Post by Kenzie on Mar 10, 2014 17:31:01 GMT -5
Full Name || Lucifer Miguel Araujo
Nicknames || He goes by Lucy most of the time, a nickname that started his freshmen year and just sort of stuck with him ever since. His father is about the only person who refuses to call him Lucy.
Age/Birthday || Lucy is 17, a senior, his birthday is June 15th. He’s been told often he looks a lot older than his actual age.
Talent/Reason for enrolling || He’s a photographer, looking to go into the entertainment industry someday. He works a lot with the models at Metric, and is interning with one of the school’s professional photographers.
Appearance
Height, weight, and body type || 6'
Eye color || Brown
Clothing style || Usually Lucy can be seen in jeans and black sweatshirts. He doesn’t put any effort into his appearance ever and oftentimes can come across as a hobo if he wears his particularly grimy outfits. He also dislikes to shave, he only shaves enough to keep his facial hair from getting too disgusting since he doesn’t like how much work having a beard is.
Misc. Facts about appearance || He’s rather well muscled from manual labor he’s done with his father and at the gym.
Habits || Hiding behind his camera, taking stupid selfies, clinging to people
Ethnicity || Mexican-Spanish-American
Health Issues || Nothing really, Lucy is actually very fit and generally in peak condition. Except, of course, that he binge drinks and has an addiction to getting high, usually at parties. Sometimes he’ll take large doses of cough medicine to get a buzz, too. He doesn’t use illegal drugs, mainly pain relievers and cough medicines in larger doses than recommended because he figures ‘that’s perfectly fine’ (it’s not). He likes the feeling of being high or drunk, because he doesn’t have to think about anything that way. He likes to take photos while under the influence, thinks he produces his best work that way. His addiction is getting worse and worse, progressively, but he refuses to admit it.
Personality
Likes || Nickelback, Kesha, photography, guys, selfies, vines, doing stupid stuff, technology, his iPhone, nature, friendly people, summer, singing (bad at it), Mexican food, spicey things, tacos, getting high, Lady Gaga
Dislikes || People who always bring others down, pessimists, players/huge flirts, bigots, being teased, being told he's wrong/lectured, getting in trouble
Hobbies || Taking photos, manual labor, going to the gym, doing stupidly ridiculous things for photoshoots
Overall personality || Lucy has always been a sort of light to a room. He’s very outgoing and friendly and isn’t afraid to put himself out there or poke fun at himself to make friends. He’s very tough and can be intimidating since he’s physically very strong, though he’s such a teddy bear the threat tends to dissipate almost immediately. Lucy has never exactly been a smart cookie. He’s quite challenged when it comes to academics and honestly the main reason he passes anything is through sheer luck. He tends to put things off until the last minute and is very lazy. He’s even gone to class hung over before, an experience he does not wish upon his worst enemy.
He likes to have fun. Thinking about the future or about stressors is something he very rarely does, and he’ll often escape behind the world of his camera. That’s actually what he’ll resort to if ever upset, hiding behind his camera. He’s an escapist and accepting of everyone. He doesn’t mind being a punching bag for people with stronger personalities than him, and he tends to be a bit of a yes-man. He enjoys compliments and doesn’t take criticism too well, especially when it’s worded rudely. He’s strong and has interests in sports, cars, and partying.Notable traits:
Goofy | Friendly | Spontaneous | Confident | Yes-man | Airheaded | Dumb | Lazy | Social | Extrovert | Wild | Party Child | Athletic | Makes bad Choices | Unhealthy | Clingy | Perverted | Witty | Escapist | Druggie
Background/Personal Details
Job || He’s an intern with one of the professional photographers working with the school, since that’s where he’s planning to go with life. That job barely pays, so he’s also got another job—he works as a waiter in the local diner, to earn money to spend for fun.
Relationship status || Single
Sexuality || Gay, he’s open about his sexuality if asked though doesn’t make it a point to make sure everyone knows he’s gay.
