[center][IMG]http://i57.tinypic.com/29gbnsm.png[/IMG][/center] [b]Name:[/b] Petra Constantinou [b]Stage name:[/b] Petra Antar [b]Age:[/b] 23 [b]Instruments:[/b] Guitar, Vocals [b]Other talents:[/b] Illustration, has a steady hand like a surgeon [b]Day Job:[/b] Apprentice piercer/tattoo artist at Voltic [b]Bio:[/b] Petra and twin brother Milo were happily born on the small island of Thera in Greece, and raised there without many glitches until the age of 7. Parents divorced when they turned 5 and their mother soon fell in lust with a vacationer. After marrying the foreigner he continued to make it abundantly clear that children were not his cup of tea and asked if their father could take the children. Their father, on the other hand, had found a job in the States by this time and decided to take them in regardless of his poor income. Petra and Milo were greeted warmly in San Francisco and loved every minute exploring the bizarre wonders this kooky place had to offer while growing up. Their father took numerous odd jobs to make ends meet and received food and other goodies from neighbors and friends to help raise two budding children. Since their father was understandably never home rules were lax and Milo began rebelling at 13 and getting into trouble. Their father took out another loan and bought a sparkling new guitar originally for Milo and a microphone along with stand for Petra, hoping this hobby would keep the duo out of trouble. This tactic worked for a while and both remained focused on mastering the art of music. After school both would run home to practice and switch instruments. Since music lessons were terribly expensive and definitely out of the question both teens were self-taught. By 16 Milo had made friends with the downtown music scene and continued to brush up on his skills. He dropped out of school and moved in with a couple of shady people. Petra wanted to follow Milo around like a shadow but weeks, months, and then years passed without any notice from him or his whereabouts. She went ahead and graduated, moved in with friends and by 18 finally got back in contact with Milo whose band “Aeon to Oblivion” had become well known. High school had polished her music reading skills and she already had a knack for playing guitar. Flaunting her skills around Milo every chance in hopes of joining his band. Finally he asked Mathew the former guitarist to resign and handed that position to Petra who was ecstatic. Things seemed to be going well for a year but Milo’s rapid decay became quite noticeable, mentions of this were brushed off, and he denied having a drug problem. Petra found his cold body backstage with a needle still in his vein…cause of death being an overdose. Her whole world fell apart that day. Painfully two years passed trying to carry along Milo’s budding legacy but the heart of the band died along with him. Feeling hopeless and completely alone she turned her attention to a bottle of sleeping pills only to wash them down with a bottle of tequila behind the wheel of Milo’s beloved muscle car. It was a mystery how she survived. The hospital admitted Petra for a couple of months so she could receive treatment, and met Parker out of the blue who had been visiting his mother. They immediately hit it off and began to spend many days and nights together, which resulted in them eventually dating. Unfamiliar feelings of trust and perhaps something more soon stirred for her, and he began inspiring her to write lyrics as well as pick up the guitar once again. They affably parted ways but kept in touch while she went to college for a semester. The money her father had tirelessly saved from working went down the gutter extremely fast from past hospital and medical bills. She could not afford to return and just as well was unable to relate to the teachings. Petra hitchhiked around the world for a while with a stray Doberman called Crocell, which was named after a video game character. She stopped at different hole in the wall places searching for underground artists to hang with but turned down offers to join bands. Money was scarce and a newly written letter from Parker suggested she move to Hollywood to join a band he had helped bring to life. Fast forward to present day and Petra now lives at a dumpy motel Called Sunrise Plaza in Hollywood near Parker’s studio at Stabulum Quarters. She can be found wandering around the boardwalk with Crocell, practicing with the band, working at Voltic, or spending what little money she has at a music shop Søren works at. [b]Personality:[/b] Petra use to be shy but has since grown out of that trait and has now become a bit brazen. Some would call her arrogant though she prefers the term confident instead. Although she appears to not care about the opinions of others she truly does deep down. She loves to laugh and add lots of sarcasm to her chats. If serious conversations are what one seeks they probably will not find them with her on a regular basis. She has no qualms about fighting or getting physical when confrontations arise though this is rare. Like the majority of humankind Petra has a more compassionate side though it is not practiced too often. --- phew. -wipes brow- hopefully that's fine.