people she already knows and who are already established to have these sort of situationships with her — where they call each other when they're lonely and in need of another body, knowing there's nothing more to it than what it is. Or knowing that there's nothing more to it from her end. Perhaps they feel different. Or not. Or, on the other hand, someone she's scorned. [break][break]
She currently has a weird "are we/aren't we" thing happening with Noah St Cloud right now, so she isn't likely to start any new situationships and has ignored/rejected continuing any of her existing ones. This could raise questions with anyone she's been regularly involved with (people who might expect her to be up and willing when they call for her). And it isn't completely impossible that Tawny won't try and mess things up with Noah somewhere down the line in that sabotaging way she has. Habits die hard.
She currently has a weird "are we/aren't we" thing happening with Noah St Cloud right now, so she isn't likely to start any new situationships and has ignored/rejected continuing any of her existing ones. This could raise questions with anyone she's been regularly involved with (people who might expect her to be up and willing when they call for her). And it isn't completely impossible that Tawny won't try and mess things up with Noah somewhere down the line in that sabotaging way she has. Habits die hard.
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- SUCH A TROUBLEMAKER! - Tawny's place in the Sector typically boils down to manipulating the memories of a human whose encounter with a Gifted could stir up some trouble. Let's say there's one particular Gifted who has caused... more than a handful of problems that she's had to fix? And now she's finally met them. Maybe she'll get the idea to pull up her breeches and give this person a talking to! "You make a lot of work for me! Aren't you at all concerned about the consequences of your actions!?"
GYM DISASTER - Tawny and you go to the same gym. She can't help but notice you, because you're just.... super attractive and sweaty, and this is how every rom-com starts, with a meet-cute at the gym, right? Right? Anyway, long story short, she may have busted her ass on the treadmill in her distraction. Damn it! (That can be the whole idea, but also, if it's something that sparks a little more interest, Tawny could try and manipulate this memory in the other person's mind. Because this was not how a meet-cute at the gym was supposed to go. So now she's weirdly trying to touch you, and maybe isn't as subtle as she thinks, and now she's caught and it's even weirder! She's totally canceling her membership after this.)
- SHOULD I BE CONCERNED? - Tawny accidentally sees something traumatic or harrowing in your character's memories and, despite everything, feels she needs to pull you aside and ask if you're okay or if you need help. Could be a misunderstanding, could not.
- A TERRIBLE NIGHT - Tawny is pulled out into a night of fun by her friends. Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worse and she gets overstimulated/overwhelmed and ends up a wreck outside, total breakdown. Feel like witnessing this and trying your best to help her out/cheer her up?
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DANE M. WAYLAND
27YRS OLD - GUILD MEMBER - HUNTER - SAGITTARIUS - HETEROSEXUAL - (x)
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Born among a long line of hunters and raised in a criminal syndicate with little censorship even as a little boy, Dane grew up a pretty desensitized kid. Nursed by the nature of his family, this lack of moral standing quickly became apathy, sadism, and unbridled malicious intent. Dane's an intelligent guy but doesn't give a shit about much of anything, which includes even the Guild and himself. He's hardworking when it suits him, charismatic when he wants to be, and really a fun guy! If you sympathize with his idea of fun, that is. [break][break]
As a hunter, he's frequently tasked with eliminating Gifted individuals but often isn't as quick to draw the gun as most (given he's usually acting on his own accord/whims in stiff defiance of his piece-of-shit father). Dane is Gifted himself and can summon a great number of animals, seemingly from thin air.
As a hunter, he's frequently tasked with eliminating Gifted individuals but often isn't as quick to draw the gun as most (given he's usually acting on his own accord/whims in stiff defiance of his piece-of-shit father). Dane is Gifted himself and can summon a great number of animals, seemingly from thin air.
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If you think Dane's your friend, then you might be... slightly mistaken. Don't get me wrong, there are people he doesn't mind being around, people he likes, and people he can actually enjoy himself with. He is capable of "getting along" and isn't always a difficult person to hold a conversation or drink a beer with. Just... don't expect a whole lot from him. Don't think that sharing a laugh or a pleasant conversation counts for much in his books. [break][break]
He's not the type to genuinely care for anyone. Or even if he does end up caring for someone, I still wouldn't count on him to have your back if there's something more entertaining to do. He can play friendly for a while but even that can fall through if he decides it's not that fun anymore. He can flip a switch at the drop of a dime (especially if he gets bored). Even though he hates losing to anyone, the people he'd most likely get along with are people who he can have a laugh with while they kick his ass.
