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[bleacher]

❝But you don't look at me like everyone else… I just want to scream sometimes. I look and they look away, like I don't feel their eyes on me. Let's get this out of the way. Yes, it covers my eyelid too. And no, it doesn't hurt, not in the way people think it does. Listen, I could have a lot worse things than a birthmark covering my body, but that's hard to swallow when I look in the mirror to fix my hair, or when I look at my sisters. You know that I can vividly remember my first day of kindergarten? I wore a light blue dress, and I was there for no more than ten minutes before some boy asked me what was wrong with my face. It was the first time I realized that I had something to be ashamed of. It's nothing I can run away from. What that boy asked me when I was five-years-old is what people want to ask me every day of my life. I wake up every morning with a pit in my stomach. Dreading the day ahead. No matter how old I get the feeling never goes away… and whenever I have to meet someone for the first time, I'm always going to be that five-year-old girl again.❞ Abby is a third year college student, studying film. Though outwardly friendly, she suffers from crippling self-esteem issues due to the large birthmark that covers almost half of her body, from the top of her head down to the tips of her toes. She's actually a very reserved and fragile girl who copes every day with the fact that she'll never be normal. ----- when played post-canon abby also has chemical burns and skin discoloration on her right arm and leg from bathing in bleach.

BODY AND APPEARANCE

01 ━ DESCRIBE THE CHARACTER'S HEIGHT AND BUILD. IS SHE HEAVYSET, THIN, SHORT, RANGY?
Of average height, Abby's dark and relatively conservative clothing disguise the healthy, curvy body underneath.

02 ━ HOW OLD IS SHE?
Twenty-three.

03 ━ DESCRIBE HER POSTURE. DOES SHE CARRY HERSELF WELL OR DOES SHE SLOUCH?
Abby stands straight.

04 ━ HOW IS HER HEALTH? IS SHE FIT OR OUT OF SHAPE? ANY ILLNESSES OR CONDITIONS? ANY PHYSICAL DISABILITIES?
Mostly fit and healthy, minus an allergy or two.

05 ━ HOW DOES SHE MOVE? IS SHE CLUMSY, GRACEFUL, TENSE, FLUID?
She carries herself with a certain undertone of self-awareness; she ducks her head often to obscure her face, and holds her arms (or the bag or books in her arms) in front of herself, hinting at the defensive and shy nature between her seemingly average confidence.

06 ━ HOW ATTRACTIVE IS THIS CHARACTER PHYSICALLY? HOW DOES SHE PERCEIVE HERSELF IN THE MIRROR?
Though Stephen insinuates that she's pretty and Quaid outright tells her she's sexy, Abby's reaction is always to brush it off or refute it. She perceives herself as abnormal and ugly. Part of her hates being in her own skin.

07 ━ DESCRIBE HER COMPLEXION. DARK, LIGHT, CLEAR, SCARRED?
Her complexion is light, but the right half of her body is covered in a dark birthmark, as though she's been splashed with ink. It starts at her hairline, avoids her nose but bleeds partially into her lips, continues down her throat, and over her arm, breast, waist, hips, and leg.

08 ━ DESCRIBE HER HAIR: COLOR, TEXTURE, STYLE.
Abby's hair is dark, dark brown. She keeps it a bit past shoulder length and chooses to have bangs.

09 ━ WHAT COLOR ARE HER EYES?
Brown.

10 ━ DOES THE CHARACTER HAVE ANY OTHER NOTEWORTHY FEATURES?
Not especially.

11 ━ WHAT ARE HER CHIEF TENSION CENTERS?
Her shoulders, hands and back.

12 ━ WHAT IS THE CHARACTER'S WARDROBE LIKE? CASUAL, DRESSY, UTILITARIAN? BRIGHT COLORS, PASTELS, NEUTRALS? IS IT VARIED, OR DOES SHE HAVE SIX OF THE SAME SUIT?
Dark colours brightened slightly by neutrals; high collars to hide her body, and always pants or tights under her skirts.

