Name:
Sidney Garland
Age and Grade:
17, 11th grade
Gender:
Female
Appearance:
Sidney has red hair, which most would probably say to be her most striking feature on her otherwise forgettable appearance. Indeed, she tends to be rather forgettable most of the time. Not because of not trying - no, she likes being and moving unseen as the self-proclaimed ninja of journalism. In fact, she tries to always remain out of the way. Unseen and out of sight as she takes scandalous pictures of high school life as she jots down notes on her trusty notepad.
If one were to actually try and remember her, they would remember her to have somewhat pale skin, with bright red hair and blue eyes. She is just a few inches taller than other girls her age, standing around 5'6", and weighing around around 126 pounds - though she has never really kept track of her weight.
Make-up isn't really her thing, though she does know how to use and wear it. Appearances are important, after all, and what better way to get a good story than to don a bit of makeup and do a bit of...flirting with the head of the football team?
Her dress varies, though is mostly unremarkable. In school, she wears plain and simple t-shirts under a jacket. She carries her trusty camera and various notepads in here. Usually wears long jeans and sneakers. Outside of school, she prefers wearing shorts.
Personality:
Sidney, well, to put bluntly...well, some would call her a mischievous little rascal who always stick her nose where it doesn't belong. She spends most of her free time looking for the next big story that would probably get her 'famous'. After all, its her dream to be a top investigative journalist/news reporter/best selling novelist.
Really, she's not picky as long as she gets to write. Messing with other people in the process is just a bonus.
This gets her into no small amount of trouble with everyone. Most people find her incredibly annoying - especially the staff, who on a few occasions have had to...'remove' her from areas of limits to students when no one was supposed to be there. Really, if she was an adult she'd have at least four trespassing charges.
Of course, that's only if she gets caught. But she's pretty good at talking her way out of things.
Despite this, she is rather friendly to most. Just expect her to constantly be looking for dirt or other information on anyone or anything so she can write a little blurb about it on her blog.(which, she might add, has quite a few followers from around Sandalwood) And you, will be dragged along whether you like it or not.
Also, be prepared for uncomfortable situations and questions.
her questions know no boundaries.
One thing, however, is that she denounces all thing supernatural as tricks of the light, wind, electricity or some other chance anomaly. Ghosts? Pfft. They don't exist. Just smoke and gas. Until someone shows her hard evidence, proof she can actually touch, test, and otherwise interrogate with her pen, she will not accept it as real.
Curses...witchcraft....It doesn't exist.
Other than writing and gathering stories, she herself likes reading, and will usually sit down with a good work of fiction for relaxing. Despite her love of fictional stories and such, she denounces all occult and ghost things as mere fantasy. She always carries a camera and a pen with her. Always.
Backstory:
Sidney has lived a relatively normal life. Her father is a retired police officer, and her mom is a librarian at a local library. She spent a lot of her childhood in the library helping her mom work, and reading a lot of books - from educational, to fictional, to some she probably she should not have read until she was older. (yeah, she's always had an insatiable curiosity. You tell her not to go somewhere or not to do something, she will find a way to do it.)
While this would have made some people shy bookworms, it turned her into a veritable fountain of information that wanted more. Whether it be useless, smart, or something completely unrelated, she was always a smart and somewhat crafty kid. She even had a healthy curiosity...and fear, of the supernatural for a time.
Well, until she found out the ghost that was supposedly trapped in the basement was her dad and his friends playing pool rather loudly. (and somewhat drunkenly)
Since then, she took a healthy interest in the occult, but not to try and prove it...rather, to try and disprove it through any logical means possible. This SPIRIT club? well, hehe...it'd be a good story to see these idiots trying to hunt ghosts. Might as well join them for the ride. Could be fun, yeah?
Besides, she could always go for a healthy debunking of an urban legend or curse.
Skills and Strengths:
-Curiosity. If she wants to know something, nothing will stand in her way. Be it occult, or simply her trying to dig up dirt on something. She will find a way to find the information she wants.
-Clever. While probably not the smartest out there, she does know how to get things done, and isn't afraid to try new approaches to something, or offer some new explanation as to why something happened. Relies more on her wits than anything.
-Charismatic. At least, she thinks she is. She's pretty good at coming up with excuses and...eh..getting 'info' from people. How? Well...uh, 'feminine charm' is a good word. If that doesn't work, there are always other...less scrupulous methods.
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Information is her game. You want to know something? She can find it. Urban legends? Well, she knows all about them and can point anyone in the right direction. Latest and most scandalous rumors that she may or may not have started? You've come to the right girl.
-Can read a bit of latin. Self taught, and really terrible at it, but she knows a few bits and phrases.
Flaws and Weaknesses:
-Curiosity. Whatever you do, do not put her anywhere near a big red button that says 'do not press'. She will press it, and the world will then be destroyed by geneticaly enhanced bunnies that kill the world with their fluffiness...or something xD
-Strength. Physical strength is not her thing. Not that she's weak, really, but she has never worked out a day in her life.
-Skeptic. As a skeptic, she doesn't believe in ghosts. While she doesn't exactly deny their existence, until she has undeniable proof, they don't exist.
-Attention Span: Her attention span is dismal. She can focus on something for about five minutes before getting distracted by something else.
-"Fearless": While some might consider this a positive, think of it this way. She doesn't know how to quit when she's ahead. She'll run right into a burning building if it means getting a good story or something.
Quirks:
-Tends to click her pen or mechanical pencil a lot.
-her handwriting is surprisingly neat
-Secretly loves anime. (Hopes no one finds out)
-Writes fantasy short stories frequently in her down time if not reading or doing something else.(Will probably die of embarrassment if it gets out.)
-Secretly writes...questionable fan fiction among other things. (Will probably toss herself out of orbit if someone finds out)
Other:
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