- Nickname: None
Gender/Pronoun: Male; He/Him/His
Age: 24
Birthday: July 25, 1998
Sign: Leo
Gemstone: Ruby
Blood Type: A-
Fav. Food: Trashy ballpark food: cheeseburgers, wings, nachos, hot dogs
Hated Food: Ravioli, Spam
School/Occupation: Attended DC Culinary Vocational School and is now the chef de partie at the high-end restaurant, Mile Marker 78
Hobbies:
- Food: Calder can’t remember a time when he didn’t love mealtime. Everyone’s gotta eat, and he was accustomed to the preparation and dinner being a family adventure. He started to associate food with a bonding activity and social fulfillment, and… probably started to go overboard with it. He loves all kinds of food: cooking, tasting, and judging. He was a husky kid in middle and high school and turned to crappy coping mechanisms in his teenage years when other kids and distant relatives started to tease him about it. That is mostly behind him now, and he tries to incorporate healthy habits alongside enjoying all of his favorite greasy, junky foods.
Hair and Makeup: With naturally vibrant hair and glowing features, it has always felt obvious that Calder should spend time appropriately cultivating these things. It was a total coin flip between culinary school and beauty school, since both are areas he already had huge interest and knowledge in, but culinary won out, relegating his cosmetology talents to something to do primarily on himself. He spends a minimum of an hour on himself every day, but Calder does consider it a particular treat when he has someone else who will let him dress them up like a doll and do their hair and makeup. What a fortunate happenstance that he has a little sister. He’s not weird; you’re weird.
Jogging/Hiking/Rock climbing/Swimming: A necessary evil and enjoyable only under specific circumstances. Calder hates workouts that are mostly sitting in one place, making repetitive motions, like any type of weight machine or home routine. Exercise is tolerable if he can at least do it somewhere fun, such as a biking trail up the mountain or a swim in a lake. It’s even easier if there’s someone else there with him, but since Calder almost never goes to the gym, he’s a little short on ‘exercise friends.’ Still, if he wants to keep eating like he does while maintaining his flawless skin and silky hair, this is just what needs to be done.
Amateur Photography: If it wasn’t obvious, Calder is an artist and a show off, so of course he likes to keep a ‘record’ of any especially impressive dishes or intricate hairstyles or fun locales he’s visited. He doesn’t have any fancy photography equipment, but a good phone has a surprisingly effective camera. Calder is on Instagram often, looking for new ideas and reading comments about how good his meals look. He has a cheap photobox and basic composition skills to make things look nice. They don’t help with the selfies, though. He takes a lot of selfies and captions them with things like, ‘hey baby you’re so beautiful.’
Virtues:
- Protective: Calder can be highly defensive of his friends and family and is not afraid to chase people away that he thinks will do them physical or emotional harm. Also has a particular wariness of his friends being hard on themselves; that’s been super prevalent in this day and age. He judgingly scopes out his friends’ and sibling’s potential significant others, and he can be very vocal about letting everyone know if someone isn’t good enough for the people he cares about. He’s generally friendly enough, but it can be difficult to get into his inner social circle. Calder doesn’t want to expend this kind of energy and effort on just anyone, since once he’s at optimum care potential, he’ll be there to listen to your troubles at 2AM or take a bat to some a*****e’s car windshield.
Affectionate: He may not be necessarily ‘nice’ by default, but Calder isn’t afraid to show affection to the people he feels have earned it. He likes cuddling and hand-holding and playing with his friends’ hair, and just generally being in their space. Very dutiful about not leaving the people he loves alone, so none of his friends should ever feel like they don’t have anyone who will listen to them, or who they can call to come over in the middle of the night. Despite his contentedness with companionship, he is not especially needy. The only one anyone should ever expressly need is him: including himself.
Sociable: Calder is really good at putting on friendly airs. He can be chatty and pleasant and enjoys hosting game/movie/dinner nights for his circle because of course he wants all of his friends to also be each other’s friends. It’s definitely not a disguised opportunity for him to snoop and judge on people. Not afraid to try and make new acquaintances if he feels someone is “interesting” or “relevant” enough: he’ll definitely stroll up and sit at a stranger’s coffee table with them in order to better judge his personal level of interest. Content to do some initial legwork and chasing to see who is worth it, but he won’t keep it up forever for those who don’t reciprocate effort. Of course, Calder is always especially interested in people who ‘give their regards to the chef.’ His boss has to do her best to keep him contained.
Flaws:
- Conceited: Calder loves his good friends and family and has been known to sacrifice for them- But his natural inclination is toward selfishness. He recognizes that it is in bad taste and is quite unattractive on a person, so with enough forethought he can keep it together and be a good person. But he is almost always just chasing praise and compliments from others. Has this ‘friendly, decent guy’ facade to deceive people into thinking as highly of him as he thinks of himself, and he is most likely to believe that any random passerby is way out of his league and undeserving of the affection he gives to people who are ‘worth’ it. Definitely always judging everyone; his high standards often make him feel like he is ‘settling’ for less than he should.
Catty: It doesn’t take much for Calder to turn malicious. He doesn’t take slights well, regardless if aimed at him or people close to him. Ex-dates, ex-besties, and obnoxious strangers are all easy targets for nasty remarks and barely-subtle hostility when face-to-face. Definitely doesn’t want someone to not realize that he’s been insulted/hurt. Tries to keep it to just snark and sass and generally mean-playfulness in public. Can be outright destructive when no one’s watching. Calder can also hold grudges indefinitely, so he can be a real pain to accidentally run into.
Compulsive: Calder is not a fan of routine. Yes, he has set hours of work that take up a large portion of his schedule, but outside of that, he craves spontaneity. Makes ridiculous purchases for the serotonin hit, shows up at his friends’ houses uninvited, has no set sleep schedule so definitely has very moody days from not properly caring for himself. Maybe he’d be ‘happier’ or ‘better off’ if he found a way to settle down, but that sounds dull, so if you can’t handle him, keep walking.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
- Eyes: Pale, almost MILKY YELLOW-GREEN. Can definitely be a little off-putting, especially juxtaposed against his dark, tanned skin. A bit narrowed and catty, but playful overall. Thin, sculpted brows.
Hair: DARK NAVY, hip-length waves. Under layer is AQUA streaked with PALE YELLOW-GREEN. Tries new styles regularly and loves to accessorize.
Face: High, angular cheekbones in a heart-shaped face. Long, aristocratic nose, cupid’s-bow mouth. Clear skin, no piercings. Does enjoy light make-up and colored eyeliner and eyeshadow.
Skin Tone: AUBURN
Body Type: Stands quite tall at 6’5”. As someone who enjoys eating, he is far from thin, but constant workouts and healthy habits keep him from being too bulky. He mostly appears of “average” weight.
Clothes: Has a sort of casual-chic fashion style. He doesn’t want to be uncomfortable and will wear cute, loose tops with little bright color or design. Likes layers, tight pants, maybe a little scattered jewelry or ankle-high, heeled boots. Not super interested in “standing out,” specifically, but not all that excited about being “standard,” either. Just wants to be a reasonably cute in-between.
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