[OOC] 14 Years and Counting // Walking Dead

[RumikoOhara]

@Drakey

No worries

[Darcs]

Chae Ryeŏn

"I dunno, an apocalypse wouldn't be too bad... Hey! If they're dead, then you don't have to pay your debts, right...? Sign me up."

Chae Ryeŏn (pre-apocalypse)

Name: Chae Ji Ryeŏn
Age: 26

Appearance: Although varied at 1/2 Korean, 1/4th Vietnamese, and 1/4 Puerto Rican, Chae's ancestry doesn't exactly spell out 'melting pot,' but still, mesh together well with her own sense of fashion, to form a woman who possesses a very smokey, dark beauty.

Face + Body Type

Soft, almost black, almond-shaped eyes serve as the centerpiece of a porcelain, heart-shaped face. Full lips, a button shaped nose, and high cheekbones give a proud, if playful, profile. The shadows of the blemishes of her teenage years also dot her face, almost as freckles. Her skin is a sandy, golden brown, tinged with the shades of all of her family, tanning well is trait gifted from ancestry. Upper back length, coffee black hair frames it all, weal curls the longer it stretches down. Drawing attention away from it all, is a white medical eye patch-- forever a reminder of her eye, lost to the grasping hands of the dead.

Physically, Chae is unassuming. She's tall for a woman, sure, able to meet the eyes of most men without needing to look up. But she isn't physically frightening. Time spent walking has given her legs more tone, sure, but generally, her upper body is somewhere between 'skinnyfat' and 'starving.' Her figure is one that is well proportioned, but her bust is several sizes below average. Black tattoos pollute the lengths of her arms as well as her belly and back, all relating vaguely to the Arcana, Theosophy, magic, numerology, hip hop, and poetry.

Skill(s):

• Stealth
• Limited medicine/First Aid
• Creative thinking
• Scavenging
• Speech (Very effective in dealing with people... the infected... not so much)
• Once drank an entire bottle of absinthe in one pull

Preferred Weapon(s):

• Speech (extreme/master proficiency)
• Improvisation (extreme/master proficiency)
• Broken bottles/Knives (Light, short range, thrusting or stabbing weapons) (above average proficiency)
• Revolvers/Handguns (Small guns) (average/low proficiency)

Personality: Chae is someone who, at her core, loves life, and loves loving things in life. Generally unconcerned with pursuing the same worldly pleasures as most found themselves chasing before the apocalypse. Chae was, more or less, a bum, less out of laziness, and more out only being truly concerned with her passions, and what made her happy. Still, even then she was full of self doubt, loathing and depression. She feels abandonment easy and tries not to stay too close to anyone, even people she considers friends.

While some of these traits have helped her vastly since the Fall, other have proved ideologically detrimental. She suffers occasional bouts of psychosis, stemming from many things, such as her surroundings and her undressed psychological issues, occasionally leave her so lethargic and apathetic she may be unable to move.

Chae, at her best, is a clever, sarcastic, and pleasant idea woman who'll just as soon hit on everyone in a room as she would throw up her Wu-Tang 'W.' At her worst, she can be an unresponsive, vulnerable wreck, defined by her own insecurities and baggage.

Character History: Chae, before the fall, was the typical 21st century tragic office drone; smart enough to comprehend her own shortcomings as a person as well as the soul crushing reality of modern day capitalism, but not smart enough to do anything about it. Her peers often perceived her as standoffish, and she can come off as detached because of this, often seeming to actively be trying to escape reality. Her history can be summed up simply-- she had been working as a nurse for DWB. Before that? She dropped out of University right before she could attain a Master's degree due to her own philosophical differences with local Seattle government, as a protest. Before that? She actually did things to help people, training to become a nurse, and getting to go and help Doctors Without Borders. Before that? Childhood. And before that? She was born in some American military base in Germany and raised, often moving around, on the West Coat/Pacific Northwest.

At University age, she utilized a scholarship and dutifully attended the UCLA, it was there that she discovered her interests in medicine and talking to people. After earning some early accolades in her academic career for assisting with very lucrative lab trials from the university, she received another scholarship that allowed her to attend several medical schools all over America, and sit in. Although her scholarships were full, their conditions left little room for error, combined with an already reserved and serious nature-- she found little time for socialization-- something deeply troubling to her. Still, by the age of 21, Chae had earned her degree, although her specialties (General practice, Cardiology and Hematology), would mean another 8 years of residency and fellowships. She instead opted to take her time-- something the school board found unacceptable-- but the nurses she volunteered with, found miraculous. This time was spent "island hopping," taking advantage of her medical credentials, she spent her time not attending classes, but instead learning about nursing, receiving training from some of the best nurses.

