The Pumpkinpocalypse: Amanda Oblivious

Name: Amanda Badowski, goes by Amanda or Mandy

Height: 5’8”

Age: 24

Hair: long straight brown worn loose or occasionally in high ponytails or messy buns, Shows subtle reddish highlights in direct sun.

Eyes: warm brown and expressive, they crinkle at the corners when she laughs, go wide when surprised, narrow when skeptical.

Features: Light olive complexion, A wide, square face with a strong jawline. Highly expressive (eyebrows, mouth, even cheeks telegraph her thoughts clearly). Roughly 50lbs overweight her weight regularly fluctuates 5-10lbs pounds. She has a curvy, body with wide hips, a thick waist, soft belly and full bust. Sparse, silvery stretch marks faintly trace her inner thighs, lower belly, and the sides of her hips – souvenirs from years of yo-yo dieting and natural weight fluctuations.

Personality: A natural optimist with a stubborn streak of determination. Her confidence is less about arrogance and more about a fundamental belief that she can figure things out. Quick with a sarcastic quip or dry observation. Enjoys making people laugh but isn't a class clown. Prone to zoning out mid-conversation when her brain latches onto a tangent. A pansexual with a preference for personality and vibe over gender. She's comfortable in her desires but not aggressively forward. Kind-hearted but pragmatic. She'll give you the shirt off her back... if it's not too cold out and she has another one at home. Her selflessness has carefully drawn boundaries. Far more likely to consol and comfort or cheer others up than to bend over backwards for anyone.

Fears: The surreal, the inexplicable, and true horror. She can handle everyday stress, but things that break the rules of reality unsettle her deeply.

Likes: Jogging (her moving meditation), power-walking while window-shopping, Has an eclectic tastes in entertainment that depends more on the mood of the moment than being a fan of a genre or specific franchise. Will binge a true crime documentary, then switch to a cartoon musical. The calming focus of doing crossword or jigsaw puzzles. Her job, being single, her independence, the simplicity of her routine, the familiarity of her city.

Dislikes: Hiking ("Why walk up a hill when there's flat ground?"), gym culture, strict dieting and the popularity of oft ridiculous miracle quick-fix fad diets. Being micromanaged, sweating outside of exercise, non-sequiturs, sudden changes of plan. Feeling afraid or out of control.

hiking, the gym, her job, strict dieting, the popularity fad diets, being told what to do, sweating, when something doesn’t make sense, change, the unexpected and surreal or horrific, being afraid.

Clothing: On her off hours she is most likely found in a cropped half-shirt over a supportive sports bra. Low-rise sweatpants that sit comfortably on her hips, revealing the soft curve of her lower belly. Well-worn sneakers and ankle socks. Wireless earbuds are a nigh-permanent fixture.

Backstory: Born, raised, and never left her mid-sized city. She has navigated her way through it almost mindlessly since childhood. It's her entire world—predictable, navigable, and safe. Graduated high school with decent grades but no burning ambitions. Took the waitress job at a dine-in franchise restaurant because the hours were flexible and the employee discount was decent. Lives in a modest one-bedroom apartment she decorates with thrift store finds and movie posters. Her life is a study in comfortable, unremarkable stability. She has a small circle of friends, a complicated but loving family, and a deep-seated belief that tomorrow will generally look like today.

Secondary Characters: The invading pumpkins and jack o’lanterns falling from the sky will be akin to the tomatoes in the movie Attack of The Killer Tomatoes, they will rain down from the sky and many will smash upon landing but a few will manage to survive the fall and begin to terrorize and attack people.

Nobody know where they came from, speculation will vary wildly from aliens to other dimensions and government conspiracies or demonic forces etc., On the ground the why and how barely matters to those trying to survive the attacks. The pumpkins and jack o’ lanterns will not last the week and rot quickly with the uncarved pumpkins lasting a little longer than the jack o’ lanterns, but for that one Halloween week horror and terror will reign. Then it will inexplicably be over with nothing left but rotting pumpkin carcasses …full of seeds. The seeds must be destroyed or this will become a yearly occurrence.