He's not the type to genuinely care for anyone. Or even if he does end up caring for someone, I still wouldn't count on him to have your back if there's something more entertaining to do. He can play friendly for a while but even that can fall through if he decides it's not that fun anymore. He can flip a switch at the drop of a dime (especially if he gets bored). Even though he hates losing to anyone, the people he'd most likely get along with are people who he can have a laugh with while they kick his ass.
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Yeah, that's super fair. Probably where most people will find themselves, one way or another. There are bound to be tons of these types of relationships. Out of the Guild, in the Guild, hunting targets, goody-two-shoes, cops, anybody who looks at him wrong, he doesn't care. Let's pull knives on one another, Dane's all about that. Good ole scraps and fist fights. Beat him up, stab him, just give him an absolute shit time. [break][break]
You can be a Gifted individual he's been tasked with hunting? Someone who "left" the Guild that he's sniffing out? Or just someone who decided to step in and stop him from being a shitty garbage boy to someone else. Family of people he's killed, perhaps? Someone he tries to sloppily hit on at the bar after he's had one too many? The possibilities are limitless.
You can be a Gifted individual he's been tasked with hunting? Someone who "left" the Guild that he's sniffing out? Or just someone who decided to step in and stop him from being a shitty garbage boy to someone else. Family of people he's killed, perhaps? Someone he tries to sloppily hit on at the bar after he's had one too many? The possibilities are limitless.
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Goodness, why would anyone want to romance this guy? Physical gratification is certainly a thing and Dane's always game for a little canoodling (if the person is pretty enough). He could maybe even play/pretend a little love (if it's not too terrible) and he thinks (for some crazy, wild reason) doing so is worth it. [break][break]
I wouldn't say it's impossible to snag this guy in a genuine way but I also wouldn't put any eggs in the "Dane's gonna love me" basket. He can be charming and romantic when he wants to be but, a lot of the time, why would he bother? Who knows though? He could decide it isn't so bad after all. Or some sharp lady can really blow him away. Who knows, who knows?
I wouldn't say it's impossible to snag this guy in a genuine way but I also wouldn't put any eggs in the "Dane's gonna love me" basket. He can be charming and romantic when he wants to be but, a lot of the time, why would he bother? Who knows though? He could decide it isn't so bad after all. Or some sharp lady can really blow him away. Who knows, who knows?
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ONE MORE CHANCE TO DIE - So maybe you already know Dane. And he crawls up to your second-story apartment, bleeding and dying, in hopes that you can stitch him up?
- TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT - I'm drunk and got into a fight in the bar. You find me stumbling down the sidewalk trying to get home, and awwwww, you Good Samaritan, you want to help me. c,: Can be terrible or Dane can be in a somewhat pleasant mood due to being beaten to a pulp and drunk.
- A LITTLE TOO MUCH LAST NIGHT - Oh, so Dane slept in your car last night and you found him on your way to work. What's the big deal? No need to call the cops, he didn't take anything. It was raining! You're the one who didn't lock the doors!
- I KNOW I'M A WOLF - It'd be really fun for Dane to be hunting your Gifted character but then decide that s/he's actually a pretty rad person and naaaah, the Guild can fuck off, let's go get drinks. Maybe they could kick his ass, give him a good fight, and then he's like "ya know what, you good, nvm".
- I (LOVE TO) HATE YOU - I had this idea that Dane might have a "partner in crime". A fellow Guild member who is a lot better put together than him. Maybe this character is really well-liked by Dane's dad and so he saddled them together in hopes of keeping Dane a little bit contained. This partner in crime is probably just ... a little bit better than Dane at... pretty much everything. (Just a little more handsome, a little more charming, the tiniest bit better in a knife or fist-fight, you name it.... this dude/gal is just slightly superior.) They and Dane have this snarky hate for each other that's veiled thinly and poorly with half-assed, sarcastic politeness. But I could see it being a love/hate thing, too, like... they actually do work well together as partners, but Dane just... *clenches fist*... really kinda hates him/her, y'know? And it's def mutual. But it's the kind of hate where you enjoy hating each other. Kinda like... "I hate you so much, but I wouldn't let anyone kill you... because then it wouldn't be fun anymore." "I hate you so much, but who knows, if we got drunk, I might duet with you at karaoke. But don't try and upstage me or it'll end in a knife-fight you always do that you prick where the fuck DOYOUGETOFF?"
