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Name: Caitlin White
Age: 35
Gender: female
Sexual Orientation: asexual
Occupation: professional ballerina
Hobbies: ballet, reading, talking to people, listening to music, lyrical dance on the side
Likes: ballet, books, spending time with her friends, Green Day, Panic! at the Disco, Lana Del Rey, stretching/exercising, performing
Dislikes: staying still, going more than a few days without ballet, trashy pop songs
Specialties: pointe, grand jetes, flexibility
Miscellaneous: she's an extrovert and very committed to ballet
Quote or Theme song: "In life as in dance: grace glides on blistered feet"

Personality: 

Contrary to the popular belief that ballerinas are to be prim and proper, Cait is the complete opposite. She's loud, she's vulgar, she loves to party and she loves to dance, whether it be to Bach's violin concerto or the latest trashy pop song. The only thing that has stopped Cait from experimenting with drugs and illegal substances has been her concern for her body. She doesn't want to risk the health effects of marijuana, crack, or even simply drinking too much. To Cait, trading her health and her strength for an hour of feeling high was definitely not worth it. 

Throughout her childhood and adolescence, Cait was always the talkative girl in class, the social butterfly who had the dirt on anyone and everyone and was not afraid to spill some secrets. But the girls and boys and her studio knew her as the silent and determined dancer. She is free-spirited and flighty when it comes to everything except ballet. Ballet was something Cait had always, always, always taken extremely seriously, and she often frowned at how some of her fellow dancers would slack off or chat while the teacher was talking, but hey it was none of her business so she kept her mouth shut. 

Cait is very sociable and has many friends that she still somewhat keeps in touch with. She has always been a bright, vibrant person, if not one to keep her mouth shut 24/7. She is obviously an extrovert, and there's something about her that makes people want to talk to her-whether it be the easygoing smile she wears or the sparkle of life in her grey-green eyes. Some people have labelled her as charismatic, which Cait thinks is false because she doesn't command the center of everyone's attention all the time.  Nevertheless, Cait's spunky attitude and optimism definitely has not hindered her in making friends.


History: 

Caitlin, or Cait, was born and raised in Pallasburgh with her twin sister and her younger brother. Their family was a relatively happy one; Cait had two parents who rarely ever fought, her father had a good job that paid well, and her mother encouraged Cait every step of the way in her dream to become a professional ballerina. Cait was very close to both of her siblings, despite the fact her younger brother could be irritating-it was all in good fun.

From a young age, Cait had loved ballet. When she was maybe four or five, she asked her mother if she could become a dancer when she grew up. Her mother had given her an absentminded "of course you can" as a reply, but when it appeared that it was a serious goal and not just some fleeting dream that left as quickly as it came, Cait's mother signed her up for lessons at the dance studio in a larger town maybe a forty-five minute drive from where they lived. 

Cait was always an outgoing and loquacious girl, but whenever she was at the ballet studio she seemed to undergo a transformation. She rarely ever talked during class unless it was before, after, or during break, and she gave her all to ballet. Cait was never naturally flexible like some of the other girls at her studio, but with the stubbornness of a mule and the resolve of steel the young girl had, she eventually became the first to get her oversplits from a foot off the floor down on both legs, among other things. Although she didn't attract much attention of her peers during class, Cait was always quietly stretching or practicing in the background. 

Throughout her school years, Cait took ten hours of ballet a week-two hours every afternoon from Monday to Friday. She did her homework in the car or during the breaks that they had in class, and managed to get by with fairly decent grades. She was never going to be a valedictorian, oh no-she wanted to be a prima donna ballerina. Performance-wise, Cait loved every second of it. She liked being in the spotlight and showing the world what she could do, after so many hours put into practicing. She swore that she could dance until her feet bled and still keep going (in fact, when one of the blisters on the bottom of her foot popped in the middle of class, Cait gritted her teeth and pressed on, trying to perfect a grand jete). 

When her ballet instructors finally deemed her ready to begin pointe work, Cait was ecstatic. She adored everything about pointe-from the shoes to how beautiful the feet of pointe dancers seemed when they were performing.  

In high school, freshman year, Cait sprained her ankle. It was her first ever ballet-related injury, and even though she wasn't allowed to dance so her ankle could recover, Cait spent her time out of the studio maintaining her flexibility and strength, being very careful not to damage her ankle even further. By the time June of that year had rolled around, she was back in the studio. 

Cait graduated high school and was accepted into a Julliard in New York City, a city far, far away from sleepy Pallasburgh. She bade a fond farewell to her family and her twin sister, for her twin sister was going to a university in California to study biochemistry. In college, Cait was faced with dancers either as good as her or better than her. With such tough competition, Cait remained unfazed and kept doing what she was doing without forging the jealousies and rivalries that some of her classmates had set in stone by the time the first day was over. Cait was always willing to take criticism and she would offer up her advice to anyone who asked for it, no matter if she genuinely liked them or not. 

After graduating college, Cait was hired for some minor background roles in ballet shows across New York City. A few years later, she landed her first lead role in a ballet production, which Cait regards as one of her shining moments in life. She visited her family in Pallasburgh every-so-often, where they would tease her about finding a husband and starting a family. Cait had always laughed along with them, but she had no desire to marry someone at the moment and sex repulsed her, which led her to identify as asexual. Her family and friends didn't think much of it and simply accepted it, which Cait was immensely grateful for. 

At the start of the roleplay, Cait is in Pallasburgh to attend a high school reunion as well as visit some old friends and family. She will be staying for an extended period of time, having saved up a lot of vacation time from her job in New York City.