[X-Kaleidoscope-X] Rowan

Woo, my application for the RP group ~ I'm pretty excited for this group, you guys - it looks really fun and interesting to RP

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Name: Rowan Fey
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Height/Weight: 5'11"/143 lbs.
Rank: TINY

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Skills: | Surprising strength for his build | Good fighting ability, with or without a weapon | Will keep getting up as long as he can, no matter how many times he's knocked down | Quite flexible and acrobatic | Cooking/baking (sometimes) |

Takes a playful approach to fighting, often jumping and running around. If he gets hurt, however, he moves around less, and his attacks become more frequent and harder-hitting. When working in a team, will try his best to work alongside everyone else and follow orders, but he might forget some parts of the plan, or just kinda lose step with everyone else. Nevertheless, he won’t give up and is extremely tenacious. If injured, will probably ignore the injury, as he won’t be sure how to deal with it. If it’s something serious, like a broken bone or a deep cut, he’ll try and find someone else to take care of it – until he finds someone, he’ll just try not to make it worse… though sometimes doesn't succeed.

Stats: | Attack: 3 | Defence: 1 | Speed: 3 | Health: 2 | Intelligence: 0 | Luck: 1 |

Weapon: Metal pipe with a cinder-block on the end - good for swinging and ground-pounds

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Personality:
+ Loyal + Cheerful + Hard-working + Honest + Obedient
- Forgetful - Absent-minded - Careless - Not often one to take the initiative - Not very bright

Rowan's personality can often be described as 'child-like'. Cheerful, but easily brought to tears by minor upsets, he has a playful and curious outlook on life. Gentle and soft-spoken a lot of the time, as he's worried about saying the wrong thing or hurting people, he's also extremely touchy-feely - if he likes you, he will not hesitate to hug you when he sees you, hold hands or link arms when walking together, cuddle up when sitting down, etc. He doesn't seem to realise that this makes some people quite uncomfortable, but will stop if told to, or when the person he's touching seems to not be having fun.

His bad memory and general dimness can be a big problem for him - he'll often forget people's names, ingredients or instructions when cooking or baking (which can have disastrous results), where he was going/what he was doing/where he left something, what happened yesterday, etc. This forgetfulness has led to him seeming a little detached from the world and people around him, and his usual vague smile and absent-minded actions don't help. He's generally nice to everyone he meets, and is hard to make an enemy of, but also finds it a little hard to make actual "friends".

His naivete and trusting nature can unfortunately make him easy to deceive and manipulate, though sometimes he can tell when he's being lied to. Sometimes tries to act his age, but finds it tiring, and thinking too much makes his head hurt.

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Background:

TL;DR Got into a fight at 16 when he got infected, crazy over-protective mother tried keeping him confined in his room so he wouldn't get found out, but she ended up getting infected and died. After living alone for a while, he was eventually picked up by the gangs.

Raised by a single mother and receiving child-support money from his absent father, Rowan was able to lead quite a normal, comfortable life for a while. His mother was a little overbearing, but he was a simple, happy child, so he just took her behaviour as a show of her love for him, and he loved her just as much. His schoolmates, however, weren't so understanding, and tended to treat him as 'the weird kid' - this image wasn't really helped by his own slightly 'out-there' personality, so while he managed to remain fairly cheerful and optimistic in school, he was often left alone.

This, however, gave him plenty of time for extra-curricular activities. While he's never been very smart, and so didn't fare well in more academic subjects, he managed to do very well in various sports and acrobatics clubs and classes. Not only did it cheer him immensely to have something he was good at, it also had a more practical use, as he was often picked on in and out of school, and would often have to fight back, though he hated worrying his mother by coming back home with cuts and bruises.

One fight when he was 16, however, would end up having far more serious consequences - during a brawl after school, he punched one thug across the mouth, breaking the skin of his lip. All of a sudden the thug ran off after giving a panicked look at Rowan's fist, followed by his friends. When Rowan inspected the back of his hand, he noticed there was a large pink smear across his knuckles; some part of his mind told him this was rather dire, but he couldn't remember why, so he simply went home. By the time he returned home, however, he was feeling rather under-the-weather, maybe even a little feverish, so he told his mother he was going to rest in his room, and soon fell into a restless and uncomfortable sleep on his bed.

Upon waking, he soon realised his bedroom door had been locked from the outside. When he banged on the door and called for his mother, he noticed the knuckles that had been stained in blood yesterday had turned blue, as had his nails. When his mother came to the door, she explained that she'd locked it because he'd caught the colour disease, and she didn't want anything bad to happen to either of them. Looking in his bedroom mirror, he noticed that his eyes and hair had indeed changed colour; he said he understood and would stay put.

However, he eventually got sick of staying cooped up in his room, and escaped through the window one night. His freedom was short-lived, however, as he was spotted by some people who screamed upon seeing him, and started yelling about calling the police. Scared and confused, he ran back home, and snuck back into his room, believing he'd at least gotten away with his little adventure.

Unfortunately, when he awoke the next day, he found a manacle around his left ankle, the chain leading out under the bedroom door. He cried and asked his mother to undo the chain, but she said she had no choice - if he escaped again and got caught by bad people, she wouldn't be able to go on. Though he didn't like this situation, again he managed to put up with it for a while.

After some time, though, he started getting restless again, and wouldn't stop begging to be let out. Unable to stand his cries, his mother began lacing his food with sedatives to make him sleepy and docile. He didn't realise what she was doing at first, but after a while, even he was able to start putting two and two together, though he didn't want to believe that his beloved mother who loved him so much would do something like that to him.

With him in his confined and weakened state, things remained relatively peaceful for a while - but this arrangement could never be maintained for long, and his mother ended up catching his infection. Knowing she didn't have long to live, she unlocked her son's room for the last time and gave him a parting hug and kisses through her tears, though he was too weak and out-of-it at the time to reciprocate, and left the key to the manacles on the floor.

When Rowan came to and noticed the key on the floor, he immediately freed himself and went looking for his mother, finding her in her bed - sleeping, but cold.

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Trivia:
♥ His infection covers the tips of his hair, both eyes, fingernails and toenails, the knuckles on his right hand, and a ring around his left ankle
♥ Enjoys cooking and baking, but his efforts aren't always a success
♥ Also likes singing, though he isn't very good and often forgets the words, so he'll often just hum, or replace the lyrics with sounds like 'la' or something - if you sing, he will likely gravitate toward you
♥ Adores animals and cute, fluffy things
♥ Remains cheerful and upbeat most of the time - gloomy moods don't suit him
♥ His usual expression will either be a small, vacant smile, or him just kinda staring into space with his mouth open slightly
♥ Often oversleeps and enjoys taking naps
♥ Doesn't like having his feet covered while indoors, so will often go barefoot
♥ Likes people’s hair – brushing it, pleating it, or even just stroking it and so is drawn to people with hair that’s long enough to do stuff with
♥ Unclear how much of his personality is just him, and how much is due to his past

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Wow, that was long~ To anyone who read the whole thing - have a hug!

I hope I can RP with this guy lots soon~