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JadeGreen17

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OOC-CS-IC​

-Name
-Birthday (Must be high school graduating class of 2012,2013 or 2014). This means most birthdays will be 1996,1995, or 1994.)
-Appearance (As a junior high student and as a young adult.)
-Personality
-Likes
-Dislikes
-Interests/Hobbies
-Opinions
-Family Members
-Backstory (Emphasis on Junior high as that's what repeating for everyone) but remember they lived up until 10 years in the future, tell what happened after Junior high the 'first time'. :
 
Name: Sanjay Bains
Birthday: August 21st, 1995
Appearance: 2007, 2017
Personality: Somewhat shy, humorous, compassionate, empathetic, loyal, pessimistic, neurotic
Likes: Men, women's fashion, movies, TV, video games, dancing, drawing, writing, singing, computers, math
Dislikes: Reading, working out
Interests/Hobbies: Video games, TV shows, movies, dancing, drawing, singing, writing, computers, math
Opinions: Strongly believes in freedom of speech, thought, and expression, believes debate and peaceful protest is important for change, believes he messed up his life due to his mistakes, doesn't think anyone will love him
Family Members: Priyanka Bains (mother), Rohan Bains (father)
Backstory: Sanjay was an immigrant from India and came to the United States around age six. Due to him being foreign, he had a hard time getting along with his peers because of culture clash, and found himself ostracized for being "weird." On top of that, he was fairly feminine in his interests, such as fashion and dancing. This didn't help him out socially, and because his environment and family emphasized masculinity, he was never really able to explore those interests. He did manage to make a few friends throughout his life, although most of them were just friends with him because they were outcasts as well. Towards the end of middle school, Sanjay came out as gay, which destroyed his already terrible social standing. Usually people would just avoid him due to him being weird, but after this they would go out of their way to pick on him. His parents were also not okay with this, and gave him a hard time. Truthfully though, Sanjay was not gay, but transgender. Based on the backlash he received for coming out as gay though, he didn't dare come out as trans. This persisted throughout high school, which led to him developing depression and anxiety. Due to his mental illness being untreated, he ended up putting on a lot of weight by the time he graduated high school.

The bullying and ostracization in high school made him want to get as far away as he could from his town for college. He ended up going to a private university, where he thought life would be better and he would find friends, a good community of LGBT folks, and even a boyfriend, but none of that worked out. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. He found himself just as lonely as before, being shunned by the gay community for not being attractive enough due to his weight, and still having a difficult time making friends. He eventually graduated with a degree in biology for pre-med despite having no interest in medicine due to trying to please his parents and going along with their wishes. Of course, because he went to a private university, he was quite deep in debt from student loans, and the debt would only increase as he went to med school to try and get a degree in a field he was uninterested in and a job he didn't like. Things looked bleak for his future, though his past wasn't very bright either, and he had considered suicide quite a few times while growing up. Thankfully he would not need to resort to that, as he found himself back in time, in 2007, before he came out. Having grown up in America, he has enough knowledge of the American culture, as well as knowledge of the consequences from his previous mistakes, to be able to live life right.
 
Name:
Clyde Rothstein

Birthday:
13 May 1995

Appearance:
As a young adult, Clyde claims a fair enough height of 5'9ft, though not respectable as his form is simply to put thin and lanky. His hair is a natural dark blonde, framed with steel blue eyes which sit in the rather deep and dark sockets of his roundish face alongside a mild cleft chin. Possessing a moderately hunched back as well as being regarded as pale and having sunken cheeks, a reached conclusion is that he does not quite resemble an attractive figure. Especially so, when you consider his hair an ungroomed, unkempt and ever growing mess.

A stark difference in appearance is apparent in the junior high student form of Clyde. The most obvious trait, of course, is the decrease of height to a mere 5'1ft. However, there is not a single sign showcasing any form of postural error contrary to the post adolescence form of Clyde, as well as being much less scrawny in comparison, and features not at all deep and sunken. Soft, even! Where there was yet to exist a degrade in health.

