My workload has quadrupled and will continue to be so for about a week. I am placing the increasingly-misnamed Character-a-Day project on hold for about that time.
Oh hey, what’s this?
My workload has quadrupled and will continue to be so for about a week. I am placing the increasingly-misnamed Character-a-Day project on hold for about that time.
Oh hey, what’s this?
Name: Jacob Galavant
Age: 12
Socks: Mismatched
Knees: Muddy
Hat: Backwards
Instrument: Kazoo
Sign: Sagittarius
Role: The Scrapper
Sundries: Attends the local public school. Lives in the part of town that might arguably be described as “rougher” but this is a relative term. Parents deliver goods to the commune as part of their job. Has a sock-dwelling pet rock named ‘Bonk’ “on accounta what happens when he gets angry." Is missing a tooth but it is only a baby tooth. Claims he lost it "taming lions." Wears lace-less shoes because he doesn’t know how to tie his laces, a secret shame.
Name: Amelia Ipswach
Age: 28
Profession: Teacher
Hair: Frizzy
Nerves: Frizzy
Instrument: Piano
Sign: Capricorn
Role: The Factory
Sundry: Teacher of Linguistics and Home Economics at St. Hortense’s Preparatory Academy for Young Women. Secretly dislikes the headmistress but is afraid to let anybody know. Is currently single and not happy about it. Has a furious knitting habit but is mortified that a young man might find out and deem her boring. Enjoys children as long as they are well behaved. Only speaks with her parents on birthdays and holidays. Had higher hopes than the ones she achieved. Smokes one cigarette a week and feels guilty about it.
Name: Allouette Gendebine
Eye Colour: Green
Age: 12
Year: 6th Grade
Favourite animals: Spittlebug and Kiwi Bird
Sign: Aquarius
Instrument: Clarinet
Role: The Eyes
Sundries: Attends St. Hortense’s Preparatory Academy for Young Women. Hates wearing school uniforms. Favourite meal is spaghetti and meatballs. Draws pictures of cows wearing hats in her notebooks. Unusually observant, even for a young child. Has played her instrument for six years but does not practice as often as she should. Placed first in the school spelling bee but forgot the trophy in a classroom and never found it. Better at snooker than a child of twelve has any right to be due to a parental-fostered interest. Prefers all of her shoes to have buckles on them.
Name: Rufus
Eye Colour: Brown
Fur: Brown
Age: 8
Instrument: Barks
Sign: Leo
Role: The Nose
Sundries: Born in a litter of 6. Was neither the dominant nor the runt. Adopted by current as-yet unnamed family at age of 8 months. Prefers his collars to be red but has no real say in the matter. Will not chase cars because he realizes it is a dumb idea, still dreams of one day catching one. Proficient at sitting, laying down, heeling, shaking, fetching (slippers and newspaper, which he paws through most days but only for the pictures) and tracking. Self-taught in three of these fields but he won’t say which. Prefers to be scratched just above the tail. Secretly finds cat food delicious.
Name: Brian Gerald Sedgwick
Height: 6’11’’
Accoutrements: Eyeglasses
Age: 37
Instrument: French Horn
Preferred Meal: Roast Beef
Sign: Cancer
Blood Type: AB+
Role: The Researcher
Sundries: A writer but not one that you’d have heard of. Skillful at his craft but does not care to publish. Greying at the temples. Dislikes include neckties and unkempt fingernails. Independently wealthy via inheritance. Employed by a university. Students unsure what he teaches as nobody seems to have any classes with him. Keeps a collection of glass ladybugs on a windowsill in his office. Can hear punctuation. Dating a girl at present without backstory, whom he met at a municipal event. Has a weakness for brandy and tweed.
Name: Apple Martingale
Eye Colour: Shifting
Hair: Light Brown and worn in pigtails
Age: 19?
Favourite Colour: Flange
Instrument: Lyre
Sign: Virgo
Role: The Sun
Sundries: Lives in a commune-farm with her sixteen brothers and sisters who are not important enough to be named here. Is a vegan. Was homeschooled by her mother and father in the important topics, like how much moonbeams weigh, the proper mapping of ley-lines and how to step lightly upon the Earth. Does not use contractions. Likes to name inanimate objects. Assumes that everybody is her friend. Has a surprisingly expansive vocabulary. Does not wear shoes unless absolutely necessary and sometimes even not then. Unfailingly cheery to the point where it can be tiresome. Refers to the Earth as a “spaceship”. Has a pet baby piglet named Spectropolis. Cheerfully oblivious to reality.
I am going to outline ten characters that I will create over the next ten days, with one being posted every day. These characters might be a prelude to something exciting!*
*No they won’t.