Appearance: Lily has acne scars on her forehead, near her left ear and covering her shoulders. Bears scars on her lower back and burned marks across her lower and upper legs. She also has a belly ring
Friends: Kyle Evaes (Best Friend/Crush), Glenn (A nurse)
Other notable relations: Fluffy and Nene (Pet cat/kitten)
Personality: Lily is a timid girl. She has trouble talking to people and stating her opinion. She doesn't mind too much and would rather stay out of the spotlight but when she feels strongly about something she gets really upset when it goes ignored. Lily is mostly passive in her life and has trouble standing up for herself and gets upset/embarrassed easily when people try and do it for her. She would rather watch something happen than take part herself. She also has trouble letting other people help her because she feels she may be a burden on them.
Still Lily has a strong moral core and doesn't like to see people being mean/unfair. She feels inclined to try and stop injustice but due to her nature she has trouble actually doing this. She seeks out ways to help people when they come to her. It can get to a point where people can use her in order to get something done, but Lily never crosses the line to do something she deems bad.
History: Lily was born as the middle child to her parents Howard and Mary Urban. They were a middle class family and they did well. Lily, per normal of a middle child life, was mostly ignored over her older sister and younger brother although she was close with both her siblings, her sister more. Lucy would drag her around and they would have fun adventures until Lucy started getting serious in her school work in order to be a lawyer. Coming from a mixed family, Lily felt the ramifications of it but not as much as she would have due to her parents who tried to keep them away from such hate.
Lily worked hard in school but she found she much rather liked art instead and took various classes in drawing, painting, sculpture and one time in digital art. Things were going well and although Lily had trouble keeping up with her sister and making friends she was content. That was until the summer when she was fourteen. She was at an art camp and coming home from it with her parents. It was late and a long drive back to the house. Lucy was watching Jordan. A truck ended up hitting them and threw them off the road. Lily managed to remove herself from the car before it exploded and the last thing she saw of her parents were terrified looks and them screaming at her to get away.
She spent several months in recovery as she still got hurt and she attempts to rescue her parents gave her burns. She was troubled by nightmares and triggered by accident but she managed to push through. Her sister took over custody of her and Jordan but it's a fighting battle with the other family members since Lucy is still attending college. Lily has tried to go back to a normal life but she can't and she feels she is a freak, still suffering from what happened years later. Her grandmother sent her to the group to see if it would help her recover.
What are you recovering from?: Death of her parents/Near death experience/PTSD
How long have you been a part of the support group: A week but she hasn't properly introduced herself yet
Other: N/A
Name: Karl Molesey
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Orientation: Biromantic Asexual
Appearance: He wears a black ring on the middle finger of his right hand, has scars on his arms and one long one across his stomach
Family: Katharine (Mother), David (Father), Juliet (Older Sister/27), Michael (Step-father), Kristal (Step-sister/18)
Friends: Kristal (His step-sister), John Stone (Friend), Lorena
Other notable relations: A string of exes, Tristan being a noted one, his assaulters
Personality: Karl is normally laidback. Karl tries to take things one step at a time and not worry about the future but he is a natural worrier. Karl likes to please people and he may even go so far to do things he is uncomfortable with. He has a good sense of humor and uses this as a defensive mechanism especially when presented with something he wants to avoid talking about or doing. Karl doesn't mean to run from his problems but he finds it hard to stop it. He is a good person and tries to do the right thing. He is normally in a bright and cheery mood, even when he doesn't actually feel this way. He hates pity and will do his best to avoid drawing sympathy from others. Not only this, but he has a habit of blaming himself than others. Karl, deep down, is lonely and he feels like he needs to be accepted even when it costs him things.
History: Karl was born to his parents, David and Katharine. He had a pretty fair childhood and although he didn't get along with his older sister he would go to her for advice. He realized at an early age that he liked both boys and girls and had his first kiss in second grade with a boy. He promptly got beat up for it and he never told anymore. This started him being unsure of who to open up to about his sexuality. But Karl went on. When he was ten his parents got a divorce and his father left a few months later for a job across the country. Karl did not understand everything or why he was not able to visit his father that much and it became less and less until he eventually moved to another country and only stayed in contact with a yearly 'Happy Birthday' email. His mother remarried and he had to adjust to a new sibling as his older one left for college.
