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PART I
Name: Jess, although some people refer to me as "the cowardly panda", Jezz, Jessie, Jessica whatever is fine. Call me just about whatever I don't mind. Hell, call me Denise or Eli if you really want. OR even Harvey, or any random name you can possibly come up with. I'll probably accept it.
E-mail: [email protected] , this is my e-mail checked most often, so I'm more likely to stay tuned in with this on. It's also my msn address, and dreaming_jess is my yahoo account.
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PART II

Character Position: Cupid Knight, god of love

Character Name: Lysander Graphften

Meaning & Analysis:
Lysander's parents were complete junkies for the works of Shakespeare, thusly; when their little bundle of joy was born they named him after a Shakespearean character. In 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', Lysander was a young lover who ran away with his partner so they could marry, but in the midst of the woods he fell in love with a different woman due to magical pranks and the juices of a flower. The name itself is of Greek origin and means 'he who will free us' or 'liberator'. The last name of Graphften is of Italian background and is said to mean 'princess of love'.

Your name Lysander gives you a strong sense of responsibility in business and material affairs, and the practicality and determination to make a success of anything you undertake. Your ability to organize and direct the efforts of others enables you to excel in any managerial position because you have the ability to grasp the concept of a goal complete with an understanding of the steps to be taken. This name has allowed you to develop depth and breadth of mind. You are able to retain facts, to grasp new information to your existing store of knowledge. You never seem to be out of your depth of understanding. For these reason others who may not have the same quickness of mind classify you as a "know it all" and, although you may be highly respected, this characteristic is unlikely to endear you to your associates. You have a very responsible nature, are capable and mature, and are willing to assume a position as a pillar of the community. You are quite healthy, but possible trouble areas are found in the generative organs.

Lysander:
You are fair-minded sometimes to the point of being opinionated. You have a strong need to be loved and appreciated. Your independence and freedom are important to you. You try to be prudent. You have good business acumen. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind. You have a discriminating nature coupled with perseverance and family pride. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions.
Graphften:
You strive for perfection and worry when things don't turn out just so. You enjoy doing a job well. You tend to procrastinate. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion. You have a need to be up front. You have a talent for working with people on a one to one basis. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You are naturally friendly. You can be the life of the party. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. You must learn to give 'wise' service and not be a martyr.

Nicknames: Ly, Sandy

Birthdate: August 6th (Chinese Valentine's Day)

Zodiac: (12-14 degrees) Leo

Period: Leo II
Element: Fixed Fire
Mode: Intuition
Motto: I create
August 6th - Day of unique happenings
Strengths: Interesting, romantic, original
Weaknesses: Disillusioned, reckless, antisocial (lets ignore that bit)
Numbers and Planets: Those born on August 6th are ruled by the number 6, Venus, and the Sun. 6s are magnetic in attracting love and admiration. They enjoy working in highly social settings, however a stable social life is often denied to August 6th people. Love often becomes a dominant theme in their life. Combination of the Sun and Venus grants charm and sex appeal.
Tarot Card: The lovers symbolize the love that unites all humanity. Positive aspects are affections and desires are on high moral on aesthetic and physical plane. Negatives are unfulfilled desires, sentimentality, and indecisiveness.
Meditation: It is the unexpected that happens.
August 6th people have a lust for experience. They are drawn to the unique and extraordinary sort, some of which seems impossible or of an inexplicable or divine source. They may generate these experiences themselves or simply come on them by chance. Mental or physical contact with the experience, such as the personal discovery of something long forgotten or previously unknown, attracts them like magnets. Quickly those born on this day become bored with the mundane. Those tied to ordinary jobs or less-then-stellar family situations, posses the danger of retreating to a fantasy world.
Transcending the limits of earthly expression holds such importance for August 6th people, they may display an intense approach to life. They have a great need for love and all sorts of sensuous and sexual expression. Some may suffer deep disappointments in their search for a perfect mate or an ideal relationship. Many make faithful friends and parents.
-The Secret Meaning of Birthdays

(Note: Yes, yes, I know a Leo isn't too fitting for Cupid, but I have my reasons. A) August 6th just happens to be in the Leo realm B) using this particular day lets him have his b-day be of some relevancy to his power of influence, it also has the lovers tarot card as it's personal card. C) The day happens to be where I picked up some of his affectionate, romantic side from as well as other pieces of his personality D) it's unfortunate that he fell into the Leo realm, as it was not my preferred choice, but remember a zodiac sign doesn't always reflect ones personality. Also it's been worked in. E) I did have other dates in mind that fell into Libra, Virgo, Taurus, and Pisces but I found this day to be more fitting then the other possibilities.)

