Post by Benjamin Giovanni on Sept 11, 2009 8:28:01 GMT
the role player
NAME: Dark/Shaun Answer to both
GENDER: Male
AGE: old enough to rent a car and take your mother on a date.
ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: 12-14 years
OTHER CHARACTERS: No one
HOW YOU FOUND US: Bee told me about you
Benjamin Alexander Giovanni
"In a sea of darkness only I remain"
NAME: Dark/Shaun Answer to both
GENDER: Male
AGE: old enough to rent a car and take your mother on a date.
ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: 12-14 years
OTHER CHARACTERS: No one
HOW YOU FOUND US: Bee told me about you
Benjamin Alexander Giovanni
"In a sea of darkness only I remain"
character basics
NICKNAMES: Benjamin
AGE: 18
GROUP: Student
YEAR: year 13
BIRTHDAY: March 15, 1991
GENDER: Male
PLAY-BY: Not sure, it's a suit model. I don't know his exact nameappearance
He has long dark chocolate brown hair, his bangs sometimes kept forward often times falling in front of his almost dark green eyes. They are a very light hazel brown color, he is a very dark complexion as well. Often times his skin is golden as he has spent most of his time tanning. He's not in amazing shape, but is well maintained for the lack of exercise that he does. He's about 180-190 and is about 6'0ft tall. He is always wearing a suit and tie, he is hardly ever seen without one. He usually carries around a brief case, or an Attache
His facial features seem to give you the display that he always has a scowl on his handsome face. His walk is always at a quickened pace, he seems to always be in a hurry, and it's most times to get no where but a window, or a book. He seems to have an almost unshaven rugged look about him. His 'beard' is well maintained.
He takes a great deal in personal appearance and as such you can most of the time find him dressing himself, or shopping for the newest product that he thinks will help him look better. He enjoys shopping as he's always fitted to perfection with his suits. That is one area he prides himself on being perfect on, or very close to perfect is; his personal appearance.
Often times he will wear a brighter colored shirt, his blazer is dark, it off sets his nicely toned skin color. His golden complexion is always off set by the nicely whitened or brightened shirt.personality
Likes:
Reading, plays, suits, order, to be alone, he also enjoys English class.
His goal can often be described as a 'dream' he is said that he lives in his own dream. He tries very hard and understands that others wouldn't ever see the world the way he does. He's sure that he was one of the few who understood it...but he has never shared his dream with anyone. It's to live in a world of equality and justice.
Dislikes:
Nagging, gossip, Crime, he dislikes it when his personal space is invaded, not being respected, being told to "live a little", told to act his age, dislikes law enforcement, hates authority that he feels is misused, being controlled, lied to, he dislikes foxes(long story).
He is a 'man' who often times will be seen doing some of the strangest things for a person who is said to be a grown up. Benjamin is in his very simplest form, a grown up in a child's body. He enjoys many things that are too old for him, including the odd taste of alchol though he never let's himself get out of control, he has seen what it can do first hand and never wishes to end up like his mother, or for that matter like his father.
Benjamin can most of the time be found in the library, but every so often he will grace the outside with his presence and will find it very soothing. He acts, walks, talks, breaths, and even thinks like a grown up person would, but yet there is no person who has a fault such as his. He can easily be triggered by mentioning a few things, one of them being his father. He has a Temper that makes the Devil look like a five year old temper tantrum.
Benjamin will keep to himself most of the time, he tries to avoid the social aspect of everyday life as he finds that the chit chat should be kept to a minimum. Children should be seen and not heard is a rule that he was raised on, though he has been known to let loose and party from time to time, it's rare if it happens. Benjamin will stay away from any sort of emotional attachment, he doesn't want a girlfriend, he's by no means gay, he's just not willing to sacrifice any part of himself or his dream. This side of him is selfish.
Benjamin has one quality that many find very nice. He's forever a romantic, he knows what to say to a woman to melt their heart, but at the sametime knows exactly what to say to rip it from their still beating chest. He's picked up a few things from the books that he's read, having only had a few relationships which ended in less than desirable circumstances; he will now avoid them all together.
Benjamin doesn't like to have his name shortened, He likes to be called Benjamin, as such he will not respond to any of his shortened forms of the name Benjamin. Benjamin to put into one word would be "Lone-wolf?" He enjoys his time alone, but will not turn away a conversation, unless it is one to just make mindless chatter such as "how's the weather?" he will ignore you and turn his back on you, he's no remorse for what he does when someone wastes his time.
Benjamin is a devoute Catholic as most of the Italian's are. He can be seen praying sometimes in the night and has a rosary. He Prays each night and makes sure that he goes to Church each Sunday. He is a creature of habit in that nature. He has always been part of the church in some way, shape, or form.family & history
FATHER: Alexander Giovanni (Deceased)
MOTHER: Sylvia Giovanni, 35, alcoholic
SIBLINGS: None
OTHER FAMILY:None that he associates with or known to him.
