[hider= Abigail McDaniels][center][img]https://nrbd.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/tumblr_lshtvkpyxl1r3avhdo1_1280.jpg?w=290[/img] Name: Abigail McDaniels Age: 17 Occupation: High School Student General Appearance:Height: 5'8 Weight: 131lbs Talents: Abigail is a talented painter and artist. General Personality: Snarky at times, Abigail has never really been much of a people person. She is introverted, and will actively try to find ways to avoid a conversation if she can help it. She's not shy in the slightest, she simply doesn't like talking to people. She's not dumb, in spite of the fact that she's artistic, and given her history, she does exceptionally well at school. Abby is passive about everything, never expressing an opinion one way or another unless it is forced out of her. Alex is her one and only confidant, and even he cannot always get a response from her. History: The youngest of two children, Abby had it far worse than her older brother. By the time Abby came around, her mother was already starting to develop a drug habit, and her father was completely hooked on whatever he could get his hands on. The fighting between the married couple started instantly with the new addition of another mouth to feed. Kenneth McDaniels initiated the first physical fight, and from there, things rapidly progressed. Lisa McDaniels was no saint herself, usually pawning her children off on her sister to sell herself for drug money. Once Abby turned five her mother had abandoned the family, running off with a low-level drug dealer that could keep her supplied with whatever she wanted. Had it not been for her older brother, five years her senior, and aunt, it is completely possible that she might have survived her childhood. Life without a mother wasn’t much different than life with one. Alex was still Abby’s main caretaker with her aunt swooping in for the rescue as often as she could. The only major difference came from Kenneth, who targeted the most vulnerable member of the family as his scapegoat and the subject for his aggression. Abby learned quickly to get out her father’s sight or suffer the consequences. There wasn’t abuse the man would not subject her to, no punishment too big for even the smallest crime he believed she committed. Alex would try to shield her as much as he could, but it always failed. The two siblings feared what would happen should they expose their father’s crimes to teachers and nurses, trusting the only family member they had left. When Abby was eight, her aunt Clara, gave Kenneth an ultimatum; let Abby and her Alex live with her, or she'd take him to court and expose his abuse. For the next seven years, Abby was allowed to have something of a normal life. She went to school like everyone else, but when it came down to socializing everyone noticed how much the young girl stood out. Classmates often tried to get Abby involved, handing invites to birthday parties and making room in groups for her to join, but she always refused. Believing that it was a faze brought on by early childhood trauma, her aunt left it alone, assuming that Abby would grow out of it at some point. For a while, it seemed that she might. Abby did not exactly make friends, but she found hobbies to absorb herself in. She took up painting. She would spend hours with a paintbrush in hand, her hobby developing into a form of therapy that she became dependent on. Clara still held onto hope that Abby would eventually break out of her shell and develop into a normal teenager, but it was not to be. Shortly after Abby's sixteenth birthday, her aunt was killed in a car crash, leaving the teenager without a legal guardian. Alex was ready for the role but knew he wasn't entirely capable of supporting himself and his teenage sister. Rather than risk sending her back with their father, he decided to take what steps that he could to protect Abby while ensuring that he could support both of them. With a low GPA and no money to spare, he joined the Air Force in hopes that once he was finished with his training he would be stable enough to provide for his sister. [/center][/hider]