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Waarufu

PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:33 am


~-Above the Coffee Shop-~

~-Directory-~
1) Introduction
2) About the Shop
3) Room #1: Kieran's
4) Room #2: Iniko's
5) Room #3: Darshan's


Above the coffee shop on the corner of a not-so-busy street are a series of apartments that the owner rents to those in need of a place to stay. The apartments stretch out above and behind the store front, and the owner's home occupies the first floor behind the coffee shop. Access to the owner's home is through the kitchen and out a back door that attaches directly to the home. To reach the apartments, there's a stairway on the back wall near the kitchen door. For those who consider the smell of brewing beans and the whirl of grinders and espresso machines to be comforting, the rooms above the coffee shop can be alluring.



- Please do not post in this journal, but I'd love a PM about RP ^.^
PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:38 am


~-About the Coffee Shop-~


- coming soon -

Waarufu


Waarufu

PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:47 am


~-Kieran-~

The Room: Kieran chose one of the smaller rooms in the apartments for himself. His only furniture is a twin bed with a small bedside table with one drawer and a plain table lamp. The covers are a muted mint green color, and he keeps his room very tidy. The only bit of personalization is a framed piece of art on the wall: a raven soaring over a black landscape with a red sun hung in a grey sky - a rather depressing piece made with grainy paint that was more ash than anything else. There is a story behind it, but Kieran refuses to talk about it.
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Name: Kieran
Birthday: May 26th
Sign: Gemini
Type: Uke
Breed: Cat

Relationship(s): None left
Friendships: Wants to try
Love: Doubtful

Likes: Mornings and evenings, stars, the ocean, fresh air
Dislikes: Nightmares, nighttime, popsicles, broccoli, camping, loud and/or obnoxious people

Favorite Color: Shades of green
Favorite Food: Anything warm and chocolate-y
Favorite Place/Type of Place: Open air, far away from people

Hobbies: Painting, sketching, design, hiking, and thinking

Personality: Quiet and reserved yet with an underlying strength to his words. Kieran comes off as someone who holds a lot back in his social interactions. He doesn't put too much on the line as far as his feelings go, though his curiousity about things can sometimes get the better of him. At times, his attitude can even make him appear more brooding than friendly.

The Known Past: Kieran showed up one day in the late fall, when the chill was just enough to start freezing the crops and bite through clothes at night. He'd been living in a run-down apartment in the downtown area, and it was obvious he wasn't exactly prepared for the winter to come. The coffee shop owner had been behind the counter when he ordered, and before he had left he had a new place to stay and a job to pay for it on top of that.

The Unknown Past: He never attended college, instead moving into an apartment with his brother to get away from his parents while his brother worked part-time and attended classes. Their relationship blossomed once allowed to, and moved into something less platonic. Once the rumors started, Maka was forced to quit his job. His grades dropped when he stopped attending classes because of the taunts. Slowly, the older brother that Kieran had grown to love as a mate withered under the pressure. Kieran attempted to hold them together by trying to find a full-time job, but it was difficult when no one in the small town would hire an incestuous little brat. He eventually got a position as a receptionist for a tattoo parlour, and was able to keep the rent paid and food in the fridge. Maka, however, never really recovered from his own emotional entanglements. Kieran suggested moving, but it fell on deaf ears. Within three months of them living together, Kieran came home from work one evening to find Maka dead in the bathtub. Utterly shattered, the other men that Kieran worked with at the tattoo shop took care of him until he could get his feet under him and move again.

Maka's remains were cremated, and Kieran had a small amount mixed into black ink for the first and only tattoo on his back - the single, black wing of a fallen angel represented his brother, who would always be his own guardian angel even if Heaven threw him down. Kieran mixed the rest himself into the painting of the raven, giving his brother the wings he never had over a desolate landscape that Kieran couldn't bring himself to paint any other way.

Types in dark green
Currently: In RP -> (Coffee Shop)

[Old] History:
- Meeting Cutler Beckett (Coffee Shop) [incomplete]
- Finding Presents (Original Anthro Shop, completed pg. 1229)
- Meeting Basil (Original Anthro Shop)
- Accused, Mikey (Coffee Shop)
- Meeting Kimaris (Original Anthro Shop) [incomplete]
PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:57 am


~-Iniko-~

The Room: Iniko's room is spacious, with a walk-in closet. There are heavy curtains over the two windows, almost always pulled closed. His comforter is black, and he has a dark colored rug spread out underneath his desk. There aren't any pictures hanging on the wall, but his desk - which backs up to the wall - is covered in papers. He isn't very tidy, but there isn't enough in the room for that trait to be apparent.
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Name: Iniko
Name Origin and Meaning: African for 'born during troubled times'
Birthday: January 14th
Sign: Capricorn
Type: Uke
Breed: Rat

Relationship(s): There were none to begin with
Friendships: None would dare come so close
Love: Who could love him?

Likes: Novels and poetry, quiet, the dark
Dislikes: Flowers, the romance genre, overly cheerful or peppy people

Favorite Color: Muted blues and grays
Favorite Food: He doesn't have one
Favorite Place/Type of Place: The closet, in the dark

Hobbies: Writing, sketching, reading

Personality: Iniko keeps mostly to himself, especially when he's not working in the shop. He's quiet when he does talk, and tends to not look anyone in the eyes. He does his best to cover his scars, hiding a lot from the people that tend to walk into the shop by ducking behind the counter. It's hard, at times, to get anything out of the timid rat. Once he's cornered though, or if it has something to do with his writing, he seems to be a completely different person. He has confidence about what he writes, and expresses it freely.

The Known Past: Kieran helped Iniko in one evening, having found the other sitting rather dumbly on the side of the street outside the shop when he was getting ready to close everything up. The rat looked to have been beaten up, but Kieran soon learned that the scars were much older than that. When introduced to Kara, the young fox ushered him into one of the rooms upstairs and into his new job without any questions.

The Unknown Past: Iniko was in an orphanage since before he could remember until about the age of twelve. From eight and above he was in a few simple grammar, spelling, and reading classes that were offered where he was staying - all of which he was very interested in. At the age of twelve, he was adopted by a man with less-than-savory plans for poor Iniko. He was taken in as more of a servant than another member of the family, tending to the three sons - the two oldest of which took out their frustrations and angers on the young rat as if he were a whipping boy. The scars that he now tries to hide were gathered during that period of life.

In his early twenties he finally managed to strike out on his own, much to the distaste of the sons and father. The most interesting scars are the ones around his ankles and neck that marked the heavy chains he bore on and off during that time. In that household, he wasn't allowed to learn anything in regards to schooling, but Iniko snuck behind everyone's back whenever he had the opportunity. His favorite place in the whole house was in the vents above the library, where he could listen to the real sons' lessons. His unkept appearance is due to the fact that it never mattered to him before.

Types in Darkblue
Currently: Open for RP

[Old] History:
- Meeting Wyatt (Coffee Shop) [incomplete]
- Meeting Taliesin (Anthro Shop, complete pg. 1024)
- Meeting Mikey (Library, Coffee Shop)

Waarufu

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