Samantha James 1/?travelistaaSeptember 30 2011, 17:02:08 UTC
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1. Character's Name: Samantha James 2. Age: 33 3. Background:Samantha was an ordinary British citizen born to an English mother and an Italian/Spanish father. She went through life like normal, going to grade school and finishing out high school top of her class. She attended Oxford University, double majoring in Anthropology (specializing in two sub-categories of anthropology: archaeology and linguistics) and Sociology, and eventually attended the university’s graduate/doctorate program in the School of Archaeology. She flew through the program with ease and attained her doctorate degree at the young age of 28, much to the surprise (and aggravation) of her peers. Throughout college, Samantha had little competition in her classes and gaining her professors favor - being someone who usually managed to edge out anyone else who came close, Samantha enjoyed a lot of privileges most students didn’t (such as unlimited access to labs, access to one on one study on
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Samantha James 2/?travelistaaSeptember 30 2011, 17:09:01 UTC
The original plan had been simple - navigate and excavate a recently discovered Incan temple in Peru. It was something they had experience in; Samantha and Clayton had both done many similar digs like this. The unfortunate part about the temple was that while Samantha and Clayton had absolute faith they would find something, the World Archaeological Society (WAS) had seen far too much money wasted on similar excavations only to find nothing but dusty emptiness and no finds. If Samantha and Clayton wanted to pursue this, they would have to fund the expedition themselves completely. Frustrated with the lack of faith the WAS had in the two renowned archaeologists, Sam and Clayton decided to throw caution to the wind, attempt to put differences aside (HA), and work together (HA HA) to get the money together in order to fund the excavation. It was a bit of a hassle and it took longer than necessary to accumulate the money and tools necessary for such a dig, though eventually, everything was accounted for, and after Samantha’s spat with
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Samantha James 3/?travelistaaSeptember 30 2011, 17:10:21 UTC
Eventually, as the two were hoping, a discovery was made. One day, while the sun was shining high and burning down on their hatted heads, the humidity was causing sweat to roll off their faces and trickle down their backs, and they were bent and hunched as they carefully and gently brushed dirt away from rock when Samantha’s fingers brushed against something. With an excited noise she had called Clayton over, motioning excitedly to the small opening that had lain buried beneath dirt and stone for thousands of years. The team was called over, and with the help of the locals and the two archaeologists, the small crack in the ground eventually gave way to a man sized hole that opened to a cool blackness that contrasted with the heat of the day. Determining that someone would have to go in, Samantha and Clayton proceeded to argue heatedly over just who that might be, ultimately deciding that both would go
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Samantha James 4/?travelistaaSeptember 30 2011, 17:11:31 UTC
So, that night, Samantha and Clayton celebrated. It was a Friday evening in the village, and the cantina in the back of their hotel was completely packed with locals. The owners tended to be more lenient with the electricity on nights like this, so the multi-colored strands decorating the outdoor bar lit the way for a night of certain drunken debauchery. There came the inevitable shots of various alcohols (tequila included) and a lot of dancing, along with the fantastic sex that generally follows such evenings (UST RESOLVED). The next morning, Samantha woke in Clayton’s room with a banging headache, clothes-less, and alone. She had wrapped the sheet around her, padded down the hall to her room, snapping at anyone who dared look at her, slammed her door shut, only to find her room pillaged as if someone had been rooting for something very important. Stunned, she had dropped her sheet and started furiously searching for her idol, which, naturally, was gone. This was when Clayton had tapped on her cracked door, gave the naked Samantha
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Samantha James 5/?travelistaaSeptember 30 2011, 17:13:06 UTC
