KWON, TOBY MASON

[TOBY MASON KWON]

* toby m. kwon ,

* start with basics ,
[ I'M SWIMMING IN THE SMOKE OF BRIDGES I HAVE BURNED ]

FULL NAME Toby Mason Kwon

NICKNAMES Prefers Toby

DATE OF BIRTH November 28th

AGE Sixteen

GRADE/YEAR Eleventh

ELEMENT Thunder

SEXUALITY Heterosexual

MARITAL STATUS Single

* into the mirror ,
[ AGAINST MY WILL I STAND BESIDE MY OWN REFLECTION ]

CELEBRITY CLAIM Junhyung Yong

EYE COLOUR Dark brown

HAIR COLOUR Brown (but changes on occasion)

HEIGHT & WEIGHT 5'6" and 136 lbs.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES No distinguishable scars, though he probably has a few from random scrapes in the past. He has his ears pierced, one hole in each ear, and does tend to mess around with hair colors on occasion (influence of his dear cousin Pacey). No tattoos, yet.

CLOTHING STYLE Toby is fairly simple when it comes to clothing. He likes jeans and t-shirts, and likes wearing long sleeves underneath his t-shirts in the cooler weather. Tennis shoes and other comfy footwear are his preference if he has to wear them, but if he can avoid them he will. Barefoot is the way to go. He does like hats, though.

* deeper than skin ,
[ TAKE EVERYTHING FROM THE INSIDE & THROW IT ALL AWAY ]

POSITIVE TRAITS

• Self assured
  
• Thick skinned
  
• Humble
  
• Funny
  
• Creative
  
• Observant
  
  

NEGATIVE TRAITS

• Grumpy
  
• Cynical
  
• Vengeful
  
• Stubborn
  
• Intolerant
  
• Insensitive
  
  

LIKES

• Doodling
  
• Food
  
• Thunderstorms
  
• Solitude
  
• His family
  
• Sleeping
  
• Music
  
• His dog
  
  

DISLIKES

• Most people
  
• Gossip
  
• Soup
  
• Cigarettes
  
• Cats
  
• Cards
  
• Asparagus
  
• Cooking
  
  

STRENGTHS

• Creative
  
• Confident
  
• Protective
  

WEAKNESSES

• Cynical
  
• Bitter
  
• Stubborn
  

FEARS

• Losing his sister
  
• Going blind
  
• Suffocating
  

BEST MEMORY When he managed to win first place in an art competition at a local art fair. It was nothing spectacular but the ribbon became a prized possession and a good memory.

WORST MEMORY Leaving his family behind in Toronto when he left for the Academy; not only his parents and younger sister, but his cousins as well. He misses them a lot and—although Pacey is at school with him—there are times when he feels homesick.

LONG-TERM GOAL To make something of himself in the future, though what that ‘something’ is he is not quite sure yet. Graduating high school and moving onto college is the only thing on his mind in terms of extended goals right now.

* past reflections ,
[ SOMETIMES I REMEMBER THE DARKNESS OF MY PAST ]

MOTHER Sasha Elizabeth Kwon (45), Restaurant owner. - Thunder

FATHER Derek Bryan Kwon (43), Restaurant owner. - Wind

SIBLINGS Sydney Charlotte Kwon (14), Student. - Human

OTHER Isis (3), Poodle

HISTORY As always, everything starts when the parents meet, date, fall in love, and get married. Sasha and Derek were no different; they met at the Academy in college, not having run into one another too often in high school due to different elements and grades. They remained friends throughout this time. It wasn’t until later in their mid-twenties when they met up in Toronto and began to date that things progressed. They were married when she was 27, and gave birth to Toby a couple of years later. They were a small family but beyond them were cousins, aunts, uncles, and siblings that they leaned on and spent time with on a regular basis. They were all fairly tight-knit. When Toby was two, his sister Sydney was born. Even at a young age the two were inseparable. He protected her and cherished her, though they have their spats like most siblings do. He always said that it was okay for him to pick on her, but if anyone else made an attempt they could be sure of a fight. And although Toby had a sibling, he always considered his cousins to be of the same rank as Sydney. Pacey was the one he attached to the quickest though. The two grew up together.

When he turned eight, Sasha and Derek decided they were finally going to start up their restaurant. They had taken on whatever jobs they could to scrape money together, hoping that it would become a success and their family would be well supported. It was not a large restaurant, but the locals loved the food and thus they made enough to pay back the starter loans and begin truly making money for themselves. They were not rolling in money like Pacey’s family but it was good income and they were comfortable and happy. Toby certainly didn’t mind. Money became difficult when he turned nine, however, when the boy began to struggle with his eyesight. Reading the boards at school was difficult and a lot of things were blurred or fuzzy. Concerned, his parents took him to the optometrist to find out what was wrong. Turned out the right eye was stronger than the left; if they had not taken steps to solve the problem he would have gone blind in at least one eye, if not both. The experience frightened him. Fortunately they managed to salvage his eyesight but he needs to wear glasses when reading or looking at the board in class. This led to his fear of going blind.

Of course it was all in due time when his element surfaced at the age of fourteen. Both of his parents were elementals so Toby figured he might be one too, and felt proud of his Thunder abilities. It came at a price when Sasha and Derek knew that it was time to send him to the Academy. He wasn’t all too thrilled about leaving his family behind in Toronto for school, but they didn’t give him a chance to argue. Soon he was in the dorms at the Academy with a slew of people he was not familiar with. It was a hard struggle and one that he did not cope with very well in the beginning. He was not the type to trust quickly or open up willingly and thus friend-making was not easy. Luckily Pacey was there…unfortunately he was an Earth elemental and that placed them on opposite sides of the alliance. It made Toby irritable but left well enough alone, knowing loyalty to his element was important. He looks forward to getting out of high school and possibly finding a place of his own, though moving back to Toronto did cross his mind. Life is unpredictable so there is nothing set in stone for now.

* puppet on a string ,
[ SOMETHING INSIDE ME THAT PULLS BENEATH THE SURFACE ]

YOUR NAME Polaris

YOUR AGE Dust in the wind.

RP EXPERIENCE A lot

HOW'D YOU FIND US? Pffffft. Places.

SECRET WORD Correct.

RP SAMPLE

I'M GONNA POP SOME TAGS ONLY GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET~

[STARK FROM JOISEY]

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* accepted ,

WELCOME___TO THE ACADEMY !

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