Post by Talan McInnis on Sept 8, 2006 10:48:52 GMT -5
Name: Talan Engel McInnis
Age:
Sex: Male
Height: 6’ 1”
Weight: 175 lbs
Appearance: With dirty blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes, Talan tends to make girls croon. He stands at 6’ and weighs approximately 175lbs. He is in very good shape and enjoys working out. He is always wearing a necklace of a cross that his sister gave him. Has various tattoos. Nothing huge or anything. Many faded scars.
He can come off as punk with a serious attitude problem, or a gentlemen. The punk seems to show more often.
Personality: It is hard to pinpoint an exact personality for Talan. One day he can be social, clever, funny, and charismatic, while the next he could be completely aloof and act oblivious to those around him, though most can tell he is just ignoring everything. More often than not he is detached as-of-late.
When he wants to be though, he can be very charming. Although he has always been a big softy for a lady in distress, he has begun to hate himself for being that way and tries to go against his urge to help them. Often, he is not successful.
No matter which of his attitudes he takes on, he is always intelligent (even if he doesn’t show it), street smart, and most importantly utterly devoted to those that he loves. You will not find him without a picture of his family in his wallet.
History: Talan was born with a great deal of bad substances in his system because of his parents’ transgressions and the doctors said it was a miracle that he wasn’t born addicted, with dramatic defects, or both. Without any hesitation the doctors called in the authorities and Talan was taken to be given out for adoption.
Josten and Emmalee McInnis were a godsend. They were a wonderful couple who adopted Talan and came to love him completely and unconditionally as though he were their very own flesh and blood. At a very early age, his parents recognized an incredible intelligence in the boy and did everything to develop it fully. The schools that tested him said he could move up several grades, but his parents didn’t want him to grow up to fast and wanted him to just be a kid. They felt that moving him up several grades would result in him losing some of his childhood. So he continued on at the pace of others his age, always excelling in academics as well as sports.
Their family was also blessed with another child when Talan was six years old, and it just so happened that the baby girl was his sister out of the same biological parents. The two became very close. Kiara absolutely adores Talan and vice versa. She has always looked up to him and he has always looked out for her.
Unfortunately, Talan would go on to become a big part of a bad crowd. At the age of 14, Adriana Mitchell and Matthew Longmire (his biological parents) contacted him and started trying to manipulate him. At first, it didn’t work. Since he never told anybody that they were in touch with him, they were able to keep persisting until that one small part of him (that part that wanted to have a relationship with his real parents) gave in to their requests.
By this time he was 15 years old, popular, top of his class, captain of the basketball team, quarterback for the football team, and then… he started doing Adriana and Matthew‘s bidding. That was all he did. He managed to help his biological parents without getting involved in the same problems, though he did pick up the bad habit of smoking cigarettes. Even if he was able to avoid that aspect of the world he had become apart of, any involvement whatsoever can seriously mess people up. His grades dropped, he stopped participating in sports, and he became detached, except with his sister. He was determined to keep her out of that world and he did.
But in the meantime, he developed a reputation in school as a bad boy of sorts. He never got caught doing anything wrong, but all the other students knew the stuff he was involved in. His parents and teachers were baffled at his change in behavior and could not determine what was wrong. They were seeing this student with such amazing ability throw it away. He would only do just enough work to get by. Whenever he took tests he would pass with flying colors and those were what held his grades up to average. Needless to say, his parents became increasingly frustrated with him because he had so much potential and they had believed in him wholeheartedly.
His social/romantic life would not fair much better. The majority of his time out side of school was spent wooing girls, partying, still aiding his real parents in their activities, or any combination of the three.
When it came to the opposite sex, he always admired them. He often says how he loves women. Don’t get him wrong. He is not talking in that asshole, womanizer kind of way. He loves everything about them. Their femininity, their intuitiveness, their understanding, even their cattiness that they can have. One of the things he hates the most is seeing a girl in pain and he wont hesitate to try and make her feel better, often taking them in his arms if they allow him to do so. He feels like they should never have to cry and that by giving them a hug he somehow can shield them from their anguish.
