Post by brady on Sept 8, 2009 22:34:37 GMT -5
( BRADY SHUNKAHA BAKER. )
"I'm just a face in the crowd
Nothing to worry about
Not even tryin' to stand out
I'm getting smaller
And smaller and smaller
And I have nothing to say
It's all been taken away
I just behave and obey
I'm afraid I am starting to fade away"
The Basic Info
FULL NAME: Brady Shunkaha Baker
NICKNAME(S):Bray, Baker, wolf boy, Bro, Dude, F**ker
AGE:15
GENDER:Male
I LIKE:Females
SPECIES:Werewolf
SPECIAL POWER: Incredible healing ability (basic shape-shifter powers)
The Looks
HAIR COLOR: black
EYE COLOR: hazel
HEIGHT: 6'8
WEIGHT: 215
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: his height and muscular build, he looks almost 25
PLAY BY: Steven Strait
The Personality
LIKES:
-Music, because of it's ability to relax him when he's in one his rather regular 'moods' and it's ability to let him vent without getting into trouble.
-Reading, there's almost nothing of importance you can't learn from books and at the end of the day knowledge is power.
-Solitude, being ostracised and bullied by his peers before the change Brady has learned to value isolation.
-Weightlifting, having lived so long as the 'runt' Brady is almost obsessed about becoming stronger, bigger and as far away from his old self as he can.
-Movies, good for escapism and fun, it's also amusing how they always seem to get the important stuff wrong. They'd be better if it wasn't always about the guy getting the girl though.
DISLIKES:
-The reservation, after the years he's spent being bullied and tormented there all he ever wanted to do was get away and now he's stuck
-The pack, not that he has any particular grievance with anyone in it, it is more the concept of forced family that he objects to.
-Smoking, don't people realise how much it stinks?
-Heightened senses, it would drive you mad.
-Seperate packs, if you don't like the way the pack you're in works do something about it, don't pussy out and run away
STRENGTHS:
-Analytical, he's spent a lot of time alone to think.
-Has embraced his nature, being a shapeshifter is the best thing that happened to him so he has accepted it wholeheartedly
-Ambitious, Brady is all about proving himself, if even to just himself and intends to go as far up in the pack as he can
-Inquisitive, he wants to know what's going on and why?
-Brave, having been driving to be as strong and good as he can be, he tends to be the first the first to do the things other's think twice about.
WEAKNESSES:
-His past, although bullied Brady was sinply too small to fight back effectively and reminders of his past make him desperate to prove he's changed, which can get him into trouble
-Inexperience, Brady would like to think otherwise but he doesn't have a lot of it
-Ambitious, young, inexperienced and ambitious people tend to annoy others, especially when they're known not to be too fond of the pack paradigm.
-Empathy, Brady just simply doesn't have a lot of it because his past and his new "survival of the fittest" attitudes, if bad things happened and you couldn't do something about it, who's to blame? Exactly.
FULL LENGTH PERSONALITY:
Brady is, for the most part, quiet and sullen, preferring to keep himself to himself except where his duties to the pack are concerned. In those situations he is forthcoming and dilligent, driven to carry out his duties perfectly if he is able.
He has few friends and that is far more due to his attitude than he would like to admit, being as he hates the reservation and has openly said so since he was six. So understandably the people in the reservation aren't quick to warm to him, especially as either an booky child he considered them stupid and more recently as a shapeshifter considers them weak. However, as much as he verbally objects to the idea of friends and love, he secretly longs for someone to be close to and would make an exceptionally loyal friend or partner.
Despite his misgivings about people he is fascinated by people, especially new people as they are unknown quantities. He wants to understand how people work, how they think so he can be a better shapeshifter by being able to predict things more accurately.
Being bitter and analytical, makes him a cold fish to many but he is rash and impulsive. This due to his youth, he has more hormones running through him than most 15 year old boys and can get over excited for a variety of reasons.
