Brad Baskin

**Brad Baskin** is a character role-played by BaskinLIVE.

## General Information

Our story begins in a small county in Texas **Brad** grew up on a cattle farm in a small town in Upper Texas with a population of 300, His father owned a Farm near by so **Brad** has called this small town home his entire life, from a very early age **Brad’s** mother tried to instill good values and morals in all her kids, Brad was taught the importance of Kindness and Compassion, growing up on a Farm he was also taught the importance of responsibility and the importance of a Job and having a Career to be able to provide for himself and his future family.

Throughout his childhood He helped his Father around the farm with the Cattle, the Crops, and Pests and Varmint around, He also helped his Mother with Gardening and the animals around the farm such as his Baby Pomeranian **Chip**, it was thanks to this that Brad learned from a very early age he was a gentle soul who loved Animals.

**Brad** had two Brothers growing up, his older brother **Jason** and his little brother **Kyle** who was about 2 years younger than him, when he was young **Jason** was the one who really taught **Brad** a lot about socializing and the importance of a Social Life but he also instilled the importance of choosing your friends wisely and who you surround yourself with, **Jason** was **Brad’s** hero he looked up to him his entire life, around Freshman year in High school **Jason** had graduated and moved to Central Texas to become a Sheriff's Deputy and help the great state of Texas and uphold the law and serve Lady Justice, Brad was completely mesmerized by this and it inspired him immensely, **Brad** tried to be a good role model for **Kyle** just as **Jason** was to him and developed a very close relationship with him.

A couple years later, **Jason** eventually excelled through the Ranks and **Brad** was closing out his Senior Year of High School, he was approaching his Graduation Party and was not terribly thrilled about it as he's not much of a Party guy, he however grew to like the idea once he found out **Jason** was coming to visit, The day of his Party rolled around and everyone was off having a good time and **Brad** patiently waited for **Jason** to arrive, Finally he did and at this point all that was left was his Aunts and Uncles and Grandparents and they were all visiting at their big Family table, **Jason** immediately came up to **Brad** and gave him a big hug, he had a little box in his hand wrapped up in blue and white striped wrapping paper with a Black Bow on top.

He then snagged **Brad** away and had a One on One talk with him, he explained the importance of this next step in life to **Brad**, he said he hopes **Brad** plans to go to college and explained that even if he didn’t he knew he’d figure it out because **Brad** is smart like that he continues on and looks off to **Brad’s** Girlfriend at the time **Jess** and asks **Brad** if he loves her, and **Brad** responded saying he did with every bone in his body and **Jason** proceeded to smile, he then told **Brad** that he thinks he should get his degree in Criminal Justice and come be a Sheriff’s Deputy, he said he is very proud of the Young Man **Brad** has grown into and said the State of Texas would be lucky to have a man like him protecting it and serving it, he then held up the little box and told Brad to place out his hands, upon doing so he placed the Box in his hands and told **Brad** to open it up ONLY if he was at his all time low and felt lost in the world, Brad looked confused and **Jason** smiled and said it’ll make sense some day trust me, Jason’s wife then walked up and said hi to **Brad** giving him a big hug and they all went and rejoined the Party.

A couple weeks later, **Brad**, **Kyle** and **Jess** went to the City to go Cosmic Bowling, and were gone for the weekend, they had a long night as they were partying and drank a little too much, that night, while they were gone **Jason** was responding to a violent and armed individual and got shot, he was Hospitalized and by the time **Brad** heard it was too late, just like that in the matter of 24 hours **Brad’s** hero was gone…. He didn’t know how to feel, he was so broken and utterly crushed, he pushed those around him away including **Jess**, they eventually broke up and after that **Brad** never left his room, he was a shell of his former self and went from being a kind happy go lucky guy to a broken sad and angry person.

His mother the person who was always his guardian angel and had a way of pointing him in the right direction found the present from **Jason** knowing what it meant and placed it on **Brad’s** desk while he was in the shower, **Brad** walked into his room and saw it, recalling the words **Jason** said, and wondering what was inside and feeling like it was all he had left of his brother he opened it, inside was his Badge and a letter. The letter said how proud **Jason** was of **Brad**, and explained his feelings towards life and his relationship with his brothers and how much they meant to both of him, he said that as much as he would've loved to see **Brad** in Uniform he wants him to follow his dreams and knew deep down that **Brad** always enjoyed helping people more and recommended a career in EMS where he knew **Brad** would excel and make a real difference.

With his parents blessing **Brad** packed his bags and hopped on a flight to Los Santos for a real change and challenge and honor his brothers last wishes for him, he said goodbye to Kyle and stopped by Jason's Grave and said he'd make him proud, and thus he began his journey, whether he remembers all the valuable life advice given to him is up to him but he knew one thing was for sure, for the first time in his life he was lost and scared but ready to indulge in that fear and tackle life by the bull horns.

