Post by Tobias Aubrey Ramsey on Oct 30, 2012 16:06:26 GMT -5
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LET THE WHOLE THING BLOW
B A S I C I N F O
★ NAME: Tobias Aubrey Ramsey
★ NICKNAME: Tobi
★ MEMBER GROUP: Human
★ POKEMON: Sneasel
★ STATUS N/A
★ AGE: 18
★ HEIGHT: 5'7"
★ WEIGHT: 157 lbs
★ FACE CLAIM: Elliot Nightray from Pandora Hearts
★ APPEARANCE:
Tobias, at first glance, looks like any other inhabitant of Aether. He doesn't have flashy hair coloring like a Gijinka would and he doesn't dress in an outlandish fashion to endear himself into someone's mind. He's careful to keep it that way too, content to fly under the radar to those who don't already know who he is. His hair is cropped short, the bangs brushing over his face and a couple locks sticking up stubbornly despite any attempts to tame it with a wet comb. Officially, his hair is beige, but the exact coloring changes with the lighting and whether or not he's put some dye in his hair to bring out the lighter or darker highlights. Usually he likes to bring out the blond highlights, giving him a pale gold color to his hair, but occasionally he'll rub in some darker dye to accentuate the darker gray strands in his hair, making him look like he has hair the color of a dull silver chain. His eyes, however, are a sharp blue, like the sky unpolluted by clouds, and he never bothers to hide them, the male thinking that doing so would be not only an admission of guilt but also a sign of shame. He also has a couple of black metal studs in either ear, but they're small so most people actually don't notice them.
Tobias has a slender body, his muscles carefully focused on tone rather than outward expansion, and as such, he's quite comfortable with the way his body moves. He's comfortable in his own skin, and the way he walks speaks to that, a confident swagger invading on the edge of his step. He usually wears a black vest over a white button-up undershirt, a white suit jacket thrown over that to keep out the chill, and a pair of white dress pants and black loafers help give the appearance of a polished individual, something he doesn't disassociate from himself with a white bow tie around his neck. He keeps up this appearance to give himself a better standing, a way for him to tell himself apart from the others who are involved in the underground rings. When at home, it's common for him to take off his jacket and vest, sauntering around either with his undershirt unbuttoned or entirely shirtless. He likes wearing white leather gloves, and he takes good care of the pair he has. It's common for him to have at least one of his Pokemon at his side, the human comforted by the presence of his companions, though he'd never admit it.
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P E R S O N A L I T Y
★ POSITIVE:
- Loyal;; Tobias may not look it, but he will not back away from someone who needs him, and he will keep at someone's side through thick and thin until the end of everything.
- Strong moral compass;; Tobias knows very much what is right and what is wrong, and no matter what, he will do what he needs to do to make sure he can wake up the next day without a weight on his heart.
- Self-sufficient;; Having grown up the middle child of three, Tobias has learned how to take care of himself, and that aspect of him is something he still prides himself on, the ability to keep himself going without needing anybody else.
- Compassionate;; Tobias is a kind-hearted man, and he thinks nothing of giving everything he has and risking his life for the benefit of others, particularly those he cares about most.
- Understanding;; No matter what someone tells him, Tobias isn't one to judge anyone on the choices they've made, especially since he's gone through his own share of poor choices by any standards save his own.
- Guarded;; Tobias tends to keep to himself, even among the small gang he runs with, and he doesn't trust people easily, too wary of them turning on him and turning him in to give them more than just glancing brushes into his past and to much more than the professional side he shows for his work.
★ NEGATIVE:
- Proud;; Tobias may not be arrogant, but he's certainly got a confidence in himself that leads him to think he can handle the weight of the world on his own, when the fact of the matter is he's only a human in a world of Gijinka.
- Selfish;; Tobias finds a way to turn things into being about himself, and whether he'll admit it or not, he certainly tends to think of himself over strangers, as kind-hearted as the male is in regards to others.
- Cowardly;; While he would never admit it, Tobias is afraid of the one thing that men fear most, death, and even though he lives his life so as not to regret a single thing, he still harbors a secret fear of meeting his end one day for what he has done.
- Hypocrite;; Despite having high moral standards and following them, Tobias will openly denounce practices he follows himself, and it is not uncommon for him to be complaining about a trait he finds distasteful in a person only for he himself to possess that same trait.
- Focuses on the past;; Tobias is a firm believer in that someone's history shapes who he or she is as a person, but he takes this concept too far in how much he dwells upon what he can't change, using it to form the basis for his unsafe occupation among other activities, and no matter how well-intentioned, the fact remains that he really does them for the wrong reasons.
- Pessimistic;; Tobias is the kind of person who sees the glass as half-empty, and while this can allow him to see the world as it really is, it also makes him rather difficult to be around sometimes since he will come up with all the possible reasons why something might fail and refuse to change his method instead of searching for a possible alternative that could save him a good deal of time and money.
- Secretive;; As befitting one who doesn't wish to share his entire story and who has such a dangerous job, Tobias doesn't like to reveal a lot, and he will go to any lengths to keep details about himself safe, even outright lying to protect himself and whatever he is harboring to his chest.
★ HABITS, QUIRKS:
- Admires dog-like Pokemon as loyal companions and thus prefers to keep them at his side over many other Pokemon.
