Post by Salem Alaric Burroughs on Jul 2, 2011 21:09:39 GMT -5
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i know a ghost !
[/color][/font][/center]FULL NAME: Salem Alaric Burroughs
NICKNAMES: Lemon
SEX: Male
AGE: Twenty years old
BIRTHDAY: October 22nd
HOMETOWN: Seattle, Washington
ETHNICITY: Caucasian [Finnish-American]
SEXUALITY: Bisexual
GRADE AND SCHOOL: Anthem Community College, Freshman
MAJOR: Double Music/Journalism Major
OCCUPATION: Unemployed
ORIGINAL OR CANON: Original
ORGANIZATION: Neutral, though has been interested in the Vertias’ work.
FACE CLAIM: Ville Valo
when worded correctly, truth is never cliche !
[/color][/font][/center]HEIGHT: Six foot, one inch
WEIGHT: One hundred-seventy pounds
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: His electric green eyes and his very narrow hips
HAIR: Salem’s hair is brownish-black in color, naturally curly, and lays just below his chin
EYES: Salem’s eyes are what most normally notice about him. They are a bright, vivid green that is accentuated by the black eyeliner he wears. They are large and mildly oval-shaped
POWERS:Salem’s two powers seem to mesh very well with his over-all personality.
Empathy – Salem has always been a highly emotional person, which comes through in his song lyrics and his writing. It comes as no surprise that the effect he has on people in both of his artistic skills has partly to do with his ability. Salem has empathy, which means he can influence the emotions and moods of people around him. This also means he’s very emotionally charged and seems to be sometimes ruled by his heart and not his mind.
Pheromone Manipulation – Salem didn’t notice this ability until his early teenage years. Of course he’d seemed irresistible by girls once he began going through puberty but by the time he hit fourteen he noticed that even boys who were otherwise straight seemed to be crushing on him. After some online research he determined he had pheromone manipulation, an ability that allowed him to manipulate the pheromones of both himself and others around him to produce various reactions from people.
He has abused this only once and has learned to control this ability so as not to make that same mistake again.
do as you please shame will follow !
[/color][/font][/center]LIKES: music, writing, boys, girls, art in general, guitars, singing, smoking, animals, dreaming, nighttime, dancing, being with friends, love, romance, sex to an extent
DISLIKES: His unpredictable moods, being depressed, not feeling loved, bullies, pop music, stupid people, people who make fun of his accent, intolerant people, politics, certain organized religions, being alone, not having music around him all the time, abusive people, his emotions ruling him, heartache, sad romances
STRENGTHS: Salem is a highly artistic person and to him this is a strength. By being artistic he’s been able to better express his emotions through music and writing, reaching audiences who otherwise would see him as just another blur. He also thinks less logically due to a predominately artistic mindset, which can be a weakness.
Salem is a very open-minded person, possibly because his parents weren’t and he learned from their mistakes. He is willing to accept anyone for who they are and not what they wear, look like, act like, ect. He is very open to meeting new people because of this and it makes him very approachable.
Salem is a caring and soft-hearted person almost to a fault. He loves to help, to be able to show someone he cares, but sometimes this can be a bit much for people. He loves to spoil those he loves, offer anything he can give to his friends, and be willing to do whatever is within his power to assist.
WEAKNESSES: Salem is ruled firstly by his emotions. This gets him into a lot of trouble as he has a hard time thinking logically before rushing into situations. He can be a bit bipolar, his moods shooting off in all directions when he gets upset or exhausted. He also tends to flock towards ‘fixer up’ people because he feels sorry for them and makes him a target for abusers and users. He also tends to be very naive, sometimes seeming child-like.
Salem is also has an artistic mindset which makes logic the last thing he uses. He loves to be surrounded by creativity and sometimes tends to forget common sense because his head is in the clouds. He also tends to think with his artsy brain instead of his logic and that makes him prone to being abused by bullies.
