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Character Details
Richenda was born and raised as part of the Wachowsky Brothers Circus, a rag-bag carnival and Big Top. Much of her early life was spent on the road, and in rural communities all over the Midwestern US. Her father, Al (nobody but the Wachowsky Brothers called him Aloysius twice) Gray, was a relatively new carny, a small-town mechanic who married into the show. Her mother, Angelica Gonzalez, was of Spanish Gypsy descent, and worked as a stage magician and fortune teller for the circus, growing up in the show in much the same way that Chenda herself did. While the family never had much money or much environmental stability, they did have each other, as well as the other circus folk they worked with. On the road, that's a lot of family.
It was a relatively peaceful upbringing, though not without its troubles. Richenda was a bright girl, but she had no talent for sitting still, and the fact that she was rarely anyplace where it was necessary (like a school classroom) contributed to her poor academic marks. Outside of class, she could be found nearly anywhere, especially where she wasn't supposed to be. Unsafe places like supposedly-haunted houses drew her like honey draws flies. She was often alone on these adventures, as her family's roving tendencies didn't leave much time for making friends, but she got along fine. She often got into trouble as well, since the locals didn't much care for having their local sights snooped around in. And those circus folk are bad people, you know. All the same, it wasn't a boring way to grow up. There were always new places to see, usually around the time that the old ones began to get boring.
Life might've continued this way for quite a while if Boris Wachowsky hadn't hired a new lighting and effects man. He was a little shady, and not in the honest way of most carnies, but the man knew his craft, and he brought a few experienced people on board to handle his equipment. He'd only been around for about a month when the disappearances began. And they weren't just hired help, but trusted people who'd been around for years. But there wasn't a single clue what had happened, just empty trailers and campers. At least, not until Richenda, coming back from a night out with friends that had run late, witnessed one of the abductions.
Fueled by the foolhardy bravery of the very young, Chenda trailed the kidnappers out of the fairgrounds and into the ruins of some old buildings on the edge of town. All she can remember after she peeked through the door of a basement she followed them to is a flash of light and a crushing pressure on her mind, then a horrible burning sensation…
When she awakened, she was lying in the shell of a ruined building, rather damp and in considerable pain, with a paramedic working on her. Something had set the buildings on fire and collapsed a basement. She was the only person the firemen had found in the ruins. And that wasn't the only disaster of the night: some psycho had burned and bombed out the nearby Wachowsky Brothers Circus. In one moment of irresponsibility, Richenda Gray had gone from circus kid to orphan. And then there was the matter of the odd glow around her hands when she tried to remember what she saw in the basement!
Brighton County, Arkansas wasn't prepared to deal with having a young freak on their hands, but simply turning her loose would cause image problems, since the news story had gained national attention. It also, two days later, gained them a visit from the FBI. Paranoia over the mutant menace had government agents investigating nearly any strange incident, especially when it involved young people, and what happened to the Wachowsky Brothers Circus had both qualifications. Trouble was, Chenda was a carny down to her bones, and in her mind it was dangerous to trust the government for any reason. That mistrust was only heightened when Agent Rolf Ericson refused to discuss what would happen to her. That night, she escaped from the hospital. She's been on the move ever since, trying to figure out just what happened to her and why she was spared the fate of her family and friends. And, while she's at it, trying to figure out just who was kidnapping her friends. So far she's only got a name she overheard from the FBI: Horrorshow. Who or what that might be she has no idea, but she intends to change that.
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