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Jesse McCaine
Name:
Jesse McCaine
Species:
Human
Age:
15
Gender identity:
Male
Orientation:
Straight
Important Relationships:
(indicate any NPCs associated with your character)
Oldest of three children. Father is named Henry. Cousin of Kayla McCaine.
Description:
Jesse is 5 ft 4 in, has dark brown hair, with blonde tint to it, is a lean athletic boy, is muscular from swimming
Abilities and skills:
From a very young age, Jesse has been interested in fantasy, and was well known inside of his old school for having won several short story contests, and was editor for the school newspaper.
Jesse has a slight telepathic ability; he can send thoughts to other people, but cannot hear their responses. However, he can pick up emotions from others, but without the context cannot interpret them properly, and because of that has become withdrawn, hardly talking to anyone outside of his family. His Dad sent him to live with his cousin in Lake Harmony after considering institutionalizing him instead.
Important assets:
(house, car, business, etc)
Laptop that holds all of his notes and manuscripts, a hard copy of each of his short stories in paper
Likes and Dislikes:
Likes: Writing, reading, swimming and working in the garden.
Dislikes: Socializing and going shopping.
Background:
From a very young age, Jesse has been withdrawn. He is the only one who knows why, but he will not even tell his parents, because he knows they would send him to a shrink. He needed an outlet, and decided to write about it. He happened to leave his laptop on a counter, and when he got back, he saw his dad reading. He flinched slightly, but remained silent, waiting to see what his dad would think. After half an hour, Jesse grew bored and left.
Going to his room, and grabbing his note book, he continued where he had left off writing on his laptop. Three hours later, his dad knocked on his door. Surprised to see and feel that he was proud, Jesse told him to come in, but his dad only opened the door, set Jesse's laptop on his desk and asked, “Would you mind if I sent a copy of it to a contest?” Jesse agreed, and eventually the 11-year-old's story won the contest.
Gradually over the next four years, Jesse became more withdrawn. He had difficulty handling the tumult of emotions from his fellow teenagers, and recently stopped going to school, only attending swim team practices and the school newspaper that he edited for for as long as they would allow him to. However, the school has decided that they simply can't allow a 15-year-old to visit school property and not attend school, and has insisted Jesse's father take action. Henry offered his son the option of moving to live with family in Lake Harmony, or seeking psychological counseling. Jesse chose moving, as he felt no attachment to his home.