Alejandro and company decided following them into that particular hornet’s nest wouldn’t be prudent at this point in time, and they finally backed off. Samantha and Clayton, however, had found themselves in the middle of a courtyard with a flat tire, possibly a bruised rib or two, and somewhere along the lines of twenty machine guns pointed at them. After some hurried explanations from Samantha, they were led through the grand home to the pool, where the owner was lounging lazily, entirely unconcerned by the ruckus that they had caused. After explaining again, the drug lord had laughed himself silly, then offered them the place to stay for the night, on the condition they GTFO in the morning, and take their land rover with them. In return for his generosity, he asked for only one thing. Since there was obviously some reason they were being chased and said drug lord was not STUPID, he demanded to know why, and, seeing right through Clayton’s feeble lie, the drug lord turned to Samantha, aimed a pistol at Clayton, and asked her one more
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Samantha James 6/?travelistaaSeptember 30 2011, 17:15:47 UTC
4. Personality: There are a few key words to note about Ms. James in regards to her personality. She’s short tempered, moody, self-involved, impulsive, impatient, vain (in regards to her work), and brilliant. Samantha knows she’s smart, smarter than you, in fact - and has no problem voicing that or showing it to you, either. She hates to be proved wrong, and will scratch and claw to find any scrap of information, some minute detail that defies all other logic and proves you to be incorrect. Her decisions are sometimes made rashly with little regard to the consequences, and while sometimes this doesn’t work out, the vast majority of the time she’s right - and that’s what drives most people crazy. She’s independent, and doesn’t particularly like having to rely on anyone else for anything. She lives alone and pays her own bills and would rather starve for a week than ask her parents or someone else for help of any kind. She’s a go-getter, and isn’t afraid to reach out and snatch what she thinks should be hers for the taking. She doesn’t
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Samantha James 7/8travelistaaSeptember 30 2011, 17:18:58 UTC
7. Abilities: She’s a talented linguist; languages and ancient history are one of her specialties and she’s sharp as a tack. She has no supernatural abilities, though she has had a recent string of bad luck that is attributed to the idol she had recently come into contact with. Not one to believe in curses, Samantha naturally wrote it off. Great idea, Sam.
She’s also fairly computer savvy, and has little trouble dealing with electronics and things of that nature.
8. Languages: > English (common), Russian, Arabic, Ancient/Modern Greek, Latin, Spanish and Italian (thanks, Dad!), Sanskrit, Egyptian/Hieroglyphics, (basically any ancient language from the past 2000 years. Sam’s a Linguistic Archaeologist, and is fluent in many old dialects and languages - as well as modern).
9. Items: A small gold idol a la Indiana Jones that carries a curse 8D ALSO, a back pack that contains some basic supplies (twine, pens, pencils, graphing paper, clip board, water bottle, large hat, bandanna, etc).
Samantha James 8/8travelistaaSeptember 30 2011, 17:20:22 UTC
"Then you had better damn well deliver right now, or I'm going to the Mena and flying out first thing in the morning. I cannot believe you drug me across the bloody ocean for this, I-" She's silenced by a finger on her lips, and Clayton very nearly earns himself a punch when he jerks her into a nearby alley and slams her against a wall, covering her mouth with his hand.
“Shh.” His tone conveyed urgency, and Samantha fought him for a few seconds before her head started to spin from the force of the impact. Fortunately for his overall well being, it stunned her into the silence Clayton was hoping for. He did so hate to resort to violence, but… She was so feisty he didn’t know how else to shut the bloody woman up.
A rough shove later and she was free and breathing fire, but silenced when he held up a finger, peering over his shoulder.
"We've got company, darling."
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[Five seconds ago - not even, actually - she’d been walking down the aisle of an airplane, smacking her bag into people in a rush
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It's ancient Peruvian Magic and Sam is pretty screwed. Basically, it just brings really, really bad luck to whoever is in possession of it. It's not capable of dealing damage or anything like that, it just makes her life hell.