- Tends to think of the world as black and white with few shades of gray in between, something driven home by the death of his sister.
- Takes an avid interest in fencing and is actually quite skilled with a blade as a result, so it's not an uncommon sight for him to be practicing with a foil or to bring a sword around with him to dangerous places.
★ OVERALL PERSONALITY:
Tobias is a great many things, and he's had to be throughout his life. He lives in a world of Gijinka, a tough world, and as such, he is tough as nails and learned how to survive. He has learned how to best take care of himself, becoming self-sufficient and proud of his own ability to support himself. He will do whatever it takes to remain independent of others, which is something he has taken a pleasure in for years now. He will go to any lengths to keep his past secret even though it is his past which led him to devote himself to trying to help others, and this leads him to be extremely closed off to others, refusing to tell them everything until they have broken down his walls and gotten their way into his heart by earning his trust. Despite the fact that he saves lives and will give a rather selfless reason for it, the male is actually extremely selfish and thinks of himself and his loved ones before others. He will go to any lengths for someone he holds dear, mostly because he is terrified of losing anyone else like he did his little sister. He's also afraid of dying himself, though he's far too committed to this path to turn from it now.
Tobias has a strong sense of right and wrong and he does not allow for that to change. He won't betray a secret given to him for safekeeping and he won't judge someone for something they did wrong. He claims he's a realist, however, and that he recognizes that the world is full of more "bad" people than "good", so when he finds a few of those good people, he will go to any lengths to try to help them. He sees life under the dark cloud of his past, and he tends to look at life through a lenses of negativity. He doesn't want to dwell upon the past and he tries to move on through his work and through throwing himself into fencing, the art of the blade serving as both a distracting hobby and a protective measure. There's still a measure of distance to him, which leads him to be rather hypocritical as he decries things he finds distasteful in someone but can't manage to address the same issues in himself. Out of all the Pokemon he has come in contact with, he favors dog-like Pokemon such as Houndoom or Floatzel the most, admiring their loyalty and their steadfast natures.
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H I S T O R Y
- Tobias was born the middle child to the Ramsey family. His elder brother being a good deal older, Tobias was babied for the first three years of his life, the boy growing up at the hands of his mother. As soon as she was pregnant with his little sister, however, his entire world shifted. There was suddenly a division of interest in his parents, but he didn't have long to be mad. As soon as his baby sister came home, he fell in love with her, realizing that it was his job to be her protector. He let his brother handle Pokemon training and stopped chasing his Purrloin around, instead spending time with his sister.
- Tobias spent his school years always running home to take care of his baby sister. He spent more than a few years taking care of her, and then as soon as she was old enough to enter school, he made his position as the over-protective big brother clear. Unlike his own elder brother, who couldn't care less about what they did in school, the middle Ramsey child was careful to make dead sure that everyone knew that his baby sister wasn't to be messed with. He ended up in and out of trouble for getting into fistfights over her, but since he was always an excellent student aside from that, the disciplinary action was only taken when he crossed lines. His parents had to work long hours to make ends meet, so the younger siblings were usually under the care of their older brother.
- Tobias was fourteen when the blow came that crushed his world. His precious little sister had caught the virus. He thought his world was falling apart, and the entire family was driven into a panic. They didn't have enough money to afford a transfusion to save her life, and their own morals wouldn't let them take one from the underground rings. Tobias and his brother put themselves to work, trying to earn every cent they could, but it wasn't enough. In a year's time, she was too sick to receive a transfusion and the boys could do nothing but sit there and watch her die.
- Tobias didn't handle the death of his little sister well. His older brother had given him a Pokemon to try to help him get through his grief, but he couldn't bear to train it. Instead, he left it in its Pokeball and preferred to channel his anger into something else. He ended up joining a gang involved in the underground rings when he was sixteen, causing havoc on the streets and carrying DNA around. He was a wreck, getting into fights at school and all-around a troubled kid. Finally, one of the lieutenants in the gang took pity on him and set him back on the right path, introducing him to fencing.
- Tobias turned his life around. He threw himself into this new hobby, training and honing his skills until he became quite adept at it. But it wasn't enough. He'd worked through the anger and the loss, but he wanted to try to make amends for what he'd done. So he began studying how to perform transfusions to make Gijinka, claiming that he wanted to keep others from having to go through the same pain he did. Since then, he has left home and although he's still trying to perfect how to perform the procedure, he has turned his attention to training Pokemon in his free time, something he's hoping will continue to help take his mind from the hole in his heart left behind following his sister's death.
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P L A Y E R I N F O
★ OOC NAME: Kuroya
★ AGE: Old as time itself
★ OTHER CHARACTERS: *clears throat* Right. That would have to be Terra Alicia Rindalin, Lydian Bellecourt, Noah Kyo, Alexander "Alexi" Kain, Mercutio "Ghost" Pendragon, Isabelle Elizabeth Black, Gabriel Royce Edwards, Natalie Felicia Hardy, Aryl Seiren, and Ashley "Ash" Willowvale.
★ RP SAMPLE:
Hahahahahahahahaha, no.
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★ template was made for wretches and kings, do not steal ★
★ template was made for wretches and kings, do not steal ★
CLEAR AND TRUE
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