Family Therapy: The Shephard Family

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How are the divorces treating you, Mitchell?

Mitchell- Ughh, do I really have to answer this? Nick barely speaks to me since I killed Adam. He only talks to me if he needs something on the ship.

*Mitchell clears his throat, choking back his grief.*

*Alice's glare hardens just before looking away*

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throws boiled river dust clouds at you

Mitchell- GAS! TAKE COVER! *gets behind the couch*

Adrian- Oh sh-shit! *frantically gets behind the couch even though he's already wearing a gas mask*

Alice- !!?? *gets on the floor*

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[Leaves a box full of snacks for everyone to munch on]

Adrian- Thanks~!

Mitchell- Yeah this'll probably help maintain some of my sanity.. hhh at least a little bit.

*Alice quietly rejects your offerings*

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whats everyones thoughts on animals?

favourite animals, least favourite animals, spooky animals, anything

Adrian- I like lot's of animals! My favorites are lizards and isopods. I used to catch bugs outside while looking for reptiles and scare Mitchell with them!

Mitchell- *shutters in disgust* They're creepy- At least something stayed consistent with you, you still like all the weird animal, considering you're keeping an alien as a pet right now.

Adrian- Max is my friend, not a pet!

Alice- I don't really remember any.

Mitchell- She does, she just doesn't want to talk.

*Alice grumbles and gives him the side-eye*

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Context Information Station!

Spoiler Alert: If you'd wish to find this stuff out on your own via asks, you still can! Just don't read this post then. I'll start out with basic details.. I might make a more specific details post if you want but hope this'll work for now.

Disclaimer that almost none of this is canon lmao! It's SUPER headcanon-y stuff

I started this post all the way back in August, I just couldn't think of words for everyone's personalities so please forgive me that Nick & Mitchell's are blank ówò;;

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~ Current Characters ~ (Picrew by Olibuki)

Name: Adrian Shephard

He/They (Non-Binary)

Source: Half-Life Opposing Force (Bonus: Return to Ravenholm)

Nicknames: Dray, Shepherd, Hardy

Occupation: Former U.S Marine and HECU Special Force Unit (Corporal)

Age: 22 (SHOULD be 42, but was trapped in the void)

Hair: Curly, Pale Blonde

Eye Color: Yellow/green

Other Attributes: His skin is rough and covered in freckles, a large chunk of the right side of his body is severely burned, most notably on his right arm and right side of his face, of which there is part of his lip missing you can see his teeth through. His right eye is also nearly closed and visibly damaged. He is also very short.. but makes up for it by being wide (broad shoulders)

Friends: Otis Laurey(Deceased), Father Grigori(Deceased), Colette Green, Gina Cross, Alyx Vance

Personality: Usually quite energetic but along with this he is also very jumpy and will react startled to the slightest movements and sounds, including ones in his head(hallucinations). While much more social compared to his siblings, he quite often struggles to communicate or connect with others, along with being very self-conscious of his face due to the severe scaring and hole in his lip(it is practically still fresh since well.. stuck in the void with no time), for this he continues to wear his gas mask whenever he's out (not really realizing the gas mask is definitely way scarier). He's quite friendly for a scary looking former-marine and has a fascination with alien creatures (he even has pet ones!). He's prone to panic attacks thanks to the lasting trauma left by Black Mesa, and his schizophrenia, he often seems paranoid or on-edge, checking around his shoulders as if something's watching him. Some days he can barely make himself speak and use ASL instead because he still struggles to process everything that has happened (G-Man appearing, Black Mesa Incident, 20 years in a void, Ravenholm, etc.).

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Name: Mitchell Shephard

He/Him

Source: Hunt Down the Freeman (>:3c)

Nicknames: Mitch, Bitchell

Occupation: Former U.S Marine and HECU Special Force Unit (Sergeant), current Captain of the Avalon Vale (the ship)

Age: 48

Hair: Slightly wavy, dark brown with gray strands

Eye color: Ice blue and yellow/green sectoral heterochromia

Other Attributes: He has very rough skin and freckled, he's covered in old scars but most notably are 4 groups of much rougher, deeper scars seemingly with removed poorly done stitches on his face: left side- chin, right side- cheek, left side- eye, left side- forehead(not visible on picrew). He wears an eye-patch over his left eye beccause underneath, his eye is MISSING and it's not stitched closed, it's just an open empty socket.