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1. Character's Name: Samantha James
2. Age: 33
3. Background:Samantha was an ordinary British citizen born to an English mother and an Italian/Spanish father. She went through life like normal, going to grade school and finishing out high school top of her class. She attended Oxford University, double majoring in Anthropology (specializing in two sub-categories of anthropology: archaeology and linguistics) and Sociology, and eventually attended the university’s graduate/doctorate program in the School of Archaeology. She flew through the program with ease and attained her doctorate degree at the young age of 28, much to the surprise (and aggravation) of her peers. Throughout college, Samantha had little competition in her classes and gaining her professors favor - being someone who usually managed to edge out anyone else who came close, Samantha enjoyed a lot of privileges most students didn’t (such as unlimited access to labs, access to one on one study on ( ... )
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So, that night, Samantha and Clayton celebrated. It was a Friday evening in the village, and the cantina in the back of their hotel was completely packed with locals. The owners tended to be more lenient with the electricity on nights like this, so the multi-colored strands decorating the outdoor bar lit the way for a night of certain drunken debauchery. There came the inevitable shots of various alcohols (tequila included) and a lot of dancing, along with the fantastic sex that generally follows such evenings (UST RESOLVED). The next morning, Samantha woke in Clayton’s room with a banging headache, clothes-less, and alone. She had wrapped the sheet around her, padded down the hall to her room, snapping at anyone who dared look at her, slammed her door shut, only to find her room pillaged as if someone had been rooting for something very important. Stunned, she had dropped her sheet and started furiously searching for her idol, which, naturally, was gone. This was when Clayton had tapped on her cracked door, gave the naked Samantha ( ... )
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4. Personality: There are a few key words to note about Ms. James in regards to her personality. She’s short tempered, moody, self-involved, impulsive, impatient, vain (in regards to her work), and brilliant. Samantha knows she’s smart, smarter than you, in fact - and has no problem voicing that or showing it to you, either. She hates to be proved wrong, and will scratch and claw to find any scrap of information, some minute detail that defies all other logic and proves you to be incorrect. Her decisions are sometimes made rashly with little regard to the consequences, and while sometimes this doesn’t work out, the vast majority of the time she’s right - and that’s what drives most people crazy. She’s independent, and doesn’t particularly like having to rely on anyone else for anything. She lives alone and pays her own bills and would rather starve for a week than ask her parents or someone else for help of any kind. She’s a go-getter, and isn’t afraid to reach out and snatch what she thinks should be hers for the taking. She doesn’t ( ... )
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7. Abilities: She’s a talented linguist; languages and ancient history are one of her specialties and she’s sharp as a tack. She has no supernatural abilities, though she has had a recent string of bad luck that is attributed to the idol she had recently come into contact with. Not one to believe in curses, Samantha naturally wrote it off. Great idea, Sam.
She’s also fairly computer savvy, and has little trouble dealing with electronics and things of that nature.
8. Languages: > English (common), Russian, Arabic, Ancient/Modern Greek, Latin, Spanish and Italian (thanks, Dad!), Sanskrit, Egyptian/Hieroglyphics, (basically any ancient language from the past 2000 years. Sam’s a Linguistic Archaeologist, and is fluent in many old dialects and languages - as well as modern).
9. Items: A small gold idol a la Indiana Jones that carries a curse 8D ALSO, a back pack that contains some basic supplies (twine, pens, pencils, graphing paper, clip board, water bottle, large hat, bandanna, etc).
10. Weapons: A pocketknife she managed to ( ... )
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"Then you had better damn well deliver right now, or I'm going to the Mena and flying out first thing in the morning. I cannot believe you drug me across the bloody ocean for this, I-" She's silenced by a finger on her lips, and Clayton very nearly earns himself a punch when he jerks her into a nearby alley and slams her against a wall, covering her mouth with his hand.
“Shh.” His tone conveyed urgency, and Samantha fought him for a few seconds before her head started to spin from the force of the impact. Fortunately for his overall well being, it stunned her into the silence Clayton was hoping for. He did so hate to resort to violence, but… She was so feisty he didn’t know how else to shut the bloody woman up.
A rough shove later and she was free and breathing fire, but silenced when he held up a finger, peering over his shoulder.
"We've got company, darling."
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[Five seconds ago - not even, actually - she’d been walking down the aisle of an airplane, smacking her bag into people in a rush ( ... )
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It's ancient Peruvian Magic and Sam is pretty screwed. Basically, it just brings really, really bad luck to whoever is in possession of it. It's not capable of dealing damage or anything like that, it just makes her life hell.
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