Background~
Unlike most other children, Odessa didn't grow up in the orphanage. She grew up with just her and her mother. It was a small family, but it was home. Her and her mother were very close, always leaning on each other for support. However, at a young age, Odessa's mother became very sick. So Odessa learned how to do everything she could to keep the house running, food, cleaning, laundry. She rarely had time to just be a child, but to see her mother smile she'd do it all over again.
Even though it was something she had been expecting for a long time, it came as gut wrenching when her mother finally did pass. For days, Odessa hadn't known what to do. Everything had blurred together and she felt extremely lost. She remembered a woman coming, someone she had met only a handful of times. She knew this woman was her mother's sister, she could tell it in the way she walked, and in her expressions. Her aunt took Odessa home with her. It was there that she had met her cousins for the first time, and that had almost made her able to remember what happiness felt like. However, every time she looked at her aunt.. she would leave the room, she knew then that the woman was grieving as much as she was.
She felt a strange sense of sadness that her aunt would never allow her to get close to her. It was then for that reason that Odessa had decided to go to the Academy. Perhaps it was best to get a new start, and not live in a reminder of things she had lost.
For the first time it was something that she and her aunt actually agreed on. So, her aunt made the arrangements, promising to pay for the tuition as long as Odessa kept up her grades. Other:Odessa would like to study psychology and try to understand others around her. Though she also has interest in history.
How she feels about her race/other races:For the most part, Odessa is kind to everyone she meets. She never thinks badly of anyone unless they've given her ample reason to. Since this has mostly been her first encounters with other races, she tries to meet everyone with the same bubbly kindness that she wants to be treated with.
This, however, is different with most other Geist. It isn't that she hates her own kind, but having lived relatively alone in her own community, she is a little bit more leery of other Geist. She tends to watch them more, keeping them at a further distance than she usually does others (which honestly, isn't saying a whole lot since she doesn't really know how to approach anyone). This mostly comes from fearing they might see into her facade more than other races.
Views on her Academy House:Odessa is still in awe of everything. She can't help but stare at the walls, at people, in a sense of wonder and amazement. Studying is harder than she figured it would be, but she has come into a sense of organization with it and has kept up. However, if/when she comes into more of a social circle, it'll be harder for her to balance study with friends. Overall, she loves it here, even though she's still trying to figure out how she fits in. There is a sense of loneliness, missing where she came from, but she doesn't let this show around others.
