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[ofenigmas]

(Sean Teale) [THE TACITURN]. Please welcome [TALON ROMERO (HE/HIM)] to Huntsville, WV. They are a [32]-year-old [VISITOR] who lives in [TOWN]. You may see them around working as a [FIREFIGHTER at FIRE STATION]. Poor unfortunate soul. We’ll see if they survive. 

BASICS

NAME: talon demetrius romero

BIRTH DATE + AGE: january 16, 1991 – 20:33

GENDER: male

PRONOUNS: he/him

ORIENTATION: heterosexual

OCCUPATION: firefighter at fire station (former mechanic)

BIRTHPLACE: huntsville, west virginia

FAMILY: hector valencia - father (alive), mary-beth romero - mother (alive), beau romero (older half-brother - alive), rhea edward romero (older half-brother - alive), gladiola romero (older half-sister - alive?), hawthorne romero (older half-brother - alive), mallard romero (older half-brother - alive), phoenix romero-sawyer, (older half-brother - alive), cassius romero (younger half-brother - alive), luis valencia (younger half-brother - alive), robert romero (younger half-brother - deceased)

APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: sean teale

EYE COLOR: dark brown

HAIR: dark brown

HEIGHT: 6′3″

TATTOOS: minimalist pentagon tattoo on his left forearm

SCARS/BIRTH MARKS: small number of minor scars from childhood, heart -shaped birthmark on underside of knee

PERSONALITY

ZODIAC: capricorn sun, aquarius moon, virgo rising

MBTI: intj, the mastermind.

ENNEAGRAM: 5w6, the problem solver. self-preservation/sexual subtype.

ALIGNMENT: true neutral / neutral evil

TEMPERAMENT: melancholic

ARCHETYPE: the kinslayer / the outlaw

ELEMENT: earth

ASSOCIATED CHARACTERS:, geralt of rivia, robbie reyes (agents of shield), bellamy blake, warren peace, rhysand from acotar, luke castellan, zuko from atla, maybe dick greyson/robin (teen titans).

AESTHETIC: being lost in a forest in the dead of winter, a silhouette of someone alone in a cemetery, a murder of ravens, always looking over your shoulder, hidden smirks, fists clenched, dread in the form of a foreboding thunderstorm cloud over your head like a cursed crown, checkmate on a chessboard 

tw: death (including significant other), murder, blood, gun injury

talon is the third to last child of the romero family, the younger end of the middle. because of this, most of his half-siblings were halfway or already grown by the time he was born.

in early childhood, talon didn't really socialize with anyone other than his siblings and his books. he had some understanding of his family's reputation, but only enough to know most people thought he was just another person to be wary of.

a middle school talon often wondered who his father was, if he had a family just as large as the romeros out there somewhere who didn't know about him. he learned to internalize this after mary-beth showed no interest in revealing his father or if he even knew talon existed. still booksmart, he was also known to get into fights at school when provoked about his family.

in high school, he was much less prone to being provoked, but still wore the tough outsider kid reputation. he made a close group of friends and even fell in love. perhaps the romeros were not so cursed after all.

a few weeks before graduation, lying on a third-story rooftop with his girlfriend of two years mandy, they discussed their future, going to community college, transferring to WVU for a couple years, and returning to open his own local bookstore. instead, his dreams came to a swift halt as mandy lost her balance and fell off the roof to her death.

despite having been lying on the roof and not even touching her, talon blamed himself for her death. this was only worsened by someone starting a rumor that he must have pushed her. he skipped his diploma walk, stayed in the back of her funeral, and ditched town shortly after.

unsure what to do with himself, talon used dna test results he'd done a few months prior and managed to find his half-brother in florida, who introduced him to his birth father. or... at least, tried to. hector valencia had no interest in bonding with or acknowledging his son he'd never known existed.

talon ended up rooming with his half-brother luis and luis's fraternity brother oliver. it was meant to be a temporary situation, as talon was desperate for finding an income far away from either his hometown or his birth father, but talon was just desperate enough to agree to oliver's methods for "quick cash".

the jobs started out innocuously enough, mostly dropping off oliver at sketchy locations and driving them both home. easy enough. one of oliver's connections even managed to hook talon up with a job at the local mechanic shop. eventually, the jobs grew more dangerous, and talon became well aware he was playing "getaway driver", but at this point he didn't much care.

about a week ago, oliver didn't show up, and talon tracked him down only to discover he'd been shot, a deal gone wrong. he'd refused to go to the hospital, and despite talon's attempts to help, he was too late. he realized how this looked, yet again. if he called for help, he'd be blamed for his involvement, and there was nothing left anyone could do for oliver, so he ran.

no idea where he was going, talon eventually found himself in west virginia, where he hadn't stepped foot in 15 years. feeling just nostalgic enough to drive through town on his way north, talon soon discovered... there was no way out?

generally has no desire to get close to anyone as he feels people who get close to him have a mysterious way of meeting an untimely end.

is still set on leaving town, it hasn't settled yet that this is an impossible task.

currently works as a firefighter.

top 5 theme songs:

destructible - siiickbrain

Uh-oh heads a junkyard so cold midnight graveyard ... Wake me up cause I wanna get away from the trauma can anyone make this better? Every time my hearts under attack I I slam my skull into a wall ...

