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! Small trigger warning in the second paragraph for a brief mention of rape !

What Was Your Character's Childhood Like?

    Despite what it may seem, Atbash did have a fairly normal childhood. Or, well, as normal as it could get being a female in the Seventh Tier. All females, regardless of what Tier they were born in, were treated differently than males - the Shaman and Queen included. But the Seventh Tier is the poorest Tier in the Dimension and they were known for being more aggressive towards females, mostly due to the struggles of living in such a poor area. Atbash stayed with her mom most of the time and usually stayed at their den, but occasionally she would go with her mom to the market. The market is where they bought all their food if their father couldn't make any that night, though her mom went there practically every day due to the size of their System (which basically translates to 'family'). Living in such a poor area plus having three kids was rough, and Atbash couldn't imagine the amount of stress her parents were going through to take care of her and her brother.

    But for the most part, Atbash was treated normally and was sheltered from the outside world. Perhaps that was a mistake on her parents' part, because she never was truly exposed to the way people treated females. Her mother always told her stories of how she had to protect herself often whenever going to the market, in fear of being attacked or raped. But Atbash herself never really had to deal with it herself, due to being sheltered. And the days she went to the market, she was never allowed to leave her mother's side - for a good reason. Unfortunately this would cause Atbash not to know how her Dimension truly treated females, and perhaps that was a good thing in of itself because it means that Atbash was never abused or mistreated by anybody. She had a happy life.

    As children, Atbash had always been close to her brothers. They were carefree like most kids are and often played around in their father's field. Atbash had always been closer to Caesar than she was with Vigenere, due to Vigenere appearing as the most mature and often leaving to learn from their father about tending to the field. But that didn't mean she didn't love him any less; she just had been closer to Caesar than him. They had always been close to one another and Atbash took their closeness for granted, because she never would have believed that they were separate like they are now. She never would have thought that Caesar would become the monster he was today, because of how close they were as children and how adventurous he had been.

    Then the time came when Vigenere got selected to be apart of the Guard. Atbash had been so happy for her oldest brother, but she noticed how upset Caesar looked. She was there for him whenever he got angry or upset about him not being Chosen, and often talked to him and tried to cheer him up. And honestly, Atbash thought she had succeeded in calming him down and convincing him not to try the tactics he thought of, but he ended up attacking the Shaman just like he had talked to her about. Atbash had been shocked and hurt when she heard about this from the Guards that were escorting both of her brothers, and eventually escorted them to the outer reaches of the Universe. She couldn't believe that, despite her attempts, Caesar still went off and did the things he promised he wouldn't. It hurt knowing that he just shrugged off her thoughts like that, despite them being so close as kits.

    Atbash wanted to go back to the time when they were innocent, carefree kids. She wanted her brothers to be close again and she wanted to be with them until the end of time, just like they promised all those years ago. But now, Vigenere was in Tanglewood and had a high position there, whereas Caesar lived in The Typhoon and has proven that nothing has changed about him. He was still aggressive and acted on impulse, and clearly despised both Vigenere and Atbash. She was hurt by this, with words unable to describe how she felt about him being so different than how they were as kids. The only thing Atbash could say, however, was that she wanted things to go back to that time.

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