Can I Get Shakespeare's Number?

Margie Jo Dolly Steinbeck

Date of Birth: June 20th, 2037
Species: Human
Race: Chickasaw, Irish, Welsh, Polish, Danish
Powers: N/A
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Naturally Brunette, Bleached/Dyed Golden Blonde
Skin Color: Porcelain
Height: 5’5”
Distinguishing Features: Stick-Thin, Deer-Caught-in-the-Headlights Eyes, Brightly Colored and Geometrically Patterned Clothing

Bio/Personality:
Margie’s full name as the sole evidence, it isn’t difficult to guess at her family background. Margie’s parents are a prime example of country-fried Trailer Trash. With Redneck roots, Margie has struggled her way up the ladder of popularity. Ever since she moved from Kentucky in the first grade, she has clung to the pretty girls. Girls with shoes, and make-up, and tabloid gossip.

Part-way through 7th grade, her family switched trailer parks, from Santa Monica to Beverly Glen. Upon arriving at Arnaz Middle School, Margie immediately latched onto the most popular girl she could find, Alexia Woods. Alexia didn't seem to mind Margie's lack of poise. In fact, she took the twiggy girl under her wing, and they have been best friends ever since.

With Alexia at her side, Margie has made it into the inner circle. Still, she’s a ditz and naturally unsophisticated; so even amongst friends she’s seen as a wannabe.

Family: Randall Steinbeck (Father), Suzanne Steinbeck (Mother)
Friends: Alexia Woods, Renesmee Moriarty, Valerie Spicer, Jessilyn McCreery, Tanya Robinson, Kylie Zeller

Favorite Color: Tangerine
Favorite Food: Canned Spray Cheese Soy Nuts
Favorite Drink: Cucumber Melon Iced Tea
Favorite Movie(s)/TV Show(s): The Hills: The Movie, Sex and the City, High School Monarch
Favorite Music: ElectroPop
Favorite School Subject: Lunch
Hobbies: Shopping, Gossiping, Reading Tabloids

He Saves the Dolphins!

Bradley Achilles Baxter

Date of Birth: March 31st, 2037
Species: Human
Race: Norwegian, Swedish, English, Greek
Powers: N/A

Eye Color: Ice Blue
Hair Color: Beach Blonde
Skin Color: Bronze
Height: 6'
Distinguishing Features: Perpetual Arrogant Smirk

Bio/Personality:
You’ve seen him in every teenage drama – the jock, the bully, the arrogant prick who happens to be God’s gift to all women. Brad Baxter is the son of a police officer and a dentist. They raised him as a good Christian boy, and every good Christian knows that demons are evil and deserve to be vanquished. So, it’s no wonder Brad is so outwardly prejudice against hell-spawn.

Usual Brad activities include, surfing, football, track, and –last but not least – basketball. He’s the newly appointed co-captain for the varsity B-Ball team at Brad Pitt High. BPH is lucky to have him on the team, considering he should be attending Penn High in Santa Monica. The BPH athletics program´s outstanding reputation led Brad´s parents to enroll him despite the 30 minute commute every morning. It didn´t hurt that Brad´s best bud, Cooper Argento, was also attending. The two have been inseparable since they met during a summer sports camp when they were 10.

Family: Kent Baxter (Father), Caroline Baxter (Mother)
Friends: Cooper Argento, Scott Monger, Ryan Evavold, Russell Warren, Chad Eldritch

Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Thai Food, especially Khao Pad
Favorite Drink: Red Gatorade

Favorite Movie(s)/TV Show(s): ESPN Classics, Vigilante
Favorite Music: Stadium Tech-Rock, Stadium House
Favorite School Subject: PE
Hobbies: Surfing, Carbing Up, Pursuing Girls

I Like Sticka!

