Thana Gerard

**Thana Gerard** is a student at Hope's Peak International, and a participant in the Tiny Town Killing Game. Her title is the **Ultimate Horror Game Creator**.

## History Before the Game

Thana grew up in the more quiet side of Pennsylvania , one of the smallest counties within that state. She grew up with her mother, father, and older brother, which sadly, made her turn out as an anxious, standoffish, sort of snappy, creepy girl. As a young child, practically a toddler, they were victim to watching their parents argue constantly. Their brother, instead of trying to comfort his little sister, would shout at her to mind her own business. Due to the attention being brought upon her, her father would grow increasingly angry that she was listening, thus putting his anger out on her. He would beat the child- send her to elementary with bruises and such when she got a bit older and blamed it on her being a kid and hanging out with friends.

But she didn’t have many friends. The school didn’t know that, but she did. Even though she was mostly kind in school as a child, she wasn’t allowed to bring friends inside the house or anywhere near it. Her father barely let her outside because he didn’t want her to tell her friends what was going on at home. Why she came to school with marks on her face, neck, arms. It was terrible, and getting to the point where the teachers reached out to CYS.

During these troubling times, Thana would stay stuck to cell phone screens, computer screens, and anything that had a game on it. Playing games at school or making them on Scratch.io made her feel..happy. It gave her some sort of fulfillment. Everytime the code was pieced together and they heard that little cheering on, it made them want to cry. How come they can get praise from a screen rather than their family?

It wasn’t too long until their father was sent away and they were placed in a foster care system, yet they wouldn’t be leaving from there any time soon. Around this time, they were in middle school, and their fascination for true crime, gore, and chilling topics were at an all time high. They were really into indie games that were made to creep people out. Maybe looking at lost tapes on youtube. Their coding had also improved quite a bit, so when they had computer time at the foster care facility, they would start working on a game. By the very beginning of the next year, exactly a year later, they had already produced their first horror game, at age 11! Amazing! It was pretty decent quality, the controls were alright, and not something expected for a child.

The workers were amazed by this, sneaking the girl more computer time than the rest of the kids. She felt bad- like her video games weren’t worthy of taking computer time from the kids. As a result, the children soon found out and began to resent Thana, mistakenly thinking she thought she was better than them.

So the same cycle continues. Thana tries to make a game, stressed out, freaks out, and then pours her twisted ideas, intrusive thoughts right into the game. This produces a chilling video game each time, the pictures, stories, and timelines only getting finer. More details.

At last, eighth grade graduation had come and Thana was sure she would be going to an average school again- that was until Hope’s Peak had reached out to their foster care facility, letting the staff know that..Thana had a shot. At greatness. She could fulfil herself. At first, it sounded like a great offer, but she knew that she would be surrounded by people with better, more interesting talents. The foster care workers didn’t like this attitude, bad mouthing Thana and calling her ungrateful, which resulting in her going just so they would stop.

She’s attended the Academy for about three years now, getting a reputation as the “weird one” that kinda just sits there and doesn’t speak. When she does, it can unintentionally come off as rude or blunt, but that’s just because of the little to no good social interaction as a child.

During her senior year, she had witnessed an event during a football game with Anastasia, stumbling upon Maria(Taste) having an inappropriate interaction with a teacher while Apollo guarded the area. This resulted in the two girls going to their principal and reporting the incident. One of the leading causes to why Taste had started the game, especially when rumors about the incident began to spread.

As a way to try and put herself out there, Thana signed up for the Tiny Tiny project. It was a way to secure her future, get inspiration. She never guessed it would become one of the most traumatic events in her lifetime.

## History During the Game

### Chapter 1

It was safe to say that the first Chapter was a bit hard for Thana. Waking up in a place unfamiliar to her, she tried to keep her calm but was visibly anxious. Trying to suggest introducing one another, she was not heard and began to walk off, mumbling to herself. Ironically, someone thought it was a good idea afterwards and suggested it, meaning Thana was not around for introductions. Instead, she made her way to the mini market. There, she would meet Anastasia, who she at first thought was going to attack her, but later both paired up to go to the hotel.

Her roommates were Eri, Blaine, and Bleu. Their first interaction with the trio was actually quite pleasant, a game of put a finger down being played. There she learned a bit about her roommates, noting that her and Eri both couldn’t swim.

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