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[align=center][div style="width:355px;text-align:justify;margin-top:10px;color:#000;"][size=9pt][font=Georgia]Ev had been wandering for quite some time now, night had fallen and she had left the Costco to go and wander around the streets, but she had never expected this. There were fireflies! Or lightning bugs, depending on who was calling them what. She had only seen fireflies a few times in her life, and it was a real, visceral emotion that gripped her when she saw the first sparklings of light in the sky. "Guys, hey! Out here! Look what I found!"

/ rushed

[rue]

Being the curious shit that she was, Gemma was the first person to answer Ev's call, bounding out of the score and skidding to a stop next to the older women. "Hey hey, V!" She chimed, squinting her eyes. Although her vision was pretty fucking decent, the teen liked the feeling of squinting. It made her look [and feel] like she was doing something shady. Especially if she crouched down and glanced around corners all sneaky like while doing so. "What did'cha find?" It wasn't until moments later that she noticed the fireflies and realized what the other was referring to. "Ohhhh, you mean the lightning bugs." She drawled. "They're always hanging around at night, haven't you seen them before? Don't they remind you of suns? Except they're tinier and squishier."

[spoiler=oh, how the mighty fall]
NAME: gemma arabeth coleman
NICKNAMES: gem, cole, germ
AGE: 14
SEX/GENDER: female

APPEARANCE: to be honest, gem looks more like a boy than a girl. she has light brown skin from being outside all the time, and a scrawny, muscular build. she has curly brown hair, though it is shaved to the point where there's barely a centimeter of it remaining, and her eyes are a dark brown / almost black. another thing to note is that she's missing a few teeth / has a large gap in her two front teeth, along with the fact that her chest is almost completely flat, something she’s proud of. 

CLOTHES: restating what was said before, gem tends to look, and dress, like a boy. you can normally find her in a dirty white undershirt and brown work pants with cotton hand wraps and nothing to cover her feet. occasionally she can be found in an almost comically large grey overcoat, one that was presumably given to her by her parents. but in truth, she probably stole it from someone.

PERSONALITY: gem can best be described as a fighter. fierce and unyielding, she doesn't let anyone tell her what to do, and dislikes authority figures. to go with this, she's a rulebreaker, and while she doesn't activity look to make trouble, she somehow always gets into it. maybe it's because she's always provoking people into fights, or just because she's so goddamn stubborn at times. though once you get to know her she'll prove to be fiercely loyal, and tends to treat everyone she knows as if they were family. so what if you don't like her non-stop pestering and inconvenient wrestling matches? in her opinion, it comes with the 'friend' job description.

THINGS TO NOTE:
1: she likes to steal stuff, so don’t be surprised if your belongings go missing
2: she tends to start fights, and will finish them. though she’s against breaking bones / killing people[/spoiler]

[Advay.]

[align=center][size=8pt]It was the time of night that Advay had nothing to do, was bundled up in extra clothing and a blanket around his shoulders, and his dogs all sitting around him enjoying the cool night air. When he saw Ev show up, he watched her play around with the bugs. At her interest, it peaked Atlantis, his husky's, curiousity, and the tan pup ran over to check out what the two girls were looking at, barking and hurrying to sniff at first Gemma's hands, and then look curiously at Ev. After all, Gemma had given Atlantis food, despite it making him sick later, so he was more keen to go near her, compared to not knowing Ev. Advay just watched quietly.