Post by kalai on May 3, 2009 19:37:20 GMT
the roleplayer
NAME: Niko
CONTACT: PM/MSN
GENDER: Male
AGE: Fiifteen
ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: Four-ish years
OTHER CHARACTERS: who else do you play?
HOW YOU FOUND US: RPG-Directory
Nikolai Jae Nixon
"I want to be your perfect stick of glue, but I don't feel perfect at all."
"I find it hard to hold conversations, I get sweaty sick and I want to walk away. No, it's not you, it's strictly me in this situation."
NAME: Niko
CONTACT: PM/MSN
GENDER: Male
AGE: Fiifteen
ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: Four-ish years
OTHER CHARACTERS: who else do you play?
HOW YOU FOUND US: RPG-Directory
Nikolai Jae Nixon
"I want to be your perfect stick of glue, but I don't feel perfect at all."
"I find it hard to hold conversations, I get sweaty sick and I want to walk away. No, it's not you, it's strictly me in this situation."
character basics
NICKNAMES: Niko, Nix, Nixon, Mr. Nixon, or Professor Nixon.
AGE: Twenty-five
GROUP: Somnium Staff
BIRTHDAY: November 9th
OCCUPATION He spends his time teaching the history course or supervising students.
GENDER: Male
PLAY-BY: Leonardo DiCaprioappearance
Niko seems to have fairly dark brown hair to go with his blue eyes, but if you look at him you can see blond in his hair, depending on how he styles it. Normally he doesn't do anything too wacky, he typically just gels it down to save time and avoid any embarrassing conversations with students over it. He wears suits most often, though he is capable of dressing casual. He likes silky ties of nearly every color, and wearing a tie really doesn't bother him. Neither do jeans, just not around students. Maybe if he was in the pub, and even then it'd probably only be on a weekend.personality
Niko does like the bar. And he likes rum. Tequila, not so much. . .It's not that it isn't good in it's own way, it's just that he gets mean when he drinks it, and that's a problem as a respectable teacher at Somnium Academy. So he avoids it. He dislikes beer to a great extent, and he also dislikes cigarette smoke as well as marijuana. And he's really not a drunk so much as someone you can hand a shot to for a good time. Drinking makes him open up, it makes him talk- perhaps even ramble a bit.
Niko dislikes disrespect, and he dislikes his own shyness. He has a hard time with loud noises and bright lights. Now, repetitive noises keep him at ease. A student who constantly taps their foot against the floor, or against the leg of their desk, is more like his best friend than a nuisance. Why? Simple. Niko dislikes silence. Almost as much as he dislikes being alone. He doesn't like cotton, either, so he won't touch a cotton ball. Don't even try it. And he doesn't write on a chalk board unless the chalk has a metal casing so he doesn't have to touch it. Even then, it's not his preference.
Niko's goal is to teach and inspire students. Not to drill dates into their head, that's not the point. The point is to get them interested, to get them to care, to show them it ties in with their current popular media. Russian historical events inspired Animal Farm, for example. For him, that's all it took to get him passionate about history. He wants to do that for others. And he wants to be able to create parallels in their mind between past and present. That how they feel right now, the things they go through, were experienced throughout history even if it doesn't seem possible.
First and foremost, Nikolai is shy. He does not start conversations, and he does not open up to people all that easily.
Second, Niko's polite. He's the kind of person who'd hold the door, or help you with your books, or well, anything of that nature. He sees no reason not to say 'please' and 'thank you', as well as 'you're welcome'. He's also the kind of person that blushes if you say thank you to him, or at least feels embarrassed, but still.
Third, Niko is a passionate teacher. Being shy doesn't mean you can't teach. Niko has no problem getting up in front of a group to help and teach them. It's more of that 'one on one' contact he struggles with, and more of a 'if you're my age it's scary' kind of person. He has a hard time with the headmaster, and with female co-workers because he gets too nervous in their presence. When he gets to know them better, he relaxes.
Negatively, Niko is very shy, as stated. This makes him very closed, very private. He pushes people away, and he portrays this steely exterior to hide his caring, sensitive nature.
