Avril Meads

Avril Meads serves as the engineer of the Nightshade.

She is written by Albel4t5.

Biography
Born in the year 2201, Avril lived most of her life on Adam-1. She was an only child, being raised solely by her father after her mother died from complications due to the child birth. Because of this, Avril was exposed to the type of work that her father, Charles Meads, made his lively hood with, that being a mechanic at a spaceport.

Always encouraged to do what made her happiest, Avril was pretty much a free-spirit growing up. She naturally found herself most at home with repairing and trying to build some of the most unique and strangest things from junk and scrap metal she could find. More often than not, the things she created would not actually DO anything, but that did not stop the girl from trying. Suffice to say, no one was surprised with her choice when it came time for her brand.

Over time, Avril’s skills increased. She was initially was happy with working side by side with her father on various things in his shop. However as time went on, Avril began to desire more out of life and began to feel rather trapped and hindered by the strict nature of the Mars Space ways. On her 17th birthday, with a somewhat heavy heart, Avril parted ways with her father and moved on towards Helius-3, wherein she made the amusement colony her home. There, Avril was free to put her creative spirit into full force, helping to design rides at various parks which allowed her to learn more about the nature of machines and robotics.

The girl was last seen on the Earth colony, Kaz-1, where she needed to do a bit of shopping for various supplies for newest and possibly greatest idea for a ride yet.

Physical Appearance
Avril stands about 5’9” with a light-tanned skin complexion. She has a somewhat muscular, yet feminine build that comes with her laborious profession in handling the construction and repair of various forms machinery. Avril’s hair is a light, almost-silver shade of gray, which reaches the girl’s lower back. She usually keeps

it pulled back into a ponytail to keep it out of her work. The bangs which frame the side of the girl’s face are a sapphire-blue color, but whether they have been dyed or if it is natural is currently unknown. Avril’s eyes are a deep blue which match her bangs. On her left shoulder is a digi-ink tattoo of a cogwheel with a heart in the middle.

In terms of clothing, Avril seems to always be dressed for hard work. The girl usually finds herself dressed in a black tank-top that has been ripped off just above the girl’s stomach. She wears a pair of baggy, dark blue, denim pants. They’re a bit worn, with a few oil stains and a missing knee on the left leg, but the girl sees little reason to get rid of them. She keeps the ends of the pants rolled up so as not to walk on them with her black, durable work boots. Around Avril’s neck is a leather, black choker. Tied around Avril’s waist is an old, gray hoodie, and a pair of black, fingerless work gloves rest on her hands. Some of the time, she’ll wear a brown, leather hat on top of her head, usually when she is working underneath something large to keep some of the oil out of her hair. Avril wears a pair of black welder’s goggles in either her hair, on top of her hat, or around her neck at almost all times.

Personality and Traits
In terms of personality, Avril is fairly lively girl. She’s honest and believes in hard work if one truly wishes to accomplish something. The girl can often lose herself when working with various forms of machinery, whether repairing broken down objects or creating new works of her own. She can come a bit strong at times to those around her, but she really does not mean harm... most of the time.

Primary Combat Style
In combat, Avril prefers to let her physical strength do the talking. And what better way to do that then to use a weapon she crafted together herself? Avril fights using an electrified sledgehammer. The hammer has a single-use (until reloaded) hydraulic pressured launcher that can send the head propelling forward like a projectile, allowing the girl to have a mix of both close and long ranged combat options. The hammer would normally be rendered useless without its head, or at least until Avril would pick up the head, however the girl has taken note of this and made preparations for just such an event. Within the handle of the sledgehammer is a roughly 40 ft. chain that can be used to return the hammerhead back to its base.

Should her hammer no longer be an option, Avril is not afraid to get her hands dirty with a good fist-to-fist brawl. However, she does not have much refinement and relies on brute force in both giving and taking hits. Despite working with machinery, Avril is not skilled with the use of firearms, and it is probably for the best to keep her away from them at all costs.