April 7th Writing Response

1. Where are they physically?

She is a college freshman currently studying abroad in Italy to pursue her degree in Chemistry, chilling in her rented apartment.

2. How do they spend their time/ what is their job?

She spends her time either researching information / working part time for money in the campus libraries or is in the empty lab rooms conducting her own experiments when nobody is around.

3. What is important to them?

Being able to successfully graduate from the same university as her chemist role models to pursue her passion, even if it means sacrificing the creature comforts she had back at home in the US.

4. What are they anxious/worried about?

She is mostly worried about falling behind or failing her classes, since the costs for each class are higher for being an international student and the fact that her family could only help her pay a certain extent of her tuition.

5. What are five other Given Circumstances about them?

Melody, or Mel Aminitira, is an 18 year old college freshman who has decided to study abroad. From a very young age, Mel was always interested in the relationships between chemicals. Growing up, she always felt annoyed whenever she'd see the damsel in distress have to depend on her Prince Charming to save her, and used that as inspiration to create miniature stink bombs / paralysis bombs that she would keep on her person in conveniently sized beakers. She got in trouble a few times in the past because of her creations, but never cared for it due to being a stubborn individual when it came to her views on being independent. This stubbornness also causes her to sometimes rub people the wrong way, especially guys who try to help her out of the blue. The girl's got goals of success, guys to her would just be a distraction.