Post by Toris Lorinaitis on Dec 16, 2009 0:54:31 GMT -5
Name: Toris Lorinaitis
Country of Origin: Lithuania
Age: 23
Affiliation: Russian Mafia
Expertise: Job in life: He has worked in a florist shop since arriving in America. He had dreams of changing his profession, but after joining the Russian mafia, he had to take a different route.
Place in the organization: Cleaner. After witnessing a crime scene shortly after arriving in America, he became rather enamored with detective work and decided that he would like to become one himself. But before he could finish his schooling, things in his life got complicated and he was forced to drop out and join the shady mafia dealings instead…
Personality: Toris is very serious and introverted individual, and winds up being rather easy to take advantage of when it comes right down to it. He worries a lot for those he cares about and sometimes worries so much that he gets sick.
But despite everything, he tries to remain optimistic about his circumstances and tries to make the best out of what is given to him. He is an extremely hard worker at anything he does, even if he’s half hearted on the matter. But this trait tends to lead to people pawning off lots of things on him.
Because of being bossed around all the time however, he is abnormally grateful to those who pay him any kind of respect and tends to go out of his way to help them out.
Appearance: Toris is of a relatively average physique. He’s thin, but lightly muscled do to his hobby of martial arts. Because of his work, he tends to be out in the sun quite a bit so he has developed a bit of a tan also.
He has light brown hair that falls to just above his shoulders, with bangs that are parted in the middle. When working, he likes to tie it back into a ponytail. A pair of kind and inviting verdant eyes give him an easily approachable feeling.
Clothing wise, he likes to keep it simple with light clothing so that he won’t over heat while working. All of which, are usually very earthy in color. He tries not to stick out.
However, when doing official mafia business, he dresses the part. For informal meetings, he usually sheds the jacket and attends in just the gray vest beneath. For more formal, he would of course wear the formal attire.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths:
- He is a very patient individual, having grown up with many demanding people. To this day, he still seems to be surrounded by…demanding people. So he handles it very well.
- He is very organized. It bothers him when he can’t find what he needs, so he tends to keep things very orderly. Also, he is very used to cleaning up after rather messy houseguests.
- He has a rather good memory, which proves useful in many situations concerning his new ‘job.’
- He is in good shape due to his martial arts hobby, so he can keep up with the hard labor pushed on to him.
Weaknesses:
- He is easily forgettable due to his quiet nature. Though, this could also double as a strength when he wants to be forgotten.
- He is also very easily taken advantage of. He is a very easily intimidated person, so he ends up caving to their requests. However, he comes through when he really has to stand up for himself or another person.
- Despite trying to remain optimistic about certain matters, he often falls into depression, which in turn makes him sick.
Likes/Dislikes/Quirks/Phobias:
Likes:
- Flowers
- Gardening
- Martial arts
- Reading
- Taking long walks in the park
- Nice people
Dislikes:
- Dead plants
- Worrying (though it is quite a common thing)
- Rude or mean people
- Untidy areas
Quirks:
- He likes to fold his hands in front of him when he’s not doing anything, just to have something to hold.
- Sometimes bites his lip when he thinks.
- He fidgets a lot when he gets nervous.
Phobias:
- Someone he cares deeply for being killed. Even more frightening if it was because of his secret life in the mafia.
- He hates bugs with a burning passion and takes extra caution to ward them away from the flower shop.
- He does not particularly fancy heights either.
History: Toris was born in a small farming village in Lithuania where he worked tirelessly to support his poor sick mother. With the added costs of medical bills, it became difficult for his father to support them alone. So Toris took a job as a farm hand for a local farmer to help his father take care of his mother.
But the bills kept becoming more and more costly, and before long Toris and his father were unable to pay for the treatment his mother needed. With hopes of making more money, Toris decided to leave the country and set sail for America with dreams of making enough to support the ever-rising costs.
Toris managed to secure a job with in the first few weeks of arriving in America at a local florist shop and made good enough wages for him to find a decent place in an apartment.
Nearly eight months later, his mother took a turn for the better and no longer needed the income from her son. Toris had the option of returning home now, but he had grown quite fond of this nation. He decided to remain in America and pursue an education in law enforcement. Seeing all the shady business that went down in the neighborhoods around his home got him interested in it.
He made it nearly two years in before he got the fateful call that would turn his life upside down and rip his dream away. His mother took a turn for the worse when her sickness resurfaced in full force. She needed immediate treatment…but the procedure cost far too much for either him or his father.
Horribly desperate by now, Toris made the decision that would change his life. He sought out a member of one of the local mafia groups and pleaded for the cash. He had nothing to bargain with, only his life and skills. Interest was shown when he mentioned his choice profession, and that he was willing to throw it away to save his mother’s life. Indeed, his skills would be useful for covering up their crimes…
The deal was made. In exchange for the life saving money, Toris was now an official member of the Russian mafia and so long as he worked for them, they would keep shelling out the cash to pay for her treatments. However, it would keep plunging him farther and farther into their debt…
He could never run. They would surely seek out his family and exact revenge. He was stuck at their mercy…and he came to realize with time that he had made a grave mistake choosing this path.
