Post by Eric Buellib Moss on Feb 1, 2011 12:49:10 GMT -5
Full Name: Eric Buellib Moss (Doesn’t it flow /so/ well? *punched*)
State: The Province of Maine. (Once know as “The State of Maine”.)
State Nickname: The Pine Tree State
Capital: Augusta
Country: ..... Canada... >.>
Affiliation: Rebels.
Date of Birth: Was founded in 1607, Became Province of Maine in 1622, was sold to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1677 who he was a part of until he finally gained his independence on March 15, 1820.
Appearance:
Most people consider Maine to be extremely cute because he has such a childish face. His eyes are fairly large and round for a guy, and are an extremely dark shade of brown. He has a round button nose that adds to this baby face.
His hair is really dark, being a shade of brown-red thats so dark it almost looks black. It is also about neck length, and is rather curly.
Eric has rather pale skin, but despite that, he tans quite easily.
Andand.. there is one thing Eric is completely and utterly shy about...He is completely covered, from head to toe, with dark freckles that always seem to pop out even more when he gets that tan.
As for height, he stands at 5'11"... and hates that he doesn't have that extra one inch, but he knows it can't be helped. Most people say that he is extremely childish, and he has the looks to match it, but he just denies it.
Likes:
- Lobsters;; DUH! Isn't that all Maine is known for? He's a great fisher and pretty much enjoys everything there is about lobsters and seafood.
- Fishing;; And he is the best damn fisher you'll ever lay eyes on, he knows quite a lot about the water and the fish that live there, and he'll tell you the easiest way to catch fish no matter where you are.
- Whales;; A lot live near his home, and he has learned to calm his nerves simply by watching their tails moves in and out of the water.
- Lighthouses;; Um. There are a lot of them in his home. ANd he really enjoys the look and feel of them. ANd plus, they help keep him safe when he stays out a little longer than he intended.
Dislikes: Just about anything else but more specifically...
- England;; Yes. Maine has great issues with England that have to do with land and money. Please don't mention this to him, or he'll get annoyed that he never went through with that war of his.
- Canada;; He had border issues with Canada, and on top of that he hates the stupid "shy" and "woe is me attitude" of this country.
- Massachusetts;; Just. Just don't even go here.
Strengths:
- His isolation from the other states. The only other state that borders him is New Hampshire... and everyone know there ain't much in New Hampshire. ;D
- He is an amazing sailor, so water is a big advantage. He can use it sail away, and away, and AWAYYYY~~
- He considers his emotional distance from those around him to be one of his biggest strengths. He feels that if he isn't close to people, then people won't hurt him...right? Right?
Weaknesses:
- He lets his emotions get in the way, more than he should. He has no idea how to relate to people, and gets flustered so easily that it often causes more trouble than good.
- The fact that he is sort of isolated is also a weakness as well as a strength. This means that if someone did happen to attack him... he'd be S.O.L. until someone comes to help him..
- He is very unrelatable. Most people find it hard to have the most basic of comversations with him, and thus is very often unable to get what he wants to say across, even when he is actually trying his best...
Personality:
Maine is actually quite a tsundere…but at the same time, he isn’t.
See the thing is... he is a loud-mouthed punk. Most people and other states find him to be irritable and pessimistic. He is bossy and demanding, and will often times pout if he doesn’t get his way.
But the odd thing about Maine is, while he may seem to be cold and distant, there is a very sweet and loving side to him that most don’t know about. Well… one person does, and that is Arizona. Arizona is practically his partner in crime and he’d do just about anything for her. Why yes. He is quite in love with her.
And no. He doesn’t show it the usual tsuntsun way most of the time. Although there are times when he can get mad at her… or more like flustered. Embarrassed-flustered. Yes.
When people are close to him, often times he’ll develop this playful personality that consists of non-stop teasing and pouting on his part, which used to leave Alfred wondering if this kid was actually a woman.. Because yes. Maine can often have the sensitivity and emotion changes of a woman... Oh and his teasing is more like a grumpy kind of teasing, not like the…poke your nose and run kind… it’s hard to explain.
He also has a bit of a freaky side, which is only revealed when someone gets really, really close to him, which doesn’t happen often. He loves to sing, and to dance, even though he’s not a good dancer, and only a decent singer. He plays the guitar quite well, and he loves to give people gifts, even if they can be a bit... strange at times. And yes… Arizona has received quite a few of these gifts.
NoMainedidNOTgetheranextensioncordandscrunchiesthanksforasking.
Maine hates new people. A lot. If he doesn’t know you, then you are nothing to him. Maine will not come to your defense, he will not care about you, nor we have second thoughts about hurting your feelings. Its sadly the truth. He doesn’t want a connection, he won’t make one. Sorry. That’s just how he is.