HISTORY:
His father was a man of many trades. The one that he favored the most was money laundering. He got to be very good at this, and as such was known as "The Rondella" or in the English form, "The Washer". He was only young, but he was brought up around this type of environment and as such he was able to learn it. He went to all the fancy schools to learn his education. His father insisted that he be an educated man. His father a low life hit man for the mob, he was nothing more than a patsy so when the dime got dropped on his old man, he swore that it wouldn't be him.
Him being a pure blooded Italian man, married a pure blooded Italian woman. They moved into a house and began to make a name for themselves. They were known around the block as "a due facce" or for those of you who don't speak Italian, "A two face" they were the picture of perfection and at such a young age, they had already had so much.
He never involved his family in any of his business. The wives always left the room, or he dropped her off away from the business all together, the less she knew then the less that she could claim she knew when they brought him in on the court charges. He was sure that it would happen one day, he didn't want to bring any pain to his wife, or her family.
He was approached one day by a leader of one of the major organizations to move some shipments of money up, his wife with child and he knew that he couldn't refuse, because if he did then it wouldn't look very good on his part. He had managed to stay off the radar of the major organizations by just doing small transactions for some of the small up and comers, but soon the word got out about his skills at moving money and making it come back clean as a whistle. It was a major shipment and knew that should anything happen to this money then it would for sure be the end of him and his family. His wife at the age of 18 now would surely understands. She knew what he did and understood that there were aspects that often times caused him stress, he wouldn't ever bring it home. This time was different. He did the job and everything was perfect. Though there was a hiccup a few months down the road. His wife had found out she was 2 months pregnant and she was with child.
After this Alexander wanted to become a changed man. He wished to be a family man, the last job having made him a very rich man. He was at 18, bringing home more money than anyone on the street around him. He had made enough to retire from the business at such a young age. He was smart and used the "young offenders act" to his advantage. He had dropped out of school at 14 and began to launder money at that age, though it was only to carry a duffel bag here, a duffel bag there. It always put money in his pocket. After only four years of doing this he had become the most notorious money launderer in the history of the Italian crime scene. He was after all the manager of a large bank chains in the area. It was simple, he took the money in, changed it out in the morning before anyone was there. After a while it became like second nature. Mother nature it seems is not without her own sense of irony though.
His wife had begun labor and he forgot to check to see if there were any marked bills in the bank vault. He had rushed out the door and without thinking twice had switched the money around. He had been alive for his son to be born, give him a name, and then after that he was taken away. The mob needed a patsy and of course the person who owned the bank was the perfect job.
It wasn't that he was their first choice, but after having all the leaders walked out in front of the press and the Media, he was after that. They were embarrassed in front of their families, and as such Alexander was their prime person to do the time. He knew what this meant. Alexander Kissed his then 1 month old Baby boy, and kissed his wife. He knew that this was the last time that he would ever see them. He kissed them both and was taken away in the cop car, he disappeared in prison as most of the inmates who are locked up in there do. They never touched his family, they left his wife and child alone.....to bare the burden.
He grew up with a resentment towards his father not knowing the whole story, he only knew that he was part of the mob and left him alone to spend countless hours with his mother who was always busy trying to keep everything up like a good Italian wife should. She kept up a front like everything was okay, but she actually drank her problems away most of the nights.
Benjamin was home alone often times pondering the situation. He was often times the out cast of his situation as he was very mature for his age, he had the best of everything. The only thing he truly enjoyed in school was English class. He was often times found in the library and could often times be seen holding some older literature and sometimes even reading it aloud. The librarian didn't mind at all as he had such a nice tone that she enjoyed the company and to have another male read to her...often times it was Shakespeare, or some other type of play from the Victorian or Elizabethan age.
He wished for a new start and is now going off to finish his two remaining years in the London school known as Somnium Academy. He was pushed into it by his mother as she had heard that it was a very good place to live and was sure that he would enjoy the studies there.
He was shipped to the school in hopes of at least getting some friends. He has never had so much as one friend. He was always the loaner in his class and preferred to stay by himself. He was the book worm and always looked out a window as if he were waiting for something to appear.dream form
Benjamin is said to have a very strange dream form. He didn't quite understand it when he first seen it. He had just sat there like he would normally. This had happened for almost a month. It was the final day in the month, he doesn't remember which.
He watched a 'Harvest Moon' rise as he began to feel something inside of himself. He wasn't sure what it was, but he could feel himself change, he heard his very own bones begin to crack and shape into something different. he felt his arms grow longer. He was said to have let out an almost deafening screech as he changed into something that he never expected.
He changed into what was known as the bird of myth. It was a Phoenix. He changed into two forms though, which is odd, the north American fire one which is born from the ashes, also the Chinese one. If the moon is full then he will change into the one popularized by western civilization. Though most other times he is seen as just another bird, he's a very large bird, but yet a bird.
This form is very new to him and something that he can never truly get used to, after a while though he did enjoy flying. It's almost as though his cares are tossed to the winds is only for the night as he is just flying around, scouting, just...truly alone in the sky.
