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Name: Hereswyth Harlow. However, she can count the number of people who know her real first name on her hands. She goes exclusively by Res (pronounced Rezz, as in Resurrection or Resolution).

Age: 22

D.O.B.: September 8, 1987

Blood Type: AB-

Hometown: Originally, Detroit, MI. Relocated to London, England when she was 18.

On-Ship Job: Musician

In the Real World: A student and body piercer

Physical Description: Res is reasonably tall and thin, coming in at 5'9". She has short, choppy light brown hair, and dark brown eyes. Res tends to dress rather dramatically, in lots of punk gear or clothing she's made herself. She wears dark, dramatic make-up when she wears it at all. Res also has a set of corset piercings going down her back.

Personality: Res is... volatile. She's loud and fun-loving, but has a rather unforgiving temper. She is constantly getting herself into shit situations she has to fight her way out of. She's a snarky little shit to boot, so her mouth is more than enough to get her into trouble. Additionally, the girl has got herself a few issues, which helps make her a bit of a live wire. A good portion of it is all a defense mechanism - something she recognizes, but isn't willing to change. She is distrustful of a lot of peoples intentions, or really, the ability of the world to not let her down. People have to prove to her that they're not a useless piece of shit. Those that do prove themselves often find it worth it, because if nothing else, she is at least fiercely loyal, and good to her friends. For the most part. Maybe not their sanity, with the whole constantly getting herself into shit situations part. Res also really enjoys a lot of pain, which doesn't help anybody's sanity.

Unfortunately, even with her friends, Res doesn't offer up a hell of a lot about what's really going on inside of her head. Her defense mechanism doesn't stop, even with the people she does care about. She doesn't like to let anybody get too close, because they will undoubtedly let her down. She'll be a good, fun friend, but don't expect to know too much about her past, or anything she feels will make her vulnerable.

Finally, Res has a desperate drive in her life to go somewhere and be something. She works part time to pay the bills, but at this point in her life, she kind of sees herself staying in school until she figures her shit out - or has an opportunity strike.

Sexuality: Straight

History: Res doesn't like to talk much about her past. It isn't to say that she had a traumatic childhood - she didn't. Her parents were good to her, but she was always kind of the weird kid. She was a bit nerdy, not to mention a band geek, and she never really won any popularity contests. Really, she kept to herself and a close circle of friends, and was happy with the system.

Late in high school, she got involved in her first and only committed relationship. It was a disaster, and the scars it left on Res are still apparent to this day. Her boyfriend, Vic, was abusive in every sense of the word, and she felt trapped in a relationship she didn't even want to be in. Attempts to end it were always monstrously bad, and lead to encounters that just made her regret trying. When she turned eighteen she moved in with him, and became a bit of a zombie for a while. A month after graduation, something in her finally snapped. It wasn't that anything big or unusual had happened, she just reached her breaking point and broke - hard. As if a fire inside of her had finally built up and exploded onto the surface, Res fought back - an act that honestly nearly killed the both of them. Although in the end, it was enough to finally get her away from him.

Res tried to pick up the pieces and move on with her life. She enrolled in community college and tried to re-establish some hint of her own life, and found it... utterly impossible. When attempting to reconnect with her old friends and her family, she found nothing inside of herself for them but anger. Why hadn't anyone tried to get her away from him? Why hadn't anyone ever done anything? Many of them had made statements to the police on her defense that they'd known a bit about what was going on. So why hadn't she been worth fighting for? The only answer she could find was that, in their eyes, she simply wasn't, and her world had let her down. So, fuck 'em all.

Again, Res tried to make a new life for herself. Again, she found herself unable. She still felt like a zombie. She was in a shit city, just barely making ends meat, and the more she thought about it, the more she realized she was going absolutely nowhere. At this rate, she'd maybe get through school and take a shit teaching job in a shit school in the projects, and stick with that until the rest of her heart died. She was unwilling for this to happen. The very idea felt as if it were suffocating her. So, she started looking into her options. The first thing she wanted to do was relocate. After a lot of looking around, she applied for a scholarship at a school in the UK - and surprised herself by actually getting it. She relocated to London within months.

And within months of that, Res met Keane - an event which once again kind of turned her world around. Despite her best attempts not to, Res liked Keane. He made her laugh and never pissed her off, two things which were rare enough standing alone. He didn't exactly restore her faith in humanity - but he made the idea of living with it seem a lot more preferable He was a friend when she had needed one more than ever. Having a friendship with Keane made her less angry at the world.

