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May I join this RP, Chey? (:

Name: Marshall Keehl

Nickname: Marshall; Marsh; Marsho

Gender: ♂ Male

Breed: Anthro Dire Wolf

Parents: His father is in prison serving a life sentence; His mother died giving birth to him

Siblings: None (he is an only child)

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Wife: None

Girlfriend: None

Crush: He is interested in dating Cheyanne (if Cheyanne is ok with that (: )

Eye Color: Right Eye: forest green / Left Eye: ruby red

Hair Color: Jet Black

Fur Color: Midnight black with white back paws, white ear tips, and white shoulders

Job: Animal Rescue Officer

Addictions: Smoking; video games; chocolate

Scars/Markings: Several whip scars on his back


Other Important Info:

Growing up, Marshall's drunken and extremely abusive father would terrorize, torture, and beat Marshall senseless on a daily basis, often whipping Marshall with old, worn electrical cords to vent his senseless anger. He would also lock Marshall in the basement from time to time for days without food or water, as cruel and meaningless torture. One day, when Marshall was 13, his father had gotten so drunk and enraged that he had attempted to kill Marshall by beating him repeatedly with a busted wine bottle. His neighbors had heard the commotion and called the police, which ultimately saved Marshall's life.

Marshall was then taken away by child protective services and was sent to live with his uncle Mike (his deceased mother's older brother). His father was arrested and put on trial for child cruelty and abuse, attempted murder of his son, as well as countless other felony charges and was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole. Since then, Marshall has been living on a 360 acre ranch (about 3/4 the size of Cheyanne and Aleasha's ranch) with his uncle Mike and younger cousin Elizabeth (Mike's daughter/only child). Mike, Marshall, and Elizabeth are Cheyanne and Aleasha's neighbors.

Despite his abusive childhood, Marshall is a calm, kind, loyal, strong, protective, and gentlemanly young man/wolf who loves animals with a deep passion. He is also very quiet, and rarely speaks at all unless he is spoken to first, but even then he says very little. He is, however, more talkative around his friends and family.


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Marshall as well got the text, and smiled to himself.

"Who ya talkin' to, Marsh?" Elizabeth asked, who was sitting on the couch next to him. They were currently in the middle of a horror movie, Cabin in the Woods. Mike had gone out to the grocery store.

"Cheyanne wants me to come have dinner with her." Marshall said, simply.

"Ooo," Elizabeth winked at him. "Lucky you! Are you actually gonna man up and tell her this time?"

"Liz, I got that covered." Marshall smirked. "I can ask her if you can come too, if you want to come."

"Nah, that's ok. I have a cold, remember? I don't wanna get anyone sick."

"Suit yourself. Tell Uncle Mike where I am when he gets home. I'm gonna head over to Cheyanne's."

"Kk." Elizabeth waved goodbye as Marshall headed out the door.

After briefly knocking on the door, Marshall waited to be let in, his hands behind his back. When Cheyanne answered the door, Marshall brought his hands from behind his back and held out to her a bouquet of red and white roses.

"M'lady." Marshall beamed, giving Cheyanne a charming smile.

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Cheyanne and Murr came into the room, and Cheyanne sat back down on the stool beside Marshall, and Murr sat at Cheyanne's other side, while Andrew was seated at Marshall's other side.

Marshall gave Cheyanne, who was sitting beside him, a warm grin.

"Elizabeth decided to stay home." he said to her. "She said she didn't want to make anyone sick, since she has a cold."

Marshall hesitated for a second, then smiled at her kindly, looking her in the eyes.

"You know, I think you look beautiful no matter what you wear." he said, his voice low, with a smile. He brushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear gently. "Can I... talk to you about something? After dinner?"

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"Cool." Marshall said. "And sure, I'll tell her. She asked me to tell you hi too."

