Mariana Collie

The Unnatural Campus (Full)

The helicopter dipped and turned through the air, as did Bara's stomach, her head resting against the window, eyes glazing over as they stared into the distant skyline. Jail was bad, but at least it didn't take place strapped in the air over sea. Closing her eyes, she hummed deeply in her throat. The stomach pain subsided. A little.

On the floor, a huge white mountain dog was curled up at her feet, snoozing as if she couldn't care less. A black harness was settled in her fluffy fur. Bara had the end of the leash tightly wrapped around her wrist.

Reminding herself that this was going to be real work, a job from which she can't back out, she figured it may be time to act like she wanted to be here 110%. She did, didn't she? So the teen girl sat up a little straighter and glanced over the other passengers with an expectant but not great smile.

"I hope you're all as excited as I am!" If anyone met her eyes, she'd give a polite nod. But otherwise maybe a conversation was a bit too much too early. "It's a bumpy ride, isn't it?"

Oh god, this was embarrassing. A red tone crept into her cheeks and she turned her head away. A lot of these people must be hardasses, well trained, experienced, even military. She was probably nowhere near their level, Maniacles only taking her for training if learning this so called magic failed. Maybe these badasses wouldn't take kindly to chirpy banter from an untrained kid.

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an rp IC is up, an interesting OOC is almost up, and my rp is coming along soon too
feels good

What Are You Listening To?

but seriously tho

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What Are You Listening To?

No I'm not the kind who thinks older music is better, I just enjoy it personally. I like some modern music too.

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The Unnatural Campus (Full)

Name: Nbarra "Bara" Olecie
Age: 19

Origin: She hails from a rural town in Colorado, a ranch at that. While enjoying the animals and work, she was an only child expected by overbearing and borderline physically abusive parents to continue ownership of the ranch. Instead, on a day when they had struck her one too many times she lashed out and struck her father back. The situation escalated and she ended up restrained, then jailed for assault after her parents testimony claimed she was the one who started hitting first. Their wealth sealed the deal and Bara spent half a year behind bars and another half in community service. During this time, her relationship with her parents was still rocky, resentful.

Towards the end of her term, the Maniacles company approached her at their home offering mercenary training and work. She felt intrigued and even interested in something that would allow her to leave home, but when she realized her parents were the ones behind securing that offer (STILL trying to get back at her after all this time) she threw a fit and refused. When her term of community service was up she took her long time friend-- the dog Miko, a suitcase of items, her mother's handgun and ran away from home. Climbed aboard a bus ride cross country. At a rest stop in the prairie, some official looking suits approached her. They slid in across the diner booth and demanded to know why she was running from obligations. Furthermore, they said the offer to work for them was never optional. They were simply humoring her.

Flustered she decided to surrender right there and took the job. She was already free of her parents home, so why did it matter any more? At least a job may hold a future bigger than homelessness.

Appearance:

My Hider

A short, compact frame that can never be intimidating strength wise but is fairly agile. She has brown skin, kinky hair and hazel eyes.

Dog:

My Hider

Miko is a large working mountain dog, standing a little above waist of the average person at 29 inches high. She has thick white fur and a loyal attitude. She stays by her owners side but is otherwise very lazy unless her owner is in danger or has work for her.

Skills: * An agreeable attitude, she doesn't like to cause drama and prefers to just do her job.
* If game like terms were applied, she's not much of a fighter but she has a high agility that lends to being able to run at high speeds, or sneak around quickly. She's more of a stealth build.
* Additionally, she has a healthy adrenaline that has applications from holding out stamina while running to stuffing her face with food to keep up the high energy. This can lead to embarrassing hyper moments around people or doing MORE work than was asked of her (or work that nobody asked her to do) just to not be bored.

Reason for joining: Maniacles offered work after her parents sent them her application/info for consideration (against her knowledge or will). She ran away from this obligation only to be quickly tracked down with the intent of kidnapping her if she refused. However, she actually agreed to the job the second time around because she felt it'd work out.

Other: She carries her mother's stolen handgun. When she lived at home, her parents would often make her go outside to work without being armed. This demonstrated how little regard they held for her very life once she revealed her desire to leave the ranch. Stealing the handgun felt good. Liking to keep her companion close, Miko is often laying by her side. Both of them hate to be separated, so if she leaves the dog to go to school, she'll feel anxious and Miko will probably tear something up while she's gone.