Name: Tallulah Rain Lewis
(Tah-lew-lah)

Nicknames: Tal, Tally, Rain, Spots

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Species: Werecat

Looks:

(Faceclaim: Ocean Lewis, @oceanlewis on Insta)
She's 5'8

Personality: Tallulah is a cocky person. One could call her arrogant, but cocky seems to fit best. Assured of herself, boisterous, and confident, she has a 'give no fucks' attitude about her. She can be seen as a typical jock, in stereotypical personality, though she has intelligence to back her up. Or, rather, enough to weigh the pros and cons of a situation and make an informed decision. She isn't one who backs down from a challenge, but rather faces it head-on. She is the kind of person that will do something just because someone said 'I dare you.' She can be impulsive, letting her instincts guide her, despite the the analytical thoughts she may have behind a situation. She is able to weight the pros and cons well, but just because the cons win out, it doesn't mean she won't do it. She is an adrenaline junky, constantly chasing the next thrill. A hunter by nature, she will orchestrate and concoct a scenario that will bring about the most fun and entertainment. She never backs down from a fight, even if she can't win it. She is constantly ready with a smart-ass quip, sarcastic and cocky and overzealous. Not known for her subtlety, one can be surprised at just how stealthy and sneaky she actually is. You know that she is there only when she wants you to, otherwise it's near impossible to pick up on the fact you're being hunted. Driven by her instincts, she only pulls back when someone she trusts tells her to. But don't be fooled; she may back down in the moment, but it doesn't mean her hunt or her game or over, it just means it is stalled for now. Willing to play the long-game if she must, she will get what she wants in the end - at least, she will to the best of her ability and satisfaction. Her cruelty isn't as obvious, but it is there. She isn't what one would call good or evil, but more a deity of chaos and mischief. Neither inherently harmful or helpful, she is simply exists in the grey areas of life.

Likes: the hunt, adrenaline, fun, doing something, traveling, competition, winning, losing if it is done well, her sister, shifting/her animal form, strength, flirting (her flirting can be fighting, heads up), passion, passion, PASSION

Dislikes: losing without a good reason, cheating (as in games or competitions - if it isn't her, though she hardly ever cheats, she has her own honor code and being honorable is part of it, when it comes to certain things), those who lack passion in anything at all, seeing her sister in pain

Backstory: Tallulah grew up alongside her sister, who despite being the same age as her, is not her twin. They did everything together. Despite how different they are, her sister, Lorelei, is her absolute best friend in the entire world. Always inseparable, Talullah was only ever apart from her during track practice. She and her sister grew up among humans, unaware they were inhuman until middle school. Their animal side simply bloomed late. Tallulah shifted first, which prompted a forced shift in Lorelei. Either way, even before the shift, Tallulah was a track star. She was a great runner, yes, but her real talent lay in the long jump and the high jump. She was performing at high levels so young that there was a moment in time where she was on track for the Olympics. After her shift, she didn't stop track, but she changed. She had to learn how to reign in her gifts so as to not be suspicious because she refused to live in a world where she couldn't participate in track. She remained a top athlete. But after her shift, she changed quite a bit. She became more competitive, more cocky, more bold and impulsive, more ambitious. She was quicker to anger and get annoyed, quicker to fight. She was known to do all sorts of crazy things, mainly stunts that would get her arrested if she were caught, but she needed an outlet. Only Lorelei seemed able to reign her in, like she was her voice of reason. To this day, Lorelei is really the only one that Tallulah will listen to. She may seem like the leader of their little duo, but she really it is only because she is the extrovert. Lorelei is in charge of their little operation. After high school, Tallulah got a full ride scholarship. She even qualified for the Olympics, and competed in one event at the 2021 summer Olympics, but a broken femur and knee put an end to that, unless she wanted to reveal to the world she could heal fast. She raged and screamed and destroyed. She was heartbroken. She should have won gold. She got even more reckless after that, for a time, before her sister managed to reign her back in. After she graduated, in 2022, she finally agreed to let Lorelei travel - let them travel - which is what they've been doing since. They do have an apartment together in Texas, as Tallulah went to Baylor University, but they rent it out when they will be gone for long times. Currently, they are traveling across the country, seemingly pulled towards certain locations, purely on instinct.

Other: Tallulah is older than Lorelei by one month exactly; they have the same dad but two different moms, and they grew up with their father, who is a werecat shifter - a jaguar.
Tallulah competed in the 2021 Summer Olympics for team USA, but the night after her first day - after having qualified top of rankings for the finals, the favorite to win gold - she was hit by a car, which shattered the bones in her femur and knee. She took some time to heal, though obviously quicker than a human, but had to hide that fact. It nearly destroyed her, mentally, to be so close to her dream and have it ripped away from her like that.
She graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Sociology
She is currently traveling with her sister, letting her choose the destinations
She is noticeable in certain communities and will sometimes be stopped for pictures or autographs
Universities sometimes invite her out to talk with their track teams
She does still compete and she wants to see if she can make it to the upcoming Olympics
She wears gold jewelry when she competes, to dumb down her abilities, so the competition is more fair
She has a tattoo of her sister's paw-print on the direct center of her back; Lorelei has hers on the direct center of her back
She has the sentence 'stronger together' tattooed above her collarbone on the right side of her body in Lorelei's handwriting, and Lorelei has the same on her left collarbone in Tallulah's handwriting
She has 'jump' tattooed on her left inner wrist in her father's handwriting
Her mother gave her up to her father when she learned the truth of what Tallulah was; Tallulah was only a week old when this happened
She shifted for the first time at 13 when she had her first real loss in a meet, and her coach berated her for messing up; she shifted when she got home, which scared Lorelei so bad that she shifted, and she was stuck in that form for eight hours before her father was able to coax her back to herself. After some sleep, he explained to the two of them what they were. Tallulah and Lorelei didn't speak to him - unless they had to - for two months. Despite that, she loves her father, and all is forgiven.