|| Full name ||
Malaika Gilligan
|| Nickname ||
Mally
|| Age ||
16 years old
|| Gender ||
Female
|| Nationality ||
1/2 Tanzanian 1/2 African American
|| Occupation ||
Student
Waitress at Galaxy Burger
|| Date of Birth ||
September 15th
|| Sexual Orientation ||
Bisexual
|| Hometown ||
She was born in
Dodoma, Tanzania but moved to New York City when she was less than a year old,
and then eventually moved to the UK.
|| Family ||
Bianca Gilligan (Mother/Alive)
Faraji Ba (Father/Unknown)
Denise Gilligan (Aunt/Alive),
Michael Gilligan (Uncle/Alive),
India Gilligan (Cousin/Alive),
Nathaniel (Cousin/Alive),
Janine Gilligan (Cousin/Alive).
|| Romantic Relationships ||
One of her regular customers winks at her a lot, does that count?
|| Partner(s) ||
n/a
|| Friends ||
Pending...
|| Acquaintances ||
Pending...
|| Allies ||
Pending...
|| Enemies ||
Pending...
|| Height ||
5'8"
|| Weight ||
159 lbs
|| Body Build ||
Pleasantly curvy. She's not overweight, but she's not a skinny mini either.
|| Eye Color ||
Dark brown
|| Hair Color ||
Naturally, her hair is black but she permanently dyed it brown so she could dye it different colors. At the moment it's a pleasant dark shade of purple.
|| Complexion and Skin Tone ||
She has dark brown skin and like most teenagers she has a couple of bumps and a bit of acne, but not too much. She has her so despised water to thank for that.
|| Style ||
Sporty-ish, she tends to wear cute hoodies and fitted t-shirts. She also likes wearing skinny jeans or cute shorts and tennis shoes.
|| Personality ||
Malaika is a carefree girl who hates to be restricted. She wants to do what she wants at her own pace without being rushed, and can get flustered when she's put under pressure. However her stress levels decrease greatly when she is given an incentive like food or money (to buy food). When it comes to school and the pyramid, Malaika tends to only be laid back when she's in a position where she can avoid getting bullied. But if she does end up low on the totem pole, she'll turn make an extreme effort to make as many friend in high places as she can to avoid harassment.
When it comes to social situations, Malaika isn't a loner, but she doesn't actively make friends. Most of her friends either ended up being regulars at Galaxy Burger, they got assigned to her group in class and they happened to hit it off or Malaika made friends with them after getting a crap card. On the subject of the game, Malaika would love it if she didn't even have to worry about the idiotic system, but she doesn't try to dismantle it, she also doesn't opt out of the game either. The reason she doesn't become a 'bad girl' or a floater is because she isn't weird enough to be a floater and she never transferred in and she never became a delinquent because she's not a dick. Even if she doesn't approve of the rules, she'll still follow them because she doesn't want to deal with the consequences of breaking them, plus her mother would kill her if she ever got in trouble with the law or kicked out of school. Plus, Malaika, like most humans, crave contact and most of her friends are involved in the game and she would feel guilty if she dropped them.
Malaika is also a day dreamer who's mind if filled to the brim with creativity. When she's bored in class or just bored in general, she'll float into the clouds and thinks of new scenarios and whether she would be cute as a giraffe etc. Sometimes if the daydream is good enough, she'll write a short story based on it, but she doesn't share the stories with anyone but her family, because they're biased with their criticisms and will love her works regardless.
|| Languages ||
Swahili, French, English
|| Fears and Phobias ||
Losing her mother and being cornered.
|| Hobbies ||
Running track, working, shopping for hair ornaments, visiting the pound to play with the dogs/cats, playing extreme* games with her cousins.
|| Skills ||
Cooking
Fast and has high stamina
Multilingual
Creative Writing
|| Likes ||
Food, running track, dogs with floppy ears, bubblegum, cars with customized horns, pop, being told to slow down when eating, being told maybe she should cut back on her calorie intake.
|| Dislikes ||
Water (she'll drink it but she hates the taste), annoying/indecisive customers, gophers, being hungry, working out (but she does it so she doesn't get overweight).
|| Most Prized Possession ||
Dubear - The only thing she has from her father. It's an extremely old and tattered bear that's been mended over and over again but basically looks like crap. But she loves it.
|| Strengths ||
She's relatively good at adapting
She's thorough when it comes to working or forming friendships
She can eat anything (if its food)
|| Weaknesses ||
She can be too lazy for her own good if there's no incentive
She's a follower not a leader
She can't fight
*Her cousins and her tend to roughhouse to the point of involving physical violence in simple games such as monopoly or go fish.
|| Favorite Sayings ||
Food has the power to solve everything.