[hider=She's a Knockout, Y'all!][center][url=https://fontmeme.com/air-albania-font/][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/190929/e64abc821da1827b707e823b23685798.png[/img][/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/tM2zEhJ.jpg[/img][/center] [color=217633]Full Name[/color] [indent]Tara Kathleen O'Leary[/indent] [color=217633]Nicknames[/color] [indent]T.K.O.[/indent] [color=217633]Age[/color] [indent]28[/indent] [color=217633]Gender[/color] [indent]Female[/indent] [color=217633]Sexuality[/color] [indent]Bisexual (She thinks)[/indent] [color=217633]Relationship Status[/color] [indent]Single[/indent] [color=217633]Occupation[/color] [indent]Physical Therapist, WWE Performance Center[/indent] [color=217633]Current Address[/color] [indent][url=https://www.oviedogrove.com/oviedo/oviedo-grove/floorplans/cypress-685457/is-premium-view/1/]1612-12 1600 Oviedo Court Cir, Oviedo, FL[/url][/indent] [color=217633]Appearance Details[/color] [indent]The Tara of 10 years ago was a supremely confident woman, and it showed in her looks. She kept her reddish-brown hair in an unruly pixie cut atop her head that showed how few fucks she gave. She preferred to show some levels of femininity, with her eyeliner skills on point, especially since she never had to worry about getting her makeup messed up in a fight. She rotated through a selection of dresses, her favorite being the green one, but most people didn't wonder about why she was wearing a dress underneath a leather bomber jacket, because most people weren't silly enough to ask. Nowadays, the leather jacket has been retired. Tara long realized a while ago that the jacket wasn't the best choice as everyday wear in the Florida climate. She favors a section of conservative dresses or turtleneck/jean combos when she is out and about, and a yoga pants/tight long-sleeve shirt combo when at work. Her hair has since been allowed to grow out, covering up the multiple piercings in her ears as it darkened to a more classic brown color. Her body is still athletic and maintains some of the muscle tones from her athletic days, thanks to the home gym that is set up in the two bedroom apartment she rents while saving up for a house. However, much like the tattoos of the snarling bobcat on her right shoulder blade and the barbed wire around both upper arms, they are covered up by her wardrobe.[/indent] [color=217633]Personality[/color] [indent]The Tara that is showing up for this reunion is a stark contrast to the Tara that left King's Academy 10 years ago. That Tara was known for being tough as nails and not taking anyone's shit whatsoever. As one of the oldest people in her grade, she especially didn't care for people who picked on those who were smaller and unable to fight back. Tara usually kicked the crap out of them. However, this Tara hasn't fought in a few years. Could she still do it? Probably? Is she going to find out? Not likely at this point. This Tara has become more reserved, more withdrawn. It's why she lives a solid distance away from her place of work, so she can maintain that level of separation with everything else. It's like the fight from before was slowly leeched from her. She is still caring, still willing to give the shirt off her back to someone who asks for it, especially at work, but her social life has become non-existent. This is the first contact she is going to have with most of the people from her graduating class since finally getting out of Palm Beach. Tara is pretty anxious that people who remember her as this avenging feminist crusader are going to be extremely disappointed with who shows up in T.K.O's place. But she already committed to going, so she's here.[/indent] [color=217633]Upbringing Synopsis[/color] [indent]Tara O'Leary was the first child of Brendan O'Leary, the heir to an national auto parts chain, and Nicola McTavish, a fresh-out-of-Florida Atlantic management intern at the time. Brendan's father Michael forced Brendan into a shotgun marriage once it was revealed Nicola was with child, and it ended up feeling husband and wife perpetually had guns pointed at them. But they remained together for the old man's sake, as well as that of Brendan's inheritance. In the meantime, the new family set up shop in a lovely little Palm Beach estate house. Nicola did her best to raise first Tara, then later Claire and Shannon, but it was tough doing so by herself. Brendan had no interest, instead doing his best to figure out how he could get his father out of the company so he could take over. Tara's mother was a tough cookie though, having been raised by her own parents on the mean streets of Jacksonville to be able to take care of herself and the others who needed it. She imparted that wisdom onto Tara, who grew before her peers and as such became a protector to a lot of