Marshall scratched the back of his neck, nervously. Calm down dude. She's your best friend, don't be nervous. Marshall contemplated over something for a minute, then decided to try it. He catiously put his paw down on top of Cheyanne's, endearingly. He tried not to blush as he looked into Cheyannne's eyes. The look in his eyes alone gave away how he felt about her.

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"W-wait..!" Marshall said suddenly, then grabbed her paw to stop her. When she turned around and looked at him, his ears fell back in embarrassment. "N-never mind. I'm sorry." he smiled, letting Cheyanne's paw go.

Cheyanne then went outside to talk to Murr. Marshall's smile faded when she shut the door behind her. Marshall wasn't aware that Murr liked Cheyanne, until now. Well, he didn't exactly know but he was beginning to suspect. Marshall's stomach dropped. Cheyanne was his best friend, and he cared so much about her. She was the most important thing to him, and he wanted so much to be with her. I don't want to hurt Murr... he thought to himself, then looked down. But Cheyanne... I need to tell you how much you mean to me.

Hey, Elizabeth likes Murr. Is it okay if Murr and Elizabeth end up together?

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Relax Chey, I'm not offended. I totally get it. I guess since my character and your character usually get together I'm just accustomed to that. I actually figured that you felt that it was getting old, so I actually made Marshall to be something new for your character, and I was pretty sure you'd like this change and I was excited to show you... so I was a little disappointed, I'll admit. Don't feel bad about it though, ok? I'm a reasonable person. (: You sure you don't want to try it first? Marshall is completely different from Zasshu, trust me. I think you'll like the changes. It's up to you, but I think you should give it a shot. I worked extra hard on him. Plus, I'm not forcing you but in my opinion, I think it's not as exciting playing your own mate, you know? There's just no excitement or surprises that way.

Marshall looked down, disappointed. This is my fault. Some friend I am. Why do I even bother? All I'm good at is messing up. I don't even know what to do anymore. Maybe I just shouldn't be here. I'm sorry Murr. I'm sorry Cheyanne. Marshall then left as well, except he didn't go home. He went off to a small place in the woods, by a stream and waterfall, where he would retreat to when he felt depressed or upset. Before he left though, he slipped a note into the bouquet of roses Cheyanne had put in a vase. It read, I'm sorry. I ruined your night. Don't worry, I'm leaving so I don't mess anything else up.

Marshall sat on a log at his spot in the woods, listening to the running water of the stream and the rush of water from the waterfall as he looked up at the starry night sky.

Maybe Moki and Marshall could get together. Moki is a lot like Cheyanne. They've been friends since 5th grade. They now each other so well.

Cheyanne decided to text her friend, Moki, and ask her where she was and what she was doing.
'I'm at the river skipping rocks, why?' Moki texted. 'I may have just lost a couple of my good friends and I need to talk to someone. Meet you there.' Cheyanne replied.


Cheyanne drove to the river. Once out of her truck she walked towards the river , stopping every little way to check her phone for texts. She put her phone back in her pocket and saw the glowing eyes of Marshall. It startled her. "Marshall? What are you doing here?" she asked.

Moki heard Cheyanne's voice and quickly dropped the pebbles she was throwing in the river and ran towards them. "Cheyanne?" she yelled. "I'm over here." she answered.

Marshall looked initially surprised that Cheyanne had found him here, but then remembered why he had come here in the first place. To be away from her. So he wouldn't hurt her again. He looked down and didn't answer her right away, knot really knowing what to say.

He lowered his ears and continued carving the end of the stick he had propped on his knee with his swiss army knife.

"I didn't think anyone would find me here." he said softly. "I'm sorry. About earlier." he added, trying to avoid eye contact.

"I was going to meet my friend here. And what's to be sorry about? What did you do wrong?" she asked. "Hey, Cheyanne. .." she paused and pointed to Marshall. "Who's that?"

"It's Marshall. " Cheyanne smiled.

"Oh yeah, I remember you. Cheyanne talked about you all the time."

"I mentioned him like twice." Cheyanne laughed.

"True. Well I'm Moki." she held out her hand to Marshall.