Ashley Kanada

Physical Appearance

• Waist-length black hair exclusively worn in ponytail; she cuts it short as an adult
• Brown eyes, although she sometimes wears red contacts
• Fair skinned on the somewhat pale side at first, although more recently she's become more tan from being outdoors often
• Somewhat tall in height
• Physically fit with a muscled build, making her seem rather heavy
• Medium sized breasts

Clothing Style

Ashley has a style that's a blend between punk and mild goth. She wears mostly black with varying motifs, usually skulls or bones, band T-shirts, or the like. She thinks motifs that try to be artistically dark and beautifully grim are cheesy, so you won't catch her wearing anything trying to be too fancy looking. Her footwear consists of mostly black combat boots, and she almost exclusively wears pants, usually black or dark jeans. She doesn't have much preference on sleeve length on her shirts and just chooses based on the weather. She's not fond of anything overly "feminine" and you'll never catch her wearing a dress or a swimsuit.

Personality

Ashley is an aggressive and irreverent bully who likes to solve her problems with her fists more often than not. She almost always seems to be in a constant state of agitation and doesn't work well with others. She enjoys getting into fights and insulting other people, and even toward her friends she tends to tease them about various things, although she's more reasonable about it and is more open to supporting them if needed. She speaks bluntly and doesn't care if she hurts feelings with what she says, and she comes off as incredibly rude, cold, and selfish. Ashley has trouble keeping herself from being too rough or not getting into fights, since she legitimately enjoys fighting other people, so she tends to let her friends talk herself out of things that could get her into too much trouble again following her release from juvenile prison. She has little sense of morals or respect for authority or personal property, so don't expect her to play by the rules very well.

Aside from Ashley's tough exterior, she can be relatively mellow when around people she actually is okay with. She usually seems really low-energy, bored, or disinterested when others are talking to her, but that doesn't always mean she's not interested or listening. With her closest friends, she actually tends to be nosy and intrusive with certain things, and she likes getting them out of their comfort zone as a means of teasing them. She has a hard time being more gentle and sensitive around the people she cares about, so she usually compromises with only picking at them occasionally. She's especially invested in her boyfriend, Alec, who keeps her interested the most and tends to amuse her more than anyone she's encountered so far. She can be rather creepy with how intrusive she is with him though, and she enjoys being aggressively flirty with him to keep him on his toes and fluster him. Ashley can something be a bit too intimidating and rough with Alec at times, but he never seems to say anything about it so she doesn't change her behavior. 

Abilities

• Gost rifting - rank 1/5
• Skilled at hand to hand combat
• Has basic knowledge of handling small firearms
• Despite her size, she's surprisingly good at being stealthy and sneaking up on people when they least expect her

Strengths

• Resilient, dauntless, and fearless
• Confident, assertive, and observant
• Focused, thorough, and resourceful
• Honest (although blunt about it) and does well with simplifying problems or sifting through unnecessary details or distractions

Weaknesses

• Aggressive, easily provoked, rude, and crude
• Has no respect for authority, rules, or personal space
• Moody, snarky, uncooperative, and extremely stubborn
• Has trouble controlling her rifting so she has to keep herself from being calm so her rifting energies can't flow without her noticing

Backstory

Ashley had a relatively normal life early on in her childhood, although it was clear than neither of her parents were good influences on her. Their actions made her morals rather skewed, and she learned that violence was always an option from observing them. She first came into conflict with the law at the age of 10 after killing one person and injuring two others with her parents' handgun after they had barged into their house and started a fight. Ashley personally wasn't charged with anything since it was deemed self defense and she was rather young, yet the incident got her rolling further down a path of violence and aggressive behavior. Her parents already had some trouble with the law, and that incident (since they left the firearm in an insecure place for her to easily use) along with other problems in the following years lead to both of them being eventually arrested. 

Ashley was placed in the care of her father's older brother and moved to live with him in Nebraska, and although her uncle was a more responsible guardian for her, her behavior was already deeply influenced by her parents. She eventually landed in juvie for the numerous fights she's started and contributed to at school along with severely breaking some sensitive rules. Her sentence to rehab courses kept getting extended due to continued fights and her lack of cooperation and willingness to change.

While serving the last few sessions of rehab in juvenile prison, she came across a peculiar boy named Alec who piqued her interest. Her interactions with him along with his friend, Adeleida, and his new cellmate, Volkmar, lead her to behaving well long enough to pass the course. Now Ashley half-heartedly attempts to stay on a clean path after her release by keeping herself distracted by her hapless love interest, along with helping her uncle with various tasks and jobs so she can focus on being more productive rather than getting into fights again.

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