Holly McFayden

Holly McFayden, compared to the rest of her family, is pretty short, standing at only five-foot-six-inches tall. She has long, curly brown hair that is often a bit messy, and green eyes that are almost always covered by a pair of round glasses. She has a round face, but other than that is as skinny as a rail thanks to a fast metabolism. She has a thin scar on her right cheek, though it's a bit hard to see, as well as some on her right upper arm. She doesn't particularly care much for fashion — as long as something matches and is comfortable, she'll probably wear it, and when it comes to accessories she just sticks to necklaces, or scarves if it's cold out.

She knows sign language.

## Personality

Most of the time, Holly seems reserved and even a bit shy. She tends to keep to herself, rarely ever going out of her way to talk to somebody unless she absolutely has to — and while she'll complain plenty about being dragged off to spend time with other people when she doesn't want to, she is perfectly capable of being social, even if she doesn't always like to be. That isn't to say that she doesn't *ever* enjoy socializing, but she's just selective about who she spends her time with — for the most part, she sticks to her friends or family, and she's perfectly capable of having fun while she's with them, too. She's loyal to her loved ones, but *only* to them, and she isn't willing to stick her neck out for some random guy on the street. It wouldn't be hard to say that she's an untrustworthy person, even if that isn't the truth — she just takes a while to let other people in. What she *is* quick to do is assess people: she tends to make snap judgements about others and jump to conclusions, and if she doesn't like you based off of them then she just doesn't like you. She *can* be convinced otherwise, but it would certainly take a while to do so, as she tends to be a bit stubborn. She doesn't go out of her way to do *anything*, really — if something happens to her, then it happens, and she deals with it from there. For example, she never goes out *looking* for trouble, but she *does* have a habit of ending up in it anyways, whether it be because of her siblings (*especially* her sisters) or something else. She's perfectly fine with a bit of mischief, and even enjoys it, but her own luck is awful and she's far more likely to end up in the "you're about to be arrested" or "you could have gotten really hurt, there" sort of trouble. As such, she tends to live in a nigh-constant state of *Dear God, Why Me*. Even if she doesn't like being in those kinds of situations, she's still able to deal with them; she's an assertive person that is perfectly willing to and capable of take charge if she has to. In fact, her only flaw when it comes to her confident and assertive nature is that she has a bit of a temper, even if it's cooled down since she was younger and she really only gets angry when she's stressed. She's a cooperative person, and is actually quite good when it comes to working in a team, but athlete as she is she can be quite competitve. She doesn't like losing, and while she's certainly not a cheater, she might end up taking any games or competitions she takes part in a bit too seriously. Holly struggles with her awareness: can she take a hint? Sure. Can she understand what's going on around her? Yup. Can she understand and express her own emotions? Yeah. Can she put the pieces right in front of her together, or figure out what's going on around her all by herself? Fuck no, she can't. Holly can be oblivious to the point of frustration on other people's parts, as she can *notice* signs of what other people are up to or the answer to a problem she's dealing with, but putting the pieces together or realizing what's going on is something she seems utterly incapable of, and she often has to be told about something that's been going on, even if it should be obvious — for example, if someone she's close with started dating another person, she wouldn't be able to figure it out until it was explained to her that they were dating, even if she'd seen them be affectionate with each other herself.

## Dæmon

Optivus. Ethiopian Wolf. Male.

Optivus has soft fur and a fluffy black tail, though most of his pelt is a rusty red color. His chin, cheeks, throat, legs, and a patch of fur on his chest is white, and his eyes are amber. His muzzle is long and narrow, and the fur on his back and haunches is a darker shade of red.

Optivus, like his human, is stubborn, assertive, and confident. He presents himself as far more social and even more playful than Holly is, and is less of a sore loser than her, too. He's a bit more adventurous than his human, and tends to enjoy any shenanigans they end up in more than Holly does. In general, he's just more friendly than Holly is, even if he shares her temper.

## History

Before Holly was born, both of her parents had moved to the Republic. Her father was from Scotland, and her mother was from Fireland. They met, fell in love, and got married in the Republic, and went on to have three daughters — first her twin older sisters, Vivi and Winnie, then her. She lived a pretty average life until she was eight, when her family got into a car accident. Her parents died from it, as they'd been hit head-on by a much larger car, but Holly and her sisters survived; though each with some scarring, and Winnie was in the hospital for a few days due to a head injury. After that, their aunt and godmother Clara took them in when her and their sixteen-year-old cousin, Lance, moved to the Republic to take care of them.