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Name: Leon
Age: 16
Personal lj: autophobia
Contact: E-mail/G-mail: jakkuhaama@gmail.com
AIM: Despicable Self
Yahoo!: inalterable_tragedy
MSN: his_toxicity@msn.com
Character Info
Name: Dee Laytner
Canon: FAKE
Class: Lower class; dark brown hair
Personality: "All talk; little action," A phrase that could very well be used to describe Dee's personality. He retains a hardened exterior simply because it is the only method of survival. Beneath it lies a warm soul filled with sympathy for his neighbors, and hope for a brighter future.
While Dee has an innate sense of justice, he isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. He's determined to make some sort of a living, even if it's simply from peddling drugs and contraband. This is because he happily carries the burden of his caretaker and her 'adopted' children on his shoulders. They're his will, his light, and he would do absolutely anything for them.
Although he has never lived outside of Tanagura's walls, Dee recognizes that the city's way of life is wrong. He holds a severe amount of resentment toward anyone involved in its structure, most importantly the entity named JUPITER. Rather than letting his anger get the best of him, he chooses to utilize it as a fuel for his optimism. Desperately, he wishes that one day, somehow, things will change.
Background: Original info here.
Dee was accidentally conceived 'on the job'. His young mother, starving and desperate, sold herself with no strings attached. Several months into her stay with her keeper, she realized that she was pregnant. Upon researching her genetics, her master allowed her to keep the child; he had no children, and was beginning to feel the weight of his age. Sadly, Dee took after his mother: he was born with several strands of dark brown hair, and was subsequently sent to the lower levels, never to see his 'family' again.
Shortly after his arrival, Dee was taken in by a woman named Maria Lane. He grew up in her care with many other children by his side. While Maria Lane did her best to keep her children healthy, she knew it was impossible to shelter them from their surroundings.
Being a rather mischievous boy, Dee was introduced to the darker side of Tanagura at a young age. He witnessed a murder at age five, and escaped with only a broken arm and some bruises. By age 10, he was routinely playing 'messenger boy' and 'delivery boy' for the local gangs. While he never became a member, he did learn the tricks of the trade, and carried them with him through out his adolescence.
Now, at age seventeen, Dee runs a quiet business of his own. Proposals are made through curious glances, and confirmed through hushed whispers. While he doesn't bring in much, it's enough to keep his 'mother' and 'siblings' fed and clothed.
[Most alterations to: Conception, and current career.]
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“Maybe not,” he quietly reconsidered as a series of rushed footsteps echoed from his right. He shifted toward the sound, and wondered who his new customer might be. A desperate junkie? A fugitive hoping to disguise himself? In the end, it didn't really matter, but he had to admit that it piqued his curiosity.
Brown eyes sprang wide open when he recognized who had approached him. “Mother?” he questioned as he reached out to the middle-age woman. She leaped toward him, and shuddered in his arms.
After a moment's worth of recovery, she managed to croak, “You have to come home...”
Dee carefully grasped his caretaker by the shoulders so that they could see eye to eye. “You know I can--”
“Billy's gone,” she choked as she wrung his coat with her shaking hands. He waited for her explanation, but it seemed like an eternity before it came, “He's dead.”
Dee was silent. Billy, yet another orphan Maria Lane had taken in, was like a brother to him. No, he had been. Dee fully understood and accepted his 'sibling's fate; they had all expected it, dreaded it, and it had finally happened. Billy was yet another victim of gang violence.
“Alright,” he finally responded. His respects had been paid years ago, and there was no time to mourn. “Let's go.”
With their hands tightly linked, an untouchable son and his knowing mother returned to foster their remaining strength.
Sample Journal Entry: The troops are still pretty upset. I'm going to try to pick up some balloons today, but, hell if I find any...
... stupid kid.
Keeping any eye on the alley behind that shitty grocer's place, if anyone needs anything.
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Hi mods. I was asked to explain my reasoning for making Dee younger than he is in his canon. So, yes, I'll go ahead and do so...
There are very few differences between canon!Dee and this AU!Dee. The most important, from my point of view, is that he's not a detective. He can't be, due to his hair color and status.
This creates a pretty big problem, because Dee's job is his life in the canon. As his partner and friends have said, if he wasn't a detective, he'd be a murderer, or worse.
Now, while I'd normally be happy to play a murderer, there's a slight problem with that. First off, because of his age, it'd be post-consequence, and I really doubt he could get away with murder if he committed it. (Rageaholic much?) So basically, I'd be playing a dead guy, or a guy in a jail cell. Peachy.
In his canon he decides his role - a police officer - sometime after high school. Of course, there were things that led up to this. We don't know them, but cause and effect, right?
Basically, I'd like to play out that cause and effect in this AU setting. I'd like to see where he directs his life to here. Hell, even if he does become a murderer, I want to be able to play out the consequences.
If you guys need anything else from me, feel free to let me know.
Deleted and subsequently reposted to fix HTML error in my contact details. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT, OKAY? D:
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