AUTUMN, sometimes

[sometimes]

SOMETIMES AUTUMN




Basic Information;

Character's Full Name: Sometimes Autumn
Nicknames: Sometimes
Age && Birthday: 16, August 10th
Occupation: Patient

Appearance;

Sometimes is quite a character and it definitely shows in her appearance. She definitely comes across as kind of a quirky person at first glance because of not only her dressing style but also in her very animated visage.

Besides the gaffing tape the one thing that really stands out about Sometimes is her left eye, not only because it's her only eye, but because it's wide with interest and curiosity. Her eye is large and very round and sporting a chocolaty brown iris. Her eyebrow is thin and neatly curved and as for her eye lashes, well they definitely add to the quirky character she is as they are short, pokey and a little sticky outey. For the most part her face is very cutesy. It's round and she's got chubby little cheeks that go with her round chin. Her lips are full, yet pale but are most always wearing a smile.

As for the rest of her, Sometimes is quite thin. She's not a stick and she's not over weight she's probably what you'd consider average. Her skin is very pale, but has got a sort of a creamy tone to it. She's got long fingers fit for playing piano, but is quite short in general, but still maintains a lean figure.

Sometimes' hair is definitely not very well thought out. It's short, just about shoulder length and usually messy. Though clean she doesn't do a lot to maintain it. Bangs usually just brush the beginning of the gaffing tape over her right eye but she don't really care where they go or what they do. A plain brown, her hair is straight and thin. It's not that it's lifeless, it's just ... there. All part of the character remember?

The one thing about her appearance that's almost less important than her hair is probably her dressing style. It's not exactly throw away, but it is definitely whatever I could find to put on, y'know? She usually dresses in bright colors that don't scarily match. Dresses seem to prove a favorite, probably because they're essayer for her to put on. She owns one pair of scuffed up and worn out orange convers that seem to be her signature clothing item.

The last thing about Sometimes' appearance is her presence. You'd think, bright colors, quirky air, that you'd notice her as soon as she walked into to a room. That's where you're wrong because for one she doesn't walk. For two because she doesn't walk she's confined to a wheel chair and therefor low to the ground. So, unless you're short, there's a good chance that you'll miss at first, but don't worry she ends up making herself noticed one way or another.

Personality;

Sometimes has quite a few distinctive traits. Remember the quirkiness in her appearance, well it's not just the way she looks. She's got a lovely, yet strange personality. Sometimes it takes a while to get used to, but you do get used to it. It's not that she's mean she just a bit strange. Anyways you get the picture.

Something that Sometimes is best known for is her curiosity. She's very inquisitive and always asking questions. She wants to know things she wants to see things. Having been cooped up all the time Sometimes has seen very little of the world, let alone have met other people. She'd been quite isolated and didn't like it very much. This new opportunity to meet new people has been like a blessing. She wants to learn from them she wants to experience things and feel and will not let any of her health issues stop her.

This brings me to a few other points. For one Sometimes is a very determined person and hard worker. She probably got this from living with Doctor Endinham. If she wants something she will work to get it, if she can't make something work she will try everything to make it work. She can be a little hard headed because she won't let anything stand in her way but she is always open minded to new ideas and opportunities. She will try things and never ever blocks something completely out.

Now, remember when I said that she'd been cooped up inside a lot, well because she hadn't met a lot of people she doesn't have very good people skills. She doesn't have very good street knowledge. She was taught manners of course but isn't tuned in with the way others act. Her speech is very formal and kind but quite blunt. She's always just said what's on her mind without thinking about how the other person might feel about it. She won't be mean about it, it's just that she doesn't know better. But on the upside she is just that type of person that you feel good around y'know. Innocent and light hearted.

That being said no matter what traumas Sometimes has suffered she's always been in high spirits. She's generally a happy person and doesn't like to let things bring her down. She is kind caring and has a sort of wise feel about her, though she is definitely not the smartest girl on the planet. She's not air headed she just lacks in knowledge, but is still determined to learn more.

In Depth

HOBBIES

Music has always been her 'I'm board so I'm going to do this" but aside from that Sometimes has usually enjoyed writing and occasionally reading.

