Post by Alin Forrest on Jul 27, 2009 3:11:25 GMT
the roleplayer
NAME: Seth
CONTACT: A lot. Check other places.
GENDER: Both
AGE: 22
ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: Long ass time
OTHER CHARACTERS: Aries, Meredith, Fedafyr, Paris, Taibhreamh
HOW YOU FOUND US: I asked for a boat.
Alin Michael Forrest
"All you got to do is...
Lay your hands on me.
Lay your hands on me.
Lay your hands on me!"
NAME: Seth
CONTACT: A lot. Check other places.
GENDER: Both
AGE: 22
ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: Long ass time
OTHER CHARACTERS: Aries, Meredith, Fedafyr, Paris, Taibhreamh
HOW YOU FOUND US: I asked for a boat.
Alin Michael Forrest
"All you got to do is...
Lay your hands on me.
Lay your hands on me.
Lay your hands on me!"
character basics
NICKNAMES: Alleycat, Allie, Forest, Mikey, Mika
AGE: 32
GROUP: Somnium Staff
BIRTHDAY: March 4
OCCUPATION Philosophy/Band Teacher
GENDER: Male
PLAY-BY: Jon Bon Joviappearance
Alin has always had a hard time keeping with the school dress code, so it's a good thing Somnium hasn't asked him to thus far. His hair is often bleached out and his lips are generally turned upward. Though his age can show at times, Alin's smile seems to devolve him years. His gray blue eyes seem to sparkle when they light on someone, and he has some way of looking that makes it seem like you're the only person in the world when he talks to you.
Standing a gracious 6'0" and bearing some slender but apt muscle which he tends to show off freely, Alin is a bit of a "ladies man".. though some have claimed he was more of a "man's man"... if you know what I mean?personality
Girls & Boys Jealousy Commitment Fun Music Artistic Oppression Being Judgemental Growing as a Person Introspection Taking things for Granted Never Learning To Always do Better
Alin prefers the life that one lives internally as opposed to the one they live externally. Although not religious by any means, he believes in the betterment of oneself through experience, and has studied philosophy adamantly in order to become the teacher he is today. Somnium's dream world is a great basis on which to base the learning and teaching of philosophy, a way to physically confront the internal conflicts one has with themselves and to build for them a new, brighter future with a greater grasp of their own self esteem.
A little over-the-top and excitable, upon first glance, Alin seems young. Like a kid stuck in a teacher's job, Forrest loves the subjects he teaches. His obsession with the understanding of the human mind and the ability to overcome hardship has driven him to become what many would regard as wise, but what he would regard as "introspective". Change is hard, but not impossible.
His philosophical and completely logical mindset on life has left him a bit outside the standard social train. Because he lives in his mind, far away from the lawful rulings of the realm, he seems out of touch with what is wrong that is not explained. Love lacks gender distinction or age distinction for him (though do not confuse him for a pedophile--one has to have a personality before one can truly understand love, and love is something that must be returned to be pure). Love is eternal, but not monogamous. Sex and love are not one and the same thing, as one satisfies a social need and the other fulfills an emotional nook that every human has. Platonic love is the same as Romantic love, it merely defines how one shows that love to the person before them. Each fulfills the same necessary piece of human desire.
His loose ideals on morality have gotten him in trouble a couple of times for... entertaining the younger crowds. Though harmless, realistically, his tendency to want to roll happily beneath the sheets for a quick night has found him quite a few warnings and he's been close to losing his job due to angry parents once or twice before, so ... he's trying to overcome that part of him, not because he finds it morally or practically wrong, but because it's risking his stability.family & history
FATHER: Michael Forrest, Age 62
MOTHER: Anna Forrest, Age 64
SIBLINGS: Trixie Forrest, Age 24
OTHER FAMILY: None
HISTORY:
Alin was born to two loving parents and his life was pretty non-descript. I mean, all-in-all, it was.. just simple. They lived in a small, rural town, his mom and his dad pushed all their little ideals onto him and he rebelled ferociously somewhere in those young, mundane teenage years... But his dad didn't disown him when he said he was gay, and his mom still loved him when he rescinded and said he was bi, and when they fought over religion, both of them said that God had a path for him, and they believed that he was following it, even now, while he was screaming God was worthless and a crutch. All-in-all, the family was pretty normal.
Or, perhaps it was even better than normal.
When he moved away to attend college, he began pursuing his interests in people and the thought processes by which everyone decided to run their lives. He met girls and boys of all types, and at first, his sex life was merely a process by which he affirmed a thought about someone's personality--tests to see how he could understand others. He preferred male interactions--they had such an impact. Never was an interaction with a male simple; always there were people who found it distasteful. Social reasons aside, Alin found that he wanted to take up a very proactive flag for homosexuality. He wasn't gay, by any means.. he enjoyed women FAR too much. He thought, though that everyone should be well-respected..
... And so he had a bit of a fight with his parents.
Their religion said "no"; his social philosophy said "yes" and it was quite a discussion with his father over the dinner table. His mom tried to stop the potatoes from flying across the room by adding comedic effects, but everyone knew she was right beside Alin's father, and Trixie was more-or-less hiding under the table so she didn't accidentally agree with her older brother in front of the parents.
Trixie and Alin had always been close, since he had always wanted a younger sister to impress his thoughts onto, they were perfect for one another. Out in their rural area where they grew up, Alin had lots of time to just pal around with her, and therefore, they seemed to have their own world. He brought home his ideas, and she absorbed them. Though they both respected and adored their parents. Trixie seemed to be his grounding for a long while, telling him that direct brawling wasn't really to his advantage. While he knew that, it wasn't something he could really affirm internally.
Either way, Alin still loved his family. They had taken him with all his flaws, and he decided, somewhere along his college career, that the worst disgrace he could do them was to sit still and never grow. Philosophy was his passion, and anthropology was a close up-and-coming interest. People were the greatest thing that the world had to offer, and to understand them would be an ultimate ideal situation. Somnium's dream world was ... no pun intended... a dream come true. It was an internal view he could discuss with young, intelligent minds.dream formBecause I be what I be. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, Mum, but I be a cat. And no cat, anywhere, ever gave anyone a straight answer.
Alin's dream form is that of a fat, peg-legged pirate cat. He speaks in riddles and loves to sit in laps. Another simple social test, Alin's dream form seems to be just a way to interact from a different standpoint. For this reason, he has, when really into a study, appeared in various different forms relative to it. It's actually pretty inconvenient, if you ask Alin.
