Konstantin Levin Buskirk }{ Character Application

[konstantin levin buskirk]

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what's up, mille-feuille? i'm Konstantin Levin Buskirk ,
and i'm applying to your FANTASTIC
little site. i'm thirty seven years young.
i've only been roleplaying for five years
long, but you can still count on me to be
the wild one.



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name, Konstantin Levin Buskirk.
nicknames, Konstanz.
age, thirty seven years young.
sexuality, It is generally as free as the wind and as strong as the emotions energizing his current desires.
birthday, January first, nineteen seventy three.
style, Konstantin wears steam punk inspired Lolita clothing.
occupation , Apart from being a teacher Konstantin also records Gospel music with an unusual Christian rock flair on the side. His lyrics do initially come off as mildly anti-Christian because of his focus on beauty rising out of shirking temptation and embracing the power of youth. Konstantine sings a lot about the role children play in heaven’s fight to prevent hell from consuming the earth in a blast of dark fury; he specifically talks about childhood innocence as a time in which children are free from the negative influences that spur some adults to commit sins. One of his most famous song lines reads: “Children are God’s warriors, God’s warriors, God’s warriors!/So let Jesus spread his love through them./His powerful love,/His protective love,/His caring love.”

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height , five feet eleven inches.
weight , one hundred sixty pounds
tattoos and piercings , Konstantin has a giant tattoo of an elaborate eighteenth century style pirate ship on his back. Around the ship is a border of pink periwinkle flowers shaped like a shield. The ship sits in the center of the shield. There is a fairy that looks suspiciously like Tinker Bell peering shyly out of the ship’s crow’s nest. A fairy peeks out from underneath each of the four corners of the shield, and each fairy’s dress looks just like Tinkerbell’s. One of the top two fairies is wearing a baby pink dress and the other is wearing a soft purple dress. The bottom two fairies are also wearing dresses in baby colors, with one sporting a soft, pastel green dress and the other wearing a pale yellow dress. At the bottom of the shield the two fairies are holding a banner that curves at the end like a scroll. It says the following in Russian, Konstantin’s native language: “Те кого боги любят расти молодые.” It means, “Those whom the Gods love grow young.”

best feature , Konstantin’s best feature is his charming, energizing voice. This shows in his full, attractive lips and his pronounced Adam’s apple. His voice is the pinnacle of youthful vitality, and he is very proud of his wide range. Unlike most men his age he can still sing from a low, gravely bass to high, feminine soprano.

general , The style that Konstantine wears most often is steam punk Lolita. He always wears a pair of brown aviator goggles on his head and keeps several time pieces on his person at all times. One of his clocks is an antiquated watch on a gold chain that he keeps in the pocket of his waistcoat. The second watch he has is another pocket watch, this one small enough that he modified it to attach to a chain around his right wrist. He also sports an aviator’s helmet with the tiniest of clocks in the center of his hat. Konstantin treats his hat like a clock tower, guiding his lifestyle with the stroke of the clock’s tiny hands.

Konstantin is far from a typical follower of steam punk fashion. Quirks in his mannerisms and dress make him an anachronism, even to a steam punk man from the mid-twentieth century world of violence and social change. He wishes to reintroduce the oft forgotten social mannerisms of the philanthropic, Christian gentleman of the early nineteenth century into society. His goal is to model his own behavior off a code that expands the ten commandments into a way of life. However, he often strays from the expectations of strict steam punk style in his childish dress and somewhat unchristian lifestyle.

For example, he dresses strictly in children’s clothing tailored to fit him. He always looks like a little adult who knows just how to get the most benefit out of the system for others as well as him. His three clocks don’t function, and they all are stopped at the time when he was born, 7:06 p.m. He can get very rude and steadfast in his opinions, though he will never lie or curse. Once in a while he will throw in a bold, pastel colored tie to express his petulant disdain for the fashion authorities of the steam punk world.

playby , Steve Carell.

