Aug 14, 2016 19:16:31 GMT |
Post by COOKIE on Aug 14, 2016 19:16:31 GMT
Cooper Burke Walter
the basics !
FULL NAME Cooper Burke Walter
NICKNAMES Coop, Cookie
GENDER Male (He/Him pronouns)
ORIENTATION Bi-curious
BIRTHPLACE Wolfsburg, Germany
AGE Nineteen
EYE COLOR Blue
HAIR COLOR Dirty Blond
HEIGHT 5'7"
WEIGHT 124 lbs.
SCARS A fat X is carved on his stomach, a show of how he was branded during his family's capture during the beginning of the outbreak.
PIERCINGS None
TATTOOS A thick, black cross on the right side of his neck.
FACE CLAIM Neels Visser
MEMBER GROUP Raider
the particulars !
A guy that adores the sound of laughter, Cooper is always trying to keep things light and cheery, especially for the sake of his sister, Agatha. He's an outgoing young adult and loves to impishly pester everyone in sight. However, when thrust into a more serious situation or conversation, he isn't the one to take it all that seriously, and will instead make thoughtless jokes that surely got him in to trouble before. Gregarious as he is, this German has his walls up. Like many people, he's gone through hell in this new world of theirs, and shies away from taking about himself, or his life back in Germany. A curious lad in general, he constantly has a hankering to learn new things, this has definitely led him to some dicey situations outside of Disneyland, but he does it anyway. He's highly protective, especially so of Agatha.
Cooper, to paint it in a clear picture, is starting to loose his mind and become unhinged. The nuts and bolts holding everything together are all slowly starting to come loose. When he is away from the embrace of Disneyland and his younger sister, he becomes somewhat of a bloodthirsty loon. He enjoys the thrill of clutch situations, and has been known to sometimes put himself into a bleak situation just for the adrenaline rush. He becomes shockingly aloof and manipulative. If it were up to him, every stranger they come across would meet his blades and they could loot the corpse. He views others as means to ends, and will use anyone for his gain before - literally - cutting them loose. He's a wildcard, but good at his job. He's not afraid to get down and dirty (or bloody,) and perhaps enjoys killing zombies a little too much.
FAVORABLE TO Agatha, football, comics, rain, cookies
UNFAVORABLE TO Being cooped up in Disneyland for too long, small spaces, being nagged, thinking of Germany, talking about his brothers
ENJOYS Zombie killing, the dangers that lurk outside of Disney, teaching Agatha English, learning more about American culture and tradition
AFRAID OF Loosing Agatha, that he'll go completely bonkers, staying in Disneyland for the rest of his life, cats
the artillery !
WEAPON OF CHOICE Twin blades he found when out looting
MELEE WEAPONS Shiv of his own design, old baseball bat that has long since been stained red
MISC ITEMS His wallet with a family portrait inside (he ripped himself out of the picture,) water canteen with X's carved all over, one of Agatha's small stuffed animals (he carries a small white rabbit)
PET None
STRENGTHS Willing to do anything to survive or protect those he holds dear, knows what it's like outside of Disneyland, good with his blades, gregarious,
WEAKNESSES Secretive, arguably mentally unstable, Agatha, apathetic/ruthless when on the outside,
the history !
BEFORE THE OUTBREAK
Cooper Burke Walter was the first of five children to be welcomed into the loving Walter family. They lived in a quaint home just outside of Wolfsburg, Germany. It wasn't a luxurious upbringing, but the love that radiated within those walls were heaven to anyone who stepped inside. Instead of harboring jealousy, when his younger siblings started to enter the family, he greeted them with joy and love. It was when Agatha was born that he became perhaps overly protective of family. Normally, it's the parents that shut their kids in compact bubbles and hide them from the harsh realities of the world, but in this case, it was Cooper.
Unlike his rowdy brothers, Cooper's lone sister was quiet, and highly sensitive. He always felt the need to watch over her as she grew, and there didn't seem to be a minute gone by that he wasn't glued to her side. Because of his obsessive need to see her safe everywhere she went, Agatha has never once experienced any hardships, nor a simple scrape or bruise.
Agatha was a Disney fanatic growing up, and Cooper got his whole family to start saving for a trip to the United States so they could visit one of the Disney parks. After years of saving allowances and paychecks, the family of seven boarded a plane to the U.S. Little had they known that they'd never see their home in Germany again.
AFTER THE OUTBREAK
The family had just landed when things went south. They'd spend months with a group holed up in the airport before it was consumed in a horde of the undead, their father, along with one of Cooper's brothers, Bruno went missing. Their fate is completely unknown to this day, yet Cooper hopes they've found peace.
The family wandered for days, stumbling around in a grieving state before coming across a lone survivor, claiming he could offer shelter and food. Stomachs empty, they gladly accepted the offer and were brought to a ranch. However, it wasn't what they thought it would be. They were thrown into a barn, along with many other survivors, and were treated almost like cattle. The man branded them, cutting massive X's into their stomachs. One of Cooper's brothers bled out, and his mother fell into shambles. She'd lost it.
Devising a plan of escape with the other people in the barn, one night, they all made a break for it. Gunfire slapped the quiet night sky as the man desperately tried to reel them in and keep everyone from leaving, and only a few made it out that night. His mother had refused to follow, still holding her fallen son, talking to him as if he were still alive. She was shot in the gunfire.
Quickly, it became that only Cooper and Agatha were left of the Walter name, and they wandered for days, before finding themselves in front of the Disneyland gates. Cooper still had the theme park tickets in his wallet.
MOTHER Helma Walter (45, deceased)
FATHER Engel Walter (49, likely deceased)
SIBLINGS Emerick Walter (brother, 16, deceased)
Conrad Walter (brother, 16, deceased)
Bruno Walter (brother, 15, likely deceased)
Agatha Walter (sister, 9)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER Currently none
CHILDREN None
the rp'er !
PREFERRED NAME Red
TIMEZONE Central
AGE Sixteen
OTHER CHARACTERS None