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"I honestly don’t care what anyone else is doing."
"Yeah, my hair isn’t naturally this colour, isn’t that pretty obvious?"
"I like to think that I’m pretty normal. But honestly, I couldn’t care less."
"I try not to think about my past, honestly. Why should it matter to anyone else?"
"I’m good at the two things I put effort into, unsurprisingly."
"Just one more reason for me to not want to draw anymore..."
"I don’t really have anything else to say."
First character done, gonna work on a second. Idk about the abstraction but eh ><
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"I honestly don’t care what anyone else is doing."
[ 18 | 5’4” | Dutch They/them | 112lb ]
[Uncaring]
APPEARANCE
"Yeah, my hair isn’t naturally this colour, isn’t that pretty obvious?"
Marijn, or Rien (pronounce Reen) as they generally go by, is pretty average in a lot of ways. They stand at a fairly average height with a fairly average weight and blue. They’ve got a very androgynous look to them; slight curves, but nothing special. It’s something easily fixed by a binder if they want to. Most of the time they don’t bother – people struggle to figure out what their gender is by appearance anyway (which is what they aim for). They’re pretty unnoticeable, honestly, which is added to by the lazy smile that’s almost permanently stuck to their lips.
In a contrast to their rest of their appearance Rien’s hair is the kind of thing that stands out. Dyed bright blue (like in your face bright), it’s obviously not their natural colour. Naturally their hair is properly blonde – which only makes it all the easier to dye. It’s rare that Rien’s lets their hair become its natural colour. They don’t really have much reason for this outside of liking how it looks. It’s incredibly curly natural and they just let it stay like that. They keep it relatively short with the fringe cut so it just doesn’t fall in front of their eyes.
Their eyes are also blue and quite a vivid shade, but not unnaturally so like the air. Their skin is fair verging on far too white. They just can’t seem to get a tan no matter how hard they try though they do have a sprinkling of freckles across their face. Rien has a fairly slim face, with a smooth jawline. Their nose sits evenly between their eyes, a bit on the large side (in their opinion).
As said previously, their body is pretty flat. It’s not particularly feminine or masculine – rather somewhere in between. This is added to by the baggy shirts they wear, topped off with jeans and denim jackets. Their not super fashionable but they do put in some effort. They’re almost always found wearing some kind of hat – probably a black beanie. Rien also has a fair few tattoos. One of the more predominant ones is a circuit board design going down the majority of their left arm. They’ve also got one on their chest (roughly above their heart) of a treble clef, with the name Katja Driessen written through it and ‘I still hear your music’ written below it in Dutch. Apart from tattoos their skin is relatively unmarked by scars.
In a contrast to their rest of their appearance Rien’s hair is the kind of thing that stands out. Dyed bright blue (like in your face bright), it’s obviously not their natural colour. Naturally their hair is properly blonde – which only makes it all the easier to dye. It’s rare that Rien’s lets their hair become its natural colour. They don’t really have much reason for this outside of liking how it looks. It’s incredibly curly natural and they just let it stay like that. They keep it relatively short with the fringe cut so it just doesn’t fall in front of their eyes.
Their eyes are also blue and quite a vivid shade, but not unnaturally so like the air. Their skin is fair verging on far too white. They just can’t seem to get a tan no matter how hard they try though they do have a sprinkling of freckles across their face. Rien has a fairly slim face, with a smooth jawline. Their nose sits evenly between their eyes, a bit on the large side (in their opinion).
As said previously, their body is pretty flat. It’s not particularly feminine or masculine – rather somewhere in between. This is added to by the baggy shirts they wear, topped off with jeans and denim jackets. Their not super fashionable but they do put in some effort. They’re almost always found wearing some kind of hat – probably a black beanie. Rien also has a fair few tattoos. One of the more predominant ones is a circuit board design going down the majority of their left arm. They’ve also got one on their chest (roughly above their heart) of a treble clef, with the name Katja Driessen written through it and ‘I still hear your music’ written below it in Dutch. Apart from tattoos their skin is relatively unmarked by scars.
PSYCHOLOGY
"I like to think that I’m pretty normal. But honestly, I couldn’t care less."
