OOC INFORMATION Player: Ricks Age: 25 Personal Journal:punchingbears Contact Info:extreminator Other Characters: Chuck | Motorcity |dieharder
IC INFORMATION Characters Name: Alex Benedetto Age: 24 Canon:Gangsta. Canon Point: Chapter 20 Species: Human Gender: Female Orientation: As a former prostitute, she's seen with male customers though hardly showing any romantic or sexual interest in them. She is developing what could be interpreted as a small 'crush' on Nicolas but so far has shown no inclination towards females, and therefore would be fine married to a man.
History: The story happens in the crime-riddled streets of Ergastulum, a city that was founded after the War of Unification. Originally it was meant as a quarantine area for Celebre users from the war, later on known as Twilights. Celebre is a drug that gave their users superhuman strength and resistance, therefore seemingly creating the "perfect" soldiers for the war, but the descendants of the original users showed to possess the same enhanced traits, except in order to live, they depended on the Celebre drug. Now years later, Ergastulum is inhabited not only by Twilights, also known as Tagged (because their targeting, identification and subsequent tagging - they are literally given dog tags that serve mostly as a warning to normal people - is mandatory), but also criminals and refugees from various countries. Ergastulum is part of a larger country, but the main governing forces within the city's limits are the local mafia families, Corsica, Cristiano and Monroe, and the Paulklee guild.
As the story begins, Alex works the streets as a prostitute, for a small-time criminal, her pimp named Barry, who, in order to keep her obedient and controlled, drugged her on a regular basis. Alex is soon caught in the middle of a hit job - the Benriya (literally translated 'Jack of all trades'), two men known as Worick Arcangelo and Nicolas Brown, the latter being a Twilight himself, are hired by the police inspector Chad Adkins to kill Barry and erase his entire organization. Nicolas offers to kill Alex himself, since she was considered part of Barry's small gang, but Worick sees no point in killing her, and even with the inspector's expressed disagreement, Worick claims she's part of the Benriya loot, and would be working for them as a secretary from then on. Knowing how useful the two men are as his means to keep the city under relative control, Chad complains but doesn't actively oppose their decision.
With that, she starts living temporarily with Worick and Nicolas, while she tries to get her life back under her control. Unfortunately, as she is no longer under the effect of the drug Barry used on her, she starts having panic attacks, and ends up having to take tranquilizing drugs prescribed by a doctor trusted by the Benriya, Dr. Theo, who is also the one who gets Nicolas the drugs he needs.
Another side effect of the overuse of the controlling drug was memory loss, and only after some time without being under its effect has she began to recover memories that she had thought lost, amongst them the memories of her brother.
Appearance:Here Alex is a 24 year-old girl, 167cm/5'6" tall and dark skinned, blue eyed and with long straight black hair. She is very pretty and physically attractive, and has an excellent posture. She usually wears simple dresses and always the same pair of black low heel shoes.
Personality: At first, Alex is shown as a quiet and modest girl, though when Worick and Nicolas take her in, she quickly shows that, despite being soft-spoken and discreet, she is honest and straightforward. She keeps mostly to herself, but when she says something she does mean it, and doesn't hesitate to voice her opinions and defend things and people she cares for and believes in.
She is a very kind and caring person, shown to be affectionate towards the ones she comes to care about, and compassionate upon facing any situation. She thinks herself mostly a burden to Worick and Nicolas, and as such does whatever she can to make up for the fact that she gets in their way, keeping their place clean and cooking for them, answering phone calls with jobs whenever they're not around. She's a hard worker, and always tries to be helpful and prove herself useful in any way.
She remains humble but is very curious, though in a passive way. She doesn't approach others aggressively, but tries to know more about them without making them uncomfortable. For instance, she decides to learn sign language so she can communicate with Nicolas, who is deaf, but at the same time she keeps her distance from him because she's aware he's not comfortable and dislikes being near her - though at first she's also unsure of him, and a little hesitant due to his rough and unstable attitude.