This reprise and period of self-discovery prompted her to actively rebel against the school board. Chae's rather plain life needed a change, and she decided to actively make a change, being aptly qualified, she joined Médecins Sans Frontières, to put her skills to use in the world as a whole. In a way she felt many doctors never would. While still acting under the scrutiny of a traditionalist system, and using her work to fill up her void of a social life, she found the exciting and morally rewarding life fun, and was happy.

She even found, in the doctors she acted as a nurse to, companionship and romantic relationships. This, of course, was until the Fall. Médecins Sans Frontières were among the first response groups when it came to aid and attempted medical treatment, with Chae, in her home region, on the front lines. She was exposed to the plague first hand, and saw the chaos it created-- someone like her, an overqualified not-quite-doctor-in-training who had come into close contact without dying-- but lost an eye to gain all the wisdom she'd need.

She's learned how to survive and has become something of an odd duck since the fall-- seeing fighting as the last option possible for her. She continues to hone her skills as one of the few medically trained people left. She's come to rely on groups, and has with her, a kitten, who's life she recently saved.

Moksha 'Moki' Ryeŏn

Name: Moksha 'Moki' Ryeŏn
Age: >1 yr

Skill:

• Is cat

Preferred Weapon(s):

• Mouth
• Claws

Personality: Meow.

Brief Bio: Was born a few months ago.
Momma cat died protecting him from desperate walkers.
Chae has used him as a guinea pig for training whenever he gets sick.
Is basically Black Panther.

@RumikoOhara @Poi

Still reading through everything-- but I think she's ready to go.

[ReusableSword]

post is up... the place the barge is at is Quesna County Park, Boardman, OR about 13 miles east of arlington

[Kuro]

@Darcs Looks good, but I have noticed a few issues with the sheet.

1) Skills
As of right now, you happen to have too many skills. While characters can be skilled at many things, the skills portion of the sheet is where you list the top three skills that your character is best at/most known for.

2) Backstory
You might've not noticed, but the story is set 14 years after the walkers first appeared. If Chae was at university age during the first few days of the apocalypse, she'd have to be considerably older.

If you could fix these issues, it'll be appreciated and I'll look over it again when you get to it.

@Drakey Feel free to post whenever (if you plan on having Leona approach Maisy and Trevor). I'll be posting soon, so you can probably say Leona sees the bandits being taken out by Trevor's men and Maisy snatching up the horses that were at the bandit's encampment.

[ReusableSword]

sooooo?

[Kuro]

sooooo?

@ReusableSword

I'll try to get a post up tonight if not tomorrow. It's been a little rough for me as of late.

[Kuro]

Should have a post by tonight.

Edit: I've got half the post done, but Comcast is "mysteriously" having issues. I don't feel like dealing with fixing it tonight, so expect the post to be sometime after I wake up.

[Dnafein]

Speaking of net issues mine is off till I can get I back on. Can't get on discord but can still post. I'd you need me you can pm me here or tag me in the ooc. I check regularly.

[ReusableSword]

soo I mean I don't mind continuing on with me and poi but I mean, we just going to put this one on pause and restart later?

[Polaris North]

Sorry man, I just have no idea what to post, in all honesty. That or I may have lost inspiration, but I'm still willing to stick around and try to get something up.

[Dnafein]

Could ask if rumis working on something. It kinda is her rp....

[RumikoOhara]

@Dnafein

I am actually working on an Idea

I need to confer with Poi though as it will happen near or at her family ranch

[ReusableSword]

well might as well get this scene wrapped up then

[RumikoOhara]

Okay I think I will be bumping up the time a week soon so we can get this back in motion

[RumikoOhara]

Sorry I've been a bit wonked by life lately and needed some decompression

[Yahrlan]

I put a sheet in the characters tab. Needs to plot a little with Poi I think to intro (since y'all are heading for her family ranch?). I'm on the discord and will check here for PMs etc now.

[Kuro]

I put a sheet in the characters tab. Needs to plot a little with Poi I think to intro (since y'all are heading for her family ranch?). I'm on the discord and will check here for PMs etc now.

@Yahrlan

Just send me a PM or something and I'll see what I can do.

In regards to the RP, I'm going to wait for @Dnafein or any of the scouts to post first being they were sent ahead.

[RumikoOhara]

We're working on introing her

[Dnafein]

Uh... I will try and have something this weekend.

[Yahrlan]

I'll get a post up in the next couple days.