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Name: Erin Iwasaki

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Appearance: 5’ 7’’ & 145lb (before muscle atrophy). Dyed orange hair and brown eyes--her skin is a dark olive shade, due to her constant presence outdoors.

Personality: Erin is an extremely energetic and outgoing girl, having been surrounded by a loving family and various friends most of her life.  She’s not afraid to take risks and is characterized by her zeal for anything athletic.  Her life has been dedicated to sports, and it shows in her headstrong desire to always be better and her disregard for almost anything else (including academics).  Because of how she grew up, Erin doesn’t have a lot of street smarts or self preservation, but is physically and mentally resilient.  

At the early stages of the disease, she goes through a dramatic change and becomes much more stoic, almost listless.  As time passes, she becomes more introspective and regains the life and energy she had before, finding increased solace in the people she loves and a new interest in books.

Physical Traits: The form of a star athlete (in the sense that she's actively participated in various sports). She's currently in her school's softball team as their ace, and often goes to a local gym, swimming on her free time. She’s strong, has good aim and coordination, and houses impressive stamina. Her foray into athletics began when she was 5, when she first tried out gymnastics, then soccer, then martial arts; because of the various sports she cycled in and out of as a child, she has a high aptitude at picking up sports, but is a master of none. 

Mental Traits: Incredibly strong willed as someone who has dedicated her life to sports. She's adaptable, and is used to learning from failure, having to constantly iterate on strategy and form in order to succeed in whatever she puts her mind to. Has an underutilized and underdeveloped attention span to anything other than what she feels passion for, which attests to her poor academic performance.  

Color: FF9900

How They Died: Diagnosed with FALS (Genetically inherited ALS) as 3rd high schooler and died within a year. She began the school year with the early symptoms of increasingly slurred speech, but was still able to play sports for a short time. First went to get diagnosed when she could no longer properly swing a bat. Within a few months, the neurodegenerative disease atrophied the muscles in her legs and arms, and she spent the rest of her time hooked up to a ventilatory support system before she died the following year.

(Much, much more explained through PM)