LIKES

Music-Playing Piano, Singing, Listening to Music

Uniqueness-Anything that's uncommon

Freedom-Being able to do as she pleases

Literature-Words, Reading, Poetry, Writing

People-Meeting new ones, Being around them

Discovery-Learning, Exploring, Newness

Earl Gray Tea-Always has a cup of it at four o'clock

Strong Senses-Rough textures, strong tastes, vivid colours

Humor-High spirits, laughing

Creativity-The impossible, Thinking outside the box

DISLIKES

Extremities-People who go overboard with things

Dis-credited-People who take credit for her work

Disabilities-Being held back or incapable of something

Narrow Mindedness-Those who can't look past their noses

Seriousness-Being to concentrated or serious about things

Perfection-What is life without a little flaw?

Conflict-War, Arguments, Fighting

Brussel Sprouts-They're to bland

Water-Swimming,Cold Showers, Rain

Nasal Sounding Voices-It annoys her

BEST MEMORY

Placing her hands on the piano and just playing for the first time is probably, not only her most vivid memory, but also her favorite. It was just the most amazing, light, warm feeling that she attemps to re-create every time she plays.

WORST MEMORY

Not only is it her worst memory, but the most recent and clear thing she can remember at this point in her life. Waking up, not knowing what was happening, bleeding from her chest and calling for her guardian with no answer. The panic was so strong and she remembers it so clearly that it even continues to frighten her today.

History;

Usually in place of what I'm about to tell you I would insert some sort of short segment on how the girl you are about to read about was brought into this world. How her parents met, fell in love and what they ate on their first date, however in place of that I'm going to explain that I've had a very trying day and that I'm tired, lazy and that anything to do with Sometimes' parents is irrelevant. All you really need to know is that two people by the name of Cintia and Winston fell in love, got married and had a child.

So, as you can probably guess Sometimes was born on a warm summer's afternoon. There was screaming crying, y'know all that good stuff. Tears of joy and all the rest and everything seemed to be perfect. Sometimes was born a healthy baby, born into a fair family and had a future ahead of her. That's the way it was for eight years. But if you haven't guessed already something happened and that was the end of eight years.

The family had been out for a late night drive. They were coming home from dinner, but they never exactly made it. Their car was rear ended and fell into a ditch. The driver of the other car had been drunk as well as arrested, but the Autumn family was not quite so lucky. All three members were rushed to hospital. Winston had made it out that night with so much as a few broken bones, but was deviated when Cintia was pronounced dead and wasn't prepared to take care of Sometimes, who was currently in a coma sporting broken ribs and severely injured spin, by himself. Winston sat day and night by a sleeping Sometimes' bedside crying and contemplating over what to do. It wasn't until he met Dr. Endinham, Sometimes' doctor, did he find his answer.

Dr. Endinham was a lonely man. His wife had died in their first years of marriage and all he wanted now was the company of a child. He was to old to marry now let alone have children of his own and he offered to take care of Sometimes. Winston was so thankful and arrangements were made. As Sometimes continued to sleep on Dr. Endinham was made her legal guardian and Winston left her life without a trace. Nice.

Now, the thing you need to know about Dr. Endinham is that he's a bit weird but very smart. He spent his time at home trying to improve medicines and medical technology, only thing is he has no way to test them. He couldn't just test them on some random patients so Sometimes was the perfect opportunity try some things out. Just keep in mind that Endinham meant no harm, he was just a little...off.

Finally Sometimes awoke, but not in the most stable of conditions. Still she was released, but with the order to come back and be treated as an out patient. She was supposed to come back for physical therapy as her spine had 'temporarily' paralyzed her from the hips down. Endinham planned on treating the rest at his house where he kept her quite well.

Sometimes was transported to to Endinham's house by Ambulance as she was still on oxygen and not very mobile. That same day Dr. Endinham quit to devote his life to science and his new eight year old child. Sometimes still had no idea what wast going on. She thought she was going to stay with her father again, but what had happened to her mother? It was all confusing and even more so when she arrived at the house. Endinham gave her a bed that although was far more comfortable than the ones at the hospital was more than a subtle reminder that something was wrong. Mostly because the room sported all the instruments that were going to keep her alive. Endinham had her hooked up to monitors IVs wires and things like that. She was scared, but couldn't do anything because if she was to leave she probably wouldn't have had very much chance of survival.

