Post by RAYLENE NOELLE FAIRCHILD on Jun 10, 2013 20:11:49 GMT -5
n a m e ---[/color] Raylene Noelle Fairchild
n i c k n a m e ’ s ---[/color] Ray, Nowi
d a t e o f b i r t h ---[/color] (21) 13, January
s e x u a l o r i e n t a t i o n ---[/color] straight
m e m b e r g r o u p ---[/color] tourist
p l a y b y ---[/color] Kristen Stewart
b a s i c ---[/color] Like her sister’s, Ray inherited wavy blonde hair. She kept it short as a kid, maybe as an assertion of her individuality, but in recent years she’s grown it out considerably past her shoulders. Her eyes are green, but sometimes blueish in the light, like Hadley’s. Also like her sisters, Ray is of average height (on the tallish side, though, 5’6) and very slim. Unlike her sisters, though, Ray’s physique is in no way athletic, as she disdains sports or exercise. She does do a remarkable amount of walking, however – around the city for school, work, and errands, and often hiking on the weekend with her friends – so she’s somewhat lean and not entirely unhealthy looking. She’s lived the last few years in the UK, and her style has adapted to accommodate the climate. She wears a lot of skinny jeans, boots, and tees, all dark colors usually. She has two piercings on her lobes, and though she looks like the type, she doesn’t have any tattoos.[/blockquote][/blockquote]
l i k e s ---[/color]
o red wine, fireplaces, cottages, old journals, painting her nails, lockets, her group of friends at school, poetry readings, hazelnut coffee, floral perfumes, cherry scented lip balm, driving
s t r e n g t h s ---[/color]
o resourcefulness, intellect, creativity
d i s l i k e s ---[/color]
o greasy food, strawberry icecream, overtly flashy cars, hotel beds, polyester, overly sweet smelling perfume (especially dessert scented perfume, for that matter,) shopping, red pens, jocks
w e a k n e s s e s ---[/color]
o stubbornness, insecurity, idealism
w a n t s ---[/color] It’s pretty straightforward: she just wants to be happy and successful doing the things she loves to do.
f e a r s ---[/color] Being sucked into a lifestyle she hates.
p e r s o n a l i t y ---[/color]
Intelligent: Ray is remarkably smart, but only in regards to things she actually cares about. Growing up, she nearly completely disregarded subjects like math and science, to her parents’ ongoing dismay.[/blockquote]
Independent: Ray hates having to rely on other people, seeing it as a sign of weakness. Being able to take care of herself and do things without anyone else, she sees, as proof of her capabilities.
Stubborn: Ray may be slow to make up her mind about things, but once she does, it stays made up. Arguing with her is futile, and she only ever concedes to people she either a) greatly and deeply respects, or b) really trusts (which, actually, to her, is the same thing.)
Idolizing: She has tremendous standards for people. When someone manages to meet or exceed those standards, Ray tends to put them on a pedestal. The people she likes, she really likes. This often works in reverse, too. If there’s anyone who manages to get her to hate them, she’ll really, really hate them.
Creative: Ray has more of an artsy mind. If she wasn’t a poet, she’d definitely go into one of the arts. For instance, she makes handmade cards instead buying them from supermarkets. Her creativity isn’t limited to artistic pursuits – she always manages to come up with an interesting solution to a problem or a particularly witty retort. It makes her interesting to be around.
f a m i l y ---[/color]
Aiden Fairchild, father, 60, international businessman
Rose Fairchild, mother, 57, teacher
Hadley Clarisse Fairchild, 25, sister
Jordan Valencia Fairchild, 22, sister
h i s t o r y ---[/color]
Unlike responsible Hadley, Raylene abused the freedom that she and her sister’s experienced – at least, it seemed that way to her family. It started around middle school, but became full-blown by high school. Hadley was perfect, and Jordan spent her time idolizing Hadley, and Ray quickly understood that trying to catch up to the both of them was futile. Unathlectic, exceptional only in English and History classes, having completely different interests, and (for a long time) more boyish in looks, Raylene felt like she didn’t belong with her pretty, popular sisters. Feeling like an outsider, Ray started acting like one. She kept her hair short, wore exclusively t-shirts and sweatpants, and spent most of her time locked up in her room reading long books and writing in her journal. She fell into a crowd of other misfits, ones her parents did not approve of. On a frequent basis, she’d disappear from the house in the middle of the night. Her parents suspected illicit activity, and they weren’t entirely off - she and her friends usually drove into the desert to smoke weed under the stars. But most of the time, they just played video games, watched cult classic films, and exchanged fanfiction about their favorite fantasy novels.[/blockquote]
In the middle of high school, Ray experienced an interesting transformation. Suddenly, (maybe not surprisingly considering her sisters’ physiques) she grew curves. Still slender, instead of just being a weirdo girl in loose clothing, she became more of a punk/rocker hot chick whose noncomformist ways were cool. She quickly acquired a string of boyfriends, none of which she ever introduced to her family, and for whom she snuck out of the house at night to make out with.
And everyone said, “You’ll never get anywhere in life acting as you do,” “Your priorities should really be on school and your future,” and, most frequently of all, “Why can’t you be like your sisters?”
So, it came as a surprise to everyone when she got accepted to Cambridge on scholarship her senior year of high school. Her GPA was average, but she had actually scored well on the SAT because she did perfectly in reading and writing. Also, she had been entering poetry contests at the insistence of her English teachers and won several awards. Because she didn’t talk about it, her family assumed her poetry contests weren’t significant affairs, but she ended up winning regional recognition once.
Her parents didn’t like the idea, but they couldn’t really stop her – after high school, Ray up and went to the UK. At first, the culture shock, homesickness, and her lingering insecurities made her believe that she had made a huge mistake, but after some time, Raylene found herself a great group of friends and the respect and encouragement of several professors. All that did marvels for her self-esteem, and without the pressure from her family, Ray flourished. Ray got a research position at the university library, regularly went on trips around all of Europe with her friends, and performed at poetry readings at the local pub. Living on her own in a foreign country (and doing well) especially did wonders for Ray’s confidence.
Because Ray grew to like herself as a person and because all poets are sensitive and tender at heart, Ray started to miss her sisters and feel sentimental. She send cards and postcards home regularly, but out of her three years abroad, she’d only been home twice. Being home reminded her of the years spent feeling misunderstood and insecure, and those were feelings she wanted to avoid. Besides, she’s changed so much that it would definitely be noticed by her family, and no matter positive or negative, Ray hated commentary on her appearance. Her hair and nails had grown out, and her nails were now actually regularly painted. Her clothes are more flattering and form fitting. Sometimes, she even wears heels and makeup.
Hadley is apparently missing, though, and Jordan is worried – feeling guilty for being away, and despite her feelings regarding her family, Ray’s come to join Jordan in the search to find their sister.
[/color] Lena
n a m e / a l i a s ---
y o u r a g e ---[/color] 22
c o n t a c t ---[/color] You can text me, Em =P
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