callista "callie" luisa dhingra, 24, she/her
face claim: Melissa Collazo
full name: Callista “Callie” Luisa Dhingra
nickname(s) / goes by: can go by Callista or Callie
pronouns & gender: cis woman. she/her
sexuality: pansexual
birth date: October 31st, 2000
birth place: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
arrival to merrock: October 2024
housing: the coast & pier
occupation: Employee at Benny’s
work place: Benny’s
family: 2 brothers
relationship status: single
PERSONALITY
Callie’s got a big heart and a lot of sharp edges. She’s quick to speak her mind, doesn’t sugarcoat things, and has a low tolerance for bullshit, but she cares, deeply, even if she doesn’t always know how to show it. She’s hands-on, a little impulsive, and way more thoughtful than she lets on. Callie feels everything all at once and doesn’t always have the words for it, so she throws herself into what she can control.
BACKGROUND / BIO
triggering / sensitive content: death
Callie was born on Halloween, which she’s always thought kind of tracked. Life’s tended to throw her more tricks than treats. She came into the world as Callista Luisa Aponte, but after bouncing around foster homes, she was placed with the Dhingras when she was about four. She doesn’t remember all the details, but she took their last name when they adopted her, and it was the first time anything felt stable. They gave her a real home, a new last name, and two brothers.
Somewhere along the way, she fell in love with cars. While Ari was out exploring the woods or chasing bugs, Callie was the one sneaking off to hang around garages, asking questions, learning what she could. Engines made sense; clean problems with clear solutions. By her teens, she could patch up a busted radiator and talk circles around half the guys in a shop.
Her adopted mom passed away when Callie was eight, and everything shifted. Ari stepped up for them in a big way, their dad checked out (although she couldn’t blame him too much), and from there it was a lot of growing up too fast. By the time Ari left home to chase his own life, Callie was 18 and so proud of him, but she didn’t really know what to do with herself. They stayed close, and when he eventually put down roots in Merrock, Maine, she followed a few months later.
Now she’s working at Benny’s, living in small studio near the coast with a stray dog she’s all but practically adopted. She’s good with cars, bad at sitting still, and constantly trying to figure out what’s next.
FUN FACTS
Always says she doesn’t like hugs, but never pulls away from one.
Thinks candy corn is underrated and will fight you over it.
Thinks horoscopes are fake but fully believes Mercury retrograde is personally targeting her.
Once had a hard crush on someone because they remembered her car’s make, model, and year before they remembered her birthday. She didn’t even mind.
Names her vehicles like they’re people. Her current car is “Frankie,” short for “Frankenstein.”
Secretly watches baking shows to unwind but has never once baked anything herself.
Claims being born on Halloween is a curse but still insists on carving the most deranged-looking pumpkin every year.
She rarely drinks. But when she does, it’s never “just one.” It’s all or nothing, and it usually means she’s trying to outrun something she doesn’t want to face.