THAI DINH LY

Date of Birth: November 28th, 2036
Species: Demon
Race: Lilitu, Ma Vi Tính (Computer Spirit), Dab Tsog (The Hmong Nightmare)– Vietnamese, Thai, Hmong
Powers: Seduction, Technopathy

Eye Color: Amber
Hair Color: Black
Skin Color: Tan
Height: 5’9”
Distinguishing Features: Pierced Ears

Bio/Personality:
Ly possesses a child like optimism and demeanor. He’s friendly, fun-loving, and outgoing. These traits allowed him to gather a diverse group of friends as a child. Unfortunately, puberty hit and his Incubus instincts kicked in, causing him to alienate every friend he had. He’s broken hearts and caused scandals so large that his Mother has been forced (on numerous occasions) to relocate.
He’s lived all across Vietnam; parts of Thailand, China, and Japan; and now he’s transferred to Los Angeles with hopes that he can make new American friendships that will actually last.
And it isn’t only his feral nature that bars him from lasting friendships. His mother controls his every life choice under threat of using her nightmarish powers on him or any “friend” she doesn’t deem worthy of her son.

Family: Thai Thi Mộng Điệp (Mother), Truong Rừng (Father)
Friends: His Cell Phone

Favorite Color: Saturated Blue, Green, Yellow, and Orange
Favorite Food: Xôi Ngũ Sắc (5 flavored sticky rice)
Favorite Drink: Lychee Juice
Favorite Movie(s)/TV Show(s): PYA PYU PYO! Variety Show, Adventures of the Pho King, Những Giây Phút Nồng Nàn
Favorite Music: Viet-Pop, J-Pop, K-Pop
Favorite School Subject: Math
Hobbies: Sticker Collecting, Tinkering with Technology, Having Sex

Art Dump!

(Back Row: Brad Baxter, Tyler Son, Li Thai; Front Row: Margie Jo Steinbeck, Becky Brooks, Alexia Woods - Christmas present for Rachel, heavily based on HSM3 publicity shots.)

(Tyler Son, Alexia Woods, Margie Jo Steinbeck - The Trifecta of Disgust)

(Alex and Saturn Son - Front Office Gossip)

(Laurence - Sketch)

Can't Stand the Heat

A little vignette I wrote a couple weeks back.  A look into Tyler's culinary past. Enjoy.

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The lens swirled open with a whir and the LCD screen flashed on. White balance slowly corrected itself, as the image racked focus between seemingly nothing and a small boy precariously standing inside the drawers of the kitchen counter. They were pulled out, arranged like a staircase. He was stabbing away at a large bowl with a wooden spoon, puffs of flour whooshing out with each jab.

“Hey Bay-bee, what’cha doing?” inquired the camera operator as she tracked around to the other side of the boy.

Startled, he jumped. A cloud of smoke hit him square in the face, as the foot in the bottom drawer slid backwards. His mother’s hand reached into the image and helped him out of his multi-level splits.

The boy’s eyes darted to the right of the screen, focusing on the red record light. He wiped flour from his lips before staring the lens down. “Moooom, I don’t wanna be filmed! Turn it off!”

“Aw, but come on! What are you doing? Tell Mommy what you’re doing, Ty-Ty.”

“I’m cooking a soufflé, Mom. Duh.”

“Oh really?” She zoomed in on the contents of the bowl: flour, cornstarch, three sticks of butter, and other various dry ingredients. “Why all the butter, Bay-bee?”

“It’s French. Get with the program. It’s a soufflé.” He shook his head, and hopped down from the drawers. The camera followed as he stumbled over to the refrigerator and pulled out whipping cream.

“And what, might I ask, inspired you to make a soufflé, little boy?”

He gave the camera an indignant glare.

“Excuse me. Big, master chef? Is that better?”

“Only slightly. But now you’re just being…” He slammed the carton of cream on the counter, and ambled up his constantly shifting stairway. He stared Heavenward in thought. “…patronizing.”

His mother laughed. “Alright. So I have a baker and a master wordsmith in my home. Now, are you going to tell me what inspired this ‘soufflé’?”

Cream splashed into the bowl, droplets splattering onto the already disastrous counter-top. The boy made a swift cycle around the bowl, took a tiny lick of the gloppy contents of the spoon, and shook it at the camera. “You see, Mom… Eating over at Alexia’s – they have a cook there – I’ve become accustomed to good food. And Mom; no offence, but…” He dropped his voice and offered the camera a sympathetic bat of the eye. “…your food stinks. A lot.”

