Lynne Masters is putting herself back together (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lynnemasters) wrote,@ 2021-04-20 11:20:00 |
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T H E . B A S I C S Name: Lynne Emily Masters Nicknames: Lynnie (parents only; not her favorite) Sissy/Sis (little brother only; doesn't mind it), L.E. (close friends; doesn't mind it) Birthday/Age: December 20, 1987 / 26 Gender: Female Likes: men, women, drinking, doing hair, listening to live music in bars, loud music of the classic rock variety (AC/DC, Boston, and Journey being the top three), vegging out in front of the television Dislikes: ignorant people, bad drivers, guys who stare in that blatant creepy way, girls who pass judgment on other girls before meeting them | G A M E . S P E C I F I C S Occupation: Bartender, Taphouse Grill Character Held?: No IC AIM: lynnematender | A P P E A R A N C E Height: 5'8" Hair Colour: Brown Eye Colour: Hazel Description: Lynne has a Chinese symbol for "musician" tattooed on her right shoulder blade and a pair of shears on her left ankle. Lynne has a couple of piercings, as well, including her navel and an industrial bar through the cartilage in her right ear. She has more small scars on her hands than she can count at any given time - occupational hazard - an old Chicken Pox scar near her nose, a small scar from falling down on the ice as a child on her left knee. She also has a small scar on her right forearm and one on the top of her wrist that her friends tease her for, asking if she tried to slit her wrists the wrong way, but is actually an old second degree burn from an oven. Lynne spends most of her time in jeans and tops that flatter her figure but are also comfortable, because as much as she likes looking nice, it always takes a backseat to being comfortable. Typical Scent: Dream Angels: Heavenly by Victoria's Secret PB: Taylor Cole |
P E R S O N A L I T Y  QUICK BREAKDOWN........................................ First Impression: ...could she be trying any harder to look cool? Overview: Lynne is a woman with low self-esteem who tends to cover it with (or hide behind, depending on how you look at it) her sense of humor and out-going, witty personality. She's very sweet and loyal to those she cares about and she enjoys having fun and being social, most of the time. She wants nothing more than to be happy, but has a penchant toward setting herself up for disappointment or failure. Demeanor: Lynne mostly carries herself as confidently as possible, but to those who actually know her, it's a poor show of it. Most people will never even know that she's clinically depressed, because she's been hiding it for so long that sometimes even she forgets, unless she falls into a particularly bad bought of it. Sexuality: Bi-curious. Lynne has experimented with women in the past (and rather enjoyed it, if she does say so herself), but she’s never been in an actual relationship with one, preferring men over women in that regard. Abilities: Anything having to do with hair, nails, and makeup is Lynne’s forte...even if you wouldn’t necessarily know it by looking at her. When she’s spent an entire day catering to someone else’s beauty, she’s hardly in the mood to glam herself up, unless she's got somewhere to go or someone to impress. She’s not the best bartender in the world, but she can make a mean gin and tonic and tends to put her creative nature to work trying to create new cocktails when she gets bored; the concoctions are usually hit or miss. She’s very good with computers although not so good with the hardware as she is with software. She can carry a tune, but she’s never really done anything with her voice other than sing at the top of her lungs in the car or shower. She feels fulfilled when she's able to help someone else, so she's hoping that this new career will make her feel like she's contributing more to society as a whole. DETAILED BREAKDOWN........................................ Lynne is a very guarded person. She spent most of her life feeling as though she was on the outside looking in. Having been betrayed by countless friends and feeling (though probably unwarranted) like the black sheep of her family, Lynne tends to be closed-off and, understandably, has trust issues. Having grown up in the Northeast of America, where money and status mean everything and her family never had anything more than average means, she became a very hardened and cynical individual. Anything, with the wrong circumstance can make her angry and it can be difficult for her to rebound from the feeling when not in familiar company. She's got a general hatred of ignorance and immaturity. She tends to use a biting wit as well as her sarcasm and dry humor as a defense mechanism. Lynne's favorite way to deal with anger is to close herself off or cry, simply because it's less physically and emotionally dangerous to those surrounding her than releasing her wrath the way she'd prefer, from time to time. In a stressful situation, Lynne tends to draw into herself and either chain smoke, binge eat, or drink in hopes of numbing her pain away. She’s liable to be very snappish or, conversely, very, very quiet while feeling stressed, depending on the situation at