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Jessica Harper; Overconfident
Topic Started: Aug 5 2011, 09:42 AM (175 Views)
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Name: Jessica Harper
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Hometown: Cambridge, Ohio
Hobbies and Interests: Action movies, Motivational books, Re-enacting action scenes

Appearance: Jessica is an average 5'5 and 130 lbs with a fairly upright posture which she takes pains to hold up in conversations, believing it gives the impression of confidence. She is averagely built, though her legs are decently toned because her hobby of re-enacting action scenes necessitates frequent bursts of speed. Though her skin is naturally white, she has a slight tan from her outdoor activities. Her face is a heart-shaped affair which most people would describe as 'cute' but nothing more. She has medium-sized brown eyes, a smallish nose and halfway-full lips.

Jessica was never the one to overly fuss about her appearance, and her hair she came to especially neglect, only shampooing when it began to smell. As a result, Jessica's hair is a ruddy-brown mess of split-ends and odd juxtapositions. Her shoulder-length hair is unkempt, her hairstyles more dictated by happenstance than by intention. Most of the time, her hair hangs straight with numerous haphazard protrusions to all directions. The only aspect Jessica bothers with is her bangs, which she sweeps leftwards or rightwards depending on her mood and situation.

Jessica selects clothes based on practicality rather than fashion. She wears an endless gauntlet of generic jeans and tops, doing so because other attires would restrict her freedom of movement. She also wears a pair of Nike running shoes to ease sprints and a pair of black fingerless driving gloves belonging to her father in anticipation of the more action-packed fighting scenes.

Biography: Jessica Harper was born on October 1st 2012, to Rosa and Michael Harper in Cambridge, Ohio. Rosa was a local activist who campaigned for extreme measures against Islamists and other 'subversive and unpatriotic' movements, while Michael was the head of several local minimarkets that he inherited from his deceased grandparents. Though he was not as outspoken as Rosa, Michael also harbored strong opinions with regards to the treatment of suspected terrorists. He channeled his views mainly through his choice of entertainment, namely overly-violent action movies and gore-fests leaked from the depths of high-security prisons or active warzones. He enjoyed violence so long as the recipients are those deserving.

Rosa expressed her views through fiery oratories warning against the threat of foreign usurpation of American values. She was a self-styled 'counter-propagandaist', preaching her view that the subversives were infiltrating the US through what she termed 'the channels of thought' - ideas and ideals subliminally implanted into the mind. Though she was outspoken, she became known primarily as the resident soapbox preacher; loud, at times obnoxious but essentially harmless. Michael's stores became Rosa's bulletin board and his holdings came to receive the lion's share of like-minded customers calling for closed borders and increased homeland security.

Jessica's early life was fairly normal. Michael especially always wanted a child - although he secretly wished for a boy, Jessica was a close enough substitute. Rosa was a sufficient companion, but she was perennially busy and more importantly did not share Michael's fascination with adrenaline-filled action flicks. So, the young Jessica was early acquainted with the quick moves and the stylized fighting that typified the genre. Michael often left Jessica in front of the TV with a DVD playlist running, often returning to find her still rooted to the busy television screen. It was then that he knew that she had inherited his passion.

The advent of Bancroft's presidency came as a surprise to everybody, including the Harper family. Michael's chain of stores became the only one to escape unscathed from the xenophobia-fueled outrage. Rosa, now satisfied with the state of her country, put all her effort into the new local propaganda ministry, transitioning into a political motivational speaker. She now preached the values of patriotism and positive thinking. Turning her attention to Jessica, she tried to instill in her the values she so cherished. Noting Jessica's interest in action movies, Rosa chose to educate through the numerous propaganda flicks the government distributed. It was the perfect compromise, though the young child often paid more attention to the shooting rather than the political message. Michael, for his part, continued to suggest new interests to Jessica.

It was he who was most amused when the eight year-old Jessica entered the dining room showing off moves from a recent propaganda flick. Rosa had enrolled her into a local primary school known primarily for its strict adherence to the new government curriculum, where Jessica came to internalize her parent's values, taking them for granted, never realizing that the views were once fringe. She came to be known as an active if slightly airheaded girl, bouncing about from one activity to the next with great enthusiasm while showing off her 'karate' or shooting air machine-guns. Jessica was never bright, though she made up for it with zest for everything and the fact that her parents never seriously worried about her grades. She made many friends during the course of primary and junior high school, though she was never overly close with anybody preferring companionship rather than intimate soul-bonding friendships.

When high school came around, Jessica entered complete with a wide retinue of friends and acquaintances which made her fit snugly into the social sphere. She was a drifter, never entering the many cliques but keeping her reputation as a fun girl afloat by trying to befriend everyone. In essence, she was the girl that everybody vaguely knew - this allowed her to pursue her more unconventional hobbies without fear of social rejection. She allowed herself to lag behind in her studies, sparing little thought for the future.

Jessica's hobbies always hovered around the mildly physical, though she was never a fan of sports. Instead, she preferred to imitate moves from her favorite films or re-enact action scenes, with baseball bats replacing lobotomizers and the backyard tree serving as the enemy. Her parent's efforts to get her to seriously consider martial arts ended in failure; she was simply not interested in the mundane realities of training. Her passion for propaganda and action flicks grew stronger and she would at times quote slogans or one-liners while re-enacting various scenes. Her confidence in her self-trained unconventional fighting skills, cobbled from various movies, increased proportionally, with Jessica eventually believing such a style to be superior to the 'predictable' martial art styles. She is ultimately certain that, in a fight, she would win hands-down - her lack of experience notwithstanding. The time left over from her hobbies she spends socializing and reading up her mother's motivational books.

Being an action junkie, Jessica is a fan of Arena. She enjoys watching the more action packed kills and thinks little of the actual blood being shed for entertainment. She has no particular interest in participation though she believes herself to be ready for such an eventuality.

STATS

Strength: 2
Skill: 5
Stamina: 6
Speed: 7

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DESIGNATED PDGN (Dark Green Player)

Designated Weapon: Steel Mace

Conclusions: Aw, she re-enacts action movies in her back yard? That is just adorable. And she seems to be quite the little firecracker! I predict Jessica burning out quickly, but I'm sure she'll give the audience a show before she does.
Edited by whisperinwater, Aug 5 2011, 05:02 PM.
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