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JAMIE

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AGE: thirty

DATE OF BIRTH: may 23rd

HOMETOWN: new york city

GENDER: cisgender male

ZODIAC SIGN: gemini

RELATIONSHIP STATUS:[break] single pringle

SEXUAL ORIENTATION:[break] pansexual

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION:[break] demiromantic

OCCUPATION:[break] Boutique Owner

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[b]FREE!, Matsuoka Rin[/b] as [i]James Velvet[/i]

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- Jamie doesn't keep his store in 'male'/'female' sections. Instead he labels his store by the item of clothing you can find there, such as shirts, brassieres, dresses, pants, and so on. To keep his customers happy with organization, he does divide each area so that 'masculine' shirts are on one side of the section and 'feminine' ones are on the other. Honestly, if a couple dozen customers hadn't complained about it, he would've left them all mixed and sorted only by size. [break][break]

- He has one cat at home that he lovingly named Garbage because of how often the little tiger kitty would get into the trash. [break][break]

- His favorite color is yellow.[break][break]

- He may be allergic to pineapples. Every time he eats them, he feels like his throat is closing up and he can't breathe as well as he should. He hasn't gone and checked with a doctor, so he doesn't know if it's the fruit itself or the preservatives. [break][break]

- His hair is naturally black. He bleaches his hair on a regular basis and proceeds to dye it maroon. [break][break]

- The ocean terrifies him. Any large body of water does, actually. [break][break]

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WHO ARE YOU?

James Velvet was born in New York City, halfway across the country. He was the youngest child in a family of bankers, and the last child to be born out of four. His elder sisters, the three of them, were his first friends, and arguably the biggest influence on his life. Annabelle, the oldest, always dragged her little brother into her room to use him as a model for her princess dresses and tiaras. Josephine and Lee, the twins and his middle siblings, used their brother almost like a teddy bear at their tea parties. It used to annoy him, as a toddler. He felt like they were controlling him like a human doll, and in a way, they had been. As they all grew and matured, the dynamic changed. The sisters let up on their brother, let him play with his own toys and be an independent kid. However, the moment his sisters realized they were being overbearing and backed out, his parents became the next big annoyance in his life.[break][break]

Like a few families can be, the Velvet family was a little overbearing. They wished to see their children succeed in anything they did, and were more than a little disappointed whenever they weren't. They sent their son off to do every conceivable thing they could throughout his late childhood and early adolescence. He failed quite a bit of the tasks they put before him. Math and art turned out to be his strong suits, however, as did sewing. They attempted to set his life up before him, to assure that he'd be as successful as possible.[break][break]

At seventeen, Jamie attempted to run away. He felt too pressured, to closeted. His sisters had already gone to college, had room to manuver and figure out what they actually wanted out of life, but Jamie was still stuck underwater, so to speak... and literally, as it were. During his attempt to run away, he snuck aboard a boat that he assumed was going down one of the cities rivers- a tour boat that might offer a stop somewhere closer to the city limits. The ship ended up cruising the harbor, and Jamie accidentally fell out of the boat, and, as a result, almost drowned. Despite the traumatizing near death experience occurring, some good did come out of the runaway attempt. Jamie's parents sat him down and talked with him, and while it took some convincing, they eventually agreed to give their son some more space. It was hard for them to back off, but the family benefited from it. Tensions slowly eased, somewhat, although both James and his sisters are still very reluctant to talk to their parents about anything at all in their personal lives.[break][break]

Jamie went off to college two years later to study fashion design, and minored in business. He interned at many companies, even managed to get himself on a contest show and made it to the semi-finals with his designs. Despite that, however, he never won, got anything more than a consolation prize, and despite multiple tries, his attempts to get his work out there and in the fashion world were usually busts. Eventually, his hard work and publicity through all the shows he'd been on paid off, and he got a call. A woman in Seattle offered him a job, an opportunity to run his own store, with her as the co-owner and financial boss, of course. Jamie saw no reason not to agree- it was a nice set-up. She'd even pay for his flight across the continent and help him find an apartment. The only catch was, almost everything would go under her name. His clothes would have her mother's companies logo on it, and he'd receive only a slight amount of credit and royalties. Still... he was running out of options. He accepted, and that's the end of his tale, so far. He hopes to find a better deal, somewhere... or at least a way to stop the woman he works with from taking a good chunk of his profits for herself.

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