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[ADDY.]

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— when he had seen a list of tasks, although old, and one of the suggestions had been to babysit - he figured it would be a walk in the park. granted, he’d never been around young children, nonetheless so many at once. kids were fucking easy though; they just needed to be fed and someone to hold their goddamn hand through every trouble in life. well. that was what he had thought, until he was stuck on the playground with a handful of kids.

“tag, you’re it!”
“no,” he quickly but in as one of the kids scampered away from him, giggling like mad. meanwhile every other kid that had been around him scattered away, laughing and saying things like, “addy’s it! addy’s it!” he groaned. nobody told him how goddamn annoying kids could be.

“fine, i’ll get one of you bast-” he paused, then- and, not able to think of a way to rephrase, the redhead simply glared (playfully?) over towards a kid and did a half-assed attempt at tagging them. the kid squealed before scuttling away from his grasp. maybe he was taking it easy on them, since he knew he could easily get one of the little tikes.

after all, he wasn't completely heartless.

/// someone help the idiot
he wasn't cut out for babysitting

[Amy Ray]

She had a lot of half siblings and cousins. Some were older than her, but others were several years younger. Which means the minute she didn't need to be watched, she had to keep an eye on the younger kids. It wasn't the worst thing in the world, she'd rather hang out with the little ones than trade places with Sel and learn the family trade. She wasn't super enthusiastic about the whole matter, though.

Seeing Addy half-heartedly chase around a bunch of kids brought back some of the few moments that didn't suck from her youth. She remembered chasing Sel and Aaron around, then being chased by Isabel. Back when Sel was a good sister. "You know half the fun is being it and practically tackling whoever's watching you, right?" She asked, perhaps a little too caught up in nostalgia to think better of it.

[spoiler=Tags || Updated 12/14/19]General
— Amy Ray | Previously Lessandra Felix | Only responds to Amy
— Cis female | Feminine pronouns (she/her)
— Twenty years old | Birthday is 5/26/19 | Gemini
— Page of Northstar District

Relationships
— Homosexual | Homoromantic
— Single | Not looking
— Still not 100% past the loss of her first love
— Guarded and distrusting | Lots of walls
— Doesn't let people in easily & takes all relationships slowly
— Geoff xx Eliza | Sister of Selena, Aaron & Isabel Felix

Physical
— Health: 95% | Typical wear and tear from traveling alone
— Amy is biracial, and her skin tone reflects that - not as pale as her father but not as tan as her mother. She has long dark brown hair that is almost always tied back in a severe ponytail - with some allowance for her bangs. She's about 5'7" and has a lean build. She has brown eyes that seem to hide haunting memories - while not dark-intentioned there is rarely light in them. She has a scar under her left eye and severe burns on her hands, arms and legs as well as freckles on her face. She has three piercings in each ear and one in her belly button. She keeps herself clean and well-groomed, her eyebrows maintained and when possible her legs and underarms shaved. Typically she wears an off-white shirt and blue tie and black slacks that have seen better days and been mended and repaired repeatedly.

Personality
— Amy is generally a serious person and doesn't take a lot of time to have fun. She isn't a stranger to it by any means, nor does she consider it an enormous waste of time, but she rarely feels it has room in her life. She's usually very guarded and doesn't let people in very easily and prefers taking relationships slowly. It can't be said whether she's particularly honest or dishonest, or loyal or disloyal - there are certain topics she will not speak of and will lie about though she usually prefers to be candid, and while not inherently disloyal she has betrayed some that were close to her. She is a very stubborn and bullheaded individual and once she's convinced of something there is no way to convince her otherwise. Typically Amy is a woman of logic more than emotion and keeps said emotions on a tight leash (though she feels her emotions very strongly), she is still dictated by a strong sense of what's right and wrong and does her best to stay in the right rather than the wrong and feels a deep sense of shame whenever she hurts someone - which she (to her own horror) is indeed capable of doing. She tries to be pacifistic but when forced to violence or thinks it's the right thing to do or when her temper is tried too much, she will lash out, often regretting it later on.

