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Old 12-09-2016, 04:38 PM

Just a place for me to post some character info/insp
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Name: Angel Silvestre "Sly" Sabado
Gender: male
Age: 26

Appearance: Silvestre is a tad on the short side of average, and it doesn't help that he tends to slouch a lot too. He works out just enough to look good, but any muscle he has on him is purely for show (don't expect him to know how to fight, or to be any help lifting heavy equipment).
His complexion is a warm dark olive tone, and his face is angular, with a strong jaw and heavy lids that tend to make him look like he has bags under his eyes. His hair is black, shaved on the sides in an undercut style, and naturally forms fairly tight curls. He most always keeps it slicked back and held in place with gel; otherwise he'll just let it lie in a thick mess of curls. It will frizz - practically poof - with a bit of humidity.
His clothing is high-end in terms of the brands he wears, but stylistically nothing out of the ordinary. Jeans, t-shirts, and sneakers are what he feels most comfortable in; he'll refrain from wearing even the simplest of jewelry most of the time. That said, he likes to look good for a crowd, and trends more toward the tight shirt/dark leather jacket look when he wants to be seen.
Sometimes he'll let his facial hair grow, but it tends to be a sparse, scruffy-looking goatee and mustache. Not very impressive, so it never lasts long.

The Band: Wasteful Things consists of four members: Silvestre singing lead, Daniel playing lead guitar, and the twins Cassie and Araceli on bass and drums. Their songs are loud and fast, sounding either ecstatic and celebratory or angry and defiant. Silvestre powers through songs, rarely singing softly except to accentuate the next big, blaring note. His singing has, on occasion, been described more as yelling on pitch.
Their lyrics lie somewhere between highly metaphoric and completely nonsensical, which really does suit Silvestre's personailty: distracting you with loud music so the intentions of his words only get through if you puzzle them out.
Their new songs are created at a snail's pace. Daniel can be a genius when it comes to composition, but he and Silvestre often butt heads over it. Silvestre is obsessive over his lyrics, and needs the musical styling to match up with them perfectly. Their sessions making new music are usually spent either arguing back and forth or goofing off. Both have been known to yield pretty good results... eventually.
Every once in a while, Wasteful Things comes out with a song that contradicts their status quo - slow, careful, nearly maudlin. They're actually quite well-received. Silvestre likes them too for a while, though soon he'll take to calling them too "angsty," and of course, mostly credit Daniel for their creation.

Bio: Silvestre stopped going by "Angel" about the time he started his band, for several reasons of his own; of course, generally he cites the fact that an alliterative name is just more catchy. The only ones who would ever be heard calling him by his actual first name (and really only once in a while) were Daniel and Micah. The other co-founders of Wasteful Things and his two closest friends... One of whom he was dating on the down-low. Very down-low, since neither of them was out yet.
While anyone could tell the three were close, they were all careful to not to let anyone on to the relationship. Silvestre liked to appear a laid-back guy, but the secrecy was one thing he insisted on above all else.
Though, that didn't mean they kept to themselves at all.
Obsessed With Your Obsession was another new band in their area, and they ended up playing in the same place a lot of the time. And, as a sign of camaraderie, Silvestre and the others came out to some of Obsessions shows just to watch and show support. Even back then anyone could see the raw talent there, and, in the beginning Silvestre had thought the rap-inspired style to be interesting. Unique. Of course, in between congrats and compliments, Silvestre had his usual flavor of light-hearted teasing, but it wasn't nearly to the intentionally mean extent that Axel sees nowadays. He even gleaned a tip or two from Axel now and again.
Maybe the two bands weren't incredibly tight, but they hung out once in a while, and Silvestre would offer to buy drinks sometimes after shows. The sort of thing one might call "networking," but was mostly just having fun with other artists.
Coincidentally, it wasn't long after Obsession left the area to pursue greater things that Wasteful started to go downhill. You know what they say about dating within the band. It did end up being a particularly nasty break-up. One that Silvestre doesn't like to talk about to this day - opting instead to ignore the fact that he and Micah were ever together. No one could blame Micah for quitting, though the fact that their drummer left with him meant Silvestre and Daniel were basically SOL. They fell into a slump, bickering constantly and unable to agree on new band members. Truthfully, Silvestre stagnated in his own skills and was putting off rebuilding. For a few months. Somehow they stuck together long enough for him to get his drive back.
Something about hearing Obsessed With Your Obsession on major radio stations, and then starting to see them on tv... A band very much like theirs, who they'd sat and drank and laughed with, was now making it big. It lit a fire under Silvestre. Call it envy. Call it inspiration. It was just what he needed.



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