Post by axis on Sept 18, 2012 13:16:51 GMT -5
Name: Axis
Sex: Yes plea-- I mean, male.
Age: 23
Birth date: August 8
Height: 5’7”
Appearance: Axis is about average height, or maybe on the tall end of average, and very muscular. His hair is unruly and typically dyed red, though the dye job isn’t the best and you can usually see a couple of inches of brown or black roots. Axis has covered much of his body in elaborate tattoos and also has a great love of piercing.
Player question: This is a question about the character for you to fill out as yourself, the player.
1) Tell us a bit about how you see the character: What makes him/her tick? Why does he/she get out of bed in the morning? Why does he/she act the way he/she does?
I think Axis is more complicated than he is given credit for. Being the best is important to him and he thinks he is the best, even when all the evidence indicates that he isn’t. I suspect that his stormy attitude is his way of dealing with his insecurities, especially those related to things like his sexuality. I don’t think he has many (if any) real, deep friendships. He gets along with Claret, but that doesn’t mean they’re close friends. It means Claret is a sweetheart who somehow puts up with Axis’s bullshit. Axis isn’t very book-smart, but he is probably literate (to a point at least) and may have some other basic skills. It’s possible he didn’t learn these things until he came to the Teahouse or another similar establishment. On the other hand, I assume he is quite street-smart and would be capable of holding his own in a real fight, though in the end he might not win. He is vain and cares about his appearance, even if his scruffy image would indicate otherwise. I also have to assume that he bathes regularly if not frequently, since I can’t imagine clients of the kind he attracts putting up with nasty BO (though there’s no denying that he’s a messy guy and doesn’t place a high priority on neatness).
Character Questions: These are questions to fill out in your role as the character. Think of them as brief RP samples. (NOTE: I chose to answer these as though Axis was being interviewed. You can do it any way that works for you, as long as you’re in character to answer them! ~ Shiori)
1) What makes you tick? What makes you look forward to getting out of bed in the morning?
“Tits.” He laughed and raised his hands to about chest height as though cupping a pair of breasts. “The bigger the better.” Axis squeezed the air a bit, then dropped his hands. He shifted in his seat to fish a battered pack of cigarettes out of one pocket and an equally battered package of matches out of the other, then took his time lighting a cigarette and enjoying a puff on it before elaborating on his answer. “I’m a typical guy like that, I guess. Give me a hot chick and I’m set for the day. Atros forces me to see a guy…can’t decide which of them is the bigger asshole, Atros or the client.” He waved his hand, scattering the smoke from his cigarette, and added, “If it’s not tits it’s being hungry. Guy like me needs a good breakfast to start the day, no way in hell am I missing that. No way in hell am I gonna sit around having social time with people either though. I take my breakfast and eat in my room, or in the foyer, or something.”
2) Tell us a little about your past. (REMEMBER: keep this vague or easy to retcon! You can even find creative ways to avoid answering this question…)
“Why the hell would you want to hear about that?” He puffed on his cigarette again and frowned. “That’s boring. I don’t understand these people who can sit around and chatter on about the good old days. What fucking good old days? Look, you wanna know my history?” He leaned forward and rested an elbow on his knee. “I was born, I grew up, I found out I was good at sex, and eventually I wound up here. Next question.”
3) What do you love about your job?
“I thought we already covered that…” he said, raising an eyebrow. “Tits, remember?” Axis huffed. “I like the pretty young things who come in looking for all the fun their boring husbands don’t give them. And it seems like most of the rich men in Ivore are boring, if ya know what I mean.” He smirked and tossed the spent butt of his cigarette into the nearby fire and leaned back in his chair. “Sometimes we get some foreign chick who doesn’t care about being discreet since we’re not in her city or something. Those ladies are WILD. Best lays of my life.” He chuckled a little and seemed to drift away for a bit as he remembered some past adventure. “Ah yeah, that’s the best…”
4) What do you HATE about your job?
Axis scowled a little as the question pulled him back to reality. “Hate about it? Well…let’s just say, you learn pretty fast that it’s not all pretty chicks with perky boobs in this line of work. And I can’t turn ‘em away…” He muttered, “Not even the men,” under his breath, as though he hoped it wouldn’t be noticed. “Also, Mercutio. No, I don’t have to fuck him, but he’s just weird. I wouldn’t even live in the same house as him if I didn’t have to.”
5) You get the chance to do whatever you want for a whole day. Tell us about it: Where do you go? What do you do? Who do you do it with?
“A whole day, all to myself? Can I spend it in bed with a hot chick or three? Maybe Claret? …No. Hmm. Well, I guess I would just go into the city and find something to do then.” He shrugged. “We don’t get much free time to do what we want around here, you know. So I don’t think about that much.”
6) What is your biggest dream? How about your biggest fear?
“I don’t think about dreams much either,” he said. “Maybe…waking up to find out that Claret changed her mind and wants me after all? Some shit like that.” He frowned at the fire and refused to admit that that wasn’t his biggest dream at all. His biggest dream was too confusing and embarrassing to talk about with anyone, let alone a total stranger. “Anyway, the last thing I want is to wind up like that little bitch, Rory, with some asshole guy as my exclusive client. That would suck.” Axis shuddered and turned away from the fire. “Gotta get that image out of my head. Anyway, got any more stupid questions for me?”