Personality:
At first glance, he seems to be the type of person to keep to himself; quiet and reserved. In actuality, he simply chooses to distance himself from interaction with others and focus solely on his not so fair life, coming off as solitary. When need be, he can be fairly outspoken, although he tries to refrain from causing people to take offense. He can potentially even be seen as considerate, empathetic and generous! For the most part, however, he comes off as unambitious, aimless, insecure, for fairly good reasons at that.

In the 'first time', the junior high version of Clyde seemed as though a different person! He had a reputation of being impulsive, blunt and inconsiderate. To be thrown into the 'second time' would be to see a complete, inevitable 180 degree turn in personality. These could all be explained in the events that had transpired in the 'first time', in which he is regretful of.

Likes:
Reading, music, money, coffee, selflessness.

Dislikes:
Surprises, pollution, cartoons, violence.

Interests/Hobbies:
Writing, gaming, bicycling.

Opinions:
He is wholly against bullying, acts of violence, drugs and that is all.

Family Members:
Martin Rothstein (Father), Saria Moidene (Mother)

Backstory:
As Clyde had always been the 'short stack' in the first half of his life, he was very much often a subject of teasing, especially in middle school. He had become picked on for 'actually enjoying reading and writing' alongside 'liking the wrong music', and mocked as being perceived as gay even if that was not at all truthful! And unfortunately, it came to a point where he reacted not by simply ignoring them, but rather through menial ways tease them back, retaliated verbally, and overtime, eventually growing into plain bullying where things could become rather physical to say the least.

It was stressing and indeed had damaged his self-esteem, so the concept of 'fighting back' was just something that he very easily accepted. It worked, after all. Everything that was hurting of him was stopped, and he managed to turn the tables. Naturally, he felt in control, empowered even, even if he knew it wasn't the right thing to do. In his mind, it was justified as a case of revenge in that they frankly deserved it, that what he was doing wasn't bad for as long as it was upon those who made fun of him.

He'd never have known how it would turn against him, as it was soon that he joined, or was invited to, a 'gang' consisting of the 'popular kids', the bullies of the school. It was rather common for young people to want to 'hang out with the right crowd', and Clyde had not been an exception. Who wouldn't want to, after all? Peer pressure can be very powerful.

In many ways, he was morphing into a delinquent. His grades suffered, he'd ended up participating in bullying people he didn't even know with his 'gang', ended up in a fair amount of detention in the case of being caught and or reported. And when moving onto high school, his health took a steady turn for the worse as he ended up drinking and even doing drugs with his 'friends'. He was, after all, still convinced that this group of people were truly his friends. Outside of the group, he was quite lacking in that department.

But there was no turning back for Clyde to these people, when it became all too apparent one day, that they had simply to put, went too far. It was an event that gradually but surely did scar him, and made him obtain a clear view and the ability to for once state, that it was just neither right nor justified.

The group had been bullying a freshman for months. Taking lunch money through intimidation, blackmail, physical violence, you name it. Usual things that they'd done to a lot of people over the years, but this time, for Clyde, it was different. Even from early on, he sympathised with the freshman, seeing that the freshman was bullied for much of the same reasons that he himself had once been, the difference being that the freshman did not fight back. In fact, the retaliations steadily decreased after each and every meeting after the next.

And then, that one day came eventuality, that day in which the bullied victim committed suicide. The first ever suicide case that Greensville Junior High had ever gotten in its, not quite long history, but.

This event that had transpired was a revelation, an eye opener for Clyde for once in his life, to truly know what was right and what was wrong. In short, he felt the case to have been very, very wrong. He felt a very heavy sense of guilt on that day, which would only grow deeper for the years to come. However, although some members of the group too felt very much the same, guilt for once washing upon their bodies, there were still those whom dared to utter the words, that the wimpy freshman deserved to die. As much as he couldn't believe it, it was still true, that these words were uttered by real life humans.

For one way or another, a mix of being found out by his parents of his years worth of involvement in bullying as well as so many detention slips, reports and fairly straightforward claims of being one of the direct causes in the death of the poor soul saw Clyde not just suspended, but outright expelled from school. Perhaps many of the group fell upon the same path, but only the story of Clyde is known and shown here.