Feeling guilty and not wishing to be questioned by his neighbors as to why he dropped out of school, he would make the move to a new apartment complex closer to his job. Blue creek apartments were certainly not in the best of shape, but all the Lithuanian boy needed to survive. The rent was reasonable, and it allowed him to begin saving up money to make feeble attempts at trying to pay back his debts.
Sample/Character Introduction: The day time was like a wonderful dream. Toris felt like a normal person. A free and normal person who was not chained down to anybody but himself.
He would wake up and get ready for work, smile and wave to his neighbors like he had not a care in the world, before starting the walk to the florist shop.
This job he loved. It was always warm and sunny inside, with an inviting aroma always lingering in the air. Even the people who came in day after day had happy smiles when they would look at the flowers. The happy atmosphere also infected Toris, who was always happy to be here.
A month ago however, he would have pictured himself in a very different job. One that would have left him feeling much more accomplished at the end of the day. But things never went as planned and instead, Toris found his path going the opposite way of what he intended. Crime.
That happy smile would falter at the thought, the flower arrangement in front of him going forgotten for the moment in his self-pity. He regretted it. He made a hasty and foolish decision and now, he was still here…still in this little flower shop, doing the same job he had been doing since he arrived in America. This was his day job. But where he used to attend school at night, was now replaced with the dark dealings of the underground.
The nighttime turned into a nightmare.
Toris would heave a heavy sigh before working on the flower arrangement once more. This one was for a wedding, a small and beautiful wedding. But they received requests for all sorts of things. Birthdays and get well presents. Dates and funerals. Yes, plenty of funerals. More than he cared to acknowledge. It just reminded him of his new shady secret life he was living…
Giving another depressed sigh, he tried to push the thoughts away before the depression over took him and he got his normal stomach cramps. That was the last thing he needed at this very moment, for it was nearly closing time and he had been told to show up tonight for a ‘job.’
Chills ravaged him as he recalled one of his war torn superiors giving him the orders. Whatever job this was, it certainly was not going to be a pretty sight.
Once the arrangement was finished, Toris would set it back in the refrigerator to keep it fresh and began to close up shop. All the while he prepared himself mentally for the long night that awaited him.
“Good night boss!” He would call back to his employer, pulling his jacket on as he made his way out the door.
He had come to believe that the sound of the bells ringing as the door closed behind him signified the start of his ‘secret’ second life.
((Ah! I finished! HOORAY!! Sorry that this took so long, and I do hope that this is all right… Also I<3Hetalia!))
Country of Origin: Lithuania
Age: 23
Affiliation: Russian Mafia
Expertise: Job in life: He has worked in a florist shop since arriving in America. He had dreams of changing his profession, but after joining the Russian mafia, he had to take a different route.
Place in the organization: Cleaner. After witnessing a crime scene shortly after arriving in America, he became rather enamored with detective work and decided that he would like to become one himself. But before he could finish his schooling, things in his life got complicated and he was forced to drop out and join the shady mafia dealings instead…
Personality: Toris is very serious and introverted individual, and winds up being rather easy to take advantage of when it comes right down to it. He worries a lot for those he cares about and sometimes worries so much that he gets sick.
But despite everything, he tries to remain optimistic about his circumstances and tries to make the best out of what is given to him. He is an extremely hard worker at anything he does, even if he’s half hearted on the matter. But this trait tends to lead to people pawning off lots of things on him.
Because of being bossed around all the time however, he is abnormally grateful to those who pay him any kind of respect and tends to go out of his way to help them out.
Appearance: Toris is of a relatively average physique. He’s thin, but lightly muscled do to his hobby of martial arts. Because of his work, he tends to be out in the sun quite a bit so he has developed a bit of a tan also.
He has light brown hair that falls to just above his shoulders, with bangs that are parted in the middle. When working, he likes to tie it back into a ponytail. A pair of kind and inviting verdant eyes give him an easily approachable feeling.
Clothing wise, he likes to keep it simple with light clothing so that he won’t over heat while working. All of which, are usually very earthy in color. He tries not to stick out.
However, when doing official mafia business, he dresses the part. For informal meetings, he usually sheds the jacket and attends in just the gray vest beneath. For more formal, he would of course wear the formal attire.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths:
- He is a very patient individual, having grown up with many demanding people. To this day, he still seems to be surrounded by…demanding people. So he handles it very well.
- He is very organized. It bothers him when he can’t find what he needs, so he tends to keep things very orderly. Also, he is very used to cleaning up after rather messy houseguests.
- He has a rather good memory, which proves useful in many situations concerning his new ‘job.’
- He is in good shape due to his martial arts hobby, so he can keep up with the hard labor pushed on to him.
Weaknesses:
- He is easily forgettable due to his quiet nature. Though, this could also double as a strength when he wants to be forgotten.
- He is also very easily taken advantage of. He is a very easily intimidated person, so he ends up caving to their requests. However, he comes through when he really has to stand up for himself or another person.
