dark days are done — open .

[GREENIE.]

[align=center][div style="width: 430px; text-align: justify; font-family: verdana; font-size: 6pt; letter-spacing: 2.5px; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 12px; color: #000"]❝ Yeah, so if we did it like this— ❞ Green’s brows raised with a hopeful smile on his lips as he pressed his hand against a drab concrete wall, soon pulling his hand away to reveal a bright blue painted handprint ❝ three times… like this… ❞ The children of Flintlock Lodge and Northstar District watched in awe as Green repeated the motion twice more before taking a step back with a smug grin. ❝ It looks like the tail of one of those… chickens. You know the ones, the blue ones with big tails. ❞

One of the Flintlock children, Henry, held onto Charlotte’s hand as he furrowed his brows together. ❝ Wait, like a peacock? ❞ He enquired, Green pointing towards him before he exclaimed, ❝ That’s the one! Those… peacock chickens. ❞ Green turned back to continue trying to make some semblance of the colourful bird on the wall, Henry giving Ida a baffled side glance before he crouched down to look towards the two Flintlock toddlers, Charlotte and Tommy, before he spoke, accompanied with signing for Tommy, ❝ Wanna paint? ❞

Green looked over towards Arlo, a softer smile finding a way on his lips. Arlo was far shyer around the other kids, instead keeping himself close to Green’s side. ❝ Hey, Arlo? ❞ Green questioned, Arlo glancing up before Green pressed a hand against Arlo’s cheek, the young boy gasping before his brows knitted together, trying to look angry even though he was desperately stifling a laugh. ❝ You look like a blueberry. ❞ Green pointed out playfully, Arlo mumbling quietly, ❝ Only half a blueberry. ❞ ❝ Very good point, Arlo. Very good point. How about we paint the other side of your face then? ❞ ❝ No! ❞ Arlo eventually giggled, gently nudging Green away before crouching down to pick up a brush to paint patterns on the wall.

With an amused huff, Green slowly began to retreat to take a closer look at the children as they got on with painting. Soon, it would no longer be a dreary grey wall but one bursting with colour and art. A whimsical, thoughtful smile sat on his lips as he watched the children decorate the wall, slowly nodding his head before glancing over as he saw Finnion wander over, whining, ❝ The wall! It’s too tall! ❞ ❝ You wanna paint higher up? ❞ Green enquired, the young boy nodding his head eagerly before Green wandered over, ❝ All right then. How about... ❞ Lifting the child up with a grunt, he let Finn sit on his shoulders as the child painted the wall, talking to himself attentively. Even though Green was pretty sure he could feel Finn dropping splatters of paint on his head, he still stood patiently as he pointed out Finn's work. ❝ That’s awesome! ❞

[Paige]

"Me?" A smaller voice sounded as Licity watched the other kids and her dad with the paint. She wanted to do it too, but Mom was carrying her so it seemed a deal had to be made. A very simple quick deal.

Paige sighed and brought her over to the other kids "Just don't eat it” she told her toddler, putting her down and taking her hand instead. Felicity said hi to all the kids as they walked by, though Paige was hoping there would be part of the wall that Licity could somehow reach - it seemed she may have to hold her for that to work. "I have a very eager little artist who would like to join you guys, Green. Anywhere she could reach or am I gonna have to risk getting covered in paint too?”

Felicity on the other hand, was too busy watching Finn paint ontop of Green's shoulders.

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And when the time comes — general
▪ Anastasia Montgomery | Anya (rarely allows), Paige | open to nicknames
▪ AFAB | Identifies as female | she/her
▪ 20 | Born May 4th | ages real time
▪ Member of Northstar District
▪ Ex-member of The Badlands | bandana, branded

Explain to the children — physical
♦ Health: 100%
— They stand at 5'6" with medium length wavy brown hair that is mostly always down. She doesn't usually wear makeup and is usually dressed in a way that only can really be described as "tomboy". It should be noted that she has a healed brand from her time as a member of The Badlands. She can usually be seen with her daughter and most likely a northern inuit (direwolves).
— minor injuries: n/a
— major injuries: n/a

The pain and embarrassment — events
▪ 6/27 Felicity said her first word
▪ 3/21 Became a member of Northstar District
▪ 3/7 Visted by Catalyst in Northstar District
▪ 3/1 Fled Badlands to Northstar District

You put their mother through — personality
— She's absolutely a teen mom that is a strong independent woman who refuses she ever needs help and hates people seeing her just as a mom like it's her only worth. Paige is a massive fighter, her dogs are trained to attack on command from Paige and she always has either a large knife or her cross-bow on her at all times. She never seems too happy in all honesty, the happiest she's been seen wasn't until her daughter was born in November.
— Maternal, Happy, Independent
— Violent, Protective, Fighter