Niko is also somewhat of a nerd. He is so used to being the most intelligent of his peers, so in that aspect he has a lot of confidence. When he doesn't know something, he finds out. If you ask him a question, he finds the answer.family & history
FATHER: Leonardo Nixon, deceased, he died when Niko was eight.
MOTHER: Maria Sara Dawe Nixon, deceased, she died when Niko was eight
SIBLINGS: N/A (If you want to be his sibling, just PM me 'cause I don't really care if he has siblings or not *shrugs*)
OTHER FAMILY: N/A (If you want to be part of his other family, just PM me.)
HISTORY:
Niko grew up in a close town. Not distance-wise, but close in the way that everyone knew everyone. It was like some sick tv show that you couldn't turn off when it got uncomfortable or annoying. And, yes, it did get a lot of both. It had it's good times, though. Niko would have ended up shuffled up in the system, had he lived in a big down. Instead his school's principal adopted him upon his parent's death. This left his childhood somewhat short lived. After his parents died when he was eight, he became more than just the quiet boy who had to know you before he'd talk to you. He became a truly quiet, private person, and his shyness was definitely made worse. There was no hiding it once he was orphaned.
He was a happy kid, though, who would climb trees to sit on a high branch and watch the sunset and sunrise. It was his favorite thing to do. He also enjoyed reading and swimming as a kid. Football was something he played, but didn't truly commit himself to. Niko was also very close to those people he'd talk to. He spent a lot of time alone, and yet the time he did spend with those he was close to made them feel important. It wasn't hard to see he really, truly cared about his friends.
As a teenager, he was solitary as usual, as well as being quite the charmer. He talked a little more, but not much. Most of the people he'd know since childhood so it wasn't really a problem, he'd already got used to them by that time. He was very interesting to date, and he could make the night fun. Niko'd spend time with you but he wasn't constantly around. He could be found, in a tree or laying in the grass or something like that, but he didn't constantly need to know where you were or what you were doing. In fact, he was detached in that way. He didn't care. If you were cheating on him, he wouldn't know it. He wouldn't stalk you to find out. If he did find out, well, he'd probably break it off with you and perhaps never talk to you again. You don't betray him. . .
As an adult, he's quiet. He's also more open than he was as a child after his parents' death and after his teenage years. He's a very caring teacher, who truly cares for his students. Niko's also very, very passionate about the subject of 'history' in general.dream form
Niko becomes a red panda neko teenage boy with red hair and a fluffy, raccoon like tail with red and white alternating stripes opposed to black and gray. (which you must imagine into the picture.) He looks a lot like a candy cane. This is partially due to his love of Christmas and partially due to the fact that he was orphaned in the month of December, when he was eight years old. In many ways December and Christmas mean a lot to him. Beyond that, he's a red panda neko. His ears are white, his eyes brown. His clothing is displayed in the picture. Rarely, if ever, does he wear anything different. And in the dream world, say he did change his clothes, he would never wear anything but white. When he was younger, he used to pick certain colors- blue this week, gray the next. And he wouldn't stray from that color all week. So, his dream form seemed to have taken this notion a bit farther, and put him in a color permanently. That color happened to be white.
Niko was a very athletic boy growing up. In a small town, it was easy to get on the football team, and even easier to enjoy it. They'd joke around, saying 'aw them Cali boys, they'll have us beat. Just play a good game, team, and we'll get through the day.'. It wasn't that they didn't believe in themselves, but merely that sports weren't that big of a deal. They were offered, and most, if not all of the able bodied boys played. It was a way to keep everyone busy. So, shy Niko was able to prove himself by how well he could play, even if he wouldn't say much. In time they accepted his relative muteness and, in time, the appreciated his skill. Much like a red panda who is very quiet (relying on whistles and twittering occassionally to communicate) and solitary in his own right. Even his athletic ability is portrayed in the red panda in the sense that the panda is very skillful and acrobatic.
Most people usually called Niko the monkey. However, the red panda lives within the trees. The red panda also prefers the night time, or more specifically, the 'twilight' time. This time is also very relaxing to Niko in and out of the dream world.
