Morti

Hope

## Biography

Morticia Smith was born in dimension D-354. She lived with her mom, dad, older sister, and biological grandfather.

Her grandfather terrorized the house; he destroyed many of Morti's projects, he was loud, abrasive and abusive. When Morti came out as a trans girl, her grandfather was the only member of the family to outright reject her transition. On Morti's 10th birthday, her grandfather burned off her hair with his laser pistol and trashed her room.

The next morning, Morti's grandfather was gone, replaced by a man who looked just like him but acted almost the complete opposite. He gave Morti a golden headband for her birthday, and it's been one of her prized possessions since then. No one felt comfortable addressing the change, so Morti and Summer took to calling him "grandpa," and their original Rick "grandfather."

Morti's grandpa started taking her on adventures and encouraging her own art projects and inventions. The only person who had any hesitancy about accepting him as a member of the family was Beth, but after she saw how much safer the kids were, she couldn't help but be glad about it.

### Hope

Morti's Rick took her to the Citadel for supplies, but the Citadel was swarmed with trainers who wanted her because apparently Morticias were "rare" or "valuable." Most people cleared out after Morti's grandpa insisted that she wasn't for trade, but one particularly persistent Rick kept asking until Morti's grandpa fired a warning shot at him.

The persistent Rick (Also known as Bubblegum Rick or Rick Q-738) kidnapped Morti and brainwashed her with a chip until Autumn rescued her. They escaped from Rick Q-738 and ran to Autumn's friend Mortimer's house. With help from Mortimer, they were able to trace Morti's dimensional code and return to D-354, but Morti's Rick had already gone chasing after her.

Autumn, Mortimer, and Morti followed the Ricks to the CItadel, trying to reunite Morti and her Rick. Unfortunately, by the time they found him, he was already locked in combat with Q-738. Morti, Autumn, and Mortimer tried to join the fight, but Q-738 set off an explosion which ~~presumably~~ killed Morti's Rick and severely injured Morti's right eye.

After the explosion, Morti found a shard of glass in the rubble and stabbed Q-738 with it, killing him. Mortimer then used his portal gun to portal himself, Morti, and Autumn out of the Citadel.

### Salvation

After she killed Q-738, Morti (along with her friends) was deemed a "rouge Morty" and faced arrest if she returned to D-354 or the Citadel. To express the loss she felt at T-284's death, Morti cut her hair with the same glass shard that she used to kill Q-738.

Morti, Autumn, and Mortimer decided that if they were going to be considered criminals anyway, they might as well cause some trouble. While the crimes they committed were relatively minor by Citadel standards, they were still enough to get the three of them considered a "terrorist organization." They had several close encounters with the Citadel Militia, but were able to evade arrest every time.

A shy, nervous Morty approached Morti, Autumn, and Mortimer and asked to join. Autumn asked if they could have a meeting to discuss whether to let him. Autumn expressed fears that he could be a Citadel spy. Mortimer assured them that yes, he did have poorly disguised Citadel technology that practically garunteed that he was a spy. Autumn and Morti both thought this was cause to obviously reject him, but Mortimer disagree, saying that they should give him a chance and perhaps he'd become a double-agent. Dispite the others' protests, Mortimer won out in the end, and they agreed to let the new Morty join.

As part of the group, the new Morty needed a nickname to avoid confusion. He hesitantly suggested his middle name, Chauncey. Autumn made a pun about "giving Chauncey a chance," and the name stuck.