## The Texan Quest

One day **Brad** was leaving the **Alta Street Apartments** and as he was walking down San Andreas avenue a Woman in a pink Vapid Ellie approached him and in pure excitement asked if he was a real cow-boy, being taken back by this Brad mustered up some confidence and explained that he was and that he was from the great state of Texas, the Woman's excitement grew and she immediately wanted too know everything about Texas so she asked Brad if he'd like to walk and talk so they did.

She began asking him all sorts of questions but first asked for his name, and they immediately hit it off, **Brad** than realized he never got the Woman's name and she introduced herself as Ellie as they walked and talked they decided to get in her Car and go to the Roosters Tavern after **Ellie** had asked if he liked Saloons.

Upon arriving at the Roosters Tavern Which really was just Roosters Rest, they went up too the counter and **Ellie** asked **Brad** to test people to see if they were real Texans so he'd ask them to give him their best YeeHaw and ask if they own a pair of boots and a hat, if they failed this test they were either from Alabama or only slightly Texan.

Eventually they decided to continue their conquest to find more Texan's but first decided to get **Ellie** a better Texan outfit which **Brad** than dubbed her an Honorary Texan, after this they went to the **Mission Row PD** to share the love of Texas with the PD but instead shared it with the PD Tow, dubbing more people Texan's the duo decided to go find more people and **Ellie** said she knew the perfect people to go to.

## **The Great Food Heist**

**Ellie** and **Brad** headed to a huge Mansion in Rockford Hills and **Ellie** said they were friends of hers that needed to see the glory of Texas so when they got there they noticed the Front Door was locked, so they went around the back cause they thought they heard a Lawn Mower, when they got to the Backyard **Ellie** noticed the back door was unlocked so they went inside and **Brad** was nervous but **Ellie** assured him it was okay they looked for anyone and realized the house was empty, so **Brad** jokingly said they should raid their fridge but they did it anyways and stole all kinds of good food and half of a bottle of mustard, they gathered enough food and chose to leave but as they got outside **Ellie** insisted on going back inside for something so **Brad** followed and that's when she left a note on the fridge door and they heard a voice asking who was stealing their food so in a scared fury they high tailed it out of there.

## The Journey to EMS

At some point during their adventures **Ellie** asked **Brad** what his plans were for the day and that's when he told her he wanted to be an EMS and she got really excited and told him he'd be a great one and she knew where to find a ton of EMS, so after finding some Texans and dubbing people Honorary Texan's they finally went to visit some EMS, **Brad** immediately felt at home when all of them had Boots and Hats on and even told him there was another EMS who was from Texas so he chopped it up with them while **Ellie** was on the Phone with someone, and got handed an application and met the Head of Personnel and Training, after he shot the breeze with his fellow Texan Brother, him and Ellie decided to leave and continue their quest on testing more potential Texans, as they were driving **Ellie** said **Brad** should test his medical skills and learn so he'd be better prepared for the Job so they went to Roosters Rest once more and she had him perform CPR on a barrel before having one of the employees come be a test Subject for him, **Brad** did okay and managed to help the man with a little help from others, after the whole situation **Brad** decided to sit down and fill out his EMS application, while he was filling it out all sorts of crazy stuff happened but he decided to try his best and focus, he then finished it and him and Ellie went outside and reflected on their day, and at that point it is just the matter of playing the waiting game.

## Hired with EMS

On the 15th of February **Brad** finally was able to score his interview with EMS and met with Ayub Elmi who conducted his interview, he was asked all sorts of things from testing his Medical knowledge to if he likes Pineapple on Pizza, after nervously answering all of their questions he was hired on as a Trainee and proceeded to go about his day.

A few days later on the 23rd Brad went into work and went out on his first shit with **Ayub**, during this shift they ran into all sorts of folk and Brad got a taste for what the Big City really has in store for him, at one point they ran into too old gentleman in a very fancy sports car who told them about The NHS(National Health Society) and it ended with them being chased down by the men and crashing their Ambulance causing Brad to get injured with glass shards in his arms and face, eventually Brad wrapped up his shift and clocked off and was not seen again until the 1st of March.

On this second shift he met all sorts of people, he was paired with Di On Tam and learned a lot, he responded to several calls including some Local on Local violence at the Fire Station with one Charlotte Spade being injured in the process thus causing the Duo to have to transport her, Brad learned a lot during this shift and is continuing to learn as the days go by, whether he becomes a full EMT is up to his abilities to learn and grow in his knowledge..

## Final Days

After a short stint of training, **Brad** received the unfortunate call that his Father **Johnathan Baskin** passed away... **Brad** immediately packed his bags and left EMS and Los Santos to go home, he took care of his Mom and the family ranch for some time, whilst he was away he saw all the news storys and kept up with the going on's in Los Santos, the loss of his father however stained his view on the world, he was so distraught that he didn't care he just wanted to make sure his mother was okay... time went on and on and **Brad** finally became a shell of his former self.. a broken and grieving man