[color=LightSteelBlue] [h2] [center]Alexander Grey [/center] [/h2] [/color] [b]Name[/b]: Alexander Drake Grey [hider=bio] [b]Age[/b]: 22 [b]Appearance[/b]: [hider=pic] [img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/haikyuu/images/b/b3/Hinata%27s_joy_being_in_a_clubroom.PNG/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20140831230446[/img] Alex has red hair and light brownish colored eyes. He is about average height. He has low body fat and a good amount of muscle. He tends to dress in comfortable clothes. His idea of dressing up is putting on a shirt with more than three buttons with black slip-on sneakers and black jeans. [b]Height[/b]: 5’8” [b]Weight[/b]: 192# [b]Likes[/b]: ships, building things, learning, goofing off with friends, and diving. [b]Dislikes[/b]: IRS, being told it can’t be done, obnoxious people, people trying to push him drink or do drugs. [b]Zodiac Sign[/b]: Sagittarius [b]Special Talent[/b]: mechanic [b]Interests/hobbies[/b]: food, swimming, diving, learning things [b]Profession[/b]: Part time student, part time sailor/mechanic [b]Bio/Personality[/b]: Alex grew up on the water. His father was a shipwright and pilot. His mother was a nurse. She left them because of his father’s drinking when he was young. Alex would go with his father for weeks at a time missing school. Child Protective Services had threatened to take him out of the home for flagrant truancy. He completed his Junior High and High School online normally working as a deckhand on whatever ship his father worked on at the time. His grades were not great, imagine working twelve hours on the deck, then spending a couple hours doing school. Life on the sea is risky and the pay is good. It is not a matter of if you get injured, get swept overboard, or do something dumb, but when. At 14 he owned his first sports car. He is rebuilding it from the a wreck his father had in it. At 16 he saved up and bought a pickup that he uses as his service truck. He carried on working after his father died from liver and kidney failure. He has a small marine repair shop down by the docks. It has a hoist that works most of the time so he can repair ships. Sometimes he and his equipment get flown out to a ship at see where he ends up doing underwater repairs and some slight salvage. One of the things he is learning is that he does not know how to run the business. This was evident from two big events sponsored by the I.R.S. The first audit he ended up paying a lot of money. The second one almost cost him everything. This got him to apply for business school at the university. He was accepted as a provisionally as a hardship cases. He takes a couple classes towards the business degree then a class that interests him. He is currently taking Chinese because of a cute girl that works at a small restaurant near the pier lives by. Alex takes pride In what he does. He tends to be pragmatic in his thinking, taking what is useful and discarding the rest. Because of being a crew member on ships, Alex has learned to control his temper. You fight, you get dropped off and that means you don’t get a full share. Alex likes to lift weights and do things that help his diving. The girls in workout clothes do not hurt either.[/hider] [b]Your character's favorite song[/b]: AC/DC [i]TNT[/i] [b]Actor or Actress who would play your Character in a movie[/b] Sig Hanson [/hider] [B]Proposed Connections[/b]: [hider=Xia Alexander] @King Tai Alex's connection to Xia is physical therapy for a leg injury that he received while making a repair on a ship. The leg still hurts from time to time and he is constantly needed to be worked over from some minor injuries from work or lifting. [/hider] [hider=Marinalia] @PrinceAlexus Marlins has recently flown Alex in her rotatory wing aircraft and dumped in out a sea to work on a ship a few times. [/hider] [hider=Joel Nicolosi] @Pilatus What gear head doesn't like to talk engines, cars, trucks, and the like with another gear head. Borrowing tools from each other is cheaper than paying the tool trucks.[/hider] [hider=Siobhan Jude Murphy] @Almalthia He refers to her as Joel's better half. Knowing her comes with knowing Joel. He sees her as a sister.[/hider] [hider=Joshua Anthony Russo] @caliban22 Alex has met Joshua many times late in the evening when projects or assignments are due. [/hider] [hider=YOJI LARA CELESTINO] @Headhunter Alex eats like he is on ship. You eat everything in sight then go work for twelve to 20 hours. He also tries do his best to keep the ENTRE DOS ISLAS running. [/hider] [hider=Charles Rainer] @Tyler Night Alex is a frequent patron the the Hole in the Wall Bar and Grill. He started coming for the cheese steak sandwiches and burgers. He is getting to know Charles as a friend.[/hider] [hr][hr] [hider=Tell us about yourself] Your age: 52 What part of the world are you from? Midwest USA How many years have you been writing/roleplaying: about 10, pbp about 6 months How often do you have time to post? Every day/couple times a week when busy with life. What you do for a living? I work in a hospital. How much do you work a week? 50 hours a week What do you enjoy doing besides writing? Have a wife and four children. Other: I like world building. I am also working on my writing and was raised by an engineer. If you gentle in correction on my writing, I am willing to learn and improve.[/hider] I’m a 3-4 time a week poster. I like to interact with others and tend to do better in smaller groups. I am not a social butterfly.