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Zola Athena Sharp || 32 || Scorpio || Nurse / Lounge Singer

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About: Zola Athena Sharp was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Tamara Sharp, a 15-year-old with no hope or help for the future. While she didn't want to get rid of her child, she couldn't raise her either, so she gave the girl up to the system in hopes that Zola would be okay. But before then, she gave the girl names of strength. Zola, which is in African and Swahili means of Earth, and Tranquil and Athena, Goddess of War and Wisdom. She wanted her daughter to have a strong name because the world was an awful place. And for Zola, that was needed; the girl was bounced from home to home, never really finding somewhere she belonged.

Zola's personality and/or vibe.

Zola is an enigma to most people, as she could be cold and off-putting to some and warm and loving to others. It just depends on her mood, her life at the moment. She is very caring and protective, kind and stubborn, sassy and sweet. But she also has a mean streak and no tolerance for bullies and jerks. She is soft and angelic but fierce and determined. Purple sunset with pink undertones, sweet and sassy, high heels, and high tops. And she smells of cinnamon and brown sugar.

Bio: TW: Abuse

Because Zola moved around a lot, she didn't really have any friends. Her whole life, she was always the new girl, and right when she felt like she finally fitted in, she was taken from her home and put in a new one. Zola was in and out of foster care when she was born until she was 17, when she aged out of the system. Though she didn't have a home, though she didn't have support, Zola worked hard to get money for school. It took longer than she expected, but she received her degree in Nursing. Once graduated, she was able to find a steady job and a place to live, and that is where she met Jensen. He was tall, sexy, and so sweet to her she fell head over heels in love.

So that is why she didn't catch on to the fact that he was using her, gaslighting her, and ultimately, in the end, he started to abuse her. It started small, when she was working late and not answering, he would show up to her job, when she wanted to hang out with the friends she made, he made her feel bad for leaving, soon he was angry anytime she left. But he was the first person to love her, to want her, and she thought that was how love went. The first time he hit her, she should have left, but he cried and promised never to do it again. By the time they had been together for two years, the hitting was constant, and being a nurse, she hid it well.

After a bad night where he broke a rib and her wrist, she knew she had to leave. The restraining order didn't work or last. He broke that several times and the police wouldn't do anything to help her. So she moved into a different place and took extra measures to not be found out. He waited for her at work, called her all hours, and finally when he broke into her house and violated her, she had fought back. When the police arrived, even though he was in her home and had violated her, they just wrote it off as a lovers quarrel. He was a master manipulator, so she left Baltimore. Ran away to New York, then Boston, Las Vegas, and now she found herself in Phonix. She had been running for 5 years. Taking odd jobs singing and working at free clinics but never staying long enough to be tracked.

Phoenix had been a fluke, she was headed to L.A., but a job opening at the hospital had intrigued her. She wanted to take back her life, and Nursing was her way of doing that. SO when she got the job, she got a completely fresh start once again doing what she loves. She is still wary of people, mostly men, but she is hoping her luck gets better.

important dynamics with other potential characters or npcs.

She knows she has family out there but she has no idea where. She has relied on herself for so long she has no idea how to let others help.

Relationships are tricky because Zo is waiting for the other shoe to drop any time she is in one. Trust is hard and she doesn’t really know if she has it in her to truly be open to people

Zola has no friends because she grew up in foster care and because she moved around due to her ex she doesn’t really have anyone to rely on.

#bio #about #likes #zola #amber riley

danityler:

Maybe Dani was just a bit too curious for her own good. Maybe she was just too clued in. But, whatever it was, she sure as hell wasn’t buying this whole sunsets get up. She’d given her the opportunity to speak on her behalf though and Dani wasn’t going to poke (no matter how much she wanted to) where she wasn’t welcomed and she didn’t want to overwhelm Zola. So, she pressed her lips together and nodded, squaring her shoulders more toward the view. “I get that.” She bobbed her head. “I mean, for me, it’s more music, but we all have our comfort things.” Her eyes trickled over, catching Zola’s gaze once more. “You’d clue me into if something was really bothering you though, right?”

“Music?” Zola looked at her. “You like music?” Zola sighed. “Truth is music speaks to me on a level of calming and spiritual growth. Its makes me feel more connected to the world.” She sighed heavily at Dani’s question. “Its... Dani its something no one knows and I am afraid of what would happen if they did.” She looked at the girl. “if you did.”