Being the big softy that he was when it came to girls, it sort of became a double edged sword. He had a lot of girlfriends. By that, I mean a lot of friends that were girls. That never sat well with the girls he would come to date. Anytime one of his many girlfriends had a problem they would come to cry on his shoulder because he was so caring. That caused some deep jealousy and ended a lot of his relationships. He even became thought of as a player as a result. He often regrets ever going as far as he did with most of his girlfriends because the player reputation was extremely unfair to him, but even more so he felt bad for them knowing how much they must regret being involved with him. In the true sense of the word, he was by no means a “player.“ He never cheated and they always ended the relationship. They just assumed he cheated and so that is what he became known for.
All things must come to an end and as he was set to graduate at the age of 17, he was arrested for breaking countless laws. The prosecutor was going to throw the book at Talan and even send him to trial as an adult, but fortunately, his parents were able to cut him a deal as long as he fessed up and told everything he knew about the crowd he had become a part of. That involved snitching on a lot of people. While he didn't get to go to any graduation, he still got his diploma.
He was able to get off with just a slap on the wrist because he turned in numerous people in the area - including Adriana and Matthew. Problem was, that meant he walked out of there with a big target on his forehead.
From 18 to 20, he was always trying to get a job, but his bad rep was known by the whole community. It was impossible for him to find work and he was constantly being put in the hospital by those who wanted revenge because he was a nark. Once again he defied medical reason by surviving the extensive injuries he was suffering on a regular basis. As soon as his parents were assualted on account of him, things had to change.
Soon after his 20th birthday, in the middle of November, they moved away to his father’s home town of Los Angeles, California. Even so, after living there for a short while, his father sat down to have a long talk with him. It wasn’t exactly safe to have him around. He had thoroughly pissed off a lot of people and the family still felt unsafe. It wasn’t too unlikely that they could come after them, even with the huge distance. Besides, he was falling into old habits - at least as far as girls went.
Tired of being such a burden to his family, Talan left and, with his sister’s encouragement, is going to attend school, hopefully get his life back on track, and hopefully fulfill his true potential.
Pets: White German Shepherd (Well Trained)
Picture: www.geocities.com/eighp417/Other/TalanImage.jpg
Age:
Sex: Male
Height: 6’ 1”
Weight: 175 lbs
Appearance: With dirty blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes, Talan tends to make girls croon. He stands at 6’ and weighs approximately 175lbs. He is in very good shape and enjoys working out. He is always wearing a necklace of a cross that his sister gave him. Has various tattoos. Nothing huge or anything. Many faded scars.
He can come off as punk with a serious attitude problem, or a gentlemen. The punk seems to show more often.
Personality: It is hard to pinpoint an exact personality for Talan. One day he can be social, clever, funny, and charismatic, while the next he could be completely aloof and act oblivious to those around him, though most can tell he is just ignoring everything. More often than not he is detached as-of-late.
When he wants to be though, he can be very charming. Although he has always been a big softy for a lady in distress, he has begun to hate himself for being that way and tries to go against his urge to help them. Often, he is not successful.
No matter which of his attitudes he takes on, he is always intelligent (even if he doesn’t show it), street smart, and most importantly utterly devoted to those that he loves. You will not find him without a picture of his family in his wallet.
History: Talan was born with a great deal of bad substances in his system because of his parents’ transgressions and the doctors said it was a miracle that he wasn’t born addicted, with dramatic defects, or both. Without any hesitation the doctors called in the authorities and Talan was taken to be given out for adoption.
Josten and Emmalee McInnis were a godsend. They were a wonderful couple who adopted Talan and came to love him completely and unconditionally as though he were their very own flesh and blood. At a very early age, his parents recognized an incredible intelligence in the boy and did everything to develop it fully. The schools that tested him said he could move up several grades, but his parents didn’t want him to grow up to fast and wanted him to just be a kid. They felt that moving him up several grades would result in him losing some of his childhood. So he continued on at the pace of others his age, always excelling in academics as well as sports.
Their family was also blessed with another child when Talan was six years old, and it just so happened that the baby girl was his sister out of the same biological parents. The two became very close. Kiara absolutely adores Talan and vice versa. She has always looked up to him and he has always looked out for her.
