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filertextAh we can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind
Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine.
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- ♦ NAME⋮ X David Jun Shaw
♢ ALIAS⋮ X Duke
♦ OCCUPATION⋮ X Dancer at Hale's House of Boys
♢ AGE⋮ X 25
♦ ETHNICITY⋮ X Chinese
♢ SEXUALITY⋮ X Heterosexual
♦ EYE COLOR⋮ X Dark Brown
♢ HAIR COLOR⋮ X Black
♦ HEIGHT⋮ X 5'11
♢ WEIGHT⋮ X 166 lbs
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WORDSWORDSWORDS♦♢♦♢♦ I keep dancing on my own.
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His focus however doesn't mean he's a stick in the mud all the time. Quite the opposite, actually. David feels like he missed out on all his wild years when he was younger and is trying to make up for lost time in a way. He is likely the guy you'd find at the bar singing Karaoke arm in arm with a total stranger he met twelve minutes ago. This likability and more so his understanding of people's basic wants and needs helps him greatly on stage, as he can read crowds and perform as needed for the maximum effect on the crowd. He craves the thrill of live performance and although he does enjoy doing his rounds in the Lounge, he will always be a showman at heart.
That's not to say David doesn't have his negative traits. Although he is as kind, caring, and morally upright as a person in his line of work can be, he feels a distance between himself and everyone around him. This may stem from his lack of intimate relationships in his life, but there is definitely a hole in the young man that he seeks to fill with anything that will fit (sex, creative endeavors, relationships with his fellow boys and repeat clients, etc.). He never however seeks to talk about or really address these feelings with anyone, only really confiding in his mother and some of the other boys at Hales and even then some of these are due to be being intoxicated. His martyrdom over his life has mostly gone over his head as he sees himself as less important to the people around him.
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WORDSWORDS ♦♢♦♢♦ I just wanna see you dance in slow motion.
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♦ Dancing ♦ Parties ♦ Women ♦ Music ♦ Mints ♦ His mom ♦ Wrestling ♦ Bananas
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♢ Feeling Unfulfilled ♢ Needless Aggression ♢ Glitter ♢ Bats ♢ Short Tempered People ♢ Sleeping In ♢ Coffee ♢ Sandals
WORDWORS♦♢♦♢♦ I'm dancing with my loneliness again.
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♦ Drumming with his fingers ♢ Whistling ♦ ♢ Ambidextrous, but mostly uses his right hand ♦ Stutters when surprised ♢ Picks at the edges of his nails when he's in deep thought ♦ Doesn't like sandwich crust ♢ Prefers eye contact when talking to someone
♦ Dance ;David has an innate talent for the art and has trained professionally for three years now.
♢ Charisma ; More so his natural reliability, David can get along with most anyone.
♦ Music ; He's always had an ear for it, and while he can really only play keyboard/piano, he has mixed a good number of songs for his act.
♢ Organization ; When you want to get as much done as David does, you have to be able to pull your resources and time together efficiently.
♦ Emotional Distance ; His lack of openness and feeling his problems are a burden to other people leave him distant to others.
♢ Relationships ; David has never had a real, long term romantic relationship before. This tends to give him difficulty when it comes to going on dates outside of work.
♦ Naivety ; David truly believes that people are inherently good, even though he has met many people who prove him wrong.
♢Boredom ; The only time the emptiness ever really sets in for David is when he's not doing anything. When he doesn't have some form of project he's working on, he can't help but slip into that mindset.
♦ Thanatophobia ; Fear of death.
♢ Monophobia ; Fear of being alone without a support system
♦ Anklyophobia ; Fear of joint immobility (better known as paralysis).
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WORDWORS Play the music low. ♦♢♦♢♦
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This went on for many years and he was mostly content to just float about the surface of his own life, until it happened; his father was diagnosed ALS. The doctors gave him a time frame of two years and Mr. Shaw did everything he could with his know teenage son while he still could move about. Eventually however, he did pass away, and although David and his mother were scarred horribly by the experience, David realized that he needed to be the man of the house now and support his aging mother. So, he began to work night shifts as a janitor at his father's old construction office and attended school during the day. This was of course draining on him, but he did manage to graduate and keep the life together his parents had gone so far to cultivate.
After high school, the young man was at a crossroads. Not having many friends and not really wanting to continue his education, under the advise of his mother, he used the little bit of money he had saved on the years to go to Florida to find himself. There, he bumped into an old friend who reminded him of his love for dance and convinced him to try some classes while he was in town. His first class was when Gabe found him. The older man approached David and offered him a job at his strip club. David of course was hesitant at first, but when it came out that his old friend worked there as the DJ, he decided to give it a try. David still doesn't know whether his old friend set him up or not. All he knew was once those bright lights hit him and the music started to swell, he felt like he was finally the center of attention. Finally important.
He went on doing this for years, making more money than ever before and still supporting his mother from Miami. It wasn't until he was seen by Oliver Hale himself that things got really interesting. He was given an offer he couldn't refuse; go farther then he ever had before for more money than he'd ever know what to do with and set up his mom and hone his craft at the same time. The choice was an easy one to make and while the sex took some getting used to, he's enjoyed his life as one of Hale House's boys for the past two years.
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WORDWORS♦♢♦♢♦ Darling, save the last dance for me.
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FACE CLAIM ; Harry Shum Jr.
PLAYED BY ; GreenPegg
CS CREATED BY ; Verix