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3:27 PM
Hello! It's Jamie and I should have intro'd this guy eons ago. This is Vikram Patel aka Hades from the Lore Olympus webcomic. Just a few quick things about Vik:
- Vik was born in NJ, but his mother is a Dunhaven native; her family is linked to the Hopkins family, with the infamous Grandma being his Great Aunt. His mom moved him and his brothers to Dunhaven when he was in 2nd grade, so it's home to him.
- When his mother married his step-father, their families combined in a very Brady Bunch sort of way; he has two younger brothers and three step-sisters. They also have a shared half-sister, who is six. It makes for a very big and loud household, especially since they also have a whole bunch of dogs.
- His step-father's family owns the funeral home in town and he's helped out with cleaning and accepting deliveries and what have you since he was sixteen. Now he helps out when he can, mostly on weekends.
- He graduated high school from Aurelius in 2017 and did go to UofD, but he withdrew at the end of last semester because he just felt directionless and like he's wasting money. He plans on going back to school, but in the meantime he was hired by Angie Phillips to be her PA.
- He has been dating Mindy Smithwick, the daughter of Aurelius's headmaster, since they were sophomores. They're very different in that Mindy was very popular in school and kind of a Queen Bee, while Vik has always been the more laidback type that didn't really care about the social politics of school. But they got along well, at least until recently. Mindy has been on study abroad in Greece since the start of this school year, but he'd started to feel some distance growing between them before she left. They got into a fight about him withdrawing from school when she was home for Christmas and things have been better, but tense since then. It doesn't help that they're in different timezones and only communicate via text or video chat when they can, but... you know. Vik is holding out hope things will be better when she comes home for summer, but secretly isn't holding his breath.
- In general, he is a nice guy that is pretty quiet and unassuming. It isn't hard for someone to coax him out of his shell. He is very protective of his people, though, and is also very generous with his funds and time. It takes a lot to push him to lose his temper if you do something personally to him, but he's quick to defend his faves. He's a Slytherin with a heavy dose of Hufflepuff.
Okay, there you go! I'd love to talk friends and plot for him of all sorts.
Also, I wanted to apologize for being largely absent the last couple of weeks. I think everyone has been hit in one way or another with everything going on. Usually when my anxiety gets bad, I turn to RP for distraction, but I've been struggling with focusing there as well, so it's been a weird and complicated time. I do want to jump back into things as I feel myself needing the creative outlet, so I hope to be doing more soon. I know I talked to some of you about logs and then promptly didn't start any -- if you're still interested, let me know. Thank you for being patient with me. <3
- Vik was born in NJ, but his mother is a Dunhaven native; her family is linked to the Hopkins family, with the infamous Grandma being his Great Aunt. His mom moved him and his brothers to Dunhaven when he was in 2nd grade, so it's home to him.
- When his mother married his step-father, their families combined in a very Brady Bunch sort of way; he has two younger brothers and three step-sisters. They also have a shared half-sister, who is six. It makes for a very big and loud household, especially since they also have a whole bunch of dogs.
- His step-father's family owns the funeral home in town and he's helped out with cleaning and accepting deliveries and what have you since he was sixteen. Now he helps out when he can, mostly on weekends.
- He graduated high school from Aurelius in 2017 and did go to UofD, but he withdrew at the end of last semester because he just felt directionless and like he's wasting money. He plans on going back to school, but in the meantime he was hired by Angie Phillips to be her PA.
- He has been dating Mindy Smithwick, the daughter of Aurelius's headmaster, since they were sophomores. They're very different in that Mindy was very popular in school and kind of a Queen Bee, while Vik has always been the more laidback type that didn't really care about the social politics of school. But they got along well, at least until recently. Mindy has been on study abroad in Greece since the start of this school year, but he'd started to feel some distance growing between them before she left. They got into a fight about him withdrawing from school when she was home for Christmas and things have been better, but tense since then. It doesn't help that they're in different timezones and only communicate via text or video chat when they can, but... you know. Vik is holding out hope things will be better when she comes home for summer, but secretly isn't holding his breath.
- In general, he is a nice guy that is pretty quiet and unassuming. It isn't hard for someone to coax him out of his shell. He is very protective of his people, though, and is also very generous with his funds and time. It takes a lot to push him to lose his temper if you do something personally to him, but he's quick to defend his faves. He's a Slytherin with a heavy dose of Hufflepuff.
Okay, there you go! I'd love to talk friends and plot for him of all sorts.
Also, I wanted to apologize for being largely absent the last couple of weeks. I think everyone has been hit in one way or another with everything going on. Usually when my anxiety gets bad, I turn to RP for distraction, but I've been struggling with focusing there as well, so it's been a weird and complicated time. I do want to jump back into things as I feel myself needing the creative outlet, so I hope to be doing more soon. I know I talked to some of you about logs and then promptly didn't start any -- if you're still interested, let me know. Thank you for being patient with me. <3