Full Name
Victoria Noelle Enders
Age:
Thirty-Seven [37]
Date of Birth:
December 29th
Gender:
Female
Sexual Orientation:
Pansexual
Nationality:
German and American
Occupation:
Head of Genetics
Education Level:
PhD and MD in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Level of Clearance:
Level Five
Physical
Hair Color: Brunette
Eye Color: Hazel
Physique:
Victoria stands a bit taller than the average woman at 5'9", with a slender but hardly model-thin physique. Pale skin and uncalloused hands give away her job, which hardly forces her outside often, and does not require too much physical effort outside of moving equipment. Her torso is slightly shorter than her legs, something that her typical ensemble of dress pants and a blouse with heels only accentuates- though she usually takes the heels off and changes into flats within the hour of arriving at work. Her arms and legs are slender to match the rest of her, though she is quite worried that may not be true for long, given her drinking habit.
Distinguishing Features:
The most standout features of Victoria's are likely her eyes, which can focus in on a person with all the ferocity of a stalking wolf. They have a certain sarcasm to them, made more noticeable by her defined eyebrows that can raise in the most critical of fashions. Also distinct are a collection of tattoos on her back, including the chemical formula for adenine, a tiny rendition of the planets, the number 42, and a small double helix.
Hair Color: Brunette
Eye Color: Hazel
Physique:
Victoria stands a bit taller than the average woman at 5'9", with a slender but hardly model-thin physique. Pale skin and uncalloused hands give away her job, which hardly forces her outside often, and does not require too much physical effort outside of moving equipment. Her torso is slightly shorter than her legs, something that her typical ensemble of dress pants and a blouse with heels only accentuates- though she usually takes the heels off and changes into flats within the hour of arriving at work. Her arms and legs are slender to match the rest of her, though she is quite worried that may not be true for long, given her drinking habit.
Distinguishing Features:
The most standout features of Victoria's are likely her eyes, which can focus in on a person with all the ferocity of a stalking wolf. They have a certain sarcasm to them, made more noticeable by her defined eyebrows that can raise in the most critical of fashions. Also distinct are a collection of tattoos on her back, including the chemical formula for adenine, a tiny rendition of the planets, the number 42, and a small double helix.
Education Level:
Victoria got her Bachelors in Molecular Biology from John Hopkins University, and her MD and PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology (Essentially Molecular Biology with a heavy concentration in the genome) from MIT.
Notable Skills:
Polygot - Raised by an American mother and German father, Victoria grew up speaking both German and English. Her parents enrolled her in a school with a special language program from an early age, which added Mandarin Chinese to the languages she grew up with. Besides this she also speaks Spanish and understands classic Latin. Being able to speak these languages (and understand to some extent other similar languages such as Dutch and Italian), Victoria is an asset to the company when it comes to translating for foreign visitors, so long as they belong to one of the above mentioned languages. A mind wired early on to switch between three languages has made her mind more flexible, and has benefited her in other studies as well.
Brilliant Geneticist - While she may not be an excellent employee in general, Victoria is a world class geneticist. She has been published countless times, including a textbook that she wrote several years ago soon after completing her doctorate. Perhaps some people have a natural inclination towards science- Victoria has always been fascinated by the way cells and DNA work, and how they create beings so complex as those who walk the earth. This early fascination blossomed into a lifelong obsession with how things tick and what she can do to change the speed of the hands, the volume of the tick, etc. Very few people are able to work in a field which they are so infatuated with, and though she may not appreciate it quite as much as she should, her work is perhaps one of the only things keeping Victoria from completely giving up. The human genome may very well be her greatest love. The time that she arrives at work may be variable, but the precision and meticulousness with which she carries out her research never is.
Notable Disadvantages:
Alcoholic - If Victoria weren't so damn good at her job, she would have been given the boot years ago when she first began drinking far more frequently than a mere 'social drinker' would. She has gone perhaps three days in the past month without having several drinks, and perhaps five without getting at least tipsy but more than likely very drunk before bed. Drinking has become part of her before bed routine, and if she cannot find someone to drink with her (she quite likes drinking buddies) she will just as gladly do it alone. To be quite honest, she is very close to having her security clearance altered simply out of fear that she will one day wander to the other levels while intoxicated and do something very foolish indeed. She is a rash drunk, prone to mood swings that switch most notably between incredibly affectionate to very hot tempered. Strangely enough, even when she is drunk it is difficult to pry out of her talk of feelings or the past, so there is no silver lining to it at all. If nothing else, at least she has the decency to not overdrink while working.
Unprofessional - Still, the brilliant mind is not suited to be the face of any company, though her features may be intelligent. She runs a very strange department in her style, and while no one may question her results or the legitimacy of her research, the environment which she runs is odd indeed. Victoria likes to blast big band jazz or crooning blues over the lab, keeps her own office in absolutely terrible condition, and frequently shows up somewhat late to work with a hangover, despite living only a few floors above her labs. Her lack of punctuality and keeping with a conventional work environment gives her a reputation as one of the less reliable members of the staff, and her tendency to not always adhere to the instructions of the director have many convinced that she is a loose cannon waiting to shoot off.
