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Annika Velik is an orphan, and she loves her family a lot, but there is a few problems. She doesn't remember anything before the day she became an orphan which was at 12...

She's tried her hardest to grow to the idea that she will never know who she was before her amnesia set in. But it's hard being 16 and not knowing anything about yourself.

Her adoptive parents attempt to support her in the best way possible. But even they have no record of her real parents. They've tried very hard to make life a little easier for Annika, but it's still hard for her.

Annika has talents that are very hard to explain, like she is a math wizard, and she knows how write perfect poety, two things that don't normally go hand in hand. These things always confused her, but she tries her hardest to remember what caused her to have these talents.



Annika has, an Adoptive Father, an Adoptive mother, and three siblings. She also has a very close group of friends, even though it's hard for them to understand her not remembering anything.

Profiles~

Annika-
Username: Crystalrose
Character name: Annika Velik
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Relation: Daughter/sister/Annika.
Personality: Annika is a very loving girl, and she understands people very well. But sometimes she gets very emotional, she just doesn't understand how this could happen to her. She can be poetic at times, and very up beat when she wants to cheer some one up, but other times she has a hard time smiling.
Appearance: Annika has shoulder length black hair with purple heighlights, she has soft blue eyes and a cute smile. She's average height, and has an okay figure. She wears all different outfits, depending on her mood, but most of the time she has some kind of a hoodie on.
History: A lot of Annika's past is forgotten, but she still has the memories from age 12-16, she has always been looking for a chance to find something about her past. She wonders a lot if the person she'd pass on the street could have been her sibling, or even her parent. She came to the Velik home pretty quickly after being in the orphanage, and she was lucky to. They knew her story, and were willing to help her in any way they could.
Other: Annika love animals, but never got one.

Mother-

Father-

Siblings-

Username: Mindlessinvalid
Character name: Brett Velik
Age: Seventeen
Gender: Male
Relation: Sibling
Personality: Loving to many and understanding even though his own thoughts on things seem to come through a three-sided pentagon. Somewhat schizophrenic upon his emotions occasionally. Metaphorical and friendly. Likes to keep the mood of everyone around him balanced.
Appearance: Black hair with natural brown streaks while his bangs are unnaturally dyed red. Grey eyes, but they are more than grey. A gloomy overcast in the cold night rain are always shown in them. His smile is one to be signature. Tall with a small, thin frame(for a guy). Wears dark clothing, but occasionally offsets the brood with a lighter shade of blue or sometimes white. Wears many types of skater shoes and they are always changing. Usually he is found with his long-sleeved thin black zip up hoodie on with the hood up the zipper unzipped and the strings hanging. The jacket also has in a thicker material black skulls on it. Has to have something on his wrist at all times. Wears eyeliner.
History: Brett has done very well in school and follows the laws of his parents. Tends to think more than use his voice.
Other: Volunteers at the local hospital weekly. Wishes to go into the medical field. Single.

Friends-
Username: I CUP fUnKy c0l0rZz.
Character name: Olive Connolley.
Age: Sixteen.
Gender: Female.
Relation: Friend.
Personality: She's very friendly and understanding, but kind of a shrug-it-off person. Y'know, it's all small stuff, don't worry about it. She also can be very sarcastic, usually not in a good/joking way. Also, she HATES when people think she needs to be helped all the time.
Appearance: She has short, brown, curly hair and she straightens the bangs, swinging them to the side. She wears really bright and out there clothes and lots of layers, like tanktops over/under T-shirts and such. LOTS of accessories like bright bracelets, bows [in hair] headbands, and MANY beads [necklaces]. She usually has ripped or patched pants with her ever-changing converse [she has many pairs]. She wears lots of eyeliner, pink blush, and bright eyeshadow. She's like a beatnik, or techno emo.
History: Growing up, she was always different. While the other kids in her kindergarten class would color with the classic reds, blues, and yellows, she'd be bustin' out the hot pink and turquoise. She always loved to play dress-up as a little girl and it followed her all the way 'till now, where it had finally become her everyday style. People shunned her for this, though, so she'd made herself a sort of self-barrier and gave herself her "whatever" attitude to defend herself from the verbal bullying. Her parents, though, didn't approve of the way she dressed and acted, and her mother began abusing her. One time she'd wacked her smack in the side of the head, causing poor Olive to go blind. She now walks with a cane and uses it to sense vibrations so she knows where she's going. After that happened to her, she moved in with her loving half sister, who has a husband and one daughter, Mikayla.
Other: Well, she's blind, kind of emo [not in the depressed way, though] aaaaand yea. She doesn't have a boyfriend...yet. -evil smile-

((Welcome to the rp!))

Annika stood in her doorway and smiled lightly at her mom. "I know... I think I'm gonna go for a walk." She then gave her mother a kiss on the cheek and headed down the stairs, aside from her happy exterier, she really was feeling pretty hurt. She then opened the main door and walked along the pathway to the sidewalk. She then looked down both sides. "To the right? Or to the left?" She laughed slightly, and then turned right, although she felt like crying, and with every step her heart weighed heavier.

Annika headed down the sidewalk, and by time she'd reached the neighborhood park, tears rolled down her face. She stepped off to the side as a man on a bike rolled past her. She held her face in her hands and sniffled, she knew it was stupid to just cry in public, but it was too late to tell herself that now.

((Err... I'm going to assume that she Heard Annika crying, since she can't exactly see can she? Being blind and all... Hehe.))

Annika looked up, she quickly wiped her tears and headed over to her friend and sat down. "Hi Olive..." Her voice was some what cracked like she was holding back a sob, but she tried to make it not sound like that. She hated to worry her friend, especially when they had better things on their minds.

Cookies and Canes for Comfort

"What's wrong?" Olive asked, hearing her friend's shaky voice. She scooted her so Annika had some more room, pulling her small bag to her side. She reached into it pulling out a plastic bag containing a few cookies. She pulled a couple out and set them on her friend's lap. "Here," she said, smiling. Her tongue fumbled around with her lip ring as she swung her legs, her arms stretched out over the back of the bench. Her cane lay at her other side, comforting her..protecting her. She never went anywhere with it. It was her
shield
against the world, in more ways than one.

What Are We?

Olive turned to her friend, her glazed eyes looking into Annika's. "It matters not who you were," she said, her soft pink lips moving gingerly, "but who you are now." She patted her friend's leg, knowing how hard it was for her. She turned to the road, listening to the patterned footsteps and the rumbling of cars. "I used to see, Anni..now I've forgotten what seeing is like." She turned back to her friend, her lips slightly trembling. "I know it's not the same, but I know somewhat how you feel." She sighed, hating every moment of emotion she showed in public. It was not her. But what was?