Home life || Lucy lives with his mother and father and older sister somewhere in state. His father, a very big and stubborn old man, is accepting of Lucy’s sexuality but refuses to call him ‘Lucy’, and instead calls him by his full name. Miguel still expects Lucy to be ‘masculine’ even if he’s gay, which Lucy (nickname aside) is.
Background || Lucy was born to two strict but loving parents. He joined a sister, Malina, who was 7 years his senior. He always got along pretty well with everyone he was with, and had no problems making friends. After school Lucy would always help his father lift things and do work on their shabby little house. Lucy's family was never wealthy, in fact,t hey were always borderline poor but managed to survive rather decently. When Lucy was about 10 or 11 he started to take pictures on his sisters old Polaroid camera. They were always really good photographs and everyone was always impressed with them, and he even was offered by the tiny village's newspaper company to take photos for them in exchange for some money.
Lucy always really admired the photographers and he always really wanted to become one. When high school was coming around, Lucy really wanted to do something in professional photography but all of the schools that offered it were expensive and his father initially shot the idea down, saying it wasn't a stable job.
However Malina, who by this point was 21, had married a very rich man in Los Angelos. Lucy and her husband were actually very close with one another, and soon the man suggested that Lucy go to Metric. Since Malia's husband had graduated there himself, he could put in a good recommendation for him, and since he was wealthy he offered to pay for Lucy's way through the school in exchange for never having to buy him a birthday present ever again.
Lucy entered Metric with an open mind and open heart. Right off the bat he found it a little difficult to fit in since most people were stingy. The nickname 'Lucy' came about during his freshmen year. A boy who he didn't know called him Lucy as a joke and Lucy turned around, and after that the student body all seemed to call him that. Now whether or not it was teasing went right over Lucy's head, because he adored the nickname so much. Immediately Malina and her husband took to the nickname and even his mother started to use it, but Mr. Araujo never took to it. he didn't like the idea of his only son becoming 'too feminine'. It was actually because of that Lucy liked the nickname-- it was so feminine yet when people met him they were surprised due to his masculine physique and appearance.
He met Amy, his current best friend, in their freshmen year as well. She, also a photographer, was the first person to talk to him and get him to interact with others. They both also have similar personalities, even though Amy doesn't go to his types of parties after a failed attempt to bring her to one when they were juniors. They constantly will sing badly together and, when together, act like siblings.
Lucy came out as gay in his sophomore year, he just realized he wasn't really attracted to girls. The biggest push for him to come out to his family was Amy, who, when told about his orientation, didn't seem to act like anything had changed at all.
For a full year relationships between his father and Lucy were strained. His father thought this was a disaster and that this meant Lucy wasn't the son he'd always wanted. It took a lot of hard work, tears, and struggling but eventually Lucy managed to get his father to see that it didn't change who he was.
The full story of how they talked it out is actually a long story about a summer camping trip, getting lost in the woods, and returning to camp on a canoe but we won't get into that now.
The rest of his family was more accepting of this. When his father came around they were much more openly accepting of Lucy's sexuality. Still though, Lucy's never had a boyfriend to introduce them to, so he's worried they'll start thinking he was lying.
Lucy's addictions to parties grew worse by the time senior year hit, senoritis came in like a wrecking ball. He's a notorious partier unbeknownst to his family and finds inspiration in drugs. He's got an internship this year with a professional photographer, and he also picked up a part time job at the local diner for some spending money.
Relationships
His close friend is Amy O’Neal, who he met through photography. Both of them are friendly and outgoing and immediately clicked. They can be seen together a lot, and liked to badly sing together to kesha songs a lot. He’s very clingy to her.
He’s acquainted with Chad Richardson from the gym and from parties they both attend, though honestly Chad doesn’t even remember his name.
Lily is his closest friend who he's met this year, they're housemates and they have a lot in common so they get along very well. She's definitely his closest friend besides Amy, and they constantly have sleepovers in each others rooms.