In spite of being a quiet and respectful person, she is honest and always speaks her mind, especially when it comes to clearing up misunderstandings, as it happens when Nina went to their place and thought she was one of Worick's clients. She shows to be considerate of everyone, and a fair and just person. She is tolerant and unprejudiced, which in a place like Ergastulum is saying a lot, especially when it comes to normal people, who by norm fear and hate the Twilights.
Still, Alex is very unsure of who she is or what to do with her own life. Now no longer being controlled through a drug, she experiences panic attacks on occasion, paired with unpleasant hallucinations, though she's taking medication to control them. Even so, she still shows to be anxious, and on occasion fears for her own life, and what these side effects might mean in the future, as she starts remembering things she had forgotten due to the prolonged use of drug. She struggles, more internally than anything else, but slowly tries to take control of her own life again.
It's a show of strength how, after so long under the influence of a man who drugged her to keep her quiet and obedient, she manages to recover her own identity. She might not remember all of who she is, but she is righteous and honest, a proof of how even in the worst kind of place and the worst type of circumstances, one can still strive to be the best they can. Through whatever the future and the dangerous city brings, she remains optimistic, and has hope that in the end they'll find a way to work things out, even if realistically she knows what kind of path or destination might be ahead of them.
Third Person: Alex couldn't remember the last time she'd seen a house like this, white picket fence, garden in the front, flowers blooming. Or she could, but it usually came with vivid images of burn marks, blood splatter and a general smell of wreck and destruction. She realized that she'd gotten so used to the violence, that she'd almost forgotten what a peaceful place felt like.
It was strange, definitely, and she couldn't bring herself to fully accept her current situation. But if anything, she'd learned how to adapt quickly, and try to make the best of any situation - even when that situation involved something as surreal and seemingly impossible as suddenly finding herself in an entirely different universe.
It was far quieter and slower than Ergastulum here, but she'd always been quick to find things to busy herself with, so while she was looking to find a job, she did other things. Right now, in shorts and a comfortable t-shirt, she took care of the rose bushes in front of the house. Not her house, she was well aware, and the thought was more than enough to not get her too comfortable, but still, she liked the feeling.
She picked a couple more flowers and cut them, added them to a small pile near her feet. It wasn't much, but with so many pretty flowers outside, it just wasn't right to leave the jar on the kitchen table empty like that. And there's nothing wrong with trying to make the whole place a little better until she went back to Ergastulum.
(And maybe, just maybe, it was a little selfish, because she still wanted to find her brother, but most of all because there were people, innocents, who would rely on Worick and Nicolas for safety, but she couldn't help hoping that they just stayed here instead, away from that awful place.)
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IC INFORMATION
Characters Name: Alex Benedetto
Age: 24
Canon: Gangsta.
Canon Point: Chapter 20
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Orientation: As a former prostitute, she's seen with male customers though hardly showing any romantic or sexual interest in them. She is developing what could be interpreted as a small 'crush' on Nicolas but so far has shown no inclination towards females, and therefore would be fine married to a man.
Alex Benedetto | Gangsta. | Reserved
As the story begins, Alex works the streets as a prostitute, for a small-time criminal, her pimp named Barry, who, in order to keep her obedient and controlled, drugged her on a regular basis. Alex is soon caught in the middle of a hit job - the Benriya (literally translated 'Jack of all trades'), two men known as Worick Arcangelo and Nicolas Brown, the latter being a Twilight himself, are hired by the police inspector Chad Adkins to kill Barry and erase his entire organization. Nicolas offers to kill Alex himself, since she was considered part of Barry's small gang, but Worick sees no point in killing her, and even with the inspector's expressed disagreement, Worick claims she's part of the Benriya loot, and would be working for them as a secretary from then on. Knowing how useful the two men are as his means to keep the city under relative control, Chad complains but doesn't actively oppose their decision.
With that, she starts living temporarily with Worick and Nicolas, while she tries to get her life back under her control. Unfortunately, as she is no longer under the effect of the drug Barry used on her, she starts having panic attacks, and ends up having to take tranquilizing drugs prescribed by a doctor trusted by the Benriya, Dr. Theo, who is also the one who gets Nicolas the drugs he needs.
Another side effect of the overuse of the controlling drug was memory loss, and only after some time without being under its effect has she began to recover memories that she had thought lost, amongst them the memories of her brother.
