Hi, my name is Penny!
Name: Penelope Anne Figgins
Nickname(s): Penny --
to most everyone; Miss Figgins --
if you're nasty to the younger/more formal peopleAge: 31
Birthday: August 24th
Sign: Virgo
Blood Type: AB
Favorite Food: Coffee, WINGS AND HOT SAUCE OH GOD, grape soda, medium rare steak, pasta with cream sauce, Now & Laters.
Hated Food: Black licorice, cabbage, tomatoes, mushrooms, most vegetables.
Profession: Segment Producer for the Destiny City Nightly News (DCNN)
Hobbies Barbara Walters -- Her hero. Thou shalt not mock the name of Barbara Walters lest ye wishth a swift assth kicking...th.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern (are not dead) -- Her cats. They are nice cats. When she started at DCNN, her first job was producing "special interest" segments, specifically the pet-friendly ones. It was her job to coordinate with the local animal shelter so that cats and dogs in need of a home could be broadcast out to the population. She never intended to become a pet-owner herself, but one day, an older cat with a mottled gray coat was brought on air. No one adopted him, and it pissed Penny off. A lot. Her segment had perfect numbers, every animal always got adopted, and she had no intention of changing that. So she adopted the male cat, and a week later, adopted a smaller female cat to keep him company when she was at work.
Kickboxing -- Penny has a lot of stress, and she feels that her stress is best channeled through kicking the crap out of an inanimate object. She has been going to the same gym taking the same class from the same handful of instructors for five years. If she doesn't exercise daily, Penny gets frustrated. It is how she works out any tension or aggression caused by her day-to-day schedule.
Mrs. Survivorman -- When Penny is not trapped in the studio for work, she makes a bee line for nature, particularly to somewhere with a body of water. Kayaking is a favorite hobby of hers, and on long weekends, she will sometimes camp out in the wooded lake areas just outside of Destiny City. It is how Penny decompresses from the stress of her day job when exercising doesn't do the trick. Her cellphone is always on in case DCNN needs her, but if not, she will drift along the water under a clear blue sky, drinking a beer and reading a book.
Smoking -- Like a chimney. At work she puffs away on smokeless nicotine sticks after a few unknown people (
she will find out who you are) complained that she reeked of cigarettes. Outside of work, she indulges in Camel Silvers and won't make any apologies about it.
Gemstone: Sapphire
VirtuesDetermined/Competitive --
Let's get down to business to defeat (dun dun) the Huns! Penny thinks that Rome can be built in a day so long as she is in charge of its development. There aren't many producers under the age of 30 working at DCNN; there's just one: her. She worked her a** off (and continues to) all in the hopes of showing every single person just how
skilled and
diligent she is. Penny would leap over twelve crying babies if it meant reaching her goal, and that makes her very effective at getting what she wants and accomplishing the things she sets her mind to. She races twice as hard when there is another competitor running in the lane beside her. Like Seabiscuit. She loves a challenge.
Up Front -- Penny likes to deal with her interpersonal problems out in the open. If you seem upset, she won't tiptoe. She will just blurt out, "Man, are you
still crying over that girl?" Passive aggressive behavior irritates her because she assumes those people are simply too chickenshit to actually
deal with anything. It is nice because, with Penny, what you see is what you get. She does not pretend to be anyone or anything other than exactly who she is, even if that person is a crass potty-mouthed smoker with a penchant for sarcasm and flaking out on you. At any given time, you will know precisely how Penny feels about you because she is probably saying it out loud. That kind of consistency can be comforting.
Entertaining -- Penny always has a story to tell, an idea to do something, or a wise crack to mumble. She isn't so much charismatic as she is a ball of activity. Though she is likely the kind of person people might need to take in small doses, Penny is definitely not boring and can always be counted on for a little entertainment, even if it comes via a ten minute diatribe about the insane eating habits of one of her coworkers or a point-by-point recitation of the
Grizzlyman documentary. Most of her friendships are sustained because she is the initiator. When Penny has free time, she runs to her phone to call all of the people who she likes with an impromptu idea to go to Vegas or to go camping or to do
something. She never knows when her free time will dry up, and she'll be sent back to the studio to work.
On Your Side -- Though she will put herself before others, Penny will also put her friends before the rest of the world. Even if she thinks a friend of hers is 100% wrong, she will tell them so, but then support them regardless. ("You are so wrong, it isn't even funny. Now let's go yell at this guy.") She was the little girl who punched her best friend's boyfriend for yelling at her. She was frequently manipulated by quieter friends to say the things that they wanted to say. Penny exhibits a blind loyalty when it comes to her friends because they are
her friends. Anyone who is close enough to be considered in that category will earn her allegiance.
FlawsWorkaholic/Inconsiderate -- Penny might bring event scripts on a date just in case it doesn't go well and she wants to make good use of her time. She skips family reunions to sit in a dim editing room helping put the final touches on the reel for the next day. She volunteers for additional assignments the weekend of her sister's wedding. Penny is not considerate of the feelings of others and will always put herself and work before everything else. The friends that she has understand this, and they like her for her crass, ambitious demeanor. The problem is... there aren't many of those friends. Who has the time?
Meddling -- Because Penny is convinced that she could live other people's lives better than they can live their own, she is frequently a little too persistent about that need to help them improve. If you come to her with a problem, she will assume it is because you want to fix it, not because you just
need to talk. A person who confides their problems in her has just opened up the door for Hurricane Penny to come whirling through their lives on a mission to fix all that is out of place. She doesn't do this with love or grace. She does it with a lot of "What the ******** made you think this was a good idea?" and "Who in their right mind would be interested in that?" and "For ******** sake, who eats
smooth peanut butter?" Penny's mouth flaps like a flag in a maelstrom, all in the name ******** Up Your ******** Up Life.
Jealous -- In college, Penny wanted to be a newscaster. Barbara Walters was her hero. She practiced sitting in front of her mirror with a brush as a child, reciting the lunch menu or her favorite books to work on poise. As she got older, that world shattered. Messy hair and dark circles don't look good on camera, apparently, and Penny's gruff and speedy vocal delivery did not test well with audiences. It didn't help that "Figgins" was not the kind of last name you put up on a billboard. The chip on Penny's shoulder is massive about this, and she is incredibly jealous of people who have the things that she wants, be it success, money, good looks, or a loving companion. Penny wants what she can't have, if only for the reason that she
can't have it.
Delicate Like An Elephant -- Penny is not graceful physically, or verbally. She doesn't usually say the right thing, just the first thing that pops into her head. At work, this gets her in a considerable amount of trouble. Telling her boss that something is a "crappy idea because..." does not go over well. With friends, she often doesn't know how to handle their hurt feelings or bruised emotions. When faced with someone who is upset, Penny gets confused and often makes jokes or otherwise does not treat the situation tactfully.
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