Age: 16
Bloodtype: O+
Birthstone: Peridot (pattern recognition - stimulate energy centers - regulate cycles - assists reducing jealousy and anger)
Gemstone: Sardonyx (stone of virtue, assists with courage and calming of relationships)
Sexual Orientation: Straight as an arrow and looking for love
Likes:
Trashy romance novels- Lysander gets way too into these things, he believes them to be real life stories that someone just had to get out into the world! (He also thinks the letters in porno magazines are real too, not that he has porn.) He loves this sort of junk, often he'll buy a dozen from the local store and go home to read them with a flashlight under her bed covers till noon the next day. His imagination gets the better of him here, where he runs the "deadly" risk of imagining himself as either the hero or heroine and follows the plotline and each "ravish" with as much interest as a fat boy looking at chocolate cake at a "self image workshop".
Romantic/sensitive movie scenes- Being the sensitive and emotional guy that he is, these particular scenes play with his heartstrings. With each passing sappy moment, Ly keeps staring at the silvery screen as if he was witnessing some precious moment in time. Most commonly, if you were to be a person in the same theater, you'd hear shouts of "Mary Anne! NO! Can't you see he loves you!". Some dying kid with a terminal illness, two lovers departing ways forever, or even an alien returning to his home planet with help of a little kid *sniff* any of these would set tears strolling down Ly's face. To avoid those in his company seeing his display of emotions, and risk being titled "un-macho", Lysander hides his face in whatever object is closest that would cover his tears properly.
Aromatherapy- Relaxing, it smells good, you can have romantic candlelight too. Enough said.
Dental floss- Obsessed with keeping his teeth clean, he carries around dental floss in his back pocket, just in case. With unfortunate luck, one could catch him with a used wad in his pocket as well. Why anyone would keep used floss is beyond me, go figure.
Mischief- Like many other boys his age, Ly likes to cause a little havoc. From flying paper air planes across the room, to his personal favorite of shooting gigantic, slimy, wads of spit and paper onto the back of the necks of unsuspecting victims. If a challenge to who could get a detention first came up, Ly would be sure to rank in the first few.
His blanket- As a sentimental fool, Ly carries around his favorite piece of his childhood, a small corner ripped off of his baby pink 'blankie'. Now used as a handkerchief and good luck charm, this wooly and soft piece of fabric is a regular in Lysander's front pocket. It's often pulled out to wipe his face with after watching 'The Princess Bride' for 11 hours straight.
Unusual and eye-catching things- A collection of all collections, Ly enjoys to search for things that glitter, sparkle and have bright neon signs saying, "LOOK AT ME! I'M SHINY AND WEIRD!" He has a massive collection stored in his room of anything that would be considered an oddity or remotely glittery. His collection has, but is not limited to: a cracker in the shape of Canada, millions of shiny pennies, and a tie that lights up and sings Christmas songs in Portuguese.
Dislikes:
Horror flicks (and spiders.I guess) - Just as Ly likes romance, he despises thrashers and scream thrillers. In theses films, he's often found staring horrified at the stupidity of the on screen characters. Each action or inaction, in Ly's mind, is usually either as lame or had as much shier idiocy as the next. The only horror film to ever have affected him seriously was 'Arachnophobia'. The first time he viewed that particular film, Lysander was still fairly young, and being an impressionable youth, he was naturally scarred forever. To this day, he cannot see a spider without throwing something large and heavy or stamping on it instantly screaming, "AH! It's gonna eat me! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!"
News and tabloids- Lysander does not read the news nor watch it. It's his belief that all news is set out to do is to sucker you into a world full of complete misery, as that's what the majority of it portrays. He wishes not to be let down by the world's faults and failures; preferring to look at the brighter and vivid life around him. Tabloids are, of course, full of unusual and interesting articles, but Lysander isn't quite dim enough to believe that they are not also full of it.
Mistrust- Ever since he was a little boy, he could never stand not having the trust of someone or someone breaking his trust. If a person showed Lysander mistrust, he would immediately start considering what was possibly wrong with him. Of course, after a few minutes of consideration, he'd determine that nothing was wrong and that the other person was just missing out then. On the flip side, when Lysander ever discovers someone close to him has dishonored his trust, he believes it to be in his best interest to then leave the person and to cease all contact with them. After a lengthy period of time, if the person has redeemed themselves, Ly slowly begins to regain trust in said person.
Exclusion- Exclusion is a big deal for Lysander. He feels that everyone should be given the chance to 'join in'. Whenever he spots someone who is cast aside, he is quick to leap in and start up a conversation. Lysander just doesn't get that some people like to be loners with duffle bags, so he repeatedly questions why he is shut down on occasion when told to @$%# off.
Croutons- Even though he maybe Italian, and even though he may enjoy Caesar Salad, Ly cannot stand croutons. Ly finds croutons to be too crunchy, and that they often get soggy under the mounds of dressing he applies on top of his salad. Also the idea of eating dried, almost stale bread, thoroughly disgusts him.
Big bags and bulging wallets- Large, oversized bags and wallets send messages to Ly about a person: that they carry too much junk or that they have too much money that they need to flaunt it whenever looking for the change to pay for something. As a part time working stiff, Ly gets jealous to see people who have more cash then he does. Big bags are just plain unattractive to Lysander too.
Hobbies and Activities:
Work- Ly works at a local gift store that specializes in selling chocolates, flowers, and greeting cards. The shop is situated a few blocks down from Ly's home; it's small and has an open counter outside with an assortment of flowers and trinkets. On an average week, Ly works the outdoors counter making the arrangements every Thursday after school, late afternoon till evening on Saturdays and all day after church on Sundays.
Collecting- Attracted to shiny objects and the unusual as previously stated Ly collects whatever strikes his fancy, even if it's a dented hub cap off the street.