13 ━ DO HER CLOTHES FIT WELL? DOES SHE SEEM COMFORTABLE IN THEM?
Yes and yes.

14 ━ DOES SHE DRESS THE SAME ON THE JOB AS SHE DOES IN HER FREE TIME? IF NOT, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?

15 ━ YOU KNEW IT WAS COMING: BOXERS, BRIEFS OR COMMANDO?

SPEECH

01 ━ WHAT DOES THIS CHARACTER'S VOICE SOUND LIKE? HIGH-PITCHED, DEEP, HOARSE?

02 ━ HOW DOES SHE NORMALLY SPEAK? LOUD, SOFT, FAST, EVENLY? DOES SHE TALK EASILY, OR DOES SHE HESITATE?

03 ━ DOES THE CHARACTER HAVE A DISTINCT ACCENT OR DIALECT? ANY INDIVIDUAL QUIRKS OF PRONUNCIATION? ANY, LIKE, YOU

KNOW, VERBAL TICS?

04 ━ WHAT LANGUAGE/S DOES SHE SPEAK, AND WITH HOW MUCH FLUENCY?

05 ━ DOES SHE SWITCH LANGUAGES OR DIALECTS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS?

06 ━ IS SHE A GOOD IMPROMPTU SPEAKER, OR DOES SHE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HER WORDS?

07 ━ IS SHE ELOQUENT OR INARTICULATE? UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT THIS CHANGE?

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL

01 ━ HOW INTELLIGENT IS THIS CHARACTER? IS SHE BOOK-SMART OR STREET-SMART?

02 ━ DOES SHE THINK ON HER FEET, OR DOES SHE NEED TIME TO DELIBERATE?

03 ━ DESCRIBE THE CHARACTER'S THOUGHT PROCESS. IS SHE MORE LOGICAL, OR MORE INTUITIVE? IDEALISTIC OR PRACTICAL?



04 ━ WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION HAS THE CHARACTER HAD?

05 ━ WHAT ARE HER AREAS OF EXPERTISE? WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS SHE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT?

06 ━ IS SHE AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT?

07 ━ DESCRIBE THE CHARACTER'S TEMPERAMENT. IS SHE EVEN-TEMPERED OR DOES SHE HAVE MOOD SWINGS? CHEERFUL OR

MELANCHOLY? LAID-BACK OR DRIVEN?

08 ━ HOW DOES SHE RESPOND TO NEW PEOPLE OR SITUATIONS? IS SHE SUSPICIOUS, RELAXED, TIMID, ENTHUSIASTIC?

09 ━ IS SHE MORE LIKELY TO ACT, OR TO REACT?

10 ━ WHICH IS HER DEFAULT: FIGHT OR FLIGHT?

11 ━ DESCRIBE THE CHARACTER'S SENSE OF HUMOR. DOES SHE APPRECIATE JOKES? PUNS? GALLOWS HUMOR? BATHROOM HUMOR?

PRANKS?

12 ━ DOES THE CHARACTER HAVE ANY DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL DISORDERS? IF YES, HOW DOES SHE DEAL WITH THEM?

13 ━ WHAT MOMENTS IN THIS CHARACTER'S LIFE HAVE DEFINED HER AS A PERSON?

14 ━ WHAT DOES SHE FEAR?

15 ━ WHAT ARE HER HOPES OR ASPIRATIONS?

16 ━ WHAT IS SOMETHING SHE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO FIND OUT ABOUT HER?

RELATIONSHIPS

01 ━ DESCRIBE THIS CHARACTER'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER PARENTS.

02 ━ DOES THE CHARACTER HAVE ANY SIBLINGS? WHAT IS/WAS THEIR RELATIONSHIP LIKE?

03 ━ ARE THERE OTHER BLOOD RELATIVES TO WHOM SHE IS CLOSE? ARE THERE ONES SHE CAN'T STAND?

04 ━ ARE THERE OTHER, UNRELATED PEOPLE WHOM SHE CONSIDERS PART OF HER FAMILY? WHAT ARE HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH

THEM?

05 ━ WHO IS/WAS THE CHARACTER'S BEST FRIEND? HOW DID THEY MEET?

