<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u">ebpohmr</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/38/Jason_Hunt.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_u">Character name</span>: Jason Hunt<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Character age</span>: 37<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Character birthday</span>: 7th April<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Character build</span>: Caucasian male, standing at 1.91 metres tall and weighing in at 102kg with an athletic build.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Affiliation</span>: Retired racer and stunt driver, owns a vehicle restoration and customisation shop.  <br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Automotive Preference</span>: 70's &amp; 80's American Muscle Cars - drives a 1978 Pontiac Trans-Am Firebird that he has restored and customised over the past five years.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Brief History</span>: As his dad was an automobile mechanic and his mother died when he was a young, Jason grew up around cars. He had no particular love for them though until he sat watching a rerun of the 1977 movie Smokey and the Bandit. Something about the Bandit's car just caught the young boy's imagination and he fell in love with the sleek muscle car and that widened into a great appreciation for American Muscle cars in general. Although he was trained as a mechanic by virtue of years spent helping his Dad, Jason was more interested in the driving than the fixing. He liked to go fast and had a feel for how far he could push the car he was driving. <br/><br/>After winning a few local track races, Jason was offered sponsorship and he leapt at the chance to become a professional racer. For seven years he raced production cars on the oval circuit series, but after the initial excitement wore off, he discovered that it wasn't for him. After retiring from racing, Jason got into stunt driving and while he enjoyed the challenge of pulling off some tough stunts, again he found that the joy just wasn't there. At the age of thirty-two, Jason had a pile of cash saved up but no real ambition in life except to keep driving.<br/><br/>During a visit back home, he was helping his dad in the family garage when it suddenly hit him just how much he had missed working on the cars. On returning to the city, Jason sunk most of his money into a large garage. Using his fame as a circuit and stunt driver, he brought in some business - more so when he managed to hook up with the local street racing scene. Finding a beat-up 1978 trans-am, he began restoring and customising the car that had always been in his heart. Finding that he got real satisfaction from the process, he began acquiring other write-off's and started to focus his garage's work on restoration and customisation. As he often has space to spare in the garage, he has invited racer's to come in and use his facilities, mostly gratis. Jason rarely races any more and when he does, it is purely for the joy of the ride. <br/><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f6/Trans-Am.jpeg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_u">Appearance</span>: At 6 foot 3 inches and being naturally built like a linebacker, Jason can at first seem intimidating although this is usually offset by his friendly demeanour and smile. He moves with a relaxed confidence, as if he is a man in control of a life he is enjoying. While he will occasionally grow out a beard, Jason prefers to shave every other day. Although some people call him a hippy for it, Jason keeps his hair a few inches past his shoulders in length - the hassle is worth it considering that his lovers always seem to enjoy running their hands through it. His usual attire is a leather jacket worn over polo-shirt with jeans, although he can wear a suit well when he needs to and will often wear blue coveralls when working in the garage.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Personality</span>: Time has soothed the adrenaline junkie in him enough that, while Jason enjoys going fast and living the high life, it isn't enough for all the time. As such, he also has a solid, dependable side and an eye to the future. He has lived enough to know that there will always be someone better at anything he does and having accepted this, Jason tends to be fairly laid back and friendly. He can often be found at meets or parties at the centre of a group, sat with a bottle of beer as he recalls stories from his life or gives advice to those that ask for it. Jason still remembers what it was like to break into the racing culture and as a result, he has a soft spot for new arrivals and will often go to their aid, sometimes even sponsoring them or allowing them free use of his facilities and time. He does have a darker side, and those that betray his trust or take a grievance against his friends too far will often find this out to their detriment. <br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Other</span>: Jason is heterosexual, but he doesn't mind having an audience or extra participants involved. He tends to take control and show that the shifter isn't the only stick he has a gift with. <br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Character relations</span>: Jason met most of the other members of the scene through either his garage or the people he mentors. He views himself as the surrogate father of the group and keeps an eye out for his strange family. He is only too happy to lend his experience from years of track racing and stunt driving to help improve the skills of his friends. Every Sunday afternoon, Jason hosts a bbq in the communal area behind the garage. His team and their partners are invites, as are select other individuals. The only rules are a) no business talk and b) he doesn't play strip poker. He has yet to explain the origins of rule b.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/Mel_Reyna/20688479509473182_TGwDJb04_c_zpsa626ba9f.jpg)</div> <strong>Blaire Simmons</strong><br/>Jason first met Blaire a while back when she brought her car into his garage for some work to be done on fine-tuning the suspension. The work itself was quite straightforward, but when it came time to pay, there were issues. Refusing to accept the non-cash equivalent payment she offered, Jason instead got her drunk and left her to sleep it off in one of his guest rooms. Hating to see anyone in her state, he did what he could to help her get back on her feet. Since then, Blaire has become a regular feature in his life and around the garage. After suggesting to her that she look at building a team, she has introduced him to Lisa Yamata, John Hellyer and Cowboy. Jason thinks of her almost like a daughter and often worries that she might regress if he doesn't keep an eye on her.