Appearance:
Lysander's hair is naturally a dark chocolate brown and cut short. The majority of it is layered down to the top of his ears. Stubble like hairs cover the back of his head from his ears down. Small, thin sideburns grace the sides of his face and abruptly stop halfway down each of his ears. His hair is generally straight, but naturally comes to a slight curl at the tips. In a one time experiment, Lysander put in whitish blonde, chunky highlights by himself. The dastardly affects are still visible on him; two inches of pure, natural colored roots are then chopped up by a messy mix of highlighted and regular hair. A clumpy fringe (bangs) hangs down, coming just into his line of vision. It's spiked out slightly with gel, but still manages to fall a little flat after a matter of minutes. Oval shaped yellowy-brown honey colored eyes, are centered symmetrically on his face. They are slightly on the thin side, but produce almost a bright sparkly appearance. He has long eyelashes (for a guy) and thick but well groomed eyebrows, both in a slightly darker shade of his hair color. Ly's face is handsome yet retains a youthful and boyish look. His face is long accented with well rounded cheeks. Full pouty childlike lips accentuate a cute, thin, round tipped nose and medium, plain ears. Although he tries to take good care of his skin, breakouts do occasionally embrace his usually fair visage. A seemingly cute, but goofy grin is often plastered across his face, which can quickly change into a playful scowl as Lysander's mood fluctuates.

Standing roughly 6'0", Ly does not give off a very imposing appearance. Built more towards a medium, but lean structure, muscle tone is not quite visible. While his chest and stomach are nicely toned, his limbs show that there is something lacking. Not exactly flabby, twig like, nor muscled, Lysander possesses long arms and legs which seem rather undefined. Naturally, his skin tone is a light tan color, but due to excessive amounts of time in the sun's rays, Ly has become a crisp, slightly burnt tan. His born skin color is apparent only on the spots where he's usually covered up: chest, back, inner lining of his legs, and on the underside of his arms. Ly has a tendency to slump over when sitting down at a desk or table with his back hunched a little, and his elbows planted firmly on the hard surface. When relaxing, a comfortable position for him is leaning back into whatever is supporting him, chair, sofa, ECT. When walking/standing, Ly tends to be in a somewhat straight position with a slight lean forward. While walking and talking, his arms swing jubilantly and his hands often make quick, continuous gestures.

Voice: As a tenor, Lysander's voice is rich and energetic. Often his voice has a subdued but joyous quality to it. It's not beyond his grasp to whisper, but he finds it preferable to keep to a moderate volume, and have a light, but sweet tone.

Attire: Sticking to a more casual, clean cut look, Ly likes to wear clothing of comfort, but is known to often purchase something simply because it was eye-catching. Majority of his shirts are tight tanks or plain tees, in a variety of colors; dark, bright, and white being his most common colors of choice. Overtop of his tight shirts, Lysander usually wears another layer of cotton or linen button up shirts. One cotton dress shirt, which he wears with pride, is a pastel pink, given to him by his Nana on his last birthday. Lysander prefers khaki or black colored pants that a slightly loose around his hips and legs, but not what would be considered 'baggy'. He does own a few pairs of jeans, but he considers them to be wear for more rough activities and dislikes wearing them for a regular, routine day. Any shorts in his possession are the same colors as his pants, and fall two and a half inches past his knees. Lysander likes to be bedecked in a necklace or two. His necklaces of choice are those of plain white/wood beads or those made from hemp, either of which is strung tightly, hugging his neck. Shoes are not important to Ly; he doesn't mind going barefoot, but does wear black sneakers, black leather shoes or sandals.

Personality:

Just like all boys, Ly likes to cook and bake cookies while wearing a blonde wig.. Wait, wrong story.

Ly is a relatively friendly boy (Ly: I'm a man!). His friendliness is almost famous through out the school of Romulus Public. Mysteriously he also seems to know just about everyone's name.whether he just happens to know everyone or spends time memorizing yearbooks is unknown. With easy he floats from group to group of people while making idle chit chat. Ly is always first to introduce himself to strangers and invite them to join whatever happens to be "going down". He's always warming up to the shy, loners with the duffle bags sitting in the corner. Through his friendly nature, Ly is often meeting new people and falling into a new crowd of people; one might go far enough as calling him a vagabond of friendship. Although he falls within new groups easily he does have a circle of close friends whom he remains loyal to. With his close pals, he'll always back them up and be there to tend to their wounds after a losing battle. Constantly Lysander does whatever he can to help those around them, if it be with homework or relationships.

He gives off an air of a warm and fuzzy teddy bear. Its common to see him cuddling up to anyone (willing) or any object soft enough (his blankie). His mood is often in the category of "have you hugged someone today?" he hugs just about anyone. and he'll keep hugging till beat off with a stick. Why such demeanor? Ly goes to such lengths to cheer everyone up (or himself), he doesn't care who it is; he believes that a hug does the heart good and that if everyone got a hug they (and himself) would be better for it. He might as well walk around with a sign saying "Will Hug for a Shiny Penny OR a Smile".

Watch out! This boy is rather affectionate. He has major tendency to be cuddly. Easily he shows his affections for anyone (parent, sibling, friend), at anytime, in any place. He has no issues with public displays of caring or gigantic make out sessions (however, displaying unmanliness/high sensitivity makes him feel vulnerable). With a warm heart, Lysander is also a sensitive teen; he cries at movies and can easily feel hurt or broken hearted at disappointments or a heated argument (with a limit). As one of his sources of comfort, when in need of affection, Ly goes to his closest of friends as a last resort. His first choice being to cuddle up, in babe like manner, with the old and ratty blanket he has his possession. He has very little trouble, however, when his other choice of confining in his friends comes up, in being expressive of his feelings. How he expresses his feelings can vary depending on the friend or family member he opens up to, from crying to interpretive dance to finger puppets.