MAIN GOAL ⫻ Rien’s goal is to get to a point where they live a comfortable life, probably working in computing or something. But honestly they don’t really have a solid goal in life.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Rien’s outlook on life is to live it without caring for what other people think, without putting too much effort into it. They think it’s better to just not give a fuck rather than make a big deal out of anything. They also think that getting too close to people will just get your hurt and it’s better just to look out for yourself.
SECRETS ⫻ With a very not caring attitude Rien has few secrets. Their biggest one is something pretty minor to other people, but probably the fact that they actually try very hard at and enjoy their subject – computing. They don’t want other people knowing they actually put effort into anything. They also don’t like talking about their family, but they don’t make much of an effort to hide it.
DESIRES ⫻ Rien just wants to live life as carefree as possible, enjoying their time. Whether that is playing video games at home or getting drunk at parties it doesn’t matter as long as they have a good time.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Pansexual. Rien doesn’t particularly care about gender when it comes to dating.
FEARS ⫻ Rien fears losing anyone that they get close to, so they just don’t get close to anyone. They also fear disappointing their twin sister and the wishes she had for them.
REPUTATION ⫻ Though they’ve only been in town for a couple of years Rien’s reputation is pretty much of someone who is lazy, carefree and occasionally makes trouble. They’re not particularly looked upon fondly by those of the older generation (what with being so open about their gender and sexuality) but have a decent reputation at the academy.
PET PEEVES ⫻ People who butt into other people’s business or are too full of themselves and thus try to push their opinions onto other people.
QUIRKS ⫻ Rien shrugs a lot, especially in the middle of conversations even where there is no need to.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Rien’s outlook on life is to live it without caring for what other people think, without putting too much effort into it. They think it’s better to just not give a fuck rather than make a big deal out of anything. They also think that getting too close to people will just get your hurt and it’s better just to look out for yourself.
SECRETS ⫻ With a very not caring attitude Rien has few secrets. Their biggest one is something pretty minor to other people, but probably the fact that they actually try very hard at and enjoy their subject – computing. They don’t want other people knowing they actually put effort into anything. They also don’t like talking about their family, but they don’t make much of an effort to hide it.
DESIRES ⫻ Rien just wants to live life as carefree as possible, enjoying their time. Whether that is playing video games at home or getting drunk at parties it doesn’t matter as long as they have a good time.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Pansexual. Rien doesn’t particularly care about gender when it comes to dating.
FEARS ⫻ Rien fears losing anyone that they get close to, so they just don’t get close to anyone. They also fear disappointing their twin sister and the wishes she had for them.
REPUTATION ⫻ Though they’ve only been in town for a couple of years Rien’s reputation is pretty much of someone who is lazy, carefree and occasionally makes trouble. They’re not particularly looked upon fondly by those of the older generation (what with being so open about their gender and sexuality) but have a decent reputation at the academy.
PET PEEVES ⫻ People who butt into other people’s business or are too full of themselves and thus try to push their opinions onto other people.
QUIRKS ⫻ Rien shrugs a lot, especially in the middle of conversations even where there is no need to.
BACKSTORY
"I try not to think about my past, honestly. Why should it matter to anyone else?"
Marijn grew up in the Netherlands, predominantly in the citty of Utrecht. They were born to a single mother and with a slightly younger twin sister, Katja. Their mother passed away when they were both quite young, too young to be properly affected by it, from illness – she had always been poorly. The two were put into foster care and jumped between families. They always managed to stick together and as a result had a close bond.
At ten Rien and their sister were adopted by a relatively young couple who could not have children of their own. The two flourished under proper parents, with Katja especially growing attached. They were both very artistic and would often sketch or paint together. Rien even took up an instrument so their sister wouldn’t be alone in learning the violin – though they much preferred sketching.
Growing older Katja got more and more sickly, before getting diagnosed with a degenerative disease and given only a few years to live. This, unsurprisingly, hit Rien hard. They really counted Katja as their only friend or family – so what would they do when they lost her.
It was at the age of fifteen, just a few weeks after their birthday, that Katja passed away. Rien tried to continue living normally – that’s what their sister would have wanted after all. But it was difficult to draw without her there and to pretend to care about anything anymore. So they just didn’t, deciding that growing attached would only get them hurt. They stopped doing traditional art in favour of digital, because it wasn’t quite as painful, and discovered their skill at computer science – throwing themselves into it.
