Logan Dane
Scorpio ♏
Posts: 20
Age: Thirty-Nine
Occupation: Musician, Bouncer
♡ Status: Divorced
OOC: Velvet
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Post by Logan Dane on May 23, 2013 23:07:16 GMT
Sweet as a curse just out of reach Awakens the dead end part of me and oh No more wandering Just me and my dead end friends again— | LOGAN Chances are you own at least a few records that Logan Dane has played on, but you're not going to know it. As a session musician, he's worked with countless bands and artists over the years both on stage and in the studio, but anonymity and a pretty minor slice of the profits is a standard part of the contract for that job. Still, the line between the hired gun and the official band can start to blur when you're away on tour together for months on end, and he's lived the lifestyle even if he doesn't have the fame and bank account to back it up. He's pretty much the epitome of the aging rocker: you can read the debauchery of his 20s on his skin, spelled out in horrible, poorly thought out tattoos and scars whose causes he can't remember. If he looks kind of weathered for someone of only thirty-nine, it's because experience has left its mark on him. He's not originally from the City, but he's lived here for over twenty years on and off. Plagued by a restless energy, Logan is the kind of person who has trouble staying in one place too long, which was a contributing factor in the breakdown of his marriage about ten years ago. For the last year he's been tentatively settled down in an apartment in Tribeca, and is trying to patch things up with his fourteen year old daughter. As a water sign, he's very perceptive and a good judge of character - but there's still a certain distance. He's a man of few words and can come across as guarded, but he tends to speak more through his actions. He's very individualistic and puts himself first, so he likes that working freelance allows him to act as his own boss. This stubborn sense of pride and 'my way or the highway', 'take it or leave it' attitude is a pretty striking flaw. As a Scorpio, his usually indifferent demeanour can quickly turn to short-temperedness with a bite worse than his bark. He's basically a gruff old bear, but he's very protective of his family and has a strong sense of honour/principles, even if it doesn't exactly line up with that of society at large. His work as a musician tends to be kind of feast or famine - sometimes he'll get a big job for a big name that'll pay really well, but from time to time there'll be periods where it's like a desert. There are a couple of bars and clubs in Lower Manhattan where he takes on shifts as a bouncer for some extra cash. He gets a perverse enjoyment out of scaring the crap out of underage hipsters who try it with their fake IDs, but he's not above the occasional bribe; he atones for that money changing hands by keeping an eye on the young girls and making sure there isn't any trouble. He's not exactly the 6'3" bodybuilder, but he's wiry and fierce-looking and good at his job. Logan's love interest is Emma Irving. I have a big request for his family here. |
VALENTINA Valentina is a round-eyed little cherub of five feet nothing, with a penchant for big hair and really tiny shorts. She regularly gets mistaken for a fifteen year old and patronised accordingly, which she either gets offended by or exploits for all it's worth (reduced fare tickets!). If you ask her, she'll say she has a Betty Boop charm. Her small size and super-girlish appearance are disarming, but don't underestimate her: she's a fire sign, and a forceful cardinal sign at that. Valentina is an NYU student majoring in Marketing and minoring in Economics, currently doing an internship at a magazine; she has her sights set on a career in advertising or marketing. She's precise in everything she does, and ruthless in pursuing her goals. She's full of unapologetic self-belief and determination, and doesn't shy away from confrontation. She's dynamic, preferring to rush into action and productivity rather than quiet reflection. She's a pop culture junkie and reality television enthusiast. Her primary interests are 90s boybands, trashy magazines, manicures, exercise, and baking - preferably all while wearing yoga pants. She likes shallow, frivolous things, particularly when somebody else is paying for them... and as far as she's concerned, there's no conflict between that half of her personality and the half that enjoys reading business journals. Valentina is pretty ~sassy and can be kind of brash in her sense of humour. She's comfortable in a crowd, but likes situations to be on her own terms. She's pretty demanding and uncompromising in her personal life. She's the friend who wants to organise your life rather than let you cry on her shoulder, but that doesn't mean she isn't caring. She just has a very logical, rational way of looking at the world that means she isn't in touch with emotions. She doesn't go in for reflection and certainly misses some of the finer shades of life. She tends to be very tactile and touchy as a way of establishing herself with people, but it's really just a way