Asha's Questionnaire

Asha lives in the small town of Silverton, Oregon. She rents out a tiny one room studio apartment above a local bakery and is friends with the owner. They have built a friendship over the past couple of years of her living there and Asha is quite comfortable in her small home. She gets free food from her baker friend and enjoys the overall location. Silverton is a smaller town of only about 10,500 people, which Asha enjoys quite a bit. Cities and more populated areas were never really her style. Highly populated areas are much too polluted, smog filled, and noisy for her taste. Plus, Silverton is right by Willamette Valley, so she can go hiking whenever she likes! 

Asha earns money via her job as a park ranger at Silver Falls State Park, which is about 30 minutes away from her home in Silverton. Her job consists primarily of keeping the park clean of natural and man-made debris and educating park goers about the importance of conservation. The majority of Asha's paycheck goes to her rent, living expenses, and savings account. The extra cash she has left on her often goes to fun nights out with friends and charity donations. Her favorite charities to donate to are The Nature Conservancy, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and local no-kill animal shelters.

Asha wants nothing more than to free all wildlife from the oppressive rule of humanity. She believes that humans were wrong to abuse their position at the top of the food chain and believes that humanity as a whole needs to be knocked down a few pegs. While Asha is a mostly peaceful person, with the right push she would commit heinous crimes in the name of animal liberation. God forgive you if you harm an animal intentionally in front of her, because she won't. There is no doubt that Asha would drop everything she has and destroy her life as long as it meant all animals could go free and live without the fear of being hunted or harmed by humans.

Asha suffers from Lycanthropy. She was bitten by a werewolf when she was 16 while visiting family in Wallowa, Oregon, causing her to contract the Viral Lycanthropy disease. She was bitten again later that year when working with wolves that were going through rehabilitation at a wildlife rescue she volunteered at. This solidified her journey into becoming a full on werewolf, dramatically altering her life forever. It was only after her first transformation, which had happened while she was in her family home, that she knew she had contracted Viral Lycanthropy. Terrifying her parents and siblings, Asha was forced to run away and start life elsewhere. She was drawn to Oregon partly because it had been where everything started, so she grabbed only what she could carry and hitchhiked halfway across the country to start a new life.

Grant Heidrich: The owner of the bakery that Asha lives above. Grant, having had a rough childhood and start to life, looks older than he really is and is already going gray despite only being 27. Friends would describe him as a very creative and caring person who is also eternally tired. Asha and Grant have become very close friends ever since she moved there when she was 18. He is the only person to know about her lycanthropy and is one of two people Asha trusts with her life.

Isabel Martinez: A manager at the wildlife rehabilitation center Asha volunteered at. Despite the incident, Asha still keeps in touch with Isabel in a professional, working manner. They often share news with one another about conservation efforts and new environmentally friendly projects that are starting up. Sometimes, Asha wonders if she should blame Isabel for the whole situation - she wasn't properly trained to work with the wolves at the center yet - but can't seem to find it in her.

Ivette Coburn: A friend and romantic interest of Asha. They both met at a club when Asha went on a mini-vacation to Salem, Oregon. Ivette is a bartender at Lunacy, a night club in downtown Salem. What originally started off as a customer-bartender relationship quickly became a vibrant friendship. Now, they both try to meet every weekend, either by Asha visiting Ivette while she works or by Ivette coming to see Asha in her home town of Silverton.

Asha's childhood was simple, but good. She's lived in the lower middle class for the majority of her life. While she couldn't always do everything she wanted due to money constraints, she was never left needing anything. She got along fairly well with her younger brother, Elijah, and her younger sister, Harper. Obviously, there were the typical sibling quarrels, but when it came down to it the siblings would always have each other's backs.

Her parents, Mariam and Andre Dayana, were often not available as they were usually busy with their jobs. Mariam loves crafts and is very adventurous. She works as a graphic designer for a small, local business in Edmond, Oklahoma (where Asha grew up). Asha's father, Andre, also has a sense of adventure, but with more of a logical viewpoint. He works as an arborist for the city of Edmond.

All of their children, were sent to Ida Freeman Elementary, Heartland Middle School, and Edmond Memorial High School. Asha always had a small group of friends, though it seemed that she often lost and made new friends every few years. She was bullied at times for both her weight and her strange, bright white hair, though she learned rather quickly how to either ignore or clap back at the bullies. The Dayana kids stuck together throughout the majority of their lives. This dynamic was only broken apart after Asha ran away from home. Elijah and Harper know their parents know more than they let on, but could never get any information out of them about Asha's whereabouts or why she had left so suddenly...

