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Name: Aliyah Jackson
DOB: 6/11/98 
Age:23


Ethnicity: Caucasian
Hair: Red
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'5"
Build: Thin, her arms have some muscle definition, but the rest of her is simply skinny
Other Features:
Aliyah doesn't put much effort into her appearance.  She usually just tosses her hair in a ponytail and throws on her work jeans and required t-shirt.  When she isn't at work she usually lives in leggings and oversized shirts.  She lives a very simple life.  She works and goes home, there isn't much outwardly different about her.  

She has a slight limp on days when she is over tired.  She has a degenerative disk disorder, so there is often pressure on her spinal cord.  She can cover the limp most of the time, but when she is tired she forgets.  

She often wears a simple pair of silver studs in her ears, and has one visible tattoo on her upper right bicep.  It is small, but it wraps almost all the way around.  It reads "Just Keep Breathing" It was a reminder to herself in her younger days that sometimes life seemed so difficult, but breathing was all she really had to manage. 


Personality
Aliyah is bright, certainly no genius, but she loves to read and absorbs a good portion of the material she reads.  She appears to be fairly outgoing, but it is all an act.  It is what she has to do to get good tips.  She prefers to keep to herself.  When she gets off work she goes home and opens a book or works on a cross stitch project.  

She doesn't own a TV.  Not because she doesn't like them, but because she can't really afford one.  She managed to save up enough to buy herself a tablet during a good sale once, so she has a very limited internet package.  She uses the internet mostly for downloading free books and looking up projects she can do to keep herself busy.  


Quirks:
Doesn't own a TV or a microwave. 
She has a social media account, but rarely does anything on it.  Well Pintrest counts as social media right? No?  Craftsy then?  Ok..
She has a very basic prepaid cell phone that spends more time off than on.  She carries it though so she can call 911 if necessary because she walks everywhere. 
Doesn't own a car and never learned to drive. 

Strengths:
Can fit in anywhere
Has a great ability to help others
Patient

Weakness:
extremely disorganized.  Don't for the love of all that is holy open her closet door.  
Smoker
Temper, it takes a lot to make her lose it, but when she does she is absolutely vicious. 

Likes:
Reading
Crafting
Sewing
an occasional glass of wine in a very hot bath

Dislikes:
stupidity and ignorance
mushrooms and mayo

Fears:
Claustrophobia- this is from being locked in a small closet as a child while her mother worked. 


Background
Aliyah was born to a single mother.  If she ever knew who her father was, she never shared that information.  It was always just the two of them.  Sure her mother had boyfriends, but they came and went.  It seemed that her mother would use a man for a place to stay, until she could upgrade.  Not that any of them were actually upgrades.  More like someone who could provide more alcohol or drugs.  Aliyah tried to stay out of the way as much as possible.  She likely got her love of reading from the endless hours she spent at the library. It was her one safe place. 

Aliyah works at a small local mom and pop diner.  It was well known among locals as the best greasy spoon around.  Aliyah could have gone on to work at one of the more touristy places, but she knew her regulars and was comfortable where she was.  The diner was stuck in the 50's  There was Chrome everywhere, and the booths were upholstered in cracking red vinyl.