When will you learn — relationships
▪ Richard Cassidy x Anastasia Montgomery
▪ Bisexual | Biromantic | Polyamorous
▪ Single | Crushing on no one| Maybe Crushing on no one
▪ Formerly dated Vernon Green
▪ Mother of Felicity Anastasia Green, one year
▪ "Sister" of Catalyst, "Daughter" of Molly and Mordecai
▪ Has four dogs: Atlas (m), North (m), August (m), Echo (f)

That they are your legacy? We are your legacy? — interaction
— Physically intermediate | Mentally easy
— Has four attack dogs (August is worst)
— Uses knife or crossbow
— No killing and ask before major injuries or major interactions
— To attack, [member=9567]Noccy[/member] & attack in #160291
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[mickey]

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— with each passing day, mick felt more withdrawn. he felt helpless against the void that threatened to consume him; a feeling of emptiness that worked its way through his veins like poison. a poison he was painfully used to, and long ago thought he had found the antidote for. but it seemed he could have everything in the world, and it wouldn't be enough to pull him out of this dark place he found himself in. it was no use. perhaps mickey was a lost cause after all, meant to cave under all the pressure the world put on top of him. to wait and see what else could go wrong, in a mindset where everything seemed to be going wrong.

it was difficult to explain such a strong feeling of emptiness when, on the outside, he looked just fine. it was especially harder to explain it when he had no reason in his daily life to feel such a way. sometimes he’d resort to being a bit of a recluse, holing himself away in the house. today was a bit of a different change of pace, seeing him out and about around the district. hands in his pockets, he slowed to a stop at the sight of the kids painting the wall.

he stood a ways away, observing the mural-in-the-making and the kids hard at work. the stirling kids seemed to be enjoying themselves, along with the other flintlock kids... all of them painting the wall without a care, laughing happily with each other was a reassuring sight to see. then again, did he ever doubt green’s ability to make them all feel welcome in the district? not even for a second. his gaze lingered on arlo’s partially-blue face, squinting his eyes just slightly before he asked, “and what happened to you?”
arlo smiled to himself, shaking his head as he painted, mumbling, ”green…”

of course. he looked towards the man in question, watching finn happily paint - perhaps getting more paint on green’s head than the wall itself. crossing his arms over his chest, he sighed gently before he pointed out, “if you wanted to get back at him, now would be a good time.” arlo giggled quietly to himself, looking at green as if he was contemplating it. mick quirked a brow green’s way before looking down towards licity and paige. looking back towards the wall, he searched for an empty spot at felicity’s level. it looked like paige was going to have to risk getting covered in paint, too. "looks like you might have to."

[spoiler=tags ― updated 02/25.][size=8pt]◜BASICS ┊ BURIED MY HEART IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND ◞
‣  ❝ mickey serge ❞ | mick, serge | male [he/him] .
‣ 33 years old . | may fifth; taurus.
‣  currently the prodigy of northstar district
‣  currently co-founder/co-head of st. peter’s clinic in the district alongside lucerne nouvel.

◜PERSONALITY: ISFJ ┊ THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND ◞
‣  aloof . ambitious . blunt . distant . driven . hard-working . passionate . humble . reserved . introverted . intelligent . level-headed . trustworthy . honest . caring . quiet . gentlemanly . kind . pessimistic . unreadable . stoic . withdrawn .
↳ lover of tea and cigarettes
↳ struggles with ptsd symptoms
↳ recovering alcoholic (over a year sober)
↳ currently showing signs/symptoms of depression following his mother's death

◜ APPEARANCE ┊ BURIED MY GUILT IN A PIT IN THE SOUND ◞
‣ six foot one & one hundred and sixty seven pounds ; reference .
↳ dark brown hair kept very short on the sides and neat
↳ skinny with slight muscle tone
↳ deep blue eyes , often stoic , emotionless

◜ FAMILY ┊ I TRIED AND I TRIED AND I WAS NEVER THE SAME ◞
‣  david serge x tamara serge | father deceased . mother recently deceased
‣ only child
‣ currently claims guardianship of arlo - doesn’t consider himself arlo’s parent

◜ RELATIONSHIPS ┊ I'LL BREAK UP THE CHAIN ◞
‣  homosexual ; monogamous | a hopeless romantic .
‣ ex-fiance to elinor rose
↳ engagement fell apart after coming to terms with mick’s sexuality .
‣  ex-lover to edmund stirling-moray
↳ the first guy he had ever been with . helped him become comfortable with his sexuality before coming out of the closet.
‣ current boyfriend of vernon green
↳ currently live together . inseparable .

◜ INTERACTIONS ┊ I'M FOREVER CHANGED ◞
‣  [ 9/10 ] physically  |  [ 8/10 ] psychologically .
↳ difficulty w/ guns [ very difficult ] | difficulty w/ melees [ difficult ] | difficulty w/ hand-to-hand [ difficult ]
‣ [member=1512]elysian.[/member] | dm for any major plots .
‣  friendly or nonviolent actions may be powerplayed .[/size][/spoiler]