"Courage of life is a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures and that is the basis of all morality."
~ John F. Kennedy
The Basics
Full Name:
Chloe Anna-Marie Simmons
Nicknames:
Simmons, IT Girl, Techie, Sunshine, Blondie
Gender:
Female
Not like it wasn't obvious or anything...
Age:
21
Ethnicity/Race:
Caucasian
30% British, 40% German, & 30%Romany
Sexual Orientation:
Pansexual
Male, female - love is love. I just usually go for guys.
Prior Occupation:
IT Tech Support
Current Occupation:
Scavenger
What's on the Outside
Hair Color:
A natural-looking blonde shade with strawberry blonde undertones and flecks of gold highlights throughout. She used to get her roots touched up every two to three weeks before the world went bat-shit crazy because she's not an actual blonde, but the color still seems to look natural on her. To some, it almost appears like a sandy or dirty blonde.
Eye Color:
Crystal-blue, a shade that is extremely pale in its blue color with a lot of white flecks in the irises and are quite striking.
Height:
5'5
Weight:
110 lbs
Tattoos:
When Chloe was about fifteen and totally thinking she was cool like her twin sister, Chloe got a tattoo of a crescent moon and with a star on her inner right wrist. It hurt like a mother when it was over and she hated being on the computer for the entire month when the tattoo was still sore, but it's worth it and one of her favorite things that this "apocalypse" of sorts hasn't taken from her.
Piercings:
Other than the standard ear piercing, Chloe wasn't a big fan of piercings.
Scars or Markings:
It is probably one of the weirdest things in Chloe's life that she has had come to accept, but there is a birthmark on the upper right side of her back, a series of dots that is somehow reminiscent to the constellation, Lacerta.
Character Color:
#990066
Description:
Chloe has never seen herself as a conventional beauty. Hell, if she had it her way, she would tell you that she was no beauty at all. There is nothing very noteworthy about her appearance in her eyes. She is of average height with long and lean legs from constant jogs in the morning. Her body is nothing to brag about; she's rather slender and at one point, her mother feared she was too skinny. Her curves are rather gentle and her figure, if others were to evaluate it, is quite svelte. Her skin is light and creamy, easily tanning in those hot summer days and coming back to an almost pale shade during the winter. Her crystal-blue eyes are normally hidden behind black-rimmed glasses, her eyebrows naturally arched. There is something delicate yet strong about the bone structure of her jaw and cheekbones, the latter rather high and she has plump lips and a thin nose. Her hair is long and naturally curly. When everything began, she had straightened it, but it is now returning to its curly form and she keeps her hair in a ponytail.
A natural-looking blonde shade with strawberry blonde undertones and flecks of gold highlights throughout. She used to get her roots touched up every two to three weeks before the world went bat-shit crazy because she's not an actual blonde, but the color still seems to look natural on her. To some, it almost appears like a sandy or dirty blonde.
Eye Color:
Crystal-blue, a shade that is extremely pale in its blue color with a lot of white flecks in the irises and are quite striking.
Height:
5'5
Weight:
110 lbs
Tattoos:
When Chloe was about fifteen and totally thinking she was cool like her twin sister, Chloe got a tattoo of a crescent moon and with a star on her inner right wrist. It hurt like a mother when it was over and she hated being on the computer for the entire month when the tattoo was still sore, but it's worth it and one of her favorite things that this "apocalypse" of sorts hasn't taken from her.
Piercings:
Other than the standard ear piercing, Chloe wasn't a big fan of piercings.
Scars or Markings:
It is probably one of the weirdest things in Chloe's life that she has had come to accept, but there is a birthmark on the upper right side of her back, a series of dots that is somehow reminiscent to the constellation, Lacerta.
Character Color:
#990066
Description:
Chloe has never seen herself as a conventional beauty. Hell, if she had it her way, she would tell you that she was no beauty at all. There is nothing very noteworthy about her appearance in her eyes. She is of average height with long and lean legs from constant jogs in the morning. Her body is nothing to brag about; she's rather slender and at one point, her mother feared she was too skinny. Her curves are rather gentle and her figure, if others were to evaluate it, is quite svelte. Her skin is light and creamy, easily tanning in those hot summer days and coming back to an almost pale shade during the winter. Her crystal-blue eyes are normally hidden behind black-rimmed glasses, her eyebrows naturally arched. There is something delicate yet strong about the bone structure of her jaw and cheekbones, the latter rather high and she has plump lips and a thin nose. Her hair is long and naturally curly. When everything began, she had straightened it, but it is now returning to its curly form and she keeps her hair in a ponytail.
