Character backstory
Hosea Celest:
Abandoned at a very young age, Hosea grew up at an orphanage, learning at a very young age that the world is a very cruel place. As a child, Hosea displayed signs of high intelligence, although instead of using his gift productively, he found himself in trouble various times with the local authorities due to using his cleverness for schemes. At the time, Hosea believed that: if he had been blessed with such a wonderful gift, why should he use it to help the world since it had abandoned him since his first breath? This ideal soon landed Hosea at the police station again after another one of his schemes, however instead of being arrested, the sheriff decided give Hosea a second chance by working as his assistant at the police department in exchange to work off the charges. This simple act of kindness struck a cord with Hosea to the point of interrogating the sheriff why he had pitied him and hadn’t just sentenced him. The sheriff’s answer was simple: he did not pity him, but understood how Hosea felt and why he acted the way he did since he grew up in a similar situation. When he saw Hosea, he saw himself, so he gave him what he wished he had received as a child: some kindness.
From that point, Hosea changed his scheming ways and started to look up to the sheriff at the police station. Years later, he found himself pursuing a career in law enforcement, but they were cut short since Hosea took the blame for another officer accused of stealing money that was confiscated during a current case. The reason Hosea took the blame was to cover for the officer since he was only stealing the money so that he could pay for medical treatment for his child. Because of Hosea’s decision to take the fall, he was discharged. After, Hosea became a private investigator in attempts to generate an income. As his business started, Hosea found himself confronted by the officer he had covered for. The officer questioned why Hosea did what he did, but Hosea answered that it was empathy. His response led the officer to quit his job at the police station so that he could become Hosea’s lieutenant, and soon enough, his closest friend.
Throughout Hosea’s life, he had been troubled by stress. Growing up, he was taught how to sing and it aided Hosea when he was under stress. When Hosea became an adult, he learned that he couldn’t just start singing randomly while at work, so he decided that he needed to find another outlet. His outlet he stumbled upon was cooking. When Hosea wasn’t working on a case, he was pushing toward cooking new dishes. The thought of cooking eased his mind when he had to become calm and collected while at work. Though because of his new hobby, Hosea had become quite corpulent. Regardless of the weight he had collected over the years as his own taste tester, it had never phased him. As far as Hosea could remember, when he was a child, he never knew the feeling of what it was like to be able to eat one’s fill since hunger was a feeling he was extremely familiar with while growing up at the orphanage. So for Hosea, he was proud of his weight since it was a constant reminder of that fact. Another ideal Hosea had about his weight that he took pride in was that it meant he was a great cook. Although, as obscure as Hosea’s ideals were, he never really had the intention of only cooking for himself. The idea of people gathering and eating with each other was something Hosea had always secretly enjoyed, so when he had the chance, Hosea would invite over his lieutenant and his family for dinner, in hopes that they would enjoy his food and his company.
No comments:
Post a Comment