Monday, October 8, 2012

Micro and Leah

I haven't yet figured out a good in-world document, but I thought I should go ahead and post the backgrounds I have for Micro and Leah. Also, these pictures aren't quite right, just vague suggestions.

Michael Ian Roberts, aka Micro:

Age: 25
Birthday: September 21
Height: 6'1"
Eyes: dark brown
Hair: curly dark brown
Religion: Baptist, non-practicing
From: Sacramento, CA
Received his undergraduate from Standford University when he was 21, and his Masters from MIT when he was 23
Occupation: Computers and Internet specialist
Most notable features: a charming broad grin and thick-rimmed glasses
He wears thick-rimmed glasses despite having fairly good eyesight. He respects his parents, but is not close to them. He has two younger sisters (Tami and Sarah) whom he's protective of despite his flippant attitude, and an older brother (Nealan) who used to pick on him. He has some training at tae kwon do, but isn't very good at it. He took the tae kwon do lessons because he though it would make him more like a Jedi. He's a troper, a Whovian, a Potternerd, and he's fond of Sherlock Holmes, Star Wars, The Matrix, and lots of Super Hero movies, video and reality games, and many other fandoms. He's not fanatical about any of the fandoms. He spends a good deal of his free-time in the alternate digital life. His girlfriend gets rather annoyed. He finds her annoyance at his love for technology a bit hilarious, but he is genuinely fond of her and does try and be a good boyfriend.

Leah Pierce:

Age: 24
Birthday: December 16
Height: 5'5"
Eyes: light brown
Hair: black and straight
Religion: Catholic
From: Seattle, Washington
Received her bachelor's at Standford University when she was 22.
Occupation: Fashion Consultant at a high-end mall. She doesn't like it very much, but it pays the bills.
Most notable features: Her waist-length shiny black hair and her legs below her shorts or short skirts.
She has one older sister (Rachel). Has had a black belt in twe kwon do since she was 17.She loves hiking, and kayaking, and has always wanted to go skydiving. She has some family issues. Her parents divorced when she was a preteen and she rarely saw her father after that. Though she's good at advising women on what to wear and how to wear it, she finds it difficult to make friends. She met Mircro when they were both at Standford, and though they only had one class together--an English class--they managed to become friends. When she moved to the East Coast, she didn't know anyone else out there, so she contacted Micro and they began to hang out. Soon they were dating. Leah is aware of the fact that she occasionally acts like a Clingy Jealous Girlfriend (Micro might have shown her the tvtropes site, and she's aware of several tropes, though she'd deny that if she was asked), and she dislikes this clingy-ness in herself. It is possible that one of the reasons she puts up with a boyfriend who spends more time on an alternate digital life in his free time than he does with her is to try and get herself to be less clingy. So far she has had little success, and Micro is the only person she really cares about on the East Coast. She spends a good deal of time in his apartment, even when he is (mentally) in the digital life.

1 comment:

  1. Micro sounds like my kind of guy. ;D I'd take him and play computer games With him. ;D

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