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Role: Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

Name: Lei Zhu

Nicknames: L, Lei-Lei, Leo

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Languages Spoken: Chinese, English, broken Japanese

Faceclaim: Estelle Chen

Scars/Tattoos/Piercings: Lei has scattered scars, but none are too noticeable except for the scar that crosses her cheek. She doesn't have any tattoos, though she would like one in the future. Finally, she has her ears pierced but nothing else.

(Basically what her scar looks like)

Personality: Lei is a generally happy girl, very bright and very creative. She likes to create things whether it be through poetry or digital art, her preferred methods of art. Lei also likes to sing but is generally more shy about that talent. She is very emotional, something people make fun of her for occasionally, and just generally feels things really deep. She grows attached to people quick as a byproduct of this, sometimes just one kind act can get her to like you quite a bit and consider you a good friend.
Although she is a generally positive and happy person, Lei does have her downsides. She is positively terrified of fire. Nobody really knows exactly why, even her closest friends. Just the slightest mention of flames sets her off and makes her inconsolable.

Likes: Leo generally likes cozy things. Sweaters, warm cocoa, and family all fall into things she likes. She likes being creative and making new friends, puppies and chocolate, traveling and blankets.

Dislikes: Any mention of fire, flames, or burning is a big no no. She dislikes sour foods and being upset, negative emotions and fighting, getting up early and natural disasters.

Strengths: Lei is an amazing artist, expressing herself through poetry, digital art, and singing. She's very neat and is pretty smart. Very good at making friends.

Weaknesses: Knowing when to say no is a hard thing for her. She's bad at noticing when somebody is doing bad things to her, until it's blatantly obvious or someone points it out. She often lets her feelings get ahead of her and often wears her heart on her sleeve.

Hobbies: Lei is artistic! She's almost always drawing, singing, or writing. She's also pretty focused on school and studying since well... it's kinda like her dad is the Asian parent stereotype? Just like... less hard on her. Also more interested in her pursuing something she wants to do with her life instead of her being forced into something.

Occupation: A student! But also runs an Instagram page that she considers her job.

Backstory: Lei was a pretty happy kid, living with her parents, older brother, and two younger sisters in a nice house. Everything was going great until one night when she was 7, her house was set on fire. She was stuck in her room for 20 minutes before she was saved by her mother, who unfortunately died the day after due to significant burns she suffered.
Lei was absolutely traumatized by the experience and even after the family moved to live with Lei's aunt and uncle, she was still completely against anything with fire.
She lived a pretty normal life after that, continuing to reside with her siblings, cousins, aunt, uncle, and father in one house. Nobody talked about the fire and nobody outside of the family knew about it. It was left mostly forgotten by everyone but Lei, who continued to be affected by it throughout her life.

Family Members They Live With: (get ready it's a long list)

Xenyi Zhu (father), Ai Zhu (sister), and Alyce Zhu (sister).

Arthur Swindlehurst (uncle), Ai Swindlehurst (aunt), Lily Swindlehurst (cousin), Lea Swindlehurst (cousin), and Nancy Swindlehurst (cousin).

Family Members They Don't Live With:

Lei Zhu (mother, deceased) and Darren Zhu (brother)

Arthur Swindlehurst Jr. (cousin), Ai Swindlehurst Jr. (cousin), and Livia Swindlehurst (cousin).

Relationships With Family Members: (again this is going to get long so be prepared)

Father- Lei is close to him and always has been. She trusts him with everything and is always trying to help him out.

Aunt & Uncle: She is close to them as well and tries to help them as best as she can too.

Brother: She has always been pretty distant from him but they still care for each other.

Sisters: She likes them a lot and is has generally stepped in to be their secondary mom figure.

Cousins (minus Arthur and Ai Jr.): She likes them all and generally views them all as siblings since she's lived with them so long.

Arthur Swindlehurst Jr: She has always disliked him quite a bit, since he was always mean to her and generally egotistical and a jerk.

Ai Swindlehurst Jr.: Lei loves her! She's probably Lei's closest friend and has always looked out for Lei. Besties for the resties.

Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None!

Pets: Several goldfish and two cats named Kitty and Nancy Jr.

Other: This got way too detailed in the family area but it was tons of fun to make so ha jokes on everyone else. Also I love her a lot nobody break her heart or else.