Seychelles Application
APPLICATION
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NAME - B. Just B. Or Britta.
AGE - 17
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NATION - Republique of Sesel - or Seychelles
NAME - Vanessa Bonte (Previously Girard, Gerard)
NICKNAME(S) - Nessa, Chocolate Vanilla/Vanilla Chocolate (the nickname of -insertMauritius'humannamehere- for her, referring to the fact that she's of mixed race), Mama Penguin
AGE - Just turned 18
DATE OF BIRTH - June 29, 1993
HOMETOWN - Silhouette, Seychelles
OCCUPATION - Psych student at LU. She's not really ecstatic about it and she isn't really interested in a particular course...yet. Has worked a number of odd jobs, most will never be talked about. Used to waitress at Dos Llamas but quit after two days, realizing that if she worked there, she'll have her ass smacked repeatedly every work night. Do not want. Is currently working part-time at the Liberty Aquarium as a penguin mascot.
RESIDENCE - Ocean View at Shoreline. Currently living alone in the summer house on the beach her late "grandfather" left her.
FAMILY - Vanessa was an orphan. She's been adopted three times. First by a Frenchman, second by an Englishman, third by a Russian-American. The last having passed away in January, the most family she has are her adoptive cousins who live somewhere in the East coast. She's new in town so she probably knows no one.
FIRST IMPRESSION - "She smells like...crab curry?"
TEN TRUE FACTS
1. She has the biggest daddy complex ever. A whiff of familiar cologne and you will find her in your bed the next morning. She was an orphan and by some strange coincidence, she was adopted by single fathers. She just couldn't catch a break!
The first, a Frenchman, had to give her up. The second met the first and ended up fighting over Vanessa. This eventually led to a big, legal mess. What pisses her off the most is that the fight became so personal that it wasn't even she they were arguing over anymore.
Everything resulted into Vanessa returning to Seychelles because of such an "unstable, hostile" environment. Her return wasn't a very happy one, being familyless and all, and mostly because neither adoptive parent bothered to contact her. She remained there until she was adopted a third time at fourteen years old by a kind, pretty well off, old man whose son and daughter-in-law were supposed to adopt her but died in a car accident. He told Vanessa to think of him as her grandfather.
2. No touching. Physical contact. Nope. Vanessa will have none of that. She's not like, super sensitive or anything but if one were to touch her shoulder or wrist or whatever, she freezes up then attempts to discreetly scoot away from whoever. It's not that she dislikes the person or is disgusted by them but she has intimacy issues because of fact numero uno. She's pretty much messed up sexually. However, there are times when she'll allow touching such as when she's intoxicated and the like that takes people out of their usual character or when she feels comfortable with someone.
3. Academically, she's pretty average or maybe even above average. What got her into a prestigious school such as Liberty University with a partial scholarship (for folk dance) was her long list of extra curricular activities. (And maybe the fact that her grandfather was long time drinking buddies with a guy that's the Office of Admission and Aid dean) She's perfectly aware that she wasn't accepted to the school because of her grades and is all right with that. It's better than nothing.
4. Although she inherited pretty much everything of her grandfather's, she's very frugal, a trait that developed from living in such poor conditions as a child. She's very cautious with her money, especially since her family went through a bankruptcy scare two years ago.
She likes discount coupons and free things, and hasn't spent a single penny of what her grandfather left her except for tuition. Using her free time working, she uses her salary to pay for bills and other things. She tries to make most out of her belongings like living off leftover food, recycled paper and even patched up panties.
5. She can speak three languages fluently: Seychellois Creole, French, and English. All three are widely spoken in her home country but where she grew up, she mainly used the former. She had a basic grasp of the latter and the last but was only able to hone her skills further when she was adopted. At times, she'll even mix up her languages unknowingly. Despite having lived in the States for four years already, she has an obvious but odd French accent when she speaks.
