[hider=Dominic Mason] [center][h1][color=Brown]Dominic Mason[/color][/h1] [IMG]https://36.media.tumblr.com/57c869634a0522caebd412f969055c63/tumblr_njyjqdgUiI1td9snko1_500.png[/IMG] [i]"I feel vulnerable on mountains, it's an uncontrolled raw environment. It's truly humbling"[/i] -[b]Jeremy Jones - Snowboarder[/b][.hr] [color=Brown][b][u]Name:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Dominic James Mason[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Nickname:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]- Dom - Mountain Man[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Birth Date:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]July/16/1992[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Age:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]23[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Gender:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Male[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Sexuality:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Heterosexual[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Relationship Status:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Single[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Occupation:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]- Bartender at HUB - Mountaineer[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Apartment Number:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]2C[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]In Depth Appearance:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Dominic is made of ice. Born and raised in the colds of Minnesota, he is built strongly at about 6’1 and about 210lb of nearly all muscle. He has chocolate brown hair and hazel eyes. Dom is not overly muscular however, with a somewhat stocky build. Quite often, Dom will grow a thick beard and let his hair grow out wildly when travelling, he only shaves it off if his boss tells him too so he looks relatively clean when serving drinks at the bar. His clothing style is very basic, often dressed simply in jeans and a buttoned down or plain t-shirt. He wears brown boots most of the time and always has his brown leather watch on his left wrist. He wears black thick rimmed glasses to read. [/indent] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [center][h1][color=Brown][u]MY QUIRKS[/u][/color][/h1][/center] [center][color=Brown][b][u]Habits | Quirks | Oddities[/u][/b][/color] [indent]- Scratching his head when talking - Straightening the coasters in his apartment - Chewing the inside of his mouth - Thinking out loud - Singing to himself - He always knows what someone wants to drink in the bar[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Hobbies:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]- Hiking - Freeboarding - Hockey - Mountaineering - Filming[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Likes:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]- Snow - Mountains - Lakes - Quiet - Music - Sports - The Mighty Ducks[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Dislikes:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]- His HCM - Crowds of people - People who waste their lives - Repeating himself - Carrots[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Fears:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]- His HCM - Succumbing to the thought of what could’ve been - Never finding love[/indent][/center] [center][color=Brown][b][u]Personality:[/u][/b][/color] [/center] [center][u]♦ Kind ♦ Impatient ♦ Wise♦ Withdrawn ♦[/u][/center] [center][indent]Dominic is a quiet and thoughtful individual. He does not waste his words on idle chit chat but instead only speaking when he has something worthwhile to say. He is eloquent and rarely uses foul language. Although it’s easy to speak to Dom, it’s extremely difficult getting anything personal from him. He is more than happy to help any of his friends with an issue and it is true that more often than not he is the one they turn to for help but when he is the one in need, he shoulders the burden alone and withdraws from everyone around him. A lot of the time, it is like Dom is detached from the world, like a wise sage you go to for advice as he is perceptive of your wants and your needs but yet is an enigma to himself. Dominic is happy to lead a quiet life, staying away from parties and just chilling on his balcony with a beer or watching the game with a pizza. When life gets too much for him, Dom simply grabs his snowboard, hikes into a mountain and stays there for weeks at a time with no word to family or friend. Solitude is his oldest friend. A self admitted neat freak, everything in Dom's apartment has a place and he will know if someone has moved anything and there will be hell to pay if you have.[/indent][.hr][/center] [center][h1][color=Brown][u]D E F I N I N G M Y P A S T[/u][/color][/h1][/center] [color=Brown][b][u]History:[/u][/b][/color] [indent] Dominic Mason was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Raised in the countryside on a farm; Dom’s early life was very simple. His life was a routine of early mornings, feed the animals, milk the cows, tend to what needed tended to, head into town to sell what they could and then back home in time for supper. It was a quiet life many would crave, Dom from a very early age, always felt like he was destined for more. This relatively tough early life instilled in him the drive and determination many of his generation lack. This isolated upbringing also stunted Dom’s inter-personal growth. The absence of friends around him meant that his social interactions left something to be desired. He desperately struggled to form any lasting bonds with anyone so he found solace in music, often just sitting with his headphones on rather than talk to people. Although Dom did attend high school in the city, he still struggled to fit in. After a while he began to enjoy the solitude and began to pursue solitary pass times like swimming, climbing and he eventually graduated to mountaineering, often going off on long trips with his father to traverse the harshest mountains the US had to offer. Eventually, Dominic developed an interest in trying out for the Olympic Ice Hockey team having grown up as a standout in pee wee and amateur leagues and at the behest of his gym trainer, he began to hone is skills and train hard. Dom was well in with a shot to be picked for the Olympic team but sadly, during a routine training exercise, Dom suffered a massive cardiac arrest. He survived and after testing it was found that Dom suffered from HCM, a heart condition sometimes found in young athletes which puts them at risk of sudden heart failure. During his time at the rehabilitation clinic, the young man struck up a friendship with another patient named Jason. Jason was a former soldier who had been struck by some shrapnel and was now unable to walk. The two men became fast friends, even to the point that whenever Jason skyped with his sister Noelle, he would allow Dominic to join in the conversation. After a while, Noelle began skyping Dom by himself and the two developed a close relationship, finally it felt like Dom had found a friend. She even sent him a watch which he never takes off. Once he left the rehabilitation clinic, Dom returned to the farm. Still believing there was more for him out there, he decided to uproot his life and leave the colds of Minnesota for the sun of California. Having managed to make a nice nest-egg for himself working on the family farm, Dom got himself a nice apartment – shared obviously since he isn’t made of money and a job at a bar on the same street with his boss even allowing him to flake out on occasion to go climb a mountain. His friends in the other apartments often call him the mountain man, as he seems more comfortable in the middle of nowhere than in a crowded place. Right now Dom is struggling to find anything to do with his life, he’s waiting for inspiration.[/indent][.hr] [center][h1][color=Brown][u]MISC .[/u][/color][/h1][/center] [color=Brown][b][u]Extra:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]My favourite activity is walking my dogs[/indent] [color=Brown][b][u]Anything Else:[/u][/b][/color] [indent]- Only one person (TBD) in all the flats knows about Dom’s heart condition[/indent][.hr][/center] [/hider]