Post by Lori on Jul 27, 2015 18:29:08 GMT -5
BASICS
Full Name:
Chase Philander Davenfourth
Nicknames:
None; how do you nickname someone with a name like Chase anyway?
Age/Birthday:
19; born on January 6 at 11:57 p.m.
Reputation:
'Rich kid' growing up never really stuck. So he's most often been known as the class clown. Most people, though, may just know him as a Goof.
Job:
What job? Chase doesn't do work.
SCHOOL
Class:
Chase is a sophomore at Metric College. He was able to get there on his father's dime to figure out exactly where to channel is creative energy.
Major:
Undetermined. He just...is still figuring it out.
Grades:
Chase never got the best grades. He doesn't take his studies seriously.
Friends:
Chase generally gets along with a lot of people. Especially girls. But his best friend has to be Clint Clark. Chase calls Clint his bro; they do a lot together from causing trouble to stalking Clint's monster crush Wyatt. Clint can get a little over sentimental, or as Chase calls it 'sappy', but he'd do anything for his bro anyway.
Since starting at Metric Chase hadn't exactly gotten close with a lot of people but he considers himself friendly with a few groups. As long as they're cool to him, he's cool back. Todd Bennett, Gracie Fischer and Amy O'Neal are a few examples - the latter of which Chase is a no-so-secret member of the Shipping Club with and who he especially has to be on good terms with.
Enemies/Rivals:
Chase hasn't really met anyone he'd consider an enemy. He could say he's met a few people he didn't really like, but wouldn't consider them enemies.
Interested In:
Girls
Relationship Status:
Single. For now. He recently just started seeing Max Carter so he's interested in seeing where that will go. And he likes her =P
APPEARANCE
Body:
Five foot ten. Cocoa skin. Lightly toned. He's not the toughest nail in the shed, but he won't turn down a basketball or baseball game if anyone wanted to play. Average weight for someone his height.
Eye Color:
Brown
Hair:
Chase's defining feature is his hair, the first thing anyone will see in a crowd. Thick, dark brown almost black in some lights, unruly, springy curls completely cover his head. He won't keep it too long, but his hair is never cut short. Some bangs constantly hang in front of his face. His hair is long enough to tie back but he almost never will.
Style:
Chase dresses casually. He likes whatever's comfortable. The majority of his wardrobe contains t-shirts and jeans. None of his shirts are a plain color; he likes that they have some sort of graphic or saying. He has a few pairs of sneakers and finds flip-flops uncomfortable. When it gets cold he'll wear boots and a sweat jacket. Though he does have a few nice outfits Chase prefers to save those for special occasions. Save for a couple of ripped pairs of jeans and a worn-out pair of sneakers, Chase keeps himself presentable and clean.
Ethnicity:
African-American
PERSONALITY
Positive Traits:
Funny; Creative; Loyal; Easy-going; Stubborn; Observant; Gentlemanly; Will do whatever he can to put a smile on his friends' faces
Negative Traits:
Lazy; Impatient; Competitive; Dependent; Kind of clueless; Stubborn; Tends to speak without thinking; Blabber mouth; Troublemaking; Jealous
Likes:
Pranks; Chocolate; Comedies; Action movies; Video games - but that doesn't make him a nerd; Coke; Relaxing; Girls; Shopping [for shirts and video games, specifically]; Watching TV; Making people laugh; Stalking; Shipping people; Comic books - again, doesn't make him a nerd
Dislikes:
School; Getting caught; Lectures; Shopping [for shoes - he has the hardest time finding shoes he likes]; His middle name; Snow - all that snow he has to clean off his car!; Being forced to spend time with his sister; Musicals (seriously, why do they have to sing every five minutes?)
FAMILY/BACKSTORY
Family:
Father - Charles Davenfourth, CEO - The CEO of a pretty big company, Mr. Davenfourth - or Mr. D as he prefers - had always been the main breadwinner in the household. His marriage had never been the most stable, but it was tolerable. After all he had to have a decent enough wife to bring to dinner meetings and such. Some time after welcoming Chase and Carla, the marriage crumbled. Apparently bringing two kids into a questionable relationship wasn't a good idea. Charles and his wife divorced, splitting custody of the kids. When Mr. D wasn't around he made sure to show them he cared. This was done mostly by buying them whatever they wanted. Some limits were placed; Chase found a way around most of them somehow. When he wasn't working or having the kids around, Charles found his life boring and empty. He began dating again. Some lived with him. A few lasted longer than others. His current girlfriend is going on four years now. Chase has nothing against the woman...except when she 'encourages' Chase and Carla to spend more time together. Overall Chase considers his relationship with his father strong. Chase looks up to Charles even though he doesn't necessarily see that sometimes Charles can be just as busy as his mother or can focus more on his girlfriends than his kids. What Chase knows he can always count on his dad for is his finances. He just wished that his father didn't insist on paying for college. Or that he and Carla were going to the same one. Who's bright idea was all that, anyway?