So now Endinham was ready to start his tests and experiments. Sometimes was pretty beat up and was the perfect guinny pig. But he did have some explaining to do. The eight year old was pretty hysteric and upset so he sat down beside her bed that first night and explained everything, which was probably not the best idea because she was even more upset. She wanted to be with her parents she wanted to go home and she didn't want to be a part of some wacked up experiments, but she didn't have much of a say because into the IV went the anesthesia and so the experiments commenced.

The first one was her eye. Her right had been penetrated with a piece of glass and she would be permanently blinded in one eye. He thought he could fix that too but a slip of the hand and she was bleeding from inside her socket. The eye had to come out and he needed to get a bandage on the wound, but he'd forgotten to re-stock. So on went the gaffing tape which he stitched over the wound. With the failure of his first try that was the end of the experiments for that night, until he could get more supplies.

When Sometimes awoke she was not devastated by the gaffing tape, she knew that this new life was something that she was going to have to live with. Besides Endinham was nice he really was trying to help her and he loved her like his own.

Experiment number two was trying to fix her ribs. They weren't that broken and were not the reason why she wasn't breathing properly. There was a bone that had penetrated her heart. That night two successful experiments were performed. A contraption was put under her ribs to keep them suspended up instead of collapsing which would take them longer to heal. As for her heart, she would need a transplant, but instead of waiting for a real heart Endinham had a pre-made artificial if you will. It was supposed to work just as well and last twice as long, however long that was. The thing was it was durable and wasn't supposed to break, but it needed things to keep it working which is why she has a variety of tubes and wires sprouting from her chest. But at least it works, so far.

Now remember, not all of this was done over the coarse of three days. These events were spread out over months and years of time with other things in between. Endings did things to her brain and other parts of her body until she could pass as a robot. Somethings were failures and Sometimes had had many near death experiences in that house but she always came out alive in the end.

By the end of it all Sometimes hardly real. A lot of her skin had been replaced. One of her arms was a complete prosthetic that worked like a real hand on electricity. There were little micro-chips embedded in different parts of her skin that were programming her to function somewhat differently. Both her legs worked because of an extra vertebrate inserted in her spine and her brain was wired in a completely different way, with actual wires. Because of that last particular surgery, if you will, she didn't remember a lot of her past life. And after that she was hardly even real.

The downfall was that Sometimes rarely got out of the house. She was home schooled by a tutor that Endinham hired while he retreated to his lab. The man was filthy rich for being a well known doctor and was dedicating his money to Sometimes. On her free time when the doctor was busy Sometimes would refine herself to the piano that was 'just for decoration.' But she loved that thing. She was good at it and still improving. She found her unique voiced deep within the wires and things that were now her make up and would write for hours on end. She loved the piano and found a passion for words as well and discovered magic putting the two together. She'd never experienced anything like it before. one of the first songs that Sometimes did was something called 'suspended in gaffa' referring to the gaffing tape most often used to bandage her up. Sometimes she felt like she was being held back or suspended by the gaffing tape because she was so restricted and a lot of the time incapable of doing normal things. She would ask herself if she was being kept in this world of gaffing tape which she referred to as 'gaffa'. "Am I suspended in gaffa?"

By now her skin was beginning to grow over the stitches that were keeping the gaffing tape in place and there it remained.

Now life was happy in the Endinham house hold. Sometimes was very comfortable with her new father and didn't even think about her own family. They after all were the ones who'd abandoned her and where normal people would be angry Sometimes chose to channel the bad energy through her music and lyrics and therefor she held no angst. Until that faithful day during her fourteenth year of life.

