COLLINS, Alina Tristessa

[ALINA TRISTESSA COLLINS]

ALINA TRISTESSA COLLINS

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Name: Alina Tristessa Collins
Nickname: Lina
Age: 156
Gender: Female
Orientation: Straight
Occupation: Owner of Cup O'Moon
Species: Lycan
Play By: Julia Stiles
Ability and Talent: Not Applicable

Rather outgoing and friendly, Alina carries herself in such a way that many feel happy around her. She has a bounce in her step and, for the most part, always has a smile on her face. With bright brown eyes, some would say Alina is rather naive, but that isn't the case. She knows about the world, but would rather look on the bright side of life. That, and she is slightly scatter brained. Alina has always been one to care about her looks, but not to the same extreme as some other girls. She just likes to look nice. Her blonde hair is always kept clean and maniagble.

As a wolf, Alina is of light brown coloring, a color that matches her eyes in her human form. Like in her human form, Alina is quiet small, being one of the smaller wolves of the pack. Her small size, though, makes her quiet fast and nimble.

Anyone who truly knows Alina knows that she would do anything to please people, especially if that person is ANDROS whom she values above anyone else in the pack. She is not very fond of her mother, but she does admit that she would do anything for her. For the most part, Alina loves her pack, even the WESTBROOK brothers. The only exception to this rule is ALEXANDER, whom she always precieves as a child throwing a temper tantrum. Her obvious dislike of the way ALEXANDER acts puts her at odds with the alpha female. Luckily, her strong connection with ANDROS keeps her out of the line of fire.

Other than her strong connection with her pack, Alina loves her coffee shop and feels it is a way to escape the overbearingness of the busy-body pack. She knows they mean well, but there is only so much "he seems like a very handsome wolf" one shewolf can take. And considering Alina is not very fond of the idea of mating, as a matter of fact she is rather scared of the idea, her pack's constant hintings and WESTBROOK [CT]'s constant flirtations make it rather uncomfortable for her. Unfortunately, whether she likes it or not, Alina does have a physical attraction to WESTBROOK [CT] and PARSON that she would rather not admit.

Alina's true weakness is her pack. She may counter their constant match-making antics, but she could never hurt them. They are to important to her, which is why she is weary of ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER is to violent, to manipulative and harsh, to be, in Alina's eyes, an alpha female. She is, on the other hand, rather fond of Cecilia Tabernathy, though she would never admit that in front of ALEXANDER or ANDROS.

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One of the few lycans actually born into the Mercy pack, Alina never knew her father. In 1856, two years after her birth, her father felt the wander lust and, not being Alina's mother's true mate, left to find himself in the world. Luckily, in a lycan pack it is the community that raises the child not necessarily the parents alone. Many of the males stepped up to the plate to fill the role of "father" for the little Alina including the alpha male, ANDROS. Alina instantly took a liking to ANDROS, who became her father figure while the rest of the males in the pack became more of uncles than anything else. Eager to please and well behaved, it wasn't long before Alina won the hearts of the entire pack save for one. Everyone knew at her birth that ALEXANDER was an alpha female and as she grew older ALEXANDER milked it for all its worth. Only problem was that the pack still seemed to adore Alina more.

One hundred years after her birth, Alina had finally matured into her own. The shewolf, though, was not the only one to take notice. The WESTBROOK brothers also discovered that little Alina was not so little anymore. Shortly after, a game of out-doing-the-other ensued. Unfortunately for the brothers, Alina would have none of it. Yes, she did feel a slight attraction toward WESTBROOK [CT], but she did not desire to end up like her mother who mated with someone other than her true mate. Soon, the whole pack, like the busy-bodies they are, butted their noses into Alina's business. Each made suggestions, mostly hinting towards one of the WESTBROOK brothers, but still Alina said no. She wanted nothing to do with the lycans and their mating. The only member of the pack, though, that found Alina's refusal amusing was ANDROS and it was ANDROS that Alina went to for premission to open a coffee shop in the city, something Alina's mother disapproved of whole heartedly wishing, rather, for her daughter to mate.

ANDROS, though, to the shock of the pack, agreed for her to open her shop and, in the summer of 2007, Cup O'Moon opened up in Mercy. For a year business was slow with the majority of her customers being her busy-body, yet loving, pack. Then, in the winter of 2008, a human stumbled into the coffee shop. Rather liking what she found, she passed the word onto her friends who then, in turn, passed it on to their family. Before she knew it, Alina's shop was bustling with customers other than her lycan pack and soon it became apparent that Alina find someone to help her run the shop. That was when PARSON came into the picture. An arrogant man who seemed odd, though Alina could not place it. Though his vain ways annoyed her, PARSON proved his worth with his calm demenor. Thus, he was hired on and over the years, Alina has taken quiet a liking to the man. WESTBROOK [CT] still once in awhile wanders in which throws a confusing shadow over Alina. She still has a slight attraction towards him, but PARSON is slowly taking a place as well.

Your Name: Ari
Age: 19
How Did you Find us: Through another site
A little bit about you: I'm a college kid who has been roleplaying for a year and a half years.

Alina squirmed her way through the boxes that lined the building she just bought. Her mother had not been to keen on her daughter opening up a coffee shop, prefering her to spend her time on "more important things" like finding a mate or stop ignoring the eldest Westbrook brother. ANDROS, though, had given her premission and everyone knew that Lina listened more to the alpha male than to anyone else in the pack. She had so much respect for the man whom had been her "father" for the past one-hundred and fifty-four years after her biological father had packed his things and scrammed. Where Lina saw ANDROS as only a father, her mother found him an opportunity. He did not have a mate, nor did he take either alpha females as one. Yes, ALEXANDER went to his bed, but no official commitment had been made. And to Lina's mother, this meant an opportunity for her daughter to mate with the alpha male. Unfortunately, Lina's mother's planned did not work out accordingly. ANDROS was too much of a father to be anything else.

The Westbrook brothers, though, had taken an interest in Alina some fifty years ago when she had just turned one-hundred. The pack hoped the blonde lycan would take one of them. Alina did, and still does, feel a slight attraction towards the elder brother, but looking back on her mother's history has a rather negative effect on the lycan. The door to the shop opened and a tiny bell rang out as loudly as it could to signify the presence of someone other than Alina. Squirming her way through the sea of boxes and bubble wrap, Alina's eyes landed upon ANDROS and she smiled happily at him. He sat down at the barstools that had just been installed by some human whom Lina had forgotten to get the name of. No questions were really asked, no words really said; Alina was just happy to have ANDROS there with her. He had been the only supporter in the pack of her coffee shop.

The rest of the day went by slowly as Alina unwrapped her wears, ANDROS just sitting there drinking whatever she supplied for him. No one else came in save for her mother, once again complaining about her dislike of Alina's decision to open up the coffee shop. Upon seeing the alpha male, though, she quickly quieted down and excused herself from the premises. One good thing about being the favorite of an alpha male, no one messed with you when he was around. The sun went down on Mercy. The humans ran into their homes and bolted the door, but Alina and ANDROS continued to sit in the coffee shop. No words, just a sense of comfort for the both. He was her father and he was there with her in the coffee shop. That was all that mattered to Lina.

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