[quote=@Meleck] [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://images.app.goo.gl/xQyVUMQJXJBanmPt8[/img] [b]Height[/b]: 5’8” [b]Weight[/b]: 192# [b]Likes[/b]: ships, building things, learning, goofing off with friends [b]Dislikes[/b]: being told it can’t be done, obnoxious people, [b]Zodiac Sign[/b]: Sagittarius [b]Special Talent[/b]: sailing, scuba, welding, repair [b]Profession[/b]: Part time student, part time sailor/mechanic (underwater welding) [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 at times for weeks. Child protective services threatened to take him out of the home for truancy. He completed his Junior High and High School online normally working as a deckhand as his father worked as an engineer. Because of the risk, they pay was good and Alex would buy what ever he wanted. The first audit by the IRS work him up as he ended up paying a lot of money. The second one 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 for interest. He is currently taking Chinese because of a cute girl that at a small restaurant near the peer the houseboat docks at. Alex takes pride In what he does. He tends to be pragmatic taking what is useful. 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. Girls in workout clothes does not hurt either.[/hider] [b]Your character's favorite song[/b]: Wanted Dead or Alive (and most rock ballads) [b]Actor or Actress who would play your Character in a movie[/b] Sig Hanson [/hider] [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] [/quote] I'm happy, though need to just fix the stuff [@Pilatus] mentioned and join in the fun. Just because one is a special skill does not mean you cannot have others. One is just a particularly stand out skill.