Interaction
— Typically pacifistic but can be pushed to violence
— Rarely starts fights | Will try to finish them
— Roughly medium physically | Medium-hard mentally
— [member=439]Amy Ray[/member] attack in bold underline #916A7E
— Nonviolent/peaceful powerplay allowed
— No kill/capture/maim/etc without permission
[/spoiler]

— #pyresfancy —

[truce.]

    One would think that Tara would be fantastic with children. Having her own son would help her possess the nurturing nature required to tolerate tantrums and console them when they've scraped up their knees. But, quite frankly, she wasn't really much of a guardian to the children of Northstar. She was a good mother to Finn, but she'd remain a good mother only to him; he deserved the utmost love and attention from her, after all.

And so, holding onto his hand, Tara walked him slowly to the playground, Finn hopping playfully on the uneven bricks as if he were playing a messy game of hopscotch. Suddenly, he raised his hand to point over towards the playground, babbling incoherently before squealing. ❝ What's that, Finn? ❞ Tara began to smile, only flitting her gaze up from her son afterwards to see what he was so intrigued by.

Kids in the playground all running around wildly in a game of tag. As Tara approached, she gave Finn a little nudge before he wobbled over, trying to join in even though he didn't know what game they were playing. ❝ Have the youngsters tired you out already? ❞ Tara questioned teasingly, stopping beside Amy before she glanced over just in time to see Finn fling himself into the sand pit.

[align=center][div style="width: 350px; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana; font-size: 7px;"][spoiler=tags :: updated 11/5]basics.
✴ tara mae baskerville // no known nicknames
✴ female // she/her
✴ thirty // ages real time // born twentieth september
✴ member of northstar district

appearance.
✴ faceclaim - annabelle wallis
✴ voice claim - annabelle wallis
✴ comes from a british family where she grew up with them in america
✴ speaks received pronunciation with the slightest western irish twang
✴ 5'7ft // lithe and slim frame
✴ soft blue eyes and dirty blonde hair
✴ physical health - 95%
  ¬ current injuries: bruised wrist
✴ mental health - 95%
  ¬ she's been somewhat anxious recently

personality.
✴ has a calm and aloof air of authority to her
✴ comes across as prim and proper // in reality she isn't
✴ never moved emotionally easily by others
✴ tolerant and slow to anger // smart about revealing emotion
✴ independent and relies mostly on herself // sees power in her femininity
✴ ambitious and smart with her words // speaks short but meaningful words
✴ too stubborn for her own good // doesn't give up easily
✴ emotionally intelligent // can understand her own and others' emotions
✴ mentally strong and durable // confident in her abilities
✴ can be tender and loving in her own way // fiercely loyal
✴ cares a lot about the ones she loves, but never in the romantic sense
✴ witty and incredibly sarcastic when times call for it
✴ stands up for what she believes in, coming across too strongly sometimes

relationships.
✴ don baskerville x vorana baskerville // whereabouts unknown
✴ has a younger brother, adrian, but his whereabouts are unknown
✴ she and her husband, thomas stirling-moray, are no longer romantic
✴ she lives with mickey serge and sees him as family
✴ heterosexual heteroromantic // does not wish to pursue romance anymore
✴ her two year old son, finn, is her number one priority in life

interaction.
✴ storage // playlist // pinterest
✴ physically: easy // mentally: hard
✴ her only weapon is a pistol, and she's not afraid to use it if necessary
✴ the stirling family taught her how to defend herself
[/spoiler]

[ADDY.]

