Post by Ivan Braginski on Aug 5, 2010 8:13:57 GMT -5
Character Name: Ivan Braginski
Gender: Male
Country: Russian Federation
Age: 16
Birthday: December 30
Student or Teacher?: Student
Grade: Sophomore
Status: Goth
Character information
Hair Color- Beige-ish blonde, with a streak of black in his bangs
Eye Color- Dark violet
Height- 6'0"
Weight- 180lbs
Sexual Orientation- Unknown
Loves- His sisters, His mother
Favorite Flower- Sunflower
Favorite Beverage- Vodka
Favorite Food- Pepperoni and Cheddar Cheese sandwiches on Sourdough bread
Favorite Snack- Cheese crackers
Favorite Colors- Black, Red, Grey
Favorite Accessory- White scarf his older sister gave him
Favorite Subject- Chemistry and Biology
Favorite Movie- Silence of the Lambs
Favorite Bands- Rammstein, Disturbed, and Eiffel 65
Favorite Genres- Horror, Melodic Metal, Industrial, Techno
Hobbies- Studying medical procedures, Developing natural remedies, Herbalism
Collects- Scarves of all kinds
Likes- Blood, Violence, Blunt weaponry, Sharp weaponry, Being in control, Learning, Explosives
Dislikes- The word hero, Being ignored, Being stalked by his younger sister, Being told that he can't do something, Being called crazy or insane
Hates- His father
Least Favorite Color- Pink
Least Favorite Subject- English and Art
Least Favorite Food- Borscht
Least Favorite Flower- Rose, except the red or black ones
Languages- Russian (first language and favorite) and English
Lifelong Dream- Become a doctor
Fetishes- ... you don't want to know
Works Best- Alone, rather than in groups
Pet Peeves- People touching his scarf, People complaining
Obsessions- Zombies, Locking doors and windows
Verbal Tics- Calls people "Comrade" and punctuates his sentences with "da." Also, if he's fond of you, he might call you "zaichik", which is Russian for "bunny".
Dressing Habits-Without Uniform- He wears a black nylon dog collar over a black band T-shirt. He wears blue jeans over heavy black combat boots. He tends to wear a sleeveless coat over his clothes. He also alternates between various winter scarves that he wears over everything. He also wears leather gloves on his hands frequently, sometimes fingerless, sometimes not. Outside, he is commonly seen wearing a long black leather trench coat. Periodically, depending on his mood, he might wear a plain red armband or another dog collar on either arm. His right eyebrow is pierced with a simple silver ring. He also sometimes wears a black cotton "commie" hat.
Dressing Habits-With Uniform- He dresses the same as without, except that he wears black slacks and dark grey button-down shirt which is open to show a band T-shirt. He exchanges the collar for a black necktie.
Other Personality Traits- He doesn't talk very often and can be very shy. He is technically very smart, which has kind of cracked his perception of reality. He thinks other people don't do well only because they don't apply themselves, but because they mentally are not capable. When dealing with most situations, he will look at it from a logical, scientific point of view.
He also has horrible social skills and tends not to think about things before he says them. If he becomes fond of you, however, he might start to stalk you somewhat. The only real experience he's ever had of affection is that which his own younger sister showers him with, so he thinks it's normal.
Ivan is also very sadistic, which leads for interesting situations when he brings up what he's thinking. He also just comes off as creepy, somehow without trying. This is worsened because he has no concept of personal space or "work-safe".
He is also prone to random acts of violence when incredibly frustrated. He isn't easily angered though, at least not that he'll show. He normally just smiles, so if he actually looks mad, you should probably run.
Past of the character:
Ivan is the middle child of three. He has an older sister named Yekaterina, whom he calls Katyusha, and a younger sister named Natalia, whom he calls Natasha. They're father is a successful business man who was rarely at home because his job required him to travel frequently. This is the original reason the family is in America. The first job transfer the father had when Ivan was around three years-old sent them to America permanently from their original home in Russia.
Their mother was frequently ill and when Ivan was around ten years-old, she slipped into a coma. She has yet to wake up. This left the Braginski house-hold void of adults the majority of the time. Since Yekaterina was the oldest of the children, she basically took over raising her siblings. Because of a lack of parental attention, Ivan became very shy and secluded, frequently locking himself in his room.
When their mother fell into a coma, Yekaterina took their mother's favorite scarf and gave it to Ivan to help him cope somehow. Unfortunately, it developed into him collecting scarves of all kinds, with that particular scarf being his favorite above all others. He treats it very carefully and wears it only on special occasions.
Because of his mother's illness, he was inspired to try and become a doctor so that maybe, one day, he could heal her and others like her. Maybe he could prevent other children from being in his situation that way.
Because of their father rarely being at home, his younger sister developed an obsession of sorts with him and rarely leaves him alone. Since this is the only real affection he knows, it also his how he tends to react to people he considers friends or romantic interests.
In order to make everything easier on the children, since their father was just absent, not uncaring, he made accounts for his children in which he places a couple hundred dollars a month in for each of them to spend. It's the flawed parental logic of "money makes up for love". His job leaves the family fairly well off anyway. He also sends them to an international boarding school.
Roleplay Sample :
The lights were all off in his bedroom except for the dim desk-lamp. Ivan was bent over his chemistry book and papers. His graphing calculator was in one hand and a pen in the other. His eyebrows were knitted together as he thought, processing the problems. It was very quiet except for the sounds of buttons being pressed and the pen scratching across the paper. Periodic grumbles could be heard.
Suddenly, he froze. He could feel a slight breeze on his skin when he was sure he had shut his door and window tightly. He double-checked them, made absolutely sure he was sealed in his room. That could only mean that now he was not alone... that someone had another key to his door. A loud moaning sound suddenly reached his ears.
Turning around quickly, he saw the most horrific sight he could ever have imagined. Natalia slouched towards him, moaning. She had become a Max Brooks-style zombie. "N-natasha..." he stuttered a bit. She reached out towards him, before he could react and grasped his wrist. She pulled it to her mouth, about to bite.
"NYET!" he screamed, sitting up in bed. He was covered in sweat and was panting heavily. Apparently he was having a nightmare... Dragging a hand across his face, he groaned, "For the love of Avogadro's number... Da..."
Ooc information
Name/Nickname: Nagi Rinara, Lord Creeper, Absolutely Creepy Shameless Educated A$$hole, Ivan, Vanya
Timezone: GMT-8 (PST)
Msn/IM (if people want to contact you, for rp or just chatting):
AIM - vodkaflowers
MSN - palmerleslie@hotmail.com (I never use MSN though)
DeviantArt - nagirinara
LJ - nagirinara
Email - palmerleslie@hotmail.com
This is also going to be a WIP, because I want to work some stuff out with Belarus~
Since it's a boarding school, I tried to give him a uniform, but still retain his Gothic tendencies. I hope it is alright.
Also, Avogadro's number is a very special number in Chemistry... Trust me, when you study Chemistry, you love that number so much... 6.022X1023