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Name: Nina Marie Morris

Nickname: Sparks (primarily by her older brothers, and because she has a bad habit ---or rather, the bad luck--- of things shorting out around her.)

Gender/Pronouns: Female
Age: 16

Birthday: 8/10

Sign: Leo

Gemstone: Peridot

Blood Type: B+

Fav. Food: Cheese pizza dipped in ranch dressing! She can’t get enough of it.

Hated Food: Artichoke Hearts. Ew. Just… ew.

School/Occupation: Schools are: Romano's Constitutional Haven

Hobbies:

Social Media —- Nina likes to keep on top of what’s happening, communicating with a vast number of friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers alike through the wonder that is internet-based social networking. She enjoys sharing her own opinions on everything from political events to what pizza place is the best one in the city, likes reading others’ opinions, enjoys burying her nose in that cute cat video she’s seen a dozen times already… in short, she’s a child of the technological age, and embraces it in a way that gives her hours of enjoyment. (Besides, the looks on people’s faces when she unapologetically drops memes into conversation can be so much fun.)

Violin —- This hobby wasn’t initially something Nina was particularly interested in; she picked up the violin not out of her own choice but because her parents thought their daughter, just turned eight, needed to learn an instrument to be well-rounded. Naturally, she protested… until she learned that people made violin covers of her favorite anime theme songs, and that there was a lot more to offer than classical music. From there she threw herself into the hobby, and almost a decade later she’s fairly proficient. … She still prefers to mostly practice covers of theme songs and video game music, but hey, she enjoys herself (and it’s always fun when someone recognizes what she’s playing.)

Cosplay —- Like most teenagers, Nina has a lot of things she loves, from movies to anime to video games, but it’s how she engages with those interests that defines her hobbies. And one of her favorite things to do is cosplay. Meticulously recreating costumes of villains and heroes alike, down to the last detail, getting to mode the final products with other like-minded individuals, even getting to play pretend, just for a little while… it’s fun, and while she knows it’s something of a niche hobby, she doesn’t really care if it marks her as a nerd to other people. It lets her feel creative and confident, and that’s all that really matters.

Virtues:

Disciplined - Nina is the sort of person that thrives in a structured environment. Hard work and clear schedules give her a guideline to follow, and she’s more than willing to stick to them even outside of direct supervision. Far from the type of student who takes the first chance given to either slack off or do their own thing, Nina will stick to what’s expected: she’s the type of person to use free study periods to actually study, rather than a quiet period to do anything but study. She’ll do homework before she allows herself to do anything fun, and if something’s set up as a routine she’ll stick to it, such as being the one to take her dog, Alexander, to the dog park every Saturday or keeping her personal space spotless even at home. She isn’t going to slip up or put something off just because she doesn’t feel like doing it; if it needs to be done, it needs to be done, and there will be time to play later.

Enduring - Sometimes your effort isn’t going to pay off immediately, and Nina is well aware of that fact. She’s perfectly fine with waiting and continuing on at whatever pace she needs to; if she doesn’t necessarily understand a subject on the first readthrough, she doesn’t get angry or frustrated—- she just keeps working at it and tries to find a way to make it click. Instant fulfillment is all well and good, but there’s no point in getting upset just because you haven’t gotten something you were promised yet. You will get it eventually, so long as you work hard enough. This applies to people, too—- she won’t get frustrated with someone making honest mistakes, and she’s willing to put up with a certain amount of less than intelligent behavior; she’s more than willing to spend hours with a friend, helping them with some aspect of their homework that they can’t quite get. So long as a person isn’t being actively hostile to her, she’ll let a lot slide.

Confident - Some people are easily upset, or have fragile self-esteem. Not Nina. She’s intelligent and she knows it, pretty and she knows it, and she’s here to take on the world. She’s not afraid to take a chance because failure doesn’t scare her: she knows who she is, what she wants, and what she’s willing to do to get it. While other people might agonize about a test, she’s not worried: she’ll give it her best effort, and because she tried that will be enough. With self-assurance to spare, Nina knows she can do whatever she wants, and doesn’t need anyone else to prop her up or congratulate her. She’s more than enough as she is, and can bounce back from nearly any setback that’s thrown her way.

Flaws:

Entitled - The problem with being relatively patient, disciplined, and confident, is that Nina tends to think that she should get what she wants… because she wants it. The world can and will bend to her whims (or at least her persistent effort), and if it doesn’t? Well, that’s just because someone hasn’t gotten the message yet. She can and will get downright nasty if it seems like she’s being overlooked for someone less deserving, or when she gets a B when she was sure her essay was worth an A. She puts the work in, after all, and thus she should be rewarded. She deserves to have nice things, to get good grades, to be appreciated, and if she doesn’t get them then she’ll retreat somewhere private to sulk until the initial offense has subsided a little —- and woe betide anyone who approaches her before she can manage to calm down, because they’re likely to get an earful about what she should have gotten, what she deserved, and will be treated to whatever ideas she can come up with to try to make things ‘right’ again.

Possessive - Nina’s things are hers and you can’t have them. You can’t have them, you can’t touch them, and if you look at them the wrong way she will make sure you know that she’s watching you just in case you decide to try anything funny. As the only daughter in a house full of boys (four of them, in fact, all older than her), she grew up a bit babied and over-indulged. Despite her parents’ best efforts to make sure she learned the value of hard work and of sharing, it seems like only the first one stuck. Her older brother Nicholas stealing half of her My Little Ponies when she was six and setting up a battle royale with them (resulting in their destruction) might have something to do with this. She doesn’t trust people not to want to take her things, nor does she trust them to make their way back to her in any kind of good condition. She’s not the person you ask to borrow so much as a pencil from, because even if she loans it to you, you’ll feel her eyes on you throughout the entire class period, watching you to make sure you don’t damage or leave with her things.

Confrontational - If Nina doesn’t agree with you, she has no problem with telling you so. If she thinks your opinion is bad, she’ll flat-out say it. To your face. In words that aren’t always nice. While she’s willing to put up with annoying behavior or natural struggles, she doesn’t take well to misinformation or misdirection, and direct insults are something she cannot simply let lie. Upset her, and she’ll let you know —- usually by upsetting you right back, typically with barbed words or tripping you when you pass by. She isn’t afraid to get into a fight, be it physical or verbal, and while she doesn’t take this to a degree that would get her in actual trouble in school, she’s burned her fair share of friendships both online and in real life through arguments and ‘callouts’.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: Large, slightly round, and a bright teal.

Hair: Straight purple hair that comes to just below her shoulderblades --- it tends to be a little messy, with flyaways and a cowlick she can't be rid of.

Face: A slightly longer, angular face, that's made that much sharper by the way her hair hangs around it.

Skin Tone: Fair, with faint olive tones.

Body Type: Petite and fine-boned, Nina is both short and looks like a strong breeze might blow her over.

Clothes: Generally seen in her Romano's uniform, but on weekends she tends to like printed tees and wearing pajama bottoms like they're high fashion.

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