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anotherleftturn (356335)

All I wanna do is race, daddy.

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Name:

Chelsea Clarke

Website:

Oblivion RP

Location:

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

E-mail:

bigjeremy2k@yahoo.com

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flamingtoilet316 (Add Buddy, Send Message)

Bio:

Bio

Name: Chelsea Clarke
Age: 25
D.O.B.: August 16, 1984
Hometown: Daytona Beach, FL

Physical Description: Chelsea is about 5'4", although since she's seated, it's obviously a little less. Some people would call her a little chubby, but aside from a bit of "baby fat" still in her cheeks, she's mainly muscle, especially in her upper body. She wears her hair, brown with lighter highlights, at about shoulder length, and her dark eyes always sparkle a bit. She usually wears what's comfortable rather than what's "pretty". Her legs are a bit thinner and slightly bent inwards from her previous injuries. Her body has numerous scars from her injuries and the subesquent surgeries. Her wheelchair is a dark, shiny blue.

Personality: Considering what she's been through, Chelsea is surprisingly upbeat and optimistic. She's a naturally friendly person, and is the type who doesn't realize exactly how pretty she is. Once she gets focused on a task (like repairing something, for instance), it's very difficult to get her attention. When she's concentrating on a project, she bites her lip or her tongue sticks out the side slightly.

Sexuality: ????

Traveling With: No one
Contest Entry: Voluntary. She hasn't had a vacation since she opened her shop, and entered on a whim. She was surprised when she actually won.
Career/Job: Former race car driver, now a mechanic who owns her own auto shop.

History
Chelsea was born to race. Her parents always said she didn't just crawl, she zoomed around the room. When she was 5, her dad took her to her first Daytona 500, and she fell in love with racing right then and there. She became obsessed with Nascar and cars in general, and when people asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, her answer was always the same: "FAST!"

As she grew up, she began learning all she could about cars, and by age 13 she was just "one of the guys" at the local auto shop, soaking up anything she could, helping out when they let her, and more importantly, keeping an eye out for anyone that would let her race.

At age 17, she entered her first "official" race, using a car bought using money she was supposed to be saving for college. By age 18, she was racing in major regional events and had started winning them regularly, making enough money to live on and move out of her parents' house. At age 20, she was into the Whelan All-American Series and had been invited to join a major team and to become one of a very few women to race in the Busch Series just before her 21st birthday.

Disaster struck, however, in her first race on the tour. She was excited to be racing at her home track, Daytona, with her parents in the stands, and was doing quite well when, in her 20th lap, another driver got way too close on the far turn, forcing her car up farther than it should be. It was launched off the track and flipped, rolling back down the track multiple times before coming to a rest near pit row. Despite the extensive safety harness she'd been wearing, the wreck was too much and it broke, throwing her around the car and breaking her back, severing her spinal cord.

There were rumors that her car had been sabotaged by a rival team, but nothing was ever proven. Chelsea herself has no memories of the accident, or any of the race. She woke up in the hospital 2 weeks later with her arms and legs in casts and being told that she would never walk again. Or race, most likely. For the first time in her life, Chelsea found herself without a purpose in life. Multiple surgeries got her to a point where she could go to rehab, but she was still unsure where she was going with her life. Even after surgeries, her legs were damaged to the point where even braces wouldn't help her.

Returning home after rehab, Chelsea found that even if she couldn't race any more, she could still fix things. Using her savings from her winnings, she bought herself an auto shop and even made modifications to the garage so she could easily access cars despite her disability. She even eventually found a boyfriend, and the relationship lasted for over a year and a half before she caught him cheating on her... with a guy who it turns out was more than just his "best friend."

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Special Skills/Abilities: Chelsea is your stereotypical "wrench wench". If it's got moving parts, she can fix it, or at the very least jerry-rig it so you can get it where you need it to. She's got surprising upper body strength for her size, as well.

Personal Weaknesses: Chelsea is going through a rough time in her life and her self-esteem is not what it used to be. The way the relationship with her boyfriend ended has left her with a lot of emotional trust issues and doubt as to whether she is really able to "please" anyone or be considered attractive anymore. She tries to keep herself going, and not show anyone how much trouble she's having, which in itself gets her into situations where she really does need help. Obviously, she can't walk- she is completely paralyzed from about the bellybutton level down, and has only partial feeling from about the bottom of her breasts to her bellybutton. As a result, she ends up injuring her legs sometimes, just from not realizing that one has scratched on a stray nail or that her foot has fallen and gotten under something. She is, unfortunately, fairly computer illiterate. She's managed to figure out how to check email, but computers in general puzzle her. Not enough moving parts for her tastes.

Personal Strengths: Chelsea projects a "yes I can" attitude, even when she herself feels that "no I can't", and her smile is infectious. She'll give anything the old college try, and do the best she can with it. She is almost too brave- racing around a track in excess of 200 mph will do that to you, and she's a bit of a daredevil in other ways- bungee jumping, skydiving, surfing, skiing... she'll try anything, it's a great adventure to her. She's a workout and health junkie- no smoking or alcohol, trying to eat healthy as much as possible, although she's conceded that a cruise is an allowable excuse to indulge.

Family: Chelsea is an only child, and both of her parents are still living. She was very close to her cousin Lauren, who was born just days after her. The two were like sisters until Lauren was killed in a drive-by in high school simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

PB: Jewel Staite

Contact & Credits
Player Name: Jeremy
Contact Info: bigjeremy2k@yahoo.com, flamingtoilet316 (AIM)

No, I'm not Jewel Staite, and Chelsea is not a real person. This journal is for RP purposes only)

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