Mother - Whitney Prong (formally Davenfourth), Various Positions - Whitney never really held down a full-time job. During her marriage to Charles and when the twins were young she had a part time job at the mall. When all hell broke loose and the two moved into separate homes at the end of their marriage, Whitney looked into other part-time positions. Most of them dealt with retail, as that was where her experience laid. As Chase and Carla grew up, Whitney held down two, occasionally three, part-time jobs to hold down the household so she was hardly around. And unlike Charles, who showered them with gifts whenever he couldn't be there, Whitney could not afford to 'make up' for not always bring there physically. She mainly agreed to 50/50 custody because of Charles' stability and she knew if she couldn't always provide financially he could. Chase knows his mother works hard and while he probably wouldn't openly admit to showing respect for her, he just didn't like being under her roof. There was always too much to do. There he had chores and he actually had to focus on homework. That was why as he got older Chase opted to spend more time with his father at his house. It stung Whitney that her son pretty much chose her ex over her, but she wasn't going to interfere with his happiness. In the long run, Chase knows no matter where he goes or what he does his sister will stick by their mom. They're in good hands with each other.
Sister - Carla Davenfourth, Student - She may be his twin, but she's still technically younger. They argued a lot growing up and in general. They just didn't have the same interests or anything. Or maybe it was because sometimes they had too similar personalities. Nah, that couldn't be it; she was just annoying. Always sitting and reading, thinking logical stuff instead of having fun like normal kids. Chase always thought of her as weird. He grew up referring to her as Bookworm because for some reason she always wanted to be around books instead of people. But as annoying as he considers her and even though they're not as close as some siblings, Chase gives Carla credit for knowing what she wants out of life and working to make it happens. It's not going to stop him from teasing her, of course. But because she has her head in a book a lot and doesn't try to be anywhere near as social as Chase, Chase kind of worries for Carla in the real world. No, he'd never admit to actually being protective of her or anything. But if anyone's going to tease her or give her a hard time, it's going to be Chase and not anyone else.
Backstory:
Chase was born at 11:57 p.m. on January 6, thirteen minutes before his sister. He and Carla were raised in a suburban New York area. Chase was always the more active between them. He walked and talked pretty early. But after that Carla one-upped him on pretty much everything else. While they share a few physical traits and parts of their personalities are very similar, Chase and Carla have always been completely different people. Chase never cared about hard work or learning. He just wanted to have fun. In any way he could. That may be how he got into pulling pranks. Nothing dangerous or life-threatening; mostly harmless stuff like drawing on the wall or blaming a food fight on someone. Hey, those were simple times. But Chase had always been someone who loved to laugh. He liked to share that laughter with people. That combined with the pranks was probably how he came to be a class clown.
Chase was pretty oblivious to his parents' fighting. Ok sure, he knew there were times when they didn't get along. But it seemed pretty normal. Eventually it became bad enough that they got divorced. It didn't scar Chase or cause any problems. He got two rooms out of it; how cool was that? But sometimes having two houses wasn't that cool. His parents did things so differently. When Whitney was out working long hours she encouraged Chase and Carla to get their chores done; do their homework; get into bed on time; follow things called rules. But at Charles' house, Chase had more freedom to do what he wanted; he got a lot of toys and cool stuff from his father; he could lay back and do what he wanted, get away with almost anything. So as he grew it was no surprise he asked to spend more time with Charles. He might have asked to even move in with him full time; but Whitney used the custody excuse or whatever it was. Apparently Chase couldn't decide who to live with full time until he was eighteen. That was a bummer. And the oblivious kid that he'd always been, he didn't know it was a request that actually hurt his mother.
There was really only one downside to spending more time with his father - the girlfriends. Sometimes Chase thought his dad was so cool, winning girls over with his money and charisma. The real problem was when any of them moved in. Some were ok; they didn't bother Chase and when both were around they just did their separate things. Others...others were lame. There was one girlfriend that treated Chase like a five year old; and Chase was pretty sure most thirteen-year-olds aren't five-years-old. There was another one that bought and used way too much makeup. Chase hated to admit it, but Charles' current girlfriend is probably in the top three best. Except for when she 'encourages' Chase and Carla to spend more time together. Chase already had to deal with seeing Carla when they were in the same house and at school all day; did they really need more time together? Lame! Chase wouldn't go so far as to say he could be a player like his father. But he sure did like girls. He started dating when he was twelve or thirteen. He didn't always have to win girls over with money or anything; Chase just liked having a cute girl on his arm when he walked down the hallway. After a couple of 'girlfriends' (or whatever a thirteen-year-old would really consider a girlfriend) Chase didn't so much like the idea of being in a relationship. He just liked flirting with girls. He would never get too far, not with his sister always watching everything. She'd throw some smart-aleck comment at him like, 'what would you do if a guy treated me bad?' As much as Chase hated to admit it, he never liked the idea. Unlike his father who had a...ahem, different way of dating, Chase would make sure to treat the girls he saw with more respect (thanks a lot, Bookworm). Although as he got a little older Chase found a loophole or two - like how he wouldn't have to be respectful if he never called the girl back. Sometimes the thrill of just trying to get a number or date was better than actually having the girl.
