Raquelle Cambria

Portrayed By	Adam Lambert
Sex	Male
Status	Unregistered Evolved
Ability	Persuasion
Age	27
Date of Birth	10/10/1981
Date of Death
Occupation	Entertainer/Hairstylist
Family	Billy Jean Cambria(8 year old daughter); Diana Benne Cambria(4 year old daughter)
Significant Other(s)
First Appearance	Cut and Blow
Last Appearance

Raquelle aka Kelly is a trained cosmetologist does whatever he can to make money for himself and his two little girls, and being a gifted musician is something he's pushed to the side to concentrate on this homebody task. Homeboy can work a razor yo.

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The Man:

(In his own words...)

My mom? Half-Japanese/Half-Caucasian. My pops? From Columbia or something. So before you hurt yourself trying to figure out my nationality by like, my name. This is how it was explained to me, Raquelle after a great aunt or something, Jesus because it is a respectable err Latino name, Yoshi after a cousin who died at birth and Cambria is my last name. So, I was delivered in a bathtub to a Reiki Master of a mother and a Karaoke Bar/Mexican Food Cafe owner of a father and raised in Japan speaking Spanish and Japanese, wearing those little shorts/blazers/weird hat uniforms to my daycares and once they tried to give me a skirt cuz I looked like a girl as a small child but that's another story.

I was happy as a little one and my love of sound and music started from a very young age, yes I liked my father to show me pretty and amazing cars and drive me around very fast, and yes I liked mama to let me try on her heels being silly and bobbling around in oversized slips and costume jewelry…but I really REALLY loved when I'd be allowed downstairs at night to listen to the music and all the people singing, I breathed in music like air. At 3, I snuck on stage and everybody oos and ahhs (even more when they are like drunk) when little people get on stages, and I did my rendition of Michael Jackson's 'BEAT IT'. Which sounded more like 'ahwhwaha whw wheah, beeeeeeeeeiet beeeeeeeit *coo*' but I got a very loud applause and taken back upstairs to my bed and I think from that moment on I knew I what I wanted to do in life. Anything to hear that lovely clapping sound again, as much as I could.

I've always been a little show off, putting on shows for my toys, my mother, my mother's friends, my father and then as I got older, my father's customers and I always tried to make my own costumes with bananas, orange peels, mops…you name it, I had a blast. Got in alot of trouble at school though cuz well…Japanese schools aren't really the place to jump up on a desk and start grabbing your crotch and screaming. We eventually had to move to the states by the time I was like 6 or 7 because I was close to being expelled from school. So, we went to live with my Mother's Aunt on her mother's side in Nashville, Tennessee.

Richard Simmons, Pat Benetar, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton, Willy Nelson…common denominators in my musical upbringing if you throw in Brit and J-pop, and the gospel music that filled my ears every Sunday when the neighbor lady who took care of me and my 6 girl cousins when momma and auntie were still at work took us to church. I had such a multi-ethnic upbringing and was a bit of a wild-child, and the only boy in my family seeing as my Father stayed in Japan to run his shop and my Mother and Aunt worked in a spa like salon place for the ladies. Waxing, extensions, big big big hair-dos, hair cuts, makeup…all that sort of things had me actually painting my nails by the time I was 12 due to being used as a living babydoll by my cousins cuz I was so small and easy to tie down when they wanted to experiment. I had ADD like issues as well so my mother really did put me in dance and music classes, I sang in the gospel choir (stfu) and was always doing musical theater events at school. Even the country music swagger most of my 'friends' had, I twisted it to my own liking and pissed people off by putting my own spins on classics to combine all my likes into one and apparently learning to hit notes I wasn't supposed to be able to hit without squeezing my nuts. But I managed. And I got to perform which is all that matters.

By the time I was 15, I was a rebel, I painted my nails and entertained any and everybody I really could. In school I was the 'freak' who was always in theater, choir and occasionally band. I had a band in high school with an silly name 'The X-Perience' and I started working in my Aunt's salon for extra cash by the time I was like 17, sweeping up cut hair and washing hair occasionally, sometimes even painting nails or doing make-up but I needed to save up money you see to move out and start my 'career'.

