Name
Markos Samaras
Most people call him Mark or Officer Samaras.
Age
27
Gender
Male
Sexuality
Homosexual
Role
Cop
Desired Role
Content
Appearance
Markos’s family is from Greece, and he looks distinctly Greek. He has dark olive-tan skin, oily and somewhat rough. His face is oval-shaped, and he has a soft jawline. He has a large, rounded nose, flat on the front and slightly downturned. His lips are somewhat large, and he has particularly yellowed teeth, one of which has a silver cap on it. They are very obviously not healthy teeth. His eyes are narrow and slightly downturned, and are light blue-grey, like a newly-forming storm cloud. His eyebrows are thick and dark brown, set low over his eyes. His hair is dark brown, and rather short. It’s slightly wavy, and so oily that in certain lights it seems to be slightly damp. It sticks out from his head slightly in stray clumps. He has light stubble in dark brown. Overall, his face has a slightly rounded, droopy sort of look, and the pale blue of his eyes makes him look forever spaced out.
Markos is in good shape, though he’s neither toned nor lean. He has some muscles, but he’s not as ripped as some of the more dedicated officers. Maybe he would be in a little better shape if he weren’t downing sodas all the time. He has broad shoulders and long arms and legs, and stands at 5’10”. Though he has no real tattoos, sometimes he gets one of those little removable tattoos.
Markos, while on duty, is found in his officer’s uniform. Sometimes he cheats and loosens part of it or unbuttons the top button of his shirt to make himself a little more comfortable. When Markos isn’t in uniform, he typically wears something both comfortable and outdoorsy. He’s fond of fairly tight yet breathable T-shirts, many of which have brand names or children’s characters on them. He likes to wear track or yoga pants, and is usually wearing some sort of sneakers. Sometimes a light sporting jacket will keep him warm. He likes all kinds of bright colors, though at the very least he makes an effort to coordinate colors so he doesn’t look like a rainbow puked on him. His ears are pierced, and he sometimes wears studs, sometimes larger hoop earrings, sometimes no earrings at all. He has a few piercings here and there: his nose, his eyebrow, his belly button.
Personality
Mark can often be found smiling, with a mild and quietly amiable tone. He has a softness to him that hardly befits a cop. He tries to keep everything and everyone around him content and light hearted, and he’s always ready to try and ease any tension that might spring up. When anyone tries to steer the conversation to something heavier, he smoothly moves it back to less dangerous territory. He doesn’t want to talk about personal problems or feelings, though he sometimes finds people venting to him, and he’ll always listen and encourage them. Some people really do have a lot to complain about. Some, however, absolutely don’t, and typically Mark will counter any meaningless gripes with a positive comeback. He thinks this constant good attitude is genuinely helpful, and he can’t see the point of whining about anything. The idea of talking through feelings to make someone feel better doesn’t seem to have occurred to him. And don’t even get him started on philosophy. He doesn’t want to contemplate things like the meaning of life or the vastness of the universe.
Mark is a family-oriented person, and he has a soft spot for kids. Well, who doesn’t? It’s almost concerning to him when he meets people who claim to dislike children. In fact, Mark is rather childlike himself. He has a certain love for the sorts of things most grownups lose interest in. Things like hopscotch, yoyos, splashing in puddles, and blanket forts. Mark is a very romantic person, and every time he gets a crush, it’s like it’s the first time. Most people grow older and more mature, and start to see love and romance from a deeper and more practical perspective. Mark never seems to have grown out of his high school romance phase. He’s painfully obvious about it when he likes someone, and he’s pretty quick to ask them out. The problem is that the high wears off pretty quickly, and every time he feels like an idiot for having been so head-over-heels. He has a lot more trouble breaking up with people than asking them out, so he winds up in long relationships he doesn’t necessarily want.
Mark would not be considered by anyone to be the best officer on the force. It’s not that he’s not good at what he does. It’s just that Mark is known to let his emotions drive him, and when a cop does that things can turn messy very quickly. Mark became a cop because he wanted to help people, and he’s so easily swayed by anyone asking for help. He goes out of his way to help little old ladies cross the street and direct lost tourists. More than the law, he values the people. Which sounds, in theory, like a very good thing. But when a cop starts making exceptions for people, that’s something like playing god. Mark simply doesn’t have the authority to give people the sort of leeway he does. For now, at least, he hasn’t gone far enough to lose his job, though he has been yelled at pretty thoroughly a couple of times. He has the backing of the community, which is partially why he still has his job. And some of the other cops resent him for that - he seems to be able to get away with more than anyone else. Hardly how such a vital function of government should operate. Mark tries to make connections with everyone in his life, and engages everyone in conversation. He’s certainly not shy. Though he can’t always understand someone’s point of view, he can smile and nod and act like he does. He’s quick to sympathize, but this also makes him an easy target for manipulation and appeals to pity.
