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[sub]Amanda Maria Klein

She/Her  [b]|[/b]   25  [b]|[/b]   White  [b]|[/b]   64  [b]|[/b]   115 Lbs      
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Bother
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[i]"I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know a thing or two about a thing or two..."[/i]
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[sub][b][Adaptive Gamer]  ⫻[/b] Some might consider Amanda a pro gamer.  She has a fancy for Hero Shooters, and often reaches ranks that inch towards the upper echelons of the competitive scene, yet she never has found success in tournaments nor in being scouted by the professional teams[/sub]
[sub][b][MacGyver From Shien]  ⫻[/b] Amanda is resourceful.  They spent many a night having sleep for dinner when they started their long and painful college career.  Eventually, they decided enough was enough.  They can take a poorly dealt hand, add a couple of cards of their own, and then turn it into a more advantageous situation.[/sub]
[sub][b][Overqualified Underachiever]  ⫻[/b] As someone who has as many lived experiences as Amanda does, one might expect greatness from them.  Sadly, they tend to struggle even when they are supposed to do well.[/sub]
[sub][b][Scholar Of The Far Away Worlds]  ⫻[/b] Amanda has an unhealthy obsession with learning as much as they possibly can and spends way too much time debating facts about them.[/sub]
[sub][b][A Magician's Apprentice]  ⫻[/b] As a party trick, Amanda has developed the ability to do close-up magic to a proficient degree.  She is extremely good at card tricks, and she is equally proficient with hat tricks.[/sub]
[sub][b][Pinpoint Accuracy]  ⫻[/b] In addition to her magic she has learned to throw playing cards with a surprising accuracy, usually to complement the magic of her card tricks.[/sub]
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[i]"I don’t think I knew how bad of a look that was."[/i]

[indent]The Amanda from Kindle thankfully has a similar style to the Amanda from Shadow.  Both tend to wear baggy clothes, with a particular interest in colorful sweaters and plain pants.  They don't really take chances with their fashion, especially not lately, as they have embraced the boring style that they have developed.  It is safe, functional, and can be cute as long as she accessorizes well.  She does have the ability and the want to dress up more.  She has some fancy cocktail dresses and other more formal attire that she seeks opportunities to wear more. In the warmer months, she does have a preference for sun dresses and other more flowy garments.

Their bodies were both almost identical.  Both are completely clear of all modifications.  She has nary a tattoo nor a piercing, even though she has always wanted both.  The idea of committing to something that could last a lifetime, or cause scarring that would as well, has always scared her.  One of these days she may pull the plug and get both, but today is not that day.  She is on the shorter end of the spectrum, with a lithe frame that suggests that she is more in tune with Pilates than lifting.  Her hair is a dyed mushroom blonde, though naturally more brown.  Her eyes are a dark brown that have often been her most striking feature.
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[i]"Therapy is not for the weak."[/i]

[INDENT][b][color=00FFFF]MAIN GOAL[/color]  ⫻[/b] Amanda wants to finish a single bachelor's degree.  She is close to several at this point, and all it will take is a concentrated effort to achieve one.  However, a fear of failure is pushing her away from achieving this goal.

[b][color=00FFFF]PHILOSOPHY[/color]  ⫻[/b] Hard work is a lie.  Life is ninety percent luck, five percent drive, and five percent additional luck.  The successful ones in life were almost always born into success, and there was very little one could do to break into that exclusive club.

[b][color=00FFFF]SECRETS[/color]  ⫻[/b] Back in Shadow, Amanda had a child at eighteen, but gave her up.  This birth was a contributing factor to her failing out of her first school.  As well, she had lied on her taxes every single year she had filed, lied to get a Pell grant to pay for her continued education, and lied about the classes she took in high school to get into college (the school required two years of a foreign language and she only did one.)

[b][color=00FFFF]SEXUALITY[/color]  ⫻[/b] Amanda is attracted to masculine-presenting people.  While ninety nine times out of a hundred this is a man, there have been a butch or two that have caught her affection.  She is, however, open to new experiences in whatever form they come in.

[b][color=00FFFF]FEARS[/color]  ⫻[/b] Amanda has a chronic fear of committing to a single path in life.  They have attempted to find an easy one through education, but this has led to unpaid debt, a crushing sense of failure, and no clear idea of who they are and what they want to do.  This fear of committing to a single path in life has also led them to fear that they will never find their version of true love.