Salem is a hopeless romantic, always on the search for The One. Due to his abilities this can get him into a lot of trouble when he sets his sights on a girl who isn’t single or a guy who is straight. He’s gotten a lot of broken hearts from this but still continues his search for his one true love. He tends to become blinded by love and is willing to look past any faults or issues that might be happening around him when he falls for someone.
GOALS: To fall in love, get married, and grow old with someone
To help the resistance movement in any way he can
FEARS: Dying alone
Losing those he loves
Hurting someone again
HABITS: Smoking (He’s a pack a day smoker, more during stressful times)
He breaks his food into quarters before eating it.
OVERALL PERSONALITY:
If you meet Salem you can tell his pretty much an open book. His heart is worn like a cufflink on his sleeve, bared for the entire world to see. He is emotionally high strung to the point of being a bit clingy at times. His emotional state is prone to getting him into trouble because he tends to fall hard and fast and trust willingly. This causes a lot of heartbreak though he always remains a hopeless romantic and has for most of his life.
He’s got his share of issues, but really who doesn’t? He tends to be bipolar in his moods when he becomes exhausted or stressed out and has a nasty habit of picking at his wrists until they bleed and scar that makes a lot of people call him ‘emo’. He loves to spend time with friends but is a hermit and doesn’t leave campus too often. Because of his past he’s very open minded which can sometimes lead to trouble and makes him seem naive and child-like.
Salem is very creative and artistic. He excels in music and is passionate about Sylvester, his acoustic guitar but is also very talented in singing. His writing is something he loves, his second passion one might say, and he is rarely seen without a notebook and a pencil. But this creative mindset prevents him from thinking logically and that is a problem when a situation needs a logical brain.
He is a pack a day smoker and is never seen without a cigarette, claiming he’s ‘awkward’ with his hands without one. He also has a habit of tearing his food into quarters before eating it, a quirk he’s had since childhood.
you'll always take them for granted !
[/color][/font][/center]MOTHER: Amelia Dawn Burroughs
FATHER: Jukka Lari Virtanen
SIBLINGS: None
OTHER: N/A
PETS: Sushi, male domestic shorthair cat
Wisteria, female Abyssinian cat
(He is asthmatically allergic to dogs)
HISTORY:Salem Alaric Burroughs was born to Jukka Virtanen a Finnish shop owner and Amelia Burroughs who is a journalist and musician on the twenty-second of October. He was born in the town of Helsinki, Finland and grew up an only child.
Salem had a very strict Catholic childhood in which he wasn’t allowed much freedom. He spent his days in school, evenings doing chores, and weekends spent with friends and at church. He wasn’t allowed any TV though his mother being a musician he got to go to work with her and was exposed to a lot of different music. His mother even went so far as to buy him a brand new acoustic guitar for his sixth birthday. He took to it immediately and began spending time with his mother at her studio, picking up singing in the process.
When he had finished his Primary school at the age of ten his parents got a divorce. It seemed sudden to him as his parents weren’t one to advertise their emotions. This is when his Empathy began to surface and he found he could sometimes make his mom happy when she was sad without trying.
Salem took his mother’s last name and the two uprooted and moved to Seattle, Washington. The weather seemed to help Salem hone is abilities and by the age of thirteen he had a lot of control over them. He excelled even better now that he’d been given freedom by his mother and his grades flourished. He spent a lot more time with his guitar and singing, even going so far as to begin writing his own music. He formed a band with some guys from his middle school and they began doing small shows around town.
At fourteen he immersed himself in glam rock culture and began wearing tight pants, scarves, makeup, and dressing a lot more flamboyant much to his mother’s disgust. He began to get attention from girls and guys and discovered he was bisexual, having feelings towards both genders. This new take on life also led to his being terribly bullied by kids at school to the point he began to get depressed.
He took to manipulating one of the bullies with his pheromone manipulation and ended up getting the bully to sleep with him at a party. Video was taken without Salem’s knowledge that was shown to the school but in the process also got back to his mother. Salem was kicked out of his house and disowned by his Catholic mother and spent time living with various friends. His reputation was ruined and he became the walking target of everyone in the bully’s inner circle. Along with all of the stress of the events he began to pick at his wrists until they bled and started having nightmares several times a week.
