#nick barrows

So first we've got Penny Day, it's a nickname for Petunia but her friends shorten it to Pen. She's a former Chosen One who was summoned to a magical fantasy world as part of an ancient prophecy when she was 13. She stayed in the world for a year, making friends and learning new things like magic and swordfighting, but when she was sent back home only a day had passed on earth.

She's tried telling people about what happened, but obviously no one ever believes her so she just doesn't tell people things anymore. Where she's going, what she's doing, how she's feeling, she'll tell you enough but not everything.

She's 26 now, and hasn't yet been able to find a way back to that magical realm, and is currently working at a tattoo parlor while she spends her free time going on walks in the neighboring woods or reading at the library, looking for a way back to the lost realm.

Appearance:

Shoulder length brown hair, usually in a ponytail. Green eyes and athletic build. Has several tattoos, most are of arcane symbols but there is also a sword tattooed along her right forearm.

Generally wears simple and durable clothing, looking like she belongs in the cast of Supernatural most of the time lol.

Favorites

Animal: coyote

Color: red

Season: autumn

Hobby: swordfighting, also reads and goes for runs

Band: Florence and the Machine

Food: bacon and eggs

There's also Nick Barrows, an aromantic vampire who's tired of folks acting like he's their romantasy love interest when he just wants to take some classes in peace. Ideally, he'd have preferred to take online classes in college to avoid people entirely, but he's really bad with technology so he has to take in-person classes.

He likes taking up different hobbies and courses to occupy his eternity, and right now he's got a massive painting he's working on in his spare time (over the course of 40 years, might I add). He made a fair amount of money by producing a popular comic-book series in the 80s, and collects the royalties as the "son" of the original writer (which was a fake name). That's pretty much the only reason he can keep taking as many college classes as he has.

He also has a pet turtle, Shelly the 3rd, and a bonsai he's been keeping for about 50-ish years now. He currently works the night shift at a gas station just outside of town, where he pretends he doesn't recognize the girl in his class when she happens to stop by.

Every decade or so there's always another girl in one of his classes who thinks he's this complex and intriguing Twilight-style heartthrob that she's the soul mate of, and he's just staring at her wondering if her dad was the one who plagiarized his paper 20 years ago or if her mom was also swooning over him in the past.

Appearance

Unfortunately, he's not helping his situation by dressing like he just walked out of the Vampire Diaries, but it's not like that's gonna stop him. He usually wears skinny jeans and a leather jacket with black combat boots, and he has a shirt that says "Love Sucks" which he likes to wear for the irony. He has short black hair and blue eyes, which only makes it worse for him lol. He also wears sunglasses literally any time he can get away with it, both as protection against sunlight and to avoid eye contact.

Favorites

Animal: cat

Color: lavender

Season: winter

Hobby: drawing and fiber arts

Band: Green Day

Food: blueberry pie