Noel Christopher Hayley had a problem. It was rather embarrassing and he didn't think he could bear to tell his friends, his parents, or the school counsellor. He was not into hard drugs, or organized crime. His girlfriend had not broken up with him, because he didn't currently have one. No, Noel Hayley was bisexual...
Wait. He'd already dealt with this. Maybe it was being a unicorn that was the problem? Yes, upon further consideration, it seemed a likely suspect.
It was gonna be pretty hard to keep this a secret...
The Questionaire
Character’s full name: Noel Christopher Hayley
Character’s nickname(s): Maverick
2-3 word description of character concept: "I Was a Teenage Unicorn"
Character’s most obvious blessing/strength: Clarity of thought
Character’s most obvious flaw/weakness: Apathy
Character’s greatest perceived flaw or weakness: Apathy
Source/Cause of aforementioned flaw or weakness (if applicable): Depression coupled with escapism
Physical Traits
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Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race/Subrace: White/Caucasian
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170lbs
Eye color: Grey
Hair color: Black
Level of attractiveness: Somewhat attractive (app 3)
1. Tattoos/Birthmarks/Scars: small birthmark below right eye
1. Purpose/significance of above markings (if applicable):
Facial hair (if any): none
Handedness: left
Usual dress: flip-flops, t-shirt, and shorts when Dormed
Jewelry or accessories worn: none
Brief physical description: Average with a slight tendnecy to plumpness, a businesslike afro, and usually a neutral expression.
Hairstyle: Afr
Vocal type (shrill, booming, musical, etc.): stoner-like monotone
Accent (if any): Jersey
History
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Hometown: Irvington
Location of hometown: Essex County, New Jersey
Traumatic or defining childhood experiences (if any): locked in a closet for three hours by a babysitter.
Attribute description (using adjectives rather than numbers): Not particularly physically adept, but very intelligent with a sharp, biting wit. Inattentive and fairly attractive. Very honest, not prone to or practiced at deceit.
How attribute scores reflect the character’s personality (high STR, low INT, for example): Tends to be laconic and inattentive.
Effect on character’s personal life (if any): Reads lots of books, though of as a bit of slacker, coasting on natural talent.
Effect on character’s professional life (if any): none.
Brief description of childhood: Strict though not particularly conservative upbringing; unfortunate use of babysitter at one time.
Description of any childhood friends/enemies: Tommy Markos, who lived across the street and had a really cool bike. Wet his pants in 6th grade, though. Noel considers this to be karma.
Current location/status of aforementioned friends/enemies: New York. Probably still wets the bed.
Stupid childhood mistakes: Ate part of a raw steak. Got in a fight with a girl and lost. Badly. Though to be fair, she was a hefty lass.
Important notes on childhood toys: Mack-mack, a threadbare and oddly-smelling duck. Being a stuffed animal, it tends toward laziness and probably encouraged Noel's habit of not doing things.
Dark secrets from past (if any): Other than cheating on tests, nothing really.
Possible conflicts due to past: Not much.
Criminal record (if any): None
Public identity (if different from actual identity): N/A
Views on history/legends of homeland:....American history is mildly interesting, as is English history, but who really gives a shit?
Family
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Father’s name: Samuel Hayley
Father’s age: 45
Father’s profession: Machinist
Father’s current status: Married, With Children
Description of father: A tall, bespectacled, red-headed man. Slow on the uptake but fairly intelligent. Prone to hugging anyone with whom it would not be too inappropriate.
Mother’s name: Angela Smythe-Hayley
Mother’s age: 42
Mother’s profession: Science magazine editor. Wanted to become a fiction writer; no luck.
Mother’s current status: Married and of somewhat neutral feelings about said marraige
Description of mother: A small, plump, dark-haired woman with grey already in her hair. Intelligent and quick-witted, often with a slight undercurrent of bitterness
Description of any siblings: Christina, age 7. Spoiled and precocious. Luke, age 11. Hyper, slightly annoying, and possibly gay.
Relationship with siblings: Christina thinks he's ADORABLE and invites her friends over to ambush him and give him hugs when he's in unicorn form. Luke thinks he's FRICKIN LAME for turning into a FRICKIN UNICORN instead of getting FRICKIN COOL powers like Caestus Pax.
Birth position (first, second, third, eldest, youngest, etc.): First
Description of early family life: Much the same
Mentor(s) within family (if any): Grandad. Deceased
Enemy within family (if any): None, really.
Black sheep in family (if any): Himself
Brief family history: Dad's side is a roughneck clan of displaced rednecks. He is well-liked nonetheless. Mom has no family.
Character’s marital status: Single, not looking
Offspring (if any): None
Description of current family life: Strained but workable
Relationships
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close NPC friends: Michale Belleville, 18-year-old baseline.
Status of such friends:
Reason for association: Been buds since kindergarten. Plus Michael secretly thinks Noel's nova form is the most beautiful, if not the most attractive, thing he's ever seen. Noel has a tendency to misinterpret this.
NPC enemies: Joseph Maguire, a high school dropout and baseline
Status of such enemies: Resident of Irvington
Reason for enemy status: Jealous of Noel's sax skills, general prick, Noel being a smartass.
History: He's an inbred dickface from some shitty town in New York. Probably abused at some point. What else is there to say?
NPC sweetheart(s) past or present: Jocelyn Willows, sophomore girlfriend. Broke up due to irritation with Noel's laxadaisacal approach to life and uncomfortableness with public displays of affection.
