Abigail Castodon's Questionnaire

Abigail lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a permanent patient at Victoria Crouse Cancer Treatment Hospital. She lives there because it would be hard to relocate her to a different hospital. Victoria Crouse is the home of Dr. Klaus Hopkins who is the leading cancer surgeon in the country. Abigail usually lives in room 1024. She gets her own room with a window that over looks the park. Sometimes she watches the people play and wonders what their lives are like. She watched the girl with the purple shirt run each morning and smile as she lives vicariously through her for the moment. Other than the window there is the standard hospital equipment in the room and a television for her to keep up on world events. She also always has a stack of books (mainly textbooks) that she reads to learn more about the world and mainly about medicine and medical practices.

Abigail has no money other than the little that her parent's give her to spend on the vending machines occasionally. Most of their money goes towards her treatments and hospital bills. It's always a nice day when she gets to have a hostess cake or a bag of Famous Amos cookies. Other than that, sometimes she bribes the nurses to get her ice cream and Starbucks. But that's pretty much it. She did save her money for a while to buy a Nintendo Switch so she could have fun in bed and also get a couple of games with what was leftover.

Abigail wishes to become cancer free. She wishes to be a stranger to all this pain and suffering she has endured while her body has slowly killed itself over the years. She has made every attempt to research and learn everything she can about cancer and modern treatment options and research into cures. In recent days, the pain has gotten a bit worse and it's hard to focus on her self studies. Her parents are starting to notice that she has become less determined and less hopeful. If Abigail was given the chance to find a way to rid herself of this awful incurable disease, she would go to the ends of the earth to earn her life back. She would risk everything to live just a week longer. Even if it was just from a hospital bed. She doesn't want her life to end before it starts.

When Abigail was 7 she was diagnosed with Renal Cancer (kidneys). The initial operation went fairly well, but the doctors failed to remove all of the cancerous areas and a year later it had spread to her lungs. The most defining moment in her young life was when she heard the doctor say that the cancer was now inoperable. Even at the age of 8 she knew that her life was effectively over. She was admitted to a hospital for treatments and a couple years after that she was chosen to be taken to Victoria Crouse in Baltimore to be a subject of study and treatment under Dr. Klaus Hopkins.

Dr. Klaus Hopkins: Abigail has check ups with him every single day and a lot of days she also has treatments and physical therapy for her deteriorating body. Over the years Dr. Klaus has grown close to Abigail as she tries her heart out to study to be a doctor just like him. If she wasn't fated for this slow death he would probably take her as an apprentice as she shows incredible promise. He often worries about the day where they will eventually lose her. (right now he is the closest person in her life)

Ken Castodon: Abigail's Father. A gruff and slightly portly man in his mid 40's, Ken dotes on his loving daughter and comes to visit her often. Abigail is his only child and he would move heaven and earth for her. He works 2 jobs to pay for her hospital bills. But never shows his tiredness in front of her. She know's though. Abigail knows he's doing everything he knows how and loves her father very much.

Sabrina Castodon: Abigail's Mother. She is quiet and loves her daughter with a serene smile. She can often be found next to Abigail, holding her close as she sleeps. Her actions speak volumes over the few words she says and is always proud of her daughters fierce determination to keep going (she gets it from her father).

Abigail grew up in a small neighborhood and went to elementary school in the states just like any other normal kid. Her parents loved her and wanted the best for her. Her father was a dependable man who was hard working, but always made time for Abigail. Her mother was a stay at home mom and always looked after Abigail. Taking care of her most days while her father was at work. She had started to fit in well with the other children at school and around the neighborhood and had even made a few friends that she would have over to play sometimes before she had to be admitted to the hospital for the first time. Her childhood was unfortunately cut short after that. Abigail often wishes that her cancer would have held off until she had lived a bit more of her childhood. After that, her only friends were doctors and nurses from the various hospitals she was admitted to.

Abigail isn't really old enough for that sort of thing. She has had crushes on actors and other celebrities and talks gossip with some of the nurses from time to time. But she mainly just loves her parents and always looks forward to seeing them and keeping them in her life. She wishes so much that she didn't have to be a burden that keeps holding them back. But hopefully, in the future she will have some opportunities at love if she manages to find a way through this awful disease. But until then, she is doing her best to stay focused on her main objective. Find a cure.

