Post by Leena Tempste on Jun 2, 2010 3:53:42 GMT -4
[/blockquote]LEENA CHARLIENE TEMPSTE....the mask
Your Name: trick
Where did you find us?: affiliate
How long have you been roleplaying?: about four years
Password: [admin edit!]...basic character information
Birth Name: Leena Charliene Tempste
Nickname:Charlie
Gender: Female
Age: Seventeen
Grade: Junior [11]
Birth date: June 6th
Program: Bachelor of Arts
Major: Culinary
Animal Identity: Otter...personality
Likes:g e n e r a l
+ Organization
+ Understanding
+ Stability
+ Seafood
+ Bookshops
+ Tea>Coffee
+ Thinking
+ Cooking
+ Pleasing Others
+ Dancing
s e c r e t l y
+ Adventure/Action Movies
+ Dancing With Nobody Watching
+ Amusement Parks
+ Doing Anything in the Rain
+ Romance Novels
+ Camping
t u r n - o n s
+ Intelligence
+ Spontaneity
+ Chivalry
+ Sarcastic Humor
+ Experience
Dislikes:g e n e r a l
- Smoking
- Ignorance
- Failing Other's Expectations
- Fast Food
- Harshness
- Cold
- Documentaries
- Being Late
- Grape Soda
- Gore
f e a r s
- Loneliness
- Spiders
- Uncertainty
- Thermometers
- Death
- Criticism
t u r n - o f f s
- Crude Humor
- Rude
- Man-Whores
- Poetry
- Emotionless
Strengths:SINCERE + "I'd have to say that I'm a pretty sincere person when it comes to most things. I don't have enough backbone to tell you everything that I feel, but I refuse to spout lies. I know it's a hard trait to come by at times. I have it though."
DREAMER + "Oh man do I have dreams! I could go on and on about the things I wish I could do, the ideas that I have. To go exploring, to have a crazy adventure. Travel the world. If only, if only."
ORGANIZED + "Everything has it's place, and I would very much appreciate it if it would remain in that place. i don't like disorientation, wit leads to a disorganized brain, and then i can't think and life becomes a big jumble and... and... Well then. As I have said, I like things to be organized, and that helps everyone."
SENSIBLE + "I am a rather sensible person and I know how to weigh my options, I know that one thing will bring me this and another that. I usually try to plan these decisions around what's best for others, habit of mine. But that doesn't mean I'll let somebody hurt me for no good reason. That's just silly."
WRY + "I'd like to say that I have moments where I am cleverly and often ironically (or grimly) humorous. Sure it's usually only with my friends or people I'm close to, but I'll let a bit of dry humor slip now and again-I think it's good stuff, and if you don't that's alright too."
Weaknesses:INEXPERIENCED - "Please don't laugh, but I don't, ahem, know a whole lot about what to do with a guy. It's not that I don't want to it's just nobody has ever asked me... or told me that... ahem. Well I think that's enough of this. Next question."
SELF ESTEEM - "I suppose you could deduce this by the way I stand, questioning myself. I've never been overly confident, but boy do I wish I was. I have such dreams of adventure... and yet I could never act on them because of my constant doubt.Do you know how it feels to question if your pleasing everybody everyday? To wonder if your good enough, or if you ever will be. Well it's not fun. And yet I can't seem to break this habit."
HOPELESS ROMANTIC - "WHY am I telling you these things!? Well alright. I have this secret romantic heart. It sends me soaring when I watch those dumb romantic comedies or if a guy were to do something like send be a bouquet of roses. Now that is where I could live, daydreaming forever. Of course nobody knows that calm and collected me has such a passionate heart. And that's the way I'll keep it.What a weakness to show people... they'll laugh."
OPENING UP - "I have a bit of a trust issue. I know that people can lie, and hurt others, and in the long run be complete assholes. So I try my best to step back and try to get to know a person before I tell them about me and add them into my life. This is probably why I don't have a ton of friends, people are wrapped up in fast, go go go, and I'm still figuring out if I can trust you. Annoying right?"
TEMPER - "Ha! You didn't expect to see this one here did you? Quiet little Leena with a... Temper? Yes. It takes someone and their rude manners or perhaps a person's personality that does not sit right with me, but here are certain things that make me wan't to snap. Usually I'll keep it bottled up until there is one encounter where i blow up in their face. But I try not to let it get that far, I pride myself on being in control of situations."
