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Name: Maren Tyndall

Nickname: None currently.

Gender/Pronoun: Cis Female • She/Her/Hers

Age: 31 32

Birthday: August 23rd, 1992

Sign: Virgo

Gemstone: Peridot

Blood Type: O+

Fav. Food: New York style pizza (the only real pizza)

Hated Food: She isn’t a fan of traditional southern foods, other than, like, fried chicken and biscuits.

Occupation: English teacher at Azure. Not the most exciting subject at a tech focused boy’s school, but it pays the bills.

Hobbies:

Writing - Maren began writing in elementary school, after she discovered fanfiction. Her first attempts at creating and exploring characters were pretty cringey, and her plots definitely left something to be desired, but she improved with practice and continues to write to this day. She has never written anything original and has no desire to be published; fanfiction satisfies an itch and gives her an outlet without adding too much outside stress.

Anime - After discovering anime as a kid, Maren became hooked. To an extent, at least. She has a habit of rewatching the same shows, mostly because her attention span for anything new is s**t. That doesn’t mean she isn’t a fan, she just insists she has very particular tastes. (What those tastes are, even she couldn’t tell you.) She still has a fondness for her old favorites, particularly Dragon Ball Z, and she has enough of an attachment to Pokemon to play PoGo regularly.

Police Procedural Dramas - Copaganda. She knows. Maren isn’t necessarily proud of it, but she can’t quit them. They’re addicting. She looks at them like a fantasy; no, they aren’t what policing is like in real life, but they’re passable entertainment and the characters themselves serve as an ideal to strive for. Maren is invested in Law and Order: SVU, and the more recent Organized Crime. (Bensler forever!) Criminal Minds is another favorite she could watch over and over again.

Virtues:

Earnest - Maren is passionate and sincere — about her work, about the things she does to fill her spare time. She works hard and commits herself 100% to everything she does. There might not be much of a purpose in life, but that doesn’t mean she shouldn’t face it with purpose. Maren strives to do her best in all things. She is heartfelt and diligent, honest when she can afford to be, and eager to leave the world better than she found it.

Cordial - Cheerful and friendly, Maren does her best to present a polite, sociable demeanor. She’s ready to extend a helping hand to her students, to her colleagues, to her friends and family. She has a welcoming warmth about her that makes her seem approachable. Maren is modest and good natured, pleasant and sincere. She makes every effort to be someone others know they can turn to in their time of need.

Supportive - Maren likes to help people. She likes to guide them, if she can. That was part of the reason she went into teaching. She offers encouragement when needed, advice when it’s asked for, and commiseration when she thinks it might be wanted. The last thing she wants is for anyone to feel as if they have nothing and no one. Come find her if you’re ever in need of a little hope and inspiration. Maren likes to think she can offer both.

Flaws:

Preoccupied - In her quest to support others, Maren has a habit of taking on too much. This can make her seem absentminded or distracted. There’s always something going on, something pulling her attention this way and that. Sometimes she finds it overwhelming and, despite her best efforts, has to shut down a bit to protect herself. She wants to be relied on, wants to do everything she can, but she’s one person. She can only handle so much.

Avoidant - Maren would rather avoid her own problems, pretend they don’t exist, push negative feelings down and try to forget about them. She doesn’t avoid other people and their troubles, but she certainly escapes from her own as much as she can. Maren occasionally has success with this, but just as often puts herself in a bind by fending off or purposefully overlooking something she could have resolved sooner and easier.

Prideful - She isn’t arrogant, but Maren does have a prideful streak. Sometimes it can be mistaken as pretension. She feels satisfied with a job well done, sometimes overly so, and can appear smug to those who don’t know her. In the past, she has been accused of being disingenuous. Apparently she can seem too earnest, too helpful, and too sympathetic. Some people have even mistaken her efforts to mean she thinks herself better than them.

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Solo (x3) -- Πιερία (Awakening - Halloween Event 2023)
Regular (ORP) -- The Summoning -- Pieria + Many
Solo -- The Spring -- Pieria
Regular -- Class Project -- Maren + Riker + Énna

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