CHARLIE
[ free man ]
"Don't mind me; I'm just existing. And bullying my sister—"
B A S I C S . . .
Full Name: 리은 (Ri Eun)
Former Name: 张梓豪 (Zhāng Zǐháo)
Goes By: Charlie
Age: Late Twenties (27-29)
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio (October 28)
Gender: Male
Blood Type: A+
Orientation: Pansexual Monogamous
Status: Alive | Single
Religion: Nominal Roman Catholic
Occupation before Apocalypse: Ethical (White Hat) Hacker
Here for a fun time, not a long time.
A P P E A R A N C E . . .
Charlie is a man of average height, standing at barely 5'7". With how he walks in a slouch (his little sister likes to call him a "fucked-up banana" at times), he can appear a full inch shorter. His physique can be described as follows: he has no idea what the hell a gym is. I.e., he pants like he's run a marathon whenever he lifts a half-full jug of milk. I.e., he's a famine in human form. I.e., he's skinny as hell. Not that this is his fault, he likes to say, as his job pertains to abuse of keyboards, not abuse of his muscles, so it's only natural that he'd have limbs so thin one would think a gentle breeze could break them all right in half. Still, if his diet wasn't 99% Cheez-Its and broccoli pizza, he'd probably have a body shape akin to a trapezoid, and he wouldn't be so boney. Alas.
He looks much younger than his age, and he's often confused to be in his early twenties. His features are Asian and distinctly androgynous, and he is said to be incredibly attractive (not that he can ever figure out why). He has voluminous and completely black hair, the onyx color contrasting sharply with his ivory skin and making him look even paler than he already is (his little sister likes calling him Edward sometimes to piss him off. It's not his fault he's a hermit! It's part of his job, Sadie, shut the hell up.). The dark strands obtain just the slightest bit of a silver hue whenever there's bright enough light, reaching just below his ears. In full, his hair is an absolute mess of curls and spikes, looking as if he hasn't combed it in thirty years. The mop of chaos somehow further softens his face, making his cheeks look even more oh-so-squishable, and complements his bright, lively hazel eyes perfectly. He looks... innocent. Youthful. Carefree. Happy. Like the most pain he's gone through in his life was the untimely death of a goldfish all the way back from when he was three.
Heh. If only they knew.
As for his attire, Charlie doesn't wear anything loud and tends to go for heavy-set long-sleeved items. He has a taste for dark, muted Earth tones: grays, blues, and black. He has a love for hoodies, windbreakers, sweatpants, and wide-leg dress pants. Formal and tight-fitting styles disgust him; he likes loose and baggy fabrics, ones that make him look like a pillow and not the malnourished fucker he is. Accessory-wise, he wears a silver cross necklace and gold cross earrings.
...There isn't much else to him, really. He'd rather it stays that way.
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 117 lbs.
Body Shape: Rectangle
Body Type: Ectomorph
Attractiveness: High
Race: Asian
Voice: Masculine and just a tad bit deeper than the average man's. Soft and sweet-sounding, with just a slight rasp to his words.
Accent: General American accent, though the pronounciation of some words betray his origins.
Handwriting: Virtually unintelligible.
P E R S O N A L I T Y . . .
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Archetype: Some Funny Theater Kid who Kinda Just Exists
Acquiantances and those who got lucky enough to be called his friend describe him as someone who's stuck in a body too old for him. He acts as if he's seventeen, as if he is nowhere close to thirty. He is flamboyant and animated, sprightly and spirited, a ball of perky, vibrant enthusiasm—the definition of happy-go-lucky, blase, and vivacious. His vocabulary is 70% Gen Z slang, memes, and references, further complementing his youthful, carefree, near-blithe disposition. He's... easily likeable. Laid back. Upbeat. Fun. His unabating longing to socialize makes him impossible to avoid; if one happens upon him, one wouldn't be able to leave the Earth without many memories of his easygoing, frivolous character. But, really, who wouldn't want him to grace their presence? He's a joy to be around—if one doesn't find his incessant talking and overdramatic mannerisms annoying. Being around someone as loose and gleeful as he makes himself out to be can be a breath of fresh air in an oppressive environment.
But his achievements betray his indefatigable nature. Charlie is determined, the very definition of purposive and stalwart. He worked hard to get where he is now in life, shed liters and liters of blood, sweat, and tears for a place in society before he allowed himself to relax. He's far from a pushover, and won't let anything get in the way of his goals. Once he is given a purpose, he will stop at nothing to achieve it. He loves being useful, so much so where he'll abandon anyone who slows him down for the sake of productivity and getting things done. He will go as far as manipulating people to accomplish whatever it is he's dedicated every fiber of his existence, and he will throw them to the wolves when they stop being of use to him. No one quite knows how brutal he is—mostly because he's so good at hiding it.
This, however, does not make him any less of a little shit.
