no joke - open

[blake k.]

"Here Charlotte, instead of fighting your brothers for block why don't you make towers for them to knock over" she could see the wheels turning in the almost-three-year-old's mind, considering what her mom said before nodding "Ok mommy. I help the babies." Blake smiled as she watched Lottie start to build block towers for Keiron and Louis to knock over. Good, that should entertain the three of them for a bit...or at least until somone got hit with a block.

She had all the kids with her, Cade was next to Danny who was holding Xena and Tommy was standing between Blake and Danny looking at the new baby - every so often sort of poking at her. Blake wrapped an arm around Tommy to keep him still, her attention going from the three on the floor to Tommy "He's so focused...I think he might like her more than you" she joked to Danny, watching her little boy seem rather interested in the baby. He wasn't a huge fan of his brothers - but Lottie had been - so it was amusing to see him so infatuated with the baby this time.

//i guess it could be a meet the baby deal but I just figured I'd give yall something wholesome you could reply to

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Sick of all these people talking, sick of all this noise — general
▪ Blake Adrian Kegan | Blake, Blakie | open to nicknames
▪ AFAB | Identifies as Genderfluid | she/they
▪ 23 | Born July 26th | ages real time
▪ combat | member of Flintlock Lodge

Tired of all these cameras flashing, sick of being poised — physical
♦ Health: 100%
— They stand at 5'9" with semi-long wavy ginger hair. She has a rose tattoo and a few scars from past events. She's closer to an athletic build and is on the thinner side. She has an Australian accent as she's originally from Adelaide, Australia.
— minor injuries: n/a
— major injuries: n/a

Now my neck is open wide, begging for a fist around it — important events
— 4/1 Had Xena
— 12/05 Lost her best friend, Alfie
— 7/26 Celebrated her 23rd birthday
— 5/31 Had Keiron and Louis; The "Hell Twins"

Already choking on my pride, so there's no use crying about it — personality
— I like to think Blake is a good example of the whole "strong, independent woman" thing even if she doesn't identify as a woman. She has a short temper and what I gently put as homicidal tendencies. She will gladly fight someone, regardless if they're bigger than her or not. However, she's also rather maternal and is more likely to protect a child than anything. Her maternal side has massively shown itself since the twins were born, though that leaves her more violent side to be overlooked or forgotten.
— Maternal, "Strong Independent Woman", Protective
— Violent, Homicidal Tendencies, Short Tempered

I'm headed straight for the castle — relationships
▪ Ryan Kegan x Katherine Kegan
▪ Pansexual | Panromantic | Polyamorous
▪ It's complicated | Crushing on one | Maybe Crushing on no one
    ↳ Involved with Danny Hargrove
▪ Ex-wife of Edmund Moray
    ↳ cheated on her
▪ Mother of six
    ↳ Thomas and Charlotte Moray (2yrs)
    ↳ Louis and Keiron Stirling-Kegan (10m)
    ↳ Xena Hargrove (0m)
    ↳ Guardian to Danny's son, Cade (8yrs)

They wanna make me their queen — interaction
— Physically very hard | Mentally intermediate
— Uses compound bow and arrows
— Also skilled in hand to hand combat
— No killing and ask before major injuries or major interactions
— To attack, [member=9567]Noccy[/member] & attack in #B34600
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[DANNY H.]

[div style="width: 420px; margin: auto; text-align: justify"]//tw for mentioned parental abuse in the third paragraph, abandonment in ones following and also some death in there
//also everything before the line is just a whole lot of introspection. anyone else replying to the thread might only need the first paragraph of bc it talks about his movements, but other than that isn't necessary to read

Danny's visits to the Lodge came every few months. They were seldom very long, and he rarely interacted with anyone besides Blake and her kids. And Cade, now that his son had moved here. But Blake had essentially adopted him, so he fell under the umbrella of her care too.

This would be a longer visit than usual, though, thanks to the little blonde bundle of joy in his arms. He would only be leaving to go see his oldest daughter for her birthday - he'd missed last year's, and Emma might kill him if he missed it again. He was going to have to make these next few weeks count, but he had every intention of doing so.

Family had always been a difficult topic for him. His father had never wanted him, his mother wanted him only for as much as she could abuse him, and his relationships with his brothers were strained at best. As an adult he recognized that as the oldest, as the strongest, they'd looked to him to save them. But he couldn't, not when it mattered, and once he was free they were a reminder of his mother and his own failure. Maybe it hadn't been his job when he was little more adult than they were to save them, but pushing them away at every opportunity wasn't fair.

Leon probably still loved him, the poor kid would follow Danny to the ends of the earth - and had tried. Spencer fucking hated him, Percy did too, and he didn't even know how Earl felt about him. It had been so long since he'd spoken to his youngest brother, he didn't even know where he was. Maybe he should try to find him again, find all of them. It would be too little, too late, but surely it was better than nothing?