Like many boys, mischief has a certain appeal to Ly. Growing up he was a kind child yes, but curiosity about many things got to him at some point. He's curious about the world, and his curiosity manifests itself in many different forms. A favorite past time of Ly's is pulling a few pranks or jokes. He cannot resist a good chance to have a good laugh; although, all pranks done by Lysander tend to be more of a friendly nature then a hurtful one. His jokes tend to make few people take offense, except of course if he gets bored during a History lesson and mistakenly lands a spit ball into the face of an innocent by stander during a friendly battle. Another form of his curiousness is that he has a tendency to stop amid anything to investigate.well, just about anything. If he's never seen anything like... oh a crab for example, he'll thoroughly poke at it in wonder till his nose is red. With his curiosity, Ly has inklings towards new experiences, no matter what they might be, ranging from acquired tastes such as calamari and dog biscuits, to dare devilish trick and risky exclamations.

Ly has a wild imagination, one that often carries him away. Often during stressful times (i.e. studying for an exam or a family dispute) for him, he retreats into his own fantasy world, or dreams. When he does this, he seems rather spaced out, like anyone off daydreaming, however occasional shouts of things such a "We must save the princess!" are heard. His fantasies are usually more into a romance theme, consisting of chivalric knights and sexy pirates.

On the flip side of Ly's nature, he can be critical. Often he can make subtle comments criticizing even the smallest details, opinions he has no trouble voicing. In a rare bad mood the critical comments tend to destructive and attached to a tone of arrogance, while in a brighter mood the comments lean to a more constructive helping manner. Although, his criticizing is almost always to creative and constructive, he has a way of slipping in his thoughts subtly where they are almost overlooked but ultimately considered. Normally Lysander will voice his opinions on subjects of his interest; however he rather dislikes being forced to give his opinion on a matter when he feels it not fit. What constitutes a not fit time or subject can change from time to time as he ages and changes his thoughts. He also has determined will, being stubborn and unwilling to budge on ideals, moral or what not. It's rather difficult to get him to change his mind, or stop pursuing whatever dream or goal he happens to be chasing.

Ly has an over whelming adoration of attention and admiration. He simply cannot get enough of either or both. Getting attention is something he strives for often, but not always, doing multiple things to gain his desire. What those multiple things maybe, varies from letters, drama queen like acts, ridiculous sayings and movements, to minor trouble making. However, his need for a spotlight dims when it comes to family and close friends, whom he's willing to share the limelight with. When it comes to family, Ly has the utmost respect and pride for them, as well as his home. Anything his family desires of him or for him to do, he tries to provide them with granted wishes. Also, like many Italian families, home and family are a high priority on his list. He's quick to defend and protect whenever he feels his family has been threaten or damaged in any form (verbal, physical, moral). However much he loves his home and family, Lysander does need his privacy much like everyone. His home is country, and his room his castle; fiercely he's sensitive to his personal space, disliking infiltration. Like many a teen, entering his room is like entering his private life, which rather teas him off when uninvited.

Academically he's neither the brightest bulb nor the dimmest, but works hard to gain grades he earns. He maybe not be of a very high I.Q. but he's smart enough in certain subjects to earn himself an excellent grade once in a while, mostly in Literature and History. However his scholarly attributes are, Ly excels in trivia. He's unusually gifted in knowing useless facts and things that would come in handy during a game, but not a test. Dates are something he grasps in his long term memory easily; otherwise he does tend to fall average in academia. This is were Ly has low self-esteem, he believes himself to be not a very good student in most cases, and very much doubts his mental abilities even though they are not exactly as weak as he thinks.

History:

(WARNING: You are about to read late night and paint fume induced history.you have been warned. Also, it starts with his parents meeting, if you really couldn't care less about that skip down two paragraphs.)

It was light, warm night, the sky was pouring down small drops of rain which colored the city of Venice in rich, damp tones.. Isn't that a wonderful beginning? Lena was among friends from high school, walking along the bridges and streets of her beloved city; it was then her eyes settled upon gondolier, as he docked his gondola taxi. Anyone walking with them could see that Lena was crushing on him. Gondola rides were typically considered a "tourist thing" by the girls, but with a quick mind and mouth, Lena's closest friend convinced her that in such a down pour it would be best to take one home. her parents (worriers as they were) would surely have spasms if she was not home soon. Now, Lena was and still somewhat is, not the sharpest crayon in the box, so she did not all together understand what was happening when she was lead into the small boat; she believed she was going home, mind you, going home blushing, but going home all the same. For the briefest period of time, she thought she would not be unaccompanied, having atleast one friend with her. till that said person jumped back onto the dock just after giving instructions to the gondolier as where to left them off. Both gondolier and passenger were mystified by the escaping friend, though neither said anything about it. As time passed by, silence grew too much for the boy to bear, so he spoke. The sudden jolt of being talked to, by her new crush, left Lena with only one thing to say, "Blaub". After talking for the remaining distance of the trip, it started to sink into her mind, "What the hell am I doing here with this guy?" The fact appeared constantly that all this guy talked about were things that sounded as shallow and sickening as a kiddie pool full of infants with bladder control problems. At her dock, Lena got off next to an old theater house and left her gondolier with a generous tip and a stiff shoulder, no more.

