Artemis Carmen Taylor
Lucine Persephone Chiara (a.k.a. Lucy)
Protag
Bookish, nerdy, smart. Secretly a hacker. Steals money from traffickers/drug dealers then reports them anonymously to the police. Parents died, Daniella doesn't know what happened to them. Mysterious. Her parents were both in the military and they were moved around constantly, so she never stayed in the same place for very long. She was born in the UK, and her mother was British while her father was American. Because of this, she had a mild but noticeable British accent, which caused her to be bullied constantly while in school in America.
Daniella Taylor is a textbook nerd. A senior in high school with all A's, she couldn't be any less interesting. But outside of school, she maintains a dangerous extracurricular activity. One of her favorite hobbies is to browse the dark web. She taught herself to hack at eleven after finding a book on the subject which told her it was a possible way to make money. After her parents mysteriously passed away, they left her a large sum of money, though it stated that Daniella was not to access it until after her eighteenth birthday. This combined with her parents untimely death left her broke and homeless. She was left in the care of her only remaining family, an estranged aunt that Daniella was sure was a bit mad. The aunt often neglected her, not being able to feed her or take care of her during weekdays due to her work. She tried to make up for her lack of guardianship with expensive gifts and money, but of course nothing can fully redeem someone who has the job of taking care of you.
Though it took a lot of practice, she was eventually able to learn HTML and Java with the help of ingenuity, library computers, and many, many books. By the time her aunt passed away, she had become an emancipated minor and held most of the legal rights of an eighteen year old, though her parent's will still held strong. She had ventured deeper into the realm of the Dark Web with her multiple computers, but the funds from her late aunt were running out quickly and she was forced to begin stealing from anonymous stores selling questionable things.
In her first year of high school, she met Josh, when he decided to speak up for her as she was being bullied by some Juniors. Though he was very open about not wanting to be friends with her, she persisted and eventually they formed a strong bond. He was quite alternative, as some might say, and he shared an the same affinity for hacking that Daniella did. Besides this, they liked much of the same music and had a similar sense of humor. Needless to say, they were much more alike than he initially thought.
Daniella anonymously garnered the nickname Cybernotary through her vigilante work and was held high among the judicial community. She discovered possibly the most dangerous and intriguing criminal she had encountered yet when digging through back doors for fun one night. The most typical thing on the Dark Web was drug or sex trafficking, but this person seemed to have a different goal in mind. The website that she found seemed a bit the Deep Web equivalent of a Patreon or Kickstarter, only using BitCoin and seeking funding for much darker projects, none more fearful than this particular page. It claimed to be gaining money for a "suggestion-based mind-altering device," of which would be sold on a different page linked within. Normally, people would be very open about whatever morally-wrong things they were doing, but this one seemed different. They seemed to be trying to hide their true intentions using vague language and never actually stating what practical uses the product would have. Unfortunately, unknown to Daniella at the time, she would soon find out.
When Daniella made Josh aware of the website, he seemed to go completely pale. The color drained from his face and his eyes widened. His expression held a look of foreboding. This was very much unlike him, with his usually laid-back approach and a sense of uncaring about pretty much everything. When Daniella asked what was wrong, he shook his head and claimed that it was nothing, that he had just thought he saw something. He told her that he had a bad feeling about it and that she probably shouldn't dig deeper. He repeatedly told her to stay away from the website, and not to try to find the person who ran it, but of course, she didn't listen and went looking anyway.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Portrayed by Amandla Stenberg
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Her parents died when she was nine. They left her a will of a million dollars, though the cause of death and place of death is unknown.
Education
High school, as well as online college classes. She taught herself how to code and hack.
Employment
Unemployed. Makes money via hacking bitcoin on the dark web.
Relationships
Nicknames & Petnames
Melanie called Daniella El occasionally and was the only one who ever did so.
Year of Birth
2011 AD
17 Years old
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Eyes
Fiery red/brown eyes, long eyelashes. Looks doe-like but is very dangerous.
Hair
Black, though often purple. It's curly and in a messy bob.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Medium brown, darker than her mother but lighter than her father.
Height
Fairly short. 5' 4
Weight
117 lbs
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