Brenda Lovett

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Name: Brenda Lovett
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Grade: Senior [12th]
School: Bayview Secondary School
Hobbies and Interests: Art, Poetry, Fashion

Appearance: Brenda's hair and eyes have always been an inconsistent color, due to copious amounts of hair dye and her colored contacts. Her hair has varied from her natural brown hair, to red, blonde, and obscene colors such as neon green or light pink. Hey natural hazel eyes are usually covered with interesting colored contacts. Some make her eyes different shades, all usually inhuman looking. Her particular favorite are the "cat's eyes" that give her eyes a feline look. She wears her hair in many different fashions; the one she decided on was multiple "dredlocks" with a variety of colored ribbons tied around each end. Her bangs are cut short and straight reaching down to her eyebrows, her nose has a small stud in her left nostril, and she has on occasion worn a piercing through her full lip. Her Light brown skin gets her often mistaken for an entirely white girl. Her only known family is black, so she had some doubt her father was the man she described to her.

At 5'8, Brenda has the perfect model body, weighing in at 135 pounds. Her abs are strongly toned for a teenager as well as her legs and arms. She takes great pride in maintaining her body image and wears complementary outfits to show off. Her skirts are usually cropped and torn very high up, showing a lot of her leg. The dark red plaid of her skirts are usually parallel to her purse, which she carries with her at all times. Her t-shirts show a lot more variety, ranging from "Vinyard Vines" to "Hot Topic" brand shirts. She also wears a worn out pink hooded sweater from Juicy. She tends to go for shock value with her clothing combinations.

Biography: Brenda was born in early August of 1989 to a single mother, Doreen, who was a 19-year old college drop-out. Brenda never judged her mother for this, but regretted her mother,  having to work menial jobs just to put her through basic schooling. Because her mother was a largely absent figure in her life, and any male figure would be gone within a week due to her mother's poor choices in men, Brenda became fiercely independent. Her philosophy is that if you can't do something on your own, you have no worth.

By freshman year, Brenda has gotten into strong gang related groups, often being the ringleader's girl, she shifted between men as often as the power shifted. Brenda found companionship in these like-minded people. They all believed in fighting whoever for what they wanted. At first Brenda had just been a drug dealer, making menial sales, but soon she wanted more. She did whatever it took to secure her position as an figure within her small mob. Outside of drug deals, Brenda has not condoned much more serious crimes, making sure her gang could stay under the radar of the law. Friendly fights between her members was often seen as a spectator sport by the rest of the gang. Bets would be placed and people would gather. Brenda did not particularly like the violence displayed in this scenario, but she watched and occasionally joined in once pressured.

Due to being in the gang, Brenda was often either late or absent entirely from school. Often when she would come to school, concealer would be layered on to her face to cover fresh bruises. When she is at school, Brenda is very creative. Her art adorns the classroom walls, her poems receive high marks. If her attendance hadn't been so fluctuating, she could have been a strong student. Her school has had a long standing debate about expelling the girl for her absences but the meetings always come up in her favor.

Within the student body she is often seen as a bad girl, due to her unsavory connections. Particularly, she is seen as an easy girl, one who would be willing to sleep with whoever could get her higher. She keeps herself distant from most other people and makes no effort to refute these rumors and let people in.

Advantages: Brenda knows how to decently protect herself, due to being around the gang culture. She's good with manipulation, particularly around the opposite sex, and is not afraid to use it need arise.

Brenda has also been present to occasional gang fights, meaning she has seen some moves in her time, perhaps some she can use in real combat.
Disadvantages: Brenda has a brand on her as a bad girl. People seldom attempt to look past this and would rather treat her as a threat than as a person. On the island it will be doubtful any good person will attempt to recruit her.

Brenda is also very susceptible to being pressured. In her gang, she has been pressured into unsavory things, all for the premise of companionship. Due to her having a weak backbone on her own, she would be very poorly off alone, which chances are she will be.

Brenda's attire leaves little to the imagination and this, coupled with her promiscuous personality, attracts the wrong kind of people.