Buck Boone's Questionnaire

He currently lives in Washington DC in a quite lovely apartment. He doesn't really have a choice in where he lives right now he doesn't earn enough from his job to move. His apartment is quite small as that was all he could afford, the entire apartment, however, is filled to the brim with many cowboy related items decorating it. He has a model gun tacked on the wall, non-fiction books on cowboys in his bookshelf, some rope he was using as a lasso on the floor, some ammo for his pistol underneath his couch and bed, and his many, many, cowboy hats lined up with its on shelf on the wall with clear care. There are also a surprisingly large amount of horse only related things as well, with some pictures of beautiful stallions jumping in the air tacked on the wall too.

Once he earns enough money his dream is to be able to move to Texas (cowboy central) and own a stable and farm.

He gets his money from working at a museum which isn't that much but it makes him happy. He also gets a lot of help from his parents who often invite him to dinner and gives him leftovers. He usually spends his money on paying off his debt that he got from his nursing degree, which he dropped out of in his second year. The massive amount of student loans he has form this has also furthered his belief that the government should be dismantled.

While Buck often spends his money on trying to pay off his student loans or cowboy related stuff he actually spends the most of it on shooting, lassoing, and general survival lessons. His dream is to one day end all governments and recreate the lawless wastelands and for that to happen he has to be self-sufficient. It would be embarrassing to end all governments and die at the end because you didn't know how to live without the government.

He strives to end all governments and recreate the lawless wastelands of the Wild West. As you may tell, he is somewhat of an anarchist, believing that laws are kind of restricting peoples rights to do things and that humanity should revert back to its dog eat dog world.

While he wants to achieve this, he knows that the government would stop him so he's kind of at an impasse right now, unable to do anything but plan. When he gains the abilities the contracts he will begin inputting his ideas into society and begin his takeover slowly but steadily. 

Yes, he would kill for this. It's a given to kill as there will be no laws against murder once he ends all governments. Cowboys were not goody-two-shoes, and he knows that better than anyone.

Buck is going to die a cowboy in a cowboy way, that is his wish. If he can't die for his cause, he will die knowing he has made an impact.

The most defining thing in Buck's life was his elementary school family tree project. While at this point in time, Buck already had a bit of a fixation on cowboys, horses, the Wild West, etc. And then, when he had asked his parents for their relatives for this project and found out he had a cowboy as an ancestor? Yeah, he went buck wild. He fixated immensely on her, tracking down her life events, and then that was when he found out he's a direct descendant from her. This solidified his belief that this was meant to be and he would bring back honour to their legacy through him and revive back their hooting tooting cowboy rooting ways.

1. LARPing Group | Friends

He's closest to his larping group. They're a band of friends who have accepted his odd obsession with the cowboy era and even had their own! A lot of them also wears what people would consider outlandish in public as well. From fully decked out wizard garments, lolita fashion, goth, and more! They're a mismatch group who care for closely for each other and Buck would die for each and every one of them.

2. Maria Boone | Meemaw

His mom is one of his heroes! He thinks very highly of her and appreciates the help she provides to make his life easier. He also appreciates that they loved, cared, and accepted him for his odd obsessive interest in cowboys and didn't ever pressure him when he did bad in school during his youth.

2. Nigel Boone | Peepaw

The one who enabled Buck's interests. He was the first person who taught him how to shoot (when he was of legal age), general survival tips, the one who took him camping, and generally, the one who taught Buck all his non-academic skills. He owes a lot towards him.

Buck had a very happy childhood. He was raised by his mother, Maria, and his father, Nigel. While there were some financial difficulties when he was a child he was satisfied with his life and rarely noticed those struggles thanks to his parents. His mother was sweet, kind, understanding but pragmatic in a way that could be read as rude. She had taught him how to interact with people, although it didn't quite stick, and generally, how to survive in the present day. His father on the other hand, taught him more life skills more suitable for surviving in the wilderness and the such. He attributes the both of them to the majority of his skills and is thankful for them for preparing him for the world.

Buck has always excelled academically in school. He often got straight A's, with the occasional B every now a then. While some kids found his obsession on cowboys somewhat strange no one really bullied him for it as he was a teenager, of course they had a phase where they loved cowboys every once and a while. The problem came when he began to constantly dress as a cowboy and larping as one. This had brought some mocking laughter, but Buck never paid attention to it. Buck's happy with himself, he likes who he is, cowboy obsession and all.

Although Buck is the first person to defend his parents regardless of their wrongs (and maybe a little in support of them), the road was not always smooth sailing. His mother is pragmatic and she found his cowboy obsession concerning. She constantly tried dissuading his interest in the subject, suggesting other things to do, citing facts and how Buck wouldn't be able to live off this and to do something more productive with his time. Buck and his mother have has many screaming matches that has led to long periods of silence. Buck kind of feels like his mother sees him as a disappointment and that he could be doing better in his life than playing make believe.

While Buck wanted to pursue a major in art conservation his mother had dissuaded him, saying that they didn't earn a lot of money and that he should pursue something more practical. He agreed and started a nursing which he had dropped out two years in and acquired quite a hefty sum in debt.

