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Message: <blockquote data-quote="loxmyth" data-source="post: 909305" data-attributes="member: 1255">Name: Jason SiddiqueResidence: Boston, MassachussettsOccupation: Part-time college studentWorld View: Depressed cynic, living in the fantasy world of my mind is better than living in 'real life'.Personal Goals: Get a comfortable job and live an uncomplicated life doing art for a living.Motivations: Rebellion against his parents, a real desire to create something lasting and effecting.  An almost scientific zeal to understand human emotion.Physical (Average -3)Strength OODexterity OOStamina OOSocial (Good -5)Charisma OOOOManipulation OOAppearance OO Mental (Excellent -7)Perception OOOOIntelligence OOOWits OOOTalents (Average -5)Alertness OAthletics Awareness OBrawl Dodge Expression OOOIntimidation Leadership StreetwiseSubterfuge Skills (Excellent – 13, 2 freebies)Crafts OOOODrive OOOEtiquetteFirearmsMeditation OOOMelee Performance OStealthSurvivalTechnology OOOKnowledges (Good – 9, 2 freebies)Academics OOOComputer OOOCosmologyEnigmasInvestigationLawLinguisticsMedicine OOOOccultScience OSpheresCorrespondence Entropy ForcesLifeMatterMindPrimeSpiritTimeAdvantagesBackgrounds (4 freebies)AlliesResourcesDream OOOOOInfluenceLibraryMystery OOOAreteWillpower (2 freebies)OOOOOOOBackground: Jason Siddique came from a long tradition of successful professionals. His father was a physicist employed at a large multinational and his mother a doctor. He had two older brothers that were engineers and a sister who was a lawyer. The Siddique's as a family were generally logical, orderly and right-thinking people.Jason was not.He was more interested in the abstract than the physical, more interested in the mysteries of the human heart than the mysteries of the electron. Eschewing more scholarly pursuits, the young Jason spent most of his time creating. Drawing, painting, sculpting, writing when the muse took him he would spend his time working exclusively on some piece of art. What was the point of pursuing an education if that education couldn't be applied to what was relevant in his life? he often thought.Yet his parents were not interested in his excuses; make something of yourself, they would say; follow the rules and know your place in society, and you would find happiness. Ironically, the act of imposing their will upon young Jason made him a very unhappy individual, and he constantly looked for an escape from the drudgery of his life.Pressured to do well academically, Jason did the minimum work required. He would go through all the motions, while secretly despising it all. If he could manage it, he'd sneak off to drown his sorrows in drink or any other recreational narcotic he could get his hands on.It was in his last year at high school when he first had an inkling that the world was not quite as he had always believed it. He had applied, along with a prestigious state university, to a college of art and design. It was mostly a longshot; the college had limited space, and were highly selective. Jason was in for a surprise, however. Impressed with the young man's emotive artwork, they offered him a spot which he quickly accepted.When his parents found out, they were enraged. They accused him of sabotaging his career, and he accused them of holding him hostage. He stormed out of his home and went to a local watering hole, where he drowned his anger in more liquour and drew doodles to release his rage. They started off simple, but finally when he was done, he had a drawing of the giant house he had spent most of his life in, set ablaze with the fires of frustration.His biggest shock on returning home was to find that the fire department had just beaten him home. Apparently they were too late; the place had been burned to the ground.  Fortunately, the rest of the family had been out for various reasons and insurance would pay for the home. But the investigators found that the fire had originated in Jason's room. Even though he claims to this day he had nothing to do with it, his parents disbelieve.And so now he lives as a "starving artist" student, on his own, trying to juggle life between his studies of the fine arts and just surviving.And every once in a while, he'll remember the fire.Personality:Description:</blockquote>

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