Curtis Riley

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I'll run as fast as I can...

Things I'm Good At

Name: Curtis Riley
Virtue: Fortitude
Vice: Pride
Concept: Promising Athlete struggling to stay in school
Supernatural Template: Summoner
Alter Self: Fenris

Attributes
Strength 4
Dexterity 3
Stamina 3

Presence 3
Manipulation 2
Composure 2

Intelligence 1
Wits 2
Resolve 3

Skills

Mental Skills:

• Academics 1
• Craft 1
• Investigation 1
• Medecine 1 (Sports Medecine)

Social Skills:

• Empathy 1
• Expression 2 (Guitar)
• Intimidation 2
• Persuasion 1
• Socialize 2
• Streetwise 1
• Subterfuge 1

Physical Skills:

• Athletics 4 (Running, Jumping, Climbing)
• Brawl 3
• Larceny 1
• Stealth 1
• Survival 2

Merits

• Strong Back 1
• Iron Stamina 2
• Parkour 4
• Allies 1 (Old Girlfriend: Andrea Richards)

Morality: 7
Willpower: [X][X][X][][]
Story WP: [X]
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Ego: 1

Flaw: Probationary Scholarship - Curtis has very little money, causing him to use bare minimums on school supplies. Additionally, his scholarship based on athletics will only stretch so thin. A few missed assignments and bad test scores could see him with his scholarship revoked and his chance at college fading away.

Experience: 65
Spent: 58
Unspent: 7
Purchased: Athletics Specialty in Climbing, 4th dot of Parkour, First dot of Expression, third dot of Strength, second dot of Expression, fourth dot of strength, first dot of empathy, Expression Specialty in Guitar

Things I Remember

I've always been good at running. A few years ago when I started getting online a lot, I got into Parkour. It was hard. That's really the only word for it. Teaching yourself a punishing sport with a decent risk of injury sucks, but I did it. I guess I liked the freedom and the risk, sometimes pain feels good, y'know? Makes you feel a little more human inside and keeps things a bit real. The other big thing was Andrea, she was something else. I met her a few months after I started teaching myself parkour when I fell off of the side of a parking garage and damn near broke my leg, not to speak of the ribs I cracked. She bandaged me up and treated me real nice. After a while, we started going out, and at first it was great. But like always with people, things just got bogged down. She worried about me wherever I went, thinkin' I might hurt myself too badly. And I worried about her wherever she went, thinkin' somebody else might hurt her. We never really did a lot of relationship things, more like we were pals, but we had the bad sense to slap a relationship label on it. Before I came to college, we broke up. We still talk but now things are really awkward... Anyways, college! I managed to get a track&field scholarship to the college, so I might be able to make something of myself if I can stay on top of everything.

Things that I think about

I really like to hang around with other people when I'm not running. It just feels relaxed and nice to not hold everything together, to have a few hours where it's distinctly not about me. I just get so angry over stupid things sometimes that it ruins my relationships with people though. I really don't wanna act tough, or like I need to be the best, but it just happens sometimes and it's so frustrating! I tried talking to a counselor about this stuff, but he just made me feel weird and I got even angrier at him, it was all I could do to keep from chucking his computer at the wall. I don't wanna go back there again, so I'm taking his advice and trying some things I'm not the best at in friendly environments, see if I can get used to letting other people have the spotlight. He thinks maybe I won't be so territorial then, I dunno, it seems like a bunch of garbage to me. The worst part about talking to him is he keeps bringing everything back to Andrea, and how he thinks I get upset because I can't build proper relationships, even with people I trust and like. He started telling me I should get touchy-feely with people, and he even gave me a phamplet on "normal healthy sex-interests," the nerve! I just never really paid any attention to that kind of mush, it never felt like it was the right time... I dunno, maybe I am just a head-case...

Now there's this girl Esther across the hall from me. She's really nice, but she's kind of off. I don't know if I like her or not, some weird things happened between us, sorta... God, why couldn't I live in gender-segregated dorms

Things that Other People See

I guess I'm well built and nice looking. I can take a hit alright if it gets into it, and I can slug one back. A lot of people tell me I look kind of distant, or they think I'm not paying attention, like my mind's off running, even though I slowed down to chat. I like to wear a lot of simple cheap clothes in case I have a nasty fall and they get torn up. I don't like a lot of big fashion, or any of that new "buying torn clothes" stuff.

Dehumanization - Paper for Ethics
Nightmares - I keep having the same bad dream