Way Out West DT

Welcome to the Way Out West DT!

Discuss whatever you want-- as long as it's relevant of course-- here.

I'll add a list of characters after the profile are up, too. :3

Name: Nick Burns

Age: 17

Gender Guy

Appearance (written and picture): Nick is of average height, about 5'7". He's extremely thin, with bright blue eyes, a large spattering of freckles, and long-ish (shoulder-length) red hair, which he usually wears in a short ponytail. He has no money, and his clothes are old and ratty.

Spoiler

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/7088115/2/istockphoto_7088115-teen-boy-portrait.jpg With more period clothing, of course!

Personality: Despite a dark and grief-filled past, Nick is generally a cheerful person. He willingly makes friends, but remains guarded about his past life. He is sometimes prone to sarcasm if he gets angry or annoyed, which happens easily if he is pressed about something he doesn't want to talk about. He has had experience living on the streets, and knows how to fight if he, or anyone that he is close to, is threatened. He's hardy and yearns for something better, and figured that taking the wagon train would be a new beginning.

Strengths: He is loyal and hardy, and generally quite friendly, handy with tools.

Weaknesses: Easily angered if someone tries to dig too deeply into his past, and is used to doing things on his own, so even though he wants friends, he often forgets about them or refuses their help.

Up For Love: Yup, but you'll have to get to know him very well.

History: Nick cannot remember his parents, and for most of his life, he lived in a cruel orphanage, where he was forced to work 12 hours a day doing various things, like sewing clothing and such. He was beaten often, and has scars all over his back from the switch. When his best friends was killed from a beating, he lost all common sense and did something that was truly horrible. Terrified, Nick took to the streets, where he was known to be handy with tools, so he got a lot of odd jobs helping people fix things. When he first heard about the migration West, and the wagon trains that were leaving by the dozens, he immediately started saving up his meager earnings. Now that he's finally leaving the East, he is ready to leave his old life behind and start anew.

Other: Besides his secrets, Nick is pretty open, but tries to keep the scars on his back out of sight.

Are we going to start this?

Yup. Feel free to post whenever. I'm going to be busy all weekend, though. I MIGHT get a post in - maybe.Probably not.

SEE YOU ON MONDAY.

Sorry bout that Isha, But thanks!

Hey guys - Just to let you know - I'll be pretty inactive for the next few days. I'm kicking myself for not writing an intro post already, but if you guys could try to keep my character alive, it would be great!

Thanks!

Isha will be unavailable for a while, so she wants us to keep her characters in. So could someone please come help Chaz deal with his little problem with Anna and Joe?

Where is this train headed? Oregon?

A magical made up place in the west that I'm guessing would be today's Oregon.

Yeah, that question did seem kind of stupid. I was just curious because I like settings to be complete in my mind. Even if we're all murdered before we get there, I'll assume we're following the Oregon Trail.

Ugh..is anyone going to post??

I would, but I just did, and I'm waiting for you, singer. We need to make something exciting happen.

Oh yeah..I forgot about that ...Lol

Mkay Texan, I posted. Waiting on you:)