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THE TIES THAT BIND US
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Chicago, Illinois
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Jamie2016Name
James Cole Gardner
Gender
Male
Etnicity
American/Brittish
Occupation
Music director/Radio host
Date of birth
Oct 5 1988
Sexuality
Bisexual
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinos, USA
Appearance
HAIRWhether you want to call it a perfect disaster or just the most horrific case of a birds nest one thing is clear, it's a mess. It is dark brown in colour, longer than it should be about sixty percent of the time and it can't quite seem to make up its mind if it's curly or straight, it seems to maintain a little more curls when it's on the shorter side but in general it somehow seems to be a mix of the two. At least it does a pretty good job hiding the fact that its starting to thin in the back, a consequence of not getting good hair genes and getting older.EYESWhile his eyes can look a little different in different lights they lie somewhere between a greyish blue and green, leaning more towards the blue.SKINPale and freckles. Especially in the summer. He is covered in them, to the point where when you look at his face you might wonder if there might be more space covered with freckles on his skin than without.HEIGHT178 cm (5'10 feet)WEIGHT80 kg (176lbs)BODYJames has struggled with his weight quite a bit since young adulthood. When he drank, that made him gain weight, when he stopped drinking, sugar and sweets did, so he tends to fluctuate quite a bit depending on how much willpower he has to resist his sweet tooth. He is currently at a weight he's kind of comfortable with. A little pudgy still, sure but not too much more so than what can be considered healthy, it does take effort and he has to watch his sugar intake though.MARKINGS/SCARSHe has the odd scar here and there, knuckles, elbows, knees, the normal, some from growing up, some he has no idea how he got.CLOTHINGThe past couple of years James' motivation to dress up has kind of plummeted, he has no real reason for it. But in his heyday, he found fashion quite fun and ever so often you will see his old passion for clothes peak through, if only because he hasn't gone through his wardrobe in a long time. His favorites are definitely button-ups and downs with fun patterns, especially floral. he likes denim jackets, but will sometimes wear a more fun suit jacket with a t-shirt with a print of whatever. He is rarely caught without a pair of black jeans, especially in recent years it has become a staple. In general, he likes to wear darker colours, an ensemble of dark jeans, a black t-shirt, and a black hoodie is what you'll see him in most days.HEALTH AILMENTSPast alcohol abusePast drug abuse
Personality
PersonalityJames might not be the best person you'll ever meet, but he'd never really claim to be either. He's a hot head, easily irritated, and little arrogant and can be quite cold. He's not mean and never really actively go out of his way to hurt people but he tends to act a little self centered before he actually sits down and think things through.When he does think things through he can be a pretty empathic person, he doesn't want to burden people with his own issues because he doesn't want to stress them out. At this point in his life, he'd go as far as he possibly could to make sure the people he loves are happy, at the expense of his own happiness if so needed. Which shows that at the end of the day he's not as selfish as he may come across, even if he might have been in his past.He doesn't like being controlled by external things, and likes to have a sense of freedom, nothing that ties him down. He never thought he'd have a dog, seeing as a dog is just that, but having something to look after and make sure he's sober for has helped a lot since he got his fluffy friend, though that is about as far he will go with things he has to care about. He knows himself well enough not to trust himself to take care of anything else.James doesn't deal all that well with too high levels of stress, the fact that his quick to anger plays into it, but also past addictions and problems, when he is stressed or feels out of control he gets the urges to do self-destructive things and over the years this has caused him to just keep more to himself and even just kind of favour being alone and not do much aside from work, even if he does feel a little lonely at times.LikesMusic, dogs, alcohol, sweets, hot chocolate, popcorn (the homemade and moderately healthy kind), lemons, rain and storms, home cooked meals, shitty TV (in an ironic unironic way), rock, small bands, order and structure, poetry, writingDislikesBeing pitied, heat, alcohol, kids, losing control, mass-produced pop, criticism, being babied, messes, cleaning, birdsHobbiesMaking music, if laying on the couch casually watching reality TV on the learning channel or random home renovation shows counts, then that's probably his main hobby at this point.HabitsTalks with his handsFearsFalling back into old habitsBirds (mildly)TalentsMost things music. Mainly singing, the guitar (electric and acoustic), keyboard and bass guitar. Writing song lyrics.InsecuritiesLet's just say past addictions and behavior isn't the first thing he wants to talk about. Also on occasion, his weight.Mental ailmentsAlcohol use disorder, aka he's a recovering alcoholic.
