Vivian Liu

== Background ==
Vivian Liu was born into a military family through and through. Her mother was a Public Affairs Officer, her father an intelligence analyst. She moved around a lot as a child, but her parents still attempted to give her some semblance of routine; Vivian liked the change, though, and hated when her parents tried to convince her that everything was the same. Though born in the sweltering heat of Arizona, Vivian experienced just about every climate there was--they even sometimes had a living stint overseas. Vivian notes they spent the most time in North Carolina and Maryland; though most of the situations her parents worked on couldn't be relayed in specifics to her, Viv found herself fascinated by what her father did specifically. The intelligence aspect, as well as human behavior in general. Vivian wasn't a fan of constant routine and in fact talked a lot about how much she loved "switching it up," but still ended up enlisting when she turned eighteen.
She took the PSYOP Assessment and Selection course as soon as she was able and spent the additional forty-three weeks training. During the process, she met a fellow PSYOP trainee named Casey Furman, and they became fast friends. Helped each other out when things got tough, and Vivian finally found someone that liked to hear her talk. Growing up in a strict household, she'd always had restrictions put on the noise level--or time she spent talking--and so much so that she fell out of the habit. In fact, she preferred to keep quiet until she met Casey. By a show of chance, both of them ended up in the Fifth Battalion and they both moved to North Carolina. They went on hikes together when they could (Vivian often had to drag him out with her), and often went out to drinks with their peers (Casey dragged her, this time). 
In early 2021, while the US was still captivated by other problems, Vivian and her friend were summoned to discuss participating in what her superiors disclosed as "a second attempt into the research of the human mind." They were told as Psychological Operations specialists, they were the perfect input needed to "close the gaps"--but Furman and Vivian were blindsided. They weren't specialists weighing in on testing; they were test subjects themselves. 
They were tortured for weeks. Drugged, waterboarded, interrogated on a hypothetical situation they'd had to solve during training for their unit. When they figured out Vivian nor Casey would turn against the other, Vivian had to watch them kill Casey through a drug-addled haze. When the experiment concluded, Vivian was honorably discharged and given a Distinguished Service Medal--a mockery of the things that they had chosen to put her through. Traumatized and grieving, Vivian began to see a therapist, who diagnosed her with C-PTSD and recommended a psychiatrist for medicine. She takes a cocktail of sorts every day, but due to the frequency of her episodes, she ended up dependent on her olanzapine. It's less drastic now, years later, but on occasion, Vivian will still feel the start of a panic attack and take a single tablet. 
After being discharged, Vivian moved to a cabin about a three hour drive from Fort Liberty, somewhere isolated on Black Mountain. She mentions to Damien she's "pretty much a hermit with a dog now," but that lasts until she becomes an operative and travels all across the world. She says it's good for her, but she can't help but miss having a place to put roots down ("Indecent Proposal").
== Season One ==
how the hell
== Season Three ==
you spell showfer
== Season Four ==
chauffeur
== Season Five ==
ooh fancy pants rich mcgee over here
== Season Six ==
fuck you
== Trivia ==
* spelling bee ass