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— last thing he fucking wanted was some adult to see him stuck with these kids. perhaps it was because he figured they’d label him as unfit for babysitting (which he was, but his ego wouldn’t admit a goddamn thing). though, mostly it was because he could be such a damn pushover when it came to children. the redhead was too soft around them. hell, he might not have been a fit parent, but he still liked them.

fuck, too soft.

eyes wandered over towards amy, then. he didn’t seem at all amused by her words, grimacing slightly. with furrowed brows he walked over, giving her shoulder a brief shove. “you’re it,” he deadpanned, eyes moving from her over towards the kids who screeched and ran as far away from amy as possible. “show me how it’s done.” the words were laced with the all-too-obvious notion that he wasn’t going to take any notes.

oh, great, now tara was there. “it fucking sucks,” he said in reply. eyes wandered over towards the kid she came with, watching as he proceeded to fling himself into the sand pit. only then did he connect the dots. “wait- that’s yours?” he didn’t know why he would be so fucking surprised. after all this time of (vaguely) knowing her, she didn’t strike him as the “motherly” type. he figured both of them weren’t the best when it came to children- guess he was wrong about that.

[Amy Ray]

Yeah, Amy could manage okay as a babysitter, but that was it. Even if she did want to do the acts required to become a parent, motherhood had never actually called to her. She thought that being an aunt would be cool, but at this point, even if any of her siblings had children, she wouldn't have anything to do with those kids' lives.

She probably should have realized that once she stepped onto the playground, and particularly when she started engaging with Addy, she'd be part of the game. "You can start by not cursing." She muttered under her breath, turning away from Addy and looking at the kids, trying to figure out who to try to tag first.

[spoiler=Tags || Updated 12/14/19]General
— Amy Ray | Previously Lessandra Felix | Only responds to Amy
— Cis female | Feminine pronouns (she/her)
— Twenty years old | Birthday is 5/26/19 | Gemini
— Page of Northstar District

Relationships
— Homosexual | Homoromantic
— Single | Not looking
— Still not 100% past the loss of her first love
— Guarded and distrusting | Lots of walls
— Doesn't let people in easily & takes all relationships slowly
— Geoff xx Eliza | Sister of Selena, Aaron & Isabel Felix

Physical
— Health: 95% | Typical wear and tear from traveling alone
— Amy is biracial, and her skin tone reflects that - not as pale as her father but not as tan as her mother. She has long dark brown hair that is almost always tied back in a severe ponytail - with some allowance for her bangs. She's about 5'7" and has a lean build. She has brown eyes that seem to hide haunting memories - while not dark-intentioned there is rarely light in them. She has a scar under her left eye and severe burns on her hands, arms and legs as well as freckles on her face. She has three piercings in each ear and one in her belly button. She keeps herself clean and well-groomed, her eyebrows maintained and when possible her legs and underarms shaved. Typically she wears an off-white shirt and blue tie and black slacks that have seen better days and been mended and repaired repeatedly.

Personality
— Amy is generally a serious person and doesn't take a lot of time to have fun. She isn't a stranger to it by any means, nor does she consider it an enormous waste of time, but she rarely feels it has room in her life. She's usually very guarded and doesn't let people in very easily and prefers taking relationships slowly. It can't be said whether she's particularly honest or dishonest, or loyal or disloyal - there are certain topics she will not speak of and will lie about though she usually prefers to be candid, and while not inherently disloyal she has betrayed some that were close to her. She is a very stubborn and bullheaded individual and once she's convinced of something there is no way to convince her otherwise. Typically Amy is a woman of logic more than emotion and keeps said emotions on a tight leash (though she feels her emotions very strongly), she is still dictated by a strong sense of what's right and wrong and does her best to stay in the right rather than the wrong and feels a deep sense of shame whenever she hurts someone - which she (to her own horror) is indeed capable of doing. She tries to be pacifistic but when forced to violence or thinks it's the right thing to do or when her temper is tried too much, she will lash out, often regretting it later on.

Interaction
— Typically pacifistic but can be pushed to violence
— Rarely starts fights | Will try to finish them
— Roughly medium physically | Medium-hard mentally
— [member=439]Amy Ray[/member] attack in bold underline #916A7E
— Nonviolent/peaceful powerplay allowed
— No kill/capture/maim/etc without permission
[/spoiler]

— #pyresfancy —