Fate happened that walking out of the theater house starting to get drenched through his clothes from rain, was none other then, Cicero Graphften, a small time actor just a couple years senior to Lena. She recognized him from a school play which had been preformed a few months before that day, during which she had considered him dorkily cute. Lena watched with curiosity the quickly soaking boy, while she was dry and protected from a rain poncho. Her hand slipped into her purse as the young man walked casually down a path with his shirt over his head. Her heart itched to talk to him all of a sudden. Which out a second thought she dashed up after him, came up along beside the man and pulling out an umbrella from the purse, she offered it to him. Politely he rejected the offer no matter how many times the offer was given, as he did not know the girl thus could not return the favor or umbrella. Sulkily, Lena accepted defeat and walked off to the side in a slumping stride. With a silly grin upon his face, he called out to her that if she really wanted, she could walk him home. And she did. The next time Lena's friends saw her, she was clung on to the arm of a drama nerd, an exceptionally cute drama nerd, but a drama nerd all the same. They were somewhat disappointed to hear of their failed attempts to put their pal with the "hunky" gondolier, but Lena and Cicero could not be happier.

Years went on between the couple, many break-ups and make-ups occurred, till finally they were married and expecting their first child. Lean gave birth to small, underweight girl (Peirene). 2 years after, they couple were expecting their 2nd child when it came to Cicero that a job opportunity was awaiting him in Rome, where he would run a local theater and hopefully perform shows he dreamed to write or had written. Without a second thought he picked up his family and moved them from Venice to Rome. The night after the first opening of the theater, the Graphften family welcomed their new child, Lysander. He wasn't a particularly pretty baby, yet not one that was hideous either. Quickly the name settled into the mind of his parents as it was one of their favorite characters from the play both his parents dearly loved, Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'. The first months with the bouncy boy were horrible on his parents and sister, but they dealt well when half awake at the least. Soon enough, Lysander was growing up into a happy child. By the time he was 3, Lysander's parents already suffered the heart ache of the miscarriage of what was to be their new son. Although Ly did not understand emotions all too well or the situation that has occurred, he was old enough to understand Mommy and Daddy were sad. Trying his best to cheer them up, he annoyingly stuck close to them, gave presents and words of child wisdom. However much he pursued his hopes to make them happy again, nothing but time healed them. If questioned about his parents' new happiness, he would insist it was because he made his mommy smile when he forced her to have a cookie.

Later, just after his 5th birthday, the Graphften family was joined by another daughter, Virginia. Not so happy at first with the aspect of another child in the family, Ly gave in to complete adoration of his tiny sister after.oh. only 8 months 3 days. Again time had that way of passing. Lysander and his sisters started to grow up, they started school. On Ly's first day, while his mother almost cried, at the door of the class room, being the good natured kid he is, he felt for his dear mommy and gave her a tissue, which was followed quickly by "Ok bye-bye now Mommy, you'll be ok, Gina (Virginia) 'ill look after you." The world became an exciting place for Ly that day, for the first time in his life; another kid ate his play dough.

As the years moved on, Ly's family welcomed many more members to the Graphften name, including several pets and another sister called Cicely. Into his early teen years, Ly became obsessed with stories of romance and true love, to the point where all he did was think about finding his. After time, his obsession dimmed down to a flaming hobby, but those around this boy found him to be. slightly warped and twisted. He thought it was only fitting his first love be his true love and quickly ended any relationship that went on longer then a week if he felt that the person we was with was not his soul mate. Not that any girl didn't receive much showering of affections. His search kept him busy, but if anyone short termed girlfriend found his romantic tendencies to be too much and made that point clear, Ly no longer responded to them with as much caring and tenderness and he usually did. He became cold and distant with flaring up of his temper. He believed that the way he acted was plainly only part of his affectionate nature, if they disapproved of it, they were not worth it. Quickly his same cold mannerisms found itself upon anyone who led him to not trust them, or did not trust him. The boy was on a mission and wasn't about to have his time wasted, as he still is.

NCPS - "There's off the wall, earthbound, free spirits, and cynical minds."

Cicero Graphften - 46: A dark brown haired and honey eyed man, standing an inch shorter then his son, poses no threatening figure but more of a handy and stressed appearance. He has the looks of a well aged man, still having some of the appearance that gave him a title of "handsome". Cicero works hard at his employment, and can be said to be a workaholic. He's the sort of person who's addicted to what he loves, including his wife and theater. Often he buries himself deep into this or that, either working on running his playhouse or dreaming up another play he'll probably never air. Cicero is a definite dreamer, always thinking up some new idea he'll take a run with until something better happens to come along. His plans tend to keep him stressed over his work, worrying on how he can add something or other to the theater or how to make a play work. As a father and husband, he's around as often as he can be, physically speaking; mentally no one is very entirely sure if he's actually focused on his family or a project in his mind. When it comes to love however, he does supply as much as he can give, and on the odd chance he's torn into reality and entirely focused on a person or subject, his advice and wisdom isn't half bad. When it comes to his wife, he still acts like a silly, love sick fool. He's more of an aloof character, and more likely to show up in a story as a walking pile of scribbled paper or as someone shouting stage direction with the occasional, "Oh hi honey."

