Sienna Willow Asher || 22 || Female || Sapiosexual || Software Engineering Major
Don't do love, Don't do friends
I'm only after success
Though many of the children of the three main families appear to be reluctant to be members of the war over LA, Sienna seems to have little to no problem with the situation. She is the type of person who thrives under pressure, and seems to rather enjoy the web of skill and connections woven by the struggle. Sienna has a desire to help her family reach power, being the sort who puts family-first, and doesn't mind if she has to step on heads to do it. Better she do it than one of her siblings. Anyways, this is the first true test of her capabilities since Sienna went through her change.
Likes?
+Apples
+Compliments on her Apperance
+Computers
+Programming
+Video Games
+Respect
+Power
+Various Fandoms (Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, etc)
Dislikes?
-Losing Composure
-Being Defeated
-Those Who Expect Something for Nothing
-Traitors
-People Hurting Her Family
-Spicy Foods
-Her Glasses
-Flirting
Fears
-Losing her Family
-Reverting to her past self
-Naivete
'Cause I feel like I'm the worst
So I always act like I'm the best
For a person to understand Sienna properly, they must first know of the girl she once was, and still is behind a thousand lovingly constructed walls of diamonds and fool's gold. While one may not guess it looking at her now, the young woman was once one of the type of people whom others associate with spending all of their time online and shunning the sunlight. She wasn't the most social of people, and those conversations that she did were rushed bursts of enthusiasm over some fandom or another, or an actor/character. Other than that, she preferred speaking to people over the internet instead of in real life, and only had a few friends because she didn't really make the effort. In all honesty, Sienna had been content with that lifestyle. In her original state, Sienna had been an antisocial, nerdy, know-it-all of a girl who talked of her dislike for the sort of people who weren't like her, whilst also complaining that people didn't like her because she wasn't a 'clone' like them. A hypocrite, in that way, but still a decent person. The family was poor, but she had no qualms with wearing hand-me-down clothing. She was happy enough, but at the same time somewhat unhappy.
She had had a weight problem since childhood, and was incredibly self-conscious about her appearance, wearing only baggy clothing and being something of a coward when it came to actually talking to people's faces about things she didn't like. While she had a decent face, the young woman went through a rather bad age of acne, and her hair was a rat's nest. At some point, around junior year, she decided to change. Maybe it was brought on by something, or was like the snapping of a rubberband stretched by insults and her own low self-esteem. She went through a dramatic change, suddenly eating little and exercising obsessively, as well as maintaining a rigid skin care routine and getting her hair changed completely. This would have been fine, a little change, but she developed anorexia, and lost weight so quickly that it resulted in stretch marks, the reason she doesn't wear two piece bathing suits. She shoved her past self in a closet and swallowed the key with a drink of water, creating a shrine of plastic bins full of her old things in the closet. These are pieces of information necessary for one to understand who she now is.
Despite a new image, Sienna is still somewhat self-conscious, because a childhood of being teased over her appearance leads her to believe that, regardless of what people say, all they honestly care about is appearances. Only the naive, in her opinion, believe differently or are different, and it is her excuse for a vanity about her appearance. She always glances at mirrors as she passes, but it isn't due to narcissism. She simply places too much weight on the exterior, and though the young woman walks and talks as though she believes herself to be hotter than hell, her poor self-image has led to an on-and-off battle with anorexia and many broken mirrors in her room, with the exception of a long one on her door. Her impression of the world is pessimistic at best, and she will come off as a bitch when she tears apart those who she believes are lying to themselves and claiming that appearances don't matter. Come off as a bitch may be putting it nicely, actually, because Sienna can be quite a bitch at times. She is never outright rude, and has a perfect filter. However, she speaks mockingly behind tones of politeness, and won't hesitate to point out faults in others. In her defense, Sienna believes that, in her own strange way, she is helping people. Her warped image of her past is such that she only sees a person built of flaws, and wishes that someone had smacked her. She forgets the fact that she had at least been able to find safe havens back then, whereas now she refuses to allow herself to be comfortable, for fear that it will make her lazy.
That much, at least, can be said of Sienna: she is hard working. When her mind is set to something, it will happen, and she has become rather competitive of late. She believes that one has to be the best to be acknowledged, and wants that spot for her family somewhat desperately. If her mother and father launched the feud, she is one of the siblings who are helping to stoke the fire. She wouldn't have started the fight, but as it already exists, she doesn't intend to be on the losing side. Loyalty, however, prevents her from jumping sides. Sienna is the sort who assures that she is on the winning side by taking matters into her own hands. Though she can be crippled by fear if someone learns of her secrets, she is a manipulating and cunning young woman otherwise, capable of wrapping people around her pinky finger. She is stubborn to a fault, and refuses to give up on what she wants. She can become what others want her to be if necessary, and doesn't count her pride among the casualties of a war, as long as she is the winner in the end.
Sienna is a genuinely intelligent young woman, though, both cunning and academically gifted. The latter is somewhat because she spent most of her time on academics and things like video games and TV shows as a child. Behind her appearance of an arrogant but pretty socialite with a competitive streak is a software engineering student who knows her way around a computer and has a backup plan for everything. The young woman knows what it is like to be at the bottom of the food chain, and will scratch and fight to remain towards the top, whether that require underhanded tricks, meticulous planning, or a bit of reluctant flirting. Beneath that all, however, she'd rather be at home watching a Doctor Who fandom than at a club flirting with a hot guy/girl, and has to restrain herself at times from the instinct to call out to people wearing merchandise for some thing or another that she likes. She gave up who she was because she thought that things would be better this way, but that might not have been the best of choices. Too late to go back now, though.
Clever || Sly || Hard Working || Vain || Low Self-Esteem || False Arrogance || Vicious || Cautious || Calculating || Wistful || Pessimistic
I know exactly what I want and who I want to be
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a robot