Buck has never been in love. He doesn't really have any strong romantic feelings in general, he doesn't even know if he's capable of having them. While not opposed to the idea of a romantic partner he has never seek one for himself. The closest moment would be with the girl obsessed with horses. While Buck wasn't as fanatic as she was he still enjoyed her company and talking about it. They played the stable girl games together before she had to move away. They departed with a goodbye and he has never seen her since.

He might be aroace but he has a cowboy life to fund so he's not thinking about that right now. He's satisfied with the love he has for his family and his friends.

Buck's biggest fear is amounting to nothing. That nothing he does is good, that he's a disappointment, and the impacts he made to the world is null. He wants to be able to change something whether that be in big or small ways and if he is unable to do that he thinks he failed in life.

That's some reason why he wanted to pursue art conservation, it's reviving someone's legacy, someone's past into the present. I think this fear began when in an off handed comment his mother made during an argument with him. Stating that he can't live his life just playing make believe and pretending to be something that's long dead. That comment struck him to the bone. Because she's right, he can't do this for the rest of his life and despite how he wants and wishes too, in reality, he can't. He'll have to go off and get a "real" job, start a family, pursue "normal" interests.

He's twenty-three years old and he hasn't done much in life. Sure, he got himself an okay job and a roomy apartment but what else? He's a drop out, he works at the museum, and larps as a cowboy in his spare time for fucks sake. He's scared that this is all he'll ever be. 

Buck's most prized possession is the dinky fake gun his friend Gerald (the wizard larper) gave him. Gerald and Buck have been friends since they were in high school and bonded over their interests in wizards and cowboys respectively. Gerald was really interested in cosplay during this time and made Buck a gun.

What made this gun so special though is that Gerald had modelled it after a real gun. It was modelled after the Colt Walker revolver which Buck wanted so bad. To those who know, the Colt Walker revolver is extremely expensive and extremely rare. Gerald had also hand crafted it, painted it, and made it with a sense of weight. It was an enormous amount of effort that Buck recognized and it came from who he would consider his first best friend.

The dinky gun that has gotten quite old holds a special spot on Buck's wall and represents the friendship between Buck and Gerald. Buck later went on to make a staff for Gerald.

His mother complaining about his life choices. While they both love each other and she's doing it out of a sense of worry, Buck doesn't see it that way. He feels like she's disappointed with his life, with how he hasn't done all that much. She brings up how he's stuck in his childish costuming, how he should grow up, get a better job, go back to school, or get a girlfriend. He dropped out of nursing school, works an entry level job at the museum, and larps as a cowboy on the regular, that's not what normal well adjusted adults do according to his mother.

He kind of thinks she's getting to him. With the contracts, the near death experiences, he thinks he should start doing something meaningful; or just something worth something. He has almost paid off his student loans and he's currently considering getting a new job and applying to school again. He doesn't really want to but sometimes you just have to. The last time he met up with his larping group, one of them said they were pregnant and excited for it. He just feels so old, so young, and so, so lost.

On days when he doesn't want to go out, he's at home. Its his safe place where no one can judge him. He flips on his horse slippers, pitter patters around his small apartment and makes himself some breakfast. Buck actually isn't that bad of a cook on most days. Once he's done, he likes to browse the web for ebay listings of cool cowboy items, check out rare exclusive revolvers yearningly, update his tumblr, and read books. Sometimes if he has some extra expendable income, he likes to go to the shooting range and practice his shoots.

On days when he does, he's out and about doing many things. He likes to make sure his appearance is nice, tidy, groomed, and giving off that western vibe for the public. With his cowboy boots, he likes to go the shooting range again, hang out with his friends, go to bars with mechanical bulls, play bowling, go running, and many other things. Buck is an active and social guy, so he'll often make small talk with the people around him. He's friendly like that.

Buck cares a lot about his appearance, which is a secret he will take to the grave (it's not very cowboy like). If he had to look his best, he would fix up his leather jacket and boots; make his spurs shiny and golden; iron, unbutton one button, and pop his button up shirt collar; pull out his embodied pants; pull out his best cowboy hat; apply skin care and makeup; and retwist and bedangle his hair. While not partially wealthy, he ups the amount of golden jewelry he wears, whether that be clasps, rings, piercings, or necklaces.

Regardless of the occasion (be it a wedding or funeral), he keeps the western aesthetic and, when appropriate, might tone it down just a tad. He takes his look very seriously. His mother once told him that first impressions matter, and he takes it stuck with him. Except for retwisting his hair, it would take about an hour and thirty minutes for him to get ready.

Buck doesn't really care much about his birthday. He doesn't celebrate it and kind of dreads it when his birthday comes near as it reminds him that he's kind of a failure. He will probably go to his parents house to celebrate with them but other than that, he'll stay home.

His friends on the other hand have a different idea for Buck's birthday. They're going to rent out a small place and decorate everything in a western theme for Buck. They'll get him a horse cake and all dress up in a cowboy outfit like him. There's going to be a lot of whiskey, a bar fight, cake, presents, and definitely some dude dressed up as a horse.