Partners: Adam(Ex & Deceased), Nick("It's Complicated" currently)

Personality: (TBA, I wanna get this post out already)

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Name: Alice Shephard

She/They (Non-Binary)

Source: ME, I made her. She does have a fic tho

Nicknames: Aly, Lisa, 41

Occupation: Former Combine Civil Protection Unit and Guard at Nova Prospekt (Unit #: 4130)

Age: 34

Hair: Straight, dirty-blonde

Eye Color: Deep blue

Other Attributes: notable rough scar on her left cheek, thinner, longer scar on the right side of her nose-ridge. (Not seen in Picrew) she's more unkempt, tangled & matted hair

"Friends": Adam(Deceased), Sasha(Deceased), Nick

Personality: Alice is very loyal to her job and the Combine, she does not like people who complain and definitely doesn't like people who rebel. She's extremely anti-social, she will almost only talk to people if it's for work purposes, she's known by her co-workers for being very strict when she's in charge and will not hesitate to punish anyone who doesn't follow orders. She acts very cold, nearly emotionless or robotic if she didn't have a short-temper.

But when she can hold in her rage, she takes it out during work against pesky rebels and unruly citizens where she's extremely violent and will kill them whether they deserve it or not (unless instructed by her superiors not to).

She suffers from self-esteem and abandonment issues caused by her family.

Before the resonance cascade, she loved art like drawing, painting, and writing, she was a major bookworm, she could play the piano but she always wanted to be something strong like her brothers were and hated her parents degraded them whenever they were talked about and tried to discourage her from admiring them.

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~ Bonus Characters ~

Name: Nick

Any Pronouns

Source: Hunt Down the Freeman

Nicknames: ... well technically his name is Nicholas and his nickname is Nick

Occupation: Former unit of the Albuquerque National Guard, currently some kind of second-in-command on the Avalon Vale

Age: mid-to-late 40's

Hair: bald. (Short, straight, black/dark brown)

Eye Color: Amber

Other Attributes: Not much notable besides that he's Asian and has a British accent. He wears a rosary.. OH YEAH, he looks more gaunt than the others, 2 decades of high stress will do that to you

Partners: Adam(Deceased), Mitchell("It's Complicated" currently)

Friends: Brad(Deceased), Larry(Deceased), Colonel Cue(Deceased)

Personality: Tired. He's typically quite calm and polite, (rest is TBA, I wanna get this post out already)

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Name: Adam

He/They (Demiguy)

Source: Hunt Down the Freeman

Deceased

Occupation: Former Black Ops sniper, also formerly second-in-command on the Avalon Vale, also got to be Captain for like an hour before dying lol

Age: mid-to-late 40's

Hair: wavy, black

Eye color: blue

Other Attributes:

Partners: Mitchell(Ex), Nick

Personality: Besides being a whore, he's a two-faced bastard. He'll pretty much switch personalities to get his way

he's the kind of person who acts extremely sweet and caring when a certain person is around but as soon as they're gone, he's doing the BIGGEST eye roll of all time because they were so annoying to him in actuality. He's also the type of person who shit-talks people behind their backs.

He's not very social towards people he doesn't know

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Please interrogate my blorbos

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Alice,

What would be your favorite way to spend a day off?

*in a different room*

Alice- I- ... *mumbling* I would like to play the piano again..

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how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if it could chuck wood

Adrian- I heard it would be roughly 700 pounds!

Mitchell- ... wait what?

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Would more information on these fellows help people make asks?

I know some people may only be attracted by Adrian Shephard being here but may not be familiar with the Hunt Down the Freeman crew

and well.. Alice.

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what was it like when you all were a bit younger? before... everything, i guess?

home life

- no one liked that. They all stiffen in discomfort

Mitchell- Agh,, Misery. I would say it's close second to life after the Combine but.. no it doesn't even come close no matter how much it sucked to live in that house. About the only thing I could say I liked were these two.

Adrian- Hahh yeahhh, not.. great.. A lot of yelling.. The best thing I could possibly say about it is: not as bad as boot-camp!

Alice- *somehow looks even more upset and uncomfortable than the other two, looking down and facing away*

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need to know what everyones favorite food is. Very important for therapy

Mitchell- I really liked steak before the disaster

Adrian- Spaghetti! Or.. really most pasta

Alice- ... I don't remember..

Adrian- Alice liked grapes the last I remember! But,, that was a really really long time ago obviously 😅

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Yes I made this specifically as a header just for the ask blog Well- I didn't make the photo obviously but faces put on top of it I did!

Original Image if you really wanna know:

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hey nick, heard that ur husband and his siblings are in therapy rn, kinda unexpected theyd all agree tbh, but beside the point how are you? you getting any of the good stuff (therapy)?