There was an offended gasp. The camera began towards the foyer, no longer targeting the child. “Well. I guess I know when I’m not – I’ll just leave… and pout.” Hands wrestled with the camera, jerking it every which way – the ceiling, the sink, the floor, and back to the ceiling.

“Oh hey, Mom?” The camera movement ceased for a moment, as the operator awaited a bid to return. No such luck. “Before you leave, you think you can grab me the pudding? I think this needs some more…flair.”

A truncated grunt as the power switch is finally rediscovered.

Counsel Me!

Travis Kenneth Ashiro

Date of Birth: July 23rd, 2036
Species: Demon
Race: Siren/Mizuchi/Kodama - Greek, Japanese
Powers: Siren Voice, Hydrokinesis
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Skin Color: Slightly Tanned
Height: 6’0”
Distinguishing Features: Lean muscular build, Tattoo in Greek on his wrist
 
Bio/Personality: Charismatic and confident, Travis is a demon who has somehow managed to be accepted by the human student population. He's a nice guy who is quick to solve problems and always willing to lend a few words of advice. As Senior Class President, he knows almost everybody at school. Frequently, he can be found playing guitar in the choir room with his close friends: Joey, Kurt, and Nathan.

Travis' obvious social graces cause people to wonder how he could be related to a loser like Tyler Son. Yet, Travis has lived with the Son family since the age of twelve. When seen together, the two cousins interact more like brothers. Travis tries desperately to help Tyler with his social setbacks. But, too often, he finds that his cousin is a particularly difficult demon to assist.
 
Family: Kazuhiku Ashiro (Biological Father), Ligeia (Biological Mother), Alexander Son (Adoptive Father), Saturn Son (Adoptive Mother)
Friends: Tyler Son (Half-Cousin), Joseph McKinney, Kurt Saunders, Nathan Hamilton, Becky Brooks, etc.

Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Cookies
Favorite Drink: Grape Juice
Favorite Movie(s)/TV Show(s): Revenge of the Samurai, Dragon's Fist 5, Ultimate Gladiator, Final Destruction
Favorite Music: Old Alternative/Indie Rock
Favorite School Subject: Psychology and Choir
Hobbies: Playing Guitar, Kendo, Singing, Socializing, Video Games

¡Hola! ¡Bienvenidos al Infierno!

Laurence

Date of Birth: Before Time Itself
Species: Angel (Fallen)
Race: Power
Powers: Healing, Astral Projection

Eye Color: Lavender
Hair Color: Blonde
Skin Color: Alabaster
Height: 5’9”
Distinguishing Features: Fantastically Androgynous, Small Horns

Bio/Personality: Before the uprising against God, Laurence faithfully guarded the Gates of Heaven. Should a stray comet meander towards Heaven, he was there to request it kindly turn around and head the other way. It wasn’t the most glamorous of jobs, but he was completely content. That is, until Lucifer turned his home into a battlefield.

Laurence never once considered joining with the mutineers; he fought for his lord with all of his might, and when it was all over, he was the one to open the gates so God may expel Lucifer’s ranks. Unfortunately, a particularly vengeful angel grabbed hold of Laurence and dragged him to Hell. Laurence pled for God to bring him back, be He said it could not be done. However, Laurence was given the task of watching over the legions of Hell to ensure they wouldn’t escape Hell and storm Heaven.

Ever since, Laurence has been the Gatekeeper of Hell. He passes judgment on all who enter, deciding which circle they’re fated to. Conversely, he keeps the records of the damned. Additionally, he trains every new Ruler of Hell to ensure the balance of Good and Evil is kept in the world.

Family: N/A
Friends: God

Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Apples
Favorite Drink: Water
Favorite Movie(s)/TV Show(s): The Ten Commandments, Jesus Christ Superstar
Favorite Music: Spiritual, Gospel
Hobbies: Organizing, Brightening Peoples’ Days