Name: Tatiana KonstantinNickname: Tate, which is also her preferred name
Age: 19
Birthday: 24 December
Sign: Capricorn
Gemstone: Black onyx
Blood Type: A
Fav. Food: Chicken teriyaki with vegetables and steamed rice; casseroles; stews; italian ice
Hated Food: Stollen, a german sweet bread; Pepsi brand sodas
School: Part-time student at Destiny City University, majoring in criminal justice; she works at a print shop specializing in traditional engraving, and at a small cafe and bakery as a barista.
Hobbies:
Video games - Tate loves to play horror video games, such as Silent Hill and Fatal Frame, on her multitude of gaming systems. (These were all procured while she lived with her parents; since then, new games and such have been on a buying freeze while she learns to budget and cope with living on her own.) While she used to pretty exclusively play two-player fight simulators on a competitive circuit, now she can pretty much be counted on to be playing some kind of RPG--she is expanding backwards into more fantasy-oriented games. Her particular favorite of this variety is Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for the gamecube, but nothing will ever replace Silent Hill 3 as her favorite game.
Magical Girl Anime/Manga - Tate particularly enjoys reading manga and comic books, and is a great fan of series such as Futari wa Pretty Cure, Corrector Yui, and Revolutionary Girl Utena. Though her favorite series are all certainly "mahou shoujo", anything said to be the least bit dark or disturbing has probably found a way onto her shelves at some point. The enjoyment of those types of stories doesn't end just with published materials; she also enjoys web originals like Sailor Nothing and Magical Girl Hunters. Actually, you could probably say she likes these brutal deconstructions of the genre more...
Wasting Time on the Internet - Not so much anymore, since she's in school with two jobs, but when Tate has down time and isn't gaming or reading, she's probably on Tumblr or Facebook.
Scouring the Library for Old Newspapers - …what?
Virtues:
Observant - Tate is one of those people who can take one sweeping look around a room and remember a lot of silly details without really working at it. Not, like, the number of buttons on your cardigan, but she's going to notice if you look tired, the general state of your clothes... stacks of papers on your desk... and from that, she'll draw a general conclusion about you that will color the rest of her interactions with you. She notices tics and themes in how a person dresses pretty quickly. It's usually correct, but not always; Tate's certainly fallible. A dirty or rumpled appearance doesn't always make you stupid and/or a hobo, after all, no matter what she's observed. A particular downfall is that, after she looks once, she won't look again unless there's a HUGE change.
Responsible - Tate demands a lot of herself, and she lives up to it. Before she moved out, this wasn't exactly true, but after her near-death experience (well... coma?) and months of living alone, she's learned that no one's going step up to catch you when you fall. And honestly, what's the point of shelling out all this money if she's not going to get as much as she can out of it? While she can and does slip back into old habits sometimes, she generally keeps her homework done and her bills paid, which is more than she can say for most of her peers...
Tenacious - Tate sees everything she starts through to the end. She is quite capable of smothering fear, common sense, and her better nature in order to continue on a path she's chosen in the proper order. She's prone to continuing arguments she's lost, and bringing up old arguments again and again and again, but she'll also hold out on her ridiculous schedule in order to graduate in three years with her degree while somehow magically fitting in time to socialize and sleep.
Flaws:
Insecure - She believes, quite sincerely, that everyone she knows and everyone she loves is going to leave her. She also believes that even if they don't leave, they'll lie to her, and that's almost worse. Because of this, Tate is largely solitary, and even when socializing can get pretty quiet if she doesn't know you too well. She also latches on to people who are consistently nice to her, and can get pretty clingy if you let her because she believes you're going to leave. However, if you don't let her get possessive, she'll try to push you away because obviously you're going to leave her or lie.
Jealous - Tate doesn't like being shown up, or people trying to befriend her friends--she's pretty much the ultimate possessive bestie. To make things worse, she's passive-aggressive about it. Sure, you can skip spending the night with her to go on a date with your boyfriend, but she isn't going to talk to you afterwards. You're going to have to approach her, not the other way around.
Perverse - Tate will bring up things she knows make you uncomfortable and try to get under your skin. This tends to drive people away, but Tate believes she does it for a reason--it weeds out the people who really care for her from the people who just want to lie to her or leave her. She doesn't want to hurt you, she just wants to know how important she is to you. She drives you away to keep you closer. Kind of perverse, yeah.