Sometimes you just wanna feel cute.

#pics #insta #likes

masoncaddel:

“Ahhh, well we might be seeing more of each other then. I’m a firefighter with Firehouse 92, sometimes we check on people brought in or one of our own.” He wanted to ask where she’d moved from and how she ended up in nursing but something told him to take his curiosity slow. Meeting people from different places was something he enjoyed with that bit of nomadic spirit he had. “Yeah, Phoenix isn’t too bad. We have our share of assholes, no doubt, but I’m glad you’re liking it so far. I grew up here so anything I say might either be biased or a bit jaded.” That made him chuckle a little. “Makes you want to run up there now, right?” Mason asked of her reaction. “Next time you get a day off from the hospital you should make a day trip of it.”

She smiled. “I guess we will. At least if you come in I can smile and wave instead of feeling intimated by the local FD. Not gonna lie you guys are like the jocks in high school.” She took a sip of her drink. “I think you find assholes no matter where you go, or thats been my experience, but you can’t really let that dictate how you feel about places. So yeah its among one of my favorite places and I have been to my fair few cities and states.” It must have been nice to have a place to consider home. She laughed. “I might just, I gotta make sure I am not on call.” She turned back towards him realizing she didn’t even know his name. “I am Zola by the way.”

masoncaddel:

When Mason had the time to travel more taking the scenic route had always been his favorite way to go. Just the mere mention of the drive up to Sedona had him feeling nostalgic for road trips. “I promise, it’s a really great drive. You go from the city scape to desert brush and end up with these stunning red rocks. If you decide to go sometime I could give you some places to stop along the way.” If she hadn’t suspected by now, Mason was making it fairly clear that he’d made the trip north many times. “Oh yeah? What do you do?” Curiosity always got the cat, especially with him. When she offered a seat, he smiled and nodded, then pulled out the chair and sank his long frame into it. “Thanks,” he muttered as he went back to scrolling for another minute. Once Mason found what he was looking for he handed his phone over. “You can scroll, there’s a few pictures of it all.”

She nodded, she might just take him up on that, though going on an impromptu road trip, where no one knew if you were coming back or not wasn’t something odd for her to do, it was actually on brand for her. She had truly been running for a very long time. A part of her just wanted to be normal. “Here? I am a nurse for the emergency room. Just started last week. Everyone here seems so nice though so thats a good thing. What do you do?” She took the phone he offered and gasped at the beauty. Scrolling she smiled. “This is soo... this is beautiful. You weren’t lying.”

masoncaddel:

“It’s about two and a half hours north and the drive up is pretty amazing.” The landscape was picturesque to say the least and he was fairly sure it was Arizona’s most scenic drive. “I think I have some pictures on my phone if you wanna see?” His hand was venturing to his pocket where his phone was stored and paused at taking in her words. It was a little surprising to hear such brazen honesty coming from a stranger. “That’s the thing about beauty, right? It could be a good disguise. Hold onto those good feelings though, they’re what keep us all moving.” With his phone out and unlocked, he casually scrolled his camera roll. “If you live around here I can point out some good rooftops.”

Zola drove a lot, it was one of the things she loved to do, plus less of a paper trail. She didn’t know if he was still following her but if he was, she took joy in making it as difficult for him as possible. “I might have to visit once I get time off of work if its as beautiful as you say.” she said and watched slightly in fear as he reached in his pocket. She had to remind herself that not everyone was out to hurt her. As he spoke she nodded. “I agree about that one, something so beautiful could also be so deadly. In my line of work I see it often.” She said softly. Seeing his phone she swallowed before offering him a seat. “If you would like you can sit down. Might be easier to share your phone.”

danityler:

If anyone could appreciate the orangey twang of a Arizona sky, it was certainly Dani. There was a reason that the woman decided that this was truly going to be her forever home from birth. Dani just wasn’t so convinced that whatever mantra this was that Zola was musing had much to do with the beauty of it all, but rather, there was probably something heavy on her mind. Her demeanor basically gave her away and had Dani growing a bit suspicious. “I mean, so do I, but…” Dani laughed and kinked her left brow. “You sure about that?”

