Zuri Amanda Watson

[Zuri Watson]

Zuri Amanda Watson

....the mask

Your Name: Tiffany
Where did you find us?: Ally gave me the link
How long have you been roleplaying?: 2 years on various boards longer pen and paper
Password: [admin edit!]

...basic character information

Birth Name: Zuri Amanda Watson
Nickname: Z
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Grade: 10th
Birth date: September 1
Program: Bachelor of Commerce
Major: Hotel Managment
Major Explanation: Her foster father runs a hotel chain and she has been around them her whole life. Hyenas are social creatures by nature even accepting members from other packs on occasion. Hyenas are also matriarchal, and are more dominant she would be happier being her own boss.
Animal Identity: Spotted Hyena

...personality

Likes:(at least 10)

• Being outdoors
  
• Warm weather
  
• meeting new people, at least those that are not mean
  
• being independent
  
• running as a hyena
  
• having money
  
• jewelry
  
• nice clothes
  
• flirting
  
• games of chance
  
• Motor cycles
  
• speed boats
  

Dislikes: (at least 10)

• classrooms
  
• not having shelter for the night
  
• being hungry
  
• being abandoned
  
• having to follow other peoples rules unless they explain the reason for said rules.
  
• bullies of any kind
  
• lion shifters they smell kinda wrong
  
• vegtables, who eat vegtables bleh give me steak
  
• cold weather who hates having to wear jackets?
  
• having to sit still
  

Fears: (At least 3)

• being abandoned again
  
• not being able to make friends
  
• being sent back to her foster parents
  

Strengths: (At least 3)

• Very loyal to those she calls friends
  
• Independent lived for six months on the street getting by by stealing, and running cons is very adept at taking care of herself if she has to and relying only on herself though she'd prefer to have others backing her up
  
• Thinks very fast on her feet and responds well to surprise situations
  
• Is very good at reading other people while hiding her own feelings.
  

Weaknesses: (At least 3)

• Bit abrasive at times and short with other people expecting them to hurt her or abandon her so she lashes out first sometimes
  
• Has a hard time paying attention in class when she'd rather be doing something active
  
• Has an almost compulsory need to push and bend the rules, unless explicitly told not to do something even then she can find a way to do it.
  

Overall: [400 words minimum]
Adrenaline junky would be one way of describing Zuri. Another way would be scarred and confused. She has been abandoned two times in her life and this has left her wary of all other people until she is sure of them. Even then she can be aloof from them at times even though she desperatley wants friends, she is afraid of being simply abandond or thrown out. She uses activity as a way of pushing back her emotions. Don't expect her to shrink back though, she meets challenges rather than shrinking from them. She also has very strong protective instincts and will try to shelter those weaker than her. She may change her major to criminal justice as Hotel managment is just something she wrote down. She rarely reveals just what she is thinking to anyone. To see her smile, cry, or explode in anger is very very rare. Only when she is really involved in an intense activity or extreme sport does she let her guard down at all. She can also be very inquisitive and curious though when presented with something new. She will approach with caution but she will approach. She will however do almost anything to avoid school work. She much prefers to be doing real things to sitting in a room. She is smart but not very academic at all, history, math reading it all bores her. She can however be very generous when she has money or anything with those she sees as worse off than she is. But she doesn’t take thanks for it she just does it. She really doesn’t like being touched by those she doesn’t know, but at the same time she wishes she had a friend or boyfriend, because with her friends she can be very touchy feely, but the problem is will she trust anyone enough to make friends with them. It will take someone very perceptive and very patient to see the real her, but anyone who can will find the most loyal friend they could imagine. Even if she does have a prickly sense of pride, and an outer attitude that says piss off to most. If she has a problem of any kind she will try to deal with it herself rather than bringing it to anyone else including teachers or the principal. She doesn’t expect anyone else to do it for her. When in a really bad mood she will find a wide open space and shift into hyena and either lay in the sun or just run.

...appearance

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Celebrity Play By: Freema Agyeman
Appearance:
Very slim and athletic looking. She has both ears pierced andstands about 5 foot 7 in her human shape. Her animal is a bit on the small side for a female spotted hyena coming in at around 125 pounds. Her face is normally unreadabl though she relaxes and smiles when she's on a bike or running. Her hair is done in a simple style normally kept down to her shoulders and perfectly straight. She can usually be found in tight jeans and a t-shirt, though when on a bike she's in full jacket and protective gear because she isn't stupid. She carries herself with pride and refuses to look down she always looks someone straight in the eyes when talking to them. She does wear dresses and skirts when the occasion warrants it or when she wants to do some serious flirting. She does prefer heels to flats and open toed shoes, again except when engaging in sports. Her animal form is just as athletic as her human with long powerful legs. She has a small butterfly tattoo on her shoulder. She got it on a dare when her friends said she’d never fool someone into thinking she was 18 her foster parents were shocked and not amused. When she was younger she wore designer clothes and dressed fairly nice. Now she wears tight jeans, belts with chains and t-shirts that are sometimes too small. The few high end clothes she has she wears only when she feels like dressing up. When swimming she wears a very small bikini that draws the eyes to her figure though she doesn’t usually go swimming when she’d rather be on a jet ski, speed boat or skiing. She wears very small amounts of makeup usually dark red lipstick with matching nail polish since it shows up very nicely with her skin tone. She has been known to occasionally dye her hair. Her eyes are usually taking in every bit of her surroundings every few moments paying attention to everything. She carries a medium sized leather purse usually has a wallet, small knife lip stick nail polish and a deck of cards she sometimes fiddles with or pulls out for a game. In animal form she can look cute or very fierce depending on who is doing the looking. Her muzzle is pure black and her round ears are very expressive. In human and animal she is capable of moving very quietly.

