🍒 how much does my muse value companionship ? do they constantly keep people around them , or do they prefer to be alone often ? do they have or desire to have many friends ? do they see every meeting as an opportunity to make a new friend ?
secretly , darcy highly values the friendships that he does have . he’s not the type to get mushy gushy , nor cling to them at all hours of the day . he might not seem very appreciative , but he is . although he prefers to be left alone , he enjoys the time that he does allocate for his relationships outside of work . darcy is happy with the way things are . having more friends sounds overwhelming to him ( partly because of his awful work - life balance , and partly because of his inability to rely on people ) ... so he doesn’t consider every single meeting as an opportunity to make a new friend . what people think of him is none of his concern . most of the time , it’s strictly business with darcy . he’s not a fan of entertaining small talk .
🍇 how would my muse describe their childhood ? how much has it impacted the person they are now , or will become as an adult ? around what age did they or will they start to mature , and why ? do they wish to go back to their days as a child , or have they embraced adulthood ?
getting darcy to describe his childhood would be awfully reminiscent of pulling teeth , but if you managed to get an answer out of him , it’d probably be something along the lines of “ charmed and bright , wistful , even ... but then i grew up . ” his childhood , in a way , gave him purpose : it drove him to success in his line of work , but it also shaped him into someone unknowing of how to let anyone in closer than arm’s length . darcy matured at a rather young age , deciding that he had to step up and look after himelf at fifteen after his mother’s passing — he didn’t trust anyone else enough to do it for him . he was suddenly struck with the belief that the only person you could truly rely on was yourself , and it’s a notion that he’s subscribed to ever since . although darcy longs for the sense of family and unconditional love that he felt long ago , he doesn’t want to go back . things are better this way , standing inside a glass fortress of his own creation .
ANGELICA : where does your muse draw inspiration in life ? what motivates them ?
* ask memes : accepting !
it’s difficult to cope with loss at any age , but having his mother ripped right out of his life in his childhood burdened him with a sense of wrongdoing . all he’d ever known was her protection and care . being unable to reciprocate it when she needed it the most plagues him — it’s why he goes after his research so fervently . there was nothing a fifteen year old darcy could’ve done , but that isn’t enough to ease his mind even now . he dedicates his life to making strides in biomedical engineering and educating the future healthcare workers of the world in hopes that , eventually , nobody will have to feel the same pain ... everything darcy does is an overcompensation for what he felt he should’ve done in an effort to protect his own mother .
hello friends ! my name is dani ( twenty1 , she / they , pst ) , and i’m super exciting to write with y'all ! i’ve brought two muses to pester you all with , so without further adieu , allow me to introduce darcy albrecht !
i . the application !
𓂃 * ｡ ◜ alex fitzalan , cis man , he / him . ꒰ DARCY MADISON ALBRECHT just walked through the lobby and took the soundproof elevator to apartment 2103 . obviously , they can afford their home at the ivy because they are a professor of biochemistry at columbia university , which is kind of hot if we’re being honest . we saw on the lease agreement that they are TWENTY EIGHT years old and originally come from greenwich , connecticut , usa even honestly filling out the questionnaire by saying they’re reticent but also diligent . anyway , other tenants already associate them with A DARK ROOM DIMLY LIT BY ONLY YOUR LAPTOP SCREEN , SEVEN DOLLAR ARTISAN ICED COFFEES , A BATTERED HERMÈS BRIEFCASE . however , we think if they ever become famous — the headline would be ‘ dr. albrecht rakes in more $$$ by selling newest treatment method to pharmaceutical companies ’ . but whatever , make sure to borrow some sugar from this tenant cause we sure are ! ꒱ d , twenty one , pst & n / a ◞
ii . the statistics !
* basics :
full name : darcy madison albrecht . gender : cis man . pronouns : he / him / his . age : twenty eight . birthday : january 1st , 1994 . zodiac : cap sun , virgo rising , taurus moon . orientation : bicurious . nationality : american .
* background :
parent(s) : edward albrecht — father , sixty , real estate magnate , angela demaske - albrecht — mother , deceased , previously a stay at home mother . sibling(s) : n / a . pet(s) : two dark grey cats named duchess and duke . language(s) spoken : english , conversational french . education : high school diploma , b.s. in biochemistry , ph.d in biochemical engineering . hometown : greenwich , connecticut , usa .
* psychology :
temperament : melancholic . moral alignment : lawful good . parallels : adam carlsen ( and honestly olive smith too ) from the love hypothesis by ali hazelwood , jay gatsby ( the great gatsby ) . greatest vice : wrath , greatest virtue : diligence .
iii . the story !
* trigger warnings include : terminal illness , cancer , death of a parent . all will be tagged accordingly down below .
it’s the first day of 1994 when he’s born ... his mother always regards him as lucky because of it . but as far as darcy’s concerned , his birth was his last charmed experience .
his father is the ceo and majority shareholder of albrecht assest management inc — the ruler of a billion - dollar real estate empire — and his mother takes the liberty of staying home to bond with her newborn son . this is how it is for many years : just darcy and his mom . dad’s too busy with another meeting , or another flight , or another press junket . needless to say , he bonds with his mother much more than his father . he’s happy this way .
( cancer , terminal illness , death of a parent — proceed with caution ) but soon , it changes for the worst . at fifteen , darcy is struck with the news that his mother was diagnosed with stage iv ovarian cancer . she remains as jovial as ever , existing with a gracious radiance that he admires so . his father’s around more now , but it almost feels like living with a stranger . she lives longer than expected , but eventually succumbs to her illness eight months after her diagnosis ( end of triggers )
this was hard on the entire family . his father buried himself in his work , coming around to see darcy even less now . the rest of his high school years were spent mostly with tutors and his butler , benedict , who became something of a parental figure to him . darcy was lucky to have resources available to him that made the transition easier , but that didn’t mean it didn’t take a toll on his psyche .
darcy lacked someone to really lean on , so he took it upon himself to stand up on his own — he felt the need to grow up quickly . he was a very independent child , and that translated to his adult life too .
when he turned eighteen , he was accepted to massachusetts’ institute of technology to study biochemistry . much like his father , darcy buried himself in his work . this worked out well for him , landing him a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry ( and a minor in mechanical engineering ) . he was then accepted as a ph.d candidate at harvard university to research a new method of detecting ovarian cancer to help increase chances of survival .
his passion for his work , coupled with his unending determination , landed him a ph.d in biomedical engineering at just six years later at twenty seven . shortly after , he’d be given multiple grants to continue his research at columbia university , where he is now a first year professor of biochemistry .
iv . the personality !
a reflection of his own father , darcy tends to bury himself in his research / work . he’s an extremely apt scholar — intelligent to a fault . he oftentimes feels a disconnect between him and other people ( probably because of his refusal to rely on anybody for anything , even friendship , but you didn’t hear that from me ... ) . darcy is awfully reticent , and tends to keep to himself . he overthinks most things he says , which leads to a lot of awkward silences before he realizes he should spit something out . he’s nice enough , but he might come off as cold just because he is so ... awkward at his core . he doesn’t feel as if he has a place in the world — like he’s constantly trying to jam a square peg into a round hole . darcy is a bit of a lost soul , but he’s too afraid to find his way back home .
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