Relationships:
- The other states make fun of him saying that “Massachusetts” is his dad. But he vehemently denies that.
- He looks up to New Hampshire a lot simply because he is the only state that borders him and New Hampshire has been in his life from the beginning.
- Arizona. He isn't quite sure of how this happened. But he has developed an extremely close bond with her.
History:
Okay. Here’s the whole history of Maine is a few short sentences for your reading pleasure.
Maine was originally inhabited by Indians of the Micmac, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki, and Penobscot tribes. Even he is unsure as to whether he was discovered by Vikings from Norway or France and England first, but either way, he ended up becoming a territory of England for a short amount of time. But this time was of course, VERY short, because it was only a couple of years before he became a part of Massachusetts.
He was a territory of Massachusetts for almost two hundred years, and while, at the beginning, Massachusetts was somewhat attentive, Maine eventually grew to hating being under his/her control. Massachusetts didn’t really give Maine the attention he needed or wanted, and appeared to be more interested in their own goals, leaving Maine to his own accord.
But he was still unable to do anything that he truly wanted, because Massachusetts wouldn’t listen to his input and simply shoved him off as some kind of unknowing child.
It wasn’t until after the War of 1812 that Maine finally decided that he was beyond fed up with being ignored by Massachusetts. You see, the war left him in shambles, and Massachusetts had done nothing to help him out. So after this war ended, Maine began to act up. He began to protest for his independence, and it wasn’t until March 15, 1820 that he finally got his way, and became the State of Maine.
And only a few years later, Maine was still feeling pretty cocky, actually quite cocky about breaking away from Massachusetts, so he ended up getting into a border dispute with Great Britain. His border with New Brunswick, Canada was pretty sketchy, so both him and British North America *coughcough* Canada *cough*, marched their troops to the border…but this only ended in an agreement over a neutral area, and no one actually got hurt or died in this skirmish.
This neutral area still wasn’t enough for Maine though, and he continued to whine about it until Alfred and Matthew finally got pissed off enough to give him most of the disputed area.
The rest of Maine’s history isn’t that great to be noted here. Of course he fought on the Union side in the civil war. The South don’t know what they are talking about anyway.
But when the fight between the states started up again, Maine found that he didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t figure out what to do with himself. While he was still the cocky asshole that he was during the 1800s, his alliances and trusts had shifted, and he ended up not going to the sides of a few people he loved… which ended badly for him.
He ended up being sucked up by Canada to be protected… and even after only a few years in… he’s learning to hate it more and more.
RP Sample:
Maine practically jumped out his shoes...no, boots when Arizona opened the door. Why, oh why did she have to answer? Now he didn’t know what to say. Now he was going to have to go on a long ramble about nothing. Now he was going to have to explain his stupid outfit. But luckily, Arizona didn’t even give him a chance to speak. This girl was quick.
... Even though the first thing she noticed was his stupid hat, and was even quick to fix it for him.
“I’m not trying to impress you...” He blushed deeply, scratching the back of his head, “I was kinda... trying to blend in.” He said the last few words quietly and quickly, “And I can see it didn’t work... I stick out like a sore thumb!” A laugh found its way from the bottom of his throat, and settled itself awkwardly in the air. How could he be so dumb though? It wasn’t like he’d ever seen Arizona wearing clothes like that... had he? Maybe he’d seen Texas wearing clothes like that... But definitely not Arizona. That he could remember... although he was going to have to admit to himself, Arizona would probably look smokin’ in an outfit like this. Unlike him, who just looked awkward and somewhat out of place in it.
“What do you want?”
Her voice rang clear in his head. And his anger rose.
“What am I not allowed to stop by to say ‘hi’ to a friend while I’m running errands?” He rolled his eyes, “Now let me in. The sun here is too damn bright.” He put his hand over his eyes to block it. The sun sure was bright in the desert. Not like the forests and rainy seaports that he was used to. He wasn’t even sure if Arizona had any seaports at all. Wait, Arizona was landlocked so why would there be any seaports? Why was he thinking so stupidly right now? Stupid girl. She was making him lose his cool.
And he was really hoping he’d be able to at least keep it somewhat when he came to deliver his real reason to visiting Arizona to her. He knew she was the only state that wouldn’t think he was crazy and have him locked away, or worse... have him arrested herself.
... Cause she was in the same predicament as he was. She had lost everything... and even though one of those losses-- Well he gone and that was all that mattered.
Maine pulled the hat over his eyes, trying to hide his embarrassment.
OOC Information
Name: My name is Courtney. Just call me Chilly if you will.
Other States: Right now. None. But I may pick up another later.
Chantango: On here, I’m “NotAMaineCoon” But you might also see me around as, “ChillyPuppy”, “ShakeYourGrooveThing”, “ThatFrenchman”, or “ItsKoldInRussia”.