Unfortunately, Talan would go on to become a big part of a bad crowd. At the age of 14, Adriana Mitchell and Matthew Longmire (his biological parents) contacted him and started trying to manipulate him. At first, it didn’t work. Since he never told anybody that they were in touch with him, they were able to keep persisting until that one small part of him (that part that wanted to have a relationship with his real parents) gave in to their requests.
By this time he was 15 years old, popular, top of his class, captain of the basketball team, quarterback for the football team, and then… he started doing Adriana and Matthew‘s bidding. That was all he did. He managed to help his biological parents without getting involved in the same problems, though he did pick up the bad habit of smoking cigarettes. Even if he was able to avoid that aspect of the world he had become apart of, any involvement whatsoever can seriously mess people up. His grades dropped, he stopped participating in sports, and he became detached, except with his sister. He was determined to keep her out of that world and he did.
But in the meantime, he developed a reputation in school as a bad boy of sorts. He never got caught doing anything wrong, but all the other students knew the stuff he was involved in. His parents and teachers were baffled at his change in behavior and could not determine what was wrong. They were seeing this student with such amazing ability throw it away. He would only do just enough work to get by. Whenever he took tests he would pass with flying colors and those were what held his grades up to average. Needless to say, his parents became increasingly frustrated with him because he had so much potential and they had believed in him wholeheartedly.
His social/romantic life would not fair much better. The majority of his time out side of school was spent wooing girls, partying, still aiding his real parents in their activities, or any combination of the three.
When it came to the opposite sex, he always admired them. He often says how he loves women. Don’t get him wrong. He is not talking in that asshole, womanizer kind of way. He loves everything about them. Their femininity, their intuitiveness, their understanding, even their cattiness that they can have. One of the things he hates the most is seeing a girl in pain and he wont hesitate to try and make her feel better, often taking them in his arms if they allow him to do so. He feels like they should never have to cry and that by giving them a hug he somehow can shield them from their anguish.
Being the big softy that he was when it came to girls, it sort of became a double edged sword. He had a lot of girlfriends. By that, I mean a lot of friends that were girls. That never sat well with the girls he would come to date. Anytime one of his many girlfriends had a problem they would come to cry on his shoulder because he was so caring. That caused some deep jealousy and ended a lot of his relationships. He even became thought of as a player as a result. He often regrets ever going as far as he did with most of his girlfriends because the player reputation was extremely unfair to him, but even more so he felt bad for them knowing how much they must regret being involved with him. In the true sense of the word, he was by no means a “player.“ He never cheated and they always ended the relationship. They just assumed he cheated and so that is what he became known for.
All things must come to an end and as he was set to graduate at the age of 17, he was arrested for breaking countless laws. The prosecutor was going to throw the book at Talan and even send him to trial as an adult, but fortunately, his parents were able to cut him a deal as long as he fessed up and told everything he knew about the crowd he had become a part of. That involved snitching on a lot of people. While he didn't get to go to any graduation, he still got his diploma.
He was able to get off with just a slap on the wrist because he turned in numerous people in the area - including Adriana and Matthew. Problem was, that meant he walked out of there with a big target on his forehead.
From 18 to 20, he was always trying to get a job, but his bad rep was known by the whole community. It was impossible for him to find work and he was constantly being put in the hospital by those who wanted revenge because he was a nark. Once again he defied medical reason by surviving the extensive injuries he was suffering on a regular basis. As soon as his parents were assualted on account of him, things had to change.
Soon after his 20th birthday, in the middle of November, they moved away to his father’s home town of Los Angeles, California. Even so, after living there for a short while, his father sat down to have a long talk with him. It wasn’t exactly safe to have him around. He had thoroughly pissed off a lot of people and the family still felt unsafe. It wasn’t too unlikely that they could come after them, even with the huge distance. Besides, he was falling into old habits - at least as far as girls went.
Tired of being such a burden to his family, Talan left and, with his sister’s encouragement, is going to attend school, hopefully get his life back on track, and hopefully fulfill his true potential.
Pets: White German Shepherd (Well Trained)
Picture: www.geocities.com/eighp417/Other/TalanImage.jpg