hand. She’s also likely to take out bad moods on those closest to her, for better or for worse. Happiness comes from the little things in life, for Lynne. Affection from someone, harmless flirtation, someone buying her a drink; a favorite song playing on the radio or a friend wanting to spend some quality time with her. For the most part, Lynne's happiness tends to be fleeting and short-lived, but when she's happy, it's quite literally like she's high on life and it takes something rather serious to bring her down. On another token, Lynne is very open-minded - while she's guarded and angry, she's open to meeting new people and she's never been prejudiced against people based upon their gender, race, sexual orientation, or personal taste in trivial things such as music, literature, social activities, and social status. Also, Lynne is in a place, sexually, where she's still trying to find her niche. She's experimental and flexible with what she's willing to try between the sheets. She’s insecure and eager to please. While she might be liable to tell a stranger to fuck off when asked something that she finds too personal, too much, or too annoying, if someone with whom she’s very close (a boyfriend, a good friend; her family) asks her to jump, her response is likely to be “how high?” Acceptance by others she deems worthy - people whose company she would choose to keep based on interests, intelligence, talents, or looks - is of the utmost importance to her. This is most especially true for men she’s dating. In an effort to keep them close, given the fact that she craves their attention and affection as a form of her own personal validation, she will bend over backward to please them, even if it means ignoring her own beliefs, enduring emotional pain, or disregarding the feelings of others with whom she is close. For example, if a boyfriend decided Lynne didn’t spend enough time with him and asked her to spend less time with her friends, she would go above and beyond, likely cutting her friends off entirely to devote her time to said boyfriend. All in all, Lynne has a lot of layers, but she simply chooses not to reveal her full self to just anyone. For her to do so, Lynne needs to feel close with a person and needs to trust them at least to some degree. There are few people that have been able to gain this status in Lynne's life, but she's always willing to give new people a chance to build a relationship tight enough with her to get there. Weaknesses:
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Hopes/Aspirations: fall in love, find happiness Random facts: Smokes cigarettes regularly (occasionally smokes cloves and will smoke pot if she’s in the presence of people who are also smoking it) and will sleep with practically anyone who'll consent because she craves the sensation of being desired, when she’s single. Social drinker, stress drinker, and stress eater. Her high metabolism has often saved her figure after a break up or the death of a loved one. Has absolutely no desire whatsoever to have children though, knowing Lynne, if the right man came along and married her, she might very well change her tune. | ||
F A M I L Y . & . H I S T O R Y  .FAMILY........................................ Father - Joseph Masters, 49, living, draftsman - married to Amanda; Lynne and her father are about as close as two people with completely opposite views and interests can be. Lynne loves her dad very much, but as they only have their musical taste in common, it's difficult for them to be close. Mother - Amanda Masters, 50, living, unemployed - married to Joseph; Lynne and her mother, however, are very close. Her mother is very open-minded and Lynne tells her everything, usually easily done since she talks to mother almost daily via phone or internet. Brother - Tracy James (TJ) Masters, 24, living, sports coach/medic - single; Lynne and her brother used to be best friends when they first moved to Maryland with the family. They grew apart a little when Lynne went off to school but they're still mostly one another's go-to guy for important things. While there's almost no sibling rivalry when they're alone, when in the presence of other family members, Lynne gets jealous of her brother's apparent successes and the ease with which he seemed to get them. It appears to Lynne that everything great just kind of falls into her brother's lap and resents him a little for it. Aunt - Lisa Waller, 47, living, law student/office assistant - single; Aunt Lisa is closer to Joe than she is with Lynne now, but when Lynne first moved to Omaha, Aunt Lisa not only helped find her a job, but she also let Lynne stay with her until she could find a place of her own, so Aunt Lisa will always hold a special place in Lynne's heart. .HISTORY & EDUCATION........................................ Lynne Masters grew up in somewhat small town New York and moved to a small town in Maryland when she was a junior in high school, when her dad got a better job there. Upon graduation, Lynne headed back to her old hometown for college, though after a single year majoring in Liberal Arts (minoring in Music Education), she decided that she wanted to go to a university in a big city, in hopes of being more intellectually stimulated by the environment and people. She was accepted to a university in Boston, MA, but had to decline the acceptance when the housing was full and decided to wait until the winter semester to try again. In the meantime, she got a job at a local hair salon as a shampoo girl, because it was the only place hiring within walking distance - after losing her best friend in a car wreck as a teenager, she'd been too afraid to learn to drive - and wound up going to cosmetology school on a whim. After graduating, she became a hairstylist, fairly unhappy with her small-town salon and wishing for something bigger. The opportunity came when, after getting engaged to her long-time boyfriend, he asked her to move with him to West Point, NY, where he'd been stationed after joining the Army. She'd gone with him and, after completing hours for reciprocity for her cosmetology license, she was offered an apprentice position at a high-end salon. Soon thereafter, the fiance - who, to this day, she only refers to as The Asshole - broke it off with her, having met someone else. Even after finding him in bed with another woman, Lynne had been willing to ‘make it work,’ but he’d been dead set on breaking up. At that, Lynne packed up her things and moved in with a relative in Omaha, Nebraska, both wanting and needing to be as far away from New York as she feasibly could be at the time. Rather than deal with the financial and stress-filled mess of changing over her cosmetology license again, Lynne took up a bartending job at a local dive bar called Catch 22 - a favor her aunt called in to her friend who owned the place being the proverbial foot in the door for Lynne, where she currently was employed until, upon receiving a decent sum of money from her parents as a gift right around the time she got her income tax return and decided to move onward and upward, so she headed out in search of something new and exciting. She found Seattle somewhere along the way and applied for a job doing something with which she was familiar - bartending - and was hired. Part of the allure of Colorado Springs was the opportunity to start with a clean slate; no one would know her or her past, so she could start fresh. If, she decided, she didn't like it, she had no ties to it and wouldn't miss it if she left. Education:
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R E L A T I O N S H I P S . & . S T O R Y L I N E S  STORYLINES........................................ Storylines Filled: N/A Storylines Wanted The Sibling: Even when trying to start over, sometimes it's nice to have a familiar face. Lynne might have some resentment issues with her brother, revolving around how easy life has been for him so far, but she still loves him and considers him a friend as much as a sibling. filled by: tjmastersThe Best Friend: Everybody needs someone to call their bestie. Lynne is no exception. She would love to have someone she feels comfortable being herself around and has the trust in to be able to tell this person everything. This person will have the most of Lynne's loyalty and Lynne will spend lots of time with this person, investing herself in getting to know all about them and having tons of fun with them. filled by: journalnameThe Frienemy: By definition, a "toxic" person who poses as a friend but subconsciously or consciously wishes you harm. This person would likely be female and could be any age but would have to be very good at hiding the enemy part, as Lynne is not often likely to let women in as friends, because on the whole, she doesn't trust them. This person and the many like them she has encountered in life is exactly why. filled by: journalnameThe Crush: Life wouldn't be complete without a love interest. Lynne has a tendency to crush on guys (or girls) with whom she is close, but most of the time, also people who are not available, either emotionally or otherwise. This person would either be in a relationship, would not be in a place emotionally where they want or can handle a relationship, or may just not be attracted to Lynne romantically. S/He may or may not be aware of Lynne's affection, but would not be the sort of person who would hold it over her head, if s/he did. In fact, s/he would be more likely to pretend that s/he didn't know, if s/he did. This person will be somewhere between 24 and 30 years old and is not likely to have intimidatingly good looks, but more likely an All-American sort of look or maybe Boy/Girl Next Door. filled by: jensenconnersThe Unrequited: And she doesn't even notice. This person may be a good friend of Lynne's, an acquaintence, a co-worker, or just someone she knows in passing, but they like her a lot and, unfortunately, she hasn't noticed or has noticed and is pretending not to have because she isn't interested. This person can be male or female, preferably male, and could be any age. filled by: journalname.RELATIONSHIPS........................................ | ||
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| Player: JEN Age: 29 OOC AIM: RockinTheHD Email: MISTOJEN[at]GMAIL[dot]COM Preferred form of contact: Doesn't matter! :) Timezone: EST Experience AIM Logging: 13+ YEARS Experience IJ/Forum: SEE CDJ mistojenSamples: Lynne's Samples Game: Lennox Building | ||