She was knocked out from the anesthesia. He was trying to fix something with the contraption in her ribs and she was ok with that. Her chest was cut open, she was attached to monitors and different machines that were keeping her alive as the doctor continued to poke at different things in the inside of his invented body for the girl. But suddenly the man died. Of what? Who knows. Old age probably, but yes, he just dropped dead of his own accord and left Sometimes bleeding from her open chest. When the drugs wore off Sometimes was in a bit of a daze and felt faint and weak, but she knew something was wrong. She called for Endinham and when he didn't answer she reached for the phone beside her bed and called for help. Help came, ready to arrest the man who'd left Sometimes open and bleeding, but he was already dead.

Now Sometimes is here recovering from the unsuccessful attempt at an operation. But that's not all. The wires and machinery are letting off radiation into her body and causing leukemia. She's been living with it unknowingly for some time now and it's getting pretty sevre. So the logical thing to do would be to get rid of the things that are killing her, but those wires are crucial to her servival. She'd be better off with a mechanic for god's sake. But because she isn't of age the desicion is not up to her.

Meanwhile there is much confusion as to what is going to happen to her now that her legal guardian is gone. Arrangements are being made for her to live at an orphanage.

As for Winston? Well, he's a bit out of the picture by now.

Family Relationships;

MOTHER: Cintia Autumn- dead - former lawyer

MATERNAL RELATIVES: Lily Harris, Cintia's mother and Sometimes' grandmother, lived with the family for a while, but God knows what happened to her after Cintia's death.

FATHER: Winston Autumn - school teacher

PATERNAL RELATIVES: Sometimes was never really close to any of her extended family, especially considering that she didn't even spend a lot of time with her immediate family.

SIBLINGS: N/A

Your RP;

Y'know when you have one of those days, one of those days where you're fuming with frustration for the silliest reasons, one of those days when everything seems to not be going your way, one of those days that you wished would just end! Well, for Sometimes, today was one of those days as the girl rolled up the ramp to the fifth floor.

It'd taken a lot to get there. A lot of arm strength. Five levels was a lot to climb on this Friday evening and every ramp she rolled up seemed to get steeper, or longer or just plain harder to get up. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead and her long fingers gripped the wheels of her chair for dear life. She was relieved every time she made it to the top but disappointed when she discovered that her long journey to the music room was not over. It was one of those days where she felt that the flights of ramps would never end and it frustrated her. Life seemed to be giving her grief.

See, the difficulty of the ramps seemed to be getting harder. She was constantly suffering moments in the day where she was just positively weak or dizzy from over working and she didn't understand it. As far as the girl was concerned she was a great big ball of energy, she was always bubbly and Sometimes knew it. But on top of her experiences of fatigue she couldn't grip the wheels so tightly because her joints hurt. Sometimes it was just in her hands sometimes it was in her arms or other bones, but when it got bad it was Hell and not good at all for the aspiring piano player. She, like many dancers relied a lot on her body and couldn't imagine that she'd be breaking down now, but after the removal of all Dr. Endinham's life improvement devices many things were becoming more challenging.

But, she finally made it. It didn't help at all that she had classes up here everyday, but all she wanted now was a little time on the piano before dinner. Breathing heavily, Sometimes closed her eyes upon entering the music room. She delicately fingered the tubes sprouting from her chest to reassure herself she was still alive. She felt fluids flowing smoothly through them and towards the destination of her artificial heart. She was going to be ok, at least for now.

Regaining her previous state of mind Sometimes rolled towards the nice big piano in the middle of the room and slid onto the bench with slight difficulty. Her purple skirt slid easily along the bench to match, or rather un-match her yellow leggings, orange converse and green jumper. The gaffing tape was partly covered up by the messy bangs covering her lack of a left eye and she probably looked like a mess. Her hair, as usual, stuck out in every which way and something about her told you that she had had in fact a bad day.

Something else that might have given you the hint would be the loud, earsplitting and unsettled diminished chords that came from the piano. They were long, angry and and didn't flow into each other properly, most likely because Sometimes couldn't press down the damper pedal with her useless and senseless legs. Something she'd learned to live with suddenly with the duration of this bad day had become something frustrating to deal with.

;Anything else?

name;; Astrid
years roleplaying;; Nearly Two
location;; North America
How You found us;; On some other RP whe I was surfing.

[Dr Lisa Cuddy]

Accepted!