Name: Mikayla Jones
Race: Human
Age: 23
Gender: Female

Height: 5’3”
Weight: 105 lb
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Light Gray
Complexion: Very fair skin, smooth but burns easily.
Markings: Nothing aside from a handful of piercings in her ears.

Physical Appearance: Mikayla has long, wavy hair that is naturally blonde but has been dyed an even lighter tone. Her eyes are a light gray, her nose is fine, and her lips, while not the fullest, have a rosy pink tinge to them. Short and with a soft physique that belies her speed, she's just on the verge of being unhealthily thin. Her time living on the street is first and foremost visible in her weight and the wear and tear of her clothes. She keeps clean through women's shelters and the university showers but has days when she's more unkempt than others. Her clothes are a mix of punk rock fashion and casual, and she often wears heavy eyeliner and black eyeshadow to match.

Personality: Many first impressions of Mikayla lead people to believe she's arrogant, stand-offish, or straight-up aggressive. She definitely can be, but it's mostly for her own protection and a fragile facade at best. Keep at her and you'll find an intelligent but vulnerable young woman with many insecurities. She tends to be a bit smart-mouthed and sarcastic, but she knows when to keep her mouth shut and fly under the radar in potentially dangerous situations. Deep down, she longs to reconcile with her siblings. She hasn't found anyone she trusts in a while now, but once she does, she becomes very protective of them and a bit shy around them.

Sexual Preference: Bisexual with a preference for men.
Likes: Learning new things, hot showers, new clothes, running, the smell of nature after rain.
Dislikes: People telling her what to do, relying on others, the smell of mold, wet feet and by extension shoes with holes in the soles.
Flaws & Weaknesses: Very distrustful of people and hard to approach. Down on her luck and growing more and more sick of the state of the world.

Bio: Mikayla grew up in Greensburg, Louisiana, and lived a normal life with her parents and two younger siblings. She was athletic, outgoing, and mostly did well in school, where she was not the most popular girl but liked well enough. She often dreamed of adventure, for something exciting to happen, but things were nice, peaceful. That is, it was, up until the day her sister told their parents about the time she saw Mikayla kissing another girl and screamed that she hated her. It was no lie. Having nothing to say in her defense and trying desperately but failing to salvage the situation, Mikayla found herself without a family or a home within the day.

She was 17 at the time and just a few months short of getting her high school diploma, which she never got. Word spread fast in the small community, and no one was willing to take her in for more than brief periods at a time. Bitter and resentful, it didn't take long before she left them all behind and headed to bigger cities to hide in the crowds. She eventually made her way to New Orleans, hoping to find more opportunities for work and an easier life. While she did manage to some degree, her life has been one desperate struggle after another ever since she was disowned, and she's been stuck in a pattern of finding work and getting paid enough to rent a sleazy apartment, only to get fired and end up back on the street.

Around six months back, she overheard a university student called Katelyn whining about her parents getting on her case about her failing studies at a bar and the two struck a deal. Katelyn hardly ever showed up to classes, which was what had gotten her in trouble at home, so the deal was that Mikayla would attend in her place and get paid a bit every week in return. If any of the professors started getting suspicious or she got poor grades, the deal was off. The money wasn't enough to keep her afloat, so she still had to find work on the side, but around the same time she managed to find a job at a diner.

Everything went surprisingly well, for a while. Just as Mikayla was starting to get used to things and settled in another dingy apartment, she got fired at the diner for pouring scalding coffee on a customer for groping her, got evicted for arguing about paying rent late, and one of the professors saw some other students meeting up with the real Katelyn while out one evening. It was decided that Mikayla would have to "lie low" for a while, but still had to do all of Katelyn's homework. While doing research for a paper at the public library, she came across an open chat on AOL. The last few messages were about how grateful the sender was that the receiver had changed their life and pulled them out of poverty. Naturally, this caught her attention, and she did what any other normal person would and read through the entire conversation. This lead her through a slew of GeoCities sites with hidden links and invisible text, until she eventually ended up on a simple blog that promised a new life... as a vampire. Complete with photographs and videos, which was the only reason she even considered it.

At the end of the breadcrumbs she found, there was an address for an empty warehouse and an account to contact to ask for a chance to be chosen. Wary but steadily growing desperate, Mikayla sent a message late one evening and got a reply within seconds. She was chosen. Pocketing her knife and scouting out the play during the day, she now prepares to change her fate by dying and being reborn.