Lena Graphften - 44: Average in height, hazel eyed, and lengthy red tinted brown hair, Lena is the more grounded of Lysander's two parents. True that she's not the most intelligent of people, she's a fair mother. Trying her best to take care of her family, she also has part time job. Money conscious, she keeps her part time job as a seamstress at a local interior design studio to help keep her family afloat while her husband spends cash on his odd projects. She chose to have her occupation a part time job, so she could spend the other half of her time trying to be a good mother. Her children mean almost the world to her, but so does her own life. She tares herself apart once in awhile determining what to do with her time, often his children's need win out between her own desires. Occasionally though, when she decides to focus on herself, she pampers herself with most interesting of parties and clothes. She loves clothes. It cannot be stressed more that most of her daughters have access to large wardrobe. If all the Graphften woman combined their fashions, it would no doubt take them a year to wear every piece of clothing once. Through out her friends, she's known as a lovable person, slightly bent on extravagance. Lena enjoys keeping her house up to date on styles, and her self. When focused on her mothering deeds she has a tendency to be slightly neglect full of their feeling while trying to comfort them with worldly things such as her average cooking and shopping sprees. Lena's more of like a cheerleader gone mom, she does try to sugar coat things without actually addressing or fixing a problem, unless it comes to money. Also a person slightly unlikely to appear as she's more concerned with her younger daughters then Lysander
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Peirene Graphften - 18: 5'8" in height, fair skinned, looking much like her mother with shorter hair, Peirene is a girl who aspires to achieve all she can in life. Her ultimate dream is to become a world famous actor. She attends a small liberal college of the arts in the city; she tries to perfect her talents. Much more of her time though, is spent with her father, because she has a small job at his playhouse (her official title is assistant's assistant). She's more of a free spirit when it comes to her believes. She believes fate will guide her though anything and to her destiny; which she thinks is stardom. She's as hard a work as her father, and just as much a dreamer. She's far more like her father in personality, but in looks she's very much a unique vision like yet unlike her mother. (Meaning she's look very much like her mother, but with her own unique styling and a few attributes she's gained from her father's genes.) She's also the most active of Ly's sister, spending half an hour of a routine day in some form of exercise (yoga, jogging, treadmill, biking, dance, etc.). Peirene is one of the more intelligent people in the Graphften family and is often used as council for her brother.

Virginia (Gina) Graphften - 11: At the tender age of 11, Gina is the sarcastic and cynical mind of the family. Her views often oppose her brother's, leaning more to doubt of love and compassion. Her mental age is a few year more advance then someone of her age (say 14), and she deems herself too mature for childish things. Gina has more of an isolated antisocial personality. At family gathering she's found to be off to the side enjoying shade rather then bright sun. She enjoys reading quite a bit, diving into the same book fantasies as her brother, although her taste in genre differs quite a bit. Her hair is the same chocolaty brown as Ly's while her eyes are a dark blue, a quality gained from a gene skipped down a generation from her grandfather. She a bit under height for her age however, but her weight is at an average.

Cicely Graphften - 9: A sugar coater like her mother and the baby of the family, Cicely is like a spoiled angel. She acts in the best interest of others, forgetting about herself. At 9, she's deeply rooted with low self-esteem, and tries desperate to make herself seem worthwhile. She's very much a door mat in her attempts to be a friendly, well liked person. Her self dislike is sprung from who knows what, and is something she tries to bury at all costs. People see her as a child who has nothing to lose, and happy, although that is not always the case. She's more so a person who fakes happiness trying to please others instead of herself. Being the baby of the family her older siblings and her parents often give her whatever attention they can and whatever gift then can give. Cicely is spoiled by her family, but not a spoiled child as she really believes herself to be not worthy of the affection and attention she receives. Cicely has a much lighter version of her mother's hair, being of a golden brown with natural highlights of copper and red. Most often her hair is worn girly pig or pony tails. Her eyes wide with the same honey-brown color of Lysander's although they lack a certain amount of brightness. Her build and height are that of a miniature dancer, somewhat tall, long legged and thin.

Olivan Tavey- 16 - 5'11"- Olivan (twist on the name Olvan, derived from Oliver), is the closet of Lysander's male friends from school. His skin has a natural medium tan to it and his hair is dark black with faint colorings of copper. His hair is styled in the classic spiky gelled way. Olivan's eyes are celery green in color and have an attractive oval shape. His body is athletically trimmed. Olivan is the kind of guy who holds long deep crushes on girls, he's not as much the hopeless romantic as Ly, but does share a small amount of romance in his personality. He's quite a teaser when it comes to girls, often joking about this or that. Major aspects of his life are focused around making light merriment of every situation. His best defense is to joke and tease any situation. He's slightly the equal of Ly in math but far inferior in Literature. He's the kind of guy who will help with someone's homework in one subject in a trade to copy off the homework from another. Quite the slacker, he tends to make best use of his less popular classes by sleeping or causing a bit of mess in a paper ball fight with Ly.

Prescott Ilari - 16 - 5'7"- Another close friend to Lysander, and also the girl who lives across the street, Prescott is an average cute girl. Her looks are generally average, her build being on the leaner side of medium, and her flexibility quite superb. She has bright, cheery grey (is that an oxymoron or what?) eyes, her nose and cheeks are lightly freckled. Prescott has natural dark blonde hair, cut to the middle of her back with loose locks close at the end. Normally her hair is held up with an abundance of clips and pins, leaving long bangs framing her face. Prescott likes to remain some what of a mystery to the general public, keeping silent during the majority of her classes. Deep down she's a hopeless romantic like Ly, who she spends an unusually large amount of time with, often sleeping over at his house instead of her own. She shares a deep connection with him, and is rather open with him, confiding her thoughts to him; which she does not do with general masses. The majority of her confiding in him ends up being either about her secret ambitions or her long time adoration of Olivan.

