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HMRRI | Barnaby Reed | Serseri Island

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[Edit 3/6/17] New app + app art!! Barn...gained a few more pounds. And is wearin' a new sweater!! Wanna check out Barnaby's old app art to see how far the boy has come? Go here!!
[Edit 7/25/16] New app art! Barn gained a few pounds ; )

I requested 2 years ago to join this group. It took me two entire years to fart out this character app.

But ya know what? I'm glad I waited. Now I can join the group with a somewhat presentable human art style!!

[Name] Barnaby Reed

[Age] 30 Yrs
[Birthday] September 7th
[Gender] Cis Male
[Island] Serseri
[Occupation] Librarian

[Height] 5'1"
[Weight] 134lbs

[Appearance]

A short young man with pink skin and unruly dirty-blond hair. His dark green eyes are usually half-hidden by his too-small spectacles. He never wears anything but oversized, ugly sweaters that tend to always over him down to his knees. He's slightly overweight, but not unhealthily so. He broke his nose at a young age and while it looks relatively normal now, he covers up the scars from surgery with a band-aid.

[ Family Background ]

[Parents]

Mother | Julietta Reed | Retired Librarian / Lives With Barnaby
Father | Duncan Norefolk | Traveling Artist / Unknown

[Siblings]

N/A

[Grandparents]

mother's side
Grandmother | Bonnie Brown | Deceased
Grandfather | Samuel Brown | Deceased

father's side
Unknown

[Lover]

N/A

[Children]

N/A

[ Personality ]
Jolly | Hardy | Serious | Animated | Ignorant | Rambunctious | Lazy

--JOLLY--:bulletgreen:
Barnaby is basically in a constant state of smiles. Even if he's a little miffed on the inside, unless he's just woken up from a nap or making an act of thinking REALLY HARD, he rarely lets his smile slip from his face. It's not hard for others to end up effected by his mood. If his smiles don't make one smile, his (soft, surprisingly good) singing as he stacks books will.

--HARDY--:bulletgreen:
Barnaby has withstood a lot of insults throughout his lifetime. Once upon a time, they might have made him react rashly...and while they still might once in a while, Barnaby has learned to grin and bare most things thrown his way. He doesn't let insults bother him for long. It's not just insults...he literally can withstand things thrown his way. When he broke his nose all those years ago, he didn't even end up feeling it until someone pointed out to him later that DUDE YA NOSE IS BLEEDING. He's not strong and he can't dish much more than a flying book out, but he can take hits like a champ.

--SERIOUS--:bulletgreen:
While Barnaby is silly and smiley and loud a lot of the time, he does take his work seriously. He might not follow the rules himself when he's on staff, but he does work to impress, and to keep his mother proud. He tends to say he does it for his mother's legacy. It's a very serious and nonlaughing matter for him when people tease him for his work, or ask him what's so special about it.

--ANIMATED--:bulletwhite:
Moving around and acting like a drama queen is what Barnaby does best. He's read all his life - that includes plays. And he loves to be overdramatic when he does things. Even when he's just talking, he tends to move his hands around constantly in every and any sort of gesture appropriate.

--IGNORANT--:bulletred:
Reading words on paper is different from reading them in faces. Barnaby doesn't mean to be the way he is, but he's never learned better. He's absolutely horrible at reading situations, and sometimes tends to offend people with his actions. He may be a bookworm, but that does nothing to help his street smarts.

--RAMBUNCTIOUS--:bulletred:
Barnaby is very, very rowdy. He's loud he's boisterous and obnoxious. If he weren't such a sweet boy, people would probably boot him right out of their lives. He loves to talk and to hear himself talk. He may be on the cusp of 30, but he sure does act like a kid fresh out of Elementary school.

--LAZY--:bulletred:
His biggest downfall isn't his overbaring presence but his horrible laziness. Barnaby will do work when he's under supervision, sure. And he loves to talk to people (to procrastinate things). But he loves to laze around. He loves to nap. And he loves to escape work while he's at work in any way he can. 


[ History ]

Barnaby's parents were never married, but Julietta Reed, his mother, loved his father. Even though the only pictures of him outside his mother's bedroom was the one in the library (the one she'd taken of him apparently reading a picture book), even though half the people in town were too young to know him, even though he'd abandoned his girlfriend and 5 month old son to never be seen again.