Their adopted parents decided it would be best to start fresh in the hope that it would help. They entirely upped and moved country, all the way to USA and Farmer Hill. It was easier for Rien there, to pretend things hadn’t happened and to just live their life. They worked hard, though, to get accepted into Grand Ridge Academy as they graduated – and got a place to attend studying Computing Science.
At ten Rien and their sister were adopted by a relatively young couple who could not have children of their own. The two flourished under proper parents, with Katja especially growing attached. They were both very artistic and would often sketch or paint together. Rien even took up an instrument so their sister wouldn’t be alone in learning the violin – though they much preferred sketching.
Growing older Katja got more and more sickly, before getting diagnosed with a degenerative disease and given only a few years to live. This, unsurprisingly, hit Rien hard. They really counted Katja as their only friend or family – so what would they do when they lost her.
It was at the age of fifteen, just a few weeks after their birthday, that Katja passed away. Rien tried to continue living normally – that’s what their sister would have wanted after all. But it was difficult to draw without her there and to pretend to care about anything anymore. So they just didn’t, deciding that growing attached would only get them hurt. They stopped doing traditional art in favour of digital, because it wasn’t quite as painful, and discovered their skill at computer science – throwing themselves into it.
Their adopted parents decided it would be best to start fresh in the hope that it would help. They entirely upped and moved country, all the way to USA and Farmer Hill. It was easier for Rien there, to pretend things hadn’t happened and to just live their life. They worked hard, though, to get accepted into Grand Ridge Academy as they graduated – and got a place to attend studying Computing Science.
SKILLS & TALENTS
"I’m good at the two things I put effort into, unsurprisingly."
Computing Science ⫻ Rien is good with computers, but especially specialising in software – they can program in a few different language quite well. They do video game programming a lot but also for more practical things, making some money off designing websites for other people. They can also do a bit of low level (assembly) code.
Digital Art ⫻ Though also very good at traditional art, Rien especially specialises in digital art using their tablet and a computer. This goes pretty well with the small video games they make themselves.
Digital Art ⫻ Though also very good at traditional art, Rien especially specialises in digital art using their tablet and a computer. This goes pretty well with the small video games they make themselves.
ABSTRACTION
"Just one more reason for me to not want to draw anymore..."
SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻ A paintbrush, placed on their right shoulder
ABSTRACTION ⫻ Life Art, the ability to create things from drawings.
ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻ Life art is maybe not the best way to describe it, because Rien cannot really create living things (normally). If Rien draws some kind of object and focuses on it they can essentially make it come out of the picture / create it. It’s created exactly as it was drawn (so black and white comes out black and white). It’s also the size that is was drawn on that paper, so if Rien draws a tiny mug they’ll get one just like it. Unsurprisingly the abstraction manifested from their love (or former love) of art.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻ In the presence of the mountain the first thing enhanced is the size of the things Rien can make. They’re not limited to the size of the paper, but can rather make things bigger than how they were drawn. They can also actually draw and bring into the world living beings (as long as they actually exist) – so they could draw a plant and bring it to life, or a cat.
AURA SENSING ⫻ Connected to their generally uncaring personality, Rien cause sense the auras of anyone who is overly stressed or tense in a twenty foot or so radius.
LIMITS ⫻ (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)
WEAKNESSES ⫻ (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)
ABSTRACTION ⫻ Life Art, the ability to create things from drawings.
ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻ Life art is maybe not the best way to describe it, because Rien cannot really create living things (normally). If Rien draws some kind of object and focuses on it they can essentially make it come out of the picture / create it. It’s created exactly as it was drawn (so black and white comes out black and white). It’s also the size that is was drawn on that paper, so if Rien draws a tiny mug they’ll get one just like it. Unsurprisingly the abstraction manifested from their love (or former love) of art.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻ In the presence of the mountain the first thing enhanced is the size of the things Rien can make. They’re not limited to the size of the paper, but can rather make things bigger than how they were drawn. They can also actually draw and bring into the world living beings (as long as they actually exist) – so they could draw a plant and bring it to life, or a cat.
AURA SENSING ⫻ Connected to their generally uncaring personality, Rien cause sense the auras of anyone who is overly stressed or tense in a twenty foot or so radius.
LIMITS ⫻ (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)
WEAKNESSES ⫻ (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)
OTHER
"I don’t really have anything else to say."
Nope
First character done, gonna work on a second. Idk about the abstraction but eh ><