Unfortunately - in Res' opinion - it didn't stop at friendship. Res found, despite every effort to ignore them or get over it, that she had very strong feelings for him that didn't stop at friendship. And this was something she was in no way was prepared to deal with. Honestly, it was something she had sworn would never happen again. And why would she want to take the chance of ruining something that was already so good? In the end, Res responded by doing the only thing she could think to do - forcing herself to open up to him and let him in.

Which got her exactly nowhere. She found, to her extreme disappointment, that Keane had nothing but friendship to offer her in return. Or at least that was how she saw it. What the event really lead to was a long series of skewed perceptions, and Res and Keane having the wrong idea about each other for the past four years. Oh well! Res took what she believed to be her rejection in stride, deciding that being friends with Keane was a lot better than not having him in her life at all. Keane seemed to be of this mind as well.

Over time the pair grew pretty damn inseparable. They started performing in clubs together and playing in bands from time to time - and doing this ultimately lead to a random opportunity. The pair were approached at a gig and asked if they would be interested in taking a gig on a cruise ship. They signed up immediately.

Special Skills/Abilities: Res is a talented musician, playing both piano and guitar, and singer.

Personal Weaknesses: Attitude problems. It isn't to say that Res is mean (not anymore), she can actually be a quite nice girl. But she's snarky, and moodier than all get out. This is coupled with a rather explosive temper. If her mouth (or someone else's) gets her in trouble, and snarking her way out isn't an option, she won't hesitate to throw the first punch.

Keane. Call it tacky, call it cheesy, call it stupid - he's a weakness. She's a little protective of him to say the least, and she carries a torch for him - a big one. She can be a little irrational where he's concerned.

A chip on her shoulder. She has one. Res doesn't let people in, and on the occasion where she does, she's waiting for them to prove her wrong. When shit hits the fan, Res is utterly unsurprised. Humanity sucks, that's nothing new. That doesn't mean she won't fight it tooth and nail. She's also terrified of opening up and letting herself become vulnerable to anyone. To this day, Keane is the only exception to this rule.

Restlessness. Res goes stir-crazy a little easily, be it mentally or otherwise. She doesn't deal well with being trapped - in anything. Be it a life she doesn't feel is going anywhere... or a big fat doom-boat in the middle of an endless big fat doom-ocean.

Weirdness. When Res is at her worst, she inflicts pain on herself. She does this to create physical scars. Usually she does this by piercing herself and purposely using jewelry that will work its way out. In her mind, this is turning her pain into something beautiful.

Personal Strengths: High pain tolerance. She's built it up over the years.

Good in a crisis. Res gets shit done, and you want her in your corner when things are rough.

Family: Her parents and her two brothers are still living in Detroit, and she does occasionally talk to them - but they are by no means close.

PB: Keira Knightley

Friends:

	46:	abitanachronic, altatecnologia, amazonrock, aoneill, aria_of_hope, army_of_one, at_arms_length, backathebus, blessyourhearts, bodyofthebrain, distractable, divegirl, drumroller, el_iosef, fml_aussie, gotwhatyouwant, irishwreck, iswithstupid, itsallashow, jack_fortescue, keyuri_alice, lady_thief, levons_mommy, librarygirl, magical_hands, making_history, mercury_atlas, mmmcakes, notwhatsheseems, oblivionmods, oblivionnpcs, officer_wells, playboydaddy, pollux_flint, reactionary, scream_queen, splitbrain, strum_this, takeitoutonme, tasty_tyrant, theartsyone, tinkertot, truebloodmuse, verrecolere, watchingdeath, weallfalldown
	2:	oblivion_ooc, oblivion_rp

Mutual Friends:

37: abitanachronic, altatecnologia, amazonrock, aoneill, aria_of_hope, army_of_one, at_arms_length, blessyourhearts, bodyofthebrain, distractable, divegirl, el_iosef, fml_aussie, gotwhatyouwant, iswithstupid, itsallashow, jack_fortescue, lady_thief, levons_mommy, librarygirl, magical_hands, making_history, notwhatsheseems, oblivionmods, oblivionnpcs, playboydaddy, pollux_flint, reactionary, splitbrain, strum_this, takeitoutonme, tasty_tyrant, theartsyone, tinkertot, truebloodmuse, watchingdeath, weallfalldown

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2: oblivion_ooc, oblivion_rp

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