Overall:Leena is one who accepts authority quite well. She isn't one to rebel and go against the grain just because. She has a problem standing up for what she believes in because of this. Being able to just accept everything can end badly in quite a few situations. Strangely, as easily as she accept what another tells her, or what another tells her to do she refuses almost every gift that comes her way. No clue why, she just seems to feel that since it was hard for her as a kid to be able to buy gifts for others then all other people have that problem. That doesn't make her a cold person though, she is quite affectionate and ambitious.
Her life has taught her to embrace change, and roll with the punches. She has a problem with letting people walk all over her and letting them boss her around. It might be that she is very averse to risk, and doesn't want to upset anyone to much. Sure she had her ideas and personal beliefs but she is a people pleaser in the long run, and their ideas seem to mean more to them than hers so she lets her own ideas vanish. Pushing all of that down for so long can be very tiresome.
Although Leena seems introverted from an outsider's point of view she is actually a girl that's full of ideas, dreams, and constant conversation. If you can open her up, or break past her more awkward and shy side then she turns out to be an extremely interesting character. Most people will pass her off as a quite girl with not much to say though, so she has almost accepted herself as one. That's not true though. If one was to sit down and talk to her, Leena would be full of interesting facts and witty comments-even when she doesn't know it.
Dreams of adventure cloud poor Leena's head often. She dreams big and thinks out of the box, think of how 'if' she was able to be a bit more of a risk-taker she could experience life a little more. Maybe if she gained a little confidence then she could go out there and bust up the world. It would be truly amazing!
Leena is a bit of a klutz, although she tries her absolute hardest to never let it show. She has tried grace on for size quite a few times, but it never really fit. She jokes about how the part of her brain that centers your balance doesn't exist.
All in all, Leena is a sweet girl with nothing but everyone else on her mind. Sure, she could use a shot of concentrated confidence, but doesn't look like she'll be getting that anytime soon. She is a bit of a mess when it comes to organization, and quite the klutz. But a good heart, intelligence, and dreams that would shock you. She's a good cookie.
...appearance
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Appearance:Alright then, Leena. The girl is a pretty face in the crowd no doubt, but not a very traditional pretty face. She might not immediately strike one as gorgeous or anything though. From the top then. Leena has soft, porcelain skin, nothing to exciting. Simply another pale person in a sea of them. Leena often had a secret wish to have some exciting type of lineage, but that Leena, wishing she was having an adventure, not going out and making one. She has a long face that comes down to a pointy little chin. That helps to exaggerate the high cheekbones that she sports. Her eyes are big and brown. Innocence in a nutshell. She does not have pencil thin eyebrows, but instead Leena is a girl who has a pair of thick, shaped eyebrows. In a quick sentence, Leena's face is long with thick eyebrows and sharp cheekbones, all framed in long and dark thick brown tresses. A rather lovely face no doubt.
Moving on to Leena's frame now. She is a well sized woman at about five foot six and boasts a petite frame. Her bone structure wasn't made for strength, but Leena does try to keep in shape. She has long, slim arms with hands that have long, piano fingers. Not that she even has the slightest clue how to play. Her bust isn't anything to get to excited about. She's a small thing, but any dreams of some 'full chested woman' are out when she's in the picture. It doesn't bother her all that much though. She has decided to accept what she has, although (being a people pleaser) one would think it would truly affect her she believes her body is the farthest thing from people's minds. Her torso holds a prominent hourglass frame and moves to small hips. Her legs are probably the longest part of her body, even though she isn't the tallest girl out there, they can be noticed out of her body. She has no butt though. Literally. It seems to be concave if anything and try to detract form her whole self, another unfortunate part of her body according to the law of men. It adds up though, leaving her at only one-hundred and twenty four pounds. She has rather large feet for a woman of her height, but it simply means flip-flops are easier to wear. All in all a very lovely lady missing a couple of features a guy would like. Oh well.
