Dottie Simmons, from Every Second, a roleplay on RPG

"Take a picture; it'll last longer."

General Knowledge

Full Name:
Dorthy Marie Simmons

Nickname:
Dot or Dottie, but never Dorthy.. unless she's in trouble.

Gender:
Female

Birthday
March 18th.

Age:
Twenty.

Ethnicity/Race:
American.

Sexual Orientation:
Sapiosexual.

Occupation:
Intern at the local Teen Magazine.

Things You Want To Know

Hair Color: Redish brown.

Eye Color: Chocolate brown.

Height: Five feet, five inches.

Weight: Healthy.

Tattoos:
Dot one has one tattoo, and it's just below her bellybutton. It's done in white ink and hardly noticeable unless you're close to her.

Piercings:
Only her ears and only once.

Scars:
Looking at her you wouldn't see many. Maybe a few light scars here or there, you know.. the standard child-hood scars. Falling from a tree when she was seven, falling down the stairs when she was ten, bumping her head on a low-hanging object when she was fourteen... the usual.
But what if you were to see what she didn't want you to see? I'll give you a hint; she never wears short-shorts, skirts, or dresses that don't go to her knees.

Character Color:#E4287C

Description: Dottie is a woman of average height. Literally. She's not tall enough to be considered 'tall', and she's not short enough to be considered 'short'. She's just... average; like pretty much everything else about her appearance. She's never in the latest fashion, but rather can be seen sporting concocted outfits from the closest four thrift stores, or items cut and sewn together from last years outfits. Her favorite accessory is her camera, of which she is never without. Her hair is a muddled chocolate and oak-tree brown, with natural red undertones. Her eyes are dark and large, like a frightened doe. She is almost always in pants, even when it's smoldering hot outside and when she's not she's in a modest skirt or dress, with length down to her knees are longer. She's a total klutz, so high heels are not her thing. Neither are hoop earings, or earings that dangle at all; instead, she prefers simple studs. Her skin complexion is delicate and stubborn, with only two skin settings: Albino or lobster.

For Better Or For Worse

Personality:
{Artistic, Dorky, Reserved, Intelligent, Restless, Straightforward}
Dot is your average American girl. She has a large net of friends, mostly fellow Game of Thrones and Supernatural enthusiasts, so I guess you wouldn't call her antisocial. She's a bit of a closet goofball. On the job she has a great game-face. She takes her photography gravely serious. She has an artist's eye for things, and not just pictures but also fashion and other designs. Where a 'normal' person might see an empty warehouse, she sees a playground of endless possibilities. Speaking of playgrounds, I wouldn't call her childish, but you might call her sheltered. She's a little reserved when it comes to meeting new people, opening up to people, trusting people, and trying new things. She's a worrier. She'll work herself into a panic attack over getting the boss the wrong type of coffee. She has a deep rooted moral code, seeing everything in black and white. Not literally, of course, she's not colorblind. Rather, she sees things as either right or wrong, and there's not a lot of middle-ground. She's very headstrong in her personal beliefs, and she's the type to argue until her face turns a frightening shade of red over which superhero would win out over the other (she's team Loki, by the way).

As if the fact that she's a total geek didn't give the first clue, she's kind of brilliant. You can imagine the disappointment her parents went through when they found out that their 4.0 honors student wanted to go to college for photography. Dottie just isn't the desk type. She's never been good at repetitive work, especially desk work. In a word, I'd describe her as restless. Her friends see it, but don't comment on it much. It seems like she's in a constant state of go. If she's running from something, no one is really sure what it is. That aside, she's an incredibly straightforward individual. The type of friend to call you out on an outfit that should have been burned in the 90s, or those questionable texts from last night. She says exactly what's she's thinking before she actually thinks about it. It's gotten her fired from a few jobs before. Who knew that telling the bride she looked like a beached whale was a terrible idea? Oops. Additionally, I wouldn't call her a hypocrite, but she's a bit of a space cadet. She's for so many causes that she doesn't really devote herself to any particular one. This week it might be save the whales, and next week it might be vegan, and still the next week it might be gay rights. Like I mentioned; she likes to stay busy, even if what she's getting involved in seems a little strange to those around her. That being said, if something starts to become a fad- she doesn't want any part of it. At least, not openly. She's a tumblr addict, a convention frequenter, part-time activist, and most importantly; aspiring photographer.

Hobbies:
* Attending anime and comic book conventions.
* Collecting vinyl records.
* Blog writing on Tumblr.

Habits:
~ Running her palms against the side of her leg.
~ Leaving the lights on in her apartment, even though she says she's an environmentalist.
~ Puts her hair up when she's about to work on something.

Oddities:
? Prefers even numbers.
? Left-handed.
? Always takes the stairs (afraid of elevators).

Likes/Loves:

Green Apple shampoo.
Sushi.
Scalding hot, thirty-minute long, showers.
Cigarets.
The color green.

