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    Rated M for sex, drugs, and Rock 'n Roll. Specifically, sexual themes and content, drug and alcohol use, frequent swearing, possible violence, generally adult subject matter. Enjoy!

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    Name: Jaide 'Jay' Mui. 'Mockingbird'
    Orientation: Bisexual
    Age: 23, Junior(took a break year, of course)
    Appearance: I was going to do descriptions, but then I stumbled on this stock photo stock photo of one bad-ass girl that just about sums her up. She has a Mockingbird Tattoo on the inside of her right arm and also five silver rings in her right ear, three studs in the left, a nose-ring, and a tongue piercing....and two more, you can guess where.

    Personality: Jaide is....abrasive, to say the least. Between her beauty, talent, and her privileged upbringing, she's above everything and everyone, gets what she wants and doesn't take shit from anyone. But this bitchy exterior hides an vast ocean of insecurities and neuroses just below the surface that she doesn't let anyone get close enough to see.

    Above all, she wants be recognized for herself, as a somebody independent of her family. It's why all her art and music is released under a pseudonym and she's quick to cut out anyone out of her life that seems to just be using her for her money, which is why the band is now short a singer.

    History: Jaide is the only child of Chinese billionaire Song Mui, owner of a pan-Pacific holdings group that comprises over a dozen major companies, and her mother, Diana Mui is an independently wealthy former attorney...and now a law professor and board member at the University.

    She's split her childhood between boarding schools in the U.S., China, South Korea, and Australia, where she was a straight-A student, widely regarded as a child prodigy with an IQ of 137, quickly mastering whatever she put her mind to. She was especially adept musically, playing the violin at a master level when she was seven, and moved onto the piano, cello, and classical bass. She also sings, though not early as well as she would like, being a smaller woman with shallow lungs(not helped by a smoking habit), which also rules out the flute, trumpet, or saxophone. She also dabbles in physical art and literature under a slew of bird-themed pseudonyms.

    Jaide was thirteen when she first picked up the electric guitar, and fell in love with the instrument and the culture surrounding it, much to her parents chagrin. This was the first step in a rebellious streak that she's kept up since. Being basically perfect in school didn't seem to be enough for them, the better she got, the harder they pushed her, and she grew to resent that, and their frequent moves that left her bereft of friends. But she also couldn't tolerate being anything but the 'best', so she settled for other avenues of rebellion. Underage drinking, smoking, drug use, and of course sex. Every bad habit imaginable she embraced while still being the perfect student. It drove them crazy.

    She wanted to go abroad for college to get away, but her parents were concerned about letting her go off on her own after the 'incidents' that took pace during her break year, and threatened to cut her off if she tried. So they struck a deal. She would attend the University her mother taught at, study a major that they considered 'useful' in her pre-ordained future, which in her case was business with a minor in statistics, and in exchange, they would 'stay the fuck out of her life'(her words) as much as possible and continue to provide her with the limitless funds to which she had become accustomed.
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    Ramona “Rami” Morell / 22 / Bisexual

    A girl of average height, with a slender figure and an athletic build. She has fairly wide shoulders, a narrow waist, and well-rounded hips. She usually wears tight-fitting clothes, jeans and tank tops, shorts and dresses, but she always wears sneakers. Her dark hair is styled in a short cut with bangs, accentuating her long neck. She has dark brown eyes, bushy brows and full, wide lips. She always puts on a bright red lipstick that makes her stick out. She doesn’t wear much jewelry, except for occasional earrings or a necklace with bird-shaped pendants. Her fingers are long and boney, her nails short and often painted black or red. She’s wary of needles so she hasn’t got round to getting a tattoo, but if she were, she’d tattoo a valkyrie across her back.

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    Rami is a headstrong, intuitive girl, who’s shuffled through life only knowing what she did not want to do. She has always longed for a sense of purpose, which was ever-evasive. She’s known as witty and sassy and one hundred percent nutty. She doesn’t beat around the bush, unless the other is the object of her affection. She can be very protective of others but she doesn’t believe in any greater purpose, for all men and women were shifty and deceitful. She does take things to heart easily but she prefers not to show it. She gets easily lost in thought when she is disinterested in a conversation or a topic and after a few drinks, she becomes quite provocative and snappy. However, she suffers from memory lapses under the influence so she doesn't remember much of her rude behaviour.

    She has a peculiar liking for mint tea and masquerade masks. Those were the only things she and her late mother had bonded over. She is also a bit of a clean freak and abhors the sound of loud chewing. Birds are her favorite animals, as well as horses. She takes care of two yellow canaries in the café where she works as a waitress. She is well-versed in many things, but she isn’t passionate about much. She does enjoy horseback riding, practicing martial arts, doodling, and studying various mythological stories. She does sometimes daydream about being a legendary warrior brandishing a shiny, double-edged sword, in provocative battle armor, but she is more down-to-earth than most people think.

