Age: 23
Ethnicity: Itailian
Orientation: Straight
Status: Single, although she did have a boyfriend in Italy things were on the rocks with them, especially when she decided to move away. He was violent. She believes him dead and has moved on.
Occupation: Lucia moved away from Italy to become a journalist and has been working as a freelance ever since.
Appearance;
Lucia is typically Italian looking. She has naturally tanned skin, that seems to glow and across her nose she has a sprinkling of light freckles. A wave of dark brown hair cascades down her slender back, ending just in the middle and she usually lets it hang loose, though sometimes she will shove it up into a ponytail. She isn't particularly very tall, reaching only 5'3" in height, with a petite, but curvy body that has a general hourglass shape. Her eyes are a dark chocolate colour, flecked with lighter browns and gold and framed by thick black eyelashes. She has a cute little dimple on her left cheek when she smiles with her light pink lips. There is a white scar just in front of her left ear, caused by her boyfriend (ex) throwing a glass at a wall behind her which exploded and sliced her cheek. Normally she is adorned in tight fitted jeans, a vest top or t-shirt of some kind, with a leather or denim jacket thrown over the top. Heeled boots usually grace her feet.
Personality;
Before the tragedy happened, Lucia had such a bubbly personality it was intoxicating for almost everyone. Very few found her annoying, as she had the right amount happiness that it didn't irritate anyone. She was cheerful, full of life and had the ability to see the bright side in almost any situation. But the events that had shaken the world to its very core have sobered her personality. She has now calmed somewhat and although she still has her brilliant smile and her naturally happy attitude towards life, it is far lessened than it was before. Instead of making jokes, both appropriate and inappropriate, she keeps herself to herself and prefers to remain quiet and watchful. She has a kind nature and is willing to help almost everyone, but she trusts to easily and it often sees her hurt. Also, once she possesses something (such as love) she finds it hard to let it go, even with her boyfriend (ex) who turned violent in her last weeks in Italy. Lucia also keeps her emotions to herself now and doesn't allow herself to be read as easily as she once did.
Likes;
♡ Chocolate
♡ Writing
♡ Reading
♡ Maths
♡ Seeing the world (well once)
♡ Anything cute
Dislikes;
Arrogant people
Confrontation
Being the leader
Seeing others hurt
Hobbies;
Lucia loves to read and write. It was a hobby that started when she was a child and that was when she decided that she wanted her hobby to become a an occupation. However, since her move she hasn't had much luck.
She also loved to horse ride when she was back in Italy, but in her new home there hasn't been much opportunity for that.
Strangely, running. She likes to keep fit and jogging/running is a hobby of hers as well.
History
Lucia was born in Italy and has spent most of her life in the country as an only child to a single mother. Despite Italian being her first language, her mother taught her English as well, as she wanted as many opportunities for her daughter as possible. And so the young girl became fluent in both languages, deviating between the two often. They lived in a little Italian village where everyone knew everyone else's business and the residents found it strange that she should speak English. Very few had left the village in fifty years and they mostly had traveled to other Italian places, never needing English. There were generations upon generations of the same families in the little village. Her father had been one such person and her mother had been dragged into the little village when she had married him. But he had run off when he'd discovered his wife was pregnant. Lucia's mother hated the village and its gossip and for this reason wished her daughter could escape when she herself never could due to lack of money.
When Lucia was a child in school she began writing for the school newspaper and her love of journalism was born. She dreamed of leaving and traveling to America where she could become a big-shot writer. However, her dreams were temporarily dashed when she met long-term boyfriend Antonio. He was charming, handsome and made her feel special. She spent four years with him before she realised the truth. He was violent, disgusting and made her do things that haunted her nightmares. It took her six months to scrimp and save every penny she could without him realising before she booked a one way ticket to America. Antonio found out, beat her until she could scream no more and left to go down the local. Despite her broken state, she packed her bags and in the dead of night took off. She had nothing in Italy to hold her, for her mother had long since passed away. He chased her to the airport, but it was too late. She was on the plane and on her way without even saying goodbye.
In America she struggled to survive for the first few months, living in hostels and barely eating anything. But then the jobs came thick and fast. A local paper discovered her talent and although no-one would take her on full time, they were willing to allow her to write articles for them. She was in the elevator at NTA's building, dropping off an article when the bomb went off. She stepped out from the elevator to find everyone dead in the building. It took her a moment to realise what had happened, though she had no idea how she had survived. Now she hunts for survivors.