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Tj and Amal

Age: Unknown (early 20's)

Occupation:
Unknown

Family: Unknown

Height: 189cm/6'2"

Weight:
73kg/160lbs

Hair:
Dirty-blonde dreadlocks

Eyes: Ice blue

Positive Traits: optimistic, laid-back, funny, candid

Negative Traits: habitual liar, reckless, naive, poor health habits


Likes: burgers, Led Zeppelin, beer, marijuana, sunshine

Dislikes: cold weather, sour foods, New Age music, stimulants

Quirks, etc.:
- Is missing an upper left premolar, and tends to stick his tongue in the socket when deep in thought
- Good at cooking Cantonese style, but poor at cooking most Western dishes
- Farsighted. Yellow/amber tinted lenses are prescription.
- Speaks an unusual American patois: slight drawl, bizarre mix of outdated slang, "dudespeak", and precise vocabulary
- Does not like to be held, pinned down, or restrained in any way - even refuses to wear a seatbelt

Age: 24 (Born January 28, 1984)

Occupation:
Student (pre-med, UC Berkeley)

Family: Mother, father, and youngest sister Radhika (17) residing in Seattle, WA; younger sister Sangeeta (21) at Brown University in Providence, RI; maternal grandparents and one aunt residing in Hyderabad.

Height: 177 cm/5'9"

Weight:
80kg/178lbs

Hair:
Black with premature gray at front and temples

Eyes: Deep hazel-brown


Positive Traits:
compassionate, insightful, driven

Negative Traits: dense, self-centered, tends to overreact under stress

Likes: indie rock, scotch whisky, sushi, thunderstorms

Dislikes: fried food, hot weather, heavy metal

Quirks, etc.:
- Does not eat beef or pork
- Has a pale appendectomy scar
- Premature gray runs on mother's side of the family; not due to stress or illness
- Focusing on cardiothoracic medicine
- Not-so-secretly a Trekkie


  more than you ever wanted to know about amal

stats & model sheet

Secondary Characters

Sangeeta
Ari
Sara
Julio
Kavita
Rochelle
Amal's parents
Radhi
Kevin
Sgt. Wendell
Ann
Julie
Kazuo
Peranza
The Magistrate
Assorted farmers, truckers, restaurant and hotel patrons, etc.