Lauren Bonnette

Nickname(s): Rin, Ami, Spark, Sweet Pea (Nickname used by Lily)

Weapons: Smith & Wesson M&P 9, Bat with nails hammered through it's end

Canon/Original: Original

Relationship Status: open relationship

Family: Sebastian Bonnette (Father; deceased), Olivia Bonnette (Mother; Unknown, last place of contact: Toronto Canada), Luna Bonnette (Older sister, 26; Unknown, last place of contact: Berlin Germany), Melody Wright (Best friend/ex Girlfriend; Deceased) Lillian (Lily) Madison Okimoto (Girlfriend; Alive, With her.)

Place of Birth: San Fransisco, California

Current Location: San Fransisco, California



Height: 5"2

Body Type: Short but fit

Eye Color: Green

Hair Color: Dirty Blonde

Special Markings: Lauren's arms are covered in tattoos ranging from an ornate bird in a cage to flowers that wrap around her forearms and shoulders

Played By: Abby Finch (Musician)



Likes: Punk Indie, Community, The great outdoors, Any and all kinds of tea and coffee, helping others

Dislikes: Laziness, Indecisiveness, ignorance, Chocolate, cats

Strengths: Analytical, Great cook, Natural Leader, Caretaker.

Habits: Lauren will uses her guitar to help her think, when there's a problem or something she needs to figure out you'll always find her plucking at her guitar.

Flaws: Lauren takes everything upon herself, if someone has a problem then that problem becomes her problem no matter how big or small. Lauren is very maticulous with everything she does, to the point she'll drive herself crazy unless someone stops her. Due to a fall she took while hiking a few years back her right side is slightly weaker than her left.

Dreams/goals: Before the end Lauren had grand dreams of owning her own adventure business in Yosemite Valley, A dream she nearly got close to making a reality before the dead showed up, On top of that she played in a band of rag tag friends with the dream of maybe some day making it big, but that was just a pipe dream. Now she finds herself the leader of a small group of surviors, she dreams of getting them out of the city and up to Yosemite where the closest big city is about six hours away but that too is a long, long way off.

Fears: Letting people down, Seeing the people she works so hard to protect crumble around her, Having their home taken away, becoming one of the creatures.

Overall Personality: Lauren is a leader through and through, As much as she doesn't see herself as one the way she approaches life and her day to day interactions makes her one. She never shy's away from a challenge and will always do everything she can to help someone sort out a problem. To her it's not "That's a problem." It's "How do we fix this problem? What are the steps we need to take to achieve that?" She loves playing music and preforming, loves seeing the smiling faces that music can bring. She doesn't put much weight in her own emotions which bites her in the ass more times than not but what matters most of all to Lauren is community, and keeping that community together.



History: Lauren grew up in San Fransisco. Looking back on it she had a very calm childhood; Her parents were kind, she had a small group of friends from the neighborhood and her school life wasn't anything to write home about. Being the daughter of Outdoor guides Lauren always found herself in the most gorgeous of places during the summer time and could count on one hand the amount of times she had a bad time, which only amounted to about three in total due to some events that brought their adventures to an abrupt end.

Making her way through her school days Lauren's life was a happy mixture of adventure and friendship. As she reached the end of her high school days she was one of the few students that already had her future planned out. She would attend University for Business and follow in her parents footsteps by opening her own adventure business in the Yosemite area. Getting through Uni Lauren began to grasp an understanding on the subjects she would need and with each year she saw herself getting closer to what for so long had just been a dream. Graduating near the top of her class Lauren swiftly returned to her home town to begin planning out her business with her family and her Girlfriend Lauren began to realize how big of a challenge she was undertaking. But that didn't phase her.

A year had passed since she had graduated and Lauren now found herself with the groundwork of her business set before her, Her father and girlfriend had joined as her business partners and together they pushed forward with gathering the permits and training they needed to operate within the law, The amount of steps to gather these surprised Lauren but she would do what had to be done. Her mother had moved to Toronto to work at a resort earlier that year and her older sister Luna had landed a job in Germany.

The day it happened Lauren had just received her final permit and was on the verge of turning a dream into reality, a dream that had been so close yet so far for a long, long time. With a smile she brought her papers home and showed them off to the smiling faces of her family, That night the first reports started rolling in, All falling on deaf ears due to the celebration. A few days later the orders to evacuate came in, No more the wiser due to their busy busy lives Lauren and her family chalked it up to another earthquake that was prone to strike, or another wildfire that was getting to close for the city officials comfort.

Slowly Reality set in and Lauren found herself surrounded by the greatest threat humanity had ever faced, The evac calls from a week or so ago weren't for any sort of natural desaster after all, a fact they learned the hard way when one of the creatures sunk their into her fathers throat. Paniced Lauren and her girlfriend retreated to their apartment, a small two bedroom condo on the top floor of their building where they stayed for as long as they could. Running out of food about two weeks later the two of them ventured into the hellscape the city had become. Burning cars littered the street, abandoned jeeps dotted the roads and chaos reigned. Melody was bitten that day and Lauren went quiet for a while. That was until a small family showed up on her doorstep, A man named Yuto and his two children. A girl about nineteen years of age named Lily and her brother Lee who was about twelve. Even in her sad state Lauren wasn't one to shy away from helping someone in need and so she allowed them in.

That was four months ago and little did she know that having them around would be her saving grace. Over the time spent together with them Lauren refound herself, refound the drive that had been locked away from her and most importantly found a new flame. Having separated the apartments two bedrooms by gender Lily and herself had spent many a night just talking since they arrived, as time went on their friendship blossomed into love. Melody would always hold a place in her heart but she was dead and she only hurt herself by clinging to the past. Now Lauren survives with the family in tow. Where their lives go and how they get there now though, well, that's a tale for another day.



Alias: Art

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