<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;"><em><span class="bbc_u">Riley "Rip" Thompson</span></em></span></div><div class="floatright">(https://townsquare.media/site/11/files/2010/12/drake-120710.jpg)</div><strong>Player Name:</strong>Writersblockade<br/><br/><strong>Faceclaim:</strong>A younger Drake seems appropriate for casting!<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>24<br/><br/><strong>Affiliation/Roles:</strong>Relatively new street racer, but has made his bones in the local circuit. Has no known affiliation with known gangs in the area, but is on speaking terms with members of the main gang from his old neighborhood (Los Soldados Hermanos). Anyone with a memory long enough may remember him as a wide receiver who had no shortage of Division 1 football programs recruiting him.<br/><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong>Biracial (Black father, white mother), six foot and 190 pounds, he somehow carries his build with the natural confidence of a man comfortable with himself, but his brown eyes seem to have an edge of anger to them, even when he smiles. When on the job, he dresses the part, as investment in himself and his appearance helps keep his edge with customers both on and off the job. When out racing, he keeps it methodically muted, almost uniform. A pair of urban warfare fatigues and a black tank top. He's gotten smaller since he stopped training heavily, but his frame still carries that athletic build of a person that's devoted a good amount of their life to a sport.<br/><br/><strong>Vehicle Preference:</strong>Riley prefers his 2014 Mustang GT (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4e/73/92/4e739218ccd83da7ec38826c41289adf.jpg) that he's placed a considerable amount of love and attention into. He does not take it to work, and honestly barely likes to drive it outside of personal pleasure or races, with the personal pleasure being the drives he takes to keep him in proper racing shape. He typically races with plates for the purpose, thanks to knowing a few people in low places.<br/><br/><strong>Brief History:</strong>Riley was a born driver, but a built racer. He'd call himself a hobbyist, but a fateful day against his school's longtime rival resulted in a blown knee and disintegrating scholarship just as the playoffs were heating up. It was his year, everyone knew. He'd even been interviewed by ESPN has part of their 'players to watch' segment, and to this day, it haunts him just how quiet the field was as he lay there, holding his knee and staring into the night sky. The pain never even registers when he dreams. Just the faces, and the all-consuming quiet.<br/><br/>So he turned to a thing that was a hobby, when he needed it to be so much more. That roar...that feel before the race...that beating in his heart, it was like being back on the field, and he can't help but want to win. The battles on asphalt have replaced those on the gridiron, and with that his soul strangely finds peace, but racing alone doesn't pay for gas, so he earns the best way he knows how. He'd been approached by an old friend of his to come talk to his boss, after he'd healed and attempted to adjust to "normal life". That man, Antonio Cooper, gave him the talk that he'd hadn't realized he needed, every since his injury. Behind closed doors, with shades drawn, he literally told his soon-to-be employee to stop wallowing like a bitch and take control of his life. He had raw talent, a way with people, and a smooth voice to go with the handsome face. He told him, flat out, that he could start there the next day, if he was prepared to get the shit worked out of him.<br/><br/>And for the past few years, he managed to get licensed, get knocked around, and started talking people out of their money as a low level broker for a local trading company. His job keeps a roof over his head, and parts for his car. His races give him an opportunity to get the education he missed out on...and the notoriety that he missed from his time as a player. But that's more a guilty pleasure than anything else.<br/><br/><strong>Other:</strong>Riley's life doesn't leave him much of a love life, but he does so enjoy the female body, and wouldn't shy away from a little attention to drive away the pain.<br/><br/><strong>Player's Ons and Offs:</strong>Just check my preferences! I keep it simple.