[hider=Natasza] [b]Name:[/b] DGS (Doctor Geological Studies) Natasza "Talie" Beata Stepanova [b]Birthday:[/b] October/15/1995 [b]Age[/b]:28 [b]Appearance:[/b] [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1126930038546235392/1128469261216661574/queenbea__a_woman_with_black_hair_in_a_boonie_har_with_a_silver_9da21fae-db13-4e03-8fef-06b53b8aa312-1.png[/img] [img]https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/009/741/846/large/kiyo-kusanagi-untitled-4-copy.jpg?1520626696[/img] Favours practical wear normally but will happily dress up to remind people she is a female Geologist. Workwear is basic outdoors wear, warm, rugged and such. Hair is shorter and deep black. Dark brown eyes. 5'8 normally. 5'10 in heels. Has a sentimental small silver ingot necklace that was from silver from the family mine. Several tattoos as an act of Rebellion including a winged hussar on shoulder and upper arm with a periodic table on her lower arm. [b]Occupation:[/b] Locally assigned as part of USGS survey program to study the area as part of local directive Caliban Green 4. [b]Short Bio:[/b] Natasza was born to a fairly well to do Polish American family who came to the United States Post WW2. Her Grandfather who served in the Free Polish Navy struck a deep vein of luck when he riskily purchased an old mining claim starting the Northern Thunder mine and established after much hard work, toil and blood an fairly profitable small mining enterprise that grew to provide a comfortable income. It was expected she would join her parents in the family business taking Geographical studies at college and doing her master in minerals and mining. It was on a field trip that would cause quite the argument but also set her on her own path. Joining a US Geological Survey trip changed all that, joining the family business was expected but she wanted to see beyond the small bubble they lived in. Signing up against her parents she joined the Doctorate programme the moment it opened and took the first posting that came up. Arriving in Sanctuary was a mostly routine job all considered taking over from a retiring somewhat grumpy old man who seemed to have held the post the last decade or so. He probably should have been replaced sooner but Sanctuary had never been top on the priority lists. Then came a call from the director, the gold had long ran out. But what else was there? Keeping that to herself. The Town may like her less If they knew she might lead to them blasting the top off an entire mountain. [b]Misc:[/b] Natasza got her obscenely pink truck to annoy her last boss, also it was so Pink it was cheap. No one wanted to drive a truck that Barbie would own. It also had a few dents from her leaning to drive it. Peobbly with a old coffee cup, several forgotten coats and a dozen cds piled on passenger seat. Plays rock music way too loud. Is a big fan of heavy metal. The pun is very much aware of. Drinks her coffee way too sweet. "It's like burnt Antifreeze". Somehow she has teeth and is healthy. Bothering prior to morning coffee is more like seeing if a mountain lion will like being poked with a stick. Should wear glasses more but is self conscious and only uses them for computer and closenup reading etc. Swears fluently in English and Polish. Likes Rom Coms but hides it very deeply. [hider=Small USGS Field Office] Mostly a small office, storage area and place to store vehicles like a quad bike etc and such. [img]https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/TiftonGAsquare.jpg[/img] [/hider] [hider=Work Truck. Boring government model] [img]https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0980/images/fig3_TruckLG.jpg[/img] [/hider] [hider=F350 personal Truck. Yes … its that Colour.] [img]https://i.imgur.io/fmrYiWZ_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium[/img] [/hider] [hider=Rental Property. 1 bed cottage with a office and a fireplace for cosy evenings. ] [img]https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/A1aK1Xdv7iQbZ5UdiBioQml4lhQ=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/2270901_cainc0259_1-2000-36b6699219454ee298de1d4565f1ab7d.jpg[/img] [/hider] [hider=Dr Manuel De Santos. USGS Partner of Talie] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/236x/a2/7b/a9/a27ba9c1af4fb090235d8b64360e39ae--perfect-guy-manga-boy.jpg[/img] A tall confident man who has been assigned to work with Talie. Latino and newly qualified Doctor and assigned to the field research. Cuban American by birth originally from the big city on the coast. Growing up in a bad area, bikers and local gangs fought over