He did not become a college graduate in present day 2017; he did not even graduate from high school. He had, in fact, sadly descended in life to become homeless after surely and eventually kicked out from home. The drug addictions were only mild to moderate as it was already difficult to obtain money for food alone. He had become a practical beggar at this point.

In short, his life had spiraled downhill, crashed, and was forever ruined in this 'first time', carrying all the guilt which had built up in him over the years, not only regarding the freshman, but also of his life in general. He didn't just ruin another's life, but also his own. Wasted educational opportunities, having wasted his time with bad people, and having been unable to get himself back on track while he still had the opportunity to, as due to his addictions that had developed and came to surface. His reputation, too, had taken a large toll on him. But it became increasingly difficult to obtain a job let alone a stable one.

For a man like him, it was certainly a daily occurence of a thought, a fantasy that he wanted for to come true. Clyde dearly wished he could truly turn back time and fix his life, even if he might not even be able to realistically do, if such a thing was ever to happen. It was just wishful thinking in the end, anyhow. There he stood atop the top level of a three floor building on September the 1st in 2017, simply having enough of his unchanging life, ready to end it all through a single, brave leap forward.

Alas, fate had other plans for him in this 'second time'.​
 
Will likely revamp.



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nevaeh winters

saturated in silence, ingnorant bliss



☼Alias☼
Winter

☼Birth Date☼
26 October 1994(22 years of age)

☼Appearances☼
Subject in photo is unknown at this time.

Sporting steely blue hair, skin that's not too pale and not too burnt, and a physique that was earned through countless gym outings despite an endless craving for Snickers, Winter is in her prime. With maturity she's gained the necessary weight which has helped in rounding her sharp jawline, narrowed shoulders, and deep hollows in her cheeks. She stands roughly at 5'5''

Her sight has deteriorated so she tends to wear glasses or contacts often.
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Dark red hair that defies gravity and uniformity reaches her shoulders, one side brushed over to reveal one ear. Her hair color changes frequently, depending on her mood. She's deathly pale and incredibly skinny, earning her sharp features, proportions, and an eternal feeling of being cold. She bears a relative shortness, standing at 5'4''.

She still wears braces.

☼Personality☼
Winter is quick on her feet and rather considerate even to her adversaries. She's relatively quiet, but is no stranger to conversation. Unlike her younger years, she's grown in confidence and is frequently trying to give her all in every activity and task she acquires no matter the consequences. She can't stand solitude and is often quick to judge and very close-minded.

In her younger years, Winter is relatively outgoing but suffers from teen insecurities. She favors popularity and having a large number of friends, fearing rejection and loneliness. Winter is trusting and incredibly dependent on others. The lack of confidence in herself has made her a follower, letting others make decisions for her.

☼Preferences - Young Adult☼
Rainy days
Debates
Solitude
Traffic lights
Sugary coffee
Bugs and Insects
Father
Lovey dovey relationships

Snickers
Crowds
Vodka
Black coffee
Music (dark metal and pop)
Cross Fit and Yoga
Traditional art
Snakes
Spiders
Sports - Soccer, Basketball, and Wrestling

☼Preferences - Junior High☼
Cheese
Rainy days
Rejection
Solitude
Weight Scales
Weight
Image in general
P.E.
Bugs and Insects
Snakes
Father
Sports


Snickers
Crowds
Music (alternative and pop)
Makeup
"Sweater Weather"
Biology and Art class


☼Interests and Hobbies☼
Traditional Art - painting (watercolor) and drawing (charcoal)
Working Out
Cuddling with Cats
Yelling Obscenities
Psychology - likes to observe people's reactions to randomness
Dungeons and Dragons Campaigns

☼Opinions☼
She believes that everyone is beautiful inside and out, finds some drugs to be recreational, and finds that social media and media in general is just a way to control everyone.

