Post by Pops on Jun 25, 2019 18:57:20 GMT -5
Name: Peter Kalinowski
Nickname: Pops
Age: 17
Birthday: October 30th
Height: 5’9”
Borough: Brookyln
Occupation: Newsie, shoeshiner, and cleaner.
Personality: Pops is always trying to parent others, and he can be a bit over-protective of younger newsies. A lot of folks tell him he worries too much, and that he’s being silly. He likes to tell ‘em that he’s been educated, but it’s really just a fancy accent he picked up while on his track. He’s kinda clueless, and he can’t tell the moon from a speck on his window, but he’s a friendly sort of fellow, and he’s an okay substitute dad, which is where his nickname came from.
Description: Pops is a relatively lanky fellow, with messy hair and a big dorky grin. He’s almost always stumbling over something new that only he found, and he’s ended up face-down a dozen times. He always wears the same old vest and collared shirt, and he has a scar on his cheek from one of the millions of trips he’s taken on the street. (He has actually used the tripping to convince people to buy from him, as he asks them to buy to help him pay for the doctor.) He’s often hanging around some of the younger newsies, protecting them in any fights, but he’s an awful big pushover when it comes to physical forces.
Skills, Talents, Hobbies: He loves to be around others, and he actually used to dream of being a cook. He’s great at endurance, and he’s been up late so many times working on a project of some sort for the others. It’s actually an attempt to sketch a picture of everyone, going person to person, and drawing them on the pages of an old newspaper in charcoal. He’s not the best at it, but he finds art of all kinds relaxing, so it’s one of his hobbies.
Background: Peter was born to a loving family. Unfortunately for him, his ma passed while giving birth to a little girl, and his dad didn’t have the money to take care of both of them. So instead, 7-year-old Peter left home with only his clothes and a couple dollars, walking to one of the nearest newsboys and asking them where to go to become a newsie. He made sure to buy a paper from them first as thanks, and he hasn’t returned home since. He has left a bit of his extra change for his family a few times, but they wouldn’t recognize each other now.
Other Notes: Pops is usually pretty awful at hawking headlines, and he knows it. Usually, he makes his pay in other ways-- shining shoes when he can, selling yesterday’s papers as kindling when he can’t. He’s had to clean more than once just to earn enough to stay the night.
Roleplayed by: BritishSass/this account right here, which is my main as well.