Salem took up drinking at fourteen and by sixteen was a full-blown alcoholic. He also began to contemplate why he even bothered living anymore and ODed one evening. He was sent to rehab after an intervention with some friends and spent the entire rest of his Junior year and the following summer in treatment and has sworn off alcohol ever since. The wrist picking and nightmares are still very common when he begins to become stressed.
After therapy while he was in rehab he became the Salem most kids remembered before the bullying. He openly admitted he was bisexual, dressed the way he wanted, hung out with who he wanted, and ended the school year with a 3.75GPA and a scholarship opportunity to various colleges. He graduated at the age of eighteen (having started school late anyway because of his birthday) and got with some of his Gifted friends to make college plants.
But the A.R.D came in soon after and began rounding up the gifted kids, shuttling them to Anthem, and his decision to attend Anthem Community College was made for him. He is starting as a Freshman this year.
all mistakes can be marked by borders !
[/color][/font][/center]NAME: Aberrant
AGE: Nineteen
EXPERIENCE: Ten years this November
DISCOVERY: Proboards Support forums
OTHER CHARACTERS: N/A
CODE WORD: like a boss
RP SAMPLE:Salem’s green eyes winced at the blinding light that had begun snaking it’s way through his window. His pale arm which was decorated in a wave-type sleeve tattoo stretched out to cover his eyes as a soft groan came from his throat. His brunette hair was stuck in a mat to the back of his neck and his shoulders were drenched in sweat. He felt like he’d been running marathon as his heart thundered away in his chest and he felt his pulse throb under his wrists. It had been another one of his nightmares. This time he was looking at one of the bullies from school as they began to nail him to a cross screaming about how he was a fag and deserved to burn.
His guilt at what he’d done to his family had been gnawing away at his chest the last few days since school started and paired with his constant fear of being bullied it’d started those visions in his head going again. His brain flashed over the images again as he felt a pathetic whimper shiver out of this throat. He clamped his eyes shut, willing the taunts and jeers to go away.
After what seemed like forever though was probably only about ten minutes the visions finally stopped. Salem carefully shifted into a sitting position before reaching for the cigarettes on his nightstand. He lit one quickly and inhaled the smoke deep into his lungs. His hands were shaking like a drug addict without his fix, his cigarette dropping from between his fingers and landing on his leg.
”SHIT! Salem swore as he grabbed the cigarette in one hand and tried to get his leg to stop burning with the other.
He sighed before hanging his head, if this was any indication of how the rest of his day was going to be he might as well crawl back under his comforter and try to get some more sleep. It was a Saturday and he had no other plans since he hadn’t made a single friend since being here. Self-loathing was a cruel master, and it seemed to wanted Salem to be it’s slave today.
He set in his mind he was going to make the best of the day. So he set his full lips in a line and got to his feet. He grabbed some fresh laundry from the dresser at the foot of his bed and took a brief shower. After changing into a clean pair of boxers he jumped around until his thin legs and hips slid into the pair of skin tight black jeans. He pulled the Black Sabbath shirt over his head and headed back into his room. Digging through the dresser he located his favorite black beanie and shoved it haphazardly onto his curly hair and began looking for clean socks.
After locating clean socks and his Converse, as well as applying some black eyeliner Salem was out the door. He grabbed his guitar on the way out as well as his messenger bag. Salem moved through the halls, already empty of their residents, and made his way to the front hall. Salem breathed in the clean air and enjoyed the sunshine for a brief moment. Today was going to be a good day, he would make sure of it.
hey! this application was made by K E N A !? , or STEP AND GO ! of CAUTION 2.0, and she would really appreciate it if you didn't go ripping off her material. it's not cool, mkays? so leave this credit on, and if i see it gone, i will send my rabid cockerpoodles on your track. they bite. lyric credits go to the amazing THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA's "Danger: WIldman"
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