☼Kin☼
Lucinda (Luci) Winters : Mother
Matthew Winters : Father
Heather Winters : Older Sister(by two years)

☼Backstory☼
Descended from a well-known family of hotel chain and travelling agency founders and high-end doctors, Winters has been pushed since a young age to pursue perfection. In her childhood, she only remembers earning the wrath of her father while her sister sat on the sidelines. That wrath evolved into physical violence at the age of 12, after Lucinda filed divorce and took Heather along with her. In her father's eyes, she was never good enough and was constantly compared to her sister yet when the divorce happened, he deemed her to blame.

She used her years in junior high to attempt to strive for that perfection that her father said she would never achieve. The results were fast and continuous as she looked to media's perspective on perfection. She quickly gained popularity and friends and maintained them for years. She'd only messed up once, giving an opposing view that had lost her a few followers. She remained a dedicated follower to the fellow populars until the remaining years of high school where she found herself fearing what would happen outside of school.

Through those years, her relationship between her father and her deteriorated and when a friend offered to room with her on an out-of-state campus dorm, she took it in a heartbeat. There she declared an art and computer science major, using her downtime in-between studying and classes to seek out a way to maintain her stress and composure. Her roommate suggested the gym once and she's been to the local gyms ever since, depending on them as a way to burn off her worries.

She's been offered a job in a computing company that deals with software that monitors chemical reactors once she graduates with her BS in computer science as well as an advertising gig for a renowned food chain.




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☼Alias☼
Winter

☼Birth Date☼
26 October 1994(22 years of age)

☼Appearances☼
Subject in photo is unknown at this time.

Sporting steely blue hair, skin that's not too pale and not too burnt, and a physique that was earned through countless gym outings despite an endless craving for Snickers, Winter is in her prime. With maturity she's gained the necessary weight which has helped in rounding her sharp jawline, narrowed shoulders, and deep hollows in her cheeks. She stands roughly at 5'5''

Her sight has deteriorated so she tends to wear glasses or contacts often.
http://pophaircuts.com/images/2014/...-Tone-is-Especially-for-the-Young-Stylish.jpg

Dark red hair that defies gravity and uniformity reaches her shoulders, one side brushed over to reveal one ear. Her hair color changes frequently, depending on her mood. She's deathly pale and incredibly skinny, earning her sharp features, proportions, and an eternal feeling of being cold. She bears a relative shortness, standing at 5'4''.

She still wears braces.

☼Personality☼
Winter is quick on her feet and rather considerate even to her adversaries. She's relatively quiet, but is no stranger to conversation. Unlike her younger years, she's grown in confidence and is frequently trying to give her all in every activity and task she acquires no matter the consequences. She can't stand solitude and is often quick to judge and very close-minded.

In her younger years, Winter is relatively outgoing but suffers from teen insecurities. She favors popularity and having a large number of friends, fearing rejection and loneliness. Winter is trusting and incredibly dependent on others. The lack of confidence in herself has made her a follower, letting others make decisions for her.

☼Preferences - Young Adult☼
Rainy days
Debates
Solitude
Traffic lights
Sugary coffee
Bugs and Insects
Father
Lovey dovey relationships

Snickers
Crowds
Vodka
Black coffee
Music (dark metal and pop)
Cross Fit and Yoga
Traditional art
Snakes
Spiders
Sports - Soccer, Basketball, and Wrestling

☼Preferences - Junior High☼
Cheese
Rainy days
Rejection
Solitude
Weight Scales
Weight
Image in general
P.E.
Bugs and Insects
Snakes
Father
Sports


Snickers
Crowds
Music (alternative and pop)
Makeup
"Sweater Weather"
Biology and Art class


☼Interests and Hobbies☼
Traditional Art - painting (watercolor) and drawing (charcoal)
Working Out
Cuddling with Cats
Yelling Obscenities
Psychology - likes to observe people's reactions to randomness
Dungeons and Dragons Campaigns

☼Opinions☼
She believes that everyone is beautiful inside and out, finds some drugs to be recreational, and finds that social media and media in general is just a way to control everyone.

