Post by shawn on Feb 27, 2013 0:38:50 GMT -8
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SHAWN O'BRIEN
PLAYED BY :(Keith Harkin)
THE CHARACTER
FULL NAME: Shawn Patrick O'Brien
NICK NAMES: none
PREFERRED NAME: Shawn
AGE: 20
GENDER:male
OCCUPATION: Shawn was a Sophomore in college attending University of Georgia at Athens, Georgia
HOME REGION: Southeast
PREFERRED WEAPONS: .35 caliber pistol
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Shawn has light blonde hair with light blue eyes and an expressive baby face. When he grins or smiles he flashes bright teeth and dimples on each side of his mouth. Standing a slender 5 ft. 10 in. tall Shawn had been a track star in college and won several meets when they competed against different schools. The ladies found his boyish charm irresistible which helped to make him very popular.
PERSONALITY: Shawn is majoring in music and hopes to either be a teacher or a performer. He loves to sing, possessing a soft, melodic tenor and he plays an acoustic guitar. Having a baby face has been both a blessing and a curse for him. The girls are all attracted to him but many of the boys were jealous but Shawn was able to avoid fights as he did not want his face scarred or his nose broken. Always a pretty boy he was a bit on the conceited side always trying to be the center of attention and usually getting it.
LIKES
- surfing
- stylish clothes
- classic rock music
- singing
- playing guitar
DISLIKES
- zombies
- won't eat fish
- cold weather
- poison ivy or oak
- cold rain
HISTORY BEFORE: He began singing when he was four years old and showed real talent for it performing in musicals in grade school and high school. He had doting parents who gladly paid for guitar lessons. Having very good teachers he learned quickly. He also learned to play the piano. All through elementary school he performed in all of the plays and musicals he could as well.
Every talent contest he entered he'd either win or come in a close second. In high school he discovered track and field and loved the events, even considering training for the Olympics, but his music got in the way. As much as he loved track he loved music even more. During his Junior year in high school he joined a band called "Nick's Knickers" and they performed many school dances but it was short lived as two of the band members moved out of town.
In his Senior year in high school he won a scholarship in track and applied to the University of Georgia at Athens (UGA) majoring in music but also becoming a member of the track team. When he wasn't performing he was competing at track and field meets against other colleges.
He also joined another band called "Allegory". With them he performed in various venues such as school dances, private parties, frat parties and such. Since he was under 21 he was not allowed to perform in bars. That was one thing he was looking forward to doing.
Auditioning for the school play of "Les Misérables" he got the part of Marius Pontmercy, the young student rebel who falls in love with Cosette, the daughter of Jean Valjean. It was during one of the practices that the world went strangely insane.
DURING APOCALYPSE: After practicing for the musical that was scheduled to perform in a month Shawn left the school musical theater with one of the female students that was to play Cosette. He had invited her out for a coffee to talk and get to know each other. There was a coffee shop just off campus and, since it was early evening, they walked together.
Janet Howard was pretty and very talented, possessing dark brown hair that hung down her slender back and chocolate brown eyes. Shawn was smitten with her from the first time he met her at the audition and was thrilled that she had won the part of Cossette, the adopted daughter of Jean Valjean. There seemed to be an immediate attraction between them.
As they walked down the sidewalk people began screaming and running from something but Shawn could not even begin to guess what was wrong. Stopping a man he asked him what was wrong but all the man could do was fight to get away, an expression of terror on his face. From everywhere strange people, who had the eyes of the dead, began attacking others. Shawn had never seen anything like it before. As a group of what he would later come to know as the walking dead approached him and Janet, Shawn grabbed his friend and they ran down the street to get away but there was nowhere to go as the dead walkers came from everywhere.
Finally reaching the college campus they both thought they would be safe but even here the dead people swarmed everywhere. Trying to run for their lives Janet tripped and fell and was immediately attacked by the strange people. What they did to poor Janet he would never have guessed nor would he ever forget as she became their meal.
Rushing into the empty theater Shawn hid out in a dressing room that he barred shut. All night he stayed there but never heard any noises. Trying to call for help he could not reach anyone. He was completely alone and frightened. Luckily one of the college instructors, who had not been bitten, found Shawn trying to slip out and so the two of them ran for his car and they drove out of town and into the countryside.
Finding a small empty store they broke in and found food. They also found hunting supplies so Shawn picked up a pistol and a box of ammo, a couple of hunting knives and a hatchet. Putting as much food and supplies that he could carry into a backpack he went to find the professor. The man had gone outside to try to gas up his car and been attacked and killed. Shawn truly was on his own.
ROLEPLAY EXAMPLE:“Get OUT, GET OUT!”
The roar coming from the huge household sent the young boy running. The house would have reminded any one of the large New York estates a millionaire would own. The man chased the boy out into the rain shower that was soaking the French country side. The boy had to admit while running from the screams how foreign he felt inside the country of his birth. He had been sent away to boarding school to United States for years. His black hair was way to long, and his over sized trousers showed that who ever was buying his clothing wasn't really keeping up with what size he was wearing.
The boy cheek was already swelling as the soft sobs started to grow even louder. He went under one bush and then another feeling the thorns and scraps added to his fresh bruises.
"Lindsay?” he called out. William Louis Sutton had always been a quiet child, but he was a loyal defender of his sister. “Lindsay?” he called out again. His hand reaching out to pull another branch aside as his oversize pants caught and tore on the brushes.
His twin sister, Lindsay Sutton, let out a whimper. “Go away, Will.” She of course knew he was coming. They have been connected since the moment they were born. Lindsay could always feel a ringing in her mind that came to symbolize William. He could always feel her. The bond of twins, and that magical feeling of being forever connected to a sibling as long as they lived. The connection helped them get past their father Louis Sutton, a media mogul who was something less than fatherly.
The girl had long black hair that covered her bruised face as she did her best to wear clothing that no normal girl would wear. An over sized t-shirt and over sized blue jeans.
“We could always run towards the ruins!” William did his best to crawl under Lindsay's makeshift tent. She had stretched a rain coat wide enough to cover a small area using the branches and thorns to create the makeshift shelter while her bruised body was being covered in even more mud. William managed a bright smile that betrayed the pain he was in.
“He hurt my back,” Lindsay whimpered and tucked her knees in tighter against her chest. “Why does he hit us?”
William frowned looking at his sister. His eyes reflecting a wisdom beyond his eleven years. “They said it's the curse. When our ancestor killed some gypsy mother. One of her children came back to the estate vowing...” William did his best old lady voice adding a crack to it for special effect. "Motherless they will be until that who was once among them shall come again. Until wounds are healed and courage is found. Motherless they shall be."
PLANS: What's going to happen with your character?
Hopefully he will meet up with a group and survive.
ANYTHING ELSE?:ABOUT THE AUTHOREST
GO BY: What we will refer to you as. Shawn
ROLEPLAY LEVEL: rate yourself. Moderate to advanced
HOW DID YOU FIND US?:dying from curiosity! Advertised on another site
PASSWORD: *****
TIME ZONE:
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