Emmet Ericson

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Biography
Emmet was raised in upstate New York in a crumbling old house held together with a hope and a prayer and a steady inflow of paper cash. She studied with wireless internet that flickered with the weather and biked forty-five minutes to school. She had two brothers, one older, and one younger. She was the first to learn to shoot from her mum, who realized her talent and pushed her to practice and improve on increasingly difficult targets. Emmet taught her brothers and dreamed of competitions she'd never be permitted to enter. She learned to hunt, she learned to swim, she learned to whittle, she learned to fish, she learned just why her mum and mother were such good shots.

She was diagnosed with a host of neurodivergences in her early teens.

When she was seventeen, their neighbors burned their barn to the ground in a feud. The feud escalated to the point of a federal raid. Emmet had been the best shot in the house for six years-- but she had no desire to carry on. She'd never been in trouble with the law herself and she had a teacher at her high school who'd been helping her fill out college essays. She had an exit route. She knew how to do it. She had a bag packed. She set a fire on her way out.

She changed her name when she moved to Boston, and then changed her name again when she moved to Wheldrake. She's aware that one of her brothers is in prison, and the other is a fugitive.

Emmet Ericson-- this incarnation of her-- became quiet and reserved, paid tuition in cash, and built a new life.

Personality
Emmet's lightheartedness didn't die, it's only buried under a flat affect and a genuine fear of the world around her. She's sweet on the surface but she has a tendency to act on instinct and her instincts don't always lead in good directions. She tends to come across as anxious, afraid, and cold to other people and other people tend to come across as confusing, loud, and exuberant to her. She's easily spooked. She feels most herself, but also doubts herself the most, when she's around the people that she cares about. This can lead to turbulent emotional responses. However, she's quick to cheer and quick to joy: good food, good clean fresh air, and good company set her at ease.

Trivia

 * Emmet's extremely food-motivated
 * She is sometimes a life drawing model and sometimes models clothes that her flatmate, Ava, designs
 * She will, sometimes, pay for people's drinks or snacks at her work, but if you ask her about it she'll clam up