Albeit, some could understand why she might at least feel respect for him. While he wasn't there in person to help raise his own child, every couple months he sent money back to Julietta to help with expenses. Every holiday it was appropriate he would send home a gift for Barnaby. And once, once, he sent home a painting of the ocean for Julietta. That was hung up in the library, too.

While Julietta was stern in her love for her once-lover, she didn't talk about him much as Barnaby got older. Instead, she read stories of the printed word to her young son. Barnaby loved to hear his mother read. He loved even more to go to the library his mother worked at and read the stories aloud as he learned to do so. His voice was loud, but Julietta never had the heart to quiet his voice. 

Eventually, patrons got used to the spontaneous youngster and learned to block out his voice.

When Barnaby turned of age to work, he was happy to begin working at the library with his mother. His classmates from school would tease him for it, but Barnaby wasn't such a softy. Despite his cushy look, he was a fighter. Of course, he wasn't the best. He ended up with a broken nose after one fight - which explains the band-aid he always has covering it now. 
As he got older, he mellowed out a little. While he was still just as rambunctious as always, he stopped solving things with his fists, and started solving it with words...even if sometimes that included literally throwing books at people who offended him.

As Barnaby got older, his teenager years well past, his mother finally announced her retirement. Barnaby ended up taking over most of her shifts at the library. The little old woman, somehow shorter than her son, moved into his home.

Barnaby still gets gifts from his father, and even some money. But he still has yet to ever meet the man, and as time goes on, the gifts begin to grow further in between; suggesting that his father, Duncan, too, is getting on in age.


[ Lovein's ]

OPEN | CLOSED | TOO YOUNG

Pansexual/Panromatic (with a preference for men or masculine identities)

Looks - In reality of his own looks, he'd settle for anything. He's really not picky and he could find himself attracted to anyone. But Barnaby does appreciate a handsome man, and...maybe someone a tad taller than him. With girls, he's attracted to them closer to his size. He likes bellys - chub is definitely not a turn off in either gender.

Personality - While he tends to swoon over the 'bad boy/girl type', he's not too comfortable around them. He likes those who have a friendly side, and won't go around teasing him. Also, anybody who likes to read and sing is cool. Barnaby also digs quirky talents.

Activity - None

✓ Long Lasting Relationship
X Quick Fling
X Multiple Relationships
X Friends With Benefits
? Other

Love Interests - None

[ Relationships ]

Star! Family
Heart Romantic Relationship
Dead

(Bullet; White) Unsure , Wary
(Bullet; Black) Fear
(Bullet; Red ) Dislike / (Bullet; RedBullet; Red) Hate, Despise, Wish Death Upon
(Bullet; Yellow) Acquaintance
(Bullet; Green) Friend
(Bullet; Blue) Good Friend / (Bullet; BlueBullet; Blue) Best Friend
(Bullet; Orange) Attraction / Bullet; OrangeBullet; Orange Lust
(Bullet; Pink) Crush / (Bullet; PinkBullet; Pink) Love
(Bullet; Purple) Admire, Respect

Name | @ user
[Entry 1] :bullet: "...feelings..."

Serseri Island

N/A

Nomie Island


N/A

Anura Island

N/A

Trojan Islands

N/A

Divinity Island

N/A

Ki Islands

N/A


[ Extra Information ]

Voice Actor: Matt Hoopes
Smell: That new book smell, Faintly of lavender

Where to find him: 

Of course, these change all the time, but these are places you could probably find him, should you be looking for a plot ; )

Monday
Morning/Night - Barnaby's House (most likely asleep)
11am-3pm - The Serseri Library
Evenings - Barnaby's House, watching the sunset on the shore and/or along the cliff

Tuesday-Friday
Morning/Night - Barnaby's House (most likely asleep)
10am-6pm - The Serseri Library
Evenings - Barnaby's House, watching the sunset on the shore and/or along the cliff

Sat/Sun
Before Noon - Barnaby's House (most likely asleep)
After Noon - lmao somewhere in Lyrica Town

Themes: 
Hand Trolley
Look Busy

Loves:
:heart: Stories / Books
:heart: (Ugly) Knit Sweaters
:heart: Green/Purple Alpaca Wool

Likes:
+ Music/Records/CDs
+ Chocolate
+ Flowers (Lavender)
+ Anything strange found in caves/mines (bones, ore, junk ore)
+ Green/Purple Wool, Green/Purple Yarn, Etc. 

