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-Gabby

Primary Theme = "Deer Dance" by Joanne Shenandoah and Lawrence Laughing
Secondary Theme = "Photosynthesis" by Carbon Based Lifeforms
Backstory Theme = "Ex-Factor" by Lauryn Hill

| Full Name |
Gabrielle Zula Dickerson

| Nickname |
Gabby

| Birth Date |
October 17th, 1997

| Age |
19

| Classification |
Freshman

| Gender |
Female

| Sexuality |
Demisexual (Lesbian Leaning)

| Alias |
Shepherd

| Role |
Hero

| Loyalty |
Mayweather



| In Depth Appearance |
African-American female, dark brown curly hair, brown eyes, and pretty slim. Often found wearing the wardrobe of light shirts and shorter shorts. Varying in paler colors for her tops, but almost always jeans at the bottom. Always wears a black and red pair of tennis shoes. Only notable markings on her body are several scars along her stomach and back, from failed attempts to calm down vicious animals. Sometimes wears a video game T-shirt, typically making Mass Effect references of some sort, or wearing T-shirts from various charity organizations she supports.



| Habits | Quirks | Oddities |
- Shy, but when she talks, she talks ALOT -
- Plays with her hands and hair alot (Stimming) -
- Often sings or beatboxes to herself -

| Hobbies |
- Plays Video Games -
- Plays with her dog Kirk -
- Reads books underneath an apple tree outside -
- Sings, and sometimes plays music -
- Interacts with animals, 'taming' them in a way -
- Treasure hunting with Kirk -
- Roleplaying on RPGuild -
- Breaking the 4th Wall from time to time, being the "Meta Girl" -

| Likes |
- Animals (Especially dogs) -
- Nature (Especially forests) -
- Video Games (Especially the Mass Effect series) -
- Jazz, soul and electronica music -
- Swimming -
- Being alone, or with at least 1 friend that she trusts dearly -

| Dislikes |
- Stereotypical people -
- Idiots, Assholes and Bullies -
- Cable News networks -
- Politicians (liars in general count as well) -
- The Corporate Elite, or just Corporations and Capitalism in general -
- Unnecessary drama/conflicts -
- Sweet potatoes (especially Sweet Potato fries... ugh!) -
- Loud noises (or other forms of overstimulation) -
- War -

| Fears |
- Her parents trying to use her -
- Her sister abandoning her -
- Being forced into violent situations, getting hurt -
- Her best friends betraying her (<-----BIG ONE HERE) -
- The idea of supernatural entities fucking with her -
- Being targeted for the most stupidest shit -

| Personality Traits |
- Shy, but when engaged with someone she trusts, incredibly talkative -
- Terrible Listener -
- Unforgiving, holds grudges -
- Terrible at socializing, incredibly shy in crowds -
- (With trusted ones) Incredibly loving and incredibly understanding -
- Incredibly nice, but blunt -
- Is somewhat a doormat -
- Paranoid sometimes -

| Personality |
First and foremost, Gabby has autism, or more specifically, asperger's syndrome. While it isn't something that really defines her, or something she lets define her, it's something that really has shaped her life, choices and lifestyles as well. As a result of constant alienation, ostracision and bullying in her life, she's rejected the idea of being amongst groups, and has become more paranoid regarding other people, and has become far more insecure than she normally has been. However, this doesn't mean that she shuts out people completely, with animals and people that she trusts and holds close to her heart, she is incredibly grateful for and often shows her love, affection and appreciation for. While she does somewhat understand the concept of empathy, she doesn't exactly know when to shut up, and often times she often thinks other people think like her. As a result, whenever she is with someone she likes or trusts, she often lets them into her life and tries to get them into the things she does as well. In regards to Kirk, however, her dog, she has a strong connection to her puppy. She doesn't see Kirk as a pet, but more of family member, or a little brother of some weird sort. She also enjoys the idea that she's in a story or a movie, and often times she might call out things that happen, or might see things that happen in this very RP coming from a mile away. She's also terrible when it comes to sarcasm, and is terrible at reading microexpressions or tone, however, she knows how to make a few jokes here and there.



| Abilities |
Gabby is a rather unique case here, in which she possesses two powers, one of them being perfect sound imitation and the other being an "animal whisperer" of sorts. With her ability to replicate sound perfectly, she could replicate just about any sound she would like, including animal calls, as well as the voices of other people she hears. With this, it enhances her ability to bond with other animals, as well as speak to them on some level. One of the secondary powers that come with this is the ability to hear frequencies that human ears can't hear, and make noises that others cannot pick up. With her connection with animals, her ability to use sound beyond the range of human ears, as well as various body languages, she's able to read animals better than most experts can, and it comes natural to her. She also has a strong bond with her little puppy Kirk as well, to the point where she could actually speak perfect English to Kirk and Kirk would understand her (on the level of basic concepts anyway). She also uses this to "tame" animals (essentially render them non-hostile to herself and other animals in her "pack").

