Abigail Parkes

## Personality

Brash, sarcastic and with a smart mouth, Abi is in a constant state of revolt against just about any system that rears its head. She drinks. She smokes. She eats edibles. She listens to psychedelic techno way too loud, documents graffiti and hangs out in the wrong part of town where people don't question a fake ID. She's thin, bordering on underweight, wears loose and tattered clothes, and has her hair in whatever dip dye is likely to upset her father the most.

She's usually either in the Lion's Tail or, if there's actually someone to see, the Bon Vivant district to listen to the latest music.

## History

Abi is a senior who has been part of the vlogger seen since her early teens. That was great when she was somewhere something happened. But New Albion? Ugh. Why did her parents drag her to TEXAS? Since then Abi has gone off the rails a little.

Abi is taking the wayward teen schtick to the limit. She's likely to get in trouble with anyone she can pick a fight with, and inevitably end up with more than a few scars. There is a sweepstake at her school on how long before she is expelled.

Abi's video blog, *AbiSaysArt*, has become quite influential in some circles, particularly for anyone who wants to know what's happening in the counter culture scene.

## Sheet

Backgrounds
**Allies:** People like Abi's blog, and the gangs know well enough that she hasn't got anything worth taking, so she's been semi-adopted by some of the elements in the Lion's Tail.
**Contacts:** Abi smokes weed and knows the local dealers.

Specialties
**Streetwise: Rumors** Abi has spent enough time on the streets that she knows what's happening and when.

Merits & Flaws
**Harmless:** She's an angry 18-year-old girl rebelling against her parents.
**Short fuse:** Again, she's an angry 18-year-old girl rebelling against her parents.

## *AbiSaysArt*

* Old posts

Holy shit guyz! The cameras are down all over the city! Some fat ass repairing them started whining in front of me at the Green Lion on my way 4 super early caffeine - they’re totally fried!!! Hrs of work: which means NO one is watching!
If there is one time we can make this fake-ass Tower of Babel bullshit town even slightly better it is TONITE. Or like this mrning b4 school or work or whatever. Make something wonderful and beautiful.
GET UR TAGS up!!!! Plz reblog + share.
Ps/ If any1 can explain to me why Hannibal kicked Julius Caesar’s ass in like, 200 words, that wld be cool. Apparently “BECAUSE ELEPHANTS“ izn’t an essay??!!? wtf smh.
[Later]
I Am ZE STORM FAiRY, BiTCHEZ!!!! I AM LE WEATHER WITCh!
This was like sticking your head in washing machine of color and violence but now it is calming down and I AM HERE FOR IT. This is what it feels like to BE A LANd MERMAID.
At first I was like, Wut iz this even? I CAn’t even with your emo, Ophelia! I’m like “Goddamn Ophelia, didn’t you drown in Twelfth Night? STOP GIVING NEW ALBION A SWIRLY?!!??!”
But now I am LOVING this. RAIN IS LESSENING. Everything is blowing out. STREETS R still like a dollar store Slip’n’Slide and we are MAKING ART. Cameras all down, weather going crazy and WE ARE PLAYING AND SPRAYING. Turns out that if the rain is from the south and east and west, North walls are still dry! Science AND Geography in Action!!!
Finally this city might have something that doesn’t look like Lego Will Ferrell made it with his Kragle.
LOOK AT THIS BLADERUNNER MADNESS. This was earlier. It’s not even raining heavy any more and it is still beautiful.

Come join meeeeeee in nature’s super soaker u beautiful people! It was wet and wild but now it is, like, a bit damp and FUN!
New Albion? More like New Al-boring. This place is supposed to be some kind of high tech paradise, but so far the only culture I’ve hit is in biology class. Everything’s clean and efficient, but it just feels so soulless and empty. Man, why did they drag my ass to Texas? It’s so not fair.

Mostly I’ve kept south of the river. People seem cooler there, plus there’s some kind of food poisoning or dodgy herbal shit in Chinatown, so I’m keeping away from the MSG hit until that clears. Streets are darker, so maybe it’ll give sergeant step-weasel a heart attack trying to find me. Found a bar called the Tailspin where I miiiight be able to dodge the douchebag. Don’t worry about him finding this, you need opposable thumbs to use the Internet: I doubt he even knows what a vlog is. Past week or so I’ve been checking out some of the wall tags – it’s awesome the city’s only been off the ground a few years and already there’s an art scene.

Music... uh, not much so far. Found this piano bar where this goddess sings. She’s like… a drizzled Florence Welch mixed with something from 50 years ago. Totally wild crushing on her, I left with the tone still dancing on my heart. An opera’s in town, too.
Still haven’t made it to that though. Probably WAY out of my price range. Which is, uh, basically somewhere between ‘2 dollars’ and ‘free’. I don't even know if Opera's my thing. It's just fat ladies singing, matadors and Geisha tragedies, isn't it?
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Yeah, I know this is empty, OK? My old stuff from Philly is on my old channel. New city, new channel. That ways at least if the step-weasel finds this I'm not going to have my butt grounded for a load of shit I did like, whatever many states away.
I'm just going to keep old stuff here.