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Tweak says, "I say!"

marko velazquez. (greatroar) wrote in atthegates_ooc,
@ 2012-02-02 15:19:00

don't act like you're surprised this is my 6th.
Zoe here! I haven't brought in a new character since last year so I feel completely excused.

This is Marko Velazquez. He is 26, an eternal optimist, still lives at home with his aunt and uncle (who took him in when he was 9, after he got shipped up from Spain by his grandparents), and worked as a dishwasher at the London Diner until recently! He got promoted to waiter, which isn't really a promotion depending on who you ask, surely. For most of his life, he's been totally ordinary, mundane and an eternal under-achiever who gets along with nearly everyone while they take continual advantage of his laid-back nature and unquestioning generosity. Not all that long ago (a couple of months ago), however, he had the pleasure of experiencing a late-blooming Natural ability manifest, which is his sonic scream. It's exactly what it sounds like: he's destroyed an underground club and a grocery store so far with just his voice. He's terrified to speak since then and has been toting around an actual notebook to write notes to people in when he has to, claiming eternal laryngitis.

His profile is here with the deets on his full life story and my plot ideas -- there's a ton of them so feel free to paw through and pounce on something! Hopefully he'll be dragged to Haven soon by a friend (Niiiiives?) and some hapless Librarian will catch up with him (takers?). Come at me, bros!

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eyesopened
2012-02-03 10:54 pm UTC (link)

So we obviously have plot here. Toby's reaction: she'll enjoy the quiet. :/ And the ability to get on and do her job without having to baby someone else (and when we say 'baby', Toby is probably renowned within the Diner for being a sharply acidic and short-tempered type) However, she can't do a lot of reading, so there'll be a lot of silent communication if there is any at all. I think she might give other people shit if they take advantage of Marko? But equally give him shit because, stand up for yourself.

Also likely: Gryff, who will be perplexed as to how to fix the issue but also inclined to try. Eli will find him delightful as one might a very bewildered puppy (I imagine wandering into the magic shop will reap that kind of amused head-tilt) and Joss will be woebegone on his behalf that he has no voice. She will likely try writing him bits of things.

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greatroar
2012-02-04 07:20 pm UTC (link)

But he doesn't see the need to stand up for himself, he's really happy to take another shift! Even if it means he's working doubles three days in a row. :] More shifts is more money, right? Regardless, yes. We've discussed them. Cigarette-sharing and silence is good.

He'll be so grateful if Gryff tries to give it a shot, at least. I think he'd immediately look up to him -- he respects authority figures pretty easily, to be honest, but Gryff in particular is all iron-clad willpower and Marko has no defenses against how awesome that is. He thinks Eli is gorgeous, of course, though her magic would make him nervous, and I think he'd actually quite like Joss, for all that she's a little strange puppy. They can prose at each other.

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eyesopened
2012-02-04 07:24 pm UTC (link)

Toby will not understand him in the least, but she'll periodically chain-smoke scowling at him in the alley until calm enough to go back and handle customers. Also, Marko totally has her permission to roar/scream Q to death.

Gryff will certainly attempt. Gryff is all about trying to find ways to live with what you have and would certainly not be afraid to stand there and let Marko bring down the walls in the attempt to fix it, so. Joss will prose and poem at him and do the equivalent of pinching his cheeks to make him happy.

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	wordsaremusic 2012-02-04 12:28 am UTC (link)
	\o/ All the things: you get them whether you like it or not. You have been warned. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	greatroar 2012-02-04 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	AT YOUR MERCY BB. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thedramatist 2012-02-04 08:56 am UTC (link)
	OMFG YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS I HAVE TO DO (Reply to this) (Thread)

	greatroar 2012-02-04 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	NO WHAT TELL ME (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hysterick 2012-02-05 01:42 am UTC (link)
	DIS BITCH although now i want my angel for plot arrrgh i wonder if i can become not-an-activity failboat and app both (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greatroar 2012-02-05 01:50 am UTC (link)
	THRILLED COME ON JULIE, YOU CAN DO IT! COME ON JULIE, THERE'S NOTHING TO IT! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	disintegrates 2012-02-07 12:25 am UTC (link)
	A million years later-- HAI. AND YES. And clearly Nives knows Marko. Likes Marko. (He's pretty and quirky and ~mysterious~ what with the only talking with the notebook. What's not to like?) When it gets out about his ability she'll be particularly friendly because she totally Gets what it's like to accidentally destroy things and will, of course, drag him to Haven. (Reply to this)

	justbelieves 2012-02-07 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Hey there! I don't have much to offer, but Elder Young has a vocal power too! And they can hang out if they both get snatched up by the Library/take refuge at Haven/whatever it is that happens to either. (Reply to this)