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«────── « ⋅ʚ☆ɞ⋅ » ──────» Hey guys!! I saw this GORGEOUS DTA (right there ^) and I just had to join!! The designs just...ack, I could go on all day, they're just too cool! WARNING: mentions of unnatural death and murder, please be warned! ENTRY: Cali (might rename if I win, but idk) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cali is a 17-year-old girl who lived in New York City until she was about 14 years old, when her parents were involved in a huge murder (the details were lost in the police reports) and Cali was whisked away to California to be raised by her aunt. Cali absolutely detested both her parents and the aunt in question, and at first hated going to live in Cambria. Soon after her arrival, Cali's aunt learned to not try and govern her foreign niece, and left her to her own devices. Cali lived on her own, in a way. She'd buy her own groceries, attend Coast Union High School on her own, and clean up her floor (she lived entirely on the second floor, but her aunt denied the rent she offered to pay). About a year after she moved in, (15-years-old) she found a cat in her room. No note, no collar, nothing. The cat was sitting on a piece of paper, asleep. Gently, Cali scooped up the cat and lifted the paper, to discover that it read: "September 12th--Cali Birthday" in handwriting that looked suspiciously like her mother's. Cali pushed the thought aside and went downstairs to explain to her aunt that there was a cat in her room. Her aunt explained that her mother and father had told her to get a cat for Cali, because that was one thing they couldn't have in NYC, since their apartment neighbor was allergic. Cali loved the cat, a gorgeous Maine Coon that she described being, "all the colors of a California autumn." Cali called him Pumpkin. She bought him a harness and, contrary to the typical cat stereotypes, they would walk around Cambria, Pumpkin usually crouching on her shoulders. Cali didn't make many friends in California, but it never really bothered her. In school, she would ace anything the teachers threw at her, but the second the bell rang, she was out the front doors and out into the woods. She loved Cambria autumns, and would often stay outdoors for hours. Every year, she participated in a horror story contest for high schoolers, and every year Coast Union High would hand out printed copies of her wild horror stories to the students. The year she began the contest was the year she made her first friend: Christian. Chris was fairly shy, but he was who she always hung out with. When she was in senior year (19) she began thinking hard about college. She wanted to become an author, a writer, and she wanted to have as much experience as possible. At the moment, she was still living in her aunt's house with Pumpkin, and she was struggling to find a college who's dorms allowed pets. Then, she found an online course for the college she desperately wanted to go to, and it was cheaper than going to the college since she didn't have to pay for food or dorm rooms. Then, her aunt got a call; her mother had died in prison by taking her own life. Though she hated the old witch, Cali was struck with a strange emotion; not really grief. More like... regret. Her mother could have done so much, if only she hadn't done that terrible deed in New York City... and now she had killed herself in prison. Cali worked even harder in high school, driven by the resentment of becoming like her parents; a failure, locked away in prison. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's kind of where her story ends right now; I'll definitely work on developing it more, but this is kind of the fleshing-out stage. Some more info: Name: Cali Gender: Female Ace/Aro lol that changed Likes: autumn, Pumpkin the cat, freedom, being alone, writing, getting good grades, Chris, the colors cyan, teal, or sea green/blue, bikes, skateboards and rollerblades, hair dye Dislikes: her parents, gerbils, spring, long hair, police, cars