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Camellia "Cammy" Walker-Grimsley; I spent all day on this when I could have been doing something better, like bashing my head against a wall.
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Name: Camellia "Cammy" Walker-Grimsley
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Grade: Senior
School: George Hunter High School
Hobbies and Interests: Playing musical instruments (specifically the guitar, piano, and flute), singing, camping, hiking

Appearance: Camellia is 5'4" and 114 pounds, with a thin frame. She is three-quarters Caucasian and one-quarter Vietnamese, inheriting her Vietnamese genes from her maternal grandmother. Her face is flat, with narrow, almond-shaped, dark brown eyes, a small, flat nose, and full lips. She has brown curly hair that goes down to her waist. She has freckles on and around her nose, but her complexion is otherwise free of any spots or blemishes.

Camellia's clothing style is inspired by the hippie culture. She generally wears comfortable, loose-fitting clothes, mostly themed with flower motifs. Camellia has a variety of hair decorations that are modeled after a variety of flowers. On the day of the abduction, she was wearing a long-sleeved hemp shirt over a white tanktop, a pair of dark green shorts, and brown sandals. She was also wearing a beaded heandband and a red flower decoration in her hair.

Biography: Camellia is the only child of Trent Walker and Susanna Grimsley, who met in their high school years. Becoming good friends through high school and into college, the two eventually fell in love and were wed. Both Trent and Susanna were heavily into the modern hippie culture; neither ascribed to the idea of Susanna losing her last name. To that end, they decided to simply combine the two names. Trent and Susanna decided to give their child a nature-based name; Camellia was named after a flower common in Asia. With Trent working as an environmental scientist and Susanna running a greengrocers, as well as only having one child to look after, the Walker-Grimsleys never really struggled financially.

Both Trent and Susanna were vegetarian for animal rights reasons, and they wanted Camellia to adopt their lifestyle choice as well. However, both were also worried about the nutrition that their daughter may or may not be getting from a diet lacking in meat. They both understood that there were alternatives to meat that provided the necessary nutrients, both they were both unsure as to whether or not it would be enough. They both had lengthy discussions with Camellia's pediatrician about the best steps to take regarding her health. Additionally, Trent did not want to force their daughter to become a vegetarian if she did not want to be. If the time came where Camellia began to make her own dietary choices, and she decided not to abstain from meat, Trent did not want it to split the family apart.

Thankfully, neither of these concerns became a problem. Their doctor had given them the knowledge and advice to make sure Camellia grew up healthy, and as she grew, she ascribed to the same philosophy as her parents regarding animal rights, and chose to stay vegetarian.

Ever since Camellia was a child, she was very musically inclined. This inclination was mainly influenced by Susanna, who was a skilled guitarist. Camellia often spent her childhood singing along to her mother's songs, usually belting out nonsense syllables when she didn't the words, which was a lot of the time. As she grew, Camellia became interested in learning how to play the guitar, and asked her mother to teach her. Susanna saw this as an opportunity to further bond with her daughter, as well as pass on one of her skills. Susanna began to teach Camellia how to play the guitar, and she picked up on the instrument quickly.

As Camellia grew, her skill in playing the guitar grew as well. The more she began to play the guitar, the less she began to sing. Even though she still loved singing, she became more and more self-conscious about her singing voice. Despite reassurance that she had a good singing voice by many people, she became embarrassed about singing in public. Although she still sings often, she often does it in private, to close friends, and never to sizeable crowds.

Camellia became interested in learning new musical instruments at the start of middle school. Although she enjoyed playing the guitar, she felt like expanding her musical horizons, learning new genres and discovering new instruments. Two that she took particular interest in were the piano and the flute. She asked her parents to invest in lessons for these two instruments. Susanna was overjoyed that her interest had blossomed into something so huge. She agreed, and she and Trent began to pay for lessons.

At about the same time, Trent decided to take Camellia out camping, hoping to pass on his interest in the outdoors to her as well. Camellia quickly became entranced by the beauty of nature, especially during the first trip when they managed to spot a small meteor shower. Camellia asked her father for more camping trips. As she and her father began to camp more and more often, Camellia began to take an interest in hiking, which their camping trips had plenty of. She enjoys hiking because it's a form of exercise which lets her indulge in the views of nature, undisturbed by man.