Dislikes:
- Fish Dishes/Seafood
- Herbs
- Bugs
- Failed Dish
- Vegetable Juice
- Spicy Dishes
- Dead Animals (unless they're from Ana)

Hates:
:skull: Herb Grilled Fish
:skull: Seafood Pizza
:skull: Bullies

Fears:

Loss
Barnaby fears loosing what he has. He knows his mother struggles a lot (she's depressed in her old age retirement), and he hates the idea of loosing that which made him smile so much when he was young.

Random:

- Barnaby was teased a lot when he was younger for being a mamas boy, and for being "gay". He has always needed glasses since even a young age - which just ended up giving kids another source to tease him for.

- Barnaby is very close to his mother and tends to talk about her a lot. They live together in a small house along the cliffs of Lyrica Town.

- While he doesn't know his father at all, Barnaby talks about him a lot, too. He likes to show off the cool things his dad has sent to him over the years.

- Barnaby was homeschooled for a good chunk of his life.

- After he graduated high school, Barnaby did end up dating a couple people (some relationships even got very serious), but none have been very memorable, and most of the people ended up just being a fling. Barnaby pursues a long lasting relationship now, aware he's getting older in years.

- Barnaby spends any time he's not at the library near the bridge, or gazing out from the cliffs (especially at night). 

- If you don't believe me that he wears sweaters all the time, look at his HMRRI | Clothing Meme aka somanysweaters .

- I guess Ana gives him dead animals weekly. Barnaby fears them but he's too nice to reject something special to his new friend. His mother's pretty good at making meals out of them....but he always has leftovers and likes to share them. It's hard to store an entire deer carcass in your refrigerator.


[ Roleplay Sample ]

From a roleplay between me and @/NamelessHaven;

The ghostly mer watched the poor merman in front of him with some sort of pity, though his face was otherwise mostly blank, his eyes half-lidded and looking almost tired. He remembered faintly seeing merpeople like this before. However, most common were rainbow fish merfolk, when he'd been alive. Some clownfish. His family hadn't moved around much when he was young. Diversity was small, and usually fleeting.

The look of...well, he wasn't sure if he could even judge emotion on others anymore, considering he had so little of his own. But whatever expression the blue merman wore, it pulled his thoughts back from the clouded past he could remember. And he froze on instinct when a shadow passed over them. He could go right out there and not be harmed by this thing...probably. But still, his most basic feelings told him not to move. When the shadow had passed, his heterochromic gaze landed once more in front of him.

"That thing hurt you?" He whispered, lowering his voice from where he'd been calling before. "I'd offer to help treat your, uh..." His gaze wandered to where the other was bleeding from, "that" His gaze wandered back up. "But, uh, can't." His hands would phase right through anything he tried to use to help. Though, he did have some weak form of telepathy. Sometimes it came in handy. He supposed creatures like him used it to haunt others and be spooky. He tended to use it help sea snails sometimes.

The other wasn't freaking out on him yet...had they not noticed his appearance? Well, he couldn't blame them, given the situation. He supposed he could help. He had nothing to loose in luring the creature away. "Here buddy, you find somewhere to hide. I can lure that creep away, if you want." He offered, jabbing his thumb upwards towards where the shadow had been.

Contact information:

✓ Notes

✓/X Chats (depends on my availability)

✓ Skype (TurkehKitty)

✓ Discord (TurkFish#6805)

✓ Google Docs

X Comments


Preferred method of RPing: Lit - Paragraph

Rating:
G - 18+
- I am 19 and will not go above an adult rating with anyone UNDER 18. 
- If anything happens (and you are under 18) we will fade to black. Otherwise, we will discuss beforehand what we are comfortable with.
- I'm not big on smut, but if the time calls for it I may be okay with it.
- I can do a little blood/violence but I get a little iffy if there's large amounts of it! (I'm a teddy bear, fight me)


Barnaby & Art (c) Me TurkFish
Barnaby's Design Cstm: Turkfish
Blank App:  Serseri App by GrilledandCheesed 
Image size
2561x3680px 4.38 MB
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k00k3y's avatar
AHHH the big ol' eyes! Love the update just for that puppy dog look!