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Atley Ayers-Gallard; Male, 38, Bottlenose Dolphin
Topic Started: Feb 21 2011, 11:11 PM (194 Views)
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THE BASICS

FULL NAME: Atley Ayers Gallard

NICKNAME: Atley

AGE: 38

BIRTHDAY: June 5

GENDER: Male

PROFESSION: Radio personality/DJ, bartender

PLAYBY: Henry Ian Cusick
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THE ANIMAL
WE'RE ALL A BUNCH OF ANIMALS

SPECIES: Bottlenose Dolphin

OVERALL APPEARANCE: Atley's dolphin is a textbook example of his kind. Soft gray with a paler underside, Atley's body is strong and lithe. His eyes are the same deep brown-black in either form, and his beak bears an affable smile no matter his mood.

DISTINGUISHING TRAITS: The delicate tracing of darker whorls on Atley's head is different from any other dolphin. They don't make the shape of anything in particular, but they are almost perfectly symmetrical.

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APPEARANCE
PAINT US A PICTURE


HAIR: Dark brown

EYES: Dark brown

BUILD: Rather tall at 5'11" with an athletic swimmer's build. Strong shoulders, powerful back.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Long, aquiline nose. Shoulder-length, wavy hair. High cheekbones.

OVERALL APPEARANCE:
|OVERALL APPEARANCE |
Tall, dark, and just on the handsome side of scruffy, Atley looks like a retired rockstar and knows it. Hell, that's half the fun. In spite of his somewhat sedentary job, he stays in decent shape thanks to his affinity for swimming, both as dolphin and not, and his almost hyperactive need to keep moving. This plays out in his favor, because he definitely prefers being fashionably dressed. Bit of a clothes horse, that one.

Atley's mixed heritage resulted in his potpourri of Peruvian and English features. He has a strong profile, an oval face, curving jawline, high forehead and the definite beginning signs of aging. Somehow, the perpetual five-o-clock shadow and the thick, curling dark hair evens it all out into a relatively cohesive package.

Atley's hands are broad, with blunt fingertips and guitar calluses. He only plays privately, both acoustic and electric - the latter with a headset to keep the neighbors quiet.

TYPICAL DRESS:
As mentioned earlier, Atley prefers being well-dressed to dressed down. A master of balancing his finances, he's got a happy medium between his desires and his budget. He makes concessions for comfort easily, however, and is happy to substitute blue jeans for slacks as long as they are tailored, clean and good quality. On the whole, however, he prefers business casual in muted colors, always including blue.

PERSONALITY
WHO ARE YOU?


It's probably not a coincidence that "Atley" and "Animated" start with the same letter. Atley's a restless soul, always searching for new challenges to fend off boredom, which he detests. For all that, however, Atley has a remarkably tranquil, unflappable demeanor. He is certainly prey to impatience, but he's also very warm.

Gregarious and outgoing, Atley loves to meet new people. He has a tendency to ask questions that might be borderline intrusive, because he's avidly curious and tends to expect the same from everyone else. If distracted, Atley can be blunt and make faux pas as much as everyone else. But when his brain is engaged and he's focused, he has a certain gift for intuition and timing. Of course, having a gift doesn't always make it a done deal. He's got as much chance of screwing up as anyone else.

The man wouldn't know an awkward moment if it jumped up between his legs and bit him on the ass. He tends to not hang onto mistakes and worry over how someone else perceives him, and it's rare when someone can make him nervous enough to lose his smooth patter. There's a reason Atley owns the morning radio slot. He was truly blessed with a socially fearless totem animal.

Atley's far from perfect. He has difficulty taking situations seriously, which definitely aggravated anyone he's ever been in a relationship with. While time and discipline ironed out troubles with irresponsibility that threatened his career, he still has a tendency to forget social appointments, is definitely lacking in keeping up on his correspondence (unless it's interesting), and can be very impulsive.

In some ways, being a big kid at heart suits Atley perfectly in life. In others, it's a curse.


  • STRENGTHS:
  • WEAKNESSES: Fear of social isolation. Impulsiveness. Nets and traps, both literal and figurative.

  • LIKES: Drawling electric guitars and rough-voiced singers. People, in general. Seafood, sparingly. Belts. Interesting belt buckles. Play and general silliness. Good-natured verbal sparring. Unique food. Soft fabrics. Crowds. Attention.
  • DISLIKES: Stagnating. Boredom. Isolation. The color orange. Heavy, greasy food. Getting dirty. Too much silence.
HISTORY
HOW DID YOU GET HERE?


Atley has lived near the sea for as long as he can recall. When his family discovered a dolphin in their midst, they relocated from their original residence near the arid verges of the desert to the much more densely populated Bridgette Bay on the coast. The only sea creature in his family, Atley learned quickly to do things for himself, beginning with the simple act of walking to the pool or the beach when he needed or wanted to shift to his totem form. His mother, Marguerita Pensada Gallard, is a gorgeous emerald tree boa. His father, John Dunnegan Gallard, has the totem of a silver tabby tomcat. Naturally, Atley is used to being somewhat misunderstood, and is unbothered by it.

After high school, Atley attended college with an interest in communication majors. He discovered public broadcasting during his second year, and interned with an radio station (IDKR, 1490 AM) just prior to graduation. IDKR - a station consisting primarily of soft instrumental compositions - put Atley on the less than coveted night shift. His first midnight request came in on the second night of the job: "Evening Flight, Op. 2," by Liam Hardy. It was a moment of clarity for Atley, one destined to stay with him. His broadcast in the darkness had touched someone, and they pinged back an answer. The understanding of this concept struck a resonant chord in his soul and became the craving that drives him still.

After college, Atley was picked up by a popular music radio station in Bridgette Bay (INOT, 99.1 FM) and found himself doing clerical work, running errands, and working that damned night radio. He left Bridgette Bay for several years, working at a variety of smaller stations, and returned to INOT five years ago. Almost forty, he's settled into an admirable groove and at last controls the coveted morning talk radio slot.

Shortly after returning to Bridgette Bay, Atley found an apartment within his means, close to the radio station studios. Lacking a convenient totem to get him through the city, Atley purchased a bicycle, which quickly became his normal mode of transportation.

Atley has never lacked for companionship in his life - he's had his share of romances. None of them are memorable enough to stick out in his memory or his history. He does have a regular cadre of friends, however - nobody with his nature would be complete without a pod of his own.



  • FAMILY: Mother and father, both deceased. Atley was an only child.
  • FRIENDS: Too many to name!
  • LOVE INTERESTS: Wha-- besides his radio station? None at this point
  • PETS: None.
THE BEAST
NOW, WHO'S THE REAL ANIMAL...


NAME: Jazz

AGE: 27

OTHER CHARACTERS?: None. Yet.

TIME ZONE: US Central

BEST METHOD OF CONTACT: PM only, please. If that's not going to work out, we'll negotiate.


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