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The Player:

Your name: Justin Timberlake
Your age: idk. 20s or 30s or something?
Timezone: wherever sexy is, that's the timezone I'm in
AIM contact: in ur aim bein secksy
OOC journal: bringin_sexy_back_yo
Previous RPG experience: if by RPG you mean sexiness, then I have a lot of experience with that.

The Character:

Name: Keira Taylor Coote neé Bundy
Birthday: 3 August, 1979; 25
Blood: Muggleborn
Former house: Gryffindor, 1997

Sexual orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Married to Ritchie Coote

Nationality: British
Hometown: Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England
Residence: 315, flat 3A

Occupation: Hitwitch
Financial Status: Middle-class
Political Affiliation: The almighty MoM, though Harry Potter's a pretty awesome bloke, what with defeating Voldie and all that.

Social stereotype: The Argumentative Hitwitch

Personality: "Argumentative" really is the best way to sum Keira up in one word. There is nothing that Keira likes more than to get into a good argument. The validity of the argument doesn't matter, only the argument itself. The angrier and louder the argument, the better. She will start arguments for no reason other than "it's fun." If she's in a good mood, the argument stays light-hearted and perhaps a bit silly. If she's in a bad mood, she's not opposed to hitting below the belt. She is also very outgoing and more than a little bit of a drama queen. Everything becomes a Big Deal, particularly when she's in a bad mood. And when she's in a bad mood ... watch out, she might rip your head off, or at least seriously damage your eardrums: she's prone to shouting and yelling a lot when she's mad.

That's not to say, of course, that she's nothing but a bitch. She's like an onion: she has layers. The outer layer, yes, is a bit of a bitch. It's something of a self-defense shield, ever since her brother died, a way to keep people at arm's length. The next layer, though, is a bit more warm and fuzzy. This layer laughs at stupid and dirty jokes (and tells them, too). This layer has an easy smile and an easier laugh, and it's a bit less caustic than the outermost one. The innermost layer, though, is the rarest to be seen. In fact, only three people currently living can honestly say that they've seen it: Keira's parents and her husband. It's her soft, squishy layer (like the whipped cream filling ... of an onion ... okay, this metaphor is done), and it generally only comes out when she's feeling particularly scared or emotional. She's actually almost close to being truly sweet, and is more prone to showing affection (in private, of course; she tries to keep this layer from coming out in public). In this layer, she actually has been known to cry, though that particular act is quite rare, even in the rarest of her layers.

Childhood:
- Father: Leonard Eric Bundy (b. 18 August, 1950; muggle; restaurant co-owner)
- Mother: Abigail Olivia Bundy neé Matthews (b. 26 April, 1951; muggle; restaurant co-owner)
- Twin brother: Christian Patrick Bundy (b. 3 August, 1979; d. 17 June, 1994; muggle)

Leonard Bundy and Abigail Matthews met in school. They were sweethearts from the age of fourteen, and they got married when they were just nineteen years old. Leonard inherited his family's restaurant in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, when his father died of a heart attack when Leonard was only twenty-five. Leonard and Abigail stepped up to the task, though, and kept the restaurant afloat, even helping it to boom. A few years later, once they were settled into the routine of running the restaurant, they decided to start a family. Both wanted two children, a boy and a girl, and they got their wish in just one try: fraternal twins Christian and Keira were born on 3 August, 1979 (Christian five minutes before Keira).

The twins had a relatively easy life, growing up. As soon as they were old enough, they both helped out in the restaurant, but the family did well enough that the twins never wanted for anything. Keira and Christian grew up practically attached at the hip. What one twin did, the other did, too. They never went anywhere without each other, and they had their own little language when they were really young. Often, one twin could complete the other twin's sentences. They were each other's best friend, though they did have other friends, of course. Christian was the first to notice that sometimes, weird things happened around Keira, like sometimes, nearby objects would break when Keira was really angry about something. It was utterly disheartening to both twins when a representative from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry showed up at the Bundy's home in the summer of 1990 and explained that Keira was a witch, and that she was invited to attend the school, and that she would learn how to use her magic there. Christian asked if he could go, too, but he wasn't a wizard, so the representative had to tell him that he couldn't come.

Keira wanted to stay at home and just go to school with Christian, but Leonard and Abigail decided that it would be for the best if Keira attended Hogwarts: things breaking around Keira at home was bad enough, but she might do bigger things out in public if she didn't go to this school. Also, they worried that the twins would never be truly independant if they spent their whole lives together, so they figured that sending Keira to a different school might help them learn to live without the other twin as a constant figure in their lives. So on 1 September, 1990, Keira boarded the Hogwarts Express with the other Hogwarts students. For the first few months, Keira was absolutely miserable at school without Christian. Once she got to go home and see him for the Christmas holiday, she felt better about going back to school, knowing that she could always go home during the holidays to visit him, she loosened up about the idea of school and felt better about being there, opening up more to her roommates and beginning to make friends at school.

While at Hogwarts, Keira became fascinated with Quidditch. Because she and Christian both loved watching football, rugby, and cricket, she quickly searched the library for information on the sport, checking out Quidditch Through the Ages, so that she could write a detailed letter about the sport to her brother. Maybe, she thought, one day when she was a rich witch doing something important in the wizarding world, she could take Christian to see a professional Quidditch match.