☼Kin☼
Lucinda (Luci) Winters : Mother
Matthew Winters : Father
Heather Winters : Older Sister(by two years)

☼Backstory☼
Descended from a well-known family of hotel chain and travelling agency founders and high-end doctors, Winters has been pushed since a young age to pursue perfection. In her childhood, she only remembers earning the wrath of her father while her sister sat on the sidelines. That wrath evolved into physical violence at the age of 12, after Lucinda filed divorce and took Heather along with her. In her father's eyes, she was never good enough and was constantly compared to her sister yet when the divorce happened, he deemed her to blame.

She used her years in junior high to attempt to strive for that perfection that her father said she would never achieve. The results were fast and continuous as she looked to media's perspective on perfection. She quickly gained popularity and friends and maintained them for years. She'd only messed up once, giving an opposing view that had lost her a few followers. She remained a dedicated follower to the fellow populars until the remaining years of high school where she found herself fearing what would happen outside of school.

Through those years, her relationship between her father and her deteriorated and when a friend offered to room with her on an out-of-state campus dorm, she took it in a heartbeat. There she declared an art and computer science major, using her downtime in-between studying and classes to seek out a way to maintain her stress and composure. Her roommate suggested the gym once and she's been to the local gyms ever since, depending on them as a way to burn off her worries.

She's been offered a job in a computing company that deals with software that monitors chemical reactors once she graduates with her BS in computer science as well as an advertising gig for a renowned food chain.
 
Name: Jessica Grayson

Birthday: September 21st, 1994. Graduated 2013.

Appearance: As an adult, Jessica was a tall blonde woman with a fiercely fit physique. As a junior high student, she's somewhat shorter and wears her blonde hair long...and blue at the moment, but frequently flipping through a variety of colors. A nose ring, tongue piercing and the wrong kind of makeup completed her indifferent attitude to social norms.

Personality: The original Jessica was a self-absorbed, self-destructive young girl in middle school who didn't give a damn about anything beyond pleasing herself. She felt her father's strict rules and his conservative philosophy was shit and she would have none of it. Growing up led to a slow maturity, though, as Jessica grappled with the prospect of having to do something after high school. The one person she looked up to, her older brother Trevor, inspired her to follow in his footsteps into the Air Force...and as many military experiences do, it turned her around.

From the time Jessica made it through Basic Training, she found the discipline of the Air Force surprisingly comfortable. For a girl who'd spent all her life bucking the rules, breaking them just because she could, the military framework made her stronger, tougher, even smarter. For the first time in her life, Jessica was successful and she was good at something and that felt awesome. She spent the four years of her adult life mastering her career, learning to kick ass, picking up Arabic and finding a nice girl to fall in love with. Jessica conquered anything she put her mind to...

...and now she's back in the past, surrounded by friends, family and foes who all see her as an untrustworthy, hostile delinquent destined for jail. Only Jessica can barely remember what it was like to be that girl. She's grown into a fierce, focused and formidable person and she's not losing that for anything.

Likes:
Skateboarding (Still does but feels ambivalent about it now, fearing it's a waste of time).
Used to like breaking the rules, now likes following them.
Used to like smoking, now hates it.
Still likes girls, though she never managed a relationship until she was in the Air Force.
Loves working out now, though middle-school Jessica only skateboarded for the freedom and movement.
Coffee is life.
Target practice (at least now, though Jessica at this age had never fired a gun in her life).

Dislikes:
Skinny bitches.
Indecision (views her whole youth as time wasted by it, won't make that mistake again).
Radical muslims (originally all muslims but falling for a local Syrian Muslim girl softened her).
Conservatives (her father's one and Obama's presidency, and how the Senate/House reacted made her a fierce Democrat).
The Twilight Series (utterly embarrassed that she loved the series when she was...well, the age she is again!).

Interests/Hobbies:
Skateboarding.
Target shooting.
Working out.
Syria.

Opinions:
People waste their time and potential unless they're forced to pick something and do it. Discipline's the best thing that ever happened to her and it could do a world of good for anyone. Anyone who serves their country is a goddamn hero.

