Calypso

Her Whole Form!

Personality

Most enjoy working alone instead of groups because they trust themselves more than another, however this never proved true for Cally. She enjoyed having others make decisions for her, and she can be easily swayed by a well stated opinion. However she holds her theses close and defends those ideas strongly. Cally is found to be extremely generous, almost obsessively so. Most of the spare money she makes goes back into her research or for charity donations. Everything Calypso learns or spends her time doing has some intention of helping others, even her playing violin is to volunteer with a small orchestra to play at funerals. She has a huge heart that only gives and can be one of the most loyal plumerians. Her constant giving does allow others to take advantage of her however. Cally is easily swayed and can be gullible. If somebody simply asked her to do task and task and task, she would keep working, even if she was the one in that situation who needed the most help. Cally's obsessive nature comes out in more than just her desire to give, she also is considered a workaholic and perfectionist. There are days when Cally is on a roll with her work and won't sleep for 48 hours. Often times she will reread her theories for hours before she sleeps just to make sure she has the facts completely right. Her grades in college were outstanding after she figured out what she wanted to do, which was achieved by spending a lot of her time at the dorm studying. When friends of hers ask if she wants to join them for dinner that evening, she usually declines if she doing well at work. She doesn't try to avoid others, in fact quite the opposite, but Cally values her work over her social life. Cally has very little patience and becomes upset when she cannot achieve something instantaneously. Only her research is excluded at this pace, and even for that most of her movements are at a quick pace, as if there were a time limit on everything. She is fond of multitasking and tries to finish tasks as quickly as possible. The most saddening thing to Cally is death and oblivion. She refuses to believe there is nothing after death, for it would be too melancholy of a thought to believe a soul could vanish. She has no definite religion, but still hopes plumerians that have passed away good luck in the afterlife. Even after they are gone, she still wishes she could help.

History

No book should ever be judged by the cover; no plumerian should ever be judged by the first ten seconds you see of them before you even say hello. A plumerian with ragged clothes? Maybe they don't have the money to afford more, or maybe they are fun and high adventure? So many opportunities for good friends are passed up because first impressions. If somebody walked up and talked to plumerians like this, that person might find that the one they talked to is a valued friend. Loyalty may not be genetic, but hanging around that trait as Cally grew up with her parents, she sure learned it was a good trait to keep. She has a firm belief that others should come first, then herself. Not everyone is blessed with a good family, or a family at all. Whatever the dice rolled at the very first heartbeat was the status and situation you were stuck with. So others with a lucky roll should help those who tried, but couldn't escape what came their way. When Cally was born, her dice roll was near perfect.

Cally always felt bad because of her academics. While she passed tests easily without a need to study, others worked hard every night only to find a low "B" on every report card. Calypso continued her 4.7 grade point average all through high school for the sake of her parents and promise of college. However, she never quite knew the true reason for her work. She was positive if she became a B student, her parents wouldn't love her any less, and many mediocre colleges accept students with only a 3.5 grade point average. Her only rewards were numbers and praise, and she began to feel she was only being selfish. Others felt insecure about their grades because the average was set much higher because of Cally's spotless academic record. It wasn't until people around her kept suggesting to become a doctor did an idea spur to her. She could become a surgeon and save lives with the grades she had. It was if all the guilt and depressed feelings she had blew away with her one thought. All it took was eight years, eight years to become a hero.

But there was only one problem . . . Finally she could make use of the double six pair of dice she rolled in this game of life, she could make a change and help out the less fortunate. People born with weak hearts or the hundreds of fatal heart diseases could be given another chance. However, there was still a problem; Calypso had an extreme phobia of blood. Even a small papercut can cause a small panic, and any time any videos are show at school with large amounts of blood she has to leave. Often Cally will faint at blood loss, especially if it is her own. Anyone watching her talk about her new dream job could see it wasn't truly meant to be her dream, but Cally didn't notice her plan's flawed design and pursued on, obsessed with the desire to help others. The thought never crossed her mind whether or not she could perform the job or enjoy the job, not to mention the inevitable tears she would shed over the ones she couldn't save. The only thing that mattered to her was the fact she found something to do with her otherwise meaningless grades.

Her parents encouraged her, saying to follow her dreams, as most parents should. They knew she would either figure out her dream dream or get over her fears. Though they worried, they knew Cally figuring out what to do by herself was the best idea. After two years of college, it occurred to Calypso she could no longer ponder her dream job as if were a theory. She had to accept that even though the idea of preforming surgery was ideal, she couldn't bring herself to actually preform the task. However, turning back two years of college would be expensive and a lot of time wasted studying information she could never put to good use. Immediately she turned to friends and family to find the answer. It took a while, but after perturbating over what she should do with the associates degree she already earned in medicine, she finally decided what path to take. Cancer biology.