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[center][h2][color=sienna]Philip Iverson[/color][/h2]
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[sub][i]"While there’s life, there’s hope"[/i]-[b]Cicero[/b][/sub][/center]

[indent]Philip Howard Iverson[/indent]

[b][u]Nickname:[/u][/b] Phil, Philly, How, Ive

[b][u]Birth date and age:[/u][/b] July, 13th, age 17

[b][u]Sexuality:[/u][/b] Heterosexual

[b][u]In Depth Appearance:[/u][/b]
At an average height of about 5’ 10”, he’s rather unremarkable in a crowd. With a thin, wiry frame supported by a fair amount of muscle- which he maintains through yardwork, helping his grandma out, and taking care of a disagreeable pickup. Unruly- but more or less straight- brown hair would dominate the top of his head, if he wasn’t always wearing his blue beanie. Muddy brown eyes stare out of a pair of thicker-rimmed prescription glasses. By default, he appears to be calm, reserved, and thoughtful.

[b][u]Personality:[/u][/b]
[center][u]• Reserved • Thoughtful • Serious • [/u][/center]
In short, Phil wishes he could help other people- he sees many things and wishes to act upon the urge to help others remedy their flaws. However, he’s also intelligent enough to realize most people wouldn’t welcome his help, and even more so, he doesn’t want to risk getting hurt by trying to help someone.

Philip is intelligent, and he’s wary of others because of it.

He doesn’t joke much. He’ll crack a smile and maybe laugh a little, but he doesn’t see the world in a bright light, which affects his humor. If he says something, really says it, then he means it. While he uses sarcasm as a defense against people he doesn’t like, or when he’s feeling threatened, he’s unlikely to mean anything he says when he’s being sarcastic or passive-aggressive. 

When he tells you something, without sarcasm or anything, then you can safely assume that is what he whole-heartedly means. Most of the time, he voices his thoughts without any emotion in his voice- cutting it off, simply making it factual. 

Large crowds in cramped spaces- low-ceilinged restaurants or the like- cause Philip to slowly get more and more anxious, until he has to leave or start hyperventilating.

[b][u]Likes:[/u][/b]
[list][*] Lizzy! (best buddy)
[*] History & Science (Don’t ask him about WWII tanks or warships)
[*] Art (sketching, mainly)
[*] Cool weather (rain, snow, fog, etc.)
[*] Food. Free food, especially.
[*] Pretty things- flowers, people, whatever it may be, as long as it’s pleasing to the eye.
[*] Mythology!
[*] Reading (Occasionally starts reading a random page in a pocket dictionary he has, if he’s feeling especially bored)
[*] Is a gun nut[/list]

[b][u]Dislikes:[/u][/b]
[list][*] Disrespect
[*] Stupidity, foolhardiness, etc.
[*] Crappy food.
[*] Religion (though he’ll poke jokes at it for fun, if he’s in the mood)
[*] Hot weather (unless he’s swimming)
[*] Dishonesty
[*] Small, creeping things. Spiders, snakes, etc. Even if he’ll kill them, he’ll be the first to note that they need a flamethrower to cleanse it.
[*] Misplaced or crude humor[/list]

[b][u]Fears:[/u][/b]
[list][*] Being attacked
[*] Being universally shunned/hated/ignored
[*] Being alone again
[*] Small spaces/ mild claustrophobia (not cozy/comfy-small spaces, he’s fine with it as long as it’s comfortable)[/list]

[b][u]Biography:[/u][/b] 
Philip lives outside of town, about ten miles away. Having grown up in the family home- a sizable two-story stone brick house- on the family ranch, he’s more used to the solitude than the crowds.

As a child, he had difficulty fitting in. He read books, where other kids played football and laughed at each other. Even when he did join the kids for games he did like- such as tag- he was often picked on, targeted, and laughed at especially much. So, from an early age, he learned not to trust them- not to give them anything more to laugh at him for. And as new kids came and went, all of them laughing at him, he learned that it wasn’t just the kids at his school- it was kids from any school.

The older he grew, the more reserved he became. His help was generally looked down upon- others must have thought him condescending, or that he felt he was superior to them. Despite being in a family that made plenty of money- not rich-rich, but could certainly afford not working for a week or buying something on a whim or three- he was never feeling as if he was fortunate or the like. He was unhappy, and the under-privileged, poverty-stricken ones were so much more exuberant and excited.

Thus, as Philip came into high school, he felt a much different environment and was a little intimidated by it. People were less interested in bullying, and more interested in their own personal lives and drama- some still beat up on others, but most were occupied with something else. He felt a certain sort of freedom in this- even as a couple kids tried to get a reaction out of him, he realized it happened maybe once or twice a month, if that, instead of at least once a day as it used to when he was much younger.

He never did much- he didn’t participate in sports, didn’t participate in any extra-curricular activities, and purposely dumbed down his assignments a little, so that he wouldn’t be continually commended, recognized, or otherwise singled out, to ensure that he was simply average, and invisible. 

[b][u]Secret:[/u][/b]
1) Has a [i]massive[/i] crush on Lizzy, though he tries to be really careful about it.
2) Envies Cass for her unrestricted self, even if he’ll never admit to it.

[u][b]Theme Song:[/b][/u] 
I dunno.
[sub][i]liek wut .~.[/i][/sub]

[u][b]Other:[/b][/u]
* Actually quite smart- one of the smartest in school. But too many people would turn their heads towards him if he actually did his very, very best, and he's more than a little afraid of that. 
* Owns a fennec [fox]- that is to say, a tiny desert-originated fox that screeches all the time, with the most adorable ears.
* Lizzy's his bestest friend in the whole wide world. If he needs to talk to someone- he does it with her. She's the only one he's let in, and he takes comfort in the fact that she hasn't hurt him, and if she has, it wasn't intentional.
* His parents work an hour away- but they're fine with the drive because they get paid really well, and their jobs are in opposite directions from home. Four years ago, they worked in town.

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