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Name: Jae
Age: 34
Contact: plurk @ researchboner, PM
Character(s) in game: Gil Arroyo
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Character Name: Neal Caffrey
Age: About 37 if he didn't lie about his birthday.
Canon: White Collar
Canon point: Post-series
History: Wiki Link
Personality:
Empathy - Neal is incredibly capable of reading people, and he uses it to manipulate, but he also is a willing ear when someone needs to talk and does his best to be a comfort to his friends when they struggle. He's done everything from comfort robbery victims to spotting when one of the agents at the FBI was about to break and taking them aside to talk. He cares about people, and he's not afraid to show it.

Intelligence - As mentioned in his history, Neal is a world-class thief and con man. He's orchestrated robberies deemed impossible and helped catch criminals thought untouchable. He's well read, a skilled chess player, and capable of calling up an amazing variety of information relevant to his interests off the top of his head. According to his FBI file, he speaks eight languages that the bureau knows about, including Russian, Japanese, French, Spanish, and conversational Swahili.

Drive - Once Neal sets his mind to something, he's willing to pull out all the stops to make it happen. He's tenacious, pursuing criminals even in his off hours if they've caught his attention or interest. The first season focuses on the theft of a music box that Neal has been pursuing for upwards of seven years. It also follows Neal's search for the woman he's in love with, which takes him behind the FBI's back tracking clues left behind by her and her kidnapper. He almost loses everything in the pursuit, but he doesn't give it up until he's gotten what he wants.

Pride - Neal is occasionally prone to overestimating himself, biting off more than chew and then denying that he needs help. It's gotten him into trouble both on the street and with the FBI, leading at various times to a nearly-botched sting, his own kidnapping, and the death of the woman he pursued throughout the first season. He's gotten better about it, but he knows he's often the smartest one in the room, and he flaunts that knowledge when it suits him.

Distrust- He doesn't let people in. Even when he should. Even when he cares about them, and the consequences of not telling the whole story mean burned bridges. He nearly got himself sent back to prison on more than one occasion, and has tanked every significant romantic relationship he's had by keeping the truth back from the people he cares about.

Suitability: He wants to find a way back to his own world, thank you very much. He had plans. He figures the best way to do that is to stick with people who seem to know at least something about what's going on.

Powers/Abilities:
World class thief, forger, and con man. He's able to look at a forged painting and not only tell that it's a fake, but also the kind of light it was painted in and how long it took to do based on the shading that changed with the movement of the sun. Basically, he's Sherlock Holmes if Sherlock Holmes was obsessed with art and history. In canon he's done everything from making fake gemstones to rappelling into the office of a world-class thief to break into his safe and leave a sarcastic message there. At various times he's shown re-wiring an elevator, cracking a safe by ear, and uh. Faking his own death, oops. If there's a con or an angle he hasn't tried, he's more than willing to learn, but at this point in his life he uses said powers (almost) strictly for good.

Entity Affinity:
The Eye - Neal has lived most of his life as a stranger to everyone around him, no matter how close he lets them think they are. His closest friend and mentor didn't know anything about his childhood until they'd known each other for almost three years, and even then he was sparse with details and didn't talk about his mother at all. He's a secret keeper. His safety is in what other people don't know. That's the space he uses to build whoever he thinks he needs to be. Moreover, almost the entirety of season 6 is centered around Neal's realization that even if the undercover operation he's working with is successful, the news that he was involved with it will put everyone he knows and cares about at risk. He ultimately chooses to fake his own death and start over half-way around the world, rather than reveal that secret and put them at risk.

Inventory: Tailored suit, fedora, silk tie, tie pin, pro lock pick set, and a French newspaper from 2014, a smartphone that's TOTALLY ON THE CUTTING EDGE for 2014, plus two cheap burners.

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PLAYER

NAME: Jae
CONTACT: Account PM or via plurk @ researchboner
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: MOST DAYS EXCEPT TUESDAY, I sprinkle tags in whenever I can. Pretty quick when I'm able to be, but my schedule is a bit everywhere because of my job.
BRACKETS/PROSE: Prose is preferred because I do a lot of tagging from my phone.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: I'm pretty chill on this tbh, I just don't do well with realistic depictions of Alzheimer's. Blank-slate TV amnesia? Love it. Slow loss of self and the ability to communicate? No thank.

IN CHARACTER

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: He REALLY doesn't like being touched by people he either doesn't know or isn't sleeping with. I'm fine with him being poked though, and he definitely has no qualms about sleeping around when he's not in a committed relationship.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: INDEED, let's coordinate
RELATIONSHIPS: All kinds pls. Romance is possible, but he's kind of in a "relationships sure are a thing I'm bad at" place
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: READ AWAY I love this shit. Just let me know your character is psychic and I'll give you as much as possible to work with in narration.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: NONE MAGIC
MEDICAL INFORMATION: Ripped and healthy
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: He's very touchy these days about being called a criminal, but as for particular triggers, the only real rage button he has is threats against people he cares about. Feral Neal can't fight for shit but by God will he try.

OUT OF CHARACTER

BACKTAGGING: Always
THREADHOPPING: I like if people ask first, but the answer is usually yes.
FOURTHWALLING: No thank.
NOT INTERESTED IN: I'll take it all, baby. The good the bad and the ugly.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

VISUAL:
He's just OUT THERE, LOOKING LIKE THAT.
AURAL: A smooth jazz kind of voice that is very rarely raised. (Example! Where he mostly accidentally makes a room full of teenagers swoon over their substitute teacher.)
OLFACTORY: Always smells nice, whether it's something citrusy, smoky, piney--he's good at picking "masculine" scents that somehow match his clothes.
DEMEANOUR: Always smooth and affable, able to make himself comfortable in almost any space and any conversation. He's a chameleon of a man who will insult you with a smile, sometimes in a way that makes it sound like a compliment.

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