roleplay
Chloe

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Chloe Dorsey is a 20 year old drifter with dyed teal-green hair, sharp instincts, and a stubborn refusal to let anyone see how lost she really is. She isn't academically gifted, has little work experience, and lacks the skills or qualifications for steady employment. However, years of instability have made her observant, resourceful, and street-smart. After spending over a year and a half on the road, Chloe has learned to read people, spot danger, talk her way out of trouble, and survive with very little. She carries a switchblade and pepper spray, keeps her backpack close, and rarely trusts strangers. To get money or bus fare, she often claims she has an aunt waiting for her somewhere else. In reality, she no longer has a destination.
Beneath her sarcasm, defensive attitude, and willingness to manipulate situations for survival is a young woman who still hopes for stability, friendship, family, and a place where she can finally stop running. Chloe grew up in a struggling mid western small town in a dysfunctional household. She rebelled by skipping school, dyeing her hair, picking fights and falling into delinquency. Her closest connection was a childhood friend named Alex, who had moved away years earlier. Through years of messages and calls, Chloe convinced herself he represented freedom and a better future. On her 18th birthday, she ran away to find him, only to discover he has a girlfriend and had never shared her romantic expectations. Heartbroken, she refused to return home and spent the next year and a half drifting from town to town. She survived through odd jobs, shelters, bus stations, diners, hustling, lying, shop lifting, booze, and smokes. During that time she encountered many dangerous and exploitative people, and in desperate moments survived by fighting, hustling, or even making distasteful deals. Though she desperately wants stability, her trauma causes her to run from it whenever it gets too close.