PART III

Special Skills:
- Often Ly finds himself knowing which couples will work and which ones won't. He won't usually say something about it, but will make a note. Also he sometimes can't help but see two perfect strangers in a street knowing they'd be perfect for each other and then sadly watch as they walk past each other. As Cupid the sense of acting upon his senses of romantic coupling becomes a strong impulse within him, and often he can't help but interject into affairs.
- Sight: Ly's sight is exceptionally good by itself, but when transformed as Cupid, he has the ability to see perfectly even when his eyes are covered in blackness (i.e. blindfolded). Although he doesn't like it, it is quiet handy.
-Balance: Normally Ly is not one to be, very graceful. The second he is fully transformed into Cupid his walk is smoother, almost dance like. His balance is well founded; he could do a head stand with a tray of wine glasses on top of hit feet and be fine.
-Marksmanship: Of course, you can't have Cupid with out arrows (but as you'll see, I do. Hehehe), when in soldier from, Cupid has the ability to be able to target anything and hit it approximately where it should be. Although he has been off course with his aim many times, usually it could be considered "close enough" instead of a "big mistake".

Henshin Item: A pink paper weight.oooh you want me to be serious? Ok then. The henshin item for Cupid Knight is, of course, the jewel. It sports Cupid's symbol of the lyre, which is craved into the pinkish colored jewel. When in normal attired as Lysander, he sports the jewel as a charm tied to a chain bracelet made of white ribbon which his little sister gave him several years ago.

Henshin: "Cupid Deus Power Make-Up!" (Yes, just like the senshi, he must call out that, including the make-up bit.)
Warning: This transformation is short and very boring. Thank God, he doesn't have to be humiliated completely.

As Lysander calls out "Cupid" he sticks out both his hands and cups them together. When he reaches the "Deus" bit a shiny, silver glow appears around his feet. Slowly the shiny glow starts to become brighter; he brings his cupped hands up to his chest and finishes the rest of the phrase. Just as the last syllable is sounded, the silver glow rises up and forms a large, sparkly, iridescent egg around Ly. Almost in a flash the egg starts to crack along from top to bottom. Soon the shiny egg falls to pieces around what is now a fully uniformed Cupid. As a final pose, Cupid brings again both hands out, his right hand then is brought up to his mouth and his left is dropped to his side. He flattens his palm out and puckers his lips as if he was going to blow a kiss. Finally, in pose, the Cupid sign appears in a gentle pink glow behind him and the shattered egg shell fades away into nothingness. It's amazing that this boy isn't gay.

Color: Medium violet red (see counsel.net colors). It's kinda pinkish really.

Symbol: Fehe - a rune from Britain and the Middle Ages. Apparently fehe is means love, and its symbol 54:36 on symbols.com. It's the 4th one under love.

Costume: While attired as the soldier of love, Cupid, one must dress appropriately. Cupid's costume consists of a large piece of silvery amour covering his chest and part of his stomach. The one piece is held on by two thick strap of leather that buckled together in the back. Over his left shoulder (in a picture it would be your right, so it's drawn that way) he sports a silver shoulder guard that fastens to the large chest piece via the silver encased pink jewel. His shorts are rather long, and end just slightly passed his knees. They're colored medium violet red and are complimented with the usual leather flaps. The only major difference in the flaps is that they are the same length, if not a bit longer then Cupid's shorts, and in three places they're bolted down. The bolts are small, silver, circler shapes which are places once at the top, bottom, and middle of each flap. Like the other costumes, a thick leather wrist band covers a large amount of each of his forearms. Accompanying the wrist bands are small, white, ½ inch bracelet like ribbons that are over top of the wrist bands one inch in from his wrist, also one on each wrist. As foot wear, Cupid sports white goddess type sandals that come up to mid-calf. The sandals themselves are flat soled and possess little gripping. As for jewelry, Cupid does have a thin chained necklace hanging down on his neck, attached is a long, thin wooden blow pipe (see weapon). Considered somewhat of an accessory, Cupid has a white blindfold over top of his eyes. Although that piece of costume gets somewhat annoying after sometime, so it's often seen hanging around Cupid's neck. (Picture temporarily lost, new one in works)

Power: "Tampered Affection" (title subject to change)

The point of this attack is to change the major "feelings" and "emotions" of the victim. That's where the darts come in. Each dart has the power to change those emotions; it just depends on the dart. The golden dart's affect is more so of the "I'm high on life and love!" genre. Anyone hit with that dart ends up almost in a high state, they're prone to wanting to be close to the nearest person and they experience a feeling not unkin to euphoria. They get a feeling of utter happiness, they feel joy through out there entire body.. they just have to get up and dance close to everybody! While the gold dart has that effect, the other has the opposite; when hit by the owl feathered dart, the person is overcome by complete indifference, a dull feeling. They are soon over powered by the idea of "I don't care or give a damn." The attack is meant to render an enemy (or anyone) defenseless, or to rid them of wanting to harm the senshi or an innocent bystander. Although the emotions set in place by the darts do not always have the desired affect, on occasion they have gone hay wire, increasing the already present desires of the victim. Also the affects of the darts do not last a long time. Usually on average they last for 3-5 minutes, although it has been known to work for a little as 2 or as long as a 10. One draw back to his attack is that each dart can only be used once per attack. If he uses up his two darts he's unable to attack again till he either retrieves his darts or has waited until his energy is at a peak level to conjure up new ones. Why the wait? Calling upon a dart and having it appear out of thin air takes energy you know, each time a dart appears a significant amount is taken out of him. (Note: it takes up to a full hour to regain energy, at some point I'm sure Cupi will learn some power that he can use more often that will actually cause damage.till then he'll just.toss dirt balls.)

