Profile
Basic Information
Name: Sylvia Harris
Nicknames: Sylv, Rotten Fish, Fish Breath, Fish Stick, Fish Lips, anything fish related really
Age: 20
Gender/Sex: Female
Job: Delivery
Sweet: Härskit Sillit
Personal Information/Background
Height: 5' 7'' / 171 cm
DOB: 13th of August
Features:
* Big, pouty lips and a resting bitch face
* Big, roman nose
* Sharp teeth
* Constant slouch that makes her seem several inches shorter
* Thin and lanky with some muscle on her arms and thighs
* Dark freckles all over her body
Likes:
* Pranks
* Sour food
* The sea
* Cats
* Being active
* Recycling
* Free stuff (stolen stuff is the same as free, right?)
Dislikes:
* Fish
* Restrictive clothes
* The police and other authority over her
* Sleeping alone
* Fighting
Fears:
* Violence - A sure way to make her flinch is to raise your hand at her
* Broken glass - She’s terrified of cutting herself in glass shards and has trouble cleaning up broken glass without getting very distressed
Personality:
Distrustful, arrogant, impulsive, mischievous, chill, petty, loyal, street smart
Sylvia is a curious case. She’s a laid-back and chill personality with a mischievous streak, easy to laugh and thinks insults go for pet names for her friends. Once you earn yourself a nickname akin to “pisshead” she will never turn you down if you need her. She stands by the people close to her and would do anything to bail them out, unless she’s currently sitting next to you, laughing at the stunt you two just pulled. She is the type to always be down for a party or a prank, and if you bet her to do something? She will do it, no matter what it is. Any chance to earn some pocket money is worth taking for her. Sylvia holds her friends dear to her heart, and if one of them betrays your trust, they will feel the full force of her wrath. She’s naturally low key petty but once her faith in your good will is gone, all the floodgates open. Prepare for a revenge of epic proportions.
Sylvia has a problem with authority, as her trust it earned, not given lightly. She has hard time respecting the police or other authority figures, preferring to deal with things by herself rather than going to the pigs to seek justice. She shows her full snarky attitude to anyone she doesn’t like, and generally doesn’t sugar coat her words. She is loud with her opinions and doesn’t give a crap what other people think of her.
History:
Sylvia’s mother Jo had her when she was 17, to a man that skipped out of fatherhood before Sylv was even a half a year old. He mother struggled hard to provide for her and her baby, and once she was old enough to not need a constant supervision, she was left on her own for extended amounts of time. Momma Jo managed to snag herself a new man and baby daddy when Sylvia was 2, but despite the girl trying very hard to accept this new man into her family, he didn’t feel the same. Sylvia wasn’t his kid, so he didn’t feel like he should take care of her the same way as he did of her baby brother. She was often smacked away when she wanted cuddles or attention, so she soon learned that the only attention she was going to get was bad attention, so she just started acting out to get it. This behavior extended to her school life, and she spent a lot of time in detention. It was better than being home, and she also met Kim there. It was a beginning of Sylvia’s most important and lasting friendship.
The abuse slowly escalated, and he started hitting Jo too. It took till Sylvia was 9 for her mom to put an end to the relationship and get that man out of their lives, but the experience left a lasting mark on the girl. After that, her mom’s boyfriends were a lot better and more loving and tender, but she never trusted them anymore.
Momma Jo generally liked her son more than her daughter, partly because his baby year was much easier as she had support. That feeling stuck and he was favored blatantly over Sylvia, causing fights to break up between them and she was always punished for it. She was starting the fights but in her mind, she was justified. She still doesn’t get along with her brother. She was the last one to get served food, so she got used to getting the scraps. As a teen she started spending more time on the streets than at home, getting her dinner from dumpsters and other people’s scraps. If it wasn’t for bonbons and school lunches she wouldn’t have survived.
Sylvia started dating older guys when she was 14, and had only short pauses between boyfriends and girlfriends, sometimes severely overlapping. She was greedy for love, not caring about what would happen to her if she was just loved and had a place to sleep and somebody to sleep next to. You could say she was seeking the love she never got from her parents from the beds of others.
She hasn’t officially lived in her mother’s apartment since she turned 16, when Momma Jo decided that her daughter was old enough to support herself and stop leeching off of her money. So Sylvia, nowhere else to go really, moved in with her boyfriend at the time. For one and a half years she basically lived with her partners or friends if she was between partners, till she found a guy she really liked… And then, an another. She ended up with two boyfriends at the same time, both older than her, and neither knew of each other. That volatile situation stewed for way too long and when it finally blew up, Sylvia called the one person in the world she knew would have her back: Kim. She took her in, and made her to apply for a job at the factory. Sylvia can’t believe that her first proper job is a delivery driver for Dulcet Laeta. Guess it pays the gas.
Abilities
Powers: None
Candy biology:
Her blood and tissues are very dark, brownish red and has a strong taste of salmiakki. Also her freckles are salty salmiakki flavored, as the flavor is seeping through her skin.
Skills and strengths:
* Dexterous, quick fingers (perfect for stealing)
* Parkour skills, can easily scale a 10 feet wall with a running start
* Iron stomach, can eat pretty much anything
Weaknesses:
* Has difficulty respecting authority
* Easy to coax into bets, even potentially dangerous ones
* Bails at the first sign of a fight
Transportation: Very beat up old car
Extra:
* Her driving license has a typo on it, with her first name written as Sylvie. She doesn’t have the money to replace it so she just suffers quietly through the annoyance
* If she was more well off, she would be trendy eco-hippie hipster
* Has mermaid genes from her father’s side, she’s probably 1/6 or 1/8 mermaid