These thoughts about his brothers were new. He'd been stubbornly clinging to the idea that doing what was best for him was what was best, but who was he fooling? Other than Leon. Maybe he was just getting old, or maybe looking around at Blake and Xena and Cade and even Blake's other children, he'd realized that this must be what family felt like. They were his family, all that were missing were Ceddy and yes, even Emma. Sam if she was still alive.

That was the thing about love, it never really went away. Even though Sam was dead and Emma would sooner kill him than kiss him. Not that that was something he wanted anymore; it had taken a long time for him to accept that he'd fucked their relationship up so thoroughly that there would be no repairing it, even longer for him to feel ready to even approximate moving on with someone else. Sure, there had been one night stands between his breakup with Emma and Blake, but that was all.

Now here he was with her and her kids and his kid and their kid. And this seemed to be what people said family was supposed to be. Did he love them? He didn't know. That, much like family, had always been a difficult concept. It always seemed like he loved too late. Sam after she died, Emma after she hated him. What would be the too late for Blake? He wasn't going to do what he had done to Emma, what Eddie had done to Blake, and the idea that either one of them might die was unthinkable. Maybe just love her before it's too late.

But that was a hard ask for the man who had never known (present) love.

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"Most people are going to like Xena better than me. It won't even be a competition." He was surely and unsociable. At best, talking to him was like talking to a brick wall. At worst, talking to him was like talking to an overly critical brick wall. "Was he like this with the boys?"

Danny shot a glance at Cade, who was peering at the baby skeptically. Thanks to Kieron and Louis, he'd gotten a bit of practice around babies, but they were older and more mobile by the time he met them. "She's so... pink." Cade observed, gaze fixed on Xena.

The tiniest smile tugged at the corners of Danny's mouth, just for a moment. "So were you when you were born."

Cade scrunched up his nose and shook his head. "No, I wasn't." Danny huffed and rolled his eyes, then looked towards Blake. Maybe she'd know how to deal with a history re-writing nine year old, because he sure didn't.

//fades away again for 3 more months


[spoiler=TAGS AND INFORMATION — UPDATED APRIL SECOND]General — where to go from here what road to travel on?
▪ Daniel Hargrove | Introduced solely as Danny, dislikes other nicknames
▪ Designated Male | Primarily uses he/him pronouns but will accept any
▪ 29 years old | October 6th, 2011 | Libra | Ages real time
▪ Traveling bounty hunter, part time member of Flintlock Lodge

Physical — i spent my whole life choosing and i always chose wrong
♦ HUMAN | Health: 100%
— Danny is a pretty big dude, with broad shoulders and standing at 6'3". He has both incredibly pale skin that burns easily and pale hair that is pretty obviously cut with a knife, as it's choppy and uneven. He typically wears whatever t-shirt and pants that are semi-clean, pairing it off with the Edgy Man's Black Leather Jacket and boots. Lastly, he is almost never seen without the beige scarf wrapped around his neck.
— minor injuries: n/a
— major injuries: n/a

Important Info — will i try to have the will to be alive?
▪ Things in his tags are under construction and may be updated or changed, particularly in this section.
▪ Essentially a bounty hunter that goes after "the worst of the worst".
▪ Danny's opinions, thoughts, motivations and actions are completely ic and do not represent the roleplayer's.

Recent Events — will i try because i've never seen the light?
— 4.1.41 Daughter Xena was born

Personality — blow it to the ground and it's now you see
▪  On the surface, it seems like there's not that much to love about Danny, as most of the traits he displays are unpleasant, from his rampant apathy and general distaste for nearly everything, to his irritability and short fuse, to the arrogance he possesses, to the blunt and nearly aggressive way with which he interacts with people. Underneath his assholishness, however, is someone that will stand by the things he believes and the people he cares about, willing to die and kill for them. He's incredibly loyal, protective and stubborn. That only scratches the surface, however, but for space's sake it'll be left at that.
▪  Adaptable, confident, dedicated, loyal, protective, repentant, vigilant
▪  Blunt, bold, distrusting, dry, introverted, outspoken, stubborn, neutral
▪  Aggressive, apathetic, asocial, cocky, reckless, ruthless, temperamental

Relationships — you spent your whole life taking the best of me
— Angelica Hargrove x Reid Jackson
— Bisexual | Biromantic | Poly
— It's Complicated | Involved with Blake
— Father of Mercedes, Cade, and Xena Hargrove
— Everyone starts out neutral in Danny's eyes, able to either garner his respect and loyalty or distaste and distrust. Frankly, he's quick to dislike and distrust people, and it's a rare person that receives his admiration; once they have it it's hard for them to lose it.

Interaction — where'd you go? where's your home?
▪  Physically hard | Mentally Medium-hard
▪  Describe level of training [WIP]
▪  Describe fighting style/weapons [WIP]
▪  No kill/capture/maim without permission
▪  To attack, [member=8265]DANNY —[/member] & attack in underlined #433c43

Links — how'd you end up all alone?
— Biography (v.1)
— Plotting Thread (n/a)
— Heartchart (n/a)
— Ask Thread (n/a)
— Storage Thread (n/a)
— Roleplayer (Pyre)
— Pinterest (may have blood, swearing, etc)
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