Name:
Cantina Andres
Age:
17
Appearance:
Civilian
Heroine aka Starfire
Background:
Cantina was born in the busy city of New York and lived with her mother and younger sister Brenda. When she was only seven years old, her father suddenly disappeared without a trace and had left them with a large debt with the mafia. Pleading with the men, her mother somehow managed to convince them to allow her some time to gather the money that was owed to them and ended up getting three jobs. Since their mother was always busy at work, Cantina was left in charge of taking care of her younger sister and even went as far as doing odd jobs throughout the city to help her mother with the bills.
When she was 15, she somehow managed to get a fake ID from a friend and got herself a job at a small café that paid her a good amount of money. Soon, they had gathered enough money to pay off the mafia thugs but were displease to hear that they were being charged with interests so the amount they owed was greater. Angered, Cantina decided to infiltrate the gang and soon ratted them off to the New York police which allowed them to get out of paying the dirty rats off for good. The men swore they would get back at the girl for what she had done but she simple shrugged it off as an empty threat since they were going to be locked away for a very long time.
Finally having time to breathe again, Cantina was now able to live a normal life as a teenage in high school. Her social life had greatly suffered with the constant running around and working odd jobs that she didn't have much friends to talk and had to make up a lot of work in order to bring her grades up. Luckily, she was quite a smart kid and was able to bring up her poor grades back up and was soon asked to join the science club to be their vice president. She always had a fascination with space that she dreamed of one day becoming an astrologist in order to study the vase unknown.
Even though she had managed to lift her grades from the ground, she still had trouble fitting in with people and even had a harder time making friends. The only people she ever talked to where those in the science club but to her, she didn't feel like they were her friends instead they were just people with the same interest. Since she didn't really hang out with anyone after school, Cantina decided to keep her part-time job at the café in order to have her own spending money and not ask from her mom.
Occupation:
Student/ part time waitress
Relationship Status:
Single
The Man/Woman you will become:
Starfire
Sample Post:
There was still twenty minutes left of class but it felt like eternity to a certain red haired girl that was sitting in the middle of the classroom scribbling away in her notebook. The teacher was having a boring speech about the amazing comet that was going to pass by in a couple of days for the umpteenth time that week. The girl was just as excited to witness the comet but the way the science reminded them every single day was getting on her nerves. She wanted to excuse herself in order to escape this torment but decided against it since she didn't want the entire classes' eyes on her. She wasn't necessary shy, she just didn't like drawing attention or sticking out which was hard considering how she had red hair that pretty much stood out on its own.
Sighing light, she began to glance around the room to see that everyone else was tired of hearing the teacher speak and were even falling asleep on their desks. The first ones to pass out from boredom were the jocks, she was pretty sure they didn't have a single brain stem in their head from the way the stared off into space before crashing out. Next her eyes fell on the popular girls that were texting away on their cell phones and weren't even trying to hide it. Guess there wasn't any point in doing that since the teacher was blinded by the comet talk that he rarely noticed anything the students did. As she continued to look around, she noticed that everyone was pretty much texting, sleeping, or drawing on their notebooks without a care in the world. 'At least I'm not the only one scribbling.' Thought the girl as she returned to staring at her own notebook that had small sketches of stars on it.
Suddenly the school bell rang loudly and startled everyone in the class that weren't paying any attention to the time. Finally they were released from the evil torment! All of the students quickly packed their belongings and darted towards the door in order to escape from the science teacher. "Mrs. Andres, may I have a word with you please?" The red head glanced up from her bag towards the teacher and nodded as she made her way towards his desk. "Can we make this quick, I gotta make it to my job." She wasn't in the mood to have a long talk with the teacher, even if she loved science as much as him, the talks were always just too boring. Clearing his throat the teacher spoke, "Yes I know. I just wanted to make sure that you have everything ready for the presentation on Friday. The club President has been busy with work as well so he asked if I could double check on you." Sighing for the thousandth time that day, Cantina Andres nodded and even gave the teacher a copy of the presentation. "I know I slacked a bit in the beginning but now it's different. No need to baby sit me." With that said, the girl walked out of the class and head straight for work at the café in midtown.
Other:
Cantina often goes to visits the observatory on days off, Is always keeping a close eye on her younger sister and even spoilers her when she can, doesn't like being told what to do, and has a strong dislike for liars (especially men)