At the same time as this, Karl became more open about his sexuality and dated both boys and girls. But at the age of fourteen he learned that he was not quite the same as everyone still. While others started to get effected by hormones, Karl never felt the sexual attraction that they did. He rejected a girl's offer for sex which blossomed into a horrible rumor and got Karl beat up again. He dated a few guys and girls who thought that they could "cure" him of his lack of sexual attraction and although it never became rape, Karl suffered at unwanted advances and touches. He struggled internally wondering if they were right and he was broken and he attempted suicide several times. He landed in the hospital which is when he opened up to his family about his sexuality but never mentioned the sexual assaults. Karl, 18, finally dated a boy in college, Tristan, who told him that he was asexual and there was nothing with that. They broke up and dated on and off a few times. It was he who mentioned the group worried that Karl might relapse and try and take his life again as he still struggled with accepting his asexuality and what happened to him.
What are you recovering from?: Sexual abuse, failed suicide attempts
How long have you been a part of the support group: Two years although he stopped going last summer due to trip he took
Other: N/A
Also Renn Skye is it alright if I add Lorena to Karl's friend list?
Friends: He's alienated all but one that held on through it all, an energetic woman named Anna Wordsworth.
Other notable relations: Nancy McCoy nee Perot (ex-wife)
Personality: Cyrus was an extremely happy person, once. He was a young, ambitious man, climbing the ladders of his social circumstances and quickly finding someone he was suited to for marriage. He lived life in big and boisterous ways, always working towards the next thing that he wanted and not giving up until he had it. That ended when his daughter died.
After Emmeline's death, he became closed off from his coworkers and friends, pushing most of them away and bringing all but one of them to dislike - or even hate - him. His sense of mercy slowly faded and he was harder on every criminal and person that came into his path, much harsher than he'd ever been. He started to snap at small things and, after a while, just stopped reacting much at all. He was as much an emotionless rock as anything before he finally hit rock bottom and started to slowly regain pieces of himself. Therapy is helping, but any mention of her in negative light gives him an uncontrollable temper.
History: Cyrus' father is a fireman, and with that influence in the house Cyrus always wanted to go into law enforcement. He attended police academy the moment he was out of high school, married Nancy at the age of 20, had a daughter at 21, and made detective by 24. He was a great detective, intuitive and tireless when chasing after criminals and solving cases, and was quickly becoming one of the most respected detectives in his station. 6 months after gaining his rank, though, everything crashed down around him.
He received a call while he was at work, telling him his two-year-old daughter died at daycare - it was ruled an accident but he always had his suspicions. His wife blamed him for their loss and they were divorced not two months after the tragedy. His life was in shambles and the loss of his daughter ate away at him every day. He dove headfirst into his work to try and get past it.
His daughter's case haunted him at every turn, even though he was told to stay away from it, and he was constantly trying to find out what had really happened, with enough evidence to prosecute anyone that was involved. On top of this, he began to work tirelessly on his other cases, solving them all quickly but destroying his own health and mental state in the process, as he hardly ever slept anymore. He started drinking at the age of 26, trying to be able to sleep and to forget his tragedies as well. He finally broke, one day, when a killer he'd been chasing after for months found out about his daughter and provoked him with the case.
He beat the man into the ground and was summarily fired from his job, narrowly avoiding jail time. It was that last loss that pushed him into seeing how far he had spiraled down, and he finally started to try and get help for himself.
What are you recovering from?: The loss of his daughter, the following divorce, and a brief stint of alcoholism
How long have you been a part of the support group: He's been around for a month and a half.
Other: He had to give his dog Ryley to his wife because he wasn't confident he could take care of him.