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likes , Gospel music, long naps in the sun, video games, exercise, Christianity, singing, charity work, teaching, Peter Pan, clocks, birthdays, the family dynamic, stuffed animals, chocolate chip cookies, free time outside school, sixties rock music, Oscar Wilde, and Paradise Lost.
dislikes , Liars, homophobes (especially within the church), Cotton Mather, The Salem Witch Trials, guns, smoking, the dark, when food touches other food, and unclean spaces.
strengths , Singing, injecting energy into a room, captivating an audience, public speaking, and acting.
weaknesses , Letting his emotions dictate his actions, being honest to a fault, his stubborn individuality, his big, sometimes overpowering, charismatic persona, and his flair for theatrics outside the classroom.
fears , Growing up, and losing his singing voice.
quirks , He wears three clocks on him that all stopped moving at 7:06 pm, which is the time he was born. Konstantin also portrays himself as a child with a very adult personality, and he wears a pastel tie to work quite often. He also shows signs that his short term memory is slowly disintegrating.
secrets , He has a very noticeable Peter Pan complex. Konstantin’s relatives say he suffered an emotional breakdown when he had to act like an adult and take charge of his new singing career. That led to Konstantin’s only stint with drugs, cocaine in particular. It is also why he doesn’t want to grow up, hates drugs, and had to change his personality from that of a petulant child to a smart, older child. This was all so he could survive as a singer without further tarnishing his reputation.

how , Konstantin found out about his current style in a magazine that he read while on tour. A fan of anything that made him look younger, he instantly fell in love with steam punk Lolita. He felt that particular style represented the resurgence of gentlemanly etiquette, and he could play at acting like an adult while looking young. Konstantin could also put forth his passion for Christianity and Gospel music in a style that encouraged his individuality.

general , He has a taste for theatrics that is more wild and original than a Lady Ga Ga or Katy Perry costume. Konstantin breaks into song lyrics praising the lord when he is happy and energetically paces his classroom to motivate his students. He uses repetition, energizes his students to complete assignments, and he allows call and response sessions to occur when students answer questions.

In addition to the Gospel style lectures he delivers in class Konstantin appears like a giant anachronism; he pretends to be a child who is a teacher. As such he scares easily when he is not in class and he lets his voice get frenzied when he becomes passionate. In a similar vein he also more readily accomplishes tasks that he is emotionally invested in.

When dealing with Konstantin always ask yourself a simple question: is he simply eulogizing, teaching, or is he really interested in what is being said? You must be careful, for like a child, Konstantin has a short attention span that he needs to whip up into a frenzy to keep his mind from wandering. Thus it becomes very difficult to tell whether Konstantin is passionate about something or passionately doing something.

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hometown , London, England
family , Konstantin has a younger sister and a mother and a father. He comes from a long line of very traditional gospel singers who support him, but they whisper about him in private when he leaves.
pets , A snake.
best memory , Recording his first Gospel album, “God’s Cherub’s.”
worst memory , When he tried to record his first Gospel album for the first time and suffered a mental breakdown. It took him two tries to record it over the span of a year.
history , Konstantin was born to a Russian mother and a Dutch father in London, England. His parents were of second generation English decent. Both of his parents were strict Christians who sang Gospel music for a living. Neither of them grew rich off their careers, but they made enough money to send Konstantin to some of the best schools in London. If they could not meet their son’s educational needs a family member was always present to provide the money.

Konstantin’s early, formative years of education through high school fueled his passion for singing. He developed a gorgeous voice that crooned like a soothing brook. His teachers praised him for his talent, and he went on to form a band in school called LP, short for Long Player. They wrote several Gospel songs in high school for their school’s talent competition and handily won. In fact, Konstantin sang so well that he cracked a glass in the audience.

Shortly after that night he was asked to record some songs with a recording company, which he immediately declined because it put too much responsibility on his shoulders. He suffered a brief mental breakdown that lasted almost a year and included a brief drug addiction. His parents came to help him during his trials and told him that he needed to grow up and take responsibility for his actions. They were ashamed that he wanted to be a Gospel singer while he was addicted to so many drugs. He immediately reverted to the childish behaviors he had begun displaying while on drugs. Although he recovered and eventually recorded an album, he withdrew into himself and began displaying behaviors from his childhood.

He discovered he could handle responsibility if he stayed young, because he had succeeded most when he was in school. The thought of leaving school had crushed him and caused him to break down when he received his first record contract. Konstantin took a five year break from recording to finish his studies in music theory and education. Once he received his teaching degree he made sure to apply for a job at Mille – Feuille Academy. He is currently teaching and doing small singing projects on the side.