of overcompensating for what she doesn't feel. She prefers female company for the most part and doesn't have a lot of patience for the majority of guys, but she doesn't mind the odd 'brother-sister' style friendship. Valentina lives in Brooklyn with her mother; she has an older brother of around 22, also a student. Her father died violently about twelve years ago, and the trauma caused the family to rely on each other a lot and close off somewhat from the outside world. However hardened she tries to appear, underneath all that she's just a girl who really doesn't want to leave home. Request for her older brother here. | she said, "No one loves me, and neither do I. You get what you give, I give goodbye. And if I should vanish, Don't get caught off guard, And don't hold it against me Unless it gets hard— |
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EMMA IRVING
Virgo ♍
Posts: 20
Age: 31
Occupation: Middle School English Teacher
♡ Status: Single
OOC: Lady
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Post by EMMA IRVING on May 25, 2013 0:58:18 GMT
~*~♥HEY BB♥~*~ WE BOTH KNOW WHAT’S WHAT. M’KAY. EMMA AND LOGAN = ROMANCE AND STUFF AND THINGS. BRADBURY AND VALENTINA = FRIENDSHIP WITH CHEEK PINCHING AND MAJOR HEIGHT DIFFERENCES. this is all i can think to put right now.
i’ll put actual words when i’m not afraid i’ll type twenty-egg again.
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Alexis Vaisey
Pisces ♓
Posts: 23
Age: 23
Occupation: Investigative reporter
♡ Status: Single
OOC: Jenny
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Post by Alexis Vaisey on May 25, 2013 1:08:38 GMT
ALEXIS&LOGAN Picture it; a BEHIND THE MUSIC exposé. Telling the untold stories of the music industries unspoken talents and the destructive lifestyle that can go along with it. At least that would be what Lexi pitches to Logan when they meet at some club he's acting as bouncer at. Vulnerability at hand, his unlikely knight in shining armor heroics when a guy gets a tad too handsy with Alexis for the liking and she and Logan get to talking...
ALEXIS&VALENTINA She is a former NYU student, graduated last year so perhaps they met one another on campus originally and had girl's night outs when course work wasn't weighing them down so heavily. Alexis has some past trauma of her own. Witnessing her missionary parents slaughtered in Africa and her left for dead, back sliced up- so they could relate on the level of violent pasts as well. I think they would make cute girlfriends.
JOHNNY&LOGAN Logan is a musician, Johnny is a music producer and his father owns a record label so I imagine that their paths have crossed before and maybe again. I predict Logan thinking that Johnny is a spoiled tool in need of learning some of those morals and values that Logan has. So maybe one of those relationships where Johnny thinks he owns Logan because he has technically been an employee in the past?
JOHHNY&VALENTINE He's just not a very likable person and since Valentine prefers the company of girls over guys in the first place, any interaction with Johnny would solidify her opinion as the correct course of action. However, that wont stop him from being flirtatious and trying to sleep with her.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 6:13:54 GMT
ace and logan -- i have ace who's a bit of an up and coming musician (just a bit). being the music junkie that he is, i'd imagine he'd know of a few records which logan is in, if not most of them. he'd admire logan for his musical talent and he'd probably have this weird idea of him which is completely off the mark in which logan really is. if/when they meet, ace would be like, speechless and totally honored to be meeting one of his inspirations.
ace and valentina -- so ace is five years older than her and i feel like they could get along pretty well. he'd find her amusing but wouldn't try to placate her or anything, more than anything he'd encourage her. he'd probably treat her like a younger sister without being too overbearing. he's a bartender so if she ever came into his workplace with friends he'd make sure she was okay and there weren't any creeps hitting on her.
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Logan Dane
Scorpio ♏
Posts: 20
Age: Thirty-Nine
Occupation: Musician, Bouncer
♡ Status: Divorced
OOC: Velvet
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Post by Logan Dane on May 25, 2013 16:17:32 GMT
lady
jenny ALEXIS & LOGAN. I love this idea! He'd definitely intervene for her, and then being asked to be one of the contributors/whatever for her article would be 110% ego stroke. He's very contented being behind the scenes, but a little credit for once would definitely puff him up a bit. He'd be happy to tell her whatever lurid stories about once-popular bands and thinly veiled badmouthing of current pop-singers ("i'm not gonna name any names, but...") that she wanted. Generally speaking he wants to keep his nose clean and be professional to keep in his contacts' good books, bc networking is so important, but it won't take very much persuasion for him to tiptoe close to the line. Also, they have a shared interest in motorbikes!
