Post by emilybuj on Oct 1, 2012 11:22:18 GMT -5
Gabriel Parker James !
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Name» Gabriel Parker James
Nickname(s)» Gabe
Date of Birth» February 4, 1996
Place of Birth» New York, NY
Age» 16
Grade» 11
School» Spiritus
Sports Team» swimming
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Sexual Orientation» heterosexual
Hair Colour and Style» thick curly dark hair
Eye Colour» brown
Height» 5’8”
Weight» 165
Distinguishing Features» Triangular shaped eyebrows. Enough said.
Clothes» Gabriel can often be seen in jeans and a flannel shirt outside of class. He likes to attempt to spice up his school uniform a lot, often with suspenders or a bowtie or both. The only thing he sometimes gets away with is his glasses due to special permission.
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Mother» Cassandra James (57)– lawyer
Father» Peter James (60) – businessman
Siblings» Lucas and Andrew (30 and 27 respectively)
Family History» Gabe is the youngest of three boys and their age gap clearly defines him as an ‘accident’. Gabe was born and raised in New York where his father works with various production companies in developing music albums. His mother works as a lawyer in a pretty large firm. His family was always pretty well off. His older brothers always overshadowed Gabe, however. Peter expected a lot from his boys – good grades, professionalism, and gentlemanly behavior. While Gabe was very charming, he did not fit the ‘good grades’ or ‘professionalism’ bill.
His parents still live in New York. Lucas is married to a woman named Amy and they have a 3 year old daughter named Victoria. Andrew is not in a serious relationship yet, and Gabriel suspects it may have something to do with his sexuality which (if Gabe’s suspicions are right) their father would never approve of.
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Personality» Gabriel is generally a sweet, loveable, goofball. He loves to see people happy. He will do anything for a laugh or a smile. He’s a bit clumsy though, and has trouble controlling the things he says. He’s a bit impulsive too. He is naturally charming, but doesn’t realize it because of his power. Gabe gets his heart broken easily, and easily breaks other’s hearts. In certain situations Gabe can be quite awkward, and not be able to think up the right words to say. That's when he relys on his powers for a boost. (Especially with girls. Then he realizes they only like him for his powers and that's when he gets heartbroken). Gabe is easy to open up to, and he usually opens up pretty easily.
Likes - music, guitar, dancing, jokes, fun, creativity, flying, nerdy things (superheroes, harry potter, starwars)
Dislikes - professionalism, rules, being tied down, discrimination, people not being themselves, landing
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Academics» While Gabe is definitely smart enough to get As, he has no work ethic. Because of this, he is a B/C student. If he put effort into his work he would perform much better, but he would rather spend time playing guitar.
Powers» Gabe has two unrelated powers. For one, he can fly. He is really great in the air – much better than he is on land. When he walks he’s clumsy and awkward, but in the air he’s graceful and can’t fall which is awesome. He sucks at landing though.
But more annoying to Gabe is his charm. When people look him in the eyes they are naturally infatuated with him. They will want to be his friend, want to be his boyfriend, they want SOMETHING from him. Gabe has yet to find a reason this power is a gift or a good thing at all. But for now he wears specially made sunglasses all the time to avoid the issue.
Discovery» When Gabe was 5 he started floating around the house. His father would not stand for such behavior however, and would buy Gabe shoes with heavy soles to keep him down until he learned to control himself. He learned pretty fast too.
The charm came on later, in middle school. By this point he was content with his flying abilities, despite his rocky landings. But he found the amount of friends he had in school mildly disturbing. Whoever he went up to would automatically want to get to know him and be his friend. He told his parents about it, and they suspected it was another ‘mutation’ as they called it. At that point Gabe’s father sent him to Spiritas where Gabe has learned next to nothing about his Charm, except it is a real ability.
Weakness/Vulnerability» Gabe is too trusting. Although, if he chooses to use his powers it isn’t as big of a problem because he can get people to tell him almost anything. However Gabe doesn’t use people and is often hurt by people he puts too much trust into. Also, Gabe is not very confident due to the lack of support from his family. Even though they aren’t the most supportive, he does love his family and would do anything to protect and please them, which is the only reason he stays in the school- to impress his father.
Also, Gabe tends to hurt himself a lot.
And he gets himself in trouble a lot at Spiritus due to his goofy nature.
Strengths» Gabe is good natured and a bright spirit many people want to be around with or without his powers. He is very very kind and naturally smart (just not “book” smart). He is an amazing musician and wants to be a singer when he’s done school, but isn’t sure if he’ll ever trust that people actually like his music or are just obsessed with him due to his charm.
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Relationship Status» Had a girlfriend back home he would fly out to see every now and then, but they broke it off in the middle of sophomore year because they couldn’t take the distance anymore.
Friends» He has many “friends” due to his power, but often isn’t sure who his real friends are. He’s open to hang out with anyone though.
Enemies» not yet
Additional Information» When talking to others he tries very hard not to make eye contact if he is not wearing his glasses.
Play-by» Darren Everett Criss
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Name» Emily
Username» emilybuj
Roleplaying experience» 3-4 years
Other characters» Eloise