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GAVYN R. COLBURN
28YRS OLD - BARTENDER/ENTERTAINER - GIFTED - PISCES - PANSEXUAL - (x)
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Gavyn is just your average almost-thirty, fun-loving male. Though he looks like your stereotypical, selfie-loving douchebag, he's more like a big, dopey puppy than anything else — mostly harmless, though he might accidentally maul you with affection. He's a bartender and really loves his job along with the people he encounters through it. Chat him up at the bar, have him hold your hair back when you're drunk, mistake him for someone intimidating, whatever! [break][break]
He also performs as a musician/singer and participates heavily in local theatre. Come watch a show or maybe he can convince you to audition? Lastly, Gavyn possesses the gift of analgesia, making him completely insensitive to pain, though he's unaware this is a gift and has always believed it to be a rare medical condition. His analgesia can sometimes bleed onto other people when he sings/performs for them, but similarly, this is something he's always chalked up to his prowess and magnetism as an entertainer.
He also performs as a musician/singer and participates heavily in local theatre. Come watch a show or maybe he can convince you to audition? Lastly, Gavyn possesses the gift of analgesia, making him completely insensitive to pain, though he's unaware this is a gift and has always believed it to be a rare medical condition. His analgesia can sometimes bleed onto other people when he sings/performs for them, but similarly, this is something he's always chalked up to his prowess and magnetism as an entertainer.
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Typically, Gav has no difficulty making friends. The biggest barrier to cross in these matters is finding people who can tolerate his personality (since it isn't very difficult to get him to like you). He's a social creature who has difficulty entertaining himself by himself so he's always seeking friends, someone to fawn over appreciatively, or some shenanigans he can drag anyone and everyone into. [break][break]
Expect someone who refuses to leave you alone when you're down. Who occasionally has to be beaten off with a stick when he becomes too intrusive and doting. Spams of texts at 3am because he met a puppy on his walk home and he wants you to see how unbelievably cute it was. Will remember every little detail you tell him about yourself, even the smallest things slipped in passing, and will bombard you with small things he knows that you like out of the blue. He'd make a good friend but might be considered somewhat high-maintenance.
Expect someone who refuses to leave you alone when you're down. Who occasionally has to be beaten off with a stick when he becomes too intrusive and doting. Spams of texts at 3am because he met a puppy on his walk home and he wants you to see how unbelievably cute it was. Will remember every little detail you tell him about yourself, even the smallest things slipped in passing, and will bombard you with small things he knows that you like out of the blue. He'd make a good friend but might be considered somewhat high-maintenance.
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Gavyn doesn't go around seeking enemies but he is a dramatic guy who can nonetheless stir up some shit and find himself at the blunt end of someone's hate/dislike. Whether you just don't like his annoying, overbearing personality, or you hurt one of his friends, or... are just generally a very nasty person? Despite his size and physical strength, Gavyn is a bit of a coward, so any sort of antagonism on his part is bound to be all bark and no bite. However, he is a bit of a "mama hen" and can summon some semblance of backbone if he feels he needs to act on someone else's behalf. He will just rarely stick up for himself.
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While Gavyn is certainly open to casual flings and attachment-less hookups, sex isn't all that important to him. If it happens, it happens, and that's cool, but Gav's an affectionate kind of guy who just digs being close and involved in someone's life in general. A not-so-secret fluff-butt who'd shower the object of his adoration with too much literally all the time. [break][break]
He dates a lot, trying to find that person he can just chill with, where it's easy and right and good. He's very forward and doesn't hold back in these types of things. He thinks he falls in love a lot but nothing has ever really lasted. He probably just wears people out after a while. But he's always willing to be friends when being lovers doesn't work out. It's very easy to be both to him, and to step over and back over that line between friendship and romance. He doesn't tend to make these things difficult. [break][break]
He's friendly with everyone, including most of his exes, and could be accused of being a flirt. He does have a history of choosing significant others who aren't very nice to him. Of staying in relationships where he was being blatantly used for his generosity and willingness to give all he had to the other person, as well as his inclination to forgive all the shitty things they put him through. He never has and likely never will learn from these past mistakes and there may be a bit of him that holds onto the belief that was hammered into him that he deserved everything done to him. That it was his fault. He was always too much. Too clingy. Too annoying. He can carry these sentiments into his present relationships, sometimes reeling back, hushing himself, or apologizing for his animated antics when it occurs to him that they might be turning someone off from him.
