CARTIER, Cressida Taylor

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CRESSIDA TAYLOR CARTIER

FULL NAME: Cressida Taylor Cartier.
NICKNAMES: Sid, CeeCee (her mom’s nickname for her), Cress
AGE: Thirty-Four
GENDER: Female
SEXUALITY: Straight.
STATUS: Single.
GROUP: Citizen.
GRADE: N/A.
MAJOR: N/A.
JOB OCCUPATION: Adventure tour guide/seasonal instructor.

HAIR: Blonde and long. If she’s not wearing it straight down then it’s usually in some kind of braid. She loves braids.
EYES: Blue.
SCARS/BIRTHMARKS: She has more scars than her mother would care to think about. Most are hidden, faded or small though. Bruises are more her problem.
TATTOOS: Chainmail on her upper right arm and shoulder..
PIERCINGS: Left ear three times, right ear just the once.
PLAY-BY: Katheryn Winnick!

LIKES: dirt bikes, BMX racing, snowboarding, mountain climbing, firewalking, playing football (not watching), mascara, ziplining, camping, smores, strawberry lip balm, oat and raisin cookies, braiding her hair, spicy chicken wings, horror movies (the gorier the better), falling asleep to the history channel, caving, old SNES games, taekwondo, morning coffee with the newspaper, egg sandwiches.
DISLIKES: Being called CeeCee, chapped lips, watching football, continuous rainy days, argumentative people, ignored text messages, being dubbed ‘one of the guys’, boring dates, plans being interrupted, knotted hair, missing a shower, being given flowers, romance movies, being guilt tripped, people who won’t try anything once, destruction of ancient places, losing her taste.
FEARS: Becoming paralysed, vomiting, being locked in a small space.
SECRETS: She was a beauty queen, pageant prancing princess up until she was fifteen thanks to her mother.
PERSONALITY: An adventurous soul, Sid is an active tomboy who gets to play at what she loves for a living. She’s a tough blonde who doesn’t care about cuts and bruises before she slinks into a nice dress for a night out in the city that never sleeps. Sid is a vocal woman who will speak up if she doesn’t like something, and isn’t afraid to upset people with her words. She thinks it’s better to be honest than to sit on something and let it fester. It might not always win her the popularity points, but Sid isn’t playing a popularity game. She’d rather be five steps ahead of everyone else, making the next jumps in their wicked adventures. Sid is a fighter, and she’s stubborn, so she’s not the type to back down or give in if there is something that is bothering her or causing upset. She’s quick to see red, and even faster to react to it. Sid won’t hide away or cower from someone who might be bothering her. She’ll fight back in a heartbeat. Sid often gets asked why she isn’t married or settled down at her age, but the truth is that she’s very hard to keep up with. She needs a man who can keep her on her toes, while also running beside her. Until that man comes along though, Sid is more than happy to keep her bed warm with the men who intrigue her for a night or two. She also doesn’t care what people think of that because, hell, it’s her life and not theirs.

MOTHER: Vivienne Francine Cartier, 58.
FATHER: John Logan Cartier, 63.
SIBLINGS: N/A.
OTHERS: N/A.
PETS: None – just because she’s away so much.
HOMETOWN: Dallas, Texas.
HISTORY: Vivienne was a blonde hair, blue eyed beauty queen in her home town of Austin, Texas. She had her pick of the men in the town, but she was crazy about Naval officer John Cartier. She knew a lot of her dreams of riches and glamour would be over if she married him, but she suddenly didn’t care about that. She just wanted to spend her days with the man in the uniform who made the rest of the men look like silly little boys in comparison. They married right before he went off on tour, and when he came home she found herself quickly pregnant. They had a baby girl, who they named Cressida, and in that moment Vivienne saw a world of doors open for her. She might have left behind her past of baton twirling and pageant walking, but she was holding a beautiful bundle in her arms who looked like she was destined to be a star.

John tried to convince her not to do anything crazy, but with how often he was away from their home, there was little he could do. Vivienne had their daughter in competitions from the age of six months. Bonny Baby, was the first, and after that Vivienne was like a woman with a doll. She loved her daughter, make no mistake, but she also wanted to live out her own dreams through Cressida – or as she called her, CeeCee. Knowing no better, Sid grew up in the nice clothes and having her hair done regularly. She learnt the walk, the right words to say, and she was a pretty, popular girl at her school and in the pageant circle. John wanted his little girl to have a chance to just be a child, but Vivienne had made her mark and there was no way to undo it.

At least not until Sid was fifteen. Then she noticed boys. One boy in particular was a newcomer to her class, and he was rough around the edges, wore a leather jacket from his older brother and had a locker by hers. She was fascinated, and one day he took her after school on his BMX bike to the woods. It was the first time she let go and had fun without worrying about the state of her clothes or how she looked. He took her first kiss and swept her away. She went home late, with dirt all over and her hair windswept from trying the bike and his helmet. Vivienne was not pleased, and in the space of a few months she had to watch more clothes get ruined and see her tiara winning princess become a tomboy who begged John for a bike of her own. He was happy to give in. He had wanted this for years, for Sid to find her own path unguided by her mother. He loved Vivienne too much to fight with her when he was home, but inside he was thrilled when Sid came home bruised and muddy, but grinning like a wildcat.

It grew from there. BMX, dirt bike, snowboarding, mountain climbing…the older she got the more freedom she needed. Vivienne begged her to compete again, saying she was too pretty to roll around in the dirt with the new friends she had. Sid always laughed, saying those days were long gone, and then telling a story that terrified Vivienne. People wondered why there was such a change in her. She didn’t keep up a relationship with the boy who opened her eyes to it all, so others couldn’t understand. For the first time in her life though, Sid was experiencing the taste of freedom from up high, the rush of adrenaline and she constantly craved more.

After high school she simply studied tourism at a local school, travelling when she could. Her college years were spent saving up money from the jobs she worked and then planning for the years to come. When her graduation was through, Cress boarded a plane and let her adventures begin. For five years she went around the world, living her adventures as she climbed mountains, took her bike on crazy routes, and explored caves with friends she met along the way. Everything she wanted to do she did. Finally, she felt it was time to come back home. It wasn’t to settle down or anything like that, but rather she wanted to see what adventures were on her doorstep that she had overlooked all those years ago.

With a few buddies she had known from school, or on her travels they settled in New York and started their own adventure tour business. Those who had more skills took charge of the running of the enterprise, while Sid was one of the ones who planned the tours, the adventures for the paying customer. She was one of the tour guides who got to lead the trips, and she loved it. When the seasons changed and options were closed for them, she took on instructing off in the ski resorts elsewhere. It was a good deal, and one they could still offer from their small office in the middle of the larger than life city.

It's a life she loves, but too many people are pushing her buttons these days wondering when she might be considering settling down and starting a family of her own with Mr Right. Such things have never been a priority for Sid, and they aren’t about to be. If the right guy comes along then so be it, but if not she’ll be the one with the blue rinse riding a dirt bike.

YOUR ALIAS: Kim.
RULE WORDS: kimnapped.
WHERE YOU FOUND US: In a magical kingdom.
SAMPLE:

Never!

[kim]