[hider=Aubrey Hughes][color=de1d2a][b]Name:[/b][/color] Aubrey Hughes
[color=de2f46][b]Age:[/b][/color] 18
[color=de2f46][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Female
[color=de2f46][b]Appearance:[/b][/color]
[hider][img]https://i.imgur.com/AvGfbNa.jpg[/img][/hider]

[color=de2f46][b]Likes:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Music
[*]Staying out
[*]Stories
[*]Fantasy art[/list]
[color=de2f46][b]Dislikes:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Alcohol (the smell alone makes her feel sick)
[*]Snobby people
[*]Her part time grocery store job
[*]Those who would harm her sister[/list]
[color=de2f46][b]Fears:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Anything bad happening to her sister
[*]Her father's outbursts[/list]
[color=de2f46][b]Skills:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Brawling
[*]Sneaking around
[*]Quick thinking[/list]
[color=de2f46][b]Inventory:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Phone (no signal here, but can be used for light)
[*]Lighter + cigarettes
[*]Numerous accessories including a steel based belt chain[/list]

[color=de2f46][b]Personality:[/b][/color] Aubrey gives the impression of a gruff, tough girl, with her cynical streak, dark sense of humour, and blunt attitude that has gotten her into trouble a good few times. It takes her a while to trust, as she knows people can change for the worse. However, her devotion to her younger sister shows she's capable of loyalty, and is highly protective of those she cares about.

Under that harsh, no-nonsense exterior is a love of all things whimsical and wondrous. She eagerly listened to fairy stories as a child, and even now, sometimes escapes her day to day life by fantasising about magical worlds where things turn out for the better. Not that she lets this on.

[color=de2f46][b]History:[/b][/color] Aubrey's happiest years were her childhood ones. She fondly remembers her mother's paintings of all manner of magical creatures, the tales she'd tell her at night, the descriptions of cute, kindly imaginary beings during the family's woodland walks. She found out not all stories end happily ever after, however, when her mother died in a car accident.

Her father was never the same again afterwards, drowning his grief in drink, sometimes becoming downright nasty when particularly intoxicated. The once carefree Aubrey had to grow up before her time, to protect her younger sister Nissa, and to work odd jobs as a teen since her father was in and out of work. The family found themselves in a tiny, crummy apartment nonetheless, which the two girls avoided returning to as often as possible as they stayed out with friends. In Aubrey's case, these friends were the rough sort, the wrong sort, who would skip school and get into fights. Still, even as she took on their ways to feel strong, she tried to remain a positive figure in Nissa's life, reading her bedtime stories and playing children's games. Eventually, though, Nissa outgrew them, becoming increasingly disillusioned and withdrawn.

One day, she failed to return home. Several weeks went by with the police unable to turn up a trace of her. Aubrey was at a loss, until the day she passed by a forest's edge while out and about, and caught a glimpse of Nissa in the distance. That same messy dark hair, that same favourite T shirt with the angel wings print on the back, it had to be her. Aubrey ran into the woods, only to lose sight of the girl as an odd sense of dizziness came over her.

When it passed and the opened her eyes, she was somewhere else entirely.[/hider]

[hider=Brenton Ackerley][color=cc9331][b]Name:[/b][/color] Brenton Ackerley
[color=cc9331][b]Age:[/b][/color] 17
[color=cc9331][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Male
[color=cc9331][b]Appearance:[/b][/color]
[hider][img]https://i.imgur.com/PpBZuMZ.jpg?1[/img][/hider]

[color=cc9331][b]Likes:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Hiking
[*]Camping
[*]Hanging out with friends
[*]Animals[/list]
[color=cc9331][b]Dislikes:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Bad weather
[*]Staying in one place for too long
[*]Negative people[/list]
[color=cc9331][b]Fears:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Becoming badly lost
[*]Small closed spaces (he's claustrophobic from an incident in his early teens - places with decent space and/or windows such as vehicles and large tents are ok, but narrow tunnels/caves and heavily crowded rooms are not)[/list]
[color=cc9331][b]Skills:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Adapting to new situations
[*]Basic outdoor skills
[*]First aid[/list]
[color=cc9331][b]Inventory:[/b][/color]
[list][*]Snack bar x3
[*]Water bottle
[*]First aid kit
[*]Pocket knife[/list]

[color=cc9331][b]Personality:[/b][/color] Laid-back, curious and confident - those are the three words that best sum up Brenton. His friendliness and his problem-solving attitude make him good in group situations, most of the time anyway. With that self-assuredness that comes from having had it easy all his life, a few mishaps aside, he tends to think he knows more than he really does. As he's sure to find out, there's a big difference between enjoying the outdoors with a backpack full of modern comforts and the certainty of a home to return to, and being in a real wilderness survival situation.

Despite his cushy upbringing, and the air he gives off of an easygoing goof, he isn't aimless. If he can overcome his fear of small spaces, he wants to work in search and rescue.

[color=cc9331][b]History:[/b][/color] Brenton's life so far has been a comfortable, if frequently changing one. His parents' work allowed a wealthy and luxurious upbringing, yet also meant often having to move from place to place. Not that Brenton minded. Yes, he had to leave friends behind, but it wasn't like he couldn't keep in touch with them, and he loved making new ones. His experiences instilled in him a sense of curiosity, which he sated with outdoor activities.

Of course, sometimes this could get the better of him. During a beach visit, swimming too far out got him trapped in a tiny cave, exhausted, with the tide coming in. He mustered enough energy to swim towards the rope the lifeboat guards threw out, and although he took more precautions from then on, the incident didn't diminish his love of the outdoors. In fact, he told himself that if he could deal with that, he could deal with anything.

He didn't expect a camping trip with friends to bring about an even greater challenge. One moment he was on his way to gather firewood, the next he drifted into an odd daze, to find himself waking up in a place unlike any he'd visited before.[/hider]