    She was born to an opera singer, a real life lady who’d met her prince charming at a young age and sacrificed her career to become arm candy at his numerous philanthropic events. He was a rich man, a dotting husband, but a strict father. She was only six when her mother took her own life and left her husband unable to cope with her death and her daughter inept to fill her shoes. As Rami grew, she resembled her mother more and more, but she lacked her passion, her charisma, and overall sophistication. But that did not stop her father from forcing her to become an opera singer like her mother. Rami did have a majestic voice, but she hated opera. Whenever she tried to sing a popular song, impersonate Madonna or Beyonce, she displeased her father. She used to care when she was younger, but the older she became, the more she started to hate him. In high school, she wanted to be one of those rebellious teens, but her father soon began drinking and gambling his wealth away. She was forced to take care of him in his irrational state. They down-sized drastically, her father was put on welfare and Rami was forced to find work. She went through many petty jobs, boyfriends and girlfriends. She managed to get into college through her father’s old friend, on a scholarship, to study music. She finished her freshman year with flying colors, she even won the end of the year talent competition, but a few months into her sophomore year, she began flunking and hanging with the wrong crowd. It all led up to her being accused of seducing a professor into sleeping with her for a higher grade. A huge scandal broke out, the professor took a leave of absence for his role in it while Rami was kicked out for misrepresenting and undermining the values of this prestigious college. Fortunately, her father’s friend owned the campus café and hired her as a waitress to spite the board but also to find a way to prove her innocence, although she isn’t as innocent as he believes.




    Here she is. My plan is to have her slowly discover a hidden passion in expressing herself through the band, their songs and performances. Punk rock isn't something she's ever enjoyed, but it is a way to finding freedom of expression and can be an acquired taste.

    I am good to go whenever you are. And yes, I agree we should start in a flashback to, perhaps, that talent competition I mentioned?

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    Ooh, that is good. She's very complex.

    This 'scandal' will also be interesting to explore for the drama, since Jaide's mother would probably know her boss at the cafe, being a board member. Might even be aware if her father, at least in passing.

    Yeah, the talent contest would be a good way to go, with Jaide perhaps being bitter that her own effort, a violin concerto, was beat out by someone else. A remembering it will lead Jaide to seek Rami out after their bands current singer gets the boot.


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    Leland "Lee" Church / Bassist / Heterosexual / Junior

    Lee is a tall, lanky fella, with closely cropped, spiky, brown hair and electric blue eyes. He has sunken cheeks, thin lips, and long lashes. He isn't traditionally handsome but his looks are appealing to most. It is mostly his attitude that gets him laid. He has a plethora of piercings on both ears, his tongue, and nipples. He has a tattoo of an eye with wings on the front part of his neck, a tattoo of a guitar handle on the inside of his left forearm, the words 'mmmm tits' tattooed on his knuckles, and a giant skull with a mohawk wrapped in chains on his chest. He usually wears tight-fitting jeans, leather boots and t-shirts with offensive messages. His bass guitar is always nearby.

    Lee was born without a zip on his mouth. He always has something to say to dampen the group's enthusiasm. He has a low-key personality, the triple c's: calm, cool, and collected. He easily avoids responsibility, takes everything lightly, and plays around with sarcasm and teasing. Alas, he is easy to get along with if he is not taken seriously. He can be a good listener if he wants to, but he is convinced everyone should put up with their own bullshit. He is cool under pressure and very handy around the house and in the band. He takes care of his own problems and doesn't expect anyone's help or compassion and he doesn't offer any in return, unless he is emotionally involved with them. He needs someone to motivate him on a daily basis since he secretly struggles with depression and nicotine addiction.

    He was brought up by a single mom who manages to weather whatever life might throw at her. She is his rock. He's never met his father or heard any stories about him. His mom dislikes talking about him and Lee doesn't bother to ask. He has a little sister whom he dotes on. He has always been much the same. He's had many girlfriends but not many real relationships. Currently, he is involved with a senior, but he's actually got a crush on Jay, though he'd rather die than admit it.

    Aside from playing bass guitar, he is also talented in songwriting and electric guitar, but he studies maths in college.




    Sorry for the late reply. I got stuck working. x.x

    Any ideas for the band's name?
    I can start right away with making the thread and the first post, unless you want to start off. I don't mind either

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    Bumping this up to the front, and working on my second character.

    Name:Jun Liang
    Age: 26, graduate student.
    Instrument: Drums
    Sexuality: So shy it's hard to tell if he's interested in anyone.

    Appearance: Tall by Chinese standards but of middling height in America, with an athletic build and light yellow skin. His straight black hair is uncut and comes nearly to his waist, worn in a long, complicated braid. His features are soft and always smiling.

    Personality: Despite being her best friend, Jun could not be more opposite to Jaide. He's calm, cheerful, and unfailingly polite, spending much of his time apologizing and making excuses for her behavior.

    His attitude is wholly live-and-let live, without a lot of drive or passion, content to watch and live vicariously through others. He is very passionate about his music though, with obscure interests he could talk about for hours.

    Bio: The son of one of Song Mui's executive board members, Jun's family and Jaide's have always been close as family, and the two became close as children. While her global lifestyle separated them often, they kept in frequent contact throughout and spent every vacation together, with one family or the other as children and traveling together as adults.

    It was always their fathers hopes they would marry, but that plans doomed to fail, since they're closer than most siblings.


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    Just want to know if you were still planning on opening up the IC, or if I should go ahead and do that?

    Either way is fine with me, but things have been slow with some partners(probably owing to the holidays), and I'd really like to get started on something.


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    Sorry, got caught up with work. If I don't post today, go ahead and do it ^~^

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    The IC Thread is up, and Jaide take her first steps towards deviating wildly from whatever is it her character sheet says. This will be an inevitable process.


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