Thread:KnowledgeProspector/@comment-26217707-20130419005211

Name: Marina Kauser

Age/Gender : 19/Female

Occupation : Pet Store Clerk

Ethnicity : Pakistani

Preferred weapons : .38 S&W Special

Backstory : Marina was born in Pakistan, and fled to America when she was seven due allegations of corruption against her politician father. Marina’s family--her mother, father, and older brother--traveled to the West coast. The lavish life Marina was used to on the other side of the world was shattered once she came to America, where her parents had to start over as common workers. Already fluent in English and Urdu, she fit in quickly at her new American school and made many friends.

After a few years in school, Marina’s father noticed a startling change in her daughter as she began to reject his traditional Muslim values and tried to fit in with her “stupid white friends.” He wouldn’t have this and ripped Marina of all of her privileges, only allowing her to go to school and come home. She was devastated as she quickly drifted away from her friends, causing resentment against her father to brew. Throughout high school, the situation was mostly the same, though Marina now stopped protesting against her father’s wishes to keep her faithful to her Islamic roots, and he got more lenient as time went on by allowing her to wear more American clothing.

Marina was crushed when her father denied her the right to go to college by refusing to pay, and sent her brother instead. He got her a job at his pet store and Marina droned through life, daydreaming of a life in college while refilling the bird feed...

When the outbreak hit, Marina was working with her father. She witnessed him attempt to reason with one of the infected people, but watched him get bitten instead. He refused to go to a hospital, claiming all of the reports of “turning” were media nonsense. Turns out it wasn’t, and Marina sat with him as he passed. Although their relationship was terribly strained, putting her father down was one of the most traumatizing events in her life.

Marina fled home as soon as her father died, only to find her apartment surrounded, the dead people pouring inside, and her older brother getting in his car, kicking the weird “walkers” away. She chased him down, but he ignored her, only concerned with saving himself. At that moment, Marina realized her flu-ridden mother was still in bed.

Marina left her city, her entire family gone in an instant. She met with a few very small groups, most of which never lasted. She could never find a place in any of them; she always felt so excluded, a feeling she’s been used to most of her life. Maybe with the apocalypse, she can find somewhere to fit in. Characteristics/Personality:

Height and Weight: 5’7, 110 pounds

Features: jet-black hair, large dark brown eyes, caramel-colored skin

Clothing and Equipment: Bright blue Adidas hoodie

Long-sleeved black shirt

Dark black jeans

Black/white/navy blue low top chucks

Marina tries her best to be friendly and attempted conversations with many of the pet store’s customers, which led to friendship’s that were quickly ruined because of her father’s tight hold on her life.

Marina is also very unsure of herself, always questioning her decisions and doubting choices after she’s made them. This has led to some close calls with walkers as she’s debated whether to kill them, run, hide, and a multitude of other options.

Marina is extremely intelligent. Always a model student, she strived for knowledge and looked for it wherever she could, hoping one day she could be a teacher and pass that love of learning onto others.

Marina is average with firearms, but she always hopes to get better. She doesn’t like getting up close and personal with them, either, and would rather shoot, hide, or think of other creative ways to get out of a jam. 