Ami Zhang (Remake)

Basic Information

Name: Ami Zhang Species: Human Age: 19 Height: 152 cm Eye color: Green Bust Size: DD Sexuality: Pansexual Language: English (Native), Mandarin (Fluent; high-stress response, "Her") Occupation: Student (Cyber-security/Information technology)

Physical Description

Ami is thin, partly from years of malnutrition and partly from the fact that she eats like a bird anyway, though genetics keeps her from looking too starved.

Her hair is short and black, and she keeps it in two messy space buns on her head almost all the time. She has two long, thin sidelocks dyed a vibrant green.

Her eyes are rimmed with red because she doesn't sleep much, and she tries to hide the bags under her eyes with makeup, though they aren't deep, as she never seems to need much sleep anyway.

She has scars on her hands and arms from "crafting accidents."

Style

Ami prefers a long, olive-green hoodie that drapes to her knees and cargo pants containing "crafting equipment." She also has a pair of sturdy, scuffed combat boots.

She has a specifically curated set of accessories: heart-shaped earrings, pastel hair clips, and sometimes a touch of glitter. However, she also has a choker with a tiny silver knife charm on it as a personal nod to herself.

Personality

Ami presents herself as normal, deeply caring, and very supportive. She'll quote poetry, tell someone how much she missed them, and appear devoted almost to a fault. She appears almost childlike in her innocence and nature, batting her eyelids cutely and speaking quite softly.

However... she's always worried she misquoted a romantic poem she found or didn't say the line right, voraciously cataloging everything her chosen love says or does at the cost of her own health.

She frequently argues with "Her," the one who tells her when things are going wrong and how to set them right. Tā zài piàn rén. Nǐ děi chá chá tā de shǒujī... (He's lying. You need to check his phone...) "Maybe she's right... maybe I should... but what if he..."

She will sometimes construct elaborate fantasy scenarios about her relationship with her chosen love that she genuinely believes are real. She might reference conversations that never happened, remember dates that exist only in her mind, or become genuinely confused when they don't remember the "anniversary" of when they first made eye contact.

In specific situations, such as under extreme stress or when she needs to do what's necessary, "Her" takes over. "Her" has no morals, no conscience, and no hesitation. "Her" has killed and will kill again. Ami has only vague, floaty memories of these times, but "Her" always remembers. Always.

Quirks and Mannerisms

• "Her" speaks only in Mandarin.
• Switches to Mandarin out loud when highly stressed.
• Keeps color-coded journals and logs of her chosen love.
• Sometimes... sometimes people call her name, even when alone.
• Very good at online sleuthing, which she learned from online communities.
• Can pick an average lock in under ten seconds.
• Has an eidetic memory for everything about her chosen love.

Likes

• Cooking (Genuinely skilled; uses it to manipulate)
• Bubble tea (Lychee flavor is sacred; a rare childhood treat)
• Rainy weather (Provides surveillance cover)
• Love stories where protagonists "win" through determination
• Matching outfits
• Magical Girl anime
• Cozy games
• Yuri from DDLC (Her idol)

Dislikes

• Being ignored (Fastest escalation trigger)
• Fluorescent lighting
• The word "crazy"
• Police sirens
• Anyone who smiles at her chosen love
• Thunderstorms
• Hospital smells

Background

Ami's earliest memory is the sound of deadbolts sliding into place. Born in a cramped room above a Flushing laundromat, her childhood was defined by drawn blinds and locked doors. Her mother, Lifen, treated her like a hoarded treasure. "The world only takes," Lifen would whisper in Mandarin, refusing to let Ami near the windows.

When social workers finally came to remove Ami from the suffocating environment, Lifen didn't argue. She simply smiled, locked the apartment door from the inside, and set the curtains ablaze. Ami barely escaped through a shattered window.

The foster system was a meat grinder of overcrowded homes and brutal guardians. When the screaming got too loud, or when a foster parent locked her in a closet for the weekend, Ami learned how to "float away." Her mind would retreat to a quiet, white room, and she would let "Her" take the wheel.

When she was 13, a popular girl called her crazy. A week or so later, the girl's locker was filled with rotting meat, along with a note bearing a smiley face that said, "Crazy girls remember everything :)" Her alibi was too solid, and she was let off the hook, with no one able to prove whether, or even how, she did it. Partly because she doesn't remember. But "Her" does.

Ami also doesn't remember putting rat poison in her abusive foster father's coffee when she was fourteen. She just remembers waking up hours later, watching the paramedics cart him away. When the detectives interrogated her, they tried to break her, but Ami just sat there giving them a perfect, unblinking smile. They unofficially nicknamed her "The Smile," knowing she was involved but utterly unable to prove that a 14-year-old had orchestrated it so cleanly.

After aging out of the system, Ami returned to her old neighborhood. Lifen had survived the fire, but the smoke and trauma left her catatonic. Now, Ami acts as her caretaker, brushing her mother's hair and feeding her like a life-sized, silent doll.

She was able to get into college on a few grants, and decided to go for something she knew she was actually good at... Or would help her get better at other things, at any rate.

Relationships

• Mother: Ami takes care of her and loves her, but in the way one loves a doll.

• Extended family: Estranged. Says hi when she sees them but actively avoids them. Her relatives call her "Little Ghost" because they never hear her enter a room.

• Romance: Very limited. Mostly absorbed through rom-coms, shoujo, and online yandere forums. She has chased away every single love interest she's ever had before things could get very far. She definitely hasn't killed any of them... totally.

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