Zoe

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**Zoe** is an Octoling girl that appears in another story of Marsh's named Unfamiliarity. She is 19 years old and lives with her partner, Lark.

## **History**

### Unfamiliarity

**Zoe** is an Octoling which hails from the Octarian underground. When she escapes to the surface, she is injured and overall in a bad condition. Upon reaching the surface and leaving the kettle, she finds herself in an unfamiliar street. She explores some more, only to be found by an Inkling boy who mugs and physically assaults her before robbing her of all her belongings. She pleads for him to just leave her alone but he doesn't listen. She blacks out from her injuries in the nigh of a Winter night and is starting to freeze.

That is, until she is found by Lark, an Inkling boy who was going on his nightly run. When he found her, he trips over her and panics because he had never seen someone lying like she was in the middle of the street. He takes her pulse and upon further thought, carries her back to his home where he gives her adequate treatment for her wounds as well as a blanket in front of his fireplace so she could warm up.

Zoe wakes up, confused and scared, thinking she is going to die again when Lark comes through the door and explains everything to her. He asks her how she managed to end up in such a situation and, embarrassed, Zoe starts to cry. Lark panics once more as he thinks that he's upset her when Zoe recollects herself and opens up to him how she got in that scenario. She tells Lark she has nothing and she's new to Inkopolis, having freshly escaped the underground.

Lark takes in all the information and paces around for a bit before offering her a place in his home upon a moment of thought. Although, she'd have to sleep on the couch. Zoe agrees and is very grateful that he'd do this for her and he smiles slightly before going upstairs to offer her some of his spare old clothes as her current ones were torn and matted.

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## **Trivia**

### Interesting facts

* Her surname means "lost" in Japanese. This is a reference to her being lost when she first arrived in Inkopolis.
* **Marsh** is unsure why she chose **Zoe** as her name. It was one of the first names that came to her mind that she liked for her and thought she fit, so she stuck with it and has ever since.
* Zoe, later in her life, becomes an elementary school teacher.

## Personality & Traits

**Zoe** can be described as a very fun-loving person and tender-hearted.

Often described as innocent, needlessly excited and bubbly - she is very positive in nature and rather sociable, as well as unserious. Ideally, she can adapt to situations around her well and due to disciplined nature from her childhood, she is also quite mature.

Additionally, she is also described as quite motherly towards her friends, constantly offering to do things for them out of the kindness of her own heart. A lot of friends of hers think this is quite admirable and generally she is just quite content all around, due to her being liberated from the underground.

Before arriving to Inkopolis, she had to act a certain way to appease others around her (more specifically the Octarians), so when she broke free she felt like she could truly be herself.

## Family

### Members

**Boyfriend**:

Lark: Living (as of Unfamiliarity)