drugs, money, or just insults and beefs over smallest things could see blood spilled and bullets flying. He scored well and found a way out getting scholarships and finding a way out. His friend was hit in a drive by, confused for his older brother. He was never the same again and not lucky. Much more natural and confident than Talie in public situations, with an easy confidence and way with people and authorities. Had a tendency to wear too tight pants and shirts. Also may wear Rodhesian short shorts in summer with no shame. Interested in gossip and loves a good scandal or would they romance. If there's nothing interesting happening he may just make it happen. Talie is not sure and too polite to ask how he leans but his choice of fashion and some comments in the office makes her entirely unsure. Work ride tends to be a heavily modified scrambler bike for off road and a basic truck like Tallies for big jobs. [hider=My Hider] [img]https://motoadventurer.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/c2c2a-adventure-out-ducati-desert-sled-motoadvr.jpg?w=900[/img] [/hider] Car. 1959. 6.3L V8 Cadillac Eldorado. Pride and joy, rebuild carefully and immaculate. [hider=My Hider] [img]https://auto.cdn-rivamedia.com/photos/annonce/big/cadillac-eldorado-convertible-serie-62-v8-63l-345cv-140267202.jpg[/img] [/hider] [/hider] [hider=Add on Notes] Hat. Boonie hat, little worn in military drab with USGS patch sewn on. Nothing too fancy. Brother. Jan. Johannes full name. 6'6 Blonde and heavily built. More like Thor. Very much enjoys physical labour, working on trucks and heavy machines. Owns a vintage Pascific p16. "I feel like I fit into this" . Very much in pristine rebuilt connection and still sees work use. Works for family, very shy and less confident and shy despite massive build and aperances. Very very much gentle giant. Quiet personality. Despite booming voice and strengh potential. The only one she gets on with in family. Very protective of her brother as knows he is vulnerable in own way despite his size. Reason keeps in touch with family. [hider=My Hider] [img]https://sugarpulp.it/wp-content/uploads/Thor-Love-Thunder-Chris-Hemsowrth-MCU-Marvel-Cinematic-Universe-scaled.jpg[/img] [/hider] ... Also has a high limit credit card from her family she refuses to touch as to be indebt to them Does not get on with parents. Did get on with Grandfather before he died. Supported her unlike parents. [/hider] [/hider] I have a second character planned. The local heavy field tech who a little grumpy, loves Flannel and for once. Not tall lol [hider=Peyton Sherman] [center][hider=C.S.][b]Name:[/b] Peyton Sherman. [b]Birthday:[/b] August/12/1991 [b]Age:[/b] 31 [b]Appearance:[/b] [Img]https://storage.googleapis.com/pai-images/f429aa57e8b04f85872870b2aa49e2b0.jpeg[/img] Stocky, well built and taking after his father Peyton, shorter but solid and regularly played football at school. 5'9 tall and in good shape thanks to having to handle heavy metal, tools and such on a day to day basis. While he can dress nicely and has a rather good collection of smarter wear he can be often seen more casual in Jeans and a wide variety of T shirts and Flannel teamed with boots. At work he tends to stick to tried and tested boots, overalls and a battered cowboy hat. A little surly but warms up to anyone who is willing to get past the first impression. [b]Occupation:[/b] 4th generation fully qualified field tech of Sherman Heavy Industrial Machinery. Licensed Caterpillar dealer and repair heavy machinery. Founded in 1940. However they handle some basic tasks in general for other brands. Also heir apparent to the business though his father remains in charge for now. His Uncle took over for a time though his father recovered from the stroke and returned. Regularly seem visiting the Renos, Naviro, larger farms and other enterprises who run a lot of heavy machinery. Renos especially is a regular call at times as Logging is tough on machines and some of their operators can misjudge things. [b]Short Bio:[/b] The family is old, the Shermans have been in town as long as anyone can really remember without checking the town archives. They founded the dealership in 1940 and have been running the local heavy machinery repair shop and dealership for 4 generations. Over time it's grown from a small operation to a major repair centre taking in everything from small Bobcats people hire for yard work to mining, forestry, farming and anything else Cat sells and produces at some time or other over the years. Having such a legacy was a blessing and a curse however. You were guaranteed a