When Camellia entered high school, a few of her friends start to experiment with drugs. Camellia had never encountered drugs before, and asked her parents about the topic. Trent and Susanna had both done weed before Camellia was born, though the had never touched harder drugs, and has stopped after Camellia was born. They simply told her that many drugs could be very dangerous for her health, and that she do the research on the risks of the drugs. More importantly, they told her that whatever she ended up doing, that she be honest with them. The last thing they wanted was to have her keep a secret from them, especially about something so potentially dangerous. After thinking about their words and doing some of her own research, Camellia decided to try marijuana; it seemed less dangerous than every other drug she researched, even alcohol. She took a liking to weed quickly, and now smokes it regularly. As promised, though, she told her parents about it, and they taught her how to stay as safe as possible while using the drug.

It was around the time of high school that Camellia realized she was different to other girls when it came to relationships. Most of her peers were becoming romantically interested in boys, but Camellia felt no such attraction. For a few months, she figured that she just didn't have any attraction to anyone of the boys she knew, and that she would find someone eventually. Slowly, though, she began to realize that her attraction was towards other girls. She soon came to understand that she was a lesbian; she came out to her parents shortly thereafter. As her parents were quite liberal, they accepted her. They told her that she was the same as she always was, and that this changed nothing.

Academically, Camellia is an average student, mainly getting Bs with the occasional A. She does the work required to maintain her grades, but rarely goes above and beyond, and does not usually take the initiative in group work, content to do what she's told and letting others lead. Camellia excels in the creative subjects, especially music. However, she struggles in the sciences, especially chemistry. She does slightly better in biology, but abhors dissections.

Camellia has a laid-back, carefree attitude, which makes her fairly easy to get along with. Her best friends tend to be similarly-minded people, especially fellow musicians, but she is in good standing with the majority of the school, with the exceptions of classmates who believe she has no drive or think she's not taking life seriously. Camellia doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up, but she hopes to become a musician.

Advantages: Camellia is friendly and laid-back, which will give her the upper hand when it comes to finding and maintaining alliances. She has plenty of outdoors experience, which will help her survive in the more rugged parts of the island.
Disadvantages: Other than her hiking, Camellia does not engage in physical activity on a regular basis; she has little upper body strength and could easily be overpowered in a fight. Her carefree attitude could translate to a lack of drive on the island to start playing, leaving her as a passive part of the game.
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Hey Carl, it's me (again). Gave Camellia a quick read, love how short this profile is, and she's looking pretty good! ... Few things though.

Camellia's interest in camping happens to be a shared interest of mine, though I haven't had the chance to partake in a while. Thing about camping is there's a TON of different ways to do it, and different locations add a whole new spin to the camping experience as well (lakeside, mountain, private campground?). How often do Camellia and her father go camping? Does her mother come along? If not, why not, as Susanna seems to be equally nature-loving as Trent and there's no indication of her being particularly fussy. How often do they go camping?

In relating camping to her advantages, I'd like to know what particular skills she may have picked up (lots of people use camping stoves and that means jack squat when you're on the island and don't have one, or you weren't given a tent) that would actually aid her in surviving 'the more rugged parts' of the island. There's also some clash in relating her outdoors affinity and love for hiking to an advantage (which I would argue it is) and then saying she otherwise has little physical activity and isn't very strong (lynch me but the average teenage girl has very low upper body strength). Hiking is a much more strenuous activity than this section seems to give credit, and physically, Camellia seems to have nothing but advantages over other high school girls.

The Walker-Grimsley family is vegetarian due to concerns over animal rights. To what distinction do they draw being vegetarian but not vegan? If animal welfare/conditions are their concerns, why do they drink milk or eat eggs, consume honey or wear wool? This is going against what I normally ask for because this means you're going to tell me more about the parents and not Camellia, but then you could always tell me about any slight differences Camellia has in her stance differing from her parents.

I like weed but it's not exactly risk-free (memory loss, potential damage to the lungs). Has Camellia assessed these risks when determining that marijuana is 'safer than alcohol' or is she completely glossing over what negative effects there are because she's deemed it the least harmful drug she could find?

Is Camellia laid-back enough that she can get along with George Hunter High's conservative student body, or do her liberal leanings in a red state sometimes cause friction with her peers?

Lemme know when you've made these changes. I find a short changelog to be helpful but it's not strictly necessary. Thanks!
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