Friends: Starlet, or so she likes to be called (fellow artist - sculptor), Zedekiah Moore (fellow painter)
Other notable relations: Beatrice (Crazy landlady)
Personality: Arian is generally a happy person. He's gotten to live the life he wanted, for the most part, and is happiest when he's painting, and when he can do it for a living. He's the type of person that stands up for others whenever he can, even when it gets him hurt or in trouble. He's a firm believer in equality and acceptance, something he's learned a lot about through his profession and others he's known that are artists as well. It's a rather loose, laid back culture, as far as he's seen, and he's adopted that attitude.
He's gone through a lot of tough things in recent times and so has been struggling to be his usual happy self lately. He does his very best to smile still, so no one will know how much pain he's in, but he's become more subdued and pessimistic. He doesn't truly believe he can be 'saved' anymore, and so hasn't put much faith in his personal relationships in a while, romantic or otherwise.
History: Arian had to grow up a little too fast during his childhood. His mother was never in the picture, having left after his sister Ren was born, and so Arian didn't really remember much of anything about her. He and his sister were raised by their father, and though Arian was never beaten or neglected physically, their father worked hard and long hours to give them the money they needed and drank a lot afterwards, so he ended up basically raising himself and his sister.
When Arian was 19, their father just disappeared. One day, he just left, without a goodbye or any clue he was leaving, when Arian was helping chaperon one of Ren's field trips, and they never saw him again. Arian was barely able to get custody of his sister and afterwards struggled to support them with his paintings and any odd jobs he could get on the side. His time was consumed by trying to keep them afloat, and so he was never fully aware of just how bad the bullying Ren suffered had gotten. He had tried everything he could, before, to get what little he knew of to stop, wanting to protect her, but to no avail. She kept it a secret from him, not wanting him to worry, until the day she committed suicide.
Arian found her when she was still barely alive, and while he called 911 in a panic and tried to stop the bleeding from her wrists, he was able to hold her while she drifted away. Her death tore him apart, especially after reading the note she'd left about why she was doing it. He always blamed himself, told himself he should've tried harder, should've known it was getting worse, and should've saved her.
Arian sunk into a deep depression after that and even started to smoke pot, and his paintings grew dark and torture. They became more popular after that, and he was doing better for himself financially, but spending all of his time immersed in such dark things only added to the depression and all the horrible feelings that had welled up inside him. It was Starlet and Zedekiah, his two artist friends, that finally managed to wake him up a little and get him to start going to therapy.
What are you recovering from?: Loss of loved ones, depression, drug abuse
How long have you been a part of the support group: He's just beginning to attend and has been around for no longer than a week.
Other: He has a tattoo of a wren on the left side of his chest, over his heart. ((Sorry the pic's so huge I tried shrinking it, but it didn't work))
First of all, all of you guys are accepted, your characters are all super interesting and well-rounded, and I can't wait to write with all of them!
Secondly... yes, I'd love for Karl and Lorena to be friends! Please go ahead and add that to your character sheet...
Thirdly... I will be starting this roleplay on Monday during my class break. Plume will have a reserved spot as she is planning to join, but we'll just let her join in some time later, okay? So we can get this rolling, because I'm excited to start this~
Brielle has always been flirty and cute. Around her friends, she's sweet and kind, but when it comes to boys, it's a whole different story. Bri is quite confident about herself, bodywise, popularity wise, and everything else which makes her a little haughty. Brielle is kind, but can be a little bossy at times. It's really thanks to her parents because they spoiled her until she was just a rotten brat, but her friends helped her become the Bri she used to be again.
Brielle's passion is ballet, but she also enjoys cheerleading. Because of her many experiences of being the captain of the cheerleading team, Bri's leadership is outstanding, but it also gives her a bad trait. When her leadership mode is on she thinks she's the queen of the world. However, Bri isn't pure bad. After doing all the bossing around, she realizes that she's doing something wrong and tries to change it. There are pros and cons to this personality trait.
Brielle is confident in front of everyone, but she has a deep dark secret that she just can't tell anyone. It's the side of her that nobody knows. The shy side. Everybody knows her as the confident, cute, popular girl, but when the subject of her secret comes up, she freaks out and can't move. This isn't often, but it does happen at times.
