Mark Finley Lehrer- TessStats:
Gender: Male Age: 18 Nature: Cat Occupation: Desk clerk and general maintenance at the Blue Star Inn. Appearance: Slender build, 5' 9," with a long, narrow face, a nose that's a little too wide for proportion, and a pair of truly stunning eyes. They're a clear blue, and the left has some hazel mingling in it, like an opal. They're also often less than stunning, reddened by some late night activity. His lips are pretty, almost feminine, with a pronounced bow in the top. His hair is just below shoulder-length, and basically the shape it took as his last haircut grew out, which was about two years ago now. It's medium brown, slightly wavy and not overly thick. It usually looks as if it could do with a wash and a comb. |
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Mark's usually dressed in some form of Urban Southern Poverty. What little cash comes to hand rarely gets spent on clothing, and even then the folks at the local thrift store know him by name. His only visible extravagances are two pieces of jewelry, both heavy silver. One is his Dad's class ring (which is really his grandfather's class ring, as Marcus Finley dropped out at sixteen,) and the other is a wide, heavy silver cuff that he wears attached to a wider leather wristband underneath. A lover gave him that, the one who infected him with lycanthropy. (Obviously, no hard feelings.) Mark's had a lot of stuff stolen from him over the years, but these two pieces, well, he's severely injured people for trying to take those away from him.
Update: About a year and a half ago, Mark lost a friendly wrestling match with Alex and had to have his hair buzzed off nearly to the scalp as payment. It's grown back very quickly, however, and is nearly as long now as it was before-- and exactly 0% any more styled than it was originally.
Shifted Appearance: Mark in fur is a slender young male with light grey fur patterned with faded silvery-brown Bengal spots. His most striking features, though, are his eyes. They're even more brilliantly blue than they are in his human form. Despite his otherwise sleek physique, in fur, Mark sports one of those dangling, primordial feline pouches. He'd rather not, but whatcha gonna do, y'know?
Personality: On first meeting, Mark comes across as withdrawn, shy, or aloof, depending on how the other person perceives his reticence. If he likes you, or more importantly, trusts you, he'll open up and be friendly, outgoing and sometimes boisterous. Of course, he might still pilfer from you, regardless of his level of trust or pleasure in your company. It's nothing personal... Unless he neither trusts or likes you; then it's totally personal.
History: Mark's mom dropped him off at his father's house the day she got out of the hospital after delivering him. Neither Mark or his father ever saw her again. Mark's dad did the best he could, but they lived hand-to-mouth, rental trailer to cheap motel room to homeless shelter. Even then, Mark was reasonably content, until one day, when he was twelve, his Dad was arrested for dealing hydrocodone. Since Finley Sr was a repeat convicted felon, he got sent up for the maximum time, without parole.
Mark went into the foster care system, and spent the rest of his childhood bouncing from one frustrated set of 'parents' to the next. When he was fourteen, he got the news that his Dad died of a heart attack. Mark really went off the rails then, and wound up in Juvie detention more than once. His Dad had done him one last kindness, however, in being an unforgettable cautionary tale. Once Mark approached the age of being tried as an adult, he dialed back on the worst of his illegal shenanigans so nothing more than a misdemeanor might stick, worse come to worst. And like his father, he abhors violent crime and has never been guilty of more than brawling in self defense.
UPDATE: After living and working at the Inn for a few years, Mark is in the process being of formally adopted by Taz, although Mark hasn't waited for the legal formalities to be completed before taking the Lehrer name as his own. It's not as if the Finley name was anything to be proud of, after all.
Whether this new sense of acceptance and security will decrease Mark's kleptomaniacal tendencies remains to be seen, however.
Abilities: Mark is a deft pickpocket, and can have your watch, wallet and/or cellphone in his possession and be gone before you feel the breeze on your naked wrist.
Weaknesses: It's quite likely that Mark can't not steal, even now that he doesn't need to do so to survive. He'll even steal from those he cares about. Oh, he'll feel terrible and he'll make restitution-- and then do it all over again as soon as the humiliation wears off. He's also very poorly educated. He can read at a fifth or sixth grade level, write-- but not reliably spell-- and do basic arithmetic. So far, he's resisted every effort to put him farther down the book learning road.