Dislikes/Hates:

Grape anything.
Cats.
Excessively muscular guys.
Religion.
Aggressive people.

Stuff You Shouldn't know...

Strengths and Weaknesses

Character Skills/Talents:

Holding her breath underwater.
Photography.
Sewing (costuming).
Making shadow puppets.

Character Flaws/Weaknesses:

Talking to attractive men and women.
Baking. [Is something... burning..?]
Saying no to her boss.
Doing laundry. "What do you mean you can't put the whites in with the jeans...??"

Secrets:
# She used to be a cutter. She still relapses sometimes.
# She got an abortion when she was fifteen.
# Her mother is dying of cancer.

Fears/Phobias:
! Elevators
! Spiders
! Heights

Remembering The Past

Biography

Dottie grew up in the shadow of the stars. She is a LA native, coming into the world of bright lights and cameras, where everything is for sale if you have enough money. Her father is preacher and her mother was a Sunday school teacher. Dot grew up in a large two-story home in a nice neighborhood, where all the houses and yards look identical. The rest, is better left for her to tell you...

"I lived in the same house for as long as I can remember. My first memory is learning to ride my bike outside in the driveway. I didn't notice then that I had been born into a cookie-cutter world. A world where you're either type A, or sent to a mental or rehab facility. As the preachers daughter, I saw plenty of both. I had a decent childhood. I mean, I had two great parents, a nice house, good grades... Things were great. Then I started high school. I had begged for years to leave the private school my parents paid so much for, and for high school they finally agreed. I guess you could say I got what I asked for."

She was, as the seniors like to say, "fresh meat". It didn't take the preachers daughter long to fall into that stereotype of good-girl gone wrong.

"I was a 'late bloomer', I guess. when I started high school nearly everyone had their timer started already, some even had timers that had stopped. Of course I was self conscious. The girls hated me.. I became the target, and I was an easy one. The new girl, preachers daughter, no date on my timer... They were mean. They said that I didn't have a soulmate.... that I was going to die alone and that I was destined to be a whore; to entertain guys who hadn't found their One yet....

You know, after you get kicked down so many times you learn to just stay down."

Soon after she turned fourteen she met a boy named Adam Turner.

"He was the most handsome guy I'd ever seen, and like me... he didn't have a started timer. He became my shield, protecting me against the group of girls who had caused me to... Well.. he was just great, you know? He was funny and smart, and charming and... perfect. I thought, what if the timers thing was just a government-made plot to pair the best genetically suited people...I thought that we were different. special. above the laws of our society. I didn't want my timer to start anymore, I just wanted him... and then... well. Reality set in."

She was pregnant. She found out one month in. The day she went to tell him is the day her timer appeared to change, growing a few shades darker. The small camera on the inside of her wrist began to become more vibrant and the lens shutter began to open. Dot called Adam, excited about her timer. She just knew that his had started too, that the baby was their sign. He didn't answer her call, and the next day she saw him at school, his timer had started too. Five years, eight months, three weeks, eleven days, and seconds that ticked away. Dottie was heartbroken. Distraught, she aborted the child and begged her parents to move them away.

The new town would be where she would spend the rest of her teenage years and begin her adult life. She would graduate from high school with a 4.0 with honors. She had plenty of friends, some of which followed her to college where she would begin her study of photography. Through the years, she continued to self-harm, preferring her thighs to her arms for hiding the evidence from her parents. By a stroke of pure luck, she managed to land a job at the local magazine. She'd start by fetching coffee and work her way up to writing articles and taking pictures. her current job has taken hr to the set of a snooty set of teen idols who are to be photographed and interviewed throughout their filming of the latest teen heartthrob film. In her off time, Dottie likes to attend conventions, anime and otherwise, and when she's not traveling to attend those, she's searching through local shops for records. She has her own apartment with her roommate Julia, who was her roommate in college.

She still keeps in touch with her parents who live just outside of town. yesterday she received a call from her father telling her that her mother was dying. Now Dot is caught between loyalty to her family and wanting this promotion at work. She's so focused on her internal problems that she hasn't even noticed that her timer has grown several shades darker, and that the lens on her camera has began to close.

Place Of Origin:
LA, California.

Family Tree

Father || Living
Mother || Living

Happiest Memory:
Being accepted as an intern to the popular teen magazine.

Saddest Memory:
Being raped and then bullied in high school.

Theme Song

Isis | Goo Goo Dolls
"Iris"

And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't wanna go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
When sooner or later it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

Other

Other/Misc:

Wants to gain:
Her goal in life is to be famous for her photography.

OOC
Password: Yes we have rp'd before, and my favorite type of rp is romance ^-^
How often can you get online? After this, it should be every day to every other day.
How often can we expect you to be able to post?: Same as above. (:

Dottie Simmons

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a character in “Every Second”, as played by Jynxii

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