He dates a lot, trying to find that person he can just chill with, where it's easy and right and good. He's very forward and doesn't hold back in these types of things. He thinks he falls in love a lot but nothing has ever really lasted. He probably just wears people out after a while. But he's always willing to be friends when being lovers doesn't work out. It's very easy to be both to him, and to step over and back over that line between friendship and romance. He doesn't tend to make these things difficult. [break][break]
He's friendly with everyone, including most of his exes, and could be accused of being a flirt. He does have a history of choosing significant others who aren't very nice to him. Of staying in relationships where he was being blatantly used for his generosity and willingness to give all he had to the other person, as well as his inclination to forgive all the shitty things they put him through. He never has and likely never will learn from these past mistakes and there may be a bit of him that holds onto the belief that was hammered into him that he deserved everything done to him. That it was his fault. He was always too much. Too clingy. Too annoying. He can carry these sentiments into his present relationships, sometimes reeling back, hushing himself, or apologizing for his animated antics when it occurs to him that they might be turning someone off from him.
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- CAUTION TO THE WIND - Your character catches Gavyn hopping over someone's fence and assumes he's doing a B&E. But he's quick to assure you he does this all the time! It's nothing like that, promise! He just likes to sleep on the trampoline when his roommate kicks him out or has someone over (brow waggle). But you should totally see this guy's backyard!! Come on, come on, you'll love it!! Let's lay out and look at the stars. Or come up with backstories for all of his funny little garden gnome statues. c:
- BRUH, TOTALLY NBD I PROMISE - I fell asleep on your balcony last night while trying to climb to my BFF's apartment two floors above yours. Sorry I vomited in your plotted plants. Also, it's really fucking cold outside, can I come in? Alternatively: I accidentally miscounted windows and broke into your apartment instead of my BFF's. Your pet's a really terrible guard cat/dog and in the morning you find us asleep on your living room floor, cuddling.
- PLEASE RATE 5 STARS - Gavyn gets a night job as an Uber driver. The possibilities of how weird and/or fucked up this can become with anyone are virtually endless.
- WOOPS, CRIME - I know you've been watching me pocket some D&D dice for the past ten minutes (they're expensive, pls don't judge), and I can also tell you're planning to tell the clerk. So I sneaked some of my 'booty' into your purse/bag and when you went and ratted me out, I made sure to bring you down with me. Now we're both running. Fortunately, I've forgiven you for tattling and am happily dragging you along to save your sorry ass.
WHAT THE FRESH HELL!? - Anyone with power-negating powers can have Gavyn experience pain for the first time. [cue huge dramatics for something as tiny as a little pinprick] What did you DO to me? What do you MEAN feet ache after pulling double-shifts!!?
- IT MAKES NO DAMN SENSE! ... COMPELS ME THOUGH - Watch Gav put on a show, singing songs about fantasy lands, D&D, or achy-breaky folk love songs. Maybe when he's done you approach him to let him know you have no heckin' idea what she was singing about, but well done! Or just bash the shit out of him and break his little sensitive heart.
- BRAVI! BRAVI! - Omg, what if we watched a musical together? He's got tickets to Hadestown and needs someone to go with him. Let him rope you in and let him cry on your shoulder afterward. Or just be sobbing messes together, whatever.
- I WRITE POETRY, SO BRACE YOURSELF - Sometimes street performing requires a bit of audience participation. Fortunately (or more likely unfortunately), Gavyn picks you out of the people around him. Maybe you were actively listening, maybe you were just passing by. But now let him just sing and rain some sing-songy praise on you, probably try and make you dance with him. Take it how you will.
- OH, UH... NO... THAT GUY'S SCARY - Let's just say there's a situation where you were maybe hoping for a little more from him. Someone steals your purse. Gets pushy in the bar that he bartends at. And you think maybe Gavyn can rescue you. Thing is, Gav's a huge coward. So he'd just put up his palms and be useless. Sorry 'boutcha luck.
