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[b]“You bore me. Give me a better challenge or just leave me alone."[/b][/center]

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[table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][INDENT][SUB][SUP][H3][B][COLOR=white]how would you describe their personality?
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[INDENT][COLOR=BLACK]Ashley is never without a comment about any situation. It's more of a hobby, some would say. Both her mother and father seem immensely proud of the fact that she's so opinionated and curious about knowledge in general. What seems to be a problem is her attitude and boy does she have lots of it. She isn't disrespectful...to her teachers. Only to those who annoy her, which might be a problem for the small troublemaker. She has a low tolerance for bullshit. She rarely becomes violent, but she sure loves to taunt people, especially to get under their skin. Now keep in mind, while she does this with the intention of being difficult, she doesn't go out of her way to be outright mean to them. In her own unique way, Ashley bonds with people this way. It's how she can separate the cool people from the lame ones who can't hang with her in a war of words.

Ashley is an intelligent girl, so for a myriad of reasons that aren't ever made clear by her, she tests people to see if they have the wit to hang. If they do, well you got a friend in her. And if they can't, then they're shit out of luck. It doesn't take a lot to impress this 4'11 ball of spitfire fun, but it sure as hell takes a lot for her to stop messing with you (again it's never personal). She just loves toying with things. Finding what makes it tick. Her philosophy has always been to break things down so she can build it up in her image. If she calls you a loser, just know it comes from a place of neutral love for your potential in her life. Also, let's face it: in this small town where nothing ever happens, sometimes Ashley has to make her own entertainment.[/COLOR][/INDENT][/cell][/row][/table][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][INDENT][SUB][SUP][H3][B][COLOR=white][u]what has their life in Angel Grove been like?[/u][/COLOR][/B][/H3][/SUP][/SUB][/INDENT]
[INDENT][COLOR=BLACK]For her entire life, Ashley Hartmann has never known true stability in her life. Both of her parents are in the military, both serving in the Marine Corps. Her father, Lieutenant General Derek Hartmann and her mother, Lieutenant Colenol Kimberly Hartmann, have been shipped all over the country - even a few countries for a few months at a time. And every time, Ashley had to adjust to the new location. If she was lucky, these few months would be during the summer, so she wouldn’t have to worry about saying goodbye to friends or her school year being shot.

For this reason alone, she basically had to take up homeschooling so she wouldn’t fall behind. Thankfully, her parents took that just as seriously as they did their stations. It was going fine for a few years. Ashley grew up mostly on army bases, so it’s all she’s ever known. She and a few other “army brats” ended up bonding for however long her parents would be stationed here or there.

By the time she was fourteen, Ashley had moved to ten different states, three countries, and never staying in one place for too long. It didn’t help that for a while now, there has been this added pressure to succeed in her studies, to make sure she made the marks while also keeping up with her diet. Her parents were strict but from a logical perspective, they werne’t unreasonable. But then again, nothing about Ashley has ever been reasonable. She just isn’t wired that way and she’s developed a certain disdain for her parents and their hopes for her future. She is their only child, as they didn’t have the time nor interest to have more children. They were all about their careers. All about their hopes to climb up the ranks.

All about the dream of having their daughter join the marines, but Ashley has no intention of following in their footsteps. She made it abundantly clear and ever since then, which happened just days before both Derek and Naomi got their new assignments to be stationed at Fort Bragg. They found a three-bedroom home in Angel Grove and moved there during the summer of 2020, which was roughly a month before Ashley would set to start high school, not home-schooled as she wanted to have the authentic high school experience. She didn’t want to spend her days on an army base anymore.

They both agreed and throughout the next few years, Ashley had her first, genuine chance of being the kid that she never had the chance to be. Because of that, she got into more trouble than she cared to admit. Did things that most people her age probably already achieved at a younger age. She made friends. Dated some boys, some girls, some gender-neutrals -- she [i]lived[/i] a life that she always dreamed of yet was never able to fully experience because of always moving around. 

Now she wasn’t a troublemaker for [i]everyone[/i]. She wasn’t even a bad student. Actually, if you saw the way she dressed (like she just woke up and decided that was the vibe), you wouldn’t believe it but Ashley is actually a straight-a student. One of the benefits of having no time for anything other than studies (her parents’ preference) was, when it came to the books, Ashley aced just about everything in class. Books were easy to figure out and teachers and their tests were a piece of cake. But that was boring. Anyone could pass a class with flying colors. 

Now people? They were a more challenging puzzle. She likes puzzles. She likes complicated systems that don’t have a manual. Maybe all the years she was deprived of the kind of social interactions that may have developed her into something resembling a normal girl with mannerisms that didn’t seem weird and off-putting to some (not all but some might have issues with it) has wired her brain in this unique way. Just another thing she blames her parents for. This doesn’t change the fact that Ashley enjoys testing people, poking the bear to see how long until they might break or snap at her, and generally finding more about them in her own unique way.
[/COLOR][/INDENT][/cell][/row][/table][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][INDENT][SUB][SUP][H3][B][COLOR=white][u]what can they do? what are they good at?[/u][/COLOR][/B][/H3][/SUP][/SUB][/INDENT]
[INDENT][COLOR=BLACK]What Ashley excels at can’t be taught. It’s not some trait or thing you can find in a book, manual, or some written text. What she mostly excels at and what she brings to a group project is the ability to figure out complicated problems and look at it from an angle not most would consider. This is a combination of her upbringing as an Army Brat. Always taught to look outside the box. Think outside the spectrum of what most consider normal. Einstein might’ve been insane, but then again Ashley didn’t know him personally, so what does she know?

She tries and tries again. In her opinion, it’s okay to make mistakes. It’s okay to screw up, but as long as you don’t give up and keep swimming along, you can figure out any problem. Similarly, she keeps obsessing over problems she hasn’t solved. The more complicated the better.

Don’t expect her to be the best fighter or most effective in physical confrontations. She might have the physical conditioning of someone who can throw down, but Ashley is a small. As frightening as she can be to some, there’s only so much a 4’11 white girl can do in literal physical fights. Her strength is more her smarts than actual ass-kicking. But she will bite you and climb on your back and attempt to choke you out…if that sells her case better.

Oh she has a mean motormouth in the face of danger. Liteally can’t shut the fuck up. That’s a positive thing, right?
[/COLOR][/INDENT][/cell][/row][/table][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][INDENT][SUB][SUP][H3][B][COLOR=white][u]how would they react to danger?[/u][/COLOR][/B][/H3][/SUP][/SUB][/INDENT]
[INDENT][COLOR=BLACK]Probably with one too many quips than she should. Seriously, Dessy's mouth tends to go off before her mind has any chance of stopping it. She's never been in any serious danger, mind you, so this is all hypothetical. But, [i]hypothetically speaking[/i], she may just throw more insults at whoever decided to ruin her day or complain about a situation and point out the obvious. She tends to do that a lot anyway, so it's no different than her everyday life. Except for the potential danger to that very thing she enjoys thoroughly.[/COLOR][/INDENT][/cell][/row][/table]

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