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PORTBAY TASK 001 !
BASIC INFORMATION.
FULL NAME: Laurel Jane Walker nee Matlind
NICKNAME: LJ
OCCUPATION: Assistant Manager at Crossroads a record shop. And unlicensed esthetician.
AGE: 25.
DATE OF BIRTH: June 29, 1994
NATIONALITY: American
GENDER & PRONOUNS: Female, She/Her
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual
RELIGION ( or lack thereof ): Grew up Baptist, but is currently agnostic.
PHYSICAL INFORMATION.
DOMINANT HAND: Lefty.
ACCENT + INTENSITY: Has slight Baltimore accent and occasionally still uses Baltimore slang.
TATTOO(s): She got a tattoo of her and her husbands wedding date -- she got it two weeks after the ceremony. Still hasn’t had it removed.
SCAR(s): None,
PIERCING(s): Has a nose stud on her right side, has earrings along the lines of her ears. Also has her belly button pierced.
GLASSES: None.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
HOMETOWN: Baltimore, Maryland
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Portland, Oregon - Richmond neighborhood
LANGUAGE(s): English -- Casual French and Casual Latin because of classes she took in high school.
SOCIAL CLASS: Before adulthood--upper middle class. Now, lower class.
BASIC EDUCATION: High school diploma.
COLLEGE EDUCATION: None.
DEGREE(s): High school diploma.
MOTHER: A neurosurgeon, cold and distant.
FATHER: Physical therapist, quiet and stoic.
SIBLING(s): Older sister, Jasmine who was pre-med and got her PhD at Yale.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER(s): Husband--who was her high school sweetheart and then left her a month after marriage.
CHILDREN: None.
ADDITIONAL FAMILY: None worth mentioning.
PET(s): An American short-haired grey and brown cat named Einstein.
RAP SHEET?: Was locked up one night for disorderly conduct and for also public indecency.
PRISON TIME?: None.
CHARACTER PERSONALITY.
POSITIVE TRAITS: She is loyal, self-sufficient, and resourceful.
NEGATIVE TRAITS: But she is also aloof, impatient, and quick-tempered.
BIGGEST FEAR: Ending up alone.
BIGGEST REGRET: She would never admit it, but leaving her family behind.
WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT? SEX or INTIMACY?: Definitely intimacy.
ARE YOU A LEADER or A FOLLOWER?: Leader.
ARE YOU SPONTANEOUS or DO YOU NEED A PLAN?: Spontaneous. Most of her life decisions were made on a whim.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN TRUE LOVE?: At the very core, yes. She still believes her true love is her husband which is why she believes if she waited, he would come back to her.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?: Oh yes--she is still in love.
DO YOU CARE WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU?: She didn’t care what her own parents and sister thought of her--she couldn’t care less of someone else’s opinion. Unless, it’s someone she really cares about.
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH STRESS?: She will start rearranging furniture in her apartment or go on a nature-themed adventure. Also, she would go to a kick-boxing class to get her anger out.
WHAT IS A SONG YOUR CHARACTER RELATES TO THEIR LIFE?: Vienna by Billy Joel.
VICES & HABITS.
DO YOU SMOKE?: Not cigarettes, but weed.
DO YOU DRINK?: Yes, socially.
DO YOU DO DRUGS?: No hard drugs.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDICTIONS?: Adrenaline Junkie
DO YOU HAVE VIOLENT TENDENCIES?: Huh-----yes and no. She would never direct violence toward anyone in particular, but she would redirect that toward inanimate objects.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES?: She wouldn’t believe this is self-destructive but she refuses to romantically move on from her husband. She also doesn’t think before she acts.
MISC CHARACTER QUESTIONS.
IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD CHANGE ONE PHYSICAL DETAIL ABOUT THEMSELVES, WHAT WOULD IT BE?: She hates the length of her legs -- she wishes she was more limbly proportionate.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: She loves rock-climbing.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: Doing the dishes.
YOUR CHARACTER CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THEIR WORST ENEMY. WHAT IS THEIR FIRST REACTION?
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE WEATHER? The Portland rain!
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE SEASON?: Winter
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE SEASON?: Summer
YOUR CHARACTER KEEPS A PHOTO ALBUM OF MEMORIES FROM THEIR LIFETIME. IF THEY COULD ONLY KEEP ONE PHOTO, WHAT WOULD IT DEPICT?: A couple of months after Laurel was born, her mother took a photo of her sister Jasmine carrying Laurel and Laurel was cryimg.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FONDEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
SOMEONE ASKS YOUR CHARACTER TO DESCRIBE THEIR FAMILY. HOW DO THEY ANSWER?
IS YOUR CHARACTER A MORNING PERSON, A NIGHT OWL, OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY?
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE COLOR?
A STRANGER MAKES A CRUDE COMMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER. HOW DO THEY REACT?