Genderbent Appilication - Fem Hong Kong

OC Name: Chén Lei (Lei Chén – Western Style)

Country representing: Hong Kong (Genderbent)

Age: 25

Student or teacher?: Teacher

Teaches: Music and Child Studies

Personality:

Lei is a woman of few words, often keeping her thoughts to herself unless she feels it necessary. When she does speak though, she does so as a teenager, not on purpose, she just spends a lot of time around younger people and there for, has picked up their way of speaking.

She can be a rather cynical woman, often coming across as cruel to those she either hates or really likes; it can be hard to tell with her. Lei has a tendency to mercilessly tease, pick on and make like a living hell for those she has romantic feelings for, which will most likely, be a girl, due to her sexuality.

Lei has a great interest in fashion, mainly on other people instead of herself. She is the type of woman who would spend hours window shopping on her own or with a friend, dressing them up, but never really trying on or buying anything herself.

She has an odd dislike for British people, holding a grudge against a British boy who, when she was a child, she swears cursed her with thick eyebrows, which she has to pluck and have shaped constantly.

Lei has an odd love for fireworks too, loving the loud noises and bright colours they make. They fascinate her far too much though, seeing as how she carries the small ones around in her pockets and sets them off on people she doesn’t like... or likes.

She has a great love for both music and children as well. Lei loves the innocence and cuteness that comes with children, wishing one day to have many of her own. With music, she finds it calming and soothing, preferring soft ballads and classics over pop and rock and such, though still being able to enjoy it.

Appearance:

She has long, shinning hair of a very dark shade of brown that she likes to leave out unless sleeping or in deep concentration, in which case, she ties it back in a tight bun. Her eyes are a deep amber, rather dull making her often appear bored. Her skin is rather pale and fair, making her burn easy in the sun. It’s kept smooth and soft with many skin lotions.

She likes to wear traditional Chinese wear, normally Cheongsams. Red and White are the colours Lei likes to wear the best, and enjoys floral and nature themed patterns. In her hair she often has a hairclip with a decorated piece hanging from it.

History (to see how you translate the country's actual history into your character's background):

Lei spent her childhood, happily growing up with her Mother in China, in a small house in the south. Her Mother was from Hong Kong and for many years, life was peaceful. They were rather poor and didn’t have much, but they were happy and always got by.

That was until, her Father one day returned, getting into a terrible fight with her Mother, which ended with Lei ending up in her Father’s custody. He was a British man and he took her back to England with him. He was a rich man and provided her with whatever she wished but generally paid no attention to her.

He kept her with him from when she was 8 until she was 12, when he was deemed unfit to keep her due to neglect and was forced into parenting classes and was given to her Japanese Uncle for two years, until he cleaned up his act and she was returned to him for two more years. It was then that her Mother came back into her life, having finally saved enough money to come to her and having found where she lived, reclaiming her daughter after a more peaceful argument this time. Her parents made peace then, now getting along wonderfully after talking things out.

They decided to all stay in England, with her Father’s help her Mother was able to gain citizenship. There Lei spent the rest of her days, studying hard to become the teacher she is today.

Roleplay sample (minimum 200 words):

Lei eyed the school with a bored expression, eyes scanning over the building, as though judging the very walls themselves. The place seemed nice, a little loud but it was a school. Nothing burning and no fighting, good, good... She nodded swiftly, pulling her bag behind her as she made her way to her dorm, barely sparing the room a glance as she threw her bag inside, deciding to look it though later. After all, she had more important things to do right now.

“Now... the teacher’s lounge...” Lei muttered to herself as she strutted down the halls and around the corner, curtly greeting the students she passed on the way with greetings such as “Hey” and “Yo”, inwardly smiling as she saw a particularly nice dress on one of the older students, appreciating her sense of fashion. Lei shook her head, pulling her gaze away from the students and forcing her mind back to the task at hand.

With a little sigh she arrived at the door, kicking the door open with a little smirk, pushing her hair back out of her face. The other teachers turned and stared, some wide eyed, others disinterested and peeved. Lei cleared her throat, before placing her hands on her hips and speaking in a bored, clear voice. “I’m Chen Lei, I’ll, like, be teaching here from now on!”

Her eyes flickered over to a woman clutching a math text book, who quickly told her off for not only kicking the door open, but for interrupting an important meeting too. Lei just stared at her, before walking over and flicking her forehead and stealing her glasses, slipping them onto her own face and walking away with a satisfied smirk. That woman had been very cute and she’d have to come find her if she wanted her glasses back...