State: The Province of Maine. (Once know as “The State of Maine”.)
State Nickname: The Pine Tree State
Capital: Augusta
Country: ..... Canada... >.>
Affiliation: Rebels.
Date of Birth: Was founded in 1607, Became Province of Maine in 1622, was sold to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1677 who he was a part of until he finally gained his independence on March 15, 1820.
Appearance:
Most people consider Maine to be extremely cute because he has such a childish face. His eyes are fairly large and round for a guy, and are an extremely dark shade of brown. He has a round button nose that adds to this baby face.
His hair is really dark, being a shade of brown-red thats so dark it almost looks black. It is also about neck length, and is rather curly.
Eric has rather pale skin, but despite that, he tans quite easily.
Andand.. there is one thing Eric is completely and utterly shy about...He is completely covered, from head to toe, with dark freckles that always seem to pop out even more when he gets that tan.
As for height, he stands at 5'11"... and hates that he doesn't have that extra one inch, but he knows it can't be helped. Most people say that he is extremely childish, and he has the looks to match it, but he just denies it.
Likes:
- Lobsters;; DUH! Isn't that all Maine is known for? He's a great fisher and pretty much enjoys everything there is about lobsters and seafood.
- Fishing;; And he is the best damn fisher you'll ever lay eyes on, he knows quite a lot about the water and the fish that live there, and he'll tell you the easiest way to catch fish no matter where you are.
- Whales;; A lot live near his home, and he has learned to calm his nerves simply by watching their tails moves in and out of the water.
- Lighthouses;; Um. There are a lot of them in his home. ANd he really enjoys the look and feel of them. ANd plus, they help keep him safe when he stays out a little longer than he intended.
Dislikes: Just about anything else but more specifically...
- England;; Yes. Maine has great issues with England that have to do with land and money. Please don't mention this to him, or he'll get annoyed that he never went through with that war of his.
- Canada;; He had border issues with Canada, and on top of that he hates the stupid "shy" and "woe is me attitude" of this country.
- Massachusetts;; Just. Just don't even go here.
Strengths:
- His isolation from the other states. The only other state that borders him is New Hampshire... and everyone know there ain't much in New Hampshire. ;D
- He is an amazing sailor, so water is a big advantage. He can use it sail away, and away, and AWAYYYY~~
- He considers his emotional distance from those around him to be one of his biggest strengths. He feels that if he isn't close to people, then people won't hurt him...right? Right?
Weaknesses:
- He lets his emotions get in the way, more than he should. He has no idea how to relate to people, and gets flustered so easily that it often causes more trouble than good.
- The fact that he is sort of isolated is also a weakness as well as a strength. This means that if someone did happen to attack him... he'd be S.O.L. until someone comes to help him..
- He is very unrelatable. Most people find it hard to have the most basic of comversations with him, and thus is very often unable to get what he wants to say across, even when he is actually trying his best...
Personality:
Maine is actually quite a tsundere…but at the same time, he isn’t.
See the thing is... he is a loud-mouthed punk. Most people and other states find him to be irritable and pessimistic. He is bossy and demanding, and will often times pout if he doesn’t get his way.
But the odd thing about Maine is, while he may seem to be cold and distant, there is a very sweet and loving side to him that most don’t know about. Well… one person does, and that is Arizona. Arizona is practically his partner in crime and he’d do just about anything for her. Why yes. He is quite in love with her.
And no. He doesn’t show it the usual tsuntsun way most of the time. Although there are times when he can get mad at her… or more like flustered. Embarrassed-flustered. Yes.
When people are close to him, often times he’ll develop this playful personality that consists of non-stop teasing and pouting on his part, which used to leave Alfred wondering if this kid was actually a woman.. Because yes. Maine can often have the sensitivity and emotion changes of a woman... Oh and his teasing is more like a grumpy kind of teasing, not like the…poke your nose and run kind… it’s hard to explain.
He also has a bit of a freaky side, which is only revealed when someone gets really, really close to him, which doesn’t happen often. He loves to sing, and to dance, even though he’s not a good dancer, and only a decent singer. He plays the guitar quite well, and he loves to give people gifts, even if they can be a bit... strange at times. And yes… Arizona has received quite a few of these gifts.
NoMainedidNOTgetheranextensioncordandscrunchiesthanksforasking.
Maine hates new people. A lot. If he doesn’t know you, then you are nothing to him. Maine will not come to your defense, he will not care about you, nor we have second thoughts about hurting your feelings. Its sadly the truth. He doesn’t want a connection, he won’t make one. Sorry. That’s just how he is.
Relationships:
- The other states make fun of him saying that “Massachusetts” is his dad. But he vehemently denies that.