At the start "Tamp-" is whispered out as Cupid Knight stands with his feet shoulder length apart and extends his right hand outwards with his elbow bent. When his mouth utters "-ered" his finger spread out as he flicks his wrist slightly (as if fanning out a deck of cards). As he does that, he focuses upon which dart he wishes to call upon; when he knows what dart to use, a glowing mass appears in between his fingers and forms into the desired dart. When "Affect-"is again whispered out Cupid pulls back his hand close to his heart. With the movement of his right hand, the left comes up and grips the blow pipe dangling from his neck. In almost a flash, he loads the blow pipe with the dart and with both hands now, brings it up to his mouth. As he takes aim and presses the tip of the pipe to lips, in loud, but soft voice, he speaks the last of his magical phrase "-ion". Just as he's finished, he draws out breath and shoots the dart out to hit the target.

Weapon: We all know how the god Cupid, is often pictured with a bow an arrow, well Cupid Knight isn't. His weapon is a long thin wooden blow pipe. Yes, a blow pipe, much like one used for spit balls and other such things. The pipe includes also two small dart like objects. One dart is golden with long, sultry dove feathers on one end, used to induce feelings of love and affection. The other has the opposite affect; it's made with drift wood and feathered like the other dart only with grey owl feather instead.

Reasoning behind Cupid:
- Male Cupid app- Cupid was male, plus most applications for a Cupid character seem to be female, so I thought it would be fun to have a twist.
- The egg thing- I looked up Cupid on Encyclopedia Mythica and one part it said that Cupid was believed to be born from a silver egg. So I took it, and ran with it, like scissors. Doesn't it make a fitting transformation?
- The darts- I couldn't very well make the custom bow and arrow for Cupid, but sticking with the general idea of them, I came up with the blow pipe and darts solution to his weapon problem. Cupid's Greek counterpart Eros was said to have two types of arrows, one golden which aroused loved, the other leaden causing indifference.
- Blindfold- Love is blind, enough said. Plus I read through the rejected apps to pick up suggestions.
-Color- Red is used too many times already, so I advised to go with pink. The color I chose fit nicely into a "manly" pink.

PART IV

Why you: Because I control the swirly dust that's in the air and I talk to the monsters under your beds. Oh come on, you know you wanna come out and play. OH, and because I worked damn hard on the idea of a male Cupid soldier app! Well... actually.I probably could fix some stuff.but. it took me all summer, fall and part of winter break! (Well.not really.maybe like... a week and a half total spread out over the summer.um.oh...2 days in autumn and just the past few days toning up.)

PART V

Writing sample
(Note: I'm kinda tired right now, and I think this app is very long, so I'm gonna try to keep the sample short. I think bits of the app show my writing style, but anyways, again, I'm gonna try to keep this short, but give you enough to judge on.if possible.)

Sun shone dimly though curtains into a sign and trinket infested room. Underneath some sheets and covers, something rustled. slowly an arm popped out. Then there was a foot, a leg, and last an entire body complete with brown haired head. Even though Lysander woke up at the speed of a snail, he almost awoke singing, barely able to contain it. At once he wrapped himself up in his bed sheets, grabbed some clothes off a pile sitting on the floor and marched himself out of his room and off to a shower.
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Skipping down the stairs, fully dressed in his usual style, unbuttoned shirt over his white tank, Ly made his way to the kitchen. Quickly he snapped up a piece of toast as it popped up out of the silver toast as if it was waiting for him. Happily munching on his toast he took a seat at the table across from an unfolded newspaper with small hands attached to its sides. He acknowledged the paper with his regular, mouth filled, greeting. He tapped the table top with his fist. The paper in response made a small grunt in a young girlish tone. Lysander swallowed the last chewed chunk of bread in his mouth. "Well good morning to you too Sunshine."

The paper again grunted in response, then spoke with sarcastic expression, "You know.next time you decide to serenade the house in the shower, you could at least give everyone ear plugs first." That was all the paper had to say.

With a silly grin, Lysander pushed some of his chocolate colored hair out of his eyes, leaned over and pressed the newspaper down, crumpling the middle much the annoyance of the young girl sitting behind it. He smiled his most charming smile then extended his arm and ruffled the girl's hair, which matched his own. She glared.

"I love you too Gina," he lightly laughed, then cleared his throat. "Well, I'd looove to stay and chat but I best be off!" And with that he pulled the girl's paper back up, with her eyes still glaring. He headed off in long strides to the front door picking up his youngest sister on the way giving her a bit of a ride and hug before setting her down on the table next to the door. His little sister shyly uttered good-bye just as Ly walked out the door with a cheerful, "Love you."

Right across the street a girl same age as Lysander, stood in front of her steps tapping her toes to music pulsing through her headphones. She twirled a chunk of her blonde hair, nodded and faintly smiled when Ly hopped up across the street towards her. In his friendly manner he turned and directed the girl towards the path they were taking to school together. He hugged her tightly then hung one arm off her shoulders while happily swinging the other as they started to walk.
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