Post by .trace^^ on Oct 23, 2010 10:43:39 GMT -5
t r a c y
l a n c e
a r m s t r o n g -
h a l t z e n f o r d
•stats•
• pronunciation: tray-see lants ahrm-strong hawlts-ehn-fohrd
• nickname(s): trace, sunshine, manwhore, redbeard, long john silver, oompa loompa, and anything else you want to call him
• age: 26
• gender: male
• birthday/sign: may 28 / gemini
• sexual orientation: bisexual
• marital status: widowered
•appearance•
• portrayed by: toby turner
• hair color: auburn
• eye color: brown
• height: 5’6”
• stature: short and skinny. bad combo. a little girl could beat him up.
• marks, scars, tattoos, piercings: most importantly, missing left eye. no fake eye, just a hole. scaffold piercings on each ear. tattoos of bat wings across shoulderblades and lyrics to “somewhere i belong” intricately spiraling around arms, from shoulders to halfway down forearms. scars on the inside of his forearms from cutting. a few other various scars from child abuse, notably a small cut over his left eyebrow.
•• trace has been street-smart and tough-looking since he could crawl. he would be perhaps more daunting if he was taller, but even so he doesn’t appear to be very approachable. his clothes are torn and frayed, his red hair is always messy, his arms are almost completely covered in tattoos and scars, and his left eye is apparently missing. despite being rough around the edges, he actually really enjoys being around other people. he can be found 999/1000 times with a huge grin and energetic body language. p.s. he normally has a thin scruff of beard but they made him shave ;n;
•personality•
•• summarily, trace is a very happy person. he barely ever lets something get him down, and even then, it only happens briefly. he’s very optimistic and always finds light of the worst situations. his greatest pleasure is making other people smile and it sort of really hurts his feelings when he finds someone he can’t make laugh. he loves talking and is quick to show affection, especially to his friends. besides just having company, he very much enjoys sex and is not very picky about who or where he gets it from, although he is admittedly afraid to actually fall in love again.
likes:
• being around other people
• making other people feel good
• talking
• sex
• eating
dislikes:
• responsibility
• people who take others for granted
• being restrained
talents:
• sex
• socializing
• making people smile
• dancing
habits:
• knocking chicks up
• smoking, drinking, drugs
• talking or singing to himself
• self-mutilation
favorites:
• food: peanut butter
• animal: fennec fox
• song: somewhere i belong - linkin park
•records•
• family: parents, edward and jean armstrong. sister, skye. no contact with armstrongs for nine years. son, saul (9).
• friends: none yet here.
• spouse: none.
• health: no lie, he gots him some herpes. has had hepatitis a and syphilis in the past, but was cured. also, missing left eye. wears an eyepatch.
• convictions: trespassing, petty theft, destruction of private property, destruction of public property, public disturbance, public drunkenness, illegal drug possession, illegal possession of a handgun, possession of a stolen vehicle.
• risk: medium.
• length of residency: one month.
• history: tracy armstrong grew up in pain and fear of an abusive father. he was regularly passive and submissive until he entered middle school, when he began acting out socially and physically retaliating when his father came at him, his mother, or his sister. he never made good grades and was disruptive in learning environments, but maintained a generally pleasant demeanor thanks to the support of friends.
his father was really the only person trace ever hated, and, being a natural social butterfly, he loved anyone else’s company. he was actually rather popular through school, although his life was further complicated when he impregnated his sweetheart, stella when the two were sixteen. saul was born when they were seventeen.
trace and stella dropped out of school when they were both eighteen, married with her last name, and rented out an apartment to raise saul together. they both worked full time and still had trouble paying bills. trace especially struggled to hold down a job and went through five low-paying jobs in just two years. his deep love for his wife and son was the only thing that kept him motivated, considering how difficult he found working, holding responsibilities, and not messing up everywhere he turned.
perhaps his greatest screw-up was running the red light with stella in the car. he woke up three days later, cut and bruised, missing an eye and a wife. according to the hospital staff, she had been declared dead upon arrival. trace was devastated and depressed for a few months afterwards, but eventually decided that raising saul was more productive than moping about forever. for two more years, he desperately clung to whatever job he could get, but in the end found himself unable to continue paying bills.
the hardest decision trace ever made was admitting he didn’t have the resources to raise a child and putting saul in foster care at the age of five. shortly afterwards, he lost the apartment and sold the majority of his belongings just for money to eat. he was twenty-two, and after that, he never had a permanent home again. instead, he lived off the streets, migrating from shelter to mission, forced to turn to thievery and drugs. he discovered one of his greatest reliefs to be sex, and frequently took it wherever he could find it. besides temporary physical pleasure, he gained from that habit a small number of stds (all of which he recovered from except herpes because THERE IS NO CURE, FUCKERS).
as things go, eventually trace was picked up by police due to his petty criminal behavior. since he had no home and virtually no family to shelter with, he was shipped off to the wonderful quack shack.
no one is quite sure why he has always maintained a happy attitude, from being abused to being homeless to being in prison... maybe he is just a little crazy.
•out of character•
• name: mink
• other characters: xander, stan and dan, tobey, hunter
• how did you find the site? herp
• favorite flavor of pie? derp