Appearance: Here
Alex is a 24 year-old girl, 167cm/5'6" tall and dark skinned, blue eyed and with long straight black hair. She is very pretty and physically attractive, and has an excellent posture. She usually wears simple dresses and always the same pair of black low heel shoes.
Personality: At first, Alex is shown as a quiet and modest girl, though when Worick and Nicolas take her in, she quickly shows that, despite being soft-spoken and discreet, she is honest and straightforward. She keeps mostly to herself, but when she says something she does mean it, and doesn't hesitate to voice her opinions and defend things and people she cares for and believes in.
She is a very kind and caring person, shown to be affectionate towards the ones she comes to care about, and compassionate upon facing any situation. She thinks herself mostly a burden to Worick and Nicolas, and as such does whatever she can to make up for the fact that she gets in their way, keeping their place clean and cooking for them, answering phone calls with jobs whenever they're not around. She's a hard worker, and always tries to be helpful and prove herself useful in any way.
She remains humble but is very curious, though in a passive way. She doesn't approach others aggressively, but tries to know more about them without making them uncomfortable. For instance, she decides to learn sign language so she can communicate with Nicolas, who is deaf, but at the same time she keeps her distance from him because she's aware he's not comfortable and dislikes being near her - though at first she's also unsure of him, and a little hesitant due to his rough and unstable attitude.
In spite of being a quiet and respectful person, she is honest and always speaks her mind, especially when it comes to clearing up misunderstandings, as it happens when Nina went to their place and thought she was one of Worick's clients. She shows to be considerate of everyone, and a fair and just person. She is tolerant and unprejudiced, which in a place like Ergastulum is saying a lot, especially when it comes to normal people, who by norm fear and hate the Twilights.
Still, Alex is very unsure of who she is or what to do with her own life. Now no longer being controlled through a drug, she experiences panic attacks on occasion, paired with unpleasant hallucinations, though she's taking medication to control them. Even so, she still shows to be anxious, and on occasion fears for her own life, and what these side effects might mean in the future, as she starts remembering things she had forgotten due to the prolonged use of drug. She struggles, more internally than anything else, but slowly tries to take control of her own life again.
It's a show of strength how, after so long under the influence of a man who drugged her to keep her quiet and obedient, she manages to recover her own identity. She might not remember all of who she is, but she is righteous and honest, a proof of how even in the worst kind of place and the worst type of circumstances, one can still strive to be the best they can. Through whatever the future and the dangerous city brings, she remains optimistic, and has hope that in the end they'll find a way to work things out, even if realistically she knows what kind of path or destination might be ahead of them.
Alex Benedetto | Gangsta. | Reserved
Other: Nothing that I can remember.
SAMPLES
First Person: Post and threads on Dear Mun
Third Person:
Alex couldn't remember the last time she'd seen a house like this, white picket fence, garden in the front, flowers blooming. Or she could, but it usually came with vivid images of burn marks, blood splatter and a general smell of wreck and destruction. She realized that she'd gotten so used to the violence, that she'd almost forgotten what a peaceful place felt like.
It was strange, definitely, and she couldn't bring herself to fully accept her current situation. But if anything, she'd learned how to adapt quickly, and try to make the best of any situation - even when that situation involved something as surreal and seemingly impossible as suddenly finding herself in an entirely different universe.
It was far quieter and slower than Ergastulum here, but she'd always been quick to find things to busy herself with, so while she was looking to find a job, she did other things. Right now, in shorts and a comfortable t-shirt, she took care of the rose bushes in front of the house. Not her house, she was well aware, and the thought was more than enough to not get her too comfortable, but still, she liked the feeling.
She picked a couple more flowers and cut them, added them to a small pile near her feet. It wasn't much, but with so many pretty flowers outside, it just wasn't right to leave the jar on the kitchen table empty like that. And there's nothing wrong with trying to make the whole place a little better until she went back to Ergastulum.
(And maybe, just maybe, it was a little selfish, because she still wanted to find her brother, but most of all because there were people, innocents, who would rely on Worick and Nicolas for safety, but she couldn't help hoping that they just stayed here instead, away from that awful place.)
OTHER
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