Sure, her body frame is easy enough to name, but her style should be put out there also. Leena is known for her stylish, and comfortable clothing. Since her dad always had her dress nicely, and when her mother was always the one who wanted to go shopping for comfy clothes. Ever since Leena has adored the billions of shades of blue and turquoise. Therefore her daily outfit will be a pair of nice blue jeans and a light, maybe even 'flowy' blue top. Sometimes tee-shirts work best, but Leena isn't usually seen walking around in a tee-shirt and ratty pants. Although she prefers pants to shorts, she wears it all. The clothing simply has to be well put together, and perhaps a splash of blue coming out somewhere it it. She does enjoy to look nice and therefore takes good care of her clothing when she gets it but does not obsess over the tiniest thing to deal with them. Keep them clean, keep them nice, and that's all there is to it. Shoes, her favorites are any pair of flats or flip flops, despising heels for their ability to make her look taller than all the other guys, and the fact that she can be a bit clumsy n them. Other than that Leena will leave her hair down, or in a low pony tail and she had a necklace of her mother's that she always wears. Its a thin golden choker type of necklace and Leena keeps it close. Other than that she does not normally adorn herself in jewelry, but is a simple, yet well dressed female who doesn't try to put all the effort into people noticing her clothing.
Now onto Leena's otter. Now, otters are the smallest marine mammals and that would make Leena around three and a half feet long and forty eight pounds whenever she shifts. Her fur is a thick, dark brown color like most. The dark brown, almost black guard hairs are the darkest running along her spine, but become a very light brown everywhere else on her body, and a little white around her mouth. An otters fur is the finest of any mammal and very dense, to keep her warm and toasty in the waters. Her tail makes up most of her length, it is long and flat to help her navigate through the water. She has small front paws with retractable claws to grab things and break them open. Her back feet are webbed. Her small, beady brown eyes are set in a small, round head. As a whole, she is kind of adorable.
...history
Parents: James Howard Tempste and Kamie Liza Tempste
Siblings: Penelope Jane Tempste [23] Gregory Rove Tempste [19] Mia Alice Tempste [11]
"Now your trying to dig into my past? Brilliant. Well then lets just get this all over with so I can get to class. Alright. I was born on a warm June day. My parents are both doctors and real sweethearts. So I grew up in a small town in a big family. I have two older siblings, Penelope and Gregory. My beautiful older sister, and funny older brother. I also have one sugar sweet baby sister, Mia. Despite the fact that I didn't have a whole lot growing up , with two doctor parents we started to gain wealth as the years passed and they gained jobs and such. I never had one of those tortured childhood with no mother and a father or vice versa, I actually was a bit sheltered and I knew my mother and father loved each other more than anything, they went through so much together, how could they not!?"[/blockquote]
"So that was my early life, nothing to exciting, but being one of the middle children of four, I wasn't ever in the spotlight to much. My sister was outgoing and the guys loved her, she was gorgeous after all, and my brother was charming, if not a total goof-ball. I loved them to death, and so did everyone else at school. I was an awkward child so we should skip those years... Oh, fine. Well I was never all that social and I preferred to stay inside and mix things up in the kitchen. Dance and food are my passions (as odd as that combination is.) I had my tough times middle school I would say. i didn't really enjoy going out and listening to the girls gossip about this person or that. It wasn't right. I did have one absolute best friend though. We met in fifth grade and stuck together since. He was absolutely awesome! And, as we reached puberty, just like me. He and I talked about everything together and were practically inseparable. We were best friends after all. Thats right were. Once we both started attending the Shifter Academy we drifted apart. I still see him around and everything, but he doesn't want to hang out with me ever. It's depressing really. He hurt me more than I'd let him know. But thats what a childhood best friend does to you nowadays.
"When I was about twelve was whenever I first shifted. I remember is very clearly too. It was around the time of my birthday and my parents had been awaiting my change for a while. I have heard stories on this island that some parents don't know and others just don't tell their kids. Well my parents tried to make it something very normal for us, for our own safety. After my sister turned into a dolphin in the bathtub and couldn't breath without more water they knew that they should keep an eye on us. Aquatic animals could either be killers or just die without their natural habitat. ANYWAY. That summer day my parents had taken us down to the shoreline. We lived on the east coast, so it is not what you would call the best beaches. It was nice and we had just gone down to have lunch with a few very old friends of the family. A family of three that were horse and deer shifters, and a couple that were dog shifters. I remember the strong tingle in my body in the familiar, happy group. You see, otters are very social animals, more so than me. I want to be! But, uh, anyway.
"Being in a familiar, friend and family group triggered the change. I had all this extra energy that I couldn't handle and I ended up taking over half of the conversations. Jabbering about this and that, very unlike myself. I had told my parents I wanted to go splash in the tide pools (I didn't tell them I was changing, but I didn't want to die if I turned into a shark or something.) Me. A shark! Haha, thats ripe! Okay, so I was at the tide pools when I just couldn't handle that extra energy anymore. It was almost making me angry, and in pain. So I just tried to let go. Then I shifted. The feeling of my bones popping and moving was one that I yelped out at the first feeling. It was foreign, and unpleasant to ay the least. Being an otter was, I have to say, a really fun animal! I was so thrilled and I remember splashing about in the tide pools, pawing at all of the little creatures living in them. I had been alone for about an hour before my mother came and got me. That was when it all changed, and I finally was able to say hello to Shifter Academy.