the smaller children in her grade. She liked the role, and invested her time in getting more athletic and better at brawling. She invested a lot of time in athletics; softball in the spring, rugby in the fall, and boxing whenever she had a spare chance. Tara was informally known as T.K.O. due to her initials, but it started taking on another meaning as her reputation as a fierce fighter spread. It culminated at senior prom, when Willow Nicholson's date glanced sideways at another woman and when Willow came to T.K.O., the woman responded, in sequined dress and all, with a right hook to Grayson Chambers' face that left him knocked out on the gym floor. She didn't get much chance to revel in that act though. She was suspended from graduation and soon after, she left Florida. There were no softball scholarships for an outfielder that struck out way too much, but Quinnipiac University in Connecticut offered a full ride for their women's rugby program. University life was great for Tara. Her teammates loved her, she was great in the scrums, and she managed to earn a degree in Biology with ease, moving on to her doctorate in order to become a physical therapist. Of course that was also to keep her in the Connecticut area to work on her side project of getting a WWE tryout. She figured she had the right combo of brawn, agility and fighting skill to make it, but as her doctorate program at Sacred Heart University got more and more intense, she was able to put less and less time into it. However, she did get vital connections inside the building, and it was one of them, Amanda Bentley, that recommended that she do her placement at the WWE Performance Center back in her home state. The doctorate path was exhausting for Tara, just being able to keep up with all the necessary studies, so when she got to Orlando, the bosses there were more focused on having her attend to other athletes in the facility. T.K.O kept looking for an opportunity to try out, but they never gave her a second glance. She even started to feminize her look even more, growing her hair out and wearing more revealing clothes, but over the two years at the Centre, she got more worn down, even after being hired on full time. She was making enough money to not need to worry about Daddy, who had divorced her mother the second that her grandfather passed away and immediately moved out of the country to avoid paying taxes. Her mother was fine enough on her own, having gotten back into the field she trained for in university, but she moved out of state as well. With one sister heading for California and the other looking to join her following graduation, Tara began to feel increasingly isolated and she retreated into herself. She focused on maintaining her body in case she did get that call for a full tryout, but even that seemed hopeless. She's just lost a lot of the fight that got her to where she is. Now that the 10-year anniversary has come around, Tara accepted Amanda's invitation on a whim of maybe reconnecting with some people, but as the date got closer, she's not sure it was a good idea, given just how much has changed since 2009. But she will find out soon enough.[/indent] [color=217633]Family[/color] [indent][indent][center][abbr=Brendan O'Leary, Father, CEO, O'Leary Auto Parts, 51, Hamilton, Bermuda. FC: Aiden Gillen / Nicola McTavish, Mother, Marketing Executive, 48, New York, NY. FC: Alyson Hannigan / Claire O'Leary, Younger Sister, Instagram Influencer, 25, Malibu, CA FC: Madelaine Petsch / Shannon O'Leary, Youngest Sister, Student, B.A (Theatre), Florida Atlantic University, 21, Boca Raton, FL. FC: Emma Kenney][img]https://i.imgur.com/HkEJBID.jpg[/img][/abbr][/center][/indent][/indent] [color=217633]Extras[/color] [indent][color=217633]Kate Bracken | 217633[/color] [list] [*]Her workout mix consists of primarily punk rock and metal songs from her high school days. [*]Drives a green 2016 Toyota Corolla. [*]Her Twitter and Instagram handles are @ShestheTKO, but they've been inactive for some time. [*]Still doesn't like clam chowder, despite the time in New England. It's gross. [*]My favorite dessert is cupcakes! Especially the cookies and cream ones.[/list][/indent][/hider] [hider=Relations Sheet (Complete!)] [center][h1][url=https://fontmeme.com/air-albania-font/][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/190929/e64abc821da1827b707e823b23685798.png[/img][/url][/h1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/E7tXFsc.jpg[/img] [color=6ecff6]{[/color][color=217633][i]"I've never been much of a lover, and now that I'm not much of a fighter, I don't really know what I am anymore. Just a woman who's been to Target way too much lately.