Anna lived a restricted life growing up, especially after the death of her parents when she was eight. She was sent to live with her last remaining family – other than a disowned cousin whom she’d never spoken with – due to having nowhere else to go, and whilst she was perfectly safe there, their parenting skills left something to be desired for a young child. Anna rarely left the house, studying her school subjects or religion instead. On the rare occasions she was allowed out, it was to church. The forcing of faith onto her left her reeling, somewhat, considering her questioning her sexuality and beliefs more and more at that time – and more inner turmoil was created when she began seeing a therapist for anxiety and came to the conclusion she may have histrionic personality disorder.
She was sent to a catholic boarding school – which provided an escape from a home she viewed largely as a prison sometimes. It was equally as bad, in some ways – however, her natural rebellious tendencies flourished there, especially with the other students being equally as trapped in some cases. Sneaking out between scheduled visits to the village shops was common – especially to the woods near their school, or occasionally taking trains to beaches to be outside, something she enjoys.
She excelled there regardless, though often through cheating on homework or timed tests due to a lack of motivation or want to do them. Her exams, however, saw her not leaving the library for days at a time sometimes other than to eat, and she passed with nothing below a B in her GCSEs and A*AB in her A-Levels. (She took French, Biology, and Classics – the first because of a friend she’d made in a transfer student, and having a fondness for the language; the second because she knew she wanted to do something related to veterinary science at degree level; and the third because the stories fascinated her.)
Anna had always had a fondness for animals – made more intense by how rarely she got to see them, and was always a naturally caring person anyway. That, along with her desire to travel after the restrictions imposed on her, caused her to choose her degree courses.
Naturally, nothing would go that smoothly – with the majority of her schooling over, and her to move out of home soon for university, she finally came out to her relatives. As they were on the edge already though due to her therapy sessions, though, thinking of most mental illnesses as someone being either ‘lazy,’ or ‘dangerous,’ this didn’t go as planned, leading to her being ‘disowned’ for lack of a better word, as her cousin was.
Only a month later, they died. She had been cut out of the wills by that point, though, so nothing came of inheritance. However, her admittance to Holborn was the one shining light in all of this, even if she didn’t know how she’d pay off her tuition fees. As soon as she moved to London, she got a part time job out of necessity, and is currently trying to read up on law to see if there’s a chance for her to inherit the money despite the wills.
On the surface, she appears to be neutral, or friendly, to most people. However, HPD combined with her lack of social experience make for some interesting combinations, and she tends to keep her distance. Once someone manages to get her to open up, however, she tends to be overzealous about proving herself to be ‘fun’. Her main goal is to make people like her, and have friends, though getting out of the country and being able to do what she wants for once is a large ambition in itself.
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