<div class="floatright">(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/033/2/9/Insane_by_ValentinaKallias.jpg)<br/>(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/250/3/e/Mostly_Harmless_by_Auriethepixie.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Nionette Carter (Real Name: Sascha Martin)<br/><strong>Nickname(s)</strong>: Nette<br/><strong>Age</strong>: 17<br/><strong>Sexuality</strong>: Bi<br/><strong>Addictions</strong>:<br/>~Heroin~<br/>~Caffeine~<br/>~Cigarettes~<br/><br/><strong>Group</strong>: Prostitutes<br/><br/><strong>Appearance</strong>:<br/>Long raven's wing black hair hangs to just below the middle of her back, and intense robin's egg blue eyes stared out at the world from a fringe of long black lashes set in to a face that is tragically beautiful, somehow holding a hint of broken innocence. Nionette stands a petite 5'0" and seems to have two different looks. When she is working, she wears revealing tops and short skirts, heeled boots and very little else. When she is not working, she tends to dress in a manner that is conservative but still sexual, wearing form fitting long sleeved tops and skin tight pants. This serves the dual purpose of showing off her "assets" and hiding the bruises she earns while working.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Personality</strong>:<br/><br/>Overly cynical and nearly depressing, Nionette is the type to look at the world in very black and white terms. In her view, the only things that matter in the grand scheme of society are currency and sex, and sex can be currency. She doesn't use hard drugs, but she does smoke and drink on the regular. Though some might take her painfully logical view of the world as a sign that she'll betray anyone who gets in her way, the truth is that Nionette is incredibly protective of her "family". She's been known to stay up for days with those struggling to detox, keeping them from getting to the drugs their body insists they need. Despite this, however, she has a severe problem with authority and has been known to argue with those who run the row.<br/><br/>Though Nionette isn't in any official relationship, she has had a not-quite-but-still-sort-of relationship with Gabriel. The two have been known to get in to arguments and fights, before they seem to turn around and be almost loving toward one another.<br/><br/>Though she smokes and drinks occasionally, Nionette's worst addictions are caffeine and heroin. Though everyone knows about the caffeine, she does her best to keep her heroin addiction a secret, afraid Gabriel will find out about it. Her first time using was to prove a point to him, but she ended up hooked and though she swore to him she'd never use again, she's been unable to stop.<br/><br/><strong>Background</strong>:<br/><br/>Born Sascha Martin, she was "blessed" to be born in to an upper middle class family that could provide her all the opportunities in life she could need to be successful. But with every blessing, comes a curse. Sascha's curse was a father who while he seemed to be the dad of the year to everyone on the outside looking in, was less than worried about his daughter's best interests and more worried about what he could get from her. And what he could get from her was the pleasure of her young body. Throughout all of it, he insisted that he loved her and this was how people expressed their love for one another. He was also quick to make sure she knew this was a very special kind of love, and no one else would understand, so she had to keep it their little secret.<br/><br/>Growing up with her father's sexual abuse left Sascha with a warped view of the world. Those who didn't want to sleep with you didn't love you. And if they didn't love you, then you weren't worth anything to them. From an early age, she developed this view of the world, which meant that her mother, who never laid a finger on her outside of hugs and what was appropriate, was alienated. Sascha didn't believe her mother loved her, but was too afraid of making her mother love her less by attempting to initiate such contact.<br/><br/>When Sascha was 13, her parents split up and her father signed over full custody to her mother before moving across the country, only to be heard from in his child support payments. Devastated at the loss of the only person she believed truly loved her and certain that he'd left because of her, Sascha withdrew in to herself. Her mother tried to get her counseling and help, but Sascha was less than cooperative.<br/><br/>As puberty hit and hormones began to work their black magic on her body, Sascha began to develop in to a stunning young woman. With this development in her body, came a nearly uncontrollable urge to find someone to replace the "love" she'd lost when her father left. Soon after, she began seeking out and sleeping with anyone, be they old or young, male or female, who would give her that attention.<br/><br/>She started skipping school, drinking, staying out late, and partying. After only two years (when she was 15), her mother couldn't take it anymore and said Sascha could either straighten up and fly right, or be sent to an all girls private school. Never to be denied what she wanted, Sascha waited until a night when her mother was working late, packed a bag, and left for good. It didn't take long for her to start selling her body for whatever she could get... money, a ride, a place to sleep. After several weeks of drifting across state lines, she finally came to one of the nation's largest (and worst) cities.<br/><br/>Only a few days after coming to the city, Sascha found herself cornered in an ally by two crooked cops with a taste for young girls, as well as violence. It was obvious they meant to rape her, and likely beat her senseless in the process. They likely would have gotten away with it, too, if Gabriel hadn't shown up in time to stop them. He fought off her attackers and managed to pay them off and get them to leave by offering them a decent amount of drugs. Despite the nasty beating one of them had taken at Gabe's hands, they left.<br/><br/>Turning to the girl he saved, who was battered and bruised, dirty and obviously frightened, he offered her a place to stay. That place was Desolation Row. Making up a new name for herself when he asked, she agreed to go with him and soon found herself adopted in to the odd family-like atmosphere.<br/><br/>A week in to living there, Nionette was curled up in her corner of a largely barren room, caught in the throes of a nightmare. She was crying and screaming and thrashing, and when enough people complained, Gabriel came to her and ended up curling up next to her, holding her as she cried her way through the dream and finally fell still in her sleep again.<br/><br/>Since then, the two have had a highly unofficial, never announced, relationship that was dysfunctional at best. One minute they'd be supportive and almost loving toward each other and the next they'd be fighting like cats and dogs, usually because Gabriel would express concern over her unhealthy habit toward taking on the more sadistic and violent clientele, letting them beat her and other such things. Despite the fights, however, neither seems willing to back off of the other.<br/><br/>For the past few months, nearly a year, Nionette has been increasingly more addicted to heroin. Her first time using was after a particularly nasty fight with Gabriel, after which she got the idea to use to show him how she felt when she saw him using and the state it left him in. Gabriel had stormed out and while he was gone, Nionette shot up for the first time, leaving him to return to find her high and barely coherent. Afterward when they both came down off their respective highs, they had a heart to heart, during which Nionette promised never to use again.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, she has failed to keep this promise, especially since finding that the drug helps greatly with the pain her clients tend to leave her in. When she's high, she forgets the bruises... she forgets the screams... she's able to sleep without nightmares. This addiction is something she hides to the best of her ability, as she does not want Gabriel to find out and does not trust those in the Row not to tell him her secret if they found out.<br/><br/><br/><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 6pt;">bloodiedporcelain</span></div>