Current status of sweetheart(s): Still alive, just graduated.
History: Born and raised in Irvington, obsessive-compulsive, insecure about desirability. Mother died in childbirth, father distant and often away on business.
How the character feels others perceive him/her: He hopes they perceive him as the sharpest guy alive. He figures they probably see him as a worthless slacker. This is close to his own opinion of himself.
Loyalties: None, really.
Generally trusted people: Mother, father to an extent.
Generally despised people: See above.
General relationship with peers: cordial, bordering on friendly.
General reaction to attractive members of the opposite sex: Open foot, insert mouth.
What the character would kill for: Injury to his family, Jocelyn
What the character would die for: His family.
Greatest sin ever committed against the character: Abuse in the form of being locked in a closet for three hours.
Personality/Beliefs
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Role models: Ghandi, John Lennon, Les Claypool, Mr. Pibs
Contemporary heroes: Spider-Man
Legendary heroes: Cuchullain
Disillusion of any heroes: None
Dreams or ambitions: To get along with people. To become the world's greatest sax player.
Reason for dreams or ambitions (or lack thereof): Low self-esteem, love of sax.
Short-term goals: Deal with being a fuckin horsey.
Long-term goals: Make some money and chill
Plans to fulfill these goals: Not much. Toying with the idea of writing a book and using his status as a nova to boost its popularity.
Fears or phobias: claustrophobia; the words 'horse' and 'penis' in the same sentence.
Possibility of overcoming: Likely; unlikely.
Possible methods of overcoming: Behavioral therapy; castration.
Reaction to such fears: nervousness and hyperventilation; silence and blushing.
Willingness to discuss or admit to fears: Unwilling; No way in Hay-Yell
Attitude regarding material wealth: Necessary in an abstract way but ultimately not that desirable or important.
Level of greed/miserliness: Little
Level of generosity: Some
General attitude toward others: amiable, sometimes slightly condescending.
Requirements to gain the character’s trust:
Introverted or extroverted: Normally introverted, but willing to make sarcastic or humorous remarks as long as too much attention isn't drawn to him.
Brief description of personality: Quiet, realistic with a touch of cynicism, dryly humorous, normally mellow, slow to anger or become irritated. Reserved.
Habits: finger-tapping when possessing fingers.
Contradictions in personality: Invtroverted but willing step out of his shell and make funnies, unconcerned with material wealth but currently focused on acquiring it.
Favorite food: Nachos
Favorite beverage: Mr. Pibbs
Favorite dessert: cherry cobbler
Mealtime tendencies: Mannered and dignified eating
Foods the character finds disgusting or refuses to eat: grapefruit
General tastes: quietly dignified, subtle.
Favorite color (if any):
Least favorite color (if any):
Musical interests/talents (if any): Plays the sax. Slightly eclectic: Primus, Chet Atkins, Phish, The Beatles, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, Journey (secretive of it), The Monkees, Pepper Adams, A Tribe Called Quest, Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Cold War Kids, Jethro Tull, Stetsasonic, Lou Reed, Rush, Pavlov's Dog.
Artistic/literary interests/talents (if any): Fantasy and philosophy; John Gardner, Ursula K Le Guin, Plato, Mark Z Danielewski, Terry Pratchett, Dave Barry, Stephen Frye, Cervantes
Favorite scent (if any): peppermint
Personality “hot buttons” (actions that provoke anger, embarrassment, etc.): The words 'horse' and 'penis' in the same sentence, as noted earlier. Homophobia.
Views on religion: Dumb but theoretically harmless
Religious/spiritual traits and tendencies: Atheist; defines as 'lack of belief.'
Reason for such traits: No compelling evidence
Level of piety: Low
Views on the supernatural: Pfft.
Taboos or superstitions: None
Tendencies/attitudes toward killing: Wrong
Most likely reaction to an attack: Defense
Most likely reaction to theft: Calling police
Most likely reaction to public insult: A better insult.
Views on government: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."
Most treasured possession: Writing
Lucky charm (if any): Nope
Career/Training
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Description of education: Advanced Placement in most High School classes.
Important educators (if any): None
Honors/awards/special considerations: Perfect Attendance for two years.
Profession: Fast food cook
Reason for profession: Getting by in college
Skill descriptions and purpose/reason for them: Oh Christ almighty. Brain hurt.
Professional history:...his first job, okay? He's a teenager.
Honors/awards/special considerations: FUCKING FAST FOOD COOK!
Views of friends or relatives on profession (if any): Nope.
Lifestyle/Hobbies
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Daily routine: Wake up, shower, eat, laze around for a little while and read the paper, go to work, work, slack off, come home and shower again, play the sax, read, go to bed.
Likely reaction to interruption of said routine: Mild irritation or indifference.
Hobbies: Playing the sax, carpentry (at which he possesses little skill), chess.
Interests: Above.
Usual mode of travel: Car or gallop.
Chance of sea/motion sickness: Low
Travel fears (if any): Being stranded and forced to morph to/from nova form.
Usual travel gear and/or dress: Who the fuck knows? Shoes and socks.
Hangouts: Restaurant in which he works
Description of home: one-story, three-bedroom of house.
Cleanliness/prestige of home: Generally neat, high population of dolls and action figures due to younger siblings.
Description of servants, roommates, etc.: His brother shares a room with him. Both are unhappy with this.
Description of neighborhood: lower middle class, generally respectable.
Edited by Maverick (03/29/08 11:28 AM)
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