Zola was usually really good at hiding herself, hiding her feelings but for some reason she knew Dani wasn’t buying it. She felt some kind of comfort with her as well. “I uh...” She sighed. “I guess I just use Sunsets to think you know? Sunsets to get my mind off of things.” She looked away, her mind never strayed thats for sure.

masoncaddel:

It may have taken Mason a moment to catch onto what she was saying, as soon as he did though a smile quickly appeared while admiring the colors painting the desert sky. “Hey you think this is amazing, take a trip to Sedona. You’ll be speechless.” He was on his way to grab a drink, however now that he was standing there with her, his hands shoved into his pockets, Mason began thinking over the fact that people didn’t stop to appreciate sunsets anymore. Luck had been on his side and he’d traveled to various spots of the world, some of the sights his eyes were blessed with were hard to describe but home was always something special. “You’ve got to find a rooftop somewhere and view this from there,” Mason suggested.

Zola didn’t like when men stood over her, but he seemed harmless at least. “Sedona? Where exactly is that?” She looked back towards the sunset. She listened to him, smiling softly. “I have been looking for a place that has a rooftop, honestly its places like this that make me feel like anything is possible. That make me feel the world isn’t a horrible place.” Truth was, as night when things were bad, she would sneak on to her favorite rooftop back home and watch the sunrise or sunset.

lachlan-abernathy:

“They’re more than just drinks. They’re the best,” she grinned, eyes rolling at the thought of inviting another man into her life. She had plenty to balance and so far, she wasn’t doing such a great job in doing so. “I’ll have you know that the last tinder date I went on was absolutely the worst. After we had dinner, he claimed to have left his wallet at home. I paid our bill and then he had the audacity to ask me if the backseat of his car was an appropriate place to get to know one another better.” She’d been half tempted to say yes out of sheer spite, but she’d left him there and hadn’t contacted him since. “I don’t know what I believe in, but I won’t knock you for your own views.” She’d never practiced any sort of religion and most days, she found it hard to believe that any higher power would’ve let her struggle in the ways that she had growing up.

“I may need to test your theory then.” She shook her head, “Most men suck. I learned that the hard way and don’t plan on learning it again. I hope you gave him a very painful parting gift.” She had been on her share of bad dates but no one was as bad as her ex. He was a master at manipulation and pain. Zola nodded. “You should believe in something even if its just yourself. Life is hard enough without something to believe in.”

juliangrant:

“I mean, to be fair, the answer to that is quite varied.” He responded, quite honestly, as his thought process veered off into quite a few different lanes. Then again, maybe he just didn’t find the area all that impressive anymore. “And I don’t think you set out today to get that kind of response.” Chuckling, he shook his head, “Born and raised. What can I say? It lost its charm around the 14th year of life. But nonetheless, welcome to Phoenix. If you’re looking for a new start, it’s definitely not the worst place to pick.”

“Don’t be so sure.” Zola nodded looking back down to her drink. “I don’t know if its sad you no longer find wonder in your home or just normal, I really hope its not a normal thing I would hate to feel that way.” She said honestly. She never had a real home but one day if she got lucky, she prayed she wouldn’t feel like that. “Not sure how long I am here for but for the time being I really like the beauty I have seen here. And the hospital isn’t all that bad.”

rodmankhalil:

“Yes. I know.” He said, “Possibly the biggest man child you’ve seen yet.” He smirked, eyes shifting from her care to his hands to her. “Much needed vacation. Is that code for she’s avoiding me?” He asked, lifting a brow as he jested. “Well, welcome. I can guarantee you’ll be seeing a lot more of me around these parts.” At her question, he shook his head. “No, but I do like a warning. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to that kind of sensation.” Which made him wonder about the state of his hands. He was apparently getting used to shredding them up but not to a sting of sterilization.

“Well at least you own it.” She said with a a smile. He was a good sport she would give him that. “Its code for she had worked double shifts a few times a week since they were short staffed before I was hired. But yeah hiding from you could be her bonus.” Lifting the liquid over him she hesitated. Normally she would apply it with a swab but the state of his hands called for drastic measures. “So how do you do this to your hands?” She asked as she poured the solution.

elliexbonifaz:

The homecoming bandwagon that she had been given had been enough to get her to this point. Her cousin had managed to give her gift cards to nearly every restaurant in town and had gotten her items for her to start a new hobby. The hobby of being a plant mother, though one would assume that it was easier to do that then be an actual mother, they were wrong. Right now she had a couple months under her belt keeping a toddler alive whereas her plants – well she was about on her fourth trip to the local store to try another cycle before she labeled herself a green mass murderer. At least mother nature was doing a better job than she was. “And so effortlessly wouldn’t you agree? Makes you wonder if we can do anything that resembles such beauty.”