Quirks: Is very tolerant of silver, externally only. If he gets a dose of silver internally, in any form, he'll be as vulnerable and sick as any shifter. He habitually wears two pieces of heavy silver jewelry, just to freak other shifters out-- and to more fully camouflage himself among Humans.
Weapons: None, than a smart mouth and ability to run fast.
Family: None
Vehicle: Ten-speed bicycle. Yep, you guessed it. Stolen. But not from anybody you know, and it was ages ago, anyhow.
Home: Blue Star Inn
Character Song: Been Caught Stealin', Jane's Addiction
Character image portrayed by: A very young Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Update: About a year and a half ago, Mark lost a friendly wrestling match with Alex and had to have his hair buzzed off nearly to the scalp as payment. It's grown back very quickly, however, and is nearly as long now as it was before-- and exactly 0% any more styled than it was originally.
Shifted Appearance: Mark in fur is a slender young male with light grey fur patterned with faded silvery-brown Bengal spots. His most striking features, though, are his eyes. They're even more brilliantly blue than they are in his human form. Despite his otherwise sleek physique, in fur, Mark sports one of those dangling, primordial feline pouches. He'd rather not, but whatcha gonna do, y'know?
Personality: On first meeting, Mark comes across as withdrawn, shy, or aloof, depending on how the other person perceives his reticence. If he likes you, or more importantly, trusts you, he'll open up and be friendly, outgoing and sometimes boisterous. Of course, he might still pilfer from you, regardless of his level of trust or pleasure in your company. It's nothing personal... Unless he neither trusts or likes you; then it's totally personal.
History: Mark's mom dropped him off at his father's house the day she got out of the hospital after delivering him. Neither Mark or his father ever saw her again. Mark's dad did the best he could, but they lived hand-to-mouth, rental trailer to cheap motel room to homeless shelter. Even then, Mark was reasonably content, until one day, when he was twelve, his Dad was arrested for dealing hydrocodone. Since Finley Sr was a repeat convicted felon, he got sent up for the maximum time, without parole.
Mark went into the foster care system, and spent the rest of his childhood bouncing from one frustrated set of 'parents' to the next. When he was fourteen, he got the news that his Dad died of a heart attack. Mark really went off the rails then, and wound up in Juvie detention more than once. His Dad had done him one last kindness, however, in being an unforgettable cautionary tale. Once Mark approached the age of being tried as an adult, he dialed back on the worst of his illegal shenanigans so nothing more than a misdemeanor might stick, worse come to worst. And like his father, he abhors violent crime and has never been guilty of more than brawling in self defense.
UPDATE: After living and working at the Inn for a few years, Mark is in the process being of formally adopted by Taz, although Mark hasn't waited for the legal formalities to be completed before taking the Lehrer name as his own. It's not as if the Finley name was anything to be proud of, after all.
Whether this new sense of acceptance and security will decrease Mark's kleptomaniacal tendencies remains to be seen, however.
Abilities: Mark is a deft pickpocket, and can have your watch, wallet and/or cellphone in his possession and be gone before you feel the breeze on your naked wrist.
Weaknesses: It's quite likely that Mark can't not steal, even now that he doesn't need to do so to survive. He'll even steal from those he cares about. Oh, he'll feel terrible and he'll make restitution-- and then do it all over again as soon as the humiliation wears off. He's also very poorly educated. He can read at a fifth or sixth grade level, write-- but not reliably spell-- and do basic arithmetic. So far, he's resisted every effort to put him farther down the book learning road.
Quirks: Is very tolerant of silver, externally only. If he gets a dose of silver internally, in any form, he'll be as vulnerable and sick as any shifter. He habitually wears two pieces of heavy silver jewelry, just to freak other shifters out-- and to more fully camouflage himself among Humans.
Weapons: None, than a smart mouth and ability to run fast.
Family: None
Vehicle: Ten-speed bicycle. Yep, you guessed it. Stolen. But not from anybody you know, and it was ages ago, anyhow.
Home: Blue Star Inn
Character Song: Been Caught Stealin', Jane's Addiction
Character image portrayed by: A very young Jonathan Rhys Meyers