Mark has dealt with his fair share of rough situations. This is a rough place to live, after all. When the chips are down, Mark tends to prove himself. He’s no great shot, nor is he a fantastic fighter, but he’s not stupid enough to try and make peace in a life-threatening situation. His colleagues need to be able to trust him, and he simply can’t afford to consider greater morals at a time like that. He’s quick-thinking, that can certainly be said for him. Though Mark can strategize well if given the time and opportunity, he often prefers to jump into a situation and deal with the outcome in the moment. When Mark wants to do something, he just does it. Not to the point of harming anyone. But he doesn’t have time in his life to keep second-guessing himself. He can keep his cool in all kinds of awful situations, and he’s not easily shaken by violence or threats, though gore doesn’t sit well with him. He prefers to deal with situations by diffusing them, if possible, and speaking with all parties to keep the whole thing from blowing up. If he can talk people down he will, and he’s often steady and reasonable enough to at least delay the inevitable conflict. Mark also takes orders well, and isn’t the type of person to argue with his superiors. If he disagrees with their orders, or if they don’t sit quite right with him, he suppresses the urge to disagree.
Strengths
Kindness
Likeability
Calmness
Talking People Down
Helpfulness
Quick Thinking
Socializing
Taking Orders
Outdoor Activities
Singing
Frugality
Adventurousness
Weaknesses
Softness
Allows Leeway
Easily Manipulated
Avoids Emotions
Romance
Lack of Planning
Swimming
Fighting
Restlessness
Aim
Relentless Positivity
Immaturity
Likes
Fanta
There is nothing more delicious in the world to Mark. It’s a wonder all his teeth aren’t rotted out by now, at the rate he drinks those things. That’s definitely going to catch up to him later.
Singing
Mark has a good voice, and he’s proud of that fact. He sings with a few groups in town for fun, and he loves singing around the campfire.
Nature
He’s an avid hiker, camper, and rock climber. He has all the right gear and knows all the right things to do to keep himself safe out in the wilderness. He often goes on excursions when he has time off work.
Helping People
Being able to help people is what being a cop is all about for Mark. And yeah, sometimes that attitude gets him in trouble when he takes it a little too far, but it makes him feel so good to feel like he’s aiding someone.
Family
One day, when he’s a little older, Mark is going to start a family of his own. He just has to meet the right someone. He can’t wait to be a father, and he thinks kids are just about as sweet and adorable as can be.
Childlike Things
Mark still has an interest in the sort of things most people outgrow. Certainly, it’s not the same sort of thrill he got from them when he was a kid, but he hasn’t abandoned them altogether just yey. He can’t quite understand why other people have.
Good Jokes
There’s nothing like a good joke to break the ice, or to diffuse tension. Mark has a few good jokes tucked away, and he always likes to hear other people’s.
Dislikes
Bodies of Water
Mark never learned how to swim, mainly because he was terrified of the water. He’s older now and that phobia has mellowed out, but he still dislikes any large bodies of water, and particularly the ocean.
The Suburbs
The suburbs are where Mark grew up: in a boring white-picket place where anything awful that happened was hidden under a facade of unbelievable dullness. He was glad to be rid of that place, to be able to travel and do something real with his life.
Sickness
Mark avoids sick people like the plague. He doesn’t take any risks, and the last thing he wants is to get sick. Seeing others severely ill gives him the creeps.
Complaints
There’s really no point in complaining about mundane things like the weather or price of gas. Mark doesn’t complain, and he’s quick to counter people who do.
Gore
Though Mark, as a cop, can stomach more than the average person, he often finds gore disturbing.
Existentialism
The last thing Mark needs to think about is the why and how of the universe. These questions are just too big and unanswerable, and they make him feel dwarfed by the timeless cosmos. Not a good feeling.
Feelings
Mark doesn’t really like to get into any heavy topics, and he doesn’t like to talk about feelings. He can handle other people talking about their own emotions, though he’s not exactly comfortable with it. He wants nothing to do with people trying to get him to talk about his own.
Crush
Open/None
Significant Other
Open/None
Kin
Martha Samaras
Mother
Mark doesn’t speak to his mother anymore, but he knows she still lives in the same place they lived for Mark’s entire life.
Alex Samaras
Father
Mark still communicates with his dad, and though they have a somewhat awkward relationship, they can at the very least discuss sports and the new cars all Alex’s neighbors have gotten.
Affiliations
Amos Karagiannis
Mark and Amos get along like cops and dougnuts, as the old saying goes. Amos is just a little (maybe a lot) more mature than Mark. He's like an older brother, or a surprisingly youthful father. He looks after Mark, tries to keep him out of trouble, and gives him a well-placed head smack when it's called for.
Santos Guerrero
Mark can't aways understand people like Santos, but that doesn't stop him from trying. He'll keep making up excuses for the way Santos is how he is, wanting to think of him as an ally and a friend. He's too easily convinced by someone wih such a silver tongue, and seems to have a trust in Santos that he really shouldn't.
Ghazi Harib
Ghazi is a good officer, and Mark respects his authority. Ghazi seems to have gone out of his way to take over a lot of Mark's training, and while Mark will always claim he appreciates the attention, he does have trouble wih it sometimes. He'd like to be able to help Ghazi in return, but that man is tough as nails.
Estelle Louvé
The sheriff is Mark's boss, and even though he's quite friendly with her, he knows where he stands. She gives orders, he takes them. Sometimes he can frustrate her with his method of picking and choosing which laws he wants to enforce. But he still respects her, and hopefully she repects him. At least a little.
Other
None