As much as Brady wants to be a machiavellian character, he simply too young and too many easily pushed buttons to live up to his own expectations. A joke about his past, the perception of not been taken seriously and one of his many mood swings all shatter the ideal he wishes to reach.
The History
DATE OF BIRTH: February 25, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH: Port Angeles Hospital
CURRENT HOME: The La Push Quileute Reservation
PARENTS: Father: Michael Baker
Mother: Elaina Tamache-Baker
SIBLINGS:none
IMPORTANT PEOPLE:The Quileute Pack, and Boundary Pack
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS:debatable
PETS:none
FULL LENGTH HISTORY:
Brady Shunkaha Baker was born the one and only child to parents Michael and Elaina Baker. He had a rather happy childhood right from the get go. His parents were both raised well themselves and honored the traditions of their Quileute Heritiage as well as ways of upbringing a native child. Strangely though, Michael seemed to dote more on Brady than Elaina. Overall Brady was a good child who rarely ever got in any trouble with anyone, minus the day he attempted to drink a shampoo bottle thinking it was full of candy.
Brady was always one to have high expectations of himself, whether it was from the high expectations set from his own parents and their marks as children at school, or his well structured life, it is hard to say what was more of an encouragement. Regardless of what the trigger was, Brady was destined to be the star of his class in Elementary, Junior and High schools. He was rather fond of reading and books, his highest grades always being in History and English. Though he is good at at the sciences, and achieved straight A's in all those classes, he really despised them. Psychology interests him and he reads a lot on that, magic, card counting, neuroliguistic programming is one of his interests too, though he never actually does it.
Despite the good grades, he was never really one to have alot of friends. This was mainly due to the fact that he was picked on a lot as a child. It started off small in Elementary school and grew worse and worse. He's not sure why (he assumes it was because he was weedy and clever)but people just seemed not to like him and then there were comments, insults, pushes, shoves, fights etc and it never stopped. So he threw himself further into his studies/music to distract himself. Although he got very withdrawn with his folks, but started opening up to them and they supported him.
When he was thirteen years old, one year into middle school, he experianced the biggest change in his life. Brady had just finished with an encounter with a rather rugged and strong bully one autumn day after school. He had attempted to fight back, being sick of standing there and taking it, and ended up getting a more severe punishment from the bully as a result. However, that wasn't all he recieved out of the deal. Once the whole thing was finished and the bully and his goons left laughing hysterically as Brady lay there breathless and bloodied, he suddenly felt sick to his stomach. That was the last thing he wanted anyone to see, him puking as a result of the meeting with the bully. He was miserable and wanted for nothing more than to kill the kid for what he had done. Anger seemed to be a kind friend to Brady these days... Therefore, battered and bruised to no end, Brady got up and headed to the forest to make his upheavel more private.
Upon reaching a good distance in from the school yard, where he expected to puke, he just collapsed onto his knee and screamed in sudden pain. His bones felt like they were breaking and shifting under his skin and before he knew it he was feet taller, hairer and unrecognisable to even himself! He was terrified, but soon heard voices in his head trying to calm him down. Seth Clearwater, a kid from school, he was in his head telling him that everything was okay. Eventually, Seth had managed to get a guy named Jared and Sam Uley to talk Brady into accepting what he became- a shapeshifter.
Since then, he has been doing nightshift as a wolf, sleeping during class, slacking a bit more than usual in school, doing very well on his homework and tests. When the packs split, he chose to stay with Sam. His point of view on the whole thing was, "you stay with your pack, if you don't like it tough, do something about it, challenge the alpha or shut your mouth. Don't run away, that's just the cowards option and pack founded on weaklings will die." Basically if no one is strong enough to topple his alpha, he wasn't about to go anywhere.
