Name: Lori Gosse
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Appearance: Lori has a thin but fit build, with her musculature putting most men her age to shame. She also prefers to dress practically, with most of her clothing being mens. So she wears long sleeve button down shirts, flannel jackets, blue jeans, and boots. Anything else just wouldn't be her style.
From: St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania
Likes: Being outdoors. Lori spends the entirety of her free time outside whether she’s getting into trouble or minding her own business Lori is always doing something out of the house.
Reading history books. Even though Lori never really cared for school she did take a liking to history from the stories her grandmother told her. Now Lori always carries a book with her when she’s out and about. To her knowledge is just as important as physical strength. For if you don’t know where you came from, how can you ever hope to know who you’ll become?
Helping out where she can. Lori garnered a reputation in school for being the girl you didn’t cross. If she seen someone being bullied in school she would stand up to the bully, and throw punches if she had to. She was always the one to stand up for the little guy even if it meant that she got a bloodied lip out of the ordeal. Even if she barely knew someone she would go to bat for them, or comfort them if they needed it.
Manual Labour. A strange thing for someone her age to like but Lori loves to work. She was raised on the idea that a woman can work just as hard as a man and because of that she never strayed away from tough work. If she tries to hang around and be lazy she gets fidgety, so she constantly has to be doing something constructive. Even when she sleeps she rolls around in an attempt to fall out of bed and get back to work.
Dislikes: Her mother. Lori’s mother had always been abusive towards her. She was ashamed that her daughter turned out to be a tomboy. So much so that she had taken to beating Lori and verbally abusing her every chance she could.
Other women. A fear brought on entirely by the abuse from her mother. Lori now slow to trust other women and prefers to stay around men whom she feels safer around.
Letting other people down. Lori has an irrational fear of disappointing people or doing something wrong. To the point that she sometimes is afraid to do something for fear of upsetting someone or inconveniencing them. So while she can be very outgoing she can also be very shy around people she doesn't know because she doesn't know how they'll feel around her.
Gunshots. Or loud noises in general are enough to send Lori into a panic. Even something as common as people yelling for her have been enough to cause Lori to have an emotional breakdown and hide. A fear more than likely brought on by the trauma common with child abuse.
Being alone. Lori has a phobia of being alone. When she sleeps at night she either lays up against something or hugs her pillow in an attempt to stave off her anxiety. Even when she's awake if she's alone she has to keep her mind focused on work otherwise her anxiety will get the best of her and she'll start to have an emotional breakdown.
Skills: Lori has an exceptionable fluency in high german a language taught to her by her grandparents. Also with the amount of time Lori has spent outdoors and working she has acquired a well toned physique and a high level of endurance. Both of which turned her into an even harder worker. She has no problem splitting firewood until her hands bleed or scrubbing a barn floor until you could eat off of it. But don't let her hard exterior fool you into thinking that she's nothing but good looks and bad jokes. At the end of the day Lori loves people. At first she might seem a little awkward and out of place, but after you give her some time to warm up to you she turns into a real laid back person that would do anything for you. She thrives on social interaction, it's one of the few things in her life that helps her cope with her anxiety besides working.
Other: Lori had an 'accident' when she was 16. Leaving her with a permanent limp and greatly affecting her ability to walk for long distances and run. Something she concealed from the Forestry Service when she volunteered for the position in Oregon. She wasn't about to miss an opportunity to get away from home and possibly find herself some peace.