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ASHLEY P. WOLFE
29YRS OLD - CARETAKER - GIFTED - CANCER - TENTATIVELY BISEXUAL - (x)
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Ashley Wolfe — formerly known as Dino Wayland — was born into a hunting family and raised in the Guild, where he did more than his fair share of terrible, inhumane things. He was a kind and gentle kid though and this beastly lifestyle rode pretty hard on his conscience. Much of his early life was spent wishing for a desensitization that never came. He escaped the Guild over five years ago by faking his death and now he's your seemingly average, quiet and kind fella who frequents book and flowershops. Currently reveling in his insignificance and technical non-existence and waiting for his bloody past to catch up with him. [break][break]
Upon leaving the Guild, Ash adopted a dog and traveled, never staying in one place long enough to make friends or be remembered. Eventually though, California called him back home. He put down roots in Los Eurosia about a year ago, building a house in West Hook. He began fostering dogs, venturing out and slowly testing once more having social circles, and finally took up an occupation as a caretaker in a retirement home where he's well-loved by the elderly staff.
Upon leaving the Guild, Ash adopted a dog and traveled, never staying in one place long enough to make friends or be remembered. Eventually though, California called him back home. He put down roots in Los Eurosia about a year ago, building a house in West Hook. He began fostering dogs, venturing out and slowly testing once more having social circles, and finally took up an occupation as a caretaker in a retirement home where he's well-loved by the elderly staff.
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If you forget about all that nasty Guild business, Ash is a decent guy. He'd be a caring friend, honestly. Sensible and perceptive. Would definitely watch your laptop in a cafe while you went to the bathroom. He's friendly enough to initiate a conversation on his own and has a soft, benevolent way about him. An easy person to talk to. He'd make someone feel cared about and would be willing to do just about anything to be seen as a good and benevolent guy. [break][break]
In fact, most friendships probably can't survive much more than that. While Ash is willing to stick with somebody through thick and thin — willing to weather both the pretty and ugly parts of them — he's bound to withdraw entirely if someone gets a glimpse of the more unsightly bits of him.
In fact, most friendships probably can't survive much more than that. While Ash is willing to stick with somebody through thick and thin — willing to weather both the pretty and ugly parts of them — he's bound to withdraw entirely if someone gets a glimpse of the more unsightly bits of him.
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Obviously Ash isn't going to be buddy-buddying with any criminals or hunters. Regardless, he probably has a few enemies from his past. He's done a number of terrible things and no doubt many decent people were hurt, directly or indirectly. But he's left that life behind, so if you connect him to some horrible deed from back then... well, that's... just not good for anyone. It'd be fun though! x3 [break][break]
It would take some determination to make an enemy out of him as he is now. Unless you hurt or threaten someone he cares about. Like all Waylands, he does possess a scary and unpredictable temper, but he's a slow-burn; it takes a whole lot to make him actually snap. He's trying super hard to be as far removed as possible from who he was as Dino Wayland so he's bound to try and avoid conflict and confrontation for as long as possible. If you push him into that corner where he has to revert back to that person, he eventually will... but he's going to hate you for it.
It would take some determination to make an enemy out of him as he is now. Unless you hurt or threaten someone he cares about. Like all Waylands, he does possess a scary and unpredictable temper, but he's a slow-burn; it takes a whole lot to make him actually snap. He's trying super hard to be as far removed as possible from who he was as Dino Wayland so he's bound to try and avoid conflict and confrontation for as long as possible. If you push him into that corner where he has to revert back to that person, he eventually will... but he's going to hate you for it.
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There's a tiny bit of reluctance here. Even if Ashley really likes a person and they've got the chemistry, there'd be a tiny, conflicted slice of conscience keeping him from allowing them to get "too close". If he were discovered by the Guild to be... well, not dead, it probably wouldn't be the most ideal thing in the world to be a person he cares a lot for. To be his weak spot. (You've seen the movies, you know how it goes.)[break][break]
But that said, there could still be something! Because this kind of personal conflict and him ignoring those pinprickles of worry/dread even as he's full-blown happy with a person, is just... kinda fun, right? Underlying conflict is fun! Give him a girlfriend so he can agonize over the not-so-improbable possibility that one day she'll be tortured and killed! Or even a boyfriend... maybe. Ashley's bisexual but not openly, and there's even more tentativeness there. He knows he's bisexual but it wouldn't be a simple thing for him to find the certainty to act on any same-sex attraction. No promises it would work out. It's not totally impossible, it just wouldn't be an easy, linear process.
