Jesiree Merridew

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Name: Jesirèe Merridew
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Grade: 12 (Senior)
School: Aurora High School
Hobbies and Interests: Movies, television, internet (browses /tv/), piano, psychiatry, reading, track (not on team).

Appearance: Jesirèe is 5-foot-6-inches tall and 151 pounds. She has straight black hair, usually tied up into a single long pony-tail, reaching a little past her shoulders. Her skin is mocha-toned, as she was born to a white (Welsh heritage) father and a black (Kenyan heritage) mother. She has very little acne, to where it's not noticeable unless looking specifically for it. She is slightly chubby, but maintains a healthy weight. Very little of her weight is from muscle. She has brown eyes with large eyelashes and fairly high eyebrows. Her nose is wide and not very long. She has very plump cheeks and full lips, which are a heavy pinkish color. Her teeth are perfectly straight, but yellowed due to lack of regular brushing. Her breasts are slightly larger than would be average for someone her age, height, and weight, but they are not too large as to be unsightly. She is not very into fashion, and typically only wears dark hoodies and plain t-shirts over sweatpants. She also wears very little to no make-up.

Biography: Jesiree was born in urban Seattle, ten minutes away from Aurora High School by car. Her parents were middle-class, with her father, Jonathan, working as a mechanic for the radar equipment at the local airport and her mother, Chelsea, working as a waitress. She turned 19 on the date of November 20th, 2011. She does not put much thought into her racial heritage, typically putting more focus into her few hobbies than on other big-picture concepts such as race or relationships. She was an only child until the end of her junior year, when her younger brother, James, was born. Her father wanted their children to have J-names, and her mother found the name Jesiree in a baby-names book. She often watches the now one-year-old James when her parents are away at work or nights out.

Jesiree did not speak to her parents or other relatives very much, and grew up with little influence from them, mostly staying secluded in her room when they were home. Her parents tried to be actively involved in her upbringing, though, signing her up for numerous activities at a young age. She was signed up for sports, music lessons, and the like, with her quickly showing disinterest in each one until her parents left her on her own to find hobbies. Despite her apathy towards most of these sign-ups, she picked up on them very quickly, able to perform at average in most for a beginner. There were few activities that stuck into her teenage years. One of these was track, which she found challenging due to her physique and practiced regularly until she was able to run for short bursts. She does not participate on the school's Track Team, as she feels she still needs to work on endurance and physical fitness in running to be able to compete. Another one of these activities was piano, which she still practices regularly with a single keyboard in her room.

She was very shy going into elementary school, rarely talking to other students. She got straight A's through middle school and continued getting decent grades in her first years of high school. Her grades dropped slightly as the years went on, as her interest in putting effort into schooling dwindled and she stopped turning in a large chunk of her assignments. One of her favorite classes is language arts, mainly because she enjoys reading new books. Her favorites are Lord of the Flies, Slaughterhouse-Five, and 1984. She also enjoys social studies, but only got into it in high school. After graduating, she plans on going to college to study towards a career in psychiatry. She started to develop an interest in sociology and human behavior in her first year of high school, after adopting first-year sociology as her favorite class. She claims to be an amateur psychiatrist, often taking time to observe and attempt to pinpoint the reasoning behind others' actions.

She suffers from insomnia, which her parents worried about, thinking it would cause her grades to drop if left untreated. They took this up with her doctor, who prescribed a medication for Restoril and Halcion, both having little effect over time. The doctor then prescribed a prescription for light doses of Erimin after warning of the downsides – cost, possible addiction if not taken with care. She takes one pill nightly. She is always sure to keep a number of pills on her whenever traveling. Side effects of the medication include drowsiness and a dependence on the pill to sleep well.

Her parents put more time into work as they decided to have another child, feeling they needed more money. Jesiree was able to take care of herself on their days at work, making it easier for them. In her sophomore year of high school, she had a part-time job at a local department store. She quit after James was born, as her parents would pay her an allowance in exchange for watching the child. Before James was born, she would often walk around the city if the weather was good, where she had easy access to drugs. She met a local dealer at one of the nearby parks, and took up smoking marijuana, thinking it would be an interesting experience – she did not use other drugs, at least not more than once, and still took care not to abuse her Erimin prescription. She did not fall in with the typical crowd, using the people solely as a means to buy marijuana. She typically only smoked when alone in her off-time at home. She started smoking less as she put more effort into watching the newborn James and practicing her running, but she still smokes occasionally. She never learned how to drive, only ever receiving her temps, figuring she never really needed to do so.