job and a solid one too, but also your choices were effectively set. His father being a history buff named his son after one of the founding fathers much to his own displeasure at teasing he got as a kid. Sole son of his parents due to mother struggling with a bad pregnancy it was assumed that he would take on the legacy and the town almost expected. Sherman was so ingrained in some people that the dealership was solely referred to as taking it to Shermans. Nothing more, just Shermans. No one even needed further words. Peyton was soon helping out in the shop, passing a spanner and in his later teenage years was seen working on changing oil and working on smaller jobs under supervision. He took fast to the physical work and had a knack to fix things. The paper documentation and office stuff was a whole different story. Peyton was never the most academic and one day will likely be the owner, which comes with serious amounts of responsibility. The family however thank God, fate and whatever else you believed in Caterpillar really did mean a lifetime promise. When his father was his Uncle took the throne as it is jokingly referred to in the family until the King could return. Health insurance covered everything without a question, business had support. Caterpillar did right by them. Thankfully the lifetime pension offer was not needed but greatly appreciated. He fell into a bit of trouble in his late teens but nothing too severe and only got a talking to or spent the night in cells sobering up. He knew when to call it quits though and began to sort his life out. The sudden family emergency was ill timed indeed when his relationship broke down and his then girlfriend just straight up left town leaving him alone with an empty feeling house and deep worry not knowing what would happen. The engagement ring he meant to give was thrown in the local lake in a fit of anger and desire to cast it anywhere it could never be found again. A matter of months prior it seemed all was right and he was happy to be elbow deep in the engine and tracks of a Cat, often owned by the Renos or another of the big landowners. He planned to propose in the mountains and life took a nosedive Though life has a funny way of working. He was working late one evening to rebuild an engine when a filthy, bedraggled one eyed cat came in. A check at the vet found nothing. It took a good wash to find out the cat was even white, once the cat curled up on his lap he had a cat, the cat chose him. Naming her Yogurt, he never was great at that. Yogurt soon regularly snuggled up to him at night. Maybe the universe was not entirely cruel. Yogurt has been seen a few times on the company's slightly sporadically updated social media pages, more often than not asleep or getting in the way in such ways only she can. Cat tech rescuing a cat, sitting on a cat was too good to pass up. Their social media woman keeps pushing for him to take a more prominent role as effectively considered by many to be the assumed heir. The fact he works getting dirty in the field without complaint like the rest of technician's customers bent over an engine on a daily basis has only made people more sure he is one who will be leading them into the next generation. [b]Misc:[/b] Anything else you'd like to add (not required)[/hider][/center] Fully licensed CDL driver and recovery licensed. Even the family forgot when they arrived in Sanctuary. There's probably a record somewhere. Plays acoustic guitar at home mostly though is fairly good. Claimed to dislike cats and only was looking after it…until he had a cat. Is now a cat person. Rough round edges but means we'll and have headed out late at night to rescue more than one person with less sense than they should. Vehicles. Field tech truck [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/399361140091518977/1132286492077723738/images_2.jpg[/img] Cat trucks fitted out for heavy support use if tech trucks cannot handle the job. Painted in cat white and Yellow. [img]https://santafetowservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Santa-Fe-Tow_12994488_984847888219209_669232613107250689_n.jpg[/img] Personal Truck. 2006 H1 he maintains himself. [img]https://rmsothebys-cache.azureedge.net/9/4/3/0/e/4/9430e49f3b3e12b9551600cc3b9b53ebe63ae721.jpg[/img] Home built on land near his parents. [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSK5jC2kmn-DQ6CXExOTe989T2d6w6565i5Yg&usqp=CAU[/img] Yogurt [img]https://www.bluecross.org.uk/sites/default/files/d8/styles/content_large_1000px_wide_/public/2021-01/BX151174_blossom7.jpg?itok=k0hO_OGF[/img] [/hider]