Cheyenne's 100 Questions - Growing Up 15-28

15. How would you describe your childhood in general?

Complicated. Mother was often at work and expected high performance, father was often out of town. Both parents clearly love her. Her elder siblings often fought with her father and occasionally pulled pranks on her. -

16. What is your earliest memory?

Her mother was crying as her father comforted her, seen through a gap in the door.-

17. How much schooling have you had?

Master’s degree-

18. Did you enjoy school?

Yes. School is a chance to show off and show what she can do. In college she was part of a co-ed fraternity, pompously named Order of the Binary Code, focused around students in computer sciences.-

19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?

In school and in practice. -

20. While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.

Abby Scuito…Claudia Donovan…Hedy Lamar…Natalie Portman. Beautiful and intelligent women fictional and real.-

21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?

Her elder siblings did not adjust well to her mother’s remarriage for a while and Cheyenne acted to protect her younger sister from the bulk of their ire. Her elder brother still only rarely talks to the family and tends to be insulting to their mother, Cheyenne and younger siblings. Her fame-seeking elder sister has grown up somewhat and has found work with an internet studio in LA that does geeky shows and often talks to the other family members.-

22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Sherlock Holmes-

23. As a child, what were your favourite activities?

Reading, programming, game modding, video games-

24. As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?

Focused, Goal-oriented, analytical, tendency towards protectiveness, high ideals-

25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?

She was a smart girl who played video games. The other kids thought she was “stuck up” for working to get good grades. She had some gamer friends especially online, but also often ran into the “fake gamer” thing when it became clear she was female.-

26. When and with whom was your first kiss?

Freshman year of high school. After a math-competition with Dale Merron, first boyfriend. First woman was Lydia Rilikin, a freshman in university two years younger than her. At the party celebrating the new pledges getting in the fraternity -

27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?

First man, Dale on graduation before they each left to their different colleges. First woman was Lydia, but that was a short and somewhat rocky relationship due to Lydia’s younger brother going missing.

28. If you are a supernatural being (i.e. mage, werewolf, vampire), tell the story of how you became what you are or first learned of your own abilities. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today.

Dale’s parents had their identity stolen via phishing emails resulting in him having to take a different college than hers. Lydia’s younger brother was lured away by an online predator and went missing. Having seen the damage that criminals could do via the internet and computers, she’s become interested in helping stop them. Unfortunately, in the precinct she’s assigned to, she’s mostly used as a glorified IT tech.-

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