...history

Parents: Michael R Watson and Virginia Jessica Watson (foster)
Siblings: none
Her foster parents tried for many years to have children of their own and spent thousands on every fertility treatment possible. Only when the lost all hope of having one of their own did they adopt. Zuri was only an infant when she was adopted. She had been left at a fire station. She grew up knowing she was adopted because her foster parents told her early on, and also that they loved her, and proved it as she grew up. She had a happy comfortable childhod with several close friends. She was a social butterfly talking with everyone and anyone. She always loved summer when her parents would take her on a tour of all of her fathers hotels. She spent time touring the areas and talking to the guests. She quickly became a favorite of the staff as she chatted with them every time they visited each one.

Everything changed a few months after her 15th birthday. She was in her parents back yard playing ball with 3 of her good friends when she found herself feeling edgy. With no preperation or knowing what was goin on she turned into a hyena wit a scream of pain. Without knowing what she was doing she attacked her good friend only wanting to taste the meat and marrow. Her friend Lindsey survived the attack but spent almost two months in the hospital. Everyone including Zuri was shocked. Her parents were afraid of her from then on and even kicked her out of the house. Fearing what would happen if she attacked someone else and unable to dealwith their daughter turning into an animal.

She survived on the streets by scavenging and scamming. The same charm she had used to make friends easily she now turned to keeping herself fed. Being able to turn into a hyena even helped sometimes because it allowed her to eat things that would have otherwise made her sick.

A Jaguar shifter who happened to be on the police force heard about the story and decided to track her down. He explained things to her once he found the abandoned house she was living in. She didnt trust him at all but she allowed him to take her to the island. She is a different person than the happy go lucky girl she was before she shifted much more guarded and wary. She has not since tried to contact her foster family or her old friends not wanting to be spurned a third time.

...connecting human to animal

[One Paragraph Minimum (Can be point form)]
She likes having friends and talking to others. She is also a natrual leader of whatever group she is with. Hyenas are very social animals, they are also strong willed and survive through intelligence and cooperation. Even when she lived with her foster parents she was quick witted and ready for a prank.

...literacy

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She was laughing as she tossed the frisbee back to Kate. "Just keep it away from Linsdey." She said running from her other blond headed friend, an amused smile on her face as Linsdey ran after Katie who had the frisbie. "Heads up Z" Katie said and tossed it towards her. She jumped and caught it, landing on the ground on her feet bent in a feral posture. She smiled at Lindsey as she ran with it.

She caught a very strange scent of something delicious and she wanted to eat coming from behind her. Puzzled she turned around sniffing. Her eyes going golden. "Um Z there's something up with your eyes." Linsdey said a puzzled expression on her face as she grew worried.

Zuri could hear a pounding in her head as the smell grew stronger the desire to give chase and attack rising. She screamed outloud as her bones shifted and she dropped to all fours. Katie ran for the door and called 911 thinking Zuri was having a heart attack or something.

Zuri screamed one last time as her face turned into a muzzle and then her screams became animal howls. Her hands became paws as did her feet and golden fur with brown spots replaced her skin. She sniffed the wind as Lindsey started to run. The animal licked its lips as she smelled her preys fear. She could almost taste the delicious marrow and flesh as she chased after the running girl.

She bit her prey on the leg bringing her down crushing the entire leg bone. She was about to finish her prey so she could eat when she felt something hit her neck and she passed out.

Zuri woke up in a dark place and confused. "What what's going on?" She asked very confused. A stern looking officer told her. "You went beserk and attacked Lindsey Cohen, your just lucky your faters paying her medical bills and that her parents aren't pressing charges.

"What that that can't be right what what happened?" She said freaking out only having a vague memory of running on all fours. The man just looked at her. "Drugs is my guess your friend said you turned into some kind of animal I'm betting you girls were doing some sort of LSD, just get out." He said letting her out of the small cell. "My parents are they picking up?" She asked still somewhat dazed and confused but not about to break down in front of him.

"Not my problem girl just get out of here." He told her. She used the money in her wallet to hire a cab to take her to her house. The driver tried several times to engage her in conversation, but she was silent as she began to remember what she had done.

Once at the house she walked into the house. Both of her parents were there and a bag was packed. "What whats going on?" She asked her voice taught with tension. "We love you Zuri but we can't have you here anymore if we knew you were some sort of monster we wouldnt have taken you." Her mother said to her looking at her as if she thought Zuri would attack at any time.

"But but I'm not a monster you said I was your daughter." She screamed grabbing the bag and running out of the house with no destination in mind. Her mind racing with thoughts and feelings none of them good or positive.


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