But at the end of Keira's fourth year, tragedy struck in a wholly muggle way: Christian was out at the beach with his friends, learning to surf, when he ended up drifting away from the others. A particularly large wave crashed over him, knocking him off his board. He dropped underwater as the board rose into the air, and right as he struggled to the surface, the board hit him on the head with a crack, knocking him unconscious. By the time his friends got to him, he wasn't breathing and his heart wasn't beating. The medics were called, but they couldn't resuscitate him. Heartbroken, Keira came home early from school (she'd only just finished her exams) for his funeral.

When it came time for her to return to school the following September, she was like a different person. Before, she'd been rather agreeable, if a bit outgoing and bossy, but her twin's death changed her. She was more moody, and more prone to fighting. She started picking fights a lot, oftentimes just for the hell of it. In addition to the sudden change in attitude, Keira was also driven to make a difference. She threw herself into her studies, wanting to make the grades that would help her get a job that would make a difference in the world. She knew that nothing she could do would bring her brother back, but she felt like she had to live for the both of them, and she knew that Christian had wanted to do something noble with his life, so Keira felt that she had to do something noble with hers.

Although they had been in classes together for years, Keira first REALLY noticed Ritchie Coote in their seventh year. Oh, she knew him, of course, but she'd never really paid much attention to him, especially after her brother's death. But then they started dating in their seventh year. They squabbled quite a bit, but Keira really liked him, at least in part because he was really fit, but also because he could make her laugh, something nobody had really been able to do since Christian had died.

War involvements: When the War Programmes started, Keira applied for the Auror programme, and she had all the requirements, but instead she was put in the Magical Law Enforcement programme. Although Keira was disappointed, she pushed the disappointment aside and vowed to be the best hitwitch in the whole wizarding world. She and Ritchie were still dating, and with the war waging around them, and Keira a muggleborn training to be a hitwitch, they ended up getting engaged in early 1998, and they got married (of all days) on 1 April, 1998. Their honeymoon was delayed, due to Keira's training. After two years of training, Keira became an "actual hitwitch" in late 1999. Barely a year later, the war was over, and Keira and Ritchie took their very belated honeymoon (which was almost cancelled when Ritchie wanted to bring the cats with them). When they returned, Keira resumed work as a hitwitch, and though she often tried to get into the Auror programme, the fact that she argued with her superiors and was frequently suspended for it kept her from advancing even within the hitwizard ranks.

Once the war and honeymoon were over, Keira started realising that maybe she and Ritchie might have rushed things with getting married so young. She started picking fights with him over even the most silly and mundane things, and she was threatening divorce at least once or twice a month. Of course, with Ritchie's ability to make her laugh, she's never really serious about it. Plus, deep down, she doesn't want to lose him.

Height: 5'2"
Distinguishing marks/features? Because Keira doesn't bother doing anything with it, her short, layered reddish-brown hair is one of her most distinguishing features, in that it's usually sticking out all over the place, which makes her round face look even rounder. She's skinny, but not drastically, overly skinny. She's also petite and small-figured, but she makes up for that with her larger-than-life attitude. Thanks to the war, she has a few scars on her arms and another on her back, directly behind her heart.

PB choice: Rachael Leigh Cook (circa Josie and the Pussycats)
Preferred character journal: got_cooties | got_cooties

Relationships:

Spouse/Partner/Flatmate/Etc: Ritchie Coote, husband
Relationship length They first got together in 7th year, so about seven or eight years now, and they've been married since 1998 (so about six years).

History/Dynamics: Keira and Ritchie started dating in their seventh year at Hogwarts, and after having finished school, they were still dating, and as the war got more dangerous, they were worried about Keira's life, as she was not only training to become a hitwitch, but she was also a muggleborn. So, on 1 April, 1998, they eloped and got married. Unfortunately, because they rushed into marriage, they discovered after they were married that maybe they weren't entirely compatible. Keira is often starting arguments with Ritchie, ranging from the silly and mundane (he brought home another cat) to the more serious. They're often seen (or heard) fighting very loudly, and Keira has threatened divorce at least once or twice a month since the war ended. Of course, with his ability to keep things light-hearted and to get her to laugh, she's never really serious about her divorce threats.

The Writing

Third person sample:
Keira slammed the door of the flat. Then, for good measure, she opened the door and slammed it shut again. "STUPID BLOODY ... BUREAUCRATS!" she shouted. One of the cats -- there were so many and Keira never bothered learning any of their names -- went skittering off into another room. She flung her wand down on the floor, and it bounced a couple times before rolling away. Her cloak, hat, and scarf followed quickly, ending up in a heap of fabric around her feet. "I HATE THEM ALL!"

She stormed into the kitchen and threw the teapot onto the stove. Keira reached for her wand, to put water in the pot and start the fire under it, when she remembered that she'd thrown it down and it rolled off to who knows where. "DAMNIT!" She kicked the stove, which sent pain shooting up from her toe. "OW, SHIT!" She hopped out of the kitchen and in search of her wand, only to trip over the cloak and everything on the floor. Down she went, banging her elbows on the floor. "SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!" Keira sat up, crossing her legs and glaring in the direction that Ritchie was sure to be. He had to be home, he usually got home before she did. And he was ignoring her. "RITCHIE!" she yelled.

Additional info:

Where did you hear about us? My psychic told me that I'd hear about this really awesome game with really sexy mods, and that when I did, I had to join or Bad Things (TM) would happen.

Anything else you think we should know? I'm bringing sexy back.