[b][color=00FFFF]REPUTATION IN SHADOW[/color] ⫻[/b] In their community and friend groups, they were well-liked.  Those who truly knew them knew that they suffered from an addictive personality, and there were rumors that Amanda was responsible for keeping the street dealers in business with how frequently she purchased from them.  However, others knew her as an indecisive idiot who needed a babysitter on nights out.

[b][color=00FFFF]FLAWS[/color]  ⫻[/b] Amanda finds it easy to get addicted to substances.  They have had problems with weed, alcohol, pills, and more.  If something helps make someone feel better or forget, they will want to try it and then abuse it.  As well, Amanda tends to freeze when fight or flight kicks in like a fawn in the headlights.
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[sub][b][color=00FFFF]Backstory[/color][/b][/sub]
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[i]"I hated Ohio."[/i]

[indent]Amanda was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a pair of upper-middle-class parents.  She attended a Catholic school for the first eleven years of her life, but was moved to a public one once the rust belt rusted.  She quickly noticed a change in the quality of her life after her father lost his job.  Whereas once she was able to purchase a lunch at the school, now she was forced to pack the same bland meal every day, and at night she would eat the same bland meal they would have three to four times a week.  McDonald's became a luxury, her parents fought, and it seemed like not much would change for a while.  It was at age eight where she discovered her love of close up magic.  Her parents could only get her a single magic kit for her birthday that year, and she became addicted to it.  When she did a cool trick she would watch as her parents would suddenly be in a better move.  In her kid mind, she could fix their relationship with the power of magic alone.  Still, it did little to actually fix things and things looked like they would go from bad to worse quickly.

At least until her father got a job overseas.  Suddenly, their finances were in a much stronger position.  Amanda would do a semester or two abroad every other year, and she made many friends from every corner of the world.  Even though he would only be around for one week out of each month, it seemed like the distance did much to repair the damage that poverty wrought on her parents' relationship.  Things seemed like they were finally doing better.  At least, until her Father filed for divorce as he had met the newest love of his life abroad.  By the time she finished high school, Amanda was ready to put this entire life behind her and move towards the future.  Instead of asking her father for help paying for school, she took out loans and attended the prestigious Cleveland State University with a focus on electrical engineering and failed out within a year.  This was in part due to her own academic struggles, but also because she became pregnant.  While the child was put up for adoption, and she did not need to deal with the baby itself, the sheer struggle of dealing with the pregnancy did contribute in its way.

Undeterred by the setback, Amanda quickly enrolled in her second-choice university and continued her academic career at the marvelous Cuyahoga Community College with a focus on Science.  She worked at a few dead-end jobs and eventually earned an Associate of Science degree, and it seemed like life was back on track. They enrolled in their new favorite University in Kent, Ohio, and were set to get a Bachelors in Physics, and were one semester short when she quit.  She suddenly lost the drive to complete her studies as she worried terribly about her job prospects out of school.   At the age of twenty-two, she moved to New York and continued her studies at another community college, aiming to switch to a business degree.  After a semester, she quit the business classes and focused on creative writing.  After a semester, she quit the creative writing program and switched to programming.  She was about to switch her courses again when something impossible happened.

As she wakes up in a new body and a new world, Amanda can only wonder if there was another path she could’ve taken to avoid this altogether.[/indent]

[sub][b] Abstraction[/b][/sub]
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[i]"Quote about abstraction here."[/i]

[indent][b]TYPE  ⫻[/b] (Put Adept, Apparition, Aberration (Afflicted/Agent/Adjoined/Abscised/Abominable), Blind or Aware)

[b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b] Name of the Abstraction (or Lux type + Channeler for Adepts), plus a one-sentence summary of what it does.

[b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b] Detailed breakdown of abilities. If Adept, list spells + how the channeler works. If Aberration, describe how the Abstraction works through them. Leave no surprises.

[b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b] What can’t it do? List restrictions, cooldowns, energy costs, emotional constraints, etc.

[b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b] (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)
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[i]"What are you talking about? Magic isn’t real."[/i]

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-Amanda will always have high-quality treats with her.  She will seldom share.
-Despite scoffing at Pop music when around friends, her playlist is filled with the stuff.
Her favorite movie to watch is Children of Men; her favorite movie to hate-watch is Twilight.
-Amanda believes she is on the autism spectrum.  She always makes sure to have some form of a stim device with her, typically a fidget spinner, but as long as she can do something with her hands she will be happy.  If she has a deck of cards, for example, she will simply shuffle the deck.

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