Post by BENJAMIN MICHAEL ROWLAND on Dec 21, 2009 0:20:08 GMT -5
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FULL NAME benjamin michael rowland[/FONT][/size]
AGE twenty
OCCUPATION student
EDUCATION college sophmore
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PLAY BY drew fuller
PLAY BY AGE twenty-nine
APPEARANCEBen has always been rather athletic in his appearance. He's not very passionate about sports, but he still remains fit. He stands at 6''1 and weighs in around 160 pounds. Although he can be considered fairly attractive, he isn't very into his looks. He doesn't care if a shirt is Marc Jacobs or The Gap as long as it's a shirt and it fits him. One of his best features are his gorgeous almond shaped yellow-green eyes. His light brown isn't short, but it isn't ridiculously long either. Ben's olive skin shows his mother's Italian heritage. His handsome smile is contributed to his white teeth. You can find him wearing mostly t-shirts, jeans, and hoodies. He's a man of simple taste.---------------------
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MOTHER maria
AGE 43
OCCUPATION receptionist
FATHER john
AGE 46
OCCUPATION construction worker
SIBLINGS harris
AGE 28
OCCUPATION used car salesman
WEALTH lower-middle class
HISTORYBen was born in the city of Georgetown Colorado. His father was in construction while his mother kept their home. They were quite poor, but for awhile the couple was content with their lives. By the time James was three years old his father began sleeping around. His mother was not ignorant as most woman are in that sort of situation. She left her husband and son one day and never returned. She late remarried and became a receptionist. This was the beginning of the end for James.
Although he did not learn of his mother's true abandonment till his teens, his childhood was still hardly enjoyable. His father fell into a deep depression and drank most of the time. He was laid off from his job and Ben often went hungry. Eventually his father's drinking led to the death of two people in a car accident. He had been intoxicated at the time and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Ben was only nine years old when he entered the foster care system. He also had an older brother named Harris. They tried to keep them together, but at that time the American foster care system was in shambles and the two were separated.
In the early years Ben saw a variety of different families. He stayed with each for only a few months at a time until the social workers could find him a more permanent establishment. Most of the foster parents were lower middle class people looking for a little extra money. Some had good hearts, but others were solely in it for their own greed. When he was eleven he was placed in a permanent home. Matthew Addison and his young wife seemed like normal people on the surface, but on the inside was a complicated web of immorality.
Kendra was the most selfish person Ben had ever had the misfortune to meet. She spent her days watching soap operas and talking on the phone with old friends from high school. But she was the least of Ben's problems. Matthew had a thing for young boys. Ben discovered this his first night in the Addison's house. It was a night he had blocked out of his memory and was afraid to relive.
The next few years were just as hellish. Not only did Ben experience sexual abuse, but physical as well. Unfortunately, Matthew was a drinker as well. He often made Ben stand out in the cold during the winter. But the belt was a daily form of harrassment. Being the intelligent boy he was Ben had wondered if Matthew had experienced this from his father. The young boy lived his life in fear.
By the time he was sixteen, Ben was a shell of his former self. There were times when he thought about ending it all right then and there, but he didn't have the courage to take his own life. The only thing that took his mind off of his tormented home life was school. His grades were phenomenal and his teachers took notice. By the time he graduated high school he had many scholarships under his belt. The young man even got accepted into every college he applied to. He was so close to freedom. Sooner or later he turned eighteen and the freedom he lusted for for years was realized. He chose a university in San Francisco. After living there for two years he regained the personality that always laid beneath the surface. He was successful and happy, but his past still crept up behind him once in awhile.---------------------
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NAME jaime
AGE sixteen
YOUR EXPERIENCE 5 years or so
ROLE PLAY EXAMPLEThe bitter November wind hit Sean Riley's face like a sharp bundle of icicles as he got out of his car. Looking up at the store front he read the sign: Donia's Cafe. This was the place. He was never really the type to go out to eat a lot so he'd only been here a few times for coffee. Sean was more of a take-out kind of guy. It made sense since he was always on alert for a case to come knocking at his door.
The young detective was on a new case at the moment, a case he had been waiting for ever since he first arrived in Winslow Maine. It involved that eerie asylum that continued to haunt his mind. He would never forget his first week here. A young girl had been dumped on the side of the road. Sean had been on the case for a day before he was told it had been closed. When he asked the Chief of Police why he told him that in Winslow there are some things that just take care of itself. Upon further investigation he found out she had been from that Asylum. It was then that he realized that no one in this town could be trusted.
A tiny bell jingled as he walked into the cafe. It was ten in the morning and the work bound crowd was just starting to clear up. Stepping up to the counter he ordered a cup of black coffee, just the way he liked it. His eyes were weighed down by lack of sleep. He had been driving around Winslow Asylum late last night again. It had become a habit of sorts. Although Sean didn't realize it, he was obsessed. He had many theories as to what was going on there. He already knew most of the police were being bribed to keep everything under wraps. Sean also had a feeling that there was much more to that place than a mental facility.
He sat down at a table and waited for his partner to arrive. They were going to be investigating Winslow Asylum together. He had finally gotten permission from the new Chief. He claimed his reasoning was suspicious activity involving patients being found outside its walls. Looking at his file he saw that he'd be working with a guy by the name of Halvard Cromwell. Interesting name, he thought. Sean was more than anxious to get this thing moving.---------------------
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