Okay, so things didn't work out as well as I expected, gig after gig with my band balanced with local theater productions of 'Cats' and the like…it was a fun life yes, doing what I loved, yes but I wasn't making that much money. So I went to cosmetology school on my father's dime and did the whole community college thing for musical theater and I'm not stupid, I just made the grades needed to pass. I got really good at cutting hair…and loved to do edgy styles, using a razor and the like. I wasn't supposed to know anything about self-defense but dude…until I hit my growth spurt and got very tall very quickly, I got picked on alot growing up. Never let it really get me down but I got very good at using things like knives and uh scissors, so the whole razor thing made sense.

When it comes to love and relationships, I dated a few girls when I was younger but mostly had 'secret' flings with my 'best friends' that were guys. I did sleep with the drummer of my band when I was 19 because we were stoned and probably totally wasted so one thing led to another, then when we finished and were sharing a cigarette, back and forth we both decided that we probably were gay. And vowed to never speak of it again. She left the band to go to vegas cuz she got a solo gig there and about 11 months later, she came to visit and brought with her a tiny little caramel colored baby angel with her. Then she gave me a diaper bag, some legal papers and told me that using protection is a good thing and sometimes the 'baby' is hard to get to sleep and was gone like 2 days later leaving me with a daughter and the realization it really DOES only take one time.

So, I was now a father and 19 year old and I had a small fanbase amongst family and friends but no record deal…so me and Billy Jean moved to a slightly bigger apartment and I got a steady job at my Aunt's salon and everything seemed 'okay'. The occasional gig here, the rare bikini wax there, purchasing a /sweet/ purple and black bike here, paying for daycare there…in between gigs ranging from drag show all the way to musical theater where my passion was. But I was just a small town boy :( I needed to figure out what to do what my life because me and little Billy who was getting bigger right before my eyes needed to put our roots down somewhere.

I was 25, Billy was about 6 and nice and purty and smart and I got the call for an audition, yes on Broadway. Also, I wanted Billy to get to meet her mother eventually…So I packed up everything and had been working on transporting everything from TN to NY, had a Uhaul and there was alot of driving that went on and my bike even was coming with us during our epic journey and we really weren't that far from our destination we saw it…it was all over the news and radio, my mother called me all shrill and worried and it was just about surviving and helping others survive for quite some time. The details are…probably the same for most people, we managed to be just barely outside of the zone of danger when it happened, but there was this one lady who got into an accident as she was fleeing the city with a small baby girl who looked about 2 years old in the back seat and as I tried to help her out…she made me promise to never let anybody get her baby and then…I kid you not, she closed her eyes and burnt the hell up. Literally, caught on fire and then was gone.

So there I was! 2 daughters, no job, hair-styling kit, keyboards and other household goods in a trailer and…alot of eyeliner and nailpolish. It took sometime, it really did and things haven't really been that hard for me seeing as if I talk to certain people in certain ways…I do have a very good chance of getting my way. I can sing my children to sleep, or calm them down…even though Billy Jean and Diana are two little saints and I've let my landlady listen to a couple of songs I wrote and her moved improved enough to let me be a bit later on my rent. We make it one day at a time, and after my girls? Music is my love.

People talk about people with powers…and I'm still not sure how I feel about all that. I've known quite a few people who aren't very 'normal' but it is a little close and personal and I keep it as quiet as I can but…I don't know if it is an 'ability' or just a gift but if I can make a sound…I can influence those around me to feel different things. It helps alot during performances to make audiences feel sad or happy for a character or get worked up during a certain song and sometimes you can get people so worked up into a Frenzy there's the risk of them hurting themselves. I have to be careful because if I'm feeling certain ways I've accidentally made people around me feel the same way and if I use certain registers sometimes you can get girls all giddy and finish cutting their hair with people in a FAR better mood than before. Life now is…I miss the musical theater things, I do. I can still sing my ass off and I still love music. But I have an 8 year old girl and a 4 year old little girl and so I just work in a salon for now, probably the only leather wearing slightly emo-punkish motorcycle loving razor-blade wielding cosmetologist who can sing Lady Marmalade to try to distract people when I snatching hair off of their…oh god, flashback, sorry.

