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Full Name
Tara Kathleen O'Leary
Nicknames
T.K.O.
Age
28
Gender
Female
Sexuality
Bisexual (She thinks)
Relationship Status
Single
Occupation
Physical Therapist, WWE Performance Center
Current Address
Appearance Details
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.
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.
Personality
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.
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.
Upbringing Synopsis
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.
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.
Family
Extras
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- 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.
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