[/i][/color][color=6ecff6]}[/color] [color=white]⚜ Acquaintances ~*~ ☯ Neutral ~*~ ☮ Friends ~*~ ♫ Best Friends ~*~ § Tense ~*~ ♥ Crush ~*~ ⚤ Significant Other ~*~ ☠ Enemies[/color] [hr][hr][/center][center] [color=217633]☯ [color=967391]☯ [b]Reina Barracano[/b] ☯[/color] ☯ [i]"Right, is that movie girl? Like she actually made like that student film and stuff? Never saw her."[/i] [color=white]Everyone saw The Damned. It was basically required viewing. Heck, there was even a party dedicated to viewing it. However, Tara never met Reina in person, and as such, has no connection.[/color] [hr] ☯ [color=db0a85]☯ [b]Camden Bensen[/b] ☯[/color] ☯ [i]"Camden... Camden... Like New Jersey? I mean, I've never been... Oh, the person! Um... yeah, sorry."[/i] [color=white]There wasn't much contact between Camden and Tara. At least, not that Tara could remember. The name sounded vaguely familiar, maybe on Instagram or something? Claire was always in those circles. Still, nothing concrete was coming to mind.[/color] [hr] ⚜ [color=pink]⚜ [b]Allison Bentley-Song[/b] ⚜[/color] ⚜ [i]"She was cool enough. Definitely got some cool moms. Amanda is great. I hope Allison's doing all right."[/i] [color=white]Allison wasn't the type to accept failure in high school. That was quite all right with Tara, who appreciated the confidence. Allison ended up helping Tara with a couple of Math courses and through Allison, Tara met Amanda Bentley, who took some interest in the young scrapper and helped her get hooked up with the job in the WWE following her graduation. However, with Allison now out of state, Tara doesn't have near as much a connection with her as she does with her more-famous mother.[/color] [hr] ☯ [color=8493ca]☯ [b]Caden Burke[/b] ☯[/color] ☯ [i]"He hung out with Gray, so that was a mark against him. Still, I dunno. Never spoke to him."[/i] [color=white]Aside from seeing him hanging out with her T.K.O. victim at senior prom, Tara doesn't know anything else about Caden.[/color] [hr] ☠ [color=bc4f29]☠ [b]Grayson Chambers[/b] ☠[/color] ☠ [i]"I wonder if he can actually feel his jaw again. I know my fist still feels it. Hard as hell, that mandible."[/i] [color=white]Ah, Grayson, aka the man who made T.K.O. a household nickname in King's. Before the incident, they were at least neutral. Grayson hung out with the boys and was a bit of a jerk, but not enough to catch Tara's attention for too long. However, the night of senior prom, when Willow told Tara exactly what happened and how Grayson was dropping her for another woman, that put him squarely on Tara's shitlist. T.K.O knocked him to Tokyo with one punch and that was it. There was no contact after that, mostly because Grayson was unconscious and Tara was soon suspended. Still, Tara thinks about that punch. She wonders if he actually learned anything from that night, or if she even has it in her to repeat that feat if necessary. It's the defining event of her high school experience, but she's hoping that's not all everyone remembers about her. At least Grayson probably won't after that lick he took.[/color] [hr] ⚜ [color=00FFFF]⚜ [b]Teddy Gage[/b] ⚜[/color] ⚜ [i]"Teddy is such a freaking sweetheart. I hope he found a man good enough for him. He deserves it."[/i] [color=white]Tara met Teddy when she joined the GSA, figuring she might as well lean full into the rumors about her. Teddy was welcoming and the two became friends over their shared dislike of bullies. They shared a magical night at junior prom with Brent Santiago-Walsh and managed to maintain their friendship throughout the end of high school. However, while there was still some level of connection afterwards, the social media channels could only do so much and they drifted apart.[/color] [hr] ☯♥ [color=A63120]☯♥ [b]Dre Martin[/b] ♥☯[/color] ♥☯ [i]"Of course, Dre was hot. Plus he's making that pro money now. I wonder what he's doing later... Nah. It would never happen."[/i] [color=white]It was hard not to have a bit of a crush on King's Academy's resident star athlete. However, Tara never acted on it for fear of tarnishing her reputation. Now that the reunion is coming and Dre is confirmed to be in attendance though... she still probably won't do anything.[/color] [hr] ♫ [color=silver]♫ [b]Tessa Mendoza-Rosales[/b] ♫[/color] ♫ [i]"She's gonna have to carry me through this damn thing, because I have no clue how else I'm going to get through all of this."