Now, he is fifteen years old, and living a life he never dreamed of living, not hating it one bit. He feels more powerful than ever, and all those bullies? Well they leave him alone, and have done ever since he went back to school looking years older than he had previously. Many people think that he and the rest of the packs, are on drugs, or steroids or something. They are worried now that the girls are getting into it. His parents, don't know what to think anymore, he still brings home the grades, but spends his nights out, and he is forbidden to tell anyone about the pack or his shifting ability. His whole life is a mask and full of secrets, the question is... when will he break?
The Person Behind The Character
NAME/NICKNAME: Vicky
AGE: 23
HOW YOU FOUND US: Rae
A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF:Been RPing for 12 years
SAMPLE POST:
"I'm just a face in the crowd
Nothing to worry about
Not even tryin' to stand out
I'm getting smaller
And smaller and smaller
And I have nothing to say
It's all been taken away
I just behave and obey
I'm afraid I am starting to fade away"
The Basic Info
FULL NAME: Brady Shunkaha Baker
NICKNAME(S):Bray, Baker, wolf boy, Bro, Dude, F**ker
AGE:15
GENDER:Male
I LIKE:Females
SPECIES:Werewolf
SPECIAL POWER: Incredible healing ability (basic shape-shifter powers)
The Looks
HAIR COLOR: black
EYE COLOR: hazel
HEIGHT: 6'8
WEIGHT: 215
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: his height and muscular build, he looks almost 25
PLAY BY: Steven Strait
The Personality
LIKES:
-Music, because of it's ability to relax him when he's in one his rather regular 'moods' and it's ability to let him vent without getting into trouble.
-Reading, there's almost nothing of importance you can't learn from books and at the end of the day knowledge is power.
-Solitude, being ostracised and bullied by his peers before the change Brady has learned to value isolation.
-Weightlifting, having lived so long as the 'runt' Brady is almost obsessed about becoming stronger, bigger and as far away from his old self as he can.
-Movies, good for escapism and fun, it's also amusing how they always seem to get the important stuff wrong. They'd be better if it wasn't always about the guy getting the girl though.
DISLIKES:
-The reservation, after the years he's spent being bullied and tormented there all he ever wanted to do was get away and now he's stuck
-The pack, not that he has any particular grievance with anyone in it, it is more the concept of forced family that he objects to.
-Smoking, don't people realise how much it stinks?
-Heightened senses, it would drive you mad.
-Seperate packs, if you don't like the way the pack you're in works do something about it, don't pussy out and run away
STRENGTHS:
-Analytical, he's spent a lot of time alone to think.
-Has embraced his nature, being a shapeshifter is the best thing that happened to him so he has accepted it wholeheartedly
-Ambitious, Brady is all about proving himself, if even to just himself and intends to go as far up in the pack as he can
-Inquisitive, he wants to know what's going on and why?
-Brave, having been driving to be as strong and good as he can be, he tends to be the first the first to do the things other's think twice about.
WEAKNESSES:
-His past, although bullied Brady was sinply too small to fight back effectively and reminders of his past make him desperate to prove he's changed, which can get him into trouble
-Inexperience, Brady would like to think otherwise but he doesn't have a lot of it
-Ambitious, young, inexperienced and ambitious people tend to annoy others, especially when they're known not to be too fond of the pack paradigm.
-Empathy, Brady just simply doesn't have a lot of it because his past and his new "survival of the fittest" attitudes, if bad things happened and you couldn't do something about it, who's to blame? Exactly.
FULL LENGTH PERSONALITY:
Brady is, for the most part, quiet and sullen, preferring to keep himself to himself except where his duties to the pack are concerned. In those situations he is forthcoming and dilligent, driven to carry out his duties perfectly if he is able.
He has few friends and that is far more due to his attitude than he would like to admit, being as he hates the reservation and has openly said so since he was six. So understandably the people in the reservation aren't quick to warm to him, especially as either an booky child he considered them stupid and more recently as a shapeshifter considers them weak. However, as much as he verbally objects to the idea of friends and love, he secretly longs for someone to be close to and would make an exceptionally loyal friend or partner.
