Post by Loren Belgrave on May 11, 2012 1:20:51 GMT -5
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Username: Apollo
Preferred method of contact: PM, AIM, C-box poking
How did you find us: Through Moriarty
Codeword: Consulting Doctor
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Name: Loren Belgrave
Nicknames: Lorie
Date of birth/age: September 2, 1976/35
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Unknown. Hasn't really thought about it
Job: General Internist (occasional locum tenens hospitalist)
Degrees/Permits: BS in Biology, MD, a medical license, and certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine as a general internist.
Languages Spoken: English is his first language, but growing up in Miami, he picked up enough Spanish to get by. He's not completely fluent, but he can speak more than simple phrases, albeit with strange grammar. He understands more than he can speak.
Human or shifter: Human
Appearance: PB Joel David Moore
Loren stands at about 6'1, though his lean build and elongated features make him seem a little taller. He used to look lankier and underfed during his med school and Residency days, but he's filled out a bit now that he's had a chance to settle into a steady exercise and eating regimen.
He has short brown hair, light brown eyes, and a perpetual dusting of stubbly scruff that he can never quite seem to get rid of. Though most of the time he seems a little distant or lost in thought, he has a pleasant smile when someone can bring it out.
His wardrobe is fairly simple. Lightweight suits, slacks, dress shirts, and silk ties make up his work uniform. At home and about, he's far more casual, typically sporting t shirts, jeans, cargo shorts, and thin button down shirts- anything that won't stifle him in the heat. He favors a fairly muted color scheme, only occasionally incorporating brighter accents with ties.
Personality:
Loren has always leaned towards the introverted end of the personality spectrum. Given the choice, he will prefer to immerse himself in his hobbies or work rather than seek out companionship. However, Loren isn’t opposed to socializing, nor does he necessarily find it taxing. Introduce him to a person or three who can carry a lively, compelling conversation, and he’ll happily chat them up for hours. Loren just won’t go out of his way to meet people, and he isn’t very good about following up on continued contact unless someone really strikes a chord with him.
He is an analytical man, prone to internal dialogue and reflection. Because of this, he may occasionally seem dreamy or scatterbrained to the onlooker. Nonetheless, Loren has a very driven and at times, intense personality. He is simply quiet about his ambitions, choosing to work towards them privately.
Ever since the Versi pandemic, Loren has picked up the habit of constantly examining the people he interacts with for the subtle differences that might give away their (potential) shifter natures. He tries to keep these examinations as inconspicuous as possible (blatantly looking someone over outside of a professional setting isn’t exactly socially acceptable), but he cannot completely contain his curiosity and does slip up sometimes.
The pandemic itself has made him slightly neurotic. He constantly wonders (because of the high infection rate) who is a shifter and who is human, and is a little fonder of gloves and hand sanitizer than justifiable. Even to himself.
This mild neuroticism is based in his own obsession with Versi. He holds a neutral opinion of shifters, but he cannot help but feel unease around them because of how little is known about the disease. Where did it go? Will it return? How was it transmitted? Does Versi progress? These are all questions he asks himself daily. He wonders about himself as well, since he caught Versi but didn’t turn shifter. What might that mean for him in the event of a hypothetical second wave?
Still, despite the uncertainty and fear he feels towards Versi, he cannot help but feel fascination as well. This is a completely unique disease, and oh is he ever into disease.
Aside from medical interests, he’s fond of swimming, instrumental music, fantasy fiction novels, and puzzles. He may or may not admit to indulging in a little indoor gardening.
Strengths:
-Caring: He genuinely does care for the wellbeing of the patients and the friends he makes, even if he gets caught up in analyzing all the little details about them sometimes. If someone can be bothered to keep in contact with him, they might find themselves surprised by just how attentive he can be. (He’ll never forget a birthday, or anything important to that person really)
-Detail oriented: He might be pretty new as a physician, but his attention to detail means he’s good at what he does. It also means he’s capable of concentrating on things for long periods of time without getting bored.
