Character info:

• Full name: Danielle "Dani" Grayson
• Age: 25
• Gender: Female
• Sexuality: Bisexual
• Species: Wusky (Wolf-Husky hybrid)
• Height: 6'5
• Tail length: 10' (can be curled up like a husky's tail)
• Hometown: Newark, NJ
• Instrument played: Fender Stratocaster
• Phone: T-Mobile Sidekick 3
• Favorite song: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
• Favorite food: BBQ, especially Baby Back Ribs
• Personality: Rowdy, dramatic (and a bit of a drama queen), easily irritated, harsh, blunt, sarcastic, ironic
• Likes: 90s stuff, guitars, rock and metal music, 80s and 90s hip hop, Xbox, shooter games, horror movies, shark girls, night, the moon, howling, being a (playful) bully
• Hates: Right-wingers, modern hip hop, milk, butt rock/post-grunge, "whiny" rock music, fireworks, Guitar Hero, relationships, pop music, college, Barbie Girl, elitists, Metallica (post-AJFA), celebrities and the culture surrounding them, being around kids, Verizon
• Character created: December 2022

Character bio:

Dani grew up in Newark for a majority of her life, and has a strong connection to NYC as a result, sometimes even claiming to be a New Yorker depending on when you ask her. But as a result she grew to be sort of bombastic and loud, along with being a big drama queen. Doesn't remember much from her childhood, but she's very fond of her later childhood and teenage years, especially in the 90s, which she often claims to be the best decade ever. The late 90s especially is a period she looks on as where "humanity peaked", and as a result is obsessed over 90s stuff, mainly in regards to TV, music, and movies released. Around 2002, she had both gotten an Xbox from her parents and gotten hooked on it despite never being into video games prior to then, and she moved out of NJ to go to college, which she had high hopes going into, but unfortunately ended up falling into a pretty bad rut during her time in school, due mainly to financial troubles and other events going on both in her personal life and the world, leading to her getting depressed, often just staying in her dorm all day when she's not in class. She picked up smoking as a habit to try to calm herself down, which she claims she'll quit one day, but never gets around to it, instead just choosing to do it less as time goes on. Her depressed state also led her to both gain weight and essentially seek comfort in 90s stuff and rejecting basically anything new as being terrible. In 2005 she met Rakka and the two of them became close friends despite being opposites in so many ways, with Rakka helping Dani during hard times, having stayed in her apartment so she didn't have to pay for a dorm room, while working to be able to get her own place at the same time. Often played her guitar either when she was bored or just to pass time, having kept her Stratocaster from when she was a teen, but having really gotten into it after she beame an adult. As a result she often learned how to play songs she liked, or watching people online play guitar, but also getting annoyed at Guitar Hero which Rakka played CONSTANTLY when she lived with her, having turned into those "why don't you play a real guitar" people, although got less annoyed when she got into drums, since it was closer to playing a real instrument. Around 2006 when she was close to graduating, Dani started growing out of her depressed state, owing to both her nearly being done, along with changing up various things in her life, including growing out of hating everything not from the 90s or 80s, albeit still struggling with that, and still hating any hip hop or real released past 2002 or so, claiming that it "isn't real". Once she moved out, she fully grew out of her depressed state and considers herself to be doing good, even helping Rakka when she ends up in a rough state, usually caused by her breaking up with yet another girlfriend. The two of them started a band, with them eventually picking up Vix as a bass player, with her and Vix becoming friends, but Rakka and Vix being unable to really form a connection together.

Character trivia:

• Meta Trivia: Dani initially didn't have a name, having been given the name Dani as I was listening to RHCP when creating her.
• She's the tallest one out of all the others, owing to her being a mix between two already big canines.
• Has only been in one relationship in her life, and only in her teenage years, preferring to stay single.
• Often goes to the beach during the summer, never to actually swim, but just to crush on the shark girls there.

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