06 ━ DOES SHE HAVE OTHER CLOSE FRIENDS?

07 ━ DOES SHE MAKE FRIENDS EASILY, OR DOES SHE HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE?

08 ━ WHICH DOES SHE CONSIDER MORE IMPORTANT: FAMILY OR FRIENDS?

09 ━ IS THE CHARACTER SINGLE, MARRIED, DIVORCED, WIDOWED? HAS SHE BEEN MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE?

10 ━ IS SHE CURRENTLY IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE OTHER THAN A SPOUSE?

11 ━ WHO WAS HER FIRST CRUSH? WHO IS HER LATEST?

12 ━ WHAT DOES SHE LOOK FOR IN A ROMANTIC PARTNER?

13 ━ DOES THE CHARACTER HAVE CHILDREN? GRANDCHILDREN? IF YES, HOW DOES SHE RELATE TO THEM? IF NO, DOES SHE WANT

ANY?

14 ━ DOES SHE HAVE ANY RIVALS OR ENEMIES?

15 ━ WHAT IS THE CHARACTER'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION? WHERE DOES SHE FALL ON THE KINSEY SCALE?

16 ━ HOW DOES SHE FEEL ABOUT SEX? HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HER?

17 ━ WHAT ARE HER TURN-ONS? TURN-OFFS? WEIRD BEDROOM HABITS?

BELIEFS

01 ━ DO YOU KNOW YOUR CHARACTER'S ASTROLOGICAL (ZODIAC OF CHOICE) SIGN? HOW WELL

DOES SHE FIT TYPE?

02 ━ IS THIS CHARACTER RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, BOTH, OR NEITHER? HOW IMPORTANT ARE THESE ELEMENTS IN HER

LIFE?

03 ━ DOES THIS CHARACTER HAVE A PERSONAL CODE OF MORALS OR ETHICS? IF SO, HOW DID THAT BEGIN? WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO

COMPROMISE IT?

04 ━ HOW DOES SHE REGARD BELIEFS THAT DIFFER FROM HERS? IS SHE TOLERANT, INTOLERANT, CURIOUS, INDIFFERENT?



05 ━ WHAT PREJUDICES DOES SHE HOLD? ARE THEY IRRATIONAL OR DOES SHE HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR THEM?

DAILY LIFE

01 ━ WHAT IS THE CHARACTER'S FINANCIAL SITUATION? IS SHE RICH, POOR, COMFORTABLE, IN DEBT?

02 ━ WHAT IS HER SOCIAL STATUS? HAS THIS CHANGED OVER TIME, AND IF SO, HOW HAS THE CHANGE AFFECTED HER?

03 ━ WHERE DOES SHE LIVE? HOUSE, APARTMENT, TRAILER? IS HER HOME HER CASTLE OR JUST A PLACE TO CRASH? WHAT

CONDITION IS IT IN? DOES SHE SHARE IT WITH OTHERS?

04 ━ BESIDES THE BASIC NECESSITIES, WHAT DOES SHE SPEND HER MONEY ON?

05 ━ WHAT DOES SHE DO FOR A LIVING? IS SHE GOOD AT IT? DOES SHE ENJOY IT, OR WOULD SHE RATHER BE DOING SOMETHING

ELSE?

06 ━ WHAT ARE HER INTERESTS OR HOBBIES? HOW DOES SHE SPEND HER FREE TIME?

07 ━ WHAT ARE HER EATING HABITS? DOES SHE SKIP MEALS, EAT OUT, DRINK ALCOHOL, AVOID CERTAIN FOODS?

ASSOCIATIONS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DO YOU ASSOCIATE WITH THE CHARACTER, OR WHICH IS HER FAVORITE:

01 ━ COLOR?
02 ━ SMELL?
03 ━ TIME OF DAY?
04 ━ SEASON?
05 ━ BOOK?
06 ━ MUSIC?
07 ━ PLACE?
08 ━ SUBSTANCE?
09 ━ PLANT?
10 ━ ANIMAL?