Name : Nyx Clarke
Age : 34
Occupation : FBI agent
Hometown : Michigan
Class : Batch of 2007
Nyx Clarke was born Nerissa Clark to a small family of meagre means. However, nobody would ever believe that if they met Nyx. She had the roar of a lion and a bite to match. Early on in her life she had realised that the typical things that kids her age talked about were not of interest to her. Instead she read books and history, never tiring of finding out about the world and it’s leaders and heroes. And there was nothing little Nerissa wanted more than to be a hero.
Her plan had always been to join the army right after school, but when her team won the math olympiad and she got a full ride to Astor to study mathematics, her family thought it was too good to give up. So, Nerissa packed her bags and went off to Astor where she, in a lot of ways, found herself. It was in Astor that she kissed a girl for the first time and that was a feeling she could never forget. She slowly but steadily felt a part of herself unravel that she hadn’t known she had.Â
But she was still too scared to tell anybody. Back then, the stolen kisses & illicit lovemaking seemed far too taboo to be told to anyone. And besides, she had soon realised, she loved kissing boys too and she definitely loved the sex she had with her boyfriend but also had great fun flirting with pretty girls. The impossible duality of being torn by attraction, not being able to decide who she was, affected her a lot. After a roller-coaster college life, where she started calling herself Nyx, had many tattoos and haircuts, raved, partied, and had sex like nobody’s business, she realised she wasn’t any closer to figuring out what exactly she wanted.
So, after somehow managing to get a good point average at the end of three years, she simply joined the army. That was where Nyx fully grew into her present self. She had her first serious relationship and understood what it meant to be bisexual. She figured out her desires and attended her first pride march. After her service, she was offered a job with the FBI which she gladly accepted. Her first few years were always on the go but after a fatal accident during a mission she hurt her back so badly that she was told she would need to be off flied for 2 years.
It wasn’t ideal, but Nyx shrugged and accepted it. What she didn’t foresee was how difficult and dull normal life would be. A desk job with the FBI was still a desk job and she is slowly realising that her live-in girlfriend was not quite as perfect for her as she had assumed when they would meet for a few days every month. She is extremely frustrated with her home life where her girlfriend Melora keeps talking about things Nyx has no interest in and her work life where she has to do routine work.
Attending the alumni night is more of an escape for her than anything else. Nyx has not been in contact with anyone since her days at Astor and she hopes she will reconnect with a few interesting people who will make her life a little more bearable than what it currently is, at least for the while that she is forced to remain in the country.