| Limitations |
Gabby can only make one sound at a time, and she can only make it as loud as any human could with their own voice. She cannot make a combination of sounds, as her brain is incapable of multitasking. Her ears are also more sensitive as a result of her better hearing (not to mention her autism), and thus it could easily be used against her. Her connections with animals doesn't really have much of a limitation, but she cannot summon animals from miles away. She can only summon animals that hear her cries.



| Place Of Origin |
Toledo, Ohio

| Family |
Johnny Dickerson - Father, master of Mimicry abilities
Zula - Mother, animal whisperer

| History |
Gabby was born and raised in the "Little Detroit" of Ohio, known only as Toledo, under two South African parents who moved there during the Apartheid era. There, she crew up living a mostly peaceful live with a slow growth and buildup, where she attended special schools where she saw many therapists that helped her develop some of her social skills. She was born a few years after her neurotypical sister, Danielle, was born, and while her mother and father put a lot of attention on developing and helping Gabby's sister to grow up and to become a successful woman, Gabby was left somewhat in the shadow of her sister as she spent most of her time in schools for autistic children. While her parents didn't do much for her and took pride in mainly Danny's accomplishments, Gabby decided to go along her own path and do her own thing as her parents never gave her the attention that she deserved. She grew up with the affinity for music, and on her own time she started to sing along to various different songs she liked. Over time, she developed the talent to replicate voices and sounds at a young age, and her parents marketed that to relatives and friends everywhere. However, Gabby didn't like the idea of being shown off by her parents even though they seemed to favor Danny much more than she, and stopped doing it when her parents would ask her to. This only increased her division with them as they often got angry with her when she disobeyed.

When Gabby turned six years old, her parents got a dog for Danny as a birthday present, but her parents didn't mind Gabby playing with it either. While Danny didn't do much with the puppy, Gabby established a strong connection with it, and discovered that she could make connections with animals. She soon experimented with this ability on squirrels, birds and mice, and it turned out that she could actually command them to do what she liked after establishing an understanding with them for a while. However, she never told her parents, nor Danny, about this, and kept it to herself (but using it to her advantage to play pranks on various bullies and terrible teachers in school). Later on in life, however, when both she and Danny became teenagers, Danny started to spend more time with her sister to get to know her (as they were somewhat distant since birth). Both Danny and Gabby were great academically, and while Gabby struggled to fit into the social scene, Danny did her best to help her sister out. To this day, Gabby continues a strong relationship with her sister, and they visit each other often.

When Gabby turned 18, however, Danny eventually revealed Gabby's powers to her parents, to which they were both surprised. While Danny assumed that her parents would give her more attention and actually get her what she needed, their parents actually wanted to market Gabby and actually try to get her into the singing career. Danny, however, knew that this wasn't what Gabby wanted, and it would make Gabby incredibly miserable. At that point, both Gabby and Danny lost all respect for their parents and moved away together, where Gabby lived with her sister for a while as Danny continued schooling. Since their parents still wanted Danny to succeed, they continued to pay for her schooling and helped her financially. At that point, Danny decided that it wasn't the best idea for Gabby to be sitting around at the house all day, cleaning it up and maintaining it, and decided that Gabby deserved to be just as successful as she was. After lots and lots of searching, Danny found Mayweather school, and sent Gabby there, on the promise that it will actually be good for her and help her out. To this day, Gabby remains in Mayweather, establishing regular contact with Danny, with Danny visiting from time to time (in secret of course). While Gabby has stayed to herself most of the time, she did pretty well academically, and enjoyed her time being alone with the dog that Danny gave her as a parting gift, Kirk. When asked for an Alias, however, she decided to call herself "Shepherd" due to her ability to influence animals, as well as her being a fan of the Mass Effect series, of course.



| Extra |
Gabby is in possession of a cute little pupper named Kirk, who's an incredibly smart dog can sense bad situations, bad things and bad people when Gabby can't. Gabby has formed such a bond with Kirk that both of them are nearly inseperable, and Kirk almost acts as Gabby's second pair of eyes, ears and a nose, one often helps her find things she loses, or in some other cases, helps her find hidden treasure. But yeah, Kirk is totes adorbz



This is her older sister, Danielle Dickerson, who is currently studying to be a Green Energy Engineer at the New York University. She maintains regular contact with Gabby and tries to look out after her the best she could. Her FC is Vanessa Lee Chester.



Also, as a sidenote, I based Gabby incredibly off of myself, an Aspie, in a way, as well as friends I had who also had Asperger's syndrome. Not to mention that the nostalgia behind the primary theme, I knew that song for 18 years. 17 years for Ex Factor.

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_{FC: Adaora Akubilo}