- He looks up to New Hampshire a lot simply because he is the only state that borders him and New Hampshire has been in his life from the beginning.
- Arizona. He isn't quite sure of how this happened. But he has developed an extremely close bond with her.
History:
Okay. Here’s the whole history of Maine is a few short sentences for your reading pleasure.
Maine was originally inhabited by Indians of the Micmac, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki, and Penobscot tribes. Even he is unsure as to whether he was discovered by Vikings from Norway or France and England first, but either way, he ended up becoming a territory of England for a short amount of time. But this time was of course, VERY short, because it was only a couple of years before he became a part of Massachusetts.
He was a territory of Massachusetts for almost two hundred years, and while, at the beginning, Massachusetts was somewhat attentive, Maine eventually grew to hating being under his/her control. Massachusetts didn’t really give Maine the attention he needed or wanted, and appeared to be more interested in their own goals, leaving Maine to his own accord.
But he was still unable to do anything that he truly wanted, because Massachusetts wouldn’t listen to his input and simply shoved him off as some kind of unknowing child.
It wasn’t until after the War of 1812 that Maine finally decided that he was beyond fed up with being ignored by Massachusetts. You see, the war left him in shambles, and Massachusetts had done nothing to help him out. So after this war ended, Maine began to act up. He began to protest for his independence, and it wasn’t until March 15, 1820 that he finally got his way, and became the State of Maine.
And only a few years later, Maine was still feeling pretty cocky, actually quite cocky about breaking away from Massachusetts, so he ended up getting into a border dispute with Great Britain. His border with New Brunswick, Canada was pretty sketchy, so both him and British North America *coughcough* Canada *cough*, marched their troops to the border…but this only ended in an agreement over a neutral area, and no one actually got hurt or died in this skirmish.
This neutral area still wasn’t enough for Maine though, and he continued to whine about it until Alfred and Matthew finally got pissed off enough to give him most of the disputed area.
The rest of Maine’s history isn’t that great to be noted here. Of course he fought on the Union side in the civil war. The South don’t know what they are talking about anyway.
But when the fight between the states started up again, Maine found that he didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t figure out what to do with himself. While he was still the cocky asshole that he was during the 1800s, his alliances and trusts had shifted, and he ended up not going to the sides of a few people he loved… which ended badly for him.
He ended up being sucked up by Canada to be protected… and even after only a few years in… he’s learning to hate it more and more.
RP Sample:
Maine practically jumped out his shoes...no, boots when Arizona opened the door. Why, oh why did she have to answer? Now he didn’t know what to say. Now he was going to have to go on a long ramble about nothing. Now he was going to have to explain his stupid outfit. But luckily, Arizona didn’t even give him a chance to speak. This girl was quick.
... Even though the first thing she noticed was his stupid hat, and was even quick to fix it for him.
“I’m not trying to impress you...” He blushed deeply, scratching the back of his head, “I was kinda... trying to blend in.” He said the last few words quietly and quickly, “And I can see it didn’t work... I stick out like a sore thumb!” A laugh found its way from the bottom of his throat, and settled itself awkwardly in the air. How could he be so dumb though? It wasn’t like he’d ever seen Arizona wearing clothes like that... had he? Maybe he’d seen Texas wearing clothes like that... But definitely not Arizona. That he could remember... although he was going to have to admit to himself, Arizona would probably look smokin’ in an outfit like this. Unlike him, who just looked awkward and somewhat out of place in it.
“What do you want?”
Her voice rang clear in his head. And his anger rose.
“What am I not allowed to stop by to say ‘hi’ to a friend while I’m running errands?” He rolled his eyes, “Now let me in. The sun here is too damn bright.” He put his hand over his eyes to block it. The sun sure was bright in the desert. Not like the forests and rainy seaports that he was used to. He wasn’t even sure if Arizona had any seaports at all. Wait, Arizona was landlocked so why would there be any seaports? Why was he thinking so stupidly right now? Stupid girl. She was making him lose his cool.
And he was really hoping he’d be able to at least keep it somewhat when he came to deliver his real reason to visiting Arizona to her. He knew she was the only state that wouldn’t think he was crazy and have him locked away, or worse... have him arrested herself.
... Cause she was in the same predicament as he was. She had lost everything... and even though one of those losses-- Well he gone and that was all that mattered.
Maine pulled the hat over his eyes, trying to hide his embarrassment.
OOC Information
Name: My name is Courtney. Just call me Chilly if you will.
Other States: Right now. None. But I may pick up another later.
Chantango: On here, I’m “NotAMaineCoon” But you might also see me around as, “ChillyPuppy”, “ShakeYourGrooveThing”, “ThatFrenchman”, or “ItsKoldInRussia”.