August Mason

Mason

the basics

full name • August Daniel Mason

nicknames • Prefers to be called by his last name

age • Twenty-two Years

primary standing • Cook, bar tender, waiter/server

secondary standing • Thug, bouncer, hired muscle

faction • Enchanted Suns

species • Texan longhorn - Anthropomorphic

gender • Male

sexuality • Heterosexual

the appearance

origin • Zootopia

height and weight • 6'7" at head, plus 1'2" at horn tips, 7'9" total; horns are 4'3" from tip to tip; weighs 354 lbs

overall appearance • First and foremost one will find him to be big. Wide shoulders and chest with heavily muscled arms, detailed abs and pronounced thighs; he looks every aspect of a body builder. Add this in with his broad head and horn span and the bull is intimidating. A deep maroon hood colors his head, shoulders and upper biceps with small spots showing in the white on his torso and legs before again richly coloring his feet below the hocks. His eyes are a soft green tinted by blue giving them a turquoise hue.

Often seen wearing an open front button up without sleeves with either jeans or cargos. A pair of dog-tags hang from a long chain about his neck complemented by a nose ring and several ear piercings, mostly a gauge in his right ear and small twin hoops in his left. A large tattoo can be seen when no sleeves are worn on his left shoulder.

the personality

likes • Helping his mother, cooking complex dishes, making others feel safe, being their for his mother, baseball

dislikes • Being bossed by others not his mother, showoffs, grunts who think they know everything, ungrateful costumers, being assumed the "big and dumb" one of the gang

strengths • Shear strength in size and build alone, charismatic nature, good with kids, a good swinging arm, great automotive knowledge

weaknesses • His horns, his size make him slower by nature, others lives used as leverage

abilities if any, mainly pertains to spells. N/A

dreams • To one day repay his mother for everything she's done for him and give her the Bed and Breakfast she left behind

fears • Causing harm to or loosing his mother by doing something stupid

overall personality • Social and easy to talk to, Mason flows right into the position of "Waiter" when helping his mother with her Bed and Breakfast. He has a soft side hidden under all the first impression intimidation and is not afraid to show it when talking to faithful costumers and families. He is understanding and great of patience when dealing with typically unruly children, helping to quickly put the parents at ease of mind while they deal with their family.

Despite the well-to-do taught by his mother he has a hard time dealing with more aggressive emotions. Typically bottling everything up before exploding in a destructive temper. He tries his hardest to hide this side from others, only helping the problem.

the history

father • Biological - Unknown

mother • Biological - Unknown; Adopted - Joan (Joe) Mason, past owner of a country Bed and Breakfast, currently employed as a waitress for a diner and a house keeper for a hotel.

siblings • N/A

important people • "Aunt" Simons; Mr. Walters; "Greedy (Spenser) McGee"

overall history • August was adopted at seven months old by a single women; Joan Mason lived alone and worked as a waitress for a local family restaurant. She had just exited an abusive relationship and wanted to start her new life with something meaningful. It came in the form of the boy calf. Even though he and his coyote mother looked nothing alike they could not have been closer as mother and son. Joe did everything for her son and even though she may not have been able to spoil with luxury of wealthy upbringing still gave him the best she could.

When he reached twelve years of age Mason helped his mother in buying the run down house just outside their town near an old farm. After realizing his mother's wish to own a Bed and Breakfast, the calf started to find work to help get money to pitch in. He found all sorts of odd jobs from helping grocery owner with unloading shipments to working on impossible tractors for the farms. When he finally had enough, a large glass mason jar filled with loose change, he presented it to his mother relishing in the joy that spread across her face and spilled from her eyes.

At age seventeen, his actions also caused his mother the loss of her beloved BB. An unruly gang had moved into the town, claiming one of the old warehouses as their place of operations. And what was their area of expertise? Auto-theft. Disguised as an auto-repair shop the gang would commit hits on high profile vehicles, take them back to the shop, scrap or alter them, then sell them for a lofty price. In the city this worked well and they thought to expand their reach with the rural country town. For a boy who had an interest in cars, Mason made quick friends and was readily accepted into their ranks.

He had kept this side of his dealings from his mother, only saying "I was able to get more work at the farm" when he handed her his share of the stolen profits. And when he returned home with blackened eyes and bloodied lips he'd shrug her off and say "it's nothing". Slowly, more and more, Joe worried about the secret life her son was keeping from her as he came home with more scars and piercings, and even a tattoo, but whenever she pressed he would just shrug her aside and act like nothing had happened. The money he'd give her to help keep their small piece of heaven was no longer a small evil she could ignore and decided to talk to him regardless when he returned home that evening. Except, morning found her still waiting.

Frantic with worry, Joe went to the local authorities asking for their help in finding her son. She knew something had happened; August always returned home to his mother every night unless otherwise informed. Never had he gone more than a couple hours past his expected arrival. Several hours into the search they found the boy on the side of the road leading out of town, bloodied and unresponsive. After waking several days later from his coma Mason couldn't remember what happened, all he could tell them was they had targeted a family who was well off but one that Mason knew more personally. There had been a small altercation between the bull and the gang's leader but it had ended at the shop, with Mason staying behind. His ending up in the ditch a complete mystery; it was the last straw.

Joan packed up her things, posted her dream house for sale, and moved with her still recovering son from the small town to the bustling city of Zootopia. She wanted to put as much distance between the only family she had and the devils that had almost taken him from her.

For the next five years of his life, Mason tried to stay out of trouble as he helped his mother in their new city life. It was daunting at first but he felt he owed her a debt that couldn't be paid back. He got a job working as a cook for the diner she was employed at, splitting the bills between their paychecks. On occasion, the bull would find an odd job here or there doing some mechanical work on a car owned by a regular to the diner, or finding some temporary work as a bouncer for a local club. Still country in the soul, the city life was starting to feel more natural to them. Mason was finally able to feel relaxed as he watched his mother dance to a song when she cleaned the rooms of the hotel, or the way she would laugh when they went to movie and he'd get emotional over a touching scene. Everything was starting to become as it had been, when the world suddenly turned.

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the role player

alias • RedoftheWolf, Redwolf, Red

age • 27

pronouns • She/her

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