What's on the Inside
Personality:
{Compassionate, Socially-Awkward, Sassy, Insecure, Honest}
Chloe is the classic nerd who spent a good portion of her childhood reading various books and comics or playing video games as much as she needed the air to breathe. Even through the apocalypse, she remains a very kind-hearted and free-spirited young woman. Over time, she developed a particular skill set in computer science and hacking and one would think that with her abilities came confidence. However, that was not the case. In fact, there have been plenty of times of self-doubt in Chloe's mind. She's actually a lot more insecure than she initially lets on. In fact, her insecurities and self-deprecating thoughts have often been known for causing her inability to compartmentalize. If things aren't easy for her or if there is extreme pressure come from someone above, she finds it hard to not be sensitive and let things get to her.
Chloe is a woman who spent a lot of her time in front of computers and with fellow geniuses of her field and can seem a tad bit uncomfortable with normal people. It is not that she is a shy person because she will gladly give you her two cents if you treat her as if she is a child or less than you. She's just not a straightforward person. And she seems to have trouble getting straight to the point of whatever it is she is trying to say. Her mouth can go on for days simply because Chloe's brain wants to fill in the silence, but at the same time, does not seem to own a filter as she usually says the first thing that comes to mind, even things with a double entendre which leaves her flustered and trying to correct herself. Although this leaves her embarrassed, it also attests to Chloe's desire to be completely truthful with others. While there are some things she does not mean to blurt out, she has always been very honesty and finds it better to be completely honest with others and generally wants the same from others. Though not particularly naïve, Chloe just wants to believe that there is something good in everyone.
Hobbies:
Reading\\ Watching Television Shows\\ Checking Tumblr\\ Listening to Music\\ Humming
Habits:
Her hair is always up in a ponytail.\\ Saying a quick prayer before she ever goes outside.\\ Completing a long series of stretch sequences or moves she learned from her Bikram Yoga sessions.\\ Reading anything she can find because her brain needs something to focus on if she cannot use her computers.\\ Tinkering with her computers in hope that it won't stop working.\\ Computer hacking.
Oddities:
Chloe is allergic to peanuts.\\ Chloe is a babbler and her brain just seems to not have a mind-to-mouth filter, so she usually ends up saying the wrong thing or something completely inappropriate, especially statements with double entendre.\\ Doesn't like being with people too long, but doesn't like to be alone for too long either.\\ Chloe is not normally a person that yells. In fact, she doesn't refer to it as yelling, but as her "loud voice." Yelling is a completely different level she avoids and when in situations where yelling is occurring frequently between others, she simply leaves the room. If it escalates, she usually winds up shutting her eyes and flinching.
- English Breakfast Tea
- Snowy Weather
- Cinnamon Hot Chocolate
- Google Chrome
- Tumblr, Twitter, & Facebook
- Computer Coding
- Comic Books
- Jogging or Sprinting
- Florence & The Machine
- Long Island Iced Tea
- Strawberry Lollipops
- Red Wine
- The Apocalypse
- Being Without Internet
- Internet Explorer
- Country Music
- Cigarettes
- Grape Lollipops
- Contact Lenses
- Rumors
- Candy Canes
- Football
- Dull Nail Polish
- Losing Her Glasses
What Makes Us Special
Strengths and Weaknesses
Character Skills/Talents:
Character Flaws/Weaknesses:
Secrets:
She had a baby when she was thirteen, but her parents forced her to give the child up for adoption. Unbeknownst to them, her skills with computer databases came in handy and she kept tabs of her daughter up until the apocalypse hit.\\ She was raped by her godfather.\\ Chloe spent the majority of her childhood trying to shield herself from her parents' constant verbal wars, which is particularly why she flinches or mentally shuts down when people are yelling at each other or get violent.\\ Her first romantic relationship was with a girl when she was fourteen.
Fears/Phobias:
Acrophobia - fear of heights.\\ Aviatophobia - fear of flying.\\ Brontophobia - fear of thunder and lightning.
Character Skills/Talents:
- Computer Hacking & Coding -- Chloe is a whiz at all things technological.
- Basic Hand-to-Hand Combat -- She's been getting some training with the group and can put up a fight.
- Organization Skills -- While she doesn't hold any leadership positions, Chloe is fairly organized. She keeps a record of all the material gathered during scavenging hunts and usually is the one with a list of the inventory afterwards.
- Eidetic Memory -- Photographic memory.
Character Flaws/Weaknesses:
- Effective Communication -- Because of her constant babbling and going off on tangents, sometimes Chloe loses herself in that and does not get straight to the point.
- Cooking -- Let's be real. Even if the stove was electronic, Chloe probably would still burn water. She's probably your girl if you want her to wash dishes.
- Extensive Background in Combat -- While she has been getting some training, her physique is still not the greatest in the group and could be taken down if the zombies suddenly took lessons off The Karate Kid.
- Compartmentalization -- Chloe was never involved in a life with death around her. She never saw anyone get killed before. She didn't even live in a world where violence was a constant. So, she hasn't acquired that ability to suppress her emotions or not allow them to disrupt her functioning. If someone in the group dies, you will undoubtedly see Chloe crying as if they extremely close to her. If she is supposed to be working under strenuous circumstances such as disengaging a bomb while one of her own was in a building trying to save another, she would probably appear stressed out or a blubbery mess simply because she is not used to hiding her feelings or suppressing them long enough to not be emotional. It's something she wants to work on.
Secrets:
She had a baby when she was thirteen, but her parents forced her to give the child up for adoption. Unbeknownst to them, her skills with computer databases came in handy and she kept tabs of her daughter up until the apocalypse hit.\\ She was raped by her godfather.\\ Chloe spent the majority of her childhood trying to shield herself from her parents' constant verbal wars, which is particularly why she flinches or mentally shuts down when people are yelling at each other or get violent.\\ Her first romantic relationship was with a girl when she was fourteen.
Fears/Phobias:
Acrophobia - fear of heights.\\ Aviatophobia - fear of flying.\\ Brontophobia - fear of thunder and lightning.
What's Done Is Done
Biography
Place Of Origin:
Piscataway, New Jersey
Birth Date:
September 21, 1993
History:
Chloe Anna-Marie Simmons was born to an upper middle class family in Piscataway, New Jersey. She was actually born prematurely, two months before her due date. Her mother joked that Chloe got restless; she never could stay in one place for too long as a child. Anna, her mother, had been told a few years prior that she would never have a child, so Chloe was considered her miracle. But then Chloe's younger sister, Cleo - and yes, Harrold and Anna did this on purpose - was born four years later and there wasn't much you could tell either of the parents. They were young, in love, and had two very beautiful young daughters.
Unlike her sister, Chloe wasn't exceptionally clingy to either of her parents. She might have come to them when she fell from the tree in their backyard or if she needed something, but she was independent even at a young age. She began reading at the age of four and when she started, it kinda became impossible to stop her. She fell in love with Sherlock Holmes, became obsessed with manga, and could be found outside with a comic book by the time she turned eight. To be completely honest, Chloe had a relatively normal childhood. She had her obsessions and her loves and she lived her life. She got her first computer at ten and was attached to it from that moment on. She became entranced by the mechanics of it and with her godfather's help, she was disassembling and reassembling it by the time she was twelve.
The hardest part of her life had to be when her godfather, Daniel, raped her. Twelve year old Chloe still didn't understand what he had found so particularly attractive about her. She was tall for her age, gangly, and wore glasses. She wasn't the prettiest girl in class and she even dealt with six months of acne before she got in under control. It truly happened after the blue. He had been babysitting; Cleo was at a sleepover. They had been playing video games, she teased him for losing for the sixth time, he began tickling her, and then for some reason, his hands started going to places they weren't supposed to and even when she screamed for him to stop, he kept going. When her parents found her, Chloe was a shivering mess in a warm bubble bath, water tinted pink, with no signs of Daniel. Chloe never questioned what happened when her father left with his baseball bat. And unlike her mother, she didn't cry when she discovered she was pregnant.
But she did cry when the baby was taken away.
Afterwards, once her bitterness towards her parents' decision ebbed away, home life became...strained. No one blamed her for what happened. No one even talked about the baby given up for adoption. But her parents were suddenly at each other's throats constantly. Dinner was pretty much hell for both Cleo and Chloe. While it never became violent - at least, not in front of the kids - the constant underhanded jabs that escalated into shouts and possible flying objects left both teen and preteen unable to handle dinner with their parents and they both began making excuses to skip out. Chloe would stay late at night at the library with her laptop and possibly come up with some kind of study date with her friends. Cleo would simply chill out at a skating rink or movie theater. When Chloe graduated two years early from high school, she was elated to leave home with her scholarship to MIT.
There, Chloe flourished. Again, she wasn't Miss Popular and she didn't have every guy flocking behind her. But she had freedom and she had technology. She even gained a good number of friends, some that didn't even go to her school. She met them outside at her internships and it was through one of them that she earned her first job before she even graduated from MIT at the age of twenty. It was Michael Stross. He was taking over his family business and when Chloe was able to get some information from his broken laptop that were essential to the company's finances, she was hired.
She had been working for the Stross family for a year when the sickness spread. Michael had even talked of turning her into his secretary simply because it would be easier for him to have access to the IT Girl and even though rumors circulated about why the position was being offered to her, Chloe hadn't thought much of it. Michael would never go for her and she was getting a raise. Who would turn down a raise? The morning she was going to come in and accept, Michael called her frantically, saying that he had called the ambulance for his little sister who was really sick. Chloe rushed over for her friend just as the little girl fell unconscious. A few moments later and the child was up, teeth chomping down on the paramedic's arm before launching herself at Michael. They managed to pry her off and to help, the other paramedic bashed her head on the ground. She didn't move after that.
But Michael was bleeding and Chloe was worried. She had him in her arms as they rushed over to the hospital. There were many more outbreaks and people were in hallways, clueless as to what was happening. But then those who had been bitten were slowly turning and when Michael turned on her, Chloe was already running. She didn't even attempt to go back to her apartment for fear of the infection reaching there. It was probably about a few days later when she came across the leader. They had been hiding out in a particular location that had video cameras still up and Chloe was able to monitor those same cameras through her laptop from a few floors up. She obviously had to prove she wasn't bitten, but soon after, she was with the rag tag group and hasn't been with anyone else since.
Family Tree
Father\\Harrold Simmons\\ 47\\ Deceased
Mother\\ Anna Marie Simmons\\ 45\\ Deceased
Sister\\ Clementine "Cleo" Simmons\\ 17\\ Unknown
Daughter\\ Aria Samantha Brokenborough\\ 8\\ Unknown
Happiest Memory:
Chloe can recall this day with great detail and enjoyment. It was the first day of snow. She was seven at the time and sick with a very bad cold. She had a very poor immune system when she was younger. To put it plainly, Cleo, three years old, was able to go outside with the family dog and their father to have fun while Chloe was stuck in bed. She absolutely hated it and was livid to hear her sister's shrieks of excitement while their father played with her. When Chloe thought that she would simply sulk all day, a tiny little Cleo came waddling in the room with her little hands filled with snow that she wanted to share with her big sister. While Cleo would probably fake-vomit at the thought of something so sweet, it was such an endearing and sentimental moment; Chloe, who had always believed that her sister was taking everything from her, having to come to terms that she was a big sister and that meant earning a love from her younger sibling that could not break. It was the formation of their unshakeable bond.
Saddest Memory:
Most family and friends believed that the saddest memory Chloe could ever have was the moment in her life when she was raped. Contrary to popular belief, Chloe had a genuinely sweet vision of life, that all bad things are counteracted by good. So, yes, having her virginity taken by someone she trusted hurt, but she saw her baby as something good. As young as she was, she rationalized that you could not visit the sins of the father upon the child and would have gladly taken responsibility for her child and done whatever was necessary had her parents given her the option. But they hadn't and while neither were for abortions, they took Chloe's daughter and gave her up for adoption after two minutes of letting Chloe hold her. She can still vividly recall hearing the baby wail as she was taken from her mother's comforting embrace. It was the first time Chloe ever experienced heartbreak.