When Chase wasn't chasing after girls, he was coming up with some pretty unbelievable pranks. A lot of them never happened, unfortunately; too 'out there' for some people to try to pull off. But, again, he never pulled anything dangerous. Silly stuff, mostly. Like sticking post-it notes on windows or peoples' cars. Or doodling bad picture of teachers on the chalkboard saying stupid stuff. But that time he tried filling his middle school pool with gelatin? Yeah, that was a disaster. Some pranks were just not meant to be successful. Nevertheless, he did get in trouble or sent to the principal's office a number of times for his shenanigans. Another reason he didn't like spending time with his mother? She punished him whenever that happened. Still lame. Mr. D, on the other hand, looked into it completely differently. Chase had a lot of ideas; and he'd always been an imaginative boy. Maybe there was a way other than jokes to channel that creative energy. Actually do something and be successful like Charles. That was when he heard about Metric. It was a prestigious school, albiet kind of expensive. Well, maybe to some people. Mr. D had always been very well off. He made sure to find a way to get Chase accepted into the university. It annoyed Chase at first; he liked the idea of living on his own but hated that it had to be for school. He had enough of school already and just made it through high school; did he really need more education? On the other hand, he'd have access to his father's money. He'd have a credit card with him at all times. And he could finally get out of spending more 'family' time with his sister. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all.
Except for when it was. Apparently Metric was a school Carla had been looking at for some time and was captured by their programs and atmosphere. If Chase could get in because of their dad's money, why couldn't she get in because they had something she actually wanted to pursue in life? Chase tried to put up a fight. It was his school and he and Carla had to share a few things over the years; why did he have to share more education stuff with her? Also, he was tired of her overshadowing him there with her grades all the time. And he didn't have to worry about being compared to her or have anybody asking if they were related or anything like that. But, in the spirit of fairness - possibly also because Mr. D's girlfriend thought it was a fantastic way for the twins to get closer than ever - Carla was able to join Chase. Not only did he have to get settled in a new place that wasn't New York and revamp his goofy reputation, he had to continue dealing with and watching over Carla. Oh yeah, and he had to figure out exactly what his major should be or else he'd be kicked out and going home to a majorly disappointed family, plus still no idea where to go in life. But no pressure, right?
Fortunately Chase has his bro Clint to back him up. They spend a lot of time in their dorm, at the mall or on campus goofing off. Or stalking girls. Mostly Wyatt Prescott, but it's for Clint so Chase can handle it. He thinks Clint can do better, but they're shippable. There's no a major for shipping is there? No? Just a club? Dammit. So he still has to figure out what he wants to do with his life by the end of his sophomore year - especially if he wants to stick around and go on any more hot California dates. And he's got a few lined up that he does not want to miss! Any other time, just look for Chase in his dorm and challenge him to a video game!
OOC NOTES
Random:
シChase drives a Jeep. Don't ask him the model or year; he just knows it cost money and he can drive it places.
シEven though celebrating Hanukkah with his mother would mean more gifts, he prefers Christmas with his dad.
シChase isn't necessarily a spoiled rich kid; probably just a spoiled kid, considering his dad did give him a lot growing up. But he won't always act it.
シChase likes a few 'nerdy' things like comic books, video games and super heroes. Did he mention that doesn't make him a nerd?
シAnother thing that doesn't make Chase a nerd? Shipping. He enjoys shipping people and talking about couples. Though sometimes he'll try to hide it. Shipping is also how he bonds with Max's best friend Amy - and that is someone who's bad side Chase does not want to see!
シHe passes time in class by doodling in his notebook instead of taking notes.
シHis favorite actress and 'celebrity crush' is Amy Adams, aka the only redhead he'll ever like.
シThe style/design of Chase's hair is based off of Corbin Bleu.
シHe don't dance.
Stuff on his iPod:
シHappy - Pharrell Williams
シCenturies - FallOut Boy
シThe Simpsons
シAnything Maroon5
シMy Songs Know What You Did in the Dark - FallOut Boy
シJustin Timberlake
シWhen Can I See You Again - Owl City
シBye Bye Bye - Backstreet Boys
シHappy - Pharrell Williams
シCenturies - FallOut Boy
シThe Simpsons
シAnything Maroon5
シMy Songs Know What You Did in the Dark - FallOut Boy
シJustin Timberlake
シWhen Can I See You Again - Owl City
シBye Bye Bye - Backstreet Boys
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