Post by Jaiyana Letizia Robinson on Jun 29, 2012 3:57:51 GMT -8
JAIYANA LETIZIA ROBINSON
[/font][/center]WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT,
[/font][/center]name » jaiyana letizia robinson[/font][/center]
nicknames » jai
age & date of birth » winter, 29th; 26
gender » female
sexual orientation » heterosexual
occupation » She's a special forces soldier, but nothing at the moment xD
events » N/A
play by » Selita EbanksWE'LL BE SAFE AND SOUND,
likes »
Running
Alcohol
Fighting
Reading
Being alone
dislikes »
Crowds
Procrastination
Emotion
People
Water
personality »
Anybody who knows Jai will tell you that she is a particularly practical sort of person. She doesn't do 'what ifs' or even have any ridiculous aspirations as to what she might want to be in life. People might say that she has an overly pessimistic outlook, but it is her way of avoiding disappointments or losing sight of what she's actually been given. Having experienced the life of a refugee against the life of the average US citizen, Jai struggles to relate to most people. In her eyes, they don't have all that much to complain about, compared to the poverty she experienced as a child. She's not particularly social in the sense that she is not a person that needs to rely on others to be happy or even content. Jaiyana is used to having to do things on her own, in her own way; in fact she prefers it to letting the responsibility fall to others. For once, the theory meets the practical execution - she would be perfectly happy with no companions, for any length of time, because she's that used to being self-sufficient.
As you might expect, Jai is extremely disciplined these days. Nothing she does is without a purpose and emotions rarely trump logic. Where as a child she would have been provoked into a fight any day of the week, she's practically impervious to any jibes or insults now. Part of it stems from knowing just how dangerous she is, and that she already has blood on her hands from serving in the war. Jai doesn't necessarily want to hurt people, but she will if circumstances demand it, and will not feel guilty about it afterwards. Perhaps her biggest weakness is the incessant need to play the hero. She won't stand by and allow others to suffer on her behalf, which means she'll go out all guns blazing on a suicide mission if she has to. It's probably resulted in her having more blood on her hands than is deemed necessary, but she sees it as justified.
Jai doesn't quite see emotions as a form of weakness, but she's just better at the logic side of things. Whereas before she joined the army she would often let her emotions run riot, eight years of hard discipline have turned her into a perfectly rational individual. She won't fight unnecessarily unless she knows she can win or she feels she needs to prove a point. Everything she says has been carefully considered, as though each word must be chosen individually. Outwardly, she may come across as a little arrogant. In fact, she's just a blunt person. She says things as she sees them and doesn't really care if people find her rude or not.
WE'LL TAKE CONTROL OF THE WORLD,
[/font][/center]appearance »
Jai stands at perhaps 5ft 3", 5ft 4" at a push. She's not exactly tall or heavy, at only about 40 - 45kgs, but most of what is there is made of muscle. She's definitely a lot stronger than she looks, so most people don't really believe that they could be in much danger from her. Jai could be described as quite pretty, with black hair and brown eyes and delicate features; not that it really matters to her. She has scars all over her, including countless numbers on her arms and torso, but she rarely bothers actively trying to hide them from people. She has several tattoos, including ones on her back, wrists and hands, as well as her ankles. Jai does have piercings in her ears and belly, but doesn't bother wearing anything other than small studs, lest they get in the way if she has to move quickly.
family »
Theo & Sylvan; brothers.
others of importance » N/A
LIKE IT'S ALL WE HAVE TO HOLD ON TO,
[/font][/center]medical history » Numerous broken bones and other injuries from training and fights in the refugee camp. No allergies or chronic medical conditions.
criminal history » Jai has a lot of blood on her hands, but the government says it's all legal.
life history »
Jaiyana was born into poverty, part of one of the many Palestinian refugee families sent to the camps in neighbouring countries. As a child, she grew up surrounded by starvation and violence as people struggled to survive in horrendous conditions. Growing older, children in the camps learnt to fight in order to protect what they had; Jai included. At fifteen, Jai suddenly found herself parenting two younger siblings single-handedly after her mother died. Technically an orphan, fighting became more and more a part of her life in order to obtain her share of food and rations now that she had no parents to get them for her. In the next two years, her two younger brothers were adopted by foreign families and taken away, not to be heard from again. Jai herself was considered too old and too wayward to be adoptable by families, and continued to live alone in the refugee camp.
UN troops came and went frequently, many of whom took it upon themselves to teach the refugees basic fighting techniques, so that any spats would be evened out between them. As her sixteenth and seventeenth birthdays came and went without any major events, she became heavily reliant on fighting - not only to protect herself and her things, but as a way to win bets with militant groups passing through, or a few essential items that she needed. Jai was determined to do things on her own terms, even if fighting spats with the soldiers was technically bending the rules. At nearly eighteen, a group of US soldiers paid her camp a visit as part of a routine UN tour. Now familiar with this sight, Jai and many of her childhood friends continued with their usual business. For her, that meant finding ways to feed not only herself but many of the younger orphans that would have been unable to make it by themselves. Despite the soldiers' presence, a fight broke out between Jaiyana and a neighbour, hellbent on stealing her food.
As was their duty, the UN representatives intervened before the fight got too brutal, but not before Jai had given the man a fair hammering. Having grown up with knives as her only form of a weapon, Jai was lethal with one in hand - and it showed. The incident was reported, but few expected anything to be done about it. Several days later, the group returned with a proposition for her; give up her Palestinian rights and join the US army as an American citizenship, or continue to live in poverty at the refugee camp. Where most people may have refused on the grounds of having a family or younger siblings to take care of, Jai had little left to lose. Upon accepting their offer, she was taken to the US with a different (more pronounceable) surname and drafted into the army. Standard training followed, although a lot of it Jai knew from the informal instruction she had been given in the camp.
Completing that training, she was then funelled into a special forces unit, which demanded a higher level of military knowledge. As a result, she and her unit were sent to multiple countries - Pakistan and Israel, to name a couple - in order to learn their fighting techniques. Having finished her training, she was sent to the Middle East several times in the next three years. After, having finished the required amount of time in service to the army, Jai left to find work elsewhere. Finding that she was more suited to army life than that of a freelancer, it wasn't long before she re-joined and was sent straight back into the warzone. Now, with numerous trips to the Middle East and a great deal of discipline to her name, Jaiyana is in Texas on leave for an indefinite grace period until her next assignment.
AND WE'LL BE A DREAM,
[/font][/center]your name » Nem
age » 15
roleplaying experience» 3/4 years
DO YOU REMEMBER THE NIGHTS,
[/font][/center]WE DROVE AROUND CRAZY IN LOVE?
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