New Jersey pt.2

New Jersey (ニュージャージー, Nyūjājī) or Nicholas "Nicky" Joachim Verhoeven (ニコラス・ヨアヒム・バーホーベン, Nikorasu yoahimu bāhōben) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the State of New Jersey, alongside his twin brother, North New Jersey. He's often referred to as South or West as a nickname.
==Appearance==
New Jersey has short, wavy black hair, forest green eyes and darker brown skin than North. Unlike North, South has a robust frame with broad shoulders and is quite strong. According to him, he can beat America any day. He has a scar on his shoulder from the Battle of the Assunpink Creek, a scar on his neck from the Battle of Trenton, a scar on his lower stomach from Hurricane Sandy and has scars covering much of his chest from tons of skirmishes during the Revolution.
He has an ahoge that represents Cape May, a necklace with three charms, a tree gem necklace that represents the Pine Barrens and a birthmark on his left hip that represents the Delaware Bay. New Jersey usually wears dark blue overalls with a light green shirt, elbow-length white gloves and brown working boots. He's also seen wearing a plain cream shirt with white pants and a grey windbreaker.
==Personality and Interests==
New Jersey's rather loud, obnoxious, reckless, impatient and a little disrespectful. He's mischievous and loves to play pranks on others. However, everyone tends to laugh at him. He's also skilled in deception, but seems to only use it for his pranks. He's a social butterfly and says things without thinking which gets him in trouble a lot. He loves to curse and has even cursed at police and his own boss. People have trouble understanding what he's saying because of his New York-like accent that sounds more Southern. Unlike North, South's quite defensive about himself, North and his state. He has a hard time stating that his state has done bad things and brushes them off whenever people point it out.
He can also be boastful, especially about his wealth as being the 4th smallest state can rain on his parade. Despite this, he's very fun to be around unless you don't like reckless and loud party people. South's known for getting jealous quickly and whining about not getting enough of something, making most people annoyed with him. Despite having a happy-go-lucky attitude most of the time, this can take a sharp turn when he's angry or irritated. When this does happen, he tends to let his anger get the best of him and he says stuff he wished he hadn't said. However, he's stubborn and refuses to apologize.
He's also an aggressive driver. South is self-conscious about body odor and wears a lot of deodorant because he doesn't want Downstate or Penny to keep pointing it out. Something he has in common with his twin is their shared love of cooking. Since he lives close to the coast, West will sometimes go down to the Delaware Bay and fish there. If he does catch some fish, he'll cook them. West can hold his liquor very well, it surprised East and the rest of the Northeast when they found out. He has a passion for gardening and is usually on his farm.
He's also well-versed in finance. Despite being well-versed in finance, he gambles a lot and is known for having an incredibly good poker face which surprised Vada. West's favorite foods are candy apples, submarine sandwiches or subs or hoagies, anything with tomatoes, grits, blackberries and saltwater taffy, his own creation. He also loves Hispanic food, going to diners, alcohol and going to the beach and sea. Along with Joisey, West has a New Jersey Wooly Rabbit he named Taffy Seeley.
==Relationships==
===North New Jersey (Mike J. Verhoeven) ===
South loves his twin. He doesn't think North actually loves him and only tolerates him, but he appreciates him for putting up with his nonsense. North has tried to show South he really loves him, but South's a little too dense. South loves to give North the treats he makes and takes him to fancy diners from time to time. South gets frustrated that they get confused with each other when the only things different about them is their hair length, eye color, skin color and personality. North seems to be a little more smarter than him and understands why people confuse them.
===New York State (Brooke A. Verhoeven)===
South doesn't understand why Upstate seems to hate him. All he's ever done is treat her with respect as she is his older sister. He's taken her to fancy diners when she had a break from work and brought her food when she was working too much. Still, she seems to hate him. North has reassured him that Upstate doesn't hate him and that she has a hard time expressing her love and appreciation for him, though South isn't convinced.
===New York City (Brookie B. Verhoeven)===
Despite being his older brother, South doesn't treat Downstate with as much respect as he should. Downstate's aggressive and snappish behavior gets on his nerves. Downstate treats everyone with no respect and South thinks that respect should be earned rather than given. If Downstate wanted his respect, he would have to earn it.
===North and South Delaware (Evan and Lennie A. Lindström)===
Despite their proximity, North and West don't really talk. West doesn't like that Del is strict and takes some things too seriously. West thinks North should relax and be chill like South.
South and West have a better relationships than North and West. West and South usually go to parties and drink together. She was quite surprised that West would keep his liquor down. They also bond over farming, pranking and teasing people.