[/i] [color=white]Tessa is one of Tara's oldest and dearest friends. Probably the only one left who will actually be at this reunion. The two met on the softball team and while she came off as a bitch to a lot of people on her bad side, Tara appreciated her blunt nature, as well as the fact that she knew a thing or two about fighting, and the two bonded. Tara often served as the unofficial bouncer when Tessa's brothers were throwing parties that the underclassmen got into. They ended up 3,000 miles apart for undergrad, but resumed their friendship when both got into Connecticut med schools, although Tessa's Yale stint easily topped Tara's course at Sacred Heart. Still, with the friends only a half an hour apart and studying in similar fields, it made it easy for the bonds to be reestablished and shared study sessions, both alcohol-fueled and not were common. Now that both are established in the Orlando area, they still get together regularly to catch up and dish on various things, but Tara's been more withdrawn, especially being so far out of town. Tessa was the one who ultimately convinced Tara to accept Amanda's invitation to the reunion, so if nothing else, a weekend drinking in the Keys will be good to recharge the friendship at least.[/color] [hr] ☮ [color=9a503d]☮ [b]Willow Nicholson[/b] ☮[/color] ☮ [i]"I miss Willow. I wish I knew what happened after the wedding. If I find out Lucas did anything to her... let's just say I've learned some shit from when I punched Grayson... Least I think I still remember it..."[/i] [color=white]On the surface, it didn't seem like Willow and Tara were in sync on anything, but a random pairing in gym class led to a friendship at least as strong as the one Tara remembered from watching Buffy reruns. Tara was quick to get Willow up and moving, at least in stark contrast to her previous efforts in PE, and Willow bestowed the nickname "Rocky" upon Tara, which she liked given the fighting and the roots of her name in Gaelic lore. When Grayson broke Willow's heart at senior prom, Tara was absolutely livid that he could do something to someone so freaking sweet, and she went full T.K.O. on Grayson in response. The two remained close through undergrad, even as Willow was spending more and more time with Lucas, who Tara didn't really care for. Something about him never seemed right. They were still close enough that Willow made Tara a part of the bridal party for their eventual marriage. However, it was soon after the marriage that they started to drift apart, with Tara's move back to Florida essentially sealing the deal. She hasn't talked to Willow in a while, but Tara is hopeful Willow will be here to at least be able to do some much-needed catching up. Tara could use some sunshine in her life.[/color] [hr] ☯ [color=B5E87D]☯ [b]Grace Pruitt[/b] ☯[/color] ☯ [i]"I dunno. She was kinda cute I guess, but she seemed so closed off, you know? Whatever, her life to live."[/i] [color=white]Grace was kind to those she got to know. Tara was not one of those people. Despite similar tastes in hair in high school, the two never made any kind of meaningful connection.[/color] [hr] ☯ [color=BBEEFB]☯ [b]Jace Russo[/b] ☯[/color] ☯ [i]"I don't know what all the other girls see in the guy. Just seems kinda...meh."[/i] [color=white]Jace was a fixture at the regular parties, but he kept out of trouble. He always seemed to have ladies on him, but Tara never understood it, and she lost touch after high school.[/color] [hr] ☮ [color=808000]☮ [b]Brent Santiago-Walsh[/b] ☮[/color] ☮ [i]"Brent was a cool guy, for a football player. Thought he would have made it. Guess he had too much heart."[/i] [color=white]Tara and Brent got along very well, sharing a mutual disgust of bullies and bonding over efforts to curb it, even if Tara took a more direct approach than Brent did. Their relationship was strong enough that Tara teamed with Brent to take Teddy to junior prom. It was an enjoyable evening, unlike senior prom one year later. Still, with Brent staying in state for school, Tara did her best to keep up with his football career while up in Connecticut with Tessa. Now that Tara has returned to Florida, contact has been re-established with Brent, enough that while he is in the Orlando area, they will hang and work out together. [/color] [hr] ☯ [color=b1a29b]☯ [b]Alex Shields[/b] ☯[/color] ☯ [i]"I think he was all right. Didn't have to punch him so that's a plus."[/i] [color=white]Tara was on friendly terms with Alex, but the two didn't cross paths very much. As such, they didn't really build any lasting connections past the end of high school.[/color] [hr] § [color=9D3DD0]§ [b]Amanda Woodall-Cross[/b] §[/color] § [i]"Pretty sure she doesn't care for me. At least the old me. This me, I don't know. Might be more her speed, I guess."[/i] [color=white]Considering the shared friendships with Tessa and Willow, one would think that it would be natural for Amanda and Tara to be somewhat friendly. Nope. Tara's aggressive beat-em-up feminist style never seemed to gel with Amanda's prissy, head-of-the-school status, and as such the two avoided contact for the most part. Amanda's invitation to the reunion was the most she's ever said to Tara in one go. Tara's not looking forward to contact with the class president, although this tamed version of Tara might be more to her liking.[/color][/color] [hr][/center] [/hider]