Relations
FamilyDawn Gardner – 57 – Mother – Hotel ManagerMark Gardner – 58 – Father – AccountantJacklynn Park – 26 – Sister – High school teacherAndrew Park – 28 – Brother-In-Law – PolicemanFriendsAidan 'Danny' Crawford – 30 – Former bandmate – Music producerZack Chien – 32 – Former bandmate – Solo muisician, singer/songwriterStella – 3 – Labradore Retriver pupper – very cuteExesNot really anyone serious, but there has been plenty of one night stands and longer lasting flings, none ever that crossed the line of dating since high school though. Currently, he doesn't really have enough of a social life to meet people, and is uninterested in meeting strangers out of fear of becoming who he used to be.EnemiesThe high ups in his past record label, but mainly:Sarah Stewart - 28 - Former pseudo band manager - Label manager
Background
The best way to describe Jame's past is sex, drugs and rock n' roll. Or well sex, drugs and mildly obscure britpop slash indie rock slash alternative rock, but that just doesn't sound as catchy.Jame grew up in a middle-class family as the oldest kid to two slightly strict but very loving parents. Growing up James was always interested in music, taking classes in guitar and piano at a young age and adding on instruments as he got older. His parents, though otherwise supportive, tried to discourage his dreams of making it in the music industry due to the slim chances of making it, but they also didn't stop him from pursuing it completely. And as the years went by and he graduated high school he was actually making it. December Thoughts, the band James and his two friends had started, was picked up by a label and after their first single in 2008 and first album released 2009 they were set to take the world of indie-rock with storm.As they gained fame, released their second album, got to front their own tours, fame started to get a little to Jame's head, or rather, he started to take the life he had worked so hard for, for granted. With so many people adoring him it was easy to forget that with a reputation for getting drunk, fighting with bandmates and producers and taking advantage of his position to sleep with practically whoever he wants, you can only go so far. After enough getting drunk or even high before performances, and arguing, both fans and bandmates were fed up. The band split up in 2014, and later that year James was forced into rehab by both family and his bandmates after it was revealed that he wasn't just abusing alcohols but drugs as well.Now he has, been both clean and sober for a couple of years and thanks to his past fame he has landed himself a job on the radio as a music director. He also hosts the Friday show where past, and new fans, can tune in to hear him go through the current top lists and comment on the songs.
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NAME
Elizabeth Angelica Wolf
NICKNAME
Eliza | Betsey | Angie
AGE | GENDER | SEXUALITY | D.O.B.
31. female. Heterosexual. August 2nd.
ETHNICITY
Austrian/Italian
BORN IN
Chicago Illinois
OCCUPATION
Co-producer/Actress (wannabe playwright)
[/td][/tr][/table]❥ the most dangerous lover is one who greets pain with a smile ♡
appearance
Eliza's hair is dark brown, almost black in some lightings, and kept shoulder length. It is tyhick and naturally straight, and easy to grow out. She has to trim it often if she wants to keep it short. Most times it is an unkempt nest.
EYES
Doe eyes. She has doe eyes. They are large, brown, soft and expressive. It is a very attractive trait but also gives off an innocence.
BODY
She has a slender hourglass figure, having broad shoulders and slightly wide hips.
SKIN
Fair and mostly flawless except for a few scars.
HEIGHT
Eliza is a fairly tall women standing at 5' 7¾ feet (170.18) with long legs.
WEIGHT
She maintains a healthy weight of 130 lbs (59 kg).
MARKINGS/SCARS
Eliza has a few scars, most of them faded over time and are barely noticeable.
CLOTHING STYLE
Eliza is a very casual dresser, sporting jeans and t-shirts with no problem. Still, she is a bit of a fashionista, mainly enjoying to dress up when she can, which is rare. As a mom who runs around a lot, she'd rather be clothed comfortable rather than fancy and uncomfortable. Besides, she always wears some sort of funny t-shirt.
HEALTH AILMENTS
Asthma.
personal
PERSONALITY
Regardless of being a woman in her early thirties with two kids, Eliza is known to be quite lively and even childish to a degree. People often wonder about how she raises her children with her excited and quirky nature. Because of this playful nature of hers, she radiates a sort of innocence, especially to strangers. In reality, they couldn't be further from the truth. She is a very mischevious person, enjoying the thrill of creating mischief and teasing others often. She is extraordinarily witty and her comments often sarcastic. To add to it, she is as clever as she is intelligent and won't take being treated as less than she is. Not everyone can keep up with her pace, but she usually acts like a laid-back adult when with those who cannot.
While she can be rude and mean, she still has a warm heart and is absolutely lovely to those she cares about. She is typically friendly and fair. Most of all honest, she hates lying, but in its stead will avoid the truth until telling it when the moment has presented itself.
Then there is the fact that she is very stubborn and tenacious, but still exercising patience. Eliza is smarter than to just rush ahead without calculating first. However, her biggest flaw is her independence as it may be her best quality too. She is almost always rejecting help from others even when she needs it most. She considers it embarrassing and weakening. Then there is her temper, it takes a while to come out, but once it is about ... there is no wrath like Eliza Wolf's.
LIKES
dancing; teasing others; banter; singing; theatre; music; dogs; cats; holidays; baked goods; children; wine; chocolate; challenges; snow; sunglasses; 80's aesthetic; writing;
DISLIKES
being belittled; drunks/being drunk; cigarettes; mice; being left behind; reality tv; canned meals
HABITS
Rolling her eyes. Talking to herself, and most time inanimate objects (mostly complaining and grumbling and blaming them.) Also, cracking jokes at people when at parties.
HOBBIES
Playing with her kids; dancing; baking; writing
TALENTS
Baking; writing; dancing; singing; rapping (surprisingly)
INSECURITIES
Her limited college education along with being a single mom.