ALEXIS & VALENTINA. Yessss, they'd make great girlfriends! Valentina's rambunctiousness might be a little wearing sometimes, but I think she'd respect Alexis and they both have the same hardworking attitude. One of the reasons Valentina would have been so keen to get to know and keep in touch with Alexis would be her job at the New York Times - in her eyes, it's never too early to start making friends in high places. Alexis may not exactly be in a high place yet, but in ten years she will be. Valentina would try to organise a lot of girlie catch-ups.
JOHNNY & LOGAN. He'll undoubtedly think that Johnny is an entitled little prick who doesn't know his arse from his elbow, but he'll keep that thought firmly to himself. They could easily have worked together multiple times, and continue to - maybe Logan's one of the people Johnny keeps on his books. Logan turns up early, does what he's told with no debate, lays down his part in one or two takes and then goes. He's solid and efficient, and it helps that he's good on the technical side and speaks the jargon. He doesn't try to ingratiate himself, but he'll easily go along with the industry hobnobbing to make connections and keep his foot in the door - and if that includes occasionally socialising with ~the young whippersnapper~, so be it.
JOHNNY & VALENTINA. Even if he isn't a good person, he's exactly the opposite of a loser, and unfortunately that's really Valentina's main mental criteria. He's young, successful, privileged and looks great in a suit! Against her better judgement, she could easily be taken in by him. Valentina isn't really introspective enough to be a good judge of character yet, and nor does she really have enough life experience, so at least at first she'd probably just see him as an alpha male and not pick up on his potentially misogynistic attitudes. She could get burned.
avvie IT'S JORDAN CATALANO!
ACE & LOGAN. I'm not sure whether Ace would really be aware of Logan from the point of view a music listener, unless he's been memorising CDs' sleeve notes~! He's basically the music equivalent of an actor's stunt double - he's integral to the production, but the audience isn't and shouldn't be aware of him. If Ace knew of Logan, it might be more from a behind-the-scenes standpoint as an industry veteran and somebody with a finger in every pie. Maybe they met through Johnny, if Ace is signed to Johnny's father's label? Logan would be very receptive and friendly towards Ace and I think the respect would be completely mutual. Logan's skilled rather than talented - he's experienced and hiiiighly technically proficient, but he's not exactly creative. He's a workhorse, whereas Ace is like the thoroughbred racehorse. (I don't know where that analogy came from, I hope it makes sense!). There's a reason why Logan has never actually been in a band in his own right, and he'd have a lot of respect/admiration for Ace for having the talent and potential star power to do that himself.
ACE & VALENTINA. Ace is painfully handsome, and Valentina will notice that to no end. Maybe they met when she was on a girl's night out with a big group of friends, all egging each other on to hit on the cute bartender, and she was the one who bit the bullet. It was probably horrific - smooth she is not - but maybe it made him laugh and broke the ice. He's exactly the kind of fun, lively person she'd want to have around. She'd still harbour that attraction to him, but get it was off-limits.
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Jonathan Tucci
Aries ♈
Posts: 31
Age: 26
Occupation: Music producer
♡ Status: Single
OOC: Jenny
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Post by Jonathan Tucci on May 25, 2013 23:35:52 GMT
YOURS&MINEIn other words, yes, to all of it. Thread?
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Logan Dane
Scorpio ♏
Posts: 20
Age: Thirty-Nine
Occupation: Musician, Bouncer
♡ Status: Divorced
OOC: Velvet
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Post by Logan Dane on May 26, 2013 14:39:23 GMT
jenny Yesssss. For the time being, how about one for Johnny and Valentina and one for Alexis and Logan? I'll start one, you start the other. Which is which is up to you~.