In freshman year, her parents bought her a personal laptop, in which she quickly became enveloped. Through the online community she gained a variety of interests, such as watching movies. There were very few movies that she enjoyed very much, as she was very critical, but she continued watching any movie for which she could find a torrent just for the experience. She was less critical of television shows, for which she also watched at least one episode of whatever she found. If she found it interesting, she would continue watching. Her favorite shows were Arrested Development, Twin Peaks, and Breaking Bad. This television binging is what led her to the currently existing SOTF torrents in late junior year, piquing her interest as a fan of psychoanalysis. She had heard about the terrorist attacks on the news when she was 14 and was interested in learning more about it. She watched through the torrents, using it as a means to view peoples' reactions to the survival situation, considering herself to be like the professors who studied and researched the footage for science. She was particularly disgusted by the death scenes, and usually skipped over them when it was readily apparent that they were coming. On the rare occasion she didn't skip over a death, she convinced herself that it was necessary to learn, like the mental equivalent of taking a bad-tasting medicine, but usually felt unwell for quite a while afterwards. She only watched halfway through the events of V4, however, since the site she used to download torrents was shut down by the government in January of 2012. In retrospect, she was unsure of whether or not this was an entirely bad thing. She joined the community of 4chan's /tv/ board, allowing her to find more movies and shows, as well as her main means of social interaction.

Going into her later years of high school, she was less shy but was still fairly antisocial, both due largely to the fact that her main source of human interaction was now over the internet as opposed to actual face-to-face conversation, allowing her to be more open in talking with others but also less accustomed to the norms of the offline society. She became more judgmental of others instead of just quiet and observational. Due to the open nature of the internet, especially in the anonymous forum of 4chan where anything said is immediately forgotten and no reputation can be established, she started to ignore the effect her words had on the way others viewed her. This led to a decline in tact when speaking to others, with her often just saying whatever she felt. If a person did not share her opinions - typically on movies or television - or if she just didn't like their personality or attitude, she would refuse to work with them. This led to some conflict whenever anyone would try to talk to her, eventually giving her a reputation as a "bitch." Her new opinionated nature also led to a more outwardly violent attitude. She would not pick fights with people who were not speaking about or to her directly, due to her tendency to watch people's conflicts from the outside instead of getting actively involved with them; however, she would often get in loud arguments with people if they made a comment that offended her, especially with her biggest peeve, being called "bitch." She rarely got in physical fights, only getting into screaming bouts, rarely being scolded or pulled aside by school staff for it, unless it disrupted class. She does not speak unless spoken to, but speaks a lot in those instances where she is spoken to.

Due to her reputation, typically hostile nature to those who approached her, and interest in observing others, she became a loner during the school hours. She has a group of friends who she talks to regularly online after meeting them on a movie discussion forum, but talks to no one at school. She does not believe there is any real usefulness behind high school dating, so she tends to not get involved. She had one crush in freshman year, but she never spoke to the boy and shook the idea out of her head as quickly as it had appeared, convincing herself that it would be a futile effort to pursue relationships this early in life. She does plan on dating after graduation from college.

Advantages: Having seen how the series works before, Jesiree would have the advantage of knowing different strategies. Even if she is not able to use some strategies herself, she would probably recognize them in others. She can sometimes figure out peoples' motives and reasoning behind actions. She can easily pick up the basics of new situations, allowing her to adapt to any changes in SOTF rules. She will not get involved in conflict to which she is not directly linked. She is a very fast runner in short bursts.
Disadvantages: Jesiree has very little in terms of brute strength. She is not very outwardly social and if forced into a conversation could come off as brash and tactless. She is very judgmental of others, and would not even consider working with most people. She puts forth little effort in things she considers to be dull and uninteresting. She is very easy to provoke, which could easily lead to her inciting conflict. Despite her speed in short bursts, she does not have much endurance in running. She suffers from insomnia when not taking her medication, possibly leading to sleep deprivation on the island.