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The Girls:

(Billy Jean and Diana)

Billy Jean Cambria (the one with brown hair) is the caramel cutie that was the result of a drunken/stoned night with no protection and the drummer girl of his highschool band. She didn't want to be a mother, so he ended up with the girl, long story short…he's been a father since he was 19. She's 8 years old now and somewhat serious. - Played by Alana Locke

Diana Benne Cambria (the Blonde) is the little girl who Raquelle adopted when she was 2 years old and her evolved mother self-combusted or…something. He's not quite sure. She looks kinda like him as well in the eyes so that helps. She's 4 (will be 5 soon) years old now loves to sing and loves to be a pretty little princess. - Played by Connie Talbot

They may or may not be named after Michael Jackson songs.

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The Voice:

(Ability or Gift...)

Imagine you go to a concert and you're in a crummy mood, but just out for a good time. You watch the young man on the stage sing the first few lines of whatever song he's singing and before you know it you start to feel happy! And then you're jumping up and down screaming in excitement with the rest of the audience and you know you should feel /bad/ because your poodle just died but there's this almost overwhelming feeling of joy inside you then he stops singing and it lingers…and eventually fades…but your spirits have been lifted so you just attribute it to the music being good and go home humming 'YMCA' with fond memories.

This? This is an example of how Raquelle's ability works. He can technically emotionally manipulate up to 10-20 people at one time with the sound of his voice based on the tones and energy he chooses to project during such time. If he is /focusing/ he can work on 1-2 people at once to even seem to influence them into doing one thing or another by toying with their emotions, using the manipulation of mad, happy, sad, or even depressed to his liking. He's never used his ability for things that could be deemed 'unsavory' and he's been able to do it based on what he knows since his early teens, but he considers it something to be used primarily for acting (making emotional connections with an audience) and other types of entertaining.

It is controlled through the control and usage of his vocal chords, which filter the almost empathic energy waves that come from the young father. For example, the lower his registers…the darker/deeper the emotions (depression, anger, sorrow, lust), the more neutral tones in the middle range control the more trivial emotions (happiness, disappointment, irritation), and the higher his ranges…and he can get pretty high the more…shrill and uncontrollable emotions (extreme rage, desperation, being manic, confusion). This is by talking or singing and the people who are effected when he isn't targeting certain individuals are those who can /hear/ him in the general vicinity with a range of up to 80 or so feet. And the effects last for as long as they can hear him and linger for 15-30 minutes after. But if he is consciously using his ability, he's only managed to effect 10-20 people on purpose and it tends to cause fatigue, at times extreme fatigue if the emotions he's playing with are more intense.

It is important to note, that he doesn't know if this is an ability or just something that happens to well…happen, he just knows he can do it and for now it often has a habit of happening sometimes even when he doesn't want it to…often creating humorous and sometimes dangerous situations, so he has to be careful of his vocal intonations. More so than most.

Anger

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Fear

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Joy

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Love

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Sadness

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Surprise

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The Skills:

Musical Talents

• Singing/Songwriting - While musically gifted? Raquelle's specialty is singing. He has an unreal 'range' and he has a natural soulful quality to his voice that comes from gospel singing experience. But he really is a chameleon, with his voice. Oh yes, he can also write songs and he often does to express his feelings and relieve his stress.
• Music/Arranging - Some people are musically gifted and that is what Raquelle is, he knows alot about music. He can play piano and guitar, write music and arrange musical pieces both original and covers for other people if need be. Stage choreography occasionally comes into play, but he loves music and he loves performing so these skills really come to play on a day to day basis, even if he isn't officially performing.

