Post by yuri "sauli" on Jan 10, 2009 8:39:05 GMT -5
►►Yuri SAULI
► The Basics
Nicknames: Sauli, which is why I've capitalized it on my display name + my application.
Age: 29
Height: 5"9
Weight: 133lbs
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Deep + Dark Brown
Clothing Style: Whatevers clean. Usually a casual shirt + jeans.
Piercings: Recently added tongue piercing
Tattoos: A rooster on his lower back and he has a tattoo that says "rest area" on his right shoulder.
Member of what Band: On Batteries
Instrument/Position: Manager + Guitar Tech
PlayBy: Jason Mraz
Description: He has a rather average build. His metabolism is perfectly adapted to his body as much as it should so he can't deny he needs another thin layer of fat to prevent himself looking underweight however he is not unhealthy nor underweight at all. His lips seem to moisten themselves and his lack of stress is shown with those two unchipped lips that make his guitar playing effortless. His eyebrows are dark and unruly, but if anything this is a distinctive feature of his sculptured face. His skin appears flawless, but that isn't to say it isn't fragile. He bruises incredibly easily. There is a tinge of colour in his roots but only against a spotlight is it visible, they are very vague shades of purple. If anything is to attract attention toward him though it would be his tattoos that are mentioned above.
► More Detailed
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
- Anything school-related [He hated school]
- Moths
- To be alone for the rest of his life
Ambitions:
- To make a lot of money
- To get married
- To own a better car
Biggest Secret:
- He's very lonely in the love department, as a child he used to dream of having a wife and child and he's not managed to achieve either.
- He plays video games for kids when he's incredibly bored
Personality: Yuri tries to get on with everyone. There is a good balance in gender that he gets along with, girls like him and so do guys. He isn't easy to annoy, but you can be certain it has a lasting impact if you do. Although he's not the type to end a friendship over anything minor, he'll always remember you for it. He doesn't have a great amount of confidence on his appeal to the opposite sex, yet at the same time he is picky about women because when he enters a relationship he expects it to be forever. Nobody should expect a fight from him because he's the type that will just walk away.
► Background
Family Members:
His only living family that he keeps in contact with is;
Twin Brother - Arnold Sauli - 29
Family History: Yuri's parents finally divorced when he + his twin were fourteen because of their incompatibility and after a decade of struggling to make the marriage work. As children Yuri hated his brother, but not for personal reasons he just wanted to be individual but seeing as the twins were identical it was always "Yuri and Arnold". Even today Yuri comments on how the names sound like some cheesy TV show. Because the split was amicable, their father didn't move out until a month later. It was the last time the boys saw their father because at first it was "He's still unpacking, give him chance to settle in", and five weeks later they received a letter that he hadn't bought the place he was supposedly living in but in fact a friend of his had, and he had moved to his hometown in Russia. The family had always known he had been born in Russia but they had no idea he had any connections there anymore so it was a shock for everyone.
Two years later their mother died in a car accident. Several attempts to contact their father failed and they hadn't heard from him since they had received the letter. The old address written on it was torn down, it was then that his children realized how sneaky their father really was and the lengths he was willing to go to avoid seeing his children again. Devastated, they went to an orphanage temporarily until they could save the money to continually rent somewhere. This was where they first met Jacob Knight, but they were too pre-occupied to make any friends. Instead they applied for benefits but it was barely enough to live on, so they both got jobs. Arnold left town two years after that to live with a girlfriend, leaving Yuri in a mediocre apartment that he had to solely pay for. At 18 years old, he received a call one day from child services. Confusion written all over his face, his father was trying to reach him. His brother had apparently rejected the call, but Yuri was hesitant. He was given his father's mobile number and they went to lunch several times before Yuri could trust him, a month later he went back with his father to Russia, where he lived happily until he was 20 and wanted to go back to England where he understood everything so much clearly.
He knew his dad was sick so he made his way back to England himself having already being given an interview for a college course in media studies. But he hadn't been there 24 hours before he received another call, this time telling him that his father had died in his sleep. He experienced feelings of relief at the painlessness but also hurt that he hadn't experienced the traditional father/son relationship long enough. He met many women at college, none of which experienced feelings for him sexually, whereas his twin brother had been married for a few weeks. He had been the best man, and Arnold had come back with him to spend some personal time with their father before leaving a day later to attend to his new wife.
Band History:He could find no sense in why his brother could find true love but he could not. This is a fact that has always depressed him. He finished his course in film studies hoping to become an agent, and decided there was no better place than America to find talent. So he moved there in his early twenties, and was put to work in a record company first off as just a music mixer. He worked his way up in the career ladder when the record company found an old friend of his. "Topher" hadn't in his opinion changed that much, they resumed their friendship and Yuri was made manager of "On Batteries" and shortly after being seen play guitar, also became the guitar tech.
He has wanted to find time to take a managerial course to be a better help to the band, but with the touring and gigs needed to be organized he has never found the time. He and Jacob Knight have little in common because of their age and experience differences but their personalities mesh perfectly as they are both hyper and at times a little childish, Yuri may even go as far as to say that Jacob was his best friend.
► Extra InformationExtra Details: He is part Russian, this is obvious in his accent and has picked up some words from the language.
Rules Word:Evanescence
RP Example: Rose was sitting uncomfortably on Robert's bed with her mother, something was troubling him, but he was recollecting it in pieces."Oh mother he knew it was faulty. But he was greedy. He didn't want to take the design back to the drawing board. He wanted the cars on the marker, wanted the sales..." it was noon, whatever it took they were going to motivate him to get out of bed and face the world.
This was getting even more convoluted, Rose thought. She rubbed at her forehead, uneasy and uncomfortable and turned to her brother. "Well couldn't you taking the design to the drawing board?" emphasis on 'you' before it was rare her brother did any real creative work. Her brother rolled away, sat up and switched off the small bedside lamp as a turn of dismissal.
Rose could still see his face, it was too early in the day for any real darkness, she didn't look away from her brothers face. A beard shadowed his square jaw. Shadows haunted his eyes.
"When did you find out the problem?".
"After Lorna's accident". He shook his head, Rose and her mother knew exactly whom he was referring to. "That's what's so unbelievable. My own girlfriend had to die for me to start asking questions, digging into traffic reports, doing investigations. Turns out there were other accidents - not a lot, but enough for me to realize the car had serious problems - and while not all cars on the marker were death traps, the prototype literally had a brake system designed to fail".
He looked at her, his expression haunted. "But I'm not blameless in all this. I'm far from blameless. I'm an engineer as well. I know automobiles, love automobiles but I got caught up in the business-making us successful. Profitable. But I should have been more involved with the safety checks". Robert gave a final sigh "Leave".
Rose and her mother realized Robert was a grown man, all they could do was listen and be there for him , so with no further words, they walked out of his room, closing the door behind them.