- Despite trying to remain optimistic about certain matters, he often falls into depression, which in turn makes him sick.
Likes/Dislikes/Quirks/Phobias:
Likes:
- Flowers
- Gardening
- Martial arts
- Reading
- Taking long walks in the park
- Nice people
Dislikes:
- Dead plants
- Worrying (though it is quite a common thing)
- Rude or mean people
- Untidy areas
Quirks:
- He likes to fold his hands in front of him when he’s not doing anything, just to have something to hold.
- Sometimes bites his lip when he thinks.
- He fidgets a lot when he gets nervous.
Phobias:
- Someone he cares deeply for being killed. Even more frightening if it was because of his secret life in the mafia.
- He hates bugs with a burning passion and takes extra caution to ward them away from the flower shop.
- He does not particularly fancy heights either.
History: Toris was born in a small farming village in Lithuania where he worked tirelessly to support his poor sick mother. With the added costs of medical bills, it became difficult for his father to support them alone. So Toris took a job as a farm hand for a local farmer to help his father take care of his mother.
But the bills kept becoming more and more costly, and before long Toris and his father were unable to pay for the treatment his mother needed. With hopes of making more money, Toris decided to leave the country and set sail for America with dreams of making enough to support the ever-rising costs.
Toris managed to secure a job with in the first few weeks of arriving in America at a local florist shop and made good enough wages for him to find a decent place in an apartment.
Nearly eight months later, his mother took a turn for the better and no longer needed the income from her son. Toris had the option of returning home now, but he had grown quite fond of this nation. He decided to remain in America and pursue an education in law enforcement. Seeing all the shady business that went down in the neighborhoods around his home got him interested in it.
He made it nearly two years in before he got the fateful call that would turn his life upside down and rip his dream away. His mother took a turn for the worse when her sickness resurfaced in full force. She needed immediate treatment…but the procedure cost far too much for either him or his father.
Horribly desperate by now, Toris made the decision that would change his life. He sought out a member of one of the local mafia groups and pleaded for the cash. He had nothing to bargain with, only his life and skills. Interest was shown when he mentioned his choice profession, and that he was willing to throw it away to save his mother’s life. Indeed, his skills would be useful for covering up their crimes…
The deal was made. In exchange for the life saving money, Toris was now an official member of the Russian mafia and so long as he worked for them, they would keep shelling out the cash to pay for her treatments. However, it would keep plunging him farther and farther into their debt…
He could never run. They would surely seek out his family and exact revenge. He was stuck at their mercy…and he came to realize with time that he had made a grave mistake choosing this path.
Feeling guilty and not wishing to be questioned by his neighbors as to why he dropped out of school, he would make the move to a new apartment complex closer to his job. Blue creek apartments were certainly not in the best of shape, but all the Lithuanian boy needed to survive. The rent was reasonable, and it allowed him to begin saving up money to make feeble attempts at trying to pay back his debts.
Sample/Character Introduction: The day time was like a wonderful dream. Toris felt like a normal person. A free and normal person who was not chained down to anybody but himself.
He would wake up and get ready for work, smile and wave to his neighbors like he had not a care in the world, before starting the walk to the florist shop.
This job he loved. It was always warm and sunny inside, with an inviting aroma always lingering in the air. Even the people who came in day after day had happy smiles when they would look at the flowers. The happy atmosphere also infected Toris, who was always happy to be here.
A month ago however, he would have pictured himself in a very different job. One that would have left him feeling much more accomplished at the end of the day. But things never went as planned and instead, Toris found his path going the opposite way of what he intended. Crime.
That happy smile would falter at the thought, the flower arrangement in front of him going forgotten for the moment in his self-pity. He regretted it. He made a hasty and foolish decision and now, he was still here…still in this little flower shop, doing the same job he had been doing since he arrived in America. This was his day job. But where he used to attend school at night, was now replaced with the dark dealings of the underground.
The nighttime turned into a nightmare.
Toris would heave a heavy sigh before working on the flower arrangement once more. This one was for a wedding, a small and beautiful wedding. But they received requests for all sorts of things. Birthdays and get well presents. Dates and funerals. Yes, plenty of funerals. More than he cared to acknowledge. It just reminded him of his new shady secret life he was living…
Giving another depressed sigh, he tried to push the thoughts away before the depression over took him and he got his normal stomach cramps. That was the last thing he needed at this very moment, for it was nearly closing time and he had been told to show up tonight for a ‘job.’
Chills ravaged him as he recalled one of his war torn superiors giving him the orders. Whatever job this was, it certainly was not going to be a pretty sight.
Once the arrangement was finished, Toris would set it back in the refrigerator to keep it fresh and began to close up shop. All the while he prepared himself mentally for the long night that awaited him.
“Good night boss!” He would call back to his employer, pulling his jacket on as he made his way out the door.
He had come to believe that the sound of the bells ringing as the door closed behind him signified the start of his ‘secret’ second life.
((Ah! I finished! HOORAY!! Sorry that this took so long, and I do hope that this is all right… Also I<3Hetalia!))