But that said, there could still be something! Because this kind of personal conflict and him ignoring those pinprickles of worry/dread even as he's full-blown happy with a person, is just... kinda fun, right? Underlying conflict is fun! Give him a girlfriend so he can agonize over the not-so-improbable possibility that one day she'll be tortured and killed! Or even a boyfriend... maybe. Ashley's bisexual but not openly, and there's even more tentativeness there. He knows he's bisexual but it wouldn't be a simple thing for him to find the certainty to act on any same-sex attraction. No promises it would work out. It's not totally impossible, it just wouldn't be an easy, linear process.
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- MY GRANDMA TOLD ME ABOUT YOU - Ashley works at a retirement home, taking care of and attending to the elderly residents. If it's possible your character has a relative there, maybe they've told them about him? He's well-liked by the residents and goes out of his way to make them feel cared for (sitting with them, listening to their stories, fetching groceries for them, taking them out of the home for a bit, etc). It could be possible they've told Ashley about your character as well! Maybe some embarrassing stories from your character's youth lmao. Anyway, they could run into each other at the retirement home, before or after your character's visit, or really whatever! Maybe Grandma even tries to set them up, looooool~
- NEED A FRIEND? - Ashley also fosters dogs. Maybe you're looking to adopt a pet and your character is sent his way? Or perhaps you lost your dog and they somehow ended up in Ashley's care and they could finally be returned to you? Or maybe you trapped a dog and Ashley was sent out to you because all the pound/shelters were full and couldn't take them?
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AVERY J. FLETCHER
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- IT WASN'T ME - Fletch is rather accustomed to interactions that start much like: "Avery! You son of a bitch!", followed by him turning around to find that he's never once seen this approaching person before in his life. But some run-ins are a little worse than others. Maybe you're someone Avery had a really nice time with (wink wink). Or, on the other hand, someone Avery really did dirty. And now you see Fletch strolling around somewhere and decide to catch up (or return the favor). Thing is, he seems a completely different person now and has no clue how he is supposed to know you and what y'all even did together.
- LET ME GUESS... CHEATING WIFE? - If you have need of a private investigator, Fletch's door is open! Sit down with him and tell him how he might be of service.
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JOHN E. WHITLOCK
37YRS OLD - FOREST RANGER - BLACKSTORM - CAPRICORN - HETEROSEXUAL - (x)
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If you asked John outright, he'd very assuredly tell you this part of his life is passed. Door closed, locked, and the key lost. It's been over five years since his wife was murdered but "moving on" has always seemed too insurmountable a task. It would feel too much like a betrayal or like he was replacing her. He's still very much in love and devoted to Eliza, even after her death, and another woman would likely feel there's little room for someone else in his heart. He still wears his wedding band and is like to dodge any sort of advance/suggestion made upon him with a very curt, very blunt dismissal. [break][break]
It isn't completely impossible, though. It would be interesting for someone to try. But it would most definitely be a slow-burn, with hiccups, bumps, and growling denial along the way. John would struggle and struggle hard, likely becoming a bit mean at times when he's fighting himself internally.
It isn't completely impossible, though. It would be interesting for someone to try. But it would most definitely be a slow-burn, with hiccups, bumps, and growling denial along the way. John would struggle and struggle hard, likely becoming a bit mean at times when he's fighting himself internally.
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- SEARCH AND RESCUE - Being a ranger in a national park means John is probably called to help organize search parties or comb the woods for missing hikers. That sort of thing. Maybe you got lost, it's getting dark, and someone is worried about you? Or maybe you're the concerned party instead? Any which way, John's here to help. Maybe he's even looking about in his animal form (because it's faster), and you glimpse him? And then when you see him shifted back, it's like... bro, thank God you're here and scared off that big, black wolf! (Alternatively, this could be any sort of trouble in the woods that John happens upon.)
- HOUR OF WOLVES - If you have a Hunter and/or Guild character, it's on site, y'all. For years John has been actively seeking hunters and whatnot, always trying to find the person(s) responsible for the brutal murder of his wife. It's partially why he joined Blackstorm. If you're down for John to sniff out your baddie, it'd be no holds barred, jaws snapping, someone's gonna get maimed.