Acting Talents

• Acting/Faking It - This isn't just for orgasms…really! He might seem over theatrical or flamboyant at times but it is important to note that Raquelle is an actor, a singing actor yes, but an actor at heart and he loves performing and has a knack for mimicking voices and accents, being multi-lingual has helped him with this. He can lie with a smile or start crying at a whim but life's a stage. So what do you expect?
• Dancing/Aerobics - Blame Richard Simmons tapes, he's been shaking his bootie and dancing from a very young age and he can even do the splits! Flexibility for the win, but his girls love it really to dance around the tiny apartment shaking their booties and dancing around. Musical theater often requires alot of dancing and following choreography as well.

Fashion Talents

• Cosmetology/Fashion - Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty including hair styling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, and the like. Raquelle aka Kelly went to school for all of this. He's known as his ability to cut hair very very well and he's good with dye jobs and nails as well, but technically he has the training and ability to take care of beauty things and he knows alot about dressing people as well. He might dress like a gay goth but he doesn't expect everybody else to. His daughters also are always /amazingly/ dressed and groomed.

Other Talents

• Blades/Self Defense - He is not a ninja, he will never be a ninja even if his mother is half-Japanese. He can however, cut people in a variety of ways. He's an expert with a razor but he can use other knives and short blades to defend himself, be it close quarters or throwing them. This has come in handy in the couple of years since things have gotten crazy go nuts insane up in the NYC but he /will/ take off his earrings and cut bitches if he has to. He just doesn't want to.
• Driving/Biking - Driving/Biking - The other thing somebody can do to relax? Is freakin' drive. He can drive and he drives well and he can ride motorcycles and ride them well as well. He isn't trick rider but he can back that thing up in very challenging situations.

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The Life:

Logs

• April 6th - Cut and Blow
• April 7th - Lost and Found at Super Snips
• April 14th -Forces of Nature
• April 19th - The Most Excellent Way
• April 20th - Strawberry Shortcake and The Case Of The Missing Leg
• April 20th - Dude, Where's Your Husband?
• April 22nd - Mixed Messages
• April 24th - Birds in The Bush
• April 24th - Dealing
• April 25th -If I Feel Tomorrow Like I Feel Today

Soundtrack

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Timeline:

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Memorable Quotes:

• "You can have aaaany flavor you want."
• "…ya know, a baby girl is knocking at your door in the middle of the night and you're serving as the tent-pole for bed-sheets and have to roll over on your stomach when they come in and say 'daddy's just doing push-ups…go eat a poptart and we can play with the keyboards…'"
• "No enrollment! Oh bless your heart, you don't know how happy that makes me. We will /so/ be here on Sunday." Then at the mention of the question he ahhs and shrugs a shoulder. "Now don't laugh, my little holy nut cheerio." He warns. "But I really need to know if you get a pony when you get to heaven, it has been keeping my youngest from sleeping at night and I've got bruises from tiny feet along parts of my anatomy that monks never get to use…"

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Trivia and Notes:

• He is Multi-Lingual, he can sing in almost any language but he speaks Japanese and Spanish fluently, and then he knows some French probably from high school.
• He has tattoos. Several actually but usually small and in places that are easy to hide with clothing. He has a tattoo of an udjat on his left inner wrist and on his leg ankle is tattooed an anklet like design of crosses and ying/yang symbols, alternating between each symbol as the rest trails down onto his foot like a twisted east meets west rosary with a bagua with a cross in the middle 'dangling' from the end. On the nape of his neck is tattooed a small purple musical note with the words 'Music is what feelings sound like.' in Japanese Kanji and then in cursive Spanish underneath it, a lot of attention to detail and tiny as can be. Then he has two precious moments styled angels holding a heart between them tattooed on his left shoulder-blade the words 'My Two Little Angels, BJ & DB' with DOBs underneath each initial written into the heart. On his right shoulder blade, a medium sized black paw-print with the silver-grey letter cursive B in the middle of it, a pair of tiny handcuffs dangling off the edge of the design.

If he has more, he's not telling.