Dying. Abigail's worst fear is perishing from her own terrible fate. She curses and fights this disease even as it claws her life away. The helplessness against it overwhelms her. It is ever present and a constant reminder of her dwindling mortality and she despises and fears it in equal measure. It has been all encompassing. Her whole life has revolved around it for the past several years. She knows she doesn't have much time left. It is a deep rooted fear that has taken residence in her very soul. It has broken her over and over and over. Things like anguish do not even phase her any long. She would take all the pain and suffering of the world if she could be rid of this infernal disease. It consumes her every waking moment. Every single thought it intrudes upon. It would be enough to make anyone go crazy. Through sheer will and determination she has held for this long by the barest of threads. She is so so tired. Every action is a concerted effort to keep moving forward towards that last glimmer of hope in the far distance. A single speck of light that she runs blindly towards in the hopes that she can finally escape this fear and take back her life.

The only things that Abigail owns are what she has in her room at the hospital. She has things back at her house. But those all seem like a distant memory. She's not even sure she could recall them if she wanted to. So her prized possessions would be her medical textbooks. They allowed her valuable insight into not just cancer treatments and practices, but all sorts of medical knowledge. Dr. Hopkins paid for many of them himself and even gifted her a few out of his own personal collection. He recognizes her thirst for knowledge and eagerness to learn whatever she can get her hand on. Those books have saved her form boredom and filled her mind with the wonders of modern medicine and surgical practice. she often goes through the steps of different procedures in her mind when she is feeling bored. Performing the movements as if they were second nature. Dr. Hopkins often tells her that some day, she will make a fantastic doctor.

Well this coincides with her worst fear. She is dying. It is a dilemma she has been trying to solve for years with no hope of an answer. Until A Harbinger found her and showed her Neo-Genis. She is currently working with the guild Extralife who is a group of doctor players to try and figure out how to trick the VR headset into altering her cells in the real world. Her determined spark was reignited since she found a potential way forward. Currently, she has accrued enough experience to buy off the drawbacks that prevent her from starting this process. So she is hopeful of her situation. Her time in Neo-Genis has made her smile for the first time in a long time. Cancer has been her whole life. It's all she can ever talk about and ever think about. Soon though; soon she will have an answer to this ever nagging problem of hers.

Abigail wakes up, usually by the nurses in the hospital. They help her get up and she showers in the bathroom. On particularly weak days they assist her by sponge bathing her. Then breakfast is brought in. Typical hospital food. But she has learned not to hate it after becoming so used to eating it. She then has a small amount of time to herself where she either continues reading her textbooks or stares out the hospital window to observe the people below. She likes to watch those in the park who run in the morning. It makes her feel that touch of envy but reminds her of a goal that slops ever farther away from her. Then morning checkups on her well being, followed by Dr. Hopkins of one of the other doctors on staff running some diagnostics on her. Sometimes it's chemo and sometimes it's just some blood work or an injection of some kind.

In Neo-Genis, she would seek help from her friends to find a dress that made her look stunning. although, she still does have that contour dress from the Melon Queen Pageant that Hana made her. So she might just wear that. It wouldn't take that long for her to get ready in the game since she can move freely there. But in real life it would be a different story She doesn't have any nice clothes or friends she can call on to help her out. Her parent might not even be able to afford a dress for her. Not that she would really want to leave the hospital. Physical exertion is painful and she no longer can stand on her own. Abigail thinks she would look miserable in her current state all dressed up. So it's probably for the best for her to just stay put in the hospital.

It's coming up soon. But since she can't do much in the real world she will probably spend it in Neo-Genis. She might take a break from running the hospital for a couple hours and go out to eat something nice. She might message some of her friends shes made and have a nice dinner later. But she does no that Dr. Hopkins has scheduled an a scan and follow up exam for that day. So she will have to break away for that at the very least. She's really not looking forward to it. She doesn't need a reminder of how much worse her cancer has gotten.