Asha honestly didn't think she could feel love. While everyone else was pining over celebrities and kids at school, Asha was exploring the world around her (and probably playing in the dirt). She had heard the terms "aromantic" and "asexual" and figured that that must be what she is. Why else would she not being falling head over heels for someone? Then she met Ivette. 

Asha and Ivette met at Lunacy, the night club that Ivette works at. Originally, Asha had just gone for a night out, not planning on meeting new people or really making any connections. Ivette's bartender charm got through to her though and Asha's feelings have developed into something of a crush in the year they've known each other. Their friendship is currently going strong, and Asha hopes it won't end anytime soon. Now if only she could get her courage up to ask Ivette out.

One of Asha's worst fears is being the direct cause of killing an animal or (to a lesser degree) a human. While she is willing to do damn near most anything to free animals from human rule, she still doesn't want to cause undue suffering or end a life unless 100% necessary. She is certain that she can find a way to remove human control over animals without having to have an all-out war or a ridiculously high death rate. She doesn't have it in her to kill unnecessarily. That being said, should push come to shove and she has to choose between humanity or her ultimate goal...well, that may be subject to change. A LOT would have to go wrong to get her there though.

Another huge fear of hers is a total loss of control. She can't stand the idea of being in a situation where she has 0 control. It's why she both is fascinated and kind of terrified by her ability to shift into a werewolf. While it's incredibly helpful, it makes her feel like she's only partially in control. Like there's a part of her that's running purely on instinct alone - she doesn't like that part. She continues to keep shifting in the hopes that she'll eventually figure out how to better control herself. She has no idea if that will actually happen or not though.

Asha's most prized possession is an antler from a buck she found half dead in the middle of the woods. She'd been on a hiking trip and found the poor creature clearly severely injured by human actions. She knew it wouldn't make it, so she set up camp by the poor thing and stayed with it until it died, trying to make it as comfortable as possible. Asha had always had a love for animals, but this? This is what made her realize that she had to do more. She had to free animals from human rule - no matter what.

The antler now sits above her bed on a small shelf, always serving as a reminder to her about what she needs to do. Every day of her life is, in some way or another, dedicated to that buck and to every other animal that has suffered thanks to humanity.

The biggest problem in Asha's life right now is gaining support and movement for her cause. She's struggling to drum up interest from her human peers but she's pressing on anyways. She's made a free website detailing what she wants to achieve and has spread word of it online in some chat forums, though she hasn't really got much response.

Asha's also struggling to find time to work on furthering her idea and ironing out all of the possible issues. Who knew releasing animals from all human control would be so difficult? Ironing out those details into a more cohesive plan has been taxing. More and more of her free time has been spent on trying to identify all of the possible issues and trying to troubleshoot said issues. Her main hope is that if she can get more interest through her website and talking online, then maybe she can work together with people on identifying issues and solving them faster.

Asha is slow to get ready in the morning. She's much more of a night person, so waking up and getting ready for work is always a struggle. She gets up, shuffles into her kitchen and makes coffee first. As that's brewing, she'll either make toast or pour some cereal for herself and start to eat. Once her coffee's done, she takes a chance to drink it (with plenty of cream and sugar) whilst writing any new ideas or problems she's thought of regarding, well, anything. Usually it has to do with her main goal though. Once her coffee is done, she's at least slightly more awake and heads to the bathroom to brush her teeth and then get changed into her work clothes for the day. She catches the 8:35am bus and then listens to music while scrolling on her phone for more ideas or inspiration. Once she gets to work, she puts on a happy face and starts by greeting families for her first park tour of the day.

If Asha were going somewhere special that she wanted to look her best for, she'd start with the basics. Shower to make sure she's clean, brush her teeth, wash her face, the likes. She loves how she looks with her hair down, so nothing would be done with that. 

On rare occasions, such as special outings or dates, she would wear makeup. She finds that purples and golds look good on her, and uses those colors to accentuate her eyes and lips. Her favorites are dark purples and sparkling gold eyeshadows for her eyes and then a dark purple lipstick. 

Her outfit would consist typically of a cocktail dress, usually black, and some black flats or low heels. She would also bring either a small clutch or a crossbody purse to carry things like her wallet, keys, and phone.

All in all, the longest part for her would be the showering and the applying of makeup. That being said, it would take her about an hour to get everything ready and be heading out the door.

For Asha's next birthday, she would like to just have a fun night out with Grant and Ivette. They're her two closest friends and the only people that she would really want to spend time with for her 26th birthday. They would go to a restaurant/bar, have a few drinks, and then head on back to Asha's place to watch movies or binge a show together. Really she doesn't want much, just quality time with friends, some good food and drinks, and a bad movie or show to watch and make fun of. As folks start to get tired, Grant would head back downstairs to his bakery/home and Ivette would sleep over at Asha's place for the night.