Overall, Brielle's one major trait is flitatiousness. It is something that she does whether she feels shy or confident. It makes Bri, Bri. It's who she is.
History:
1995- Born in New York City
2002- Moves to California
2005- Moves back to New York City
2009- Meets boyfriend
2010~2012- Dating same boyfriend
2012- Big break up/Finds out she's pregnant with a baby girl/Kicked out of her house/Moves in with friend
2013- Has her first baby girl
What are you recovering from?: Having a her first baby at a young age.
How long have you been a part of the support group: 3 months.
Personality: Mia is a very quiet, sometimes sweet, sometimes rude. She is usually scared, and rude during these times. When she is sweet, she is an outgoing, loud girl. This is mostly when she knows somebody, though. She will go shopping, play sports, do anything. She gets along with both boys and girls. When she is rude, she will just sit in her room alone, either crying, sleeping, or just thinking. She will keep the lights out and sit in a corner, or lay in her bed with the covers fully covering her.
History: Mia grew up taking care of her brother and sister. This started when her parents died in a car crash when she was five, and her brother and sister were one and two years old. Their whole family was abusive so she ran from them with the kids. She found an abandoned house and lived there. She made the house look like new, fixing it with internet, cable, plumbing, etc. She went to school online, and she home-schooled her siblings. As they grew older, her brother and sister became very abusive to each other, and Mia. She has been suffering from depression since she was thirteen. When she turned seventeen, Mia's siblings finally asked to move to their aunt's house, and Mia agreed. When they left, Mia stayed in her bedroom at that house for a whole year. She didn't eat, go outside or anything. Just cried and slept. The day of her eighteenth birthday she got out of bed and got the stack of newspapers on the porch. She saw an advertisement for a Mutual Repairs place. She figured she wanted to help herself and signed up.
What are you recovering from?: Growing up raising abusive siblings. Self harm, depression.
How long have you been a part of the support group: Since Mia's eighteenth birthday.
Other: Mia is rather intelligent. She took every class online. She skipped a few grades and finished college.
(Sorry, I used your edits. I didn't know if I had to do anything else, but I changed my mind. I'll join. (: )
[QUOTE="Renn Skye]Nicoledashorty - Hey, so Mia looks really interesting, but I'd like to have a bit more in her personality section. So, if possible, could you flesh that out a bit more for me? It's just really short and so it's not a lot to go on. I'd also really appreciate it if you did a quick edit of your application (I'm happy to help you with that if you'd like, since I know grammar and syntax can be a pain in the butt if you're not looking for it).
So, long story short - more personality, and a bit of editing, please! As soon as that's done I'll approve you, okay?
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Okay so that was your old review as for this one....
I would still like to see more in her personality section - right now you're describing what she does around people, not why, and I'd like a bit more of the why of it, if you wouldn't mind. But I like having the edits now - it reads much better - so if you'd just add to the personality section a bit you're in!
((Hey, I'm sorry but my grandpa is in the hospital and as soon as my dad gets home from work we're going to go see him, so I might not be able to reply until tomorrow. I'm bringing my ipad, and there's not much I can do there so I might reply still but please don't expect it. I'll be back at some point tomorrow))
((Thanks, guys. It's not as bad as I thought it would be. He said the nurses were very confident about getting him all better soon, so I think everything will be okay. Hopefully we'll be able to go up and see him again when he's not in the hospital))
Well, grandpa's got diabetes, and Mom says if someone with diabetes gets open wounds they can get infected really quick and the person can die from it. He's also been having trouble with his kidney function, which has been causing him some mental problems, so when he had sores on his lower legs that just kept getting worse, he didn't tell anyone. Grandma saw them Tuesday, though, and they went to the hospital late Tuesday, then I guess called Dad to tell him yesterday morning or something. Grandpa looked okay, though, and he was awake and aware and everything, and like i said, he said the nurses were very confident they could get him better, so I hope he'll be able to leave soon.
Well at least they're taking care of him now. Doctors are generally pretty good at least so far as I have experienced (of course I'm a little biased, coming from a family of them) so I'm sure they'll have him up and at 'em in no time.