KIRK BARTHOLOMEW

Portrayed by YesThisIsCory

### Occupation

Taxi Driver - Owner - Kirks Kars (Disbanded)Taxi Driver - Head Driver - Los Santos City Fares (LSCF)

## **General Description**

*Kirk is a simple man.*

Kirk has always had a passion for cars, he knows nothing about them... it was mainly just driving them. He keeps as positive as he can even through negative situations. This is most noted through his long run of being kidnapped every city adventure. While also being positive, his passionate, love life, driving and is will and excited to do anything that will keep himself occupied. Kirk will often always end up in trouble because he isn't afraid of asking to many questions, this is due to Kirk's love of helping people, but also due to the dumbass he is.

## **Origin Story**

Kirk was neglected since the day of his birth and needed to do most of his teachings himself which reflects best in his lack of education and understand of certain situations. Once his parents left him their house that came along with so much debt that Kirk was through own the town. From the outskirts of town he "borrowed" his first car with nothing else to his name taught himself how to drive along the way. He collected a few side jobs working in fast food, retail, servo, fast food again, jobless for 6 months, dog walker, trolley collector, fast food manager, fake cop for 2 weeks, jobless for 3 years and then fast food cleaner where he lost his all his money he started driving for fun. After he had left his hometown and drove so long he finally made it to a place he could call home… but after 3 days he got so nosy and falling into the wrong crowd of gang’s being involved with theft and murder. He was eventually kicked out of town because they just couldn’t deal with him anymore. Furthermore after years of travelling in a stolen taxi and after 6 different towns and 4 major cities and 12 farm houses. His old taxi was stolen or went missing after a drunken night. He doesn't quite remember but his drunken mishaps led him to finally finding a place to call home or temporary loiter until he gets forced to flee the city.

## **ESRP S2**

Kirk came into the city with confidence and was immediately kidnapped by a fella who sounded like Mickey Mouse. He was eventually taken by the PD to get his City ID and didn't know what to do so he ran to get his licences after founding out it expired. He knew immediately knew the city needed a Taxi driver so he went and bought a car. The beautiful yellow black-top Glendale that became his uber taxi services. Kirk ventured his was onto the mobile phone he was given and placed a yellow pages ad giving himself the title "KIRKS KARS".

Business started to go sour as no one trusted Kirk. However, in short time as the company started Kirk stumbled onto a wanted job ad for a new start up Taxi company calling themselves 'Los Santos City Fares'. Kirk booked a job interview with *Ron Taylor* and *Colin Haddock*, which went successfully as shortly after the driving portions of the interview, Kirk had become the first employee to LSCF.

Kirk's life has been taking great strides and he develops a closer relationship to the city and it's people. (Even the people who take him hostage) He has been dipping his toes into higher power of the company and has been on quite a few misadventures which have led him to all sorts of places in the city. This includes his adventure in purchasing an rusty blue and black RV which he calls Home. Additionally his explorations of true detective work in which he dressed up as someone else to gain intel on dodge taxi drivers. As much as he believes it significance... it didn't really go anywhere.

Most Recently Kirk's last solid memory of recent events involves going to get changes for some sort of golfing, only to wake up a few days later in the back of shed up at Paleto Bay with a cowboy hat and aviators. Over the next few weeks Kirk try to find out what happen but felt quite lost during this time. His campervan was stolen one late night up north, he made a bad deal with a Fox which resulted in him having to ditch his Taxi. After the heavy blows of his misfortunate events he took his Rhapsody and drove off without planning where to go so he could find himself.

He never appeared again in season 2.

## **Season Break**

Kirk left in his Rhapsody to discover himself. He continue driving till he ran out of money, which led to him running out of fuel. He ditched the car and venture off into the wilderness on foot which he wondered for several days with a very finite source of food and water. He passed out many times due to a lack of food or water and barely survived the 2 months he was gone. On his adventure he found a bucket hat though. He recalled this as the greatest moment of his life before passing out due to not having any food or water.

Due to his bad memory as result of the grocery list of head damages over his life he had forgot the reason he escaped to the wilderness and finally decided to go back home to the Easy Streets of Los Santos. This time without his cars, his large amount of whiskey and water, he shoes and his ID but was lucky to find 20,000 at an unmarked location in a brief case which he found on his way out the wilderness.

## **ESRP S3**

Kirk made many attempts to rejoin society but that only lead to panic which made him venture back into the wilderness of Many occasions. One adventure led him finding out the only way to make money was fishes however he was swept up by the rising tide. When he woke back up in the hospital it had seem everyone had left the city. Most days heavy storms brewed and at some point Kirk wanted imagine he was a cowboy in the Wild West like his many greats grandfather Kaycee William Bartholomew. However, he would seem to drift towards the gambling house where he lost all the money he earn and went back into the wilderness to seal higher power.

## **ESRP 1.0**

After what felt like years in the wilderness was only month and before Kirk knew it, it was time to go home, his fears of being fired gloomed over his head. Though a old beat up rusted car he stole was the only thing to get him around Kirk returned to the city Lost and confused, new building and structures have been built and all Kirk knew was the location of his previous work (LSCF). He slept on the public couch and waited. Colin, his boss or C-Dawg as Kirk refers to him by re-instated his position with much enthusiasm as to promote him to Head Driver, though business was at an all time low with most employees leaving Kirk was determined he could help make a difference as head driver and began to find purpose.

## **Fun Facts**

1. The first reported kidnapping of Kirk took place 2 minutes after he got off the bus during his first visit.
2. His Identity has be copied at a minimum of 3 times.
3. 95% of the time if he needs medical emergency it is because he forgot to eat or drink.
4. Kirk rarely changes his clothes because he can't afford clothes.
5. After a fatal Golf Caddie Accident Kirk went from having a normal neck to a metal neck to a Turtle bone neck.
6. Kirk Loves Buses

## **Quotes**

"It's Kirk"

"I Don't Know What Happen"