His younger sister told him once that he was the product of Satan and Judas fucking under Jesus's bed. This cannot be any farther from a lie, for Charlie can be extremely goddamn mischievous. Really, you wouldn't think him so unforgiving, distrustful, and objective when he's out here maniacally laughing his lungs to oblivion and pranking those unlucky enough to be a part of his ten-mile-long Instagram friends list. But the more one talks to him, the more one will see that there's many, many things behind his smile.
And that's just how he is—an enigma.
Likes:
+ Taking care of his sister.
+ Not being stressed 24/7.
+ Playing video games and binging K-Dramas.
+ Anime.
+ Sleeping.
+ Casual pranks.
+ Eating stuff.
+ Bullying his sister.
+ Getting bullied by his sister.
+ Joking around and being an idiot.
Dislikes:
- Being stressed 24/7.
- The fucking cannibals.
- The thought of being food.
- People who don't know how to take a joke.
- People who involve him in their problems. He's just here for his sister.
- Being hungry.
- Twitter.
- Drama.
- Running around all over the place.
Extravert/Introvert?: Extravert
Emotional/Logical?: Logical
Paranoid/Pronoid?: Paranoid
Fight/Flight/Fawn/Freeze?: Flight
Grounded/Wild?: Grounded
Predictable/Unpredictable?: Predictable
Circumspect/Impulsive?: Circumspect
Hesitant/Decisive?: Decisive
R E L A T I V E S + A F F I L I A T I O N S . . .
Sadie Seymour | Half-Sister (Alive)
Chun-hee Seymour | Biological Mother (Alive?)
Anthony Seymour | Husband of Biological Mother (Deceased)
Takahashi Akifumi | Step-Father (Alive?)
Zhāng Aiguo | Biological Father (Unacknowledged)
Niven Asteir | Close Friend (Unknown)
Caelum Clemens Blau | Close Friend (Unknown)
Simon Rittsaw | Former Friend (Unknown)
B A C K S T O R Y . . .
(Summarized as best as possible.)
Charlie was born as Zihao somewhere in China. His mother, Ri Chun-hee, was merely fifteen and hailed from North Korea; she'd escaped through the Tumen River, and married a Chinese farmer to avoid being sent back to her oppressive nation. Charlie has little recollection of his time in China, remembering only that his father was abusive and his grandmother did not appreciate Chun-hee's existence. He was only in China for about four years of his life. Sometime before or after his fourth birthday, his mother was discovered by Chinese officials, and, unwilling to be separated from her son, she lied and told them that Zihao was also North Korean. Because Zihao did not have a proper birth certificate, the officials could not confirm whether or not he was truly North Korean, and so they simply concluded that Chun-hee was telling the truth, and both mother and son were escorted to the border. What happened next is something Charlie does not like to think about.
Charlie and his mother were released to the streets a few months after their capture. Chun-hee left him someplace he cannot remember the name of, and Charlie likes to pretend that he has completely forgotten the events that occurred in this place. His mother left him there for two years (almost three), managing to flee to South Korea with the help of the money she stole from her Chinese husband. Sometime during her recovery in South Korea, she came upon a Japanese businessman, who, for reasons Charlie still can't figure out, decided to help her get her son back. After the chaotic events that allowed Zihao to get to South Korea, Chun-hee and the businessman, Takahashi Akifumi, married.
It doesn't end there: Chun-hee and Akifumi fell out of love (though sometimes Charlie wonders if they ever were in love...) and decided to part ways. Akifumi got custody of Zihao because of Chun-hee's... rather severe mental health issues. Chun-hee somehow—somehow—ended up in America, while Akifumi and Zihao moved to Japan. Zihao then proceeded to study the living shit out of his soul, dead-set on getting an A+++ degree and prove himself to... God, he supposes. He doesn't know; he just wanted to study and get money.
His determination and natural intelligence landed him in a top university in Michigan right at the ripe age of 19. At around this time, he decided to change his name to Ri Eun. Not that he would ever actually go by this name. He found out soon after he changed his name that his mother had remarried and had a child merely years before he hurricaned his way into the United States. Offended that he wasn't told about the existence of this child, he forced his way into his mother's new family and started going by a name similar to his little sister's.
Anthony Seymour, his mother's new husband, who was some... scientist in some corporation that dealt with shit that white hat hacker Charlie didn't care about, was opposed to him interacting with Sadie for who knows what reason, but eventually acquiesced when he realized that Charlie wouldn't be going anywhere. Charlie supposes that Anthony thought he'd leave once he graduated from college, but, ohohohoho, how wrong Anthony was... Charlie stuck around. He wanted to be there for little Sadie, see.
Things were great for a while.
And then Anthony decided to die.
On his and his wife's anniversary, no less. They were spending time in some scenic spots in Montana, leaving Charlie to watch over Sadie in Arizona. Anthony got himself a means to get thrown off the census and, well...