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password? , let it out and let it in, hey jude, begin.
who , I also play Zahra Payami.
sample post ,

Zahra had decided to go for a walk after her disastrous tea with Junko. She needed to stop the anger that had a choke hold over her heart; it was squeezing out the persistence, sorrow, and annoyance that had previously had control over her. Up until Junko’s slim form had disappeared from her field of vision and she had nothing to do, her face had been wet with the residue from her tears. After Junko left and she had a chance to ruminate over Junko’s behavior she had begun trembling with anger. She had wanted nothing but to extend goodwill to Junko so she could get Junko to help Ludvig with his cause. Zahra had suggested to Vivian that Junko would be a good person to run the fairy club Vivian, Ludvig, and she would use to discover whether the fairies at school could negatively influence people. Unfortunately, Junko’s private, reserved nature about her personal life meant that having Junko run the club put all three of them at tremendous risk. Junko was an unknown that refused to open up and help Ludvig, she was probing Ludvig about Vivian, and she was mad at everyone helping Vivian. Having Junko run the club would give her a chance to test Junko’s loyalty to Ludvig, Vivian, and she. With Junko grilling Ludvig and hiding herself behind iron bars and closed doors she had somehow managed to learn more about Vivian and the lord than Zahra felt comfortable having her know. She knew Junko would soon have the potential to ruin Ludvig’s cause, and she wanted Junko actively helping Ludvig before she harmed them.
She found herself pacing the grounds in front of the school thinking about how she could regain Junko’s trust when she saw a short, two-door Sedan pull up in front of the school. It had been a while since anyone other than Miryo had pulled up to the school’s delivery entrance in her white delivery van. Zahra’s curiosity flew through the roof at the car’s presence, and she could not help but feel a little worried as well. Ludvig had told her that the lord would be making a trip to the school at some point. Even if she hadn’t outright heard that the lord was coming she had been told enough about Vivian to know that he would stop by. She felt it would be out of character for the lord to resist an opportunity to claim Vivian as his in front of the entire school. Not only would that assert his power over Vivian, but it would send a powerful message to Ludvig that he cared little for Ludvig’s liaison with Vivian.
The look on the man’s face as he glanced around him only made Zahra fearful of the man’s potential effect on the school, especially of his effect on Ludvig. Since she was still wearing her purple hat with its triangle peak, her lilac tea gown, and her white Mary Jane shoes from her tea with Junko her process across the lawn had been slow and restrained. Zahra picked up her lengthy train in her left hand to speed up her journey. She couldn’t run because of her hoopskirt, and the rainbow of colors on the “v’ shaped panel of her skirt began reflecting the sun back into her eyes in an irritating manner. Her eyes squinted against the light. She raised her right hand and ran it along the tight, white, ruffled collar lining her neck. Her hand played with the ruffles draping across the center “v” panel of her dress and those around her wrist, trailing down across the exquisite, multicolored circles lining the scalloped edge of her train. The few thick, scalloped ruffles lining her train whispered in response to her hand’s touch. She really loved this dress and hoped nothing would happen to it should the situation get ugly.
A slight wind pulled at the peaked edges of her dark purple hat. It also tugged at the two ivory feathers encircling the center of the hat. Her hair was still parted in the front, twisted into two spiral strips and pulled up into a tight bun under her hat. The front part of her hair had also been teased up and made to look airier than the inside of a marshmallow.
She also saw a student conversing with the man with whom she was unfamiliar. Zahra had been meeting a lot of new people lately, but it still surprised her that some of the students were more foreign to her than the Bible. This particular student looked like a much younger Orlando Bloom with a smoother, less angular face and curlier, more chestnut hair. He was even wearing the same dignified style of pea coat that Orlando Bloom had worn in the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie. She took a few seconds to glance at him before continuing on toward the new arrival. Studying a person with whom she was not familiar was less important to her than talking to the man who owned the Sedan.
Zahra stepped up to the man and curtsied in greeting. She had only caught a few snippets of what the student had said, but she had heard the name Bakken thrown around a few times. It made her most curious as to why this man was asking after someone named Bakken. She knew two people with that last name and one was presently missing. He couldn’t be after the missing one, Ludvig’s mother, so she assumed the man was here looking to speak with Ludvig.
The realization that the man wanted to speak to Ludvig drove a shock of fear through her sole. She wasn’t going to push the man away until she figured out why he was present, but she was growing less eager to help him in his quest.
“Sorry to interrupt, sir, but are you looking for a Bakken? I couldn’t help but overhear your desire to find someone at school and I must inquire as to why you want to see this Bakken. You see, the only Bakken I know is a very busy man and is hard to find, so I wouldn’t want to trouble him over a petty matter.” She stretched herself as far as her small, five foot one frame allowed to lend her formal speech a powerful, dignified aura. There was no way this man would cross her without a logical reason to do so.

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