Ramona Bausa Peláez

> Do you ever want to just run away?
>
> Ramona, OC8 PC

### Hobbies

eating ice cream, Joogling people, monkey watching, collecting and pressing cool leaves

### Family

Mom, Dad, Antonia (older sister), Jorge (older brother)

## Selection Info

### Blog Link

https://ramona-lisa.tumblr.com/

Ramona is the selected from Dominica in OC8

## Personality and Skills

Ramona has always had her head in the clouds, but she's very driven, academically inclined, and a hard worker.

## Appearance and Face Claim

Ramona is 5'5" with wavy black hair, brown eyes, and bushy eyebrows. Her FC is Natalia Castellar Calvani.

## History

### Pre-Selection

Ramona Asianah Bausa Peláez was born on the 28th of August, 2148, in Humacao, which is on the island of Puerto Rico in Dominica. She is the youngest of 3 children in a family of Sevens. Her father was a maintenance worker at the Humacao Nature Preserve, and her mother was a landscaper. Ramona was always a very academically inclined girl, and had dreamed of one day getting a scholarship to attend IllNU-Dominica, where she hoped using her scholarship she’d be able to study primatology. She knew these scholarships were intensely competitive, and so threw herself into her studies with everything she had. Through her hard work, she was able to earn a full scholarship at a private middle and high school near her home, where she advanced her studies.

So, time skip to Ramona’s final year of high school. She applies to literally every scholarship she’s qualified for, and gets a scholarship from an NGO and is accepted to study at IllNU-Dominica. She’s stoked! Enter Hurricane Gabriel: A category 5 hurricane that hits (and wrecks) Dominica between the dates of the 20th of August and the 22nd of August of 2166, Hurricane Gabriel causes about $90 billion worth of damage in the provinces of Dominica and Clermont, and takes about 3000 lives. The hurricane hits right before Ramona is supposed to leave for university. In the hurricane, Ramona loses her grandfather. Her father also sustains a knee injury during the storm that later requires surgery. Due to the costs of her grandfather’s funeral, her father’s medical costs, and the cost of repairs to her family’s house, and the costs of her father not being able to work while he recovers from his injury, Ramona and her family come to the conclusion that there is simply no way she can attend IllNU-Dominica, even with the scholarship. Ramona takes up a job at the Humacao Nature Preserve as a trail guide and maintenance worker. Initially, she is filling in for her father, but she keeps her position even once he returns.

Enter Diego Gomez in September of 2169, Two, the son of 2 actors, born in San Juan on 5 December 2146, now returned from acting school in Angeles. He has a reputation for partying and misbehaving that makes him a rather polarizing figure in the eyes of the public. Diego has scored a role as a trail guide in an upcoming Illinois Jones reboot, and has come to the Humacao Nature Preserve to observe what real life trail guides are like. He shadows Ramona. Ramona and Diego grow close, and eventually he asks her out for ice cream. She’s surprised, but agrees to go, and they go out in his Jeep and get ice cream and talk. This becomes a habit for them, and eventually leads to them doing more than just talking and flirting in that Jeep. He also eventually takes her back to the hotel suite his parents are paying for him to stay in. He provides her with nicer clothes to wear out to disguise herself as a Two so he can bring her to parties with the social circle he’s in. Doing this makes Ramona feel like she’s betraying who she is, but also at the same time, it’s fun, and she likes to build up a dreamworld in her mind where she and Diego end up marrying each other and spending the rest of their lives together. They also engage in activities including but not limited to getting spicy in his hot tub and smoking weed in his Jeep and in his suite. This goes on for most of the year.

The new intern crop rolls in in late May of 2170. Ramona always looks up the primatology interns on Joogle to find out more about them, both out of curiosity and jealousy. This time, one particular intern catches her eye: Julia Martin. Julia was born in Midston to a wealthy oil merchant and a lawyer. She attends The Gregory Illéa University in Angeles and studies primatology. She’s wealthy, social, and gorgeous, but seems to be skittish around the monkeys, in Ramona’s opinion, which leaves Ramona wondering why she chose to study primatology when she has so much else (read: a trust fund) to fall back on. Diego offhandedly mentions one day that he’s talked to Julia. Ramona ignores it since she figures it meant nothing to him.

That night, the 27th of July of 2170, Ramona finds out about the Selection, but thinks nothing of it, since she has no interest in becoming royalty, and has already found love. On Monday, the 30th of July in 2170, Ramona finds out that Diego will soon be returning to Angeles to shoot the Illinois Jones reboot. The Nature Center is throwing him a going away party on Friday, the 3rd of August, 2170. Ramona and Diego argue about what this means for their relationship, and Diego tells her she can’t come to his going away party because his parents are going to be there. Ramona ends up leaving and going to work on her daily tasks, and bumps into Julia in the kitchen. She has a conversation with Julia, and Julia asks if she’ll be seeing Ramona at the party. Ramona says yes.

Despite Diego’s wishes, Ramona does come to his going away party, wearing a nice black dress that he had gotten her. He ushers her into a private spot in the hallway, where they argue again. He tries to tell her to leave again, but before he can finish, his father calls him back into the party. While making a toast at the party, Deigo’s father announces that he’s proud to say that his son is engaged to one Miss Julia Martin. Ramona is shocked and hurt and angry and starts to leave as Julia takes the mic to thank both Diego’s father, and talk about how happy she is to finally be able to make their relationship public, since apparently Diego and Julia met in Angeles in September of 2168 and have been dating ever since, which swayed Julia to take the internship in Dominica.

Ramona is now freaking pissed and leaves. She gets home and doesn’t even bother to hide the fact that she snuck out to go to the party. Her abuela is awake and tries to ask her what’s wrong when she comes in, but Ramona’s eyes are drawn to the Selection application sitting on the kitchen table. She realizes for the first time that really...the Selection is a fast track to becoming a Three. And Threes can study primatology at a university, and work in primatology. Ramona fills out the application upon returning to the bedroom she shares with her older sister, and turns it in at the province office the following day. When Ramona’s name is leaked as one of the selected, she’s pleasantly surprised. Her older sister is a little angry that Ramona is leaving them all to chase an unrealistic dream, and yells at Ramona for always having her head in the clouds. Ramona just ignores it, because she’s happy to now be a Three, and is already thinking about how she can apply to universities while she’s at the palace.

## Relationships

### Family

Mom

Dad

Antonia is Ramona's older sister. She's very practical and realistic, and has a quick temper. She has no interest in getting married.

Jorge is Ramona's older brother. He's a bit of a dreamer like Ramona, and also tried to get a scholarship to IllNU-Dominica to study engineering, but ultimately failed.

### Friends

Julia Martin is a primatology intern at the Humacao Nature Preserve, and an acquaintance of Ramona.

### Romantic Interests

Diego Gomez is the son of two actors and an actor himself. He and Ramona had a romantic dalliance that lasted almost a year, and ended when he returned to Angeles on the eve of the Selection.

## Quotes

> Good for him
>
> Ramona, OC8 PC

> Well, I’ll be sure to tell them what a lovely son they’ve raised.
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> Ramona, OC8 PC

## Trivia and Notes

* Her favorite scent is blueberry almond
* Her favorite color is green
* Virgo Sun, Aquarius Moon, Aquarius Rising
* Her favorite flavor of ice cream is vanilla
* Her favorite season is Spring