MENTAL AILMENTS
None.
FEARS
Never accomplishing her goals and dreams
Being alone and leftbehind
Mice
relations
FAMILY
Cecelia Wolf - Mother - 54 - Alive - Retired Event Planner
Gilbert Wolf - Father - 57 - Alive - Campaign Manager
David Wolf - Brother - 29 - Alive - Reporter
Theresa Wolf - Sister - 18 - Alive - Self-proclaimed Party Queen
Christopher Wolf - Brother - 17 - Alive - Surving Highschooler
Felix August Ash - Son - 14 - Highschooler
Anastasia "Annie" Bambi Ash - Daughter - 7 - Grade Schooler
FRIENDS
Jordyn Black - 30 - Best Friend - Animal Shelter Manager
Phillipa "Pippa" Cadwell - 31 - Best Friend - Chocolatier
Thomas Hollington - 31 - Media Strategist Assistant
Lucas Black - 29 - Actor
ENEMIES
None in particular.
EXES
She has a few but only two matter.
Damon Ash - 31 - R&D manager
Jeffrey Fall - 33 - Wine Specialist
backgrounds
Eliza was, without a doubt, a theatre kid. However, she was far from the typical, stereotyped theatre teenagers who walked the schools halls. She was beautiful, magnetic, intelligent, cunning and a troublemaker. To be honest, that much hasn't changed about her. Eliza had even been this way from a young age. To put it in one simple word, she was popular. She was invited to every party and went to every party, went on dates with anyone who attracted her but was careful on who her boyfriends were. While her friends weren't all too popular, they were hers and no one dared to anger Eliza wolf. Not to mention, she was talented with a clear future ahead of her. Though her dreams were big and grandeur, not a single soul doubted she'd accomplish them. After all, she had already caught the eyes and attention of many who worked in the line of field she was interested in.
This all changed some time after meeting Damon Ash. She was immediately smitten with the boy as half the girls and even some men in their school had been. They became fast friends, falling deeper for the other which each passing day until they decided to stop playing around and just go out with each other. He wasn't just loved by her but her family too. That may have changed slightly when she got knocked up. The tides changed for her immensely. Damon stayed with her through it all, and her family helped the best they all could.
Instead of going off to her dream college, she stayed in Illinois to be in her child's life and only went to school part time as well as work part time. She could only go to school for so long until she graduated with a bachelor's and moved in with Damon who was still going to school. Then came along little Annie. After she was born, things shifted for the worst between her and her boyfriend and they broke it off, resulting in Eliza moving back in with her parents for a year or two before standing on her feet by herself.
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"it has always been my dream to get married in a dress like this, I just wish she could--" The girl on the TV-screen continued to speak but the man watching's attention was suddenly elsewhere as he heard a loud thud paired with muffled yelling through the walls of the apartment next door. James had been laying sprawled out in bed, trying to ignore the various sounds leaking into his apartment despite the walls for a good while now. It mostly just sounded like the people next door were playing around. He knew it was a family of three or so, with one kid being on the younger side. He had introduced himself when he first moved in about half a year ago, but hadn't spoken to them much more than that.
He figured the family was just having fun, but the shrieks and laughs and sounds were annoying. James was tired, hence why he was in bed watching television rather than out in the living room where he might not hear the other family as clearly, but he had gotten cosied up with some hot chocolate, sweatpants and soft hoodie, and Stella by his side with the sole intention of having a nice time resting. Only now he had to listen to the high pitched happy screams of a six-year-old.
This was why he didn't like kids. They didn't think about consequences. He didn't fault them for it, they were small and just wanted to have fun, but they also made their parents not think. They didn't care if their little Karl, or whatever, just kicked a soccer ball in your face while you were minding your business walking your dog, because their little kid was an angel and society just expected you to not get unreasonably angry at a cute little kid. Which he didn't really make a habit of doing, but he did get angry at the parents for not taken responsibility for them.
He wouldn't really say he was angry at the woman next door, he was reasonable enough to realise that they were just playing in their own home. But how was he supposed to know if the girl on screen was going to say a big, deserved, 'fuck you' to her uptight mother and say yes to the polka dot dress when he couldn't even focus on the people on screen's pointless bickering and gushing about how pretty the girl looked in the potential dress for her big day. And it wasn't just his inability to focus on the show right at that moment. It was the fact that he could have been busy focusing on more important things, he did a lot of work from home for example, and the family next door clearly didn't even keep that in mind and it was adding to the annoyance.
Suddenly there was a loud banging of a door closing shut, and James just knew it was the door of his own room, mirrored in the apartment next door. And that was the final straw. He might be tired but he was not going to lay there and listen to some kid playing loudly in the room right next to his, there was a reason he planned on not having his own and took distance from the ones he knew. So, he put his cocoa on the bedside table, stood, and headed out of the out of the apartment, the big black dog dutifully following him to the hallway but not further as James made sure she stayed in their apartment. Based on the wagging of her tail she was clearly significantly less annoyed about the whole ordeal than James, she was just a dog but James was also known for having a bit of a temperament. And when he knocked in his neighbors' door it was with three hard ones and a scowl on his face.
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