That's how Charlie and Sadie end up in the airport. They've just landed in California and are awaiting a connecting flight to Montana, where their mother is. Charlie's on the floor, munching on some overpriced mashed potatoes, and Sadie's bullying him as per usual—and they've both got no idea how shitty life's about to get.
(Yes, Charlie knows his life is very much akin to an extremely dramatic soap opera.)
SADIE
[ princess ]
"I bully my brother better than he'll ever bully me."
B A S I C S . . .
Full Name: Sadie Seymour
Goes By: Sadie
Age: 15
Zodiac Sign: Aries (April 01)
Gender: Female
Blood Type: O-
Status: Alive
Religion: Agnostic
Occupation before Apocalypse: Student
Here to annoy, here to laugh.
A P P E A R A N C E . . .
Sadie is a small teenage girl. She is petite, almost gaunt, with a symmetrical and soft facial structure, circle-shaped face, rounded jawline, androgynous features, and wavy, black hair that reaches just past her jawline in a choppy bowl-cut style.
And that's about where her similarities with her brother end.
She has the eye shape of her mother, but her lashes are long and curved perfectly, irises colored a beautiful pistachio-green with minty hues splattered about. She has a Greek nose and her father's cheekbones. Her skin is as ivory as Charlie's, but ever-so-slightly tanned and not quite as unhealthily pale, a result of her not hating the sun like he does.
In terms of her attire, she takes a liking to bright, eye-hurting pastel colors, and has a taste for red and purple. Sadie believes that muted, dark tones are boring. She likes tight-fitting clothes that hug her body. If you're getting the gist, then, yes, everything that is the opposite of what Charlie wears, she wears. Mostly to bully him. Yes, they're extremely petty.
She also has a stuffed silver fox named Hulda. She carries it around in a small, neon-purple drawstring backpack.
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 85 lbs.
Body Shape: Rectangle
Body Type: Ectomorph
Race: Mix (Asian-American)
Voice: High-pitched, yet soft.
Accent: General American.
Handwriting: Messy. Better than Charlie's, though.
P E R S O N A L I T Y . . .
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Archetype: Evil Child Smol 'n' Cute Lil Shit
Sadie is playful, as bubbly and sweet as any other teenage girl in this day and age. Energetic and extraverted, she is always looking to socialize whenever possible, even when her sudden insertion into someone else's conversations and by-extension life is inappropriate for the situation. If she is interested in something, especially a person, she'll be there following endlessly like some lost puppy regardless of any protests, a result of obvious social ineptitude. She can be blunt and rude, her emotional immaturity, lack of complex human understanding, and constant bitching oftentimes falling into the category of "annoying" despite her not truly wanting to be so infuriating, but she smiles brighter than the sun, saccharine and reassuring, her eyes glimmering so beautiful and alive that you'd think she could just... sweep all your worries away.
Her first word was "shit."
She is said to swear more than a sailor. Actually, she's so vulgar that Satan would be put to shame. She's imcomprehensibly mischievous, infamous for being consistently and endlessly naughty and troublesome. The definition of impish, it seems as if wickedness was encoded into her genes. Banter comes naturally to her, though there are times when her words tread into a territory known simply as "very fucking insulting." No one has a clue exactly how she came to be so... brazen, cheeky, and sassy, but it's oddly endearing—mostly because of how young she is. Charlie has been working on getting her to be, well, less mean, but... it's proving to be more impossible than trying to force her to go a day without throwing out a dozen f-bombs. In fact, she seems to be much more valiantly meaner to those she has taken a liking to and has grown close to.
It's resulted in her and Charlie's constant bullying of each other.
Really, they bully each other so much that others wonder just how they're still loving siblings.
Likes:
+ Bullying her brother.
+ Pastel colors.
+ Eating.
+ Headpats.
Dislikes:
- Other people bullying her brother. Her brother is hers to bully—no one else's.
- Not getting to spend time with her brother.
- People who get pissed off when she insults them. She's only telling them the truth, really.
Extravert/Introvert?: Extravert
Emotional/Logical?: Emotional
Paranoid/Pronoid?: Pronoid
Fight/Flight/Fawn/Freeze?: Fight
Grounded/Wild?: Grounded
Predictable/Unpredictable?: Predictable
Circumspect/Impulsive?: Impulsive
Hesitant/Decisive?: Decisive
R E L A T I V E S + A F F I L I A T I O N S . . .
Ri "Charlie" Eun | Half-Brother (Alive)
Chun-hee Seymour | Biological Mother (Alive?)
Anthony Seymour | Biological Father (Deceased)
Takahashi Akifumi | Ex-Husband of Biological Mother (Alive?)
Zhāng Aiguo | Biological Father of Half-Brother (Hopes He's Dead)
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O T H E R . . .
This is technically done (I've filled in all the info required in the form), but I'll still be working on it and adding the rest of the tidbits.