Zola glanced at the woman and smiled. “Yes, its perfect and honestly I don’t know if we can, this, this is definitely not man made. We can never really emulate this. Well unless you count creating life.” She looked over to the woman. “Views like this, make new places feel familiar.”

juliangrant:

There would always be one thing that Julian couldn’t deny about Phoenix, it was a beautiful city. And usually, he could tell when someone was newer to the area, simply because it was almost always like a breath of fresh air to them. “Well, I mean — I could think of a few things more perfect, but that’s truly an entirely different conversation and pay grade.” He mused, “It is beautiful though, really on it’s top game.” Julian agreed, giving up a soft smile, “New to the city?”

Zola looked over to the man who spoke and for a moment fear crept in her as it often did when she met a new man. But she had to then tell herself that not everyone was out to hurt her. She raised an eyebrow. “Maybe but when you say things like that it makes me curious as too what can be better than this view.” She went back to it taking it all in. “Yeah just over a week. I take it you aren’t?”

danityler:

“What? This?” Dani moved her head from side to side in an attempt to scope out whatever the stranger was talking about until she figured she was referring to the orangey glow beyond the horizon. Yeah. It was breathtaking. Then again, Dani had grown used to its beauty, never quite taking it for granted when the Arizona sky became all that a few could depend on. “There’s nothing quite like it, huh?” Dani continued, clicking her tongue against the roof of her mouth, then exhaling a little laugh. “Something on your mind?”

Zola nodded and smiled. “Yes this, its...” She trailed off taking it in, all of it. It was moments like this, moments when she realized that even if she had to leave, she could enjoy the moment. Enjoy all of this. Hearing the girl she turned with a sigh, that was truly a loaded question. “Uh I uh just love sunsets.” She lied.

#dani

lachlan-abernathy:

Lachlan’s idea of perfection was much more simple than one would’ve thought. A nice bottle of Jack and a record on rotation was all she needed. It was easy to find beauty and perfection in the small things when one had grown up with practically nothing. “Usually, my idea of perfect includes a Jack or Jim,” she rattled off with a grin, arms crossed over her chest as she took in the view. “I guess this is alright by comparison.” She wasn’t one to complain much, but it beat being neck deep in files she hadn’t touched.

Zola smiled hearing the girl. “I am assuming Jack and Jim are drinks and not men, though if they are men then, get it girl.” She said smiling. “How can you guess this is alright though. I mean its breathtaking and beautiful. Its... its proof that there really is a God no matter how messed up your life is. Unless you aren’t a believer in which I get it.”

rodmankhalil:

It was most likely a joke between doctors how often he’s been in and out of the medical doors. But it seems the nurse he was initially familiar with finally tossed him aside, that or she quit. At the sound of someone walking in, Khalil held his hands out for her to take a look. Like some child showing off a booboo. “Tore my calluses again.” He said, “Picked at them, and it seems I only made it worse.” At this point, it was a habit to play the drums like he was hacking away at wood and then pick at the skin like some kind of maniac. Maybe he liked the pain, but he wouldn’t claim masochism yet. “You’re new. Did nurse Murphy quit?”

Zola grabbed his hands and smiled shaking her head. “You are old enough to know you shouldn’t pick at torn skin.” She said softy. Taking his hands she gently removed the excess dead skin and then cleaned the wound. “Nurse Murphy is taking a much needed vacation apparently and yes, this is my first week actually.” She glanced up. “Do I even need to tell you its gonna sting?”

Closed Starter || Zola and Rodman

Zola had returned from her break met by one of the doctors who always seemed to put his patients on her. She had only been there for a week and he always seemed to seek her out to take over something or another. She glanced at the folder. “Rodman Khalil? Why am I taking over?” The doctor smiled. “He’s a frequent flyer. Just clean the wound, wrap it up and send him home.” She sighed heavily taking the folder, it wasn’t like she could tell him no. “Fine.” She walked to bay 3 and sighed putting a smile on her face. “I am Nurse Sharp how are you feeling Mr. Khalil?” She grabbed a pair of gloves and the suture kit moving towards the bed.

@rodmankhalil

#closed starter #rodman

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