Very Closed Off - Even when in a drunken stupor, wrapping her arms around a person and declaring them her dearest friend, Victoria will not speak about her own feelings. She is relentless in this, the sort who might receive news of her closest relative's death and take no more than a five minute work before continuing with work. This apparent coldness gives her a sort of reservedness that doesn't fall perfectly in line with her otherwise volatile personality. It is perhaps the source of that kernel of reliability and discretion in her that makes her suited to the job, though it also makes it difficult for others to sympathize with the woman.
Sarcastic || Intelligent || Logical || Sympathetic || Protective
Anyone who knows Victoria is well aware of her biting wit, normally pointed at whichever member of her staff has recently made a stupid mistake or asked an every more stupid question. She is not inclined towards many moments of sincerity and warmth, at least not in ways not veiled over with false insults, and this is something most have simply grown accustomed to. This is not to say she is entirely unpersonable, the doctor is very good at putting on the charm when she needs to, having become quite accustomed to working patrons of the sciences and boards giving out grants back before she began her work here at Plumeria. She is too intelligent of a woman to not know when to be sour and when to be sweet, after all. But her resting face can be defined as bitch, and her eyes simply have a sort of judgmental look about them even when she is simply staring off into space. This has been the case since she was a child, and while she once would practice smiling when not paying attention, the woman has long past moved on from caring about such things. It is important to note that her sarcasm is very rarely actually harsh. She will not mess with someone whom she knows cannot take it, and does not cross lines marked with pleading looks. Of course, that is when she is sober. After a few too many drinks, the woman can become very volatile indeed, and in that situation may say things that she otherwise would not broach the topic of. Her moods when drunk range from overly cheerful and affectionate to angry and downright childishly cruel.
Still, she is able to maintain her head longer than many when knocking a few back as is her night time custom. This comes from a great sense of reason and control that is broken up only by her drinking problem. While she may at times seem contrary or a little out there, Victoria will always respond to reason. She is, at her core, a scientist, and this requires a level of rationality that she does not lack in. The woman is not obstinate where facts are involved, though she may remain dangerously curious in the face of reasonable restrictions. Still, she will rarely allow impulse or emotion to guide her when she knows that they will only lead to trouble. She has a good sense of when and when not to go out on an instinct, and this finding of a middle ground is what makes her a creative and competent scientist. It is perhaps also what keeps most of her staff from disliking her too much, though there are certainly a few who may grumble a bit. With her reason comes a level of sympathy that she will never allow to be expressed without being laced with sarcasm. She will send a person away early if they are clearly distracted by illness or a recent sadness, forcing them even if they protest that they are perfectly fine. Victoria does not like to see others in unnecessary pain, and has a frightening memory for what hurts others. Harassment in her lab is almost unheard of, besides her normal taunts, because at the first whiff of it she has pulled a person aside and made very clear that she does not tolerate such bullshit. Victoria is sympathetic to her surroundings, even if she is not always the most naturally charming and outgoing of people.
She is protective of herself and others. Even when in a drunken stupor, Victoria cannot be compelled to share her deeper feelings or secrets to someone. At least, she has maintained a defense of privacy to this point. She is a very closed off person in these senses, coming across to those who do and don't know her alike as cold in the way that she bottles things up. One might inform her of her grandmother's passing, and she will be silent for a few moments before dismissing the messenger and continuing with work. Perhaps this is her brand of professionalism, but more likely she has difficulty expressing herself and certainly loathes the idea of anyone seeing any weakness or vulnerability in her. Victoria relies on a reputation of being impenetrable, as it helps to convince her that this is truth.
Record
Victoria is the daughter of an American Mother and a German Father, classic case of falling in love with the student studying abroad. Her father came to America to spend a year studying Art at William and Mary in Virginia, where her mother was studying languages with the hopes of being a translator or perhaps a teacher. Long story short, the two fell in love, her mother applied to study at her father's college in Germany for the next year, and the two married. Victoria was born while they were living in Germany, but by the time she was six years old they had decided to move to America. They did not make a great deal of money, her father an art teacher and her mother working as a translator, but it was enough for the family of three to live comfortably on. Victoria was enrolled in many different programs at the insistence of her parents, the most notable being an elementary school with a language focus, her track being Mandarin Chinese. She grew up surrounded by art and language, and so it surprised her parents when she began expressing more interest in math and science, though they were supportive. Her love affair with science started in the second grade, around the same time that she realized that people had differences, and thought perhaps these differences were the source of her difficulty interacting with the other kids. She became obsessed with human genetics and environmental factors, wanting to know the concrete of what made people who they are.