"I am the third of my siblings to attend the Shifter academy. Penelope was a dolphin shifter, Gregory was a crocodile shifter, and I'm the otter. Mia is just coming into her animal form. My family has an ongoing bet about whether she'll end up as a seal or a penguin. All of my family is a long line of water related animals. I'm going for penguin. but anyway, once I got to the Shifter Academy there was a line I was following. My sisters all star self and my brother's endless jokes and pranks. And then it was me. Little, uninteresting me. Dreaming of adventure and to scared to go for it. Living travels through the different foods I cook. I'v had a nice few years here and now I'm almost done. Being a junior is going to be an exciting way to spend a year. Guess thats most of my story so far."
...connecting human to animal
Otters are fun, playful creatures that seem to be carefree. Leena is all of those things on the inside. If she would ever open up and let her dreams of adventure then everything would be great. I feel like an otter, who is all of these things, is the real Leena. She would be able to really connect to this animal and it would make sense. On a side note, as far as the culinary arts go I believe that otters are crafty little kiddos who have a specialty in seafood. So Leena would, of course, love making seafood dishes the most!
...literacy
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The music at the ball tonight was reverberating off of the walls, entwined quite perfectly with laughter, conversation, and the sound of feet whirling across the dance floor. It was all so lovely. The only thing was that Angelina's night seemed to be getting progressively worse. She had walked into this party with the most positive of spirits, she was supposed to be starting another year, another year to grow, another year with friends, another year without him. Lina cursed him silently for holding her back from happiness while he was out with as many girls as he pleased. She figured that it would have happened sometime, he was Cupid after all and it seemed in his nature. Now Lina was sitting at a table, alone with a small smile clinging to her face. Thats when she decided, then and there that these parties weren't all that awesome. When did all of these couples pop up? She was pretty sure that most of her friends were still single, that this would be a good night to party with the girls and scope out some hotties.[/size][/font][/blockquote]
Another curse for him. How come he was allowed to have so much power over her from so far away? A friend walked, or more like skipped, her way with a grin the size of the moon on her face. 'Lina! Why don't you come out and dance with us!? Everyone's having an awesome time, and I know you'd love it to. No more sitting, you love to dance Lina!' Without a partner, no, scratch that, without a certain partner she knew that she would be having the time of her life, something would remind her of him and it would all go to the gutter. Another curse for him memory. What was she at, three for tonight? "No thanks girl, I'm pretty hungry I'll just grab something to eat-then I'll meet you all out there, m'kay?" The blonde shook her head but shrugged and walked back onto the dance floor into a group of people. Lina feigned getting out of her seat toward the buffet but sat right back down, she had eaten out right before she came here. She never needed to eat more than three meals a day, right? Snacking was something invented in this New World and it was not the healthiest habit. It was so great though. Eating when your happy, sad, angry, all the emotions.
As the blonde disappeared into the crowd Lina fell back into her chair. She didn't want to seem like a spoil sport, or a party pooper so she just sat in her little chair with a smile on her face. Her blue-green eyes scanned the room for interesting happenings, but what they found was a man in a fool's mask coming her way. She didn't quite know what to do but as he reached her lonesome looking table he pulled out a chair, speaking at the same time. His voice took her quite off guard though. It seemed to sound familiar. It'd been four (now almost five) years since she had seen or heard from him, but this man's voice sent a chill down her spine. To bad it wasn't him, he had many lovers now. She was just some girl from back home, some girl in his history book. Another curse, brings her up to four. Wiping the shocked expression from her face after a moment of staring at the poor guy like he just had fire spewing from his mouth. A nervous laugh coming from her lips before clearing her throat and talking.
"Agreed, I've always thought it'd be a better idea. Who actually eats most of this anyways. I ate before I came." Lina brushed her brown curls from her face as she smiled at the man. This was the fun of a masquerade: meeting people, dancing till your drunk, and confusing the hell out of your friends. What fun. "But then again, with normal food wouldn't it make all of this seem a little overdone. It's all gotta match, yeah?"