-Motivated: When he sets his mind to a task, he gets it done. No matter how long it takes or how much effort it requires. He doesn’t back down from the goals he sets, though he doesn’t set unrealistic goals either.
-Intelligent: He’s no child prodigy or genius, but Loren is smart. And he’s always looking to learn new things. The last thing he wants is to become stagnant inside or outside of his profession.
Weaknesses:
-Heat: Doesn’t deal well with it. He’s either in his office with the AC on or at home… with the AC on. It’s hard to drag him out of his artificially chilled paradise. God knows why he’s stuck around. And let’s not get started on sunburns.
-Food making: Don’t ask him to cook. No really. Don’t ask him to cook. As a med student, he learned to subsist on cheap rehydrated noodle meals for years. He still hasn’t quite figured his way around a kitchen. But he can afford takeout, and hey, that works just fine.
-Neuroticism: Obsessively trying to figure out who is or isn’t human can be a bit damaging to the little social life he has. And his sanity. It’s not crippling, but it does make for some awkward situations every now and then. And a flustered Loren when someone calls him out on it.
-Relationships: Platonic or romantic, he has some difficulty keeping them going. Not because he’s asocial or particularly shy, but because he gets so wrapped up in his work or interests sometimes, he honestly forgets to keep in contact with people. He’s also not exactly sure what to make of flirtation, having little experience with it himself.
-Social interactions: Too many personal questions about himself may fluster him. As a doctor, he is used to being the one asking them, not the other way round. In general, he finds things like small talk a bit uncomfortable to maintain simply because he doesn’t find it interesting.
History:
Though born into a middle class family in Miami, Loren never was fond of the heat and humidity. As a child, his idea of top notch entertainment consisted of spending hours indoors with the air conditioning cranked high and a pile of fantasy fiction books or Legos. He would have quite happily gone without exercising if not for his mother, who insisted on putting him in a sports program of some sort to keep him healthy. Swimming was the compromise, and a routine he tries to maintain to this day.
Middle school saw an increased interest in science due to a particularly passionate teacher. In addition to his usual fare of novels, Loren started delving into nonfiction and internet research. His interests slanted towards the biological, especially in regards to human biology and disease. It was at this point that Loren decided he wanted to be a doctor of some kind, and he made every effort come high school to keep his grades high and accumulate community service hours in order to earn scholarships.
In the interest of staying out of debt, Loren stay put for his undergrad and attended the University of Florida, where he earned a BS in Biology. It wasn’t until medical school when he left state, moving to Seattle to earn his MD at the University of Washington. But rather than linger and pursue a Residency program in the Pacific Northwest, Loren returned to Miami, feeling nostalgia for the state he grew up in. (Perpetually gray skies and cold rain were a bit of a climate shock, and for once, the humid Miami heat sounded appealing, though he’ll tell you he regrets it now)
By age 30, Loren finally completed his Residency program and was certified as a general internist, a profession that combined his love of human pathology with the flexibility to work in a private clinic, an office, or a hospital, whichever he found preferable. After twelve years of higher education, he was ready for a break. He got a job as a hospitalist in Miami, figuring to make connections and earn a little money to pay off his debts before launching into a Fellowship and subspecializing in infectious disease.
What he hadn’t been expecting was Versi. Mimicking the flu, it seemed to come out of nowhere and quickly turned pandemic. But it was unlike any flu anyone had ever seen. Of the infected, two thirds began to shift into a spectrum of animals. And it was virulent, eventually claiming millions of lives worldwide and earning its status as a modern natural disaster. Like every other hospital, Loren’s was flooded with critical patients, especially the elderly.
Loren himself contracted Versi during his hospitalist stint, and though he did not turn shifter like many of his colleagues, he never quite got over the incident either. Overwhelmed by the Versi pandemic, he switched from hospitalist work to slower paced office work with outpatients after his year-long contract expired. But a fascination with the disease was sparked, and five years after the fact, the obsession has only grown.