Family Members:
Fred Grayson (Father)
Abla Grayson (Mother)
Trevor Grayson (Older brother)

Backstory:
She's the youngest of three children born to a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force, who met his future wife while serving in the Gulf War back in 1991. Jessica grew up an Airforce Brat, moved from base to base. By the time she was ten, though, her father was transferred to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio and he bought a home in Greensville's so his kids could grow up with some stability.

Mostly because of Jessica. By the time she hit junior high, Jessica was a rebel without a cause, bucking her family's military discipline by skating all day and sneaking out to party all night. She wound up in fights, tanked her grades and was nearly expelled several times for various infractions. Jessica never really got into the drug scene but engaged in all manner of petty theft and even assault. Her first two years of high school were likewise terrible but her older brother graduating high school only to enlist ended up turning her around. By the time she became a Senior, he'd already started flight school.

And by the time she graduated High School in 2013, Jessica was the latest Grayson to enlist. Lacking a college degree, or the interest, she instead found a real passion for on-the-ground work and ended up being recruited into becoming a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) specialist. Jessica trained to deploy alongside Army and Marine units, directing airstrikes to support ground-based operations. She spent the last three years in Syria, working in conjunction with allied forces against ISIS/ISIL. Jessica met Talia there, a local Syrian translator she fell in love with, and the two were in the process of figuring out how to apply for marriage with Jessica's command when Jessica's brother Trevor was killed when his jet collided with an Iranian-made drone.

...And the next day, she woke up ten years in the past. Once more the rebel, the misfit no one liked or trusted. Once more with an older brother now alive but still set on a course that will kill him in ten years.
 
-Name: Rossifer Bowman "Ross"

-Birthday May 4th, 1995

-Appearance: As a sixth grader, Rossifer was thin, with very short black hair that grew in over the course of the year and a pointy face with slightly sunken in cheeks. He had his mothers high cheekbones and tanned skin, and his father’s pointy, almost hooked nose and hazel eyes. He also suffered quite a bit from acne at the time.

As a young adult, Rossifer had grown quite large, both vertically and horizontally. He was about 180cm tall and about 120kg, and because of his general distaste for exercise was relatively unfit. (Though he did enjoy going for walks outdoors to clear his head.) He kept himself clean shaven though his dark hair was often rather long and in a disarray.

-Personality; Rossifer could be described as extremely introverted, awkward and socially inept. He's extremely intelligent with an excellent memory and good problem solving skills, though he rarely put them to good use at or for anything other than his own motivations, and is fairly lazy. Despite this values honesty and trustworthiness, likes to be on time and is afraid of letting people down. Around friends and those he is comfortable with he is often sarcastic and light hearted, and isn't afraid of a little self-depricating humor.

-Likes: Star Wars, Star Trek, Comedy, action and horror movies, video and computer games (Namely strategy), Outdoor walks, Chess, Science (Namely Astronomy, Physics and Earth Science/Geology, as well as robotics)

-Dislikes: Camping, traveling by boat or airplane, politics, hospitals and medical professionals of any sort, team sports (watching or playing), extreme weather.

-Interests/Hobbies: Computer programming, Cooking, Writing, Gaming.

-Opinions:

~"Religion is fine and dandy, just don't try to force it on others. You be you."
~"The government would run a lot better if we appointed real people instead of politicians."
~"Star wars and Star Trek both have their strengths and weaknesses. Trekkies and Star Wars fans are so immature when they fight about which is better. Can't we all just get along?"
~"The one job that can never be replaced by a machine is the job of programming that machine."

-Family Members:

Greg Bowman Father

Hae Won-Bowman Father

Helvetica Bowman (Paternal Grandmother)

-Backstory:

Rossifer grew up an only child in his family. In his early years his father fell to alcoholism and lost his job causing the family a great deal of financial stress. Though his father went through rehab, and it was mostly successful, the family was in crippling debt after months without working. Thus, both his parents began working full time and to repair their marriage Rossifer got pushed to the side.

Because of this he spent a fair bit of his weekdays in his younger years living with his grandmother who was a conservative Cristian, taking him to church whenever he happened to be there with her. Rossifer was open to this at first, but quickly grew to dislike his visits to the church. This also contributed to his social ineptitude as his grandmother didn't live in a neighborhood with many approachable children to make friends with, and going to school with little knowledge of what was considered 'cool' put Rossifer on a downward spiral of sociability.

