Essie Jane Moonberry

- Clementine Moonberry. (Cousin.)

- Nico Moonberry. (Cousin.)

- Louisa Moonberry. (Cousin.)

- Ollie Moonberry. (Younger Sister.)

- Dimitri Moonberry. (Younger Brother.)

- Unborn Younger Sister.

> "It can open your eyes to these brand new experiences to see life in a way that you never have before. There's nothing out there to say that I've suffered more than you do. I'm in pain a lot and I'm tired, but you might have experienced things I can't even have nightmares about. How am I to know?"
>
> - Essie Jane talking to another student.

## General Information

Essie Jane Juliet Moonberry, otherwise known as EJ, is a Third Year student at Eastwood Academy. She is a 16 year old polyamorous chronically ill girl who typically hangs around the fields or woods.

## Personality

EJ is known for being somewhat talkative, and is often seen drawing. She’s generally described as ‘soft’ and a pushover- unable to say ‘no’ to people, and wanting to please the people around her. Essie has low self esteem, and struggles expressing her own opinion. She’s somewhat family oriented, as are all of the Moonberrys, and she’s close with her family.

Essie is intelligent- when she can attend class, she often succeeds with high grades. Despite this, she’s rather gullible and can be easily tricked- though, she gets rather upset about this. She often feels guilty for being sick, like she’s bringing others down with her or like she's being a burden. This very often leads to her not telling people when she's sick or in pain.

EJ has a particular soft spot for children, especially babies, and has always wanted one of her own- though is aware that it wouldn't be fair to her children. She doesn't pity herself or feel sorry for herself, believing that whilst she may be sick, it doesn't mean she's had an awful life. Her main goal is to help others, offering as much support and advice as she can.

Her main interests involve art- she's been drawing and making art for as long as she could remember. She also enjoys reading, particularly classic literature- her favourite being Little Women. Beaches and the outdoors are one of her favourite places to be despite being sensitive to the sun. EJ has an intense dislike for stairs, as they take a lot of energy for her to go up, and also hates hospitals, which is another reason she avoids telling people when she's unwell. Disorganisation and untidiness are also rather high up on her list of dislikes.

## Appearance

EJ has blonde messy hair that reaches down her back. Much like her mother’s side of the family, she has deep blue eyes that are quite mesmerizing to look at. She has fair skin, and when she gets sick, a red butterfly rash appears over her nose and cheeks. There are a few scars on her face from picking the rash. Her hair is usually tucked off her face with a bandana. She often doesn’t brush it or do it in a fancy way, particularly if she is sick, in fear that it’ll fall out, as it has done in the past.

EJ is usually seen with a smile, and she has a gap between her two front teeth. She’s rather thin, despite all the food she eats, and is worryingly light, particularly when sick. She usually has bags under her eyes, despite her ability to fall asleep literally everywhere thanks to chronic fatigue.

Essie has scars on her arms from picking rashes, and she has a couple scars on her chest and side from surgery. She also has a scar on her jaw, though she doesn’t talk about how she got it. She has a burn scar on the back of her hand from when she was little. She has a tattoo of a hibiscus on her upper left arm.

EJ usually dresses in cottagecore style.

## Eastwood Academy Information

EJ takes Home Economics, Science, High Literature, French and Physical Health and Education. For her extracurriculars, she takes Physical Creations, School Newspaper and Digital Media.

As a student, EJ is very good at staying organised and keeping on top of her work. She’s managed to consistently keep high grades- if you choose to ignore the months she missed- and even when she’s sick, she can keep on top of work and still achieve high grades. She’s dedicated to her work, and keeps to a strict schedule.

As a young artist, she shows a lot of promise- and of course, room for improvement- and most of her free time is spent making art. Her painting / drawing style is realistic, and she is still looking for ways to improve her work. She’s often proud of the work she does.

## Backstory

EJ was raised with her cousins, Louisa and Nico, and older cousin, Clementine, as their family was very close to each other. Ellybelle was a teacher, so worked 8-4, and Evangeline was a nurse working 12-13 hour shifts. So, often EJ was looked after by her Aunt Beatrice, or her Uncle Theodore.

EJ grew up being bullied, and as a result, regularly got in trouble, as she would purposefully misbehave to get put in detention so she could avoid the bullies. EJ also grew up in gymnastics and dance, and eventually became an international gymnast. Sports was a big deal to EJ and she loved being active. It took awhile for her mothers to catch on to the bullying- by that point, EJ was turning 14.

After talking to EJ about what was going on, EJ was pulled out of school, and got sick shortly afterwards, having a seizure in the middle of the corridor at her new school. She wound up in the ICU for a good few months, before being allowed home to recover. She’d ended up losing a lot of weight, now being underweight, and missed out on a good chunk of school as she was bedridden. Luckily, she managed to catch up, and during her time at home, she learned about Eastwood Academy, and decided to apply. She was accepted due to her high grades in all subjects.

After her younger sister Ollie experienced a series of traumatic events, EJ commit assault, beating Ollie's abusers bad enough that they required facial reconstruction surgery. EJ was never charged with anything, and the only person aware that it was EJ is her mother, Ellybelle.

## Health

EJ has a number of conditions.

* Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
* Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
* Unspecified Dysautonomia.
* Anemia.
* Rheumatoid Arthritis.
* Chronic Migraines.
* PTSD.
* GAD.
* Meniere’s Disease.
* Endometriosis.

## Relationships

### Clementine Moonberry [Cousin]

Clementine is EJ's oldest cousin, being the oldest of the second generation of Moonberrys. She runs a popular diner near the Louise Weiss Academy, and has always been close to EJ, being the one that taught EJ to rollerskate. EJ has always gone to Clementine for help if she felt like she couldn't go to her mothers, as she trusts Clementine to keep it to herself (and her fiance, of course) and give genuine advice.

### Nico Moonberry [Cousin]

Nico is one of EJ's other cousins, acting often as an older brother. EJ shares a playful bullying relationship with Nico, often referring to him as 'rat boy' after he told her ghost stories when she was seven. She appreciates Nico, as he is one of the few people who looks after her when she's unwell and knows what to do. Nico attends Eastwood Academy.

### Louisa Moonberry [Cousin]

Louisa is another one of EJ's cousins, being Nico's twin, and the two are very understanding and patient of each other. EJ always tries to keep an eye on Louisa, despite Louisa being older than her, and often worries about Louisa's mental health.

### Ollie Moonberry [Younger Sister]

Ollie is EJ's younger sister, and they have a close relationship. Ollie attends The Louise Weiss Academy, and is the family member that EJ worries about the most after Ollie experienced a series of traumatic events. EJ is incredibly protective over Ollie, to the point where EJ has commit assault for Ollie before.

### Dimitri Moonberry [Younger Brother]

Dimitri is EJ's younger brother, being about two years old. EJ loves spending time with Dimitri, and is also quite protective over him.

## OOC Information

Essie Jane Moonberry was created by Elijah (sometimes known as Pluto or Plutocry) in early 2021. She is a redesign of an old character Elijah made named Ava Rose Valentina. Her faceclaim is Elle Fanning.