Maurice

Biography: Maurice Danato

Legal Charge of Hollow, Maurice also attends school with Maria–whom she unfortunately has a habit of bullying. . .along with everyone else she encounters.

Maurice is the legal charge of Hollow, thanks to having been abandoned into Hollow’s care on a vacation from her home in Italy.

While Maurice is well aware she no longer lives or resides in Italy–and has a single aunt there she can contact–her status as a minor abandoned in the US, in the hands of a citizen, renders her able to stay. The aunt in Italy makes little contact with Maurice but refused to take her in; Hollow has assumed legal guardianship until Maurice’s parents can be found, or the aunt takes Maurice in, or Maurice turns 18–whichever happens first. Despite Maurice’s cruel personality, Hollow cannot bring himself to abandon her himself.

Maurice is often rude, aggressive, and confrontational. She has been expelled from all local schools thanks to fighting, and now attends a private Catholic girl’s school as her last option before a juvenile detention center. While her behavior hasn’t changed, her targets have, and since the school charges so much, they aren’t as willing to expel a (paying) student. Maurice is very charming toward the majority of most males, until rejected by them (Or unless she