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/wKftV.jpg)</div> <strong>Lisa Yamata</strong><br/>Jason met Lisa Yamata through Blaire about 6 months ago. Having seen Lisa race, Jason got curious as to why she was especially cautious with her racing. He eventually brushed past enough excuses to got her to confide in him with regards to her financial situation. Respecting her determination to race without much of a safety net, he made her a deal. In return for bringing any repair work to him, he would charge her at cost. Discovering that she was plenty capable under the hood too, he offered her a part time job to earn some extra cash. <br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://favim.com/orig/201107/31/boy-car-fashion-hot-guy-jon-Favim.com-117571.jpg)</div> <strong>John Hellyer</strong><br/>Blaire introduced John to Jason about 2 months ago. Taking a liking to the smiling medical student, Jason did what he could to help the kid get into the scene. When the kid came to the older man for advice on what to do with some money he had inherited, Jason advised him to buy a car and offered to help him choose, acquire and customise his ride.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img002.lazygirls.info/people/jessica_burciaga/jessica_burciaga_sexy_mechanic_DVfkalG.sized.jpg)</div> <strong>Jamie Mendez</strong><br/>Jason first met Jamie about a year ago, when he was looking to hire a pretty face to bring in interest through the front of house. About six months ago, Jason found out that she was going through a rough patch and when she asked him, allowed her to store and work on her car in his garage. After seeing her mechanical skills, he took her from the office and put her to work in the shop. Jason was pleased to see that she got on well with Blaire and had no complaints when he realised how much his mechanic looked to the other woman. Although he isn't that far off being twice her age, he likes having Jamie around the garage as she invariably brightens his day with her bubbly and energetic personality.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/onilobo/Clint-4_zps9c4ac7e7.jpg)</div><strong> Clint "Cowboy" Forge</strong><br/>Jason was introduced to Cowboy through Blaire when the former came to the garage to pick up the latter. Getting into a conversation about the garage. Cowboy mentioned his painting skills and Jason decided to see what he could do. Liking Cowboy's work, Jason commissioned him to paint the firebird that adorns the hood of his beloved Trans-Am. Cowboy is now his go-to guy for custom or complicated paint jobs. Jason respects Cowboy and has extended to him a standing invite to the Sunday bbq behind his garage.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i49.tinypic.com/vmtbmb.jpg)</div> <strong>Natalia Verone</strong><br/>Jason has run into the Italian Vixen, or Dragon depending on how recently he has spoken to the hellcat, numerous times in the past year. About six months ago, the two hooked up for several weeks. It was actually pretty great - so great in fact that they spent so much time in the bedroom or otherwise with each other that their respective business' suffered from lack of attention. Of course, they butted heads a lot too and when they stopped spending so much time with each other so they could attend to their responsibilities, their arguments got more frequent and more severe. Eventually, they just decided to end the relationship, due in no small part to a rather mean-spirited fight where Natalia tried to torch Jason's Trans-Am and he told her she was 'a soulless harpy incapable of loving anyone other than herself'. Since then, they have remained barely cordial with one another and keep to a purely business relationship - which is to say that he has to go tell her to back off if she is over-hassling one of his people.</div><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">North State Restorations - aka Jason Hunt's Garage</span></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">4220-4240 Lakeshore Blvd, Lakeport, CA 95453 (http://goo.gl/maps/v0738)</span></div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Garage, Main Floor</strong><br/>Largely open plan, except for the small reception/office on the right hand side. The stairs up to the second floor run from the back of the garage up to above the office. Next to the bottom of the stairs is a garage door leading to the rear of the property. Next to this door and stretching along the back wall are the parts racks. A series of car lifts and maintenance pits stretch across the middle of the garage. The left wall is filled with tools and equipment.<br/><br/><strong>Garage, Upper Floor</strong><br/>Added at his own expense, there is a second floor above the garage that Jason uses as his home. It is accessed from inside the garage via the stairs which lead to the kitchen that sits above the office and first garage door. There are three exits from the kitchen, including the door to the stairs, one doorless opening leading towards the rear of the garage that immediately opens up into a locker room with attached co-ed toilet and shower cubicle. The second door in the kitchen leads to Jason's private rooms which include his bedroom and ensuite bathroom, a double-bed guestroom and lounge. The staff/guests are welcome to use the kitchen, locker room, toilet and shower. The other rooms are by Jason's invitation only. <br/><br/><strong>Garage, Front</strong><br/>The front of the garage is a large asphalt forecourt, used for employee or guest parking. There is one enclosed building, one half of which is used for sand blasting and the other half used for spray painting. The main garage is accessed by two large garage doors, as well as a small door on the front right corner which leads straight into the reception area. The asphalt continues down the left side of the garage.<br/><br/><strong>Garage, Rear</strong><br/>Out back of the garage, to the left, there are two narrow guest apartments (small lounge, small kitchen, bathroom, double-bed bedroom) one atop the other that almost look like stacked shipping containers. A set of stairs allow access to the upper apartment. There is also a paved communal area to the right (looking out over the lake), with a large table, plenty of chairs and a fixed barbecue grill. At the rear of the apartments is space for a few cars to park in that can be accessed by driving around the left side of the garage.<br/><br/><strong>Notes</strong><br/><br/>Jason is letting Blaire live in the lower guest apartment out back. <br/><br/>If people want to crash there at the end of the night, there is the upper apartment out back, the guest room upstairs in the garage and at least two people could crash out on couches in the lounge upstairs. So that would allow 6-11 people to sleep comfortably, depending on the exact numbers using the various beds...<br/><br/>The North State Masters and Cowboy have standing invitations to make use of Jason's private rooms, as long as they tidy up their own mess and don't get freaky in his bed (unless he is included in the fun, leastwise).</div>