Post by Lets_Eat_Paste on Jun 30, 2012 14:03:03 GMT -6
Username: Lets_Eat_Paste
Character: Penelope Agatha MaCarthy
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Occupation: Politician in the making
AI: Rose Byrne
Personality: Wit and charm can only get you so far in this world-- stubbornness gets you the rest of the way-- and that's something Penelope (Penny) has plenty of. Opinionated and out-spoken, Penny is cut out for the political playing field, but not the family-oriented one. She is short-tempered with a severe sort of concentration about her.
History: Penelope Agatha MaCarthy was born in Castle Combe, the third child of Mildred and Artie MaCarthy. Being the first daughter, she was instantly adored and never found enjoyment in William's and Benjamin's rowdy and rough kind of games and learned from an early age that if not reprimanding them, talking to them was pointless. After all, they were mean, sweaty boys. What did they know? When Penny was three, a pair of twin boys were welcomed to the MaCarthy clan. Geoffrey and Fredrick were, from an early age, pranksters with a certain kind of charm in their eyes. Penny loved them dearly, but often handed them off to William, who was older and better with young children. When she was six, another baby boy; Rupert (who was cruelly nicknamed "Gimpy" by Benjamin after William pushed him out of a tree, causing him to break both his legs) was born and Penny started to feel resentful towards her parents for only having one girl. While her brothers grew closer and closer together by the day, she watched them from the sidelines.
But finally, at the age of seven, a little girl was born; Virginia. Penny was thrilled to finally have another girl to relate to, but in a matter of a few years, Virginia was off and playing with the boys, too, finding more joy in getting dirty chasing a ball than playing dress up. So, still very alone, Penny strived to make friends at school.
But with their expanding family, their bank-account was not fortunate enough to grow as well, and their mechanic father and housewife mother struggled to make ends meet. Penny didn't notice-- her parent's did a wonderful job making things look find and manageable. That was until William had to get a job to help out and Penny went to school in out-dated, frayed, and too-small clothes.
Kids are cruel, and Penny was constantly belittled and ridiculed for her clothing, packed lunch, and kitchen scissor hair cuts. Bullied and ostracised, she became even more jealous of her brothers' popularity and upbeat attitudes. The only times she felt included was on her school's debate team, a subject in which she felt included, liked, and successful. She won ribbon after ribbon and soared to the top of her class in marks, if not in friends. But the team gave her the confidence she needed to stand up to the bullies and to reclaim attention at her home. Happy and settled with her life, tragedy struck. One winter, while in the care of William and Benjamin, Frederick and Geoffrey went out skating on a small pond just off their property. Penny was up in her room when she heard a loud crack and William scream. She ran down stairs to see Benjamin and William fishing in the lake for their twin brothers. They pulled them out, William called their parents while Benjamin got their brothers warm.
But pneumonia didn't care if you were poor. Pneumonia didn't care of you were just ten years old. And before the end of March, Frederick lost not only his hearing, but his twin brother.
Penny never forgave William for not watching the twins more carefully, and they argued about it endlessly. When Penny turned 18, she left Castle Combe, despite the pleading from William to stay behind and help the family, and went to Cambridge University on scholarship to put her debate skills to use and study Political Science, inspired by a family friend. In fear of looking bad like she did back in Primary and Secondary school, she referenced Salisbury as her home and told her peers that her mother had a law degree and that she was following in her father's footsteps. But there was a secret method to her madness. She planned on becoming an influential and prominent politician and sending money back to her parents in Castle Combe, but she has yet to make headlines, to head a committee, or even shake hands with the Prime Minister. Now, she files papers for the French ambassador's secretary. But every Prime Minister had to start somewhere.
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Character: Penelope Agatha MaCarthy
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Occupation: Politician in the making
AI: Rose Byrne
Personality: Wit and charm can only get you so far in this world-- stubbornness gets you the rest of the way-- and that's something Penelope (Penny) has plenty of. Opinionated and out-spoken, Penny is cut out for the political playing field, but not the family-oriented one. She is short-tempered with a severe sort of concentration about her.
History: Penelope Agatha MaCarthy was born in Castle Combe, the third child of Mildred and Artie MaCarthy. Being the first daughter, she was instantly adored and never found enjoyment in William's and Benjamin's rowdy and rough kind of games and learned from an early age that if not reprimanding them, talking to them was pointless. After all, they were mean, sweaty boys. What did they know? When Penny was three, a pair of twin boys were welcomed to the MaCarthy clan. Geoffrey and Fredrick were, from an early age, pranksters with a certain kind of charm in their eyes. Penny loved them dearly, but often handed them off to William, who was older and better with young children. When she was six, another baby boy; Rupert (who was cruelly nicknamed "Gimpy" by Benjamin after William pushed him out of a tree, causing him to break both his legs) was born and Penny started to feel resentful towards her parents for only having one girl. While her brothers grew closer and closer together by the day, she watched them from the sidelines.
But finally, at the age of seven, a little girl was born; Virginia. Penny was thrilled to finally have another girl to relate to, but in a matter of a few years, Virginia was off and playing with the boys, too, finding more joy in getting dirty chasing a ball than playing dress up. So, still very alone, Penny strived to make friends at school.
But with their expanding family, their bank-account was not fortunate enough to grow as well, and their mechanic father and housewife mother struggled to make ends meet. Penny didn't notice-- her parent's did a wonderful job making things look find and manageable. That was until William had to get a job to help out and Penny went to school in out-dated, frayed, and too-small clothes.
Kids are cruel, and Penny was constantly belittled and ridiculed for her clothing, packed lunch, and kitchen scissor hair cuts. Bullied and ostracised, she became even more jealous of her brothers' popularity and upbeat attitudes. The only times she felt included was on her school's debate team, a subject in which she felt included, liked, and successful. She won ribbon after ribbon and soared to the top of her class in marks, if not in friends. But the team gave her the confidence she needed to stand up to the bullies and to reclaim attention at her home. Happy and settled with her life, tragedy struck. One winter, while in the care of William and Benjamin, Frederick and Geoffrey went out skating on a small pond just off their property. Penny was up in her room when she heard a loud crack and William scream. She ran down stairs to see Benjamin and William fishing in the lake for their twin brothers. They pulled them out, William called their parents while Benjamin got their brothers warm.
But pneumonia didn't care if you were poor. Pneumonia didn't care of you were just ten years old. And before the end of March, Frederick lost not only his hearing, but his twin brother.
Penny never forgave William for not watching the twins more carefully, and they argued about it endlessly. When Penny turned 18, she left Castle Combe, despite the pleading from William to stay behind and help the family, and went to Cambridge University on scholarship to put her debate skills to use and study Political Science, inspired by a family friend. In fear of looking bad like she did back in Primary and Secondary school, she referenced Salisbury as her home and told her peers that her mother had a law degree and that she was following in her father's footsteps. But there was a secret method to her madness. She planned on becoming an influential and prominent politician and sending money back to her parents in Castle Combe, but she has yet to make headlines, to head a committee, or even shake hands with the Prime Minister. Now, she files papers for the French ambassador's secretary. But every Prime Minister had to start somewhere.
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