6. You could say she's down-to-earth. Although she leaves the image of an annoying girl that likes to exclaim what she feels, most forget that she's much calmer than that. Vanessa is cool with whatever hapoens around her as long as everyone is cool with it too. She likes the convinent, the simple. Her choice of clothing is usually a reflection of that. Either in a sun dress that's made to easily slip on and off or y'know, sweatpants, hair tied, chillin' with no make up on. -
7. - Except when it's winter, of course. She's lived in Western countries for years but still hasn't gotten used to the cold. If you see a big, fat marshmallow of winter jackets shivering as it walks down the street and stops by (meaning goes in, and stays in-) every heated building (-for at least as long as Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody) its way, that's her.
8. Approach any product of Vanessa's cooking as you would Arthur Kirkland's. She is a horrible cook. The most decent thing she's ever cooked is grilled fish and scrambled eggs. Grilled fish and scrambled eggs! A child could make grilled fish and scrambled eggs! It's awful, really - her lack of skill. She once ended up using salt instead of sugar in brownies that were for a bake sale. The organizers of the charity thought she was pulling a prank and sent her a very angry letter.
9. Fish. Oh mon dieu, where to start? They are her first loves. She's confident that she will love them until the end of time and that they, her. Some people are cat people or dog people. It's not that she doesn't like cats or dogs (well, maybe disliking cats a bit more) or any other animal that people normally obsess over, she's just a fish person. She likes them and fortunately for her, they like her back.
It all started with one Christmas that the orphanage was visited by volunteers of some organization that pitied them. They gave everyone a pet goldfish (among other things) to put into a common fishtank being donated to the orphanage - everyone except Vanessa. They ran out of goldfish and before she opened her mouth to let out a cry, one of the ladies promised to come back and bring her something special because she said dear Nessa was special. This was the start of her lifelong friendship with Ousmane, an Indo-Pacific tarpon.
After the week-long hype of having a new stuff, the other children neglected their fish, leaving Vanessa and the adults to take care of the fish. Even after changing families, moving from one place to another, she and Ousmane have been together. As friends, of course. She likes to think of him as her smart ass best friend. Smart ass because she'll usually ask him a stupid question and he'll simple stare back in response, leaving her to groan in frustration but find the answer she's looking for. Vanessa doesn't talk about her pet fish, though. She doesn't want to seem crazy. Even though she kind of is.
10. First impressions don't do the Seychelloise justice. She's you're typical shy-at-first type. Give her a conversation or two to get a good feel of who you are and she'll show herself as the headstrong, cheery gir-- woman she is.
SECRET
Despite living by the sea most of her life, Vanessa can't swim. Everyone just assumes she learned how to. She avoids any activity that requires swimming -not because she's afraid of drowning, but because she doesn't want to go through the embarrassment.
ET CETERA - IN PROGRESS! (LEFTOVER SECTION)
11. Loves football - or as the Americans call it, soccer - not a very good player. Wants to be. Tries. Fails. Sadness. Huhuhuhuhu.
12. Part of numerous environmental preservation organizations.
13. Easily impressed. Not that she has low self esteem - she "has self esteem flying out her beautiful half-black butt"- but thinks of herself as average. She doesn't think of average as a bad thing either. After all, without bad and average there wouldn't be good, right? It would be nice to be super talented in a field but it's not something she deems crucial for her self-actualization. She doesn't feel the need to validate her existence text text text. Holds others in high regard - well, higher than herself and not mockingly. Chenes chorva che che bureche.
14. Speaking of butts, I'd like to think that because of Francis' groping in Gakuen Hetalia-verse, Vanessa has a great rack and ass, especially for a girl as petite as her. Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. Except not really since her milkshake is usually hidden in a corner of some sort hjgfuytfyjt blah BeachyKeen on Tegaki E pretty much draws my canon Sey.
15. Likes to sleep in the nude or with as little clothes as possible. She thinks it's comfortable. Sometimes, commando. Lol idk y/n.
16. Often wears her hair in two piggy tails with red ribbons that look clean but worn. They were the first gift that her first dad gave her / suave little french boy / jhgjfjy something story ribbons.