Name: Mary Prudence Argall
Nickname: She hates her first name, so she goes by Prudence, her middle name (her maternal grandmother's name), sometimes shortened to Pru.
Age: 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Birthday: 31 December 1993
Sign: Capricorn
Gemstone: Amethyst
Blood Type: AB+
Fav. Food: Prudence absolutely loves burgers, the juicier and messier the better. She will pile all the stuff they put on the side onto a burger and add bacon and avocado to make it even more awesome. It amazes her co-workers how big a burger she can put away.
Hated Food: Chocolate. She never developed a fondness for the stuff. She thinks it tastes like sweetened dirt. Bleh.
Occupation: Motorcycle mechanic/welder at DC Iron Works custom motorcycle shop.
Hobbies: Her motorcycle -- Her baby! Prudence rides a big ol' chopped Harley Softail she customized herself, a much bigger motorcycle than one might expect a diminutive girl to be able to handle. She loves the speed and thrill of riding, of course, but she loves the solitude too, just her and her bike with the wind in her face. She also loves the "going no place at all" sense of riding for the sake of riding and will go on rides to nowhere just because she can. Tinkering on it is a favorite pastime of hers too, fine-tuning and tweaking how it works (and looks).
Audio books -- Whoever invented audio books is her hero. They make it so much easier to keep up with her favorite authors while doing other things, like working or knitting. Prudence's preferred genre is mythic fiction/urban fantasy, authors like Emma Bull and Charles deLint. She loves the idea of crossing the line between ordinary reality and the fantastical, that something magical is waiting just around the corner. She is typically seen wearing her big studio headphones while working, listening to a book, only taking them off when she has to put on her welding mask to weld something.
Knitting -- Everybody gets scarves and gloves and cozy socks for Christmas. Prudence finds knitting relaxing, almost meditative, even though she can easily focus on other things like listening to a book or carrying on a conversation while knitting. She enjoys the cognitive dissonance of a punky little thing like her doing something as girly as knitting. She doesn't follow patterns much at all, preferring to make up her own designs from visual references; she's knitted enough that she knows how to do something like knit socks pretty much from memory. And she takes requests.
Virtues: Persistent -- Prudence is possessed of a dogged determination and tenacity. She's a tiny fierce terrier who won't stop working on a task until she has accomplished it, even long after she should have just given up (it becomes a matter of principle at that point). A willful, obstinate little thing, this definitely plays in her favor -- if you want s**t done, she gets s**t
done. Nothing is really too impossible for her to tackle once she's got the notion in her head of doing it. This is why she's the one who usually gets sicced on truculent locked-up bolts at work.
Good-natured -- Prudence has a generally happy disposition, though she is happiest when she is working on a bike. She's not exactly what you'd call a people person, but she doesn't dislike people; she's friendliest with her colleagues and people she knows. Luckily it's pretty easy to become her friend, as she's quite approachable, with a ready smile and quick laugh. No grumpy gus, she'll crack jokes with friends and has a dry, wry sense of humor that sometimes goes over one's head.
Inquisitive -- Curious as a cat, she wants to know ALL THE THINGS. Prudence loves nothing more than poking at mysteries, sticking her nose in unexplored places and shaking the box to try to figure out what's inside. She is quick to pick through knotty problems, patiently studying them and analyzing them until she can take them apart and find out how they tick. She loves learning new things and is a quick study, even (and especially) when she is studying on her own. And her patience usually pays off -- she's always finding new mysteries to pick apart.
Flaws: Contrary -- With Prudence, it's always Opposites Day. She is contrary as anything and will deliberately do what she's told she can't or shouldn't do just to show 'em (this is the best method to get her to do something, by the way, tell her she can't or shouldn't do it). Especially if the alleged reason she can't or shouldn't do it is because she's a girl. She never accepts things at face value and has to try it/find out for herself. She was one of those little kids who always asked "WHY?" and drove everyone nuts.
Control Freak -- Oh, how Prudence hates relinquishing control. It's why she learned how to be a motorcycle mechanic in the first place, because she didn't trust anyone else to work on her bike to her satisfaction. The girl can't stand not being in charge of a project. She likes to control a task from start to finish, and if she requires help on something she will hover and supervise and drive you up the wall. She'd actually much rather do it herself (and so would everyone else, pretty much). Needless to say, she makes her boss crazy sometimes.
Nosy -- This is the downside of her being so inquisitive. Prudence wants to know ALL THE THINGS about what's going on in your life and will poke you and prod you til she gets answers. She's quite patient -- she knows she'll wear you down eventually and you'll spill the beans. She's not a gossip, so your secrets are safe with her, but she's still an impossible busybody who will stick her nose in anyone and everyone's business if she gets even the slightest hint that something is going on that she's not in on.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Turquoise blue, between almond-shaped and round, wide-set and bright. She tends to not wear any makeup.
Hair: Bright orange-red, long and straight down to her waist with heavy shaggy fringe in front, shaved on the sides and usually tied back off her face and out of the way in a ponytail. She can't be arsed to style it into a mohawk.
Face: Prudence's face is mostly round, with a pert nose and average mouth, chin and ears. She's clear-skinned and lightly tanned from riding her motorcycle without a helmet, with a smattering of freckles across her nose and cheeks. She has several facial piercings -- spiderbites on the left side of her lower lip with rings in them, a stud in her left nostril, and a ring in her right eyebrow, along with piercings in both ears.
Body: Pru is a small girl, standing at about 5'2" and built petite and delicate as a china doll. Her delicate looks are deceptive, though. She is surprisingly strong for her small size, and can muscle a stubborn bolt or wrestle her big Harley around with relative ease, mostly by sheer willfulness and throwing her entire body into it.
Clothes: She prefers to wear second-hand t-shirts with clever slogans or band logos on them, ripped-up black jeans, and big steel-toe combat boots. When she's riding her bike, she adds a black motorcycle jacket with cords and s**t hanging off the shoulders. Lately in the summers, though, she'll wear cute punky skirts over leggings and equally cute tops, just to keep cool. For work, she wears a short-sleeved black Dickies work shirt that's way too big for her over a tank top and grease-stained jeans along with the combat boots.