=== Maryland (Lisa M. Lindström) ===
Mary and South were both raised together with Dela by Sweden and Finland. They played a lot together and had similar interests. South was also sad when Mary went over to Netherland and comforted Dela, per Mary's request. They have since drifted apart by they keep in contact by text or Dela.
===Pennsylvania (Will H. Penn)===
South hates Penny and Penny hates him. They have fought over things like Penny telling him he hates him every time he's near or telling him that he smells bad. South never goes over to Penny's house unless he has to and even then, he doesn't. He doesn't know why Penny seems to hate him. He wants to ask, but is afraid to ask as he thinks it'll piss him off even more.
===Rhode Island (Ren H. Rhodes)===
Despite being hundreds of miles away from each other, they talk a lot. They connect over their love for the beaches and the sea. Whenever South comes over to Rhode's house, they go out fishing or just sitting in Rhode's boat and talk about life. When Rhode comes over, they usually walk the docks. They also walk the Atlantic City boardwalk as Rhode seems to like it.
=== Connecticut (Minty C. Murphy Atwater) ===
Both are well-versed in finance and both love to party. Rhode had introduced South to Connie and they hitted it off immediately. They often go to parties together and get exceedingly plastered. South didn't exactly know why Rhode introduced him to Connie, but learned it was because she was interested in finance and Rhode wanted someone other than her to share her interest in finance. He later learned about Connie's interest in healthcare and introduced her to North. She is quite grateful for both him and his twin.
=== Nevada ===
One of the unusual pairs in America. They bond over gambling and heavy drinking. They sometimes go over to Sconnie's place and have a drink with him (though it's usually ends with them all getting inebriated as f**k , though South is usually more sober).
=== Wisconsin (Maddie C. Schneider Charbonnier) ===
South doesn't normally talk to Sconnie out of getting plastered, but they're friendly with each other and have friendly conversations. They have plans to go to one of the diners in New Jersey to hang out without Vada being there.
=== Oneida (Tala) ===
South was rasied by Oneida and the Iroquois Confederecy with North, Downstate and Upstate. Before the Iroquois, South was raised by Lenape with North. At first, South didn't like it like North. However, when Oneida let them visit Lenape every once and a while, he started to become more friendly with them. Unlike North, he didn't visit them as much and wasn't affected as much when they died.
=== Lenape (Kitchi) ===
Before the Iroquois, South was rasied by Lenape with North. South thinks of Lenape as his father and loved to bring him gifts such as flowers, flower crowns and other things he made. The last time they saw him, Lenape gave them each a necklace with three charms, a wolf's paw print, a turtle and a turkey leg. These three charms represent the three clans of the Lenape. He still wears his, however, he doesn't understand why North doesn't wear his.
===America (Alfred F. Jones) ===
They get along. America makes jokes about New Jersey that gets on South's temper and South usually avoid America. Sometimes, they get into a argument, but it's doesn't happen often as South usually takes himself out of the equation before anything can happen. They've played some pranks and jokes on some of the others with Dela.
===Sweden (Berwald Oxenstierna)===
Despite living with him and Finland with Dela and Mary on occasion, he doesn't like him nor likes him. He still holds a grudge against both him and the Netherlands for taking him away from his twin and killing natives, but doesn't mind being around him.
===England (Arthur Kirkland) ===
Like most of the 13, South hates England. He can't stand being near England and leaves him alone for the most part. When they do come into contact, South tries his best to not flip out on the spot.
==Trivia==
* New Jersey's state flower is the Violet Sororia or just the violet.
* The American Goldfinch is New Jersey's state bird.
* New Jersey's birthday corresponds with the day New Jersey became a state.
* New Jersey is the third state admitted into the Union.
* Other nicknames for North are Nicky, Chim, Chip, Jer, Jerry, Jerbear and Newie.
* New Jersey, New York City and New York State are polyglots. Some of the languages they know are English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Italian, Arabic, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Dutch, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora. New Jersey also knows flower language and Morse code.
* The New Jersey Devil's name is the Brooklyn pronunciation of New Jersey.
* His rabbit's named after saltwater taffy and Bonnie Seeley, the person who introduced the rabbit to American Rabbit Breeders Association (or ARBA)
* New Jersey used to have different names during the Colonial times, them being Dekanawida and Nicholas Adam Jones.
* North and South used to be called East and West New Jersey respectively.
* He isn't picky because of the diverse amount of food from different cultures in New Jersey.
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