Uh-oh I feel hollow Seems like there��s no tomorrow Head hurts it might explode Uh-oh need a restart I’ll send you a postcard

empty - letdown 

You don’t know the hell I’ve been through. You don’t know the price I paid. You can’t see the walls I’m bracing, time I’m facing all my days. Every bit of man I once was. Every bit of love that I could have. Setting into motion All the other fear I had. Nobody help me, I'm not cold, I'm empty.

devil doesn’t bargain - alec benjamin  The devil doesn’t bargain It’s useless, don’t do this It’s hubris to try He’s ruthless, you knew this I can see that you’re sure You can change him but I know you won’t He’ll only break your heart again It isn’t worth it, darling He’s never gonna change He’ll never be Prince Charming He’ll only do you harm.

cut my fingers off - ethan bornick 

I fear the people I love most And a disappointed face My unconditional blindfolds And a life that I could waste (ah-ah) Now I never sit up straight And I don't fit the mold -- Lone wolf, thought I'd do better on my own (ah-ah) Lost in a survival TV show

go to war - nothing more

We arm ourselves with the wrongs we've done Name them off one by one Let's go to war

Screaming at the ones we love Like we forgot who we can trust Screaming at the top of our lungs On the grounds where we feel safe Do we feel safe?

— CONNECTIONS: (***most of talon's connections will need to be made on the dash***)

FAMILIAL:

HALF-SIBLING - { 8 / 9 } - open: luis valencia (negotiable on name and surname)

PLATONIC:

INNER CIRCLE - { 6 / 6 } - clara jones, eliana kapur, james brennan, mandy thatcher, ruben hobbes, hanna hobbes - the people in huntsville talon would have once considered his closest friends and his "family". they have matching tattoos.

ROOMMATES - { 1 / 1 } - james brennan - talon will need somewhere to live and is probably sleeping at the fire station rn

ACQUAINTANCES - { 1 / ? } - morgan vovk - anyone who has lived in town over 15 years could have met talon

CO-WORKERS - { 2 / 5 } - phoenix romero-sawyer, riley saunders - others who work at the fire station

ANTAGONISTIC:

ENEMIES - { 1 / ? } - jasper sinclair - anyone who judged him for his closed off nature growing up, or who he hated for mocking his family

DISLIKED - { 0 / ? } - anyone he's met upon arrival and been rude to since

ROMANTIC:

none open currently

OTHER - feel free to hit me up with any other ideas you have as well !

[ofenigmas]

when: day of the flower festival where: flower festival who: @ofescapisms (morgan)

talon is a bit more than a bit drunk at this point, attempting to process everything he's learned from this fun festival where he's gained nothing other than bad news and somehow accidentally winning a floral umbrella. when the bartender asks him what the strangest thing about being back in town is, hearing jasper's boisterous laugh from across the street, he blurts out, "me saca la piedra que el sinclairs vivir después de a pesar de todo". he takes another swig of beer, before glancing at -- "morgan vovk ? " he slurs. after a considerable silence of still ruminating on the bartender's words, he glances back at morgan. "do you not have cable here, then ? you don't have commercials ? no geico gecko ? "

[ofenigmas]

when: day of the flower festival where: flower festival who: @wanderinglcst (matt)

It's mostly the mead that has Talon interacting with strangers, but he is yet again glancing in the direction of someone beside him. It's been a long enough that perhaps he knew all of these people once and he simply doesn't recognize them; an odd thought. "Is there any adequate food at this event ? Something other than..." he pauses, expression discombulant as he looks down at the little cursive sign, "'scrumptious maple bacon cupcakes' ? What's next ? Beef muffins ? "

[ofenigmas]

lana Telling myself I won't go there Oh, but I know that I won't care Souls tied, intertwined by our pride and guilt Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time Hidin' all of our sins from the daylight There's darkness in the distance I'm beggin' for forgiveness (ooh) But I know I might resist it, oh

jasper Telling myself I won't go there Oh, but I know that I won't care This lust is a burden that we both share Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time You and I drink the poison from the same vine Try to follow your light, but it's nighttime Please, don't leave me in the end

talon Telling myself I won't go there Oh, but I know that I won't care Tryna wash away all the blood I've spilt There's darkness in the distance From the way that I've been livin' Can you spare any mercy that you might find If I'm down on my knees again

[ofenigmas]

when: day of the flower festival where: flower festival who: @ofxlilac (chloe)

talon would never attend the town's little festivals even a decade and a half ago, not unless elya or clara or... not unless he'd been dragged. yet, he's ... experiencing some form of prolonged nightmare, or else... some sort of phenomenon he can't seem to comprehend is keeping him trapped in the hometown he shouldn't have even been week enough to drive through. he needed to eat, however, and he... figured perhaps none of his ghosts would attend this festival over the diner, so he'd gone here, instead getting caught up having a bit too much mead. it's this little detail that has him leaning towards the nearest stranger in a conspiratorial fashion. "were you aware that... hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is an actual word ? "