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Jonathan Tucci
Aries ♈
Posts: 31
Age: 26
Occupation: Music producer
♡ Status: Single
OOC: Jenny
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Post by Jonathan Tucci on May 26, 2013 15:24:52 GMT
YOURS&MINE Sounds like a solid plan. You start for Johnny and Valentina and I'll stat for Alexis and Logan.
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Alexis Vaisey
Pisces ♓
Posts: 23
Age: 23
Occupation: Investigative reporter
♡ Status: Single
OOC: Jenny
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Post by Alexis Vaisey on May 26, 2013 18:32:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2013 19:16:37 GMT
Daisy and Valentina
I see them with a sort of Frenemies relationship. They might clash a lot and not really like each other all that much but as the saying goes keep your friends close and your enemies closer. So Fake friends? Also Daisy is Bisexual so I could see her Flirting with Val but she wouldn't be looking for a relationship or anything she is just a flirty person who likes to flirt with good looking people.
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Valentina Aguilar
Aries ♈
Posts: 17
Age: 20
Occupation: Student, Intern
♡ Status: Single
OOC: Velvet
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Post by Valentina Aguilar on May 28, 2013 20:10:02 GMT
JENNY Great! I'll get to it ASAP. Sorry, bear with me, it's being that kind of week.
KAT DAISY & VALENTINA. I was actually going to post the same kind of thing in your thread, but you beat me to it! Great minds think alike. I think that Valentina would be attracted to Daisy's energy, both in terms of her ambition with her dancing but also with her spirited behaviour. Valentina is nowhere near as wild as Daisy, but sometimes she'd like to be, so I can see her following in Daisy's lead a little - sometimes. But as you say, they'd clash and be frenemies given their strong personalities etc, so I think there'd be regular spats and arguments. I could see them making jibes at each other too. Valentina would basically see Daisy as one of her fun, party friends, rather than as one of her true friends. As for the flirting, she'd probably take it in her stride and not think too much of it.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2013 18:07:39 GMT
AVALON & V - could probably be really good friends DANI & LOGAN - DADDY HI. She loves him so much oops. MELISSA & V - models (sometimes) for the magazine V interns for - do with that what you will, i have no idea oops.
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Jack Carrington
Capricorn ♑
Posts: 114
Age: Twenty-seven
Occupation: Lawyer
♡ Status: In a Relationship
OOC: Kassie
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Post by Jack Carrington on Jun 1, 2013 7:33:41 GMT
Valentina Okay, so. Jack is a lawyer, raised on old-money, blah blah blah. Basically the total opposite of Val. Here's the catch - he has money, and he has money that he's willing to spend. Valentina is going into Marketing and Economics, and when Jack wants some help marketing the business a bit further, he wants to give a student the opportunity to shine. Now, working for Jack doesn't quite seem like Val's thing. Considering he doesn't allow yoga pants in the office, they might not get along so well - but how well might they get along when Jack offers to take her shopping for her work clothes and pay for every penny? It can be more of an internship for Val. Just a suggestion!
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Valentina Aguilar
Aries ♈
Posts: 17
Age: 20
Occupation: Student, Intern
♡ Status: Single
OOC: Velvet
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Post by Valentina Aguilar on Jun 2, 2013 17:02:31 GMT
kendall yes, yes, sounds good! I'll attack your plotting thread when I'm caught up on posts~~
kassie That would be great! I love this idea. She's trying to get as much experience as possible while she's still in college, to bolster her chances of employment after she graduates, so it makes total sense that she'd be keen to get her foot in as many different doors as possible. She'd be incredibly grateful for the opportunity to do some work at Jack's firm and bend over backwards to make a good name for herself and not screw it up. But she'd definitely make a few faux pas regardless.
The clothes idea is interesting. There's no risk of her taking her sweatpants to the office, but it's entiiiirely possible that she'd still come in dressed inappropriately - she's not so great at 'conservative'. A shopping thread would be interesting because she'd feel so conflicted about it. She just would not be able to figure out his motives. Is it an insult to her pride, because he thinks she can't afford clothes? Is this some clumsy initiation into a sugar daddy arrangement? She just wouldn't be able to figure it out. Valentina would be wrestling with her conscience, but at the end of the day, she would never be able to say no to free stuff.
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