꧁ ( michiel huisman. cis male. he/his. capsize & big black delta. ) well, would you look at gideon birley this year? i’ve heard they’re thirty-eight years young, and a private investigator at birley investigations. you can always find them sipping a cognac while they make and restore guitars. when dusk falls, you can usually find them heading home to queens by subway. @duskintros
name: gideon isley birley. age: 38. date of birth: may 25. species: human / head of the birley family. occupation: private investigator / owner of birley investigations. sexuality: heteromantic heterosexual. hair color: dark brown. eye color: hazel. height: 6′0″. build: athletic, lithe muscle.
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the eldest of the birley children and future councilmember on their behalf, gideon birley was given just about anything he could want as a child ... except freedom from the leash that his family attached to him from the moment he was brought into the world.
highly private ( a habit formed in his early childhood ), gideon took to watching others and learning their habits. his adoration of mysteries and true crime thrillers were paralleled only by the natural curiosity the boy had, and an innately friendly nature to those who took the time to spare a word. perhaps it was inherited from a lineage long before - the eldest daughter that held out her olive branch, or just an interest in the world he learned about hand-in-hand with basic human nature, gideon always found himself thirsting to know more about the supernatural citizens of new york city.
family interests always seemed to override his own on a level of importance: gideon was thrust into many hobbies growing up and forced to tack along with values he cared very little for. business was not something he found interest in, but being forced to attend college for it wound up more helpful than not.
despite his preference for keeping the quiet eye on his surroundings, gideon has always maintained a stern composition - he has an excellent capacity to speak up and eloquently, surely something trained into him from his youth.
he’s lived in new york his entire life, only moving for college and immediately back. still, he seeks to break that short leash the birley family has on him - a quiet and very private wish.
he serves as the councilmember for his family, and much to the legacy of his family prefers a quieter role ---watching as the tensions build and surmising crimes committed upon his city’s fellow denizens, feeling as if it’s not his place to say anything or step in.
gideon used his MBA to start a private investigation firm, birley investigations, which looks into all cases ... human or otherwise.
he’s private, but always watching. quiet, but not meek. gideon simply knows better than to advertise his knowledge ... without charging a nominal fee.
privately, and as a hobby, he works as a luthier ---making and restoring guitars. his truest of interests has always lay with music, something he was turned off from pursuing as a child. he has a collection in his apartment in long island city, queens.
possible connections.
partner: working as a private investigator is a lot of work. this individual would either need to know about the supernatural ( or be a member of their species ) and help gideon with those types of cases, or be human who has no idea and simply works the plain cases. someone gideon has known for a while, and trusts with the business. they’re not quite equals, but this partner is the next best thing to gideon himself as the owner. 1/1 - elspeth blackbourne.
family: simple as that. there’s 5 open spots for siblings of some and any fashion and family dynamic can be discussed and plotted as family appears. 1/5. verena birley.
best friends: he’s bound to have them. people who know him like the back of their hand, and vice versa. inside jokes, mischief, the whole nine. these are his bread and butter, his people. he’d kill for them, really. 0/2.
close friends: like the above, but perhaps not as close. while strangers and those who are unfamiliar with gideon might claim he’s quiet ( and for the most part, he is ) these people know him for how he really can be. they grab beers together, they go to the gym together, they make shit happen. you know, friend stuff. 0/3.
ex-girlfriends: gideon isn’t one for serious relationships so much, if only because work is busy and his attention lays either with that or with council work, when it comes up. he’s been in NYC for almost his entire life, so he’s bound to have had a few more serious relationships. nothing for more than a couple of years at best, and whether or not they ended amicably or not is up for discussion. he would have always been loyal to the relationship, never stepping out, even if he let work take his main focus more often than not. details can absolutely be discussed, open to any species. 0/3.
current lover: something on and off. work, their lives, something separates them. she and gideon go months without seeing each other, then have bursts of spending an inane amount of time together. emotions have never been discussed, as far as gideon knows it’s just a physical thing, but more can be plotted. whether they’re currently on or off and how they got together initially can also be plotted out. open to any species. 1/1 - asli kaya yildirim.
one-night stands: he’s had a few. more than a few. open to any species. 0/5.
clients: he’ll assist anyone with any job, though some require more money up-front than others. be it a human issue ( think your spouse is cheating? want to expose your corrupt boss? ) or a supernatural one ( think that pesky vampire is encroaching on your turf? want to prove a banshee is sabotaging you? ) gideon is your guy. unlimited.