Username: Apollo
Preferred method of contact: PM, AIM, C-box poking
How did you find us: Through Moriarty
Codeword: Consulting Doctor
✓►CHARACTER◄
Name: Loren Belgrave
Nicknames: Lorie
Date of birth/age: September 2, 1976/35
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Unknown. Hasn't really thought about it
Job: General Internist (occasional locum tenens hospitalist)
Degrees/Permits: BS in Biology, MD, a medical license, and certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine as a general internist.
Languages Spoken: English is his first language, but growing up in Miami, he picked up enough Spanish to get by. He's not completely fluent, but he can speak more than simple phrases, albeit with strange grammar. He understands more than he can speak.
Human or shifter: Human
Appearance: PB Joel David Moore
Loren stands at about 6'1, though his lean build and elongated features make him seem a little taller. He used to look lankier and underfed during his med school and Residency days, but he's filled out a bit now that he's had a chance to settle into a steady exercise and eating regimen.
He has short brown hair, light brown eyes, and a perpetual dusting of stubbly scruff that he can never quite seem to get rid of. Though most of the time he seems a little distant or lost in thought, he has a pleasant smile when someone can bring it out.
His wardrobe is fairly simple. Lightweight suits, slacks, dress shirts, and silk ties make up his work uniform. At home and about, he's far more casual, typically sporting t shirts, jeans, cargo shorts, and thin button down shirts- anything that won't stifle him in the heat. He favors a fairly muted color scheme, only occasionally incorporating brighter accents with ties.
Personality:
Loren has always leaned towards the introverted end of the personality spectrum. Given the choice, he will prefer to immerse himself in his hobbies or work rather than seek out companionship. However, Loren isn’t opposed to socializing, nor does he necessarily find it taxing. Introduce him to a person or three who can carry a lively, compelling conversation, and he’ll happily chat them up for hours. Loren just won’t go out of his way to meet people, and he isn’t very good about following up on continued contact unless someone really strikes a chord with him.
He is an analytical man, prone to internal dialogue and reflection. Because of this, he may occasionally seem dreamy or scatterbrained to the onlooker. Nonetheless, Loren has a very driven and at times, intense personality. He is simply quiet about his ambitions, choosing to work towards them privately.
Ever since the Versi pandemic, Loren has picked up the habit of constantly examining the people he interacts with for the subtle differences that might give away their (potential) shifter natures. He tries to keep these examinations as inconspicuous as possible (blatantly looking someone over outside of a professional setting isn’t exactly socially acceptable), but he cannot completely contain his curiosity and does slip up sometimes.
The pandemic itself has made him slightly neurotic. He constantly wonders (because of the high infection rate) who is a shifter and who is human, and is a little fonder of gloves and hand sanitizer than justifiable. Even to himself.
This mild neuroticism is based in his own obsession with Versi. He holds a neutral opinion of shifters, but he cannot help but feel unease around them because of how little is known about the disease. Where did it go? Will it return? How was it transmitted? Does Versi progress? These are all questions he asks himself daily. He wonders about himself as well, since he caught Versi but didn’t turn shifter. What might that mean for him in the event of a hypothetical second wave?
Still, despite the uncertainty and fear he feels towards Versi, he cannot help but feel fascination as well. This is a completely unique disease, and oh is he ever into disease.
Aside from medical interests, he’s fond of swimming, instrumental music, fantasy fiction novels, and puzzles. He may or may not admit to indulging in a little indoor gardening.
Strengths:
-Caring: He genuinely does care for the wellbeing of the patients and the friends he makes, even if he gets caught up in analyzing all the little details about them sometimes. If someone can be bothered to keep in contact with him, they might find themselves surprised by just how attentive he can be. (He’ll never forget a birthday, or anything important to that person really)
-Detail oriented: He might be pretty new as a physician, but his attention to detail means he’s good at what he does. It also means he’s capable of concentrating on things for long periods of time without getting bored.
