Status: Permanent
Opening and Closing Post: TBA
First Name: Jennifer
Last Name: Rather
Born: December 3'd 1958 Walnut Creek, California (age:56)
Appearance: Jen Rather4 Positive Adjectives:Fearless
Curious
Energetic
Positive
2 Negative Adjectives:Eccentric
Gullible
Family: A mother named Mary and a father named Ryan.
An older brother named Scott and a younger sister name Julie.
No children or husband, herself.
Education:Masters in Physics with a concentration in Astrophysics
B.A in Astronomy
3 Hobbies or Talents:She collects rocks.
She is rather limber for a woman her age.
She can juggle.
2 Fears:Small confined spaces and being alone.
A Glimpse of...Another semester had come and gone at UC Berkley and Jennifer still couldn't shake the feeling that she should be somewhere else, doing something else. Yes, she loved her students tremendously and she had acquired tenure so there wasn't much of a reason to feel as lonely as she did. Jen went on a few dates but found herself to be the sort who never could settle down and marry. Her parents had passed away five years back, due to old age and her family was spread across the world, with Scott in New York City and Julie overseas in London, Jennifer wasn't sure why she couldn't pick up and move too. A change of pace, a change of scenery might do her some good.
So she packed a bag and decided a week in NYC might help wake her up a little. She called her older brother and he was happy to spend some time with her. She flew across the country and decided to spend a day wandering the park to engage herself with nature. She loved talking walks and looking around but her eyes would certainly always wander upwards at the sky. From an early age, Jennifer had always been fascinated with the universe. Jen had dreams of exploring it but having discovered her distaste for confined spaces, she resigned her dream of space travel and decided to dedicate her life to studying it and helping the field progress and expand with any knowledge she could gather on Earth.
She made a name for herself as an astrophysicist who worked on a team who had discovered another spiral galaxy in the distance of space. She has done tours and lectured all over the world but she calls the bay area in California her home. But with nothing but a job keeping her tethered, she hoped the trip to New York would help give her better direction and passion. As she found herself prowling the vastness of Central Park, she found a flier and decided to stick around and see if it was a hoax or if it was real. The inner child was always bubbling towards the surface and she couldn't help but imagine the idea of it being real. Jen was rather enthusiastic for someone her age and she could sometimes prattle on and on about nothing, but she couldn't help but take the bait, something she had been dreaming about since childhood...
Unearthly exploration.
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Status: Temprary
Opening and Closing Post: TBA
First Name: Devon
Last Name: Lyds
Born: October 19'th 1989 (age: 25) London, England
Appearance: Devon4 Positive Adjectives:Creative
Inviting
Charming
Thoughtful
2 Negative Adjectives:Lazy
Hot tempered
Family: A mother named Charlotte and a father named Miles.
A new wife named Yunko.
No siblings or children.
Education:B.A in Pastry Arts
3 Hobbies or Talents:Great with art, either on a canvas or cake.
Good singer.
He likes to collect coins.
2 Fears:Heights and getting sick
A Glimpse of...He was a Londoner, born and raised.
Devon loved the city even though he complained about it nearly all the time.
His parents were fairly wealthy but not exorbitantly so.
It just allowed Devon to follow his passion of baking. He went to a top notch school and it was during his time in college, that he met his future wife, Yunko. She was from Kyoto, Japan and the two hit it off instantly. After only a year of knowing one another, Yunko convinced him to move back to Kyoto with her so they could start a life together. His parents weren't thrilled but still supported their son. He got married and found an apartment for he and Yunko. The first few months were a strain and Devon found himself feeling homesick. He had trouble with the language and cultural barrier and it caused the newlyweds to have a lot of fights.
When she suggested they try having children, it was the final straw for the young man. The two had a huge fight, he blamed Yunko for making him move and give up a great career back in London. And she blamed him for not having a back bone to speak up sooner, the fight continued to escalate until she kicked him out. It was then at the train station that he saw a flier and decided to go to NYC on a whim. He felt like he had nothing left to lose. He phoned his mother and father and said he'd be in London in a few days but that he'd make a detour in America first. They were confused but were happy to hear his son was hopefully breaking things off with his new wife.