Despite his misgivings about people he is fascinated by people, especially new people as they are unknown quantities. He wants to understand how people work, how they think so he can be a better shapeshifter by being able to predict things more accurately.
Being bitter and analytical, makes him a cold fish to many but he is rash and impulsive. This due to his youth, he has more hormones running through him than most 15 year old boys and can get over excited for a variety of reasons.
As much as Brady wants to be a machiavellian character, he simply too young and too many easily pushed buttons to live up to his own expectations. A joke about his past, the perception of not been taken seriously and one of his many mood swings all shatter the ideal he wishes to reach.
The History
DATE OF BIRTH: February 25, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH: Port Angeles Hospital
CURRENT HOME: The La Push Quileute Reservation
PARENTS: Father: Michael Baker
Mother: Elaina Tamache-Baker
SIBLINGS:none
IMPORTANT PEOPLE:The Quileute Pack, and Boundary Pack
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS:debatable
PETS:none
FULL LENGTH HISTORY:
Brady Shunkaha Baker was born the one and only child to parents Michael and Elaina Baker. He had a rather happy childhood right from the get go. His parents were both raised well themselves and honored the traditions of their Quileute Heritiage as well as ways of upbringing a native child. Strangely though, Michael seemed to dote more on Brady than Elaina. Overall Brady was a good child who rarely ever got in any trouble with anyone, minus the day he attempted to drink a shampoo bottle thinking it was full of candy.
Brady was always one to have high expectations of himself, whether it was from the high expectations set from his own parents and their marks as children at school, or his well structured life, it is hard to say what was more of an encouragement. Regardless of what the trigger was, Brady was destined to be the star of his class in Elementary, Junior and High schools. He was rather fond of reading and books, his highest grades always being in History and English. Though he is good at at the sciences, and achieved straight A's in all those classes, he really despised them. Psychology interests him and he reads a lot on that, magic, card counting, neuroliguistic programming is one of his interests too, though he never actually does it.
Despite the good grades, he was never really one to have alot of friends. This was mainly due to the fact that he was picked on a lot as a child. It started off small in Elementary school and grew worse and worse. He's not sure why (he assumes it was because he was weedy and clever)but people just seemed not to like him and then there were comments, insults, pushes, shoves, fights etc and it never stopped. So he threw himself further into his studies/music to distract himself. Although he got very withdrawn with his folks, but started opening up to them and they supported him.
When he was thirteen years old, one year into middle school, he experianced the biggest change in his life. Brady had just finished with an encounter with a rather rugged and strong bully one autumn day after school. He had attempted to fight back, being sick of standing there and taking it, and ended up getting a more severe punishment from the bully as a result. However, that wasn't all he recieved out of the deal. Once the whole thing was finished and the bully and his goons left laughing hysterically as Brady lay there breathless and bloodied, he suddenly felt sick to his stomach. That was the last thing he wanted anyone to see, him puking as a result of the meeting with the bully. He was miserable and wanted for nothing more than to kill the kid for what he had done. Anger seemed to be a kind friend to Brady these days... Therefore, battered and bruised to no end, Brady got up and headed to the forest to make his upheavel more private.
Upon reaching a good distance in from the school yard, where he expected to puke, he just collapsed onto his knee and screamed in sudden pain. His bones felt like they were breaking and shifting under his skin and before he knew it he was feet taller, hairer and unrecognisable to even himself! He was terrified, but soon heard voices in his head trying to calm him down. Seth Clearwater, a kid from school, he was in his head telling him that everything was okay. Eventually, Seth had managed to get a guy named Jared and Sam Uley to talk Brady into accepting what he became- a shapeshifter.
Since then, he has been doing nightshift as a wolf, sleeping during class, slacking a bit more than usual in school, doing very well on his homework and tests. When the packs split, he chose to stay with Sam. His point of view on the whole thing was, "you stay with your pack, if you don't like it tough, do something about it, challenge the alpha or shut your mouth. Don't run away, that's just the cowards option and pack founded on weaklings will die." Basically if no one is strong enough to topple his alpha, he wasn't about to go anywhere.