In the early spring of his second grade year, Rossifer developed Leukemia and spent several months of his spring and summer in a hospital bed fighting the disease, which he eventually conqured. He started fourth grade behind on both his physical and educational development due to the disease, which didn't help his already damaged social standing. It was around this time that his grandmother had a stroke and was placed in a center for the elderly. This further set back his family financially.

In fourth grade, Rossifer made friends with a boy named Juno. Juno was more outgoing and introduced Rossifer to his group of friends, most of whom would turn out to be misfits themselves. Rossifer's father had him try many sports in that time including Golf, Basketball, Baseball, Karate, Football, Track and Field, Swimming, and Tennis, all of which he hated since they took away from his opportunities to hang out with the first group of real friends he'd had.

Over the summer between fourth and fifth grade, Rossifer came down with symptoms of Leukemia a second time and was taken to the hospital, where he spent almost the entire year fighting the disease. It had taken its toll on Rossifer, who was now a full year behind. Juno, and many of his group of friends moved on to junior high. Without support from his friends, meager physical health, and coming from a financially drained family, Rossifer became a major target for bullying.

Rossifer renounced his religious faith. He felt as though he were worthless, and wouldn't have minded if the disease had taken his life. As if to add insult to injury, Rossifer's father regressed on his alcoholism after being laid off his job, and did not find a new one.

This led to many fights with his parents and his mother, Hae Won gaining full custody of him and the house, though the two were forced to move to Greensville, Leaving Juno and all of Rossifer's friends behind. Hae Won began working two jobs to pay for the house, and the lingering debt of Rossifer's cancer treatments. As such he spent a lot of time at home cooking, cleaning and taking care of himself. Though he had a much diminished interest in being social after his previous and ongoing experiences with bullying.

Because he was technically a year older than his fellow students, Rossifer was considered cool by some, yet others started a rumor that he had failed a grade in elementary school which proliferated while he was in middle school and greatly contributed to the amount of bullying he faced. Middle school was actually fairly uneventful for Rossifer. He willingly tried several sports, both team and individual and disliked them all.

Though he was able to get his driver's license a year earlier than his contemporaries and quickly scored a job as a pizza delivery driver. This position made him considered cool to a few students, one of whom was on the high school robotics club which Rossifer would eventually join. Leading to Rossifer discovering his knack for computer programming as he led the club to the regional championships.

The change wasn't overnight, but over the course of the hard earned years of his high school, Rossifer managed to turn things around. With the extra money he and his mother made made delivering Pizzas, he was finally able to afford the toys he never had many of when he was younger. He made a few friends in the robotics club, and began spending time with his mother; whom he took a few vacations with, including one to disney in a vain attempt to reclaim his lost childhood. His grades improved from failing to at the very least acceptable; though he never held much interest in his studies.

Rossifer took a semester of community college wanting to study computer programming and robotics, but found the coursework underwhelming and figured he'd have to go to an actual university to learn what he aspired to; paid for with money he did not have due to his family situation, or scholarships that he did not have due to his grades. He simply resigned himself to using online classes and tutorials to pursue his endeavors. By 2017, Rossifer was still depressed deep down, though he had grown into something of a manchild. He lived in a small apartment across town from where his mother lived; though she was looking to remarry. Rossifer had officially given up on looking for someone himself; having been rejected by countless girls since high school. He had tried online dating after high school, but had little luck finding anyone that was both close and that could bear his somewhat less than perfect personality and appearance.

He had been promoted to the manager of the pizza place that he worked at. He liked the job, and made an effort to be sociable and fair to his employees wherever possible. Though he yearned for more, Rossifer felt his life had been wasted, that he was stuck and couldn't continue, or couldn't decide how to continue. Sure he could continue to work, and maybe in a few more years have enough saved up for university, but he always seemed to be spending a good deal of what he made on gas, bills, and the occasional new video game or movie.
 

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