-Motivated: When he sets his mind to a task, he gets it done. No matter how long it takes or how much effort it requires. He doesn’t back down from the goals he sets, though he doesn’t set unrealistic goals either.
-Intelligent: He’s no child prodigy or genius, but Loren is smart. And he’s always looking to learn new things. The last thing he wants is to become stagnant inside or outside of his profession.
Weaknesses:
-Heat: Doesn’t deal well with it. He’s either in his office with the AC on or at home… with the AC on. It’s hard to drag him out of his artificially chilled paradise. God knows why he’s stuck around. And let’s not get started on sunburns.
-Food making: Don’t ask him to cook. No really. Don’t ask him to cook. As a med student, he learned to subsist on cheap rehydrated noodle meals for years. He still hasn’t quite figured his way around a kitchen. But he can afford takeout, and hey, that works just fine.
-Neuroticism: Obsessively trying to figure out who is or isn’t human can be a bit damaging to the little social life he has. And his sanity. It’s not crippling, but it does make for some awkward situations every now and then. And a flustered Loren when someone calls him out on it.
-Relationships: Platonic or romantic, he has some difficulty keeping them going. Not because he’s asocial or particularly shy, but because he gets so wrapped up in his work or interests sometimes, he honestly forgets to keep in contact with people. He’s also not exactly sure what to make of flirtation, having little experience with it himself.
-Social interactions: Too many personal questions about himself may fluster him. As a doctor, he is used to being the one asking them, not the other way round. In general, he finds things like small talk a bit uncomfortable to maintain simply because he doesn’t find it interesting.
History:
Though born into a middle class family in Miami, Loren never was fond of the heat and humidity. As a child, his idea of top notch entertainment consisted of spending hours indoors with the air conditioning cranked high and a pile of fantasy fiction books or Legos. He would have quite happily gone without exercising if not for his mother, who insisted on putting him in a sports program of some sort to keep him healthy. Swimming was the compromise, and a routine he tries to maintain to this day.
Middle school saw an increased interest in science due to a particularly passionate teacher. In addition to his usual fare of novels, Loren started delving into nonfiction and internet research. His interests slanted towards the biological, especially in regards to human biology and disease. It was at this point that Loren decided he wanted to be a doctor of some kind, and he made every effort come high school to keep his grades high and accumulate community service hours in order to earn scholarships.
In the interest of staying out of debt, Loren stay put for his undergrad and attended the University of Florida, where he earned a BS in Biology. It wasn’t until medical school when he left state, moving to Seattle to earn his MD at the University of Washington. But rather than linger and pursue a Residency program in the Pacific Northwest, Loren returned to Miami, feeling nostalgia for the state he grew up in. (Perpetually gray skies and cold rain were a bit of a climate shock, and for once, the humid Miami heat sounded appealing, though he’ll tell you he regrets it now)
By age 30, Loren finally completed his Residency program and was certified as a general internist, a profession that combined his love of human pathology with the flexibility to work in a private clinic, an office, or a hospital, whichever he found preferable. After twelve years of higher education, he was ready for a break. He got a job as a hospitalist in Miami, figuring to make connections and earn a little money to pay off his debts before launching into a Fellowship and subspecializing in infectious disease.
What he hadn’t been expecting was Versi. Mimicking the flu, it seemed to come out of nowhere and quickly turned pandemic. But it was unlike any flu anyone had ever seen. Of the infected, two thirds began to shift into a spectrum of animals. And it was virulent, eventually claiming millions of lives worldwide and earning its status as a modern natural disaster. Like every other hospital, Loren’s was flooded with critical patients, especially the elderly.
Loren himself contracted Versi during his hospitalist stint, and though he did not turn shifter like many of his colleagues, he never quite got over the incident either. Overwhelmed by the Versi pandemic, he switched from hospitalist work to slower paced office work with outpatients after his year-long contract expired. But a fascination with the disease was sparked, and five years after the fact, the obsession has only grown.
