Post by Coyote on Aug 5, 2011 1:12:22 GMT -5
((I've never really gotten a chance to play/write Coyote before, so I might come back and retcon this profile a bit if things change as he develops.))
Name: Cail McKinley (full name Cailean, but that’s not something he tells most people)
NN: Coyote
Age: 17ish (anyone’s best guess; he’s not prone to giving out hard facts about himself)
Date and place of birth: February 17, 1882; Scotland (nobody knows that, either)
Personality: On the outside, Coyote is cheerful and easy to get along with. He tries to keep his head down, not wanting to be noticed, but he’s friendly towards everyone and is never one to pick fights. In fact, he’s generally known as a peacemaker when things get rough between the other boys after a bad day or stressful week. He never snaps at anyone, and when he gets angry he tends to just keep his mouth shut. Despite being in America for two years now, he still has a pretty thick Scottish accent, which he often gets teased about, but he takes it well. He gets teased a fair amount, actually, because everyone knows he won’t take offense to it and will probably laugh along with his harassers. He gets a lot of jokes about sharing a last name with the current president (though that’s only because “those bastards at Ellis Island couldn’t spell my real name”). Despite his playful exterior, though, there’s always a bit of a haunted look in his eyes, as if something’s troubling him but he’s not quite sure what. Coyote is terrified of deep water; he won’t go near the Brooklyn Bridge, or any bridges, in fact, so he often feels restless and trapped on Manhattan Island. As a result, he doesn’t sleep a whole lot and often wanders around outside at night.
Hobbies and interests: Coyote enjoys drawing, and before the strike he could often be found sketching on yesterday’s unsold papes.
Bad habits, criminal record, etc: Coyote smokes and drinks an unhealthy amount, but other than that he prefers to keep out of trouble because he’s not into unsolicited attention from the law. He’s extremely good at lying, avoiding questions, changing the subject, twisting other people’s words, and giving double meanings to his own vague statements.
Employment: newsboy, occasionally sells drawings
Background info: Nobody knows about his background; he just showed up at the lodging house one day, claiming that he was raised by coyotes in a Scottish forest. (Hence his nickname.) Nobody believes this, though, because a) his fear of water leads most people to suspect he’s never crossed an ocean, and b) there are no coyotes in Scotland. ((I’m super excited to reveal his backstory through the RP, though, because it involves angsty parental death.))
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OOC
Name/NN: Aileen/Tree
Email: blinkstree@yahoo.com
AIM: BlinksTree
Name: Cail McKinley (full name Cailean, but that’s not something he tells most people)
NN: Coyote
Age: 17ish (anyone’s best guess; he’s not prone to giving out hard facts about himself)
Date and place of birth: February 17, 1882; Scotland (nobody knows that, either)
Personality: On the outside, Coyote is cheerful and easy to get along with. He tries to keep his head down, not wanting to be noticed, but he’s friendly towards everyone and is never one to pick fights. In fact, he’s generally known as a peacemaker when things get rough between the other boys after a bad day or stressful week. He never snaps at anyone, and when he gets angry he tends to just keep his mouth shut. Despite being in America for two years now, he still has a pretty thick Scottish accent, which he often gets teased about, but he takes it well. He gets teased a fair amount, actually, because everyone knows he won’t take offense to it and will probably laugh along with his harassers. He gets a lot of jokes about sharing a last name with the current president (though that’s only because “those bastards at Ellis Island couldn’t spell my real name”). Despite his playful exterior, though, there’s always a bit of a haunted look in his eyes, as if something’s troubling him but he’s not quite sure what. Coyote is terrified of deep water; he won’t go near the Brooklyn Bridge, or any bridges, in fact, so he often feels restless and trapped on Manhattan Island. As a result, he doesn’t sleep a whole lot and often wanders around outside at night.
Hobbies and interests: Coyote enjoys drawing, and before the strike he could often be found sketching on yesterday’s unsold papes.
Bad habits, criminal record, etc: Coyote smokes and drinks an unhealthy amount, but other than that he prefers to keep out of trouble because he’s not into unsolicited attention from the law. He’s extremely good at lying, avoiding questions, changing the subject, twisting other people’s words, and giving double meanings to his own vague statements.
Employment: newsboy, occasionally sells drawings
Background info: Nobody knows about his background; he just showed up at the lodging house one day, claiming that he was raised by coyotes in a Scottish forest. (Hence his nickname.) Nobody believes this, though, because a) his fear of water leads most people to suspect he’s never crossed an ocean, and b) there are no coyotes in Scotland. ((I’m super excited to reveal his backstory through the RP, though, because it involves angsty parental death.))
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OOC
Name/NN: Aileen/Tree
Email: blinkstree@yahoo.com
AIM: BlinksTree