Now, he is fifteen years old, and living a life he never dreamed of living, not hating it one bit. He feels more powerful than ever, and all those bullies? Well they leave him alone, and have done ever since he went back to school looking years older than he had previously. Many people think that he and the rest of the packs, are on drugs, or steroids or something. They are worried now that the girls are getting into it. His parents, don't know what to think anymore, he still brings home the grades, but spends his nights out, and he is forbidden to tell anyone about the pack or his shifting ability. His whole life is a mask and full of secrets, the question is... when will he break?
The Person Behind The Character
NAME/NICKNAME: Vicky
AGE: 23
HOW YOU FOUND US: Rae
A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF:Been RPing for 12 years
SAMPLE POST:
Ayana came to an abrupt stop outside of Rae's door, heart pounding and breath coming in ragged, anxious gasps. People, too many in too enclosed a space all looking right at her was fear-making, compelling her to ambandon her usual stoic face and flee to somewhere, anywhere that was free of those eyes, that noise and of course the cramped space. Several deep breaths and she was presentable, or as close to it as she was going to get while her mind conjured images of the group, crammed into the small space coming after her.
She realised, as she buzzed Rae's door she should have sent a ping, appear more casual but she didn't care. All she wanted now was just a place to get away, refuge from herself until she sorted out her panic and was actuallly as normal-thinking as she appeared to be. Ayana ran her fingers through her hair, stroked a few of the nastier wrinkles out of her clothes and waited patiently for Rae to answer.
"Shush." She snapped at herself, standing straight and silencing the thoughts at the back of her mind that told her all the things she didn't want to hear. She missed being a bubblehead, a contented simplicity that never had her running in panic to peoples doors. But, she reminded herself, if she hadn't cured herself then she would be blind, blind as the little bubble heads who purposesly served, rather than served a purpose. She stopped thinking about that particular subject, better to do that later when she was alone and she had the tools to cope with the emotions those thoughts brought out.
Ayana put on her best bubbly smile and locked her eyes on the door, hoping Rae was even in and felt her heart flutter at the thought that she might not be. Rae was far higher in face rank than she was and she imagined that kept her busy, too busy to be in now perhaps? Ayane preferred a degree of overt anonymity, the constant drive for feeds and new ranks didn't provide her with, but still she was forced to partake. Maybe they could talk about how bogus the whole concept of face rank was, that might take her mind off things for a while. Sometimes, all you needed was a while.
She realised, as she buzzed Rae's door she should have sent a ping, appear more casual but she didn't care. All she wanted now was just a place to get away, refuge from herself until she sorted out her panic and was actuallly as normal-thinking as she appeared to be. Ayana ran her fingers through her hair, stroked a few of the nastier wrinkles out of her clothes and waited patiently for Rae to answer.
"Shush." She snapped at herself, standing straight and silencing the thoughts at the back of her mind that told her all the things she didn't want to hear. She missed being a bubblehead, a contented simplicity that never had her running in panic to peoples doors. But, she reminded herself, if she hadn't cured herself then she would be blind, blind as the little bubble heads who purposesly served, rather than served a purpose. She stopped thinking about that particular subject, better to do that later when she was alone and she had the tools to cope with the emotions those thoughts brought out.
Ayana put on her best bubbly smile and locked her eyes on the door, hoping Rae was even in and felt her heart flutter at the thought that she might not be. Rae was far higher in face rank than she was and she imagined that kept her busy, too busy to be in now perhaps? Ayane preferred a degree of overt anonymity, the constant drive for feeds and new ranks didn't provide her with, but still she was forced to partake. Maybe they could talk about how bogus the whole concept of face rank was, that might take her mind off things for a while. Sometimes, all you needed was a while.
