CIVILIAN . KRESNIK, DARIUS

Darius Loni Kresnik

Aloof. Independent. Defiant.

On occasion, Darius will use his middle name Loni when ordering cafe drinks and even to customers at work just for the hell of it. The habit caught on, and a few of his acquaintances know him by that name rather than his given one. It's generally one or the other, and he finds it strange if someone tries to juggle between them.

Twenty

March 23rd of 1992

Male

Heterosexual

Civilian

With no motivation for a higher education and a mediocre GPA, Darius didn't want to attend college at all. But with the nagging his mother gave him, he reluctantly enrolled at the local community college before transferring to UCLA (after getting a fat financial aid check) in hopes of getting a degree in business. He rarely finds himself attending classes however, and has a job at Flight Club, a shop mostly known for it's sneakers nestled in the shopping areas of Fairfax and Melrose which he frequents even on his time offdue to his affinity for street wear.

Residence

Darius resides in a studio apartment in West Hollywood in order to be closer to his job. It may be small, but it's still a roof over his head. The studio mostly contains the bare necessities: a TV, fold-out couch, closet, desk, would-be kitchen area, and bathroom. The most interesting aspect of the place would probably be Darius's shoe collection, which rests in a large, grid-like shelf against the apartment's largest wall. Shoes are categorized by brand and color, and he spends copious amounts of time caring for each pair after their use to ensure they still look good as new. Because of the size, the space is relatively easy to keep clean even though it doesn't receive many visitors.

Appearance

At 6'1", Darius is on the upper end of the height spectrum. His eyes are a bright gold, and his hair is jet black save for a tuft of white in the front that takes more maintenance than you would think. He's developed a tan for all of his time out despite the smog layer, and he really has no problem showing off his scars, especially with a physique that's just the right amount of built. You'll usually see him in casual but stylish wear, street brand tees, jackets, and jeans along with fresh kicks.

personality

Darius lives and breathes self-reliance. What he does, he does for himself and occasionally for his mother, since she's all the family he's got. Because of this, he doesn't try all too hard to make friends, and prefers to keep others at what he would consider a safe distance connection-wise. He rarely goes up to someone on his own whim unless they catch his attention in some way. And on the flipside, his general appearance doesn't make him look like the most approachable person in the world. That doesn't mean he's a necessarily bad person though, he 's mostly just uninterested in people unless they have something interesting to bring to the table. He's fiercely loyal to the handful of individuals he deems close though, even if he isn't so great at showing it most of the time.

History

Darius was born as the first and only child of the Kresnik's, a middle class family residing in downtown LA. His father passed away as a result of a fatal car accident while Darius was still in diapers, so he has no real memories of his father at all. With his mother left as the sole breadwinner of the small household, she resorted to working graveyard shifts at the hospital, leaving young Darius to mainly fend for himself, taking public transportation to school and exploring wherever and whenever he pleased. This allowed him to get a good sense of street smarts early on and with his mother barely around to keep tabs on him, he didn't exactly hang with the right crowd. He was notorious for instigating fights, and developed a bit of a reputation with the strength of his punch.

At sixteen, Darius got his license and his first job at a clothing store, which took a toll on his grades, allowing him to barely walk the line to graduate. He also began experimenting with alcohol and illegal substances in his later teen years, keeping it a secret from his mother. It wasn't so much of an addiction as it was release, but eventually the majority of his paycheck was being spent on drugs and booze. It took an unfortunate case of mistaken identity to break the habit. Taken for another individual who owed money, Darius was jumped by a group only a few blocks away from his workplace after he'd closed. His pleads of innocence were ignored and he was far too outnumbered to put up a decent fight. The incident marred his body with scars, the most prominent ones being those on his face and the large intersecting pair beneath his left collarbone. His mother was undoubtedly horrified when her son showed up at the hospital bloody, mangled, and hardly able to walk. He'd expected a fit of rage from the woman he thought of more as his guardian rather than his family, but instead, he was showered with the unconditional love from his mother that he'd rarely seen prior. The experience opened his eyes, making him realize that although his mother hadn't quite been there for him while he was growing up, she'd been trying her hardest to raise him as best she could and repaying her like this was unacceptable.

Since then, Darius has been trying to clean up his act, though he does find the need to smoke a joint or down a few beers every once in a while. He left his former job for safety reasons, moving by himself to the west Hollywood area and eventually landed another at Flight Club, which he loves. His paycheck is now used to pay his rent, with the majority of the excess going to his mother, whom he also tries to visit every week, since he was so reluctant to leave her at home alone. Even though school isn't his thing, he's getting by in UCLA's business program with an emphasis on marketing, and he has the aspirations of launching his own clothing brand one day once he scrapes up enough cash.

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