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carissa grew up in jubilife city, where if you blinked for a second, the world would leave you behind. as a kid, apparently, she was like sunshine itself-- bright, excited, shapr of rher age and just about everything for her parents. an only child, and that too a little too adored, nothing could really prepare her for interactions with the outside world. middle school changed her views immediately.
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everyone was so-- connected. it felt like she was entering a spider's nest, and all she was was a fly, but then it occurred to her that despite not knowing anything, she didn't want to be stuck there motionless, waiting to get the blood sucked out of her. so she turned into a frenzied social butterfly, and she decided to weave her own web, full of people with herself at the center.
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this trend continued to high school-- if anything was going on, she'd be involved, even just as a volunteer. it wore her out, and made her pretty high-maintenance on the inside, and got her into lots of trouble and madness. she likely wouldn't have made it through that mess of her school life if it hadn't been for oliver, the boy she ended up, some how or the other, falling in love with.
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it has started off as friends (okay, maybe she'd liked him from afar a lot lot before that, but it wasn't something he needed to know) and slowly evolved into something else, and then rapidly changed into a blooming love in their second year. well, her second year. his third. they went through it all together, straight from freshmen to seniors, and she practically cried when he graduated even though they still constantly met up outside of school. carissa, of course, hasn't revealed this fact because she finds it silly now.
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fresh after graduating, she didn't even think about applying for colleges or anything like that, instead heading straight two blocks north and one block east to oliver's house, where she banged on the door until he came and opened it, and then proceeded to drag him out and towards twinleaf.


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IN A NUTSHELL;

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  afraid of being left behind by the world, slightly-thrill seeking.
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  a really good friend but a crazy rival.
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  hyper, and also hyper organized.
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  surprisingly intelligent, especially since she doesn't seem to want to be seen as such.
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  priorities are oliver > winning > family > pokemon => friends > other people > trash > enemies
• follows co-ordinating, lots of boy bands, and volleyball