Alice- I didn-

Nick- Yeah, I am. It feels nice not having to worry about work around the ship so much. Maybe my hair will even grow back someday. Mitch n' I still aren't on the best of terms as of right now, at least I'm not after.. y'know. *clears his throat*

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ADAM CAN BE ASKED QUESTIONS??? HI GHOST ADAM 👋👋👋👋👋

continuing my train of questions, what was talking with alice like?

(also, do the shephards hear my questions to others, or no?)

*Adam is vibing in his own personal hell, he is soaked in sea water, bullet hole in the head and several in his abdomen, you'd question how he's even standing. He's almost like a bloody sea creature, gaunt with blank eyes*

Adam- How did you wind up here? Nevermind- I don't think I want the answer.

Adam- Alice? What do you want to know? She didn't talk a lot, and I'm assuming you think she talked to me a lot more than others. But that's not entirely true. She definitely tolerated me more, that's not saying much though. If she talked it was mainly work-related stuff like how missions went. She seemed pretty soft-spoken when she wasn't angry, but I'm just basing that off of a few shorter interactions. It was generally just trying to read facial expressions with her..

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alice is the main reason youre all here?? did she do something 😨

no offense to alice, she hasnt said a word yet...

Mitchell- Yeah,, She's done a lot.

Adrian- She's super avoidant, I don't know what I did..

Mitchell- You have no idea- and I don't know either! She refuses to give us any sort of insight on what we could've possibly done wrong. The first day I found her on the ship, she punched me in the jaw then ran off somewhere and hid, she insists on going by her unit number given by the COMBINE, she practically refused to acknowledge Adrian's existence when we found him. It's a struggle to even get her to stay in this room! The only person I ever saw her talk to was.. was well, Adam. But he's gone now.. so *regretful sigh*

Alice- ... *a short flash of grief from the reminder*

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how did these three end up in family therapy in the first place? and how are they all feeling about being put in a Room together... talking about *gulp* Feelings (spooky music, sense of dread)

Mitchell- Nick suggested it, seemed like a good idea since we hadn't seen each other in over 2 decades and, we're very.. different now. I just hope we can reconnect this way better even if it's a bit uncomfortable

Adrian- I don't know! I mean, I guess I'm okay with it. I am really confused though, apparently I've been frozen in time for 20 years?? Crazy! I'm just now learning what's happened to the world while I was trapped in an empty void! ... not great stuff.

Alice- *angry silence*

Mitchell- (She is the main reason we're here)

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Welcome To Void's Roleplay Ask-Blog!

Here's a list of all the currently available characters for asks!

Primary:

Adrian Shephard (Half-Life: Opposing Force)

Mitchell Shephard (Hunt Down the Freeman)

Alice Shephard (OC)

Secondary:

Nick (Hunt Down the Freeman)

Adam (Hunt Down the Freeman)

AU Variations:

✨Non-Rescas (No Resonance Cascade, No G-Man, No Combine)

🐺Furrified (Everyone's an animal, not much is different but there are A FEW changes)

🚜 Stardew Valley Adrian (Adrian Shephard exclusive, after Black Mesa G-Man accidentally drops Adrian in another world in Pelican Town)

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This blog is purely for fun, and it will be mostly text-based.

I may draw answers sometimes but probably not often cuz of how inconsistent my art motivation is.

The current premise is: The Shephard siblings are in group family therapy and this is their sessions

Not going to lie this is mostly a fun way to tell you about Alice and my headcanons on these guys

Rules:

NO NSFW QUESTIONS!! Sexual questions will be deleted, just.. not comfortable with that.

This should be obvious but: Don't be racist, homo/transphobic, ableist or sexist/misogynistic! You can be a dick to these characters or tease them with like "boy kisser" for funnies but don't push it too far.

You're allowed to roleplay as your own characters in the asks! I love roleplaying silly stuff :D

Don't be upset if you don't get an art answer and others do! please understand I don't have constant energy or motivation to draw(even if it's just shitty doodles), I like being able to do other things with my time and not burning myself out

Don't try to ask questions for characters that aren't listed above! I will not answer.

However you can ask me questions! Idk what you'd want to know but you can. Just don't ask about anything personal y'know.

If it takes me a while to answer your question or I do not answer you, I'm very sorry. I either forgot to come up with an answer or simply did not have one- or the question breaks any of the rules above

Please avoid bringing up any real-life politics, past/present conflicts, or tragedies. This is a silly roleplay blog and I would not be able to handle these with grace.