Abigail Belmont
Wildlife Whisperer
Wildlife Whisperer
All about saving those who fall victim to mankind's hubris, Abigail has devoted her life to rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals. She'd not the best as socializing and connecting with people, but she finds solace and comfort in animals and plants. Domestic or wild.
Half Open, Half Closed
Working for the government is really great in a lot of ways. Stable job, stable pay, solid hours and a sweet deal on health insurance and whatnot. The downside? It's the same government that she's forced to work with year after year, fighting to prove that no, fracking shouldn't be allowed. That no, allowing a water bottling facility would ravage local endangered species, and yes, they matter Mr. Senator please speak to your colleagues about it.
She grew up finding nature more important than people, and while she loves her job because it allows her certain ways to help the earth, she's part of the same system that's ruining it. Not to mention, she's just not good with people and few care as deeply as she does about the issues of the environment. She wants to help people understand that she's not just looking out for their small area, but the vast whole. She sees people as a problem most of the time, and even outside of work and her passions, has very little faith in people.
Pessimistic with a bravado of optimism.
Abigail wonders often why she even bothers trying to change anything, let alone herself. She is convinced she is not a people person. She doesn't see herself as pretty, talkative, or generally likable. She is blind to compliments and attempts at social invites both knowingly and unknowingly. Abigail spends her time alone not because she likes it, but because she isn't comfortable with the idea of risking her small boundaries and safety of her small circle for the small chance she might actually branch out.
She's a person, not a tree after all.
However much like a tree, she's pretty firmly rooted in the idea that she's just not a good people person. She's a good animal and plant person is all.
Disney Princess
Animals tend to be fairly calm around her, and not get wildly riled up when she's working with them. By no means to they become docile or 'tame', they just tend to be more at easy when she's nearby or working with them.
ANYTHING ELSE?
Abigail specializes in bats and other 'misunderstood' animals such as raccoons, badgers, rats- She has the best luck with interacting with them, and desperately wants to educate on why keeping native populations alive and healthy is a thing.
Other-
Abigail grew up with two very ultra-hippies to say the least, and lived on the road until CPS caught up with them, forcing them to either setting, send Abigail to her very conservative grandparents, or- live on a commune. Her folks chose commune. She lived her life fairly indoctrinated in their beliefs in organic, local, fresh, mother earth and that humans were inherently inferior.
That she was inherently inferior.
The fact that her parents refused to let her go to school, to have anything 'modern' in terms of toys and tech left Abigail growing up an outside in a world she was told was her job to love. That isn't to say she was ignorant. Eventually, her parents gave into her requests to go to school, (where she struggled but eventually flourished), and they even helped send her off to college. But not without the constant reminder on how she had to be mindful of what she did, what she ate, and who she supported.
Her parents were expecting someone like them
Abigail wanted to be... well. Not them.
She's grown up since then. Gotten her degrees. She works full time as a wildlife specialist for the County and lives in a modest two bedroom home that is more garden than house far away enough from city limits so she can have a few chickens and a small hive. She takes care of what she can and shops at Whole Foods. She makes letters to her folks in the boonies how she is and how she's not giving into the man.
She works for the government to help animals and conservation efforts.
Often fighting the same government she works for on behalf of the animals she works with.
Needless to say, Abigail struggles with the fact she has and is apart of something she doesn't want to be, yet finds herself drawn to none the less.