Sex: Yes plea-- I mean, male.
Age: 23
Birth date: August 8
Height: 5’7”
Appearance: Axis is about average height, or maybe on the tall end of average, and very muscular. His hair is unruly and typically dyed red, though the dye job isn’t the best and you can usually see a couple of inches of brown or black roots. Axis has covered much of his body in elaborate tattoos and also has a great love of piercing.
Player question: This is a question about the character for you to fill out as yourself, the player.
1) Tell us a bit about how you see the character: What makes him/her tick? Why does he/she get out of bed in the morning? Why does he/she act the way he/she does?
I think Axis is more complicated than he is given credit for. Being the best is important to him and he thinks he is the best, even when all the evidence indicates that he isn’t. I suspect that his stormy attitude is his way of dealing with his insecurities, especially those related to things like his sexuality. I don’t think he has many (if any) real, deep friendships. He gets along with Claret, but that doesn’t mean they’re close friends. It means Claret is a sweetheart who somehow puts up with Axis’s bullshit. Axis isn’t very book-smart, but he is probably literate (to a point at least) and may have some other basic skills. It’s possible he didn’t learn these things until he came to the Teahouse or another similar establishment. On the other hand, I assume he is quite street-smart and would be capable of holding his own in a real fight, though in the end he might not win. He is vain and cares about his appearance, even if his scruffy image would indicate otherwise. I also have to assume that he bathes regularly if not frequently, since I can’t imagine clients of the kind he attracts putting up with nasty BO (though there’s no denying that he’s a messy guy and doesn’t place a high priority on neatness).
Character Questions: These are questions to fill out in your role as the character. Think of them as brief RP samples. (NOTE: I chose to answer these as though Axis was being interviewed. You can do it any way that works for you, as long as you’re in character to answer them! ~ Shiori)
1) What makes you tick? What makes you look forward to getting out of bed in the morning?
“Tits.” He laughed and raised his hands to about chest height as though cupping a pair of breasts. “The bigger the better.” Axis squeezed the air a bit, then dropped his hands. He shifted in his seat to fish a battered pack of cigarettes out of one pocket and an equally battered package of matches out of the other, then took his time lighting a cigarette and enjoying a puff on it before elaborating on his answer. “I’m a typical guy like that, I guess. Give me a hot chick and I’m set for the day. Atros forces me to see a guy…can’t decide which of them is the bigger asshole, Atros or the client.” He waved his hand, scattering the smoke from his cigarette, and added, “If it’s not tits it’s being hungry. Guy like me needs a good breakfast to start the day, no way in hell am I missing that. No way in hell am I gonna sit around having social time with people either though. I take my breakfast and eat in my room, or in the foyer, or something.”
2) Tell us a little about your past. (REMEMBER: keep this vague or easy to retcon! You can even find creative ways to avoid answering this question…)
“Why the hell would you want to hear about that?” He puffed on his cigarette again and frowned. “That’s boring. I don’t understand these people who can sit around and chatter on about the good old days. What fucking good old days? Look, you wanna know my history?” He leaned forward and rested an elbow on his knee. “I was born, I grew up, I found out I was good at sex, and eventually I wound up here. Next question.”
3) What do you love about your job?
“I thought we already covered that…” he said, raising an eyebrow. “Tits, remember?” Axis huffed. “I like the pretty young things who come in looking for all the fun their boring husbands don’t give them. And it seems like most of the rich men in Ivore are boring, if ya know what I mean.” He smirked and tossed the spent butt of his cigarette into the nearby fire and leaned back in his chair. “Sometimes we get some foreign chick who doesn’t care about being discreet since we’re not in her city or something. Those ladies are WILD. Best lays of my life.” He chuckled a little and seemed to drift away for a bit as he remembered some past adventure. “Ah yeah, that’s the best…”
4) What do you HATE about your job?
Axis scowled a little as the question pulled him back to reality. “Hate about it? Well…let’s just say, you learn pretty fast that it’s not all pretty chicks with perky boobs in this line of work. And I can’t turn ‘em away…” He muttered, “Not even the men,” under his breath, as though he hoped it wouldn’t be noticed. “Also, Mercutio. No, I don’t have to fuck him, but he’s just weird. I wouldn’t even live in the same house as him if I didn’t have to.”
5) You get the chance to do whatever you want for a whole day. Tell us about it: Where do you go? What do you do? Who do you do it with?
“A whole day, all to myself? Can I spend it in bed with a hot chick or three? Maybe Claret? …No. Hmm. Well, I guess I would just go into the city and find something to do then.” He shrugged. “We don’t get much free time to do what we want around here, you know. So I don’t think about that much.”
6) What is your biggest dream? How about your biggest fear?
“I don’t think about dreams much either,” he said. “Maybe…waking up to find out that Claret changed her mind and wants me after all? Some shit like that.” He frowned at the fire and refused to admit that that wasn’t his biggest dream at all. His biggest dream was too confusing and embarrassing to talk about with anyone, let alone a total stranger. “Anyway, the last thing I want is to wind up like that little bitch, Rory, with some asshole guy as my exclusive client. That would suck.” Axis shuddered and turned away from the fire. “Gotta get that image out of my head. Anyway, got any more stupid questions for me?”