She seemed convinced that if she could master this, she would be able to make friends more easily. By middle school she was enrolling in prestigious science programs, writing reports, visiting any expo she could get herself to. Her parents whole-heartedly supported her in this. For high school she enrolled in Thomas Jefferson, the Virginia magnet school for STEM known for it's rigorous curriculum and highly competitive environment. Here, she thrived off of the competition, but continued to falter in the water when it came to forging bonds. She'd practice smiling in the mirror at home, practice conversations in her head. She'd become good at interviews, at speaking with adults, but couldn't nail down her peers. By junior year she had simply learned to fake it, and this skill would carry her long enough to develop social skills that at least surpassed many of her colleagues, even if they were far from perfect.
At this same time, she was making a name for herself at national science fairs, in essays she'd submitted to journals, etc. She was the poster child for her high school. She would later attend John Hopkins for undergrad, and MIT for graduate studies in genetics and molecular biology. She continued to be well known in certain circles for creative research and ideas, although she had a bit of a reputation for sarcasm and coming off as trying just a bit too hard in casual social situations. She became a bit of a social drinker in the hopes of gaining more ease and confidence in conversation. It was around this time that she met Aron Richter, a student a few years her senior at MIT who seemed to always been in all the same places as her. They married while working on their doctorates. He was relaxed, cheerful, and helped to counteract her sarcasm and defensiveness. She stopped drinking. They published works together, conducted research, and became known as a power couple in the field of genetics. It was around this time that they were both offered positions at the Plumeria Research Facility. It was only a few months after beginning work there that differences of opinions on the work being done at Plumeria, and the rumors surrounding it, began lodging itself between them. Aron left the facility, and Victoria remained behind to continue her research. They were likely going to divorce, but Victoria secretly harbored the belief that they could patch things up. And then Aron died in a car crash on his way to work. They may have been separated, but Victoria lost her husband that day. She began drinking again.
Since then, Victoria's dedication to her work, drinking habits aside, has brought her up to the position of Head Geneticist for Plumeria. Many of the older employees, who worked here for the brief time that Aron did, know about him, but many don't know he ever existed unless they read an article they published and wonder about the other name. She prefers it this way.
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Victoria is the daughter of an American Mother and a German Father, classic case of falling in love with the student studying abroad. Her father came to America to spend a year studying Art at William and Mary in Virginia, where her mother was studying languages with the hopes of being a translator or perhaps a teacher. Long story short, the two fell in love, her mother applied to study at her father's college in Germany for the next year, and the two married. Victoria was born while they were living in Germany, but by the time she was six years old they had decided to move to America. They did not make a great deal of money, her father an art teacher and her mother working as a translator, but it was enough for the family of three to live comfortably on. Victoria was enrolled in many different programs at the insistence of her parents, the most notable being an elementary school with a language focus, her track being Mandarin Chinese. She grew up surrounded by art and language, and so it surprised her parents when she began expressing more interest in math and science, though they were supportive. Her love affair with science started in the second grade, around the same time that she realized that people had differences, and thought perhaps these differences were the source of her difficulty interacting with the other kids. She became obsessed with human genetics and environmental factors, wanting to know the concrete of what made people who they are.
She seemed convinced that if she could master this, she would be able to make friends more easily. By middle school she was enrolling in prestigious science programs, writing reports, visiting any expo she could get herself to. Her parents whole-heartedly supported her in this. For high school she enrolled in Thomas Jefferson, the Virginia magnet school for STEM known for it's rigorous curriculum and highly competitive environment. Here, she thrived off of the competition, but continued to falter in the water when it came to forging bonds. She'd practice smiling in the mirror at home, practice conversations in her head. She'd become good at interviews, at speaking with adults, but couldn't nail down her peers. By junior year she had simply learned to fake it, and this skill would carry her long enough to develop social skills that at least surpassed many of her colleagues, even if they were far from perfect.
At this same time, she was making a name for herself at national science fairs, in essays she'd submitted to journals, etc. She was the poster child for her high school. She would later attend John Hopkins for undergrad, and MIT for graduate studies in genetics and molecular biology. She continued to be well known in certain circles for creative research and ideas, although she had a bit of a reputation for sarcasm and coming off as trying just a bit too hard in casual social situations. She became a bit of a social drinker in the hopes of gaining more ease and confidence in conversation. It was around this time that she met Aron Richter, a student a few years her senior at MIT who seemed to always been in all the same places as her. They married while working on their doctorates. He was relaxed, cheerful, and helped to counteract her sarcasm and defensiveness. She stopped drinking. They published works together, conducted research, and became known as a power couple in the field of genetics. It was around this time that they were both offered positions at the Plumeria Research Facility. It was only a few months after beginning work there that differences of opinions on the work being done at Plumeria, and the rumors surrounding it, began lodging itself between them. Aron left the facility, and Victoria remained behind to continue her research. They were likely going to divorce, but Victoria secretly harbored the belief that they could patch things up. And then Aron died in a car crash on his way to work. They may have been separated, but Victoria lost her husband that day. She began drinking again.
Since then, Victoria's dedication to her work, drinking habits aside, has brought her up to the position of Head Geneticist for Plumeria. Many of the older employees, who worked here for the brief time that Aron did, know about him, but many don't know he ever existed unless they read an article they published and wonder about the other name. She prefers it this way.
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