Based off a dream I had the other night
tw for abuse, also really long infodump
So this is Calico Ace, her parents came earth during the 50s. They and her older brother, Gnomon, were raised on Gleeb-o but Calico was raised on earth. Perpetually too alien for earthlings and too human for Gleebs (educated in the states but most of her interactions are w her immediate family).
She has severe anger issues + has support needs but can't verbalize them effectively. Her difficulties with social interaction + cues (both private and public) plus her outward appearance make her subject to bullying by her peers. As stated in the image, Calico has beef with basically everyone for seemingly petty reasons that are not because of the bullying. She can't really tell that its happening (see the cues issues) just that they distract her from learning, which is her primary goal. She gets distracted easily and tends to get stuck in her own mind.
Calico has one friend (acquaintance is probably the more accurate descriptor), Abby, whom has known her since grade 2 but hasn't talked to her much since junior high. Abby feels bad for her and only really talks to her out of pity or to try and alert her to the bullying being done by her abusive boyfriend. Calico ignores him (or like I said, just can't tell) but gets aggressive when he points his abuse at Abby.
Calico similarly experiences abuse at the hands of Gnomon, who burns her with cigarettes and verbally berates her. Calico can do nothing about this but does try her hardest to prevent other people from experiencing the same thing, despite how much she hates them.
She has a one-sided rivalry with the school conspiracy theorist whom she believes to be onto her alien origins. In reality, he does not notice her and is more focused on less grounded theories (I would imagine he would watch a lot of those conspiracy tiktoks and also an active redditor).
Other notes, she is definitely one of those kids who didn't grow out of their "I have superpowers" phase. Has a very old home computer and only uses it to look at obscure photo directories and Wikipedia.
