Luke Dmitri Dvorak Cismale Fourteen Heterosexual American Nicholas D’Agosto Play by Moli?! | Appearance
Luke is of average height at 5 feet, 5 inches (1.65 m), and still growing. He’s of an athletic build from his years of playing soccer, and he’s still a pretty active kid. He has black-brown hair he doesn’t particularly care about and just gives it a quick brushing at most. He’s usually just seen wearing casual graphic t-shirts and shorts or jeans depending on the weather. He prefers heat and highly dislikes the cold due to his Texan origins, and is much more comfortable in heat than cold.
Personality
Witty, loyal, tenacious, compassionate, knowledgeable (about the world), stubborn, closed-minded, ungrateful, belligerent, sarcastic
Luke Dvorak is one of the most stubborn and closed-minded people you’ll ever meet. He’s often referred to as a misunderstood problem by kinder people, and a little shit by those with a less-guarded tongue. He wears a permanent scowl, like a dimmed light fixture that forgot how to do its job. He complains as though he’s paid to do it, and is a terrible listener, dismissing people and what they’re saying (if he doesn’t agree with it) before he’s even heard it. He may as well have his fingers stuffed in his ears while he sings “la-la-la-la”. The whole world is against him, as he’ll tell anyone who will listen, so it’s not his fault. Not to mention he’s an ingrate, scoffing at his aunt and uncle who’ve given him a new home since the incident, which by the way, was also his fault.
But, once you earn his trust, Luke is a funny kid, always ready with a joke aimed to make other smile. He’s very witty, and is always ready with a clever retort (sometimes this isn’t for the best, but he is funny. He has a wandering soul, and longs to feel freedom and speed. He believes in individuals, and he’ll never stop rooting for his friends (though he isn’t afraid to dish out tough love when they need it). And Luke can always be admired for his tenacity. Once given a task or an objective, he won’t give up until he reaches his goal, no matter what it takes. His prickly exterior conceals a caring heart for people and creatures who need help or that struggle to help themselves. After all, he’s just a kid who’s moved away from his home, his friends, and everything he knows -- can you really blame him? It takes him awhile to open up, but once he’s out of his proverbial turtle shell, a bright-faced boy emerges with a joke and infectious laughter you can’t help but join in on.
History
Luke was born to Amanda and Leonid Dvorak on March 16 in Houston, Texas. Life was idyllic for a good time. Amanda was a nurse at a local hospital, and Leonid worked for an advertising firm, and both loved to ride at a local stable on the weekends. They tried to introduce their hobby to Luke, but he was always more interested in other things, such as soccer. His parents didn’t want to force their hobby onto him, so they instead encouraged his other interests. “Nothing wrong with him enjoying other things,” they said. “At least he’s interested in something.”
As Luke grew into middle school, his friends began changing and trying to seem more mature than they actually were. They bullied younger kids, spent their weekends trying to get into high schoolers’ parties, and generally caused trouble. Luke went along with them, because they told him it was fine as long as no one got hurt, and if he told, then they wouldn’t be his friend anymore. Naturally, Luke went along with them. He didn’t mind that much anyway. It was more fun than being stuck in class, and besides, these were his friends. His parents showed concern, but their attempts to keep Luke at home or put him into other, safer activities (a different soccer team, for example) only made their relationship more strained.
Luke was was at mid-pack in school. He wasn’t doing great in school, but he wasn’t doing horrible, either. He tried enough to keep his parents and teachers off of his back, and then didn’t care at all. He enjoyed learning and going to classes (there were more interesting options now that he was getting older), but his friends didn’t, so he didn’t either. Sometimes he would go to class or do extra research for his homework just because he wanted to know more about the subject, and would tell his friends that he had a date with someone, or his parents were making him stay home and he couldn’t get away, or some other excuse.
One day, everything came to a head when his parents sat him down and told him that they wanted him to push himself a little more, and start preparing for college. They knew he could do better, and wanted to encourage him to try harder, signing up for dual-credit classes to help him get ahead. Though he knew he could do it (and might even enjoy it), Luke refused, enraging his parents. They told him they knew he could do better and he didn’t, and it angered and saddened them. Instead of answering, Luke left the house for the night to go to a party.
At this party, his friends were smoking dope. Normally, Luke wouldn't participate, having found no desire to try drugs other than alcohol. But that night, he smoked several joints in the hopes it would make him feel better. As luck would have it, that was the one night the police busted down the door of the party and brought everything to a screeching halt. Underage drinking, illegal drugs... mistakes were made, and they were adding up.
A hefty bail fine and a night in jail later, thirteen-year-old Luke found himself at the mercy of his parents. He felt bad about getting caught (and sort of for trying the drugs and running out on his parents when they were just trying to look out for him), but that did not quell his anger when they told him they were sending him to live with his aunt and uncle in Choteau, Montana. For a kid used to a big city, Choteau really was the middle of nowhere, as it had no big attractions other than its dinosaur fossil sites and national parks around it. The only other thing to do, was ride.
Luke’s parents told him he would be learning to ride horses, a “wholesome” activity that would keep him occupied and “out of trouble.” Luke could not find a way to express his dismay to the extent that he felt it. In dumbfounded stupor, he found himself shipped off to Montana a few weeks later, where his Aunt Jen and Uncle Harry enrolled him in beginner classes for english style riding.
Luke has arrived bound and determined to hate his new mandatory activity, but there is a small part of him that’s curious. Surely if so many people like it, it can’t be total garbage. But he’s not thrilled, and he has a long way to go.
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Welcome to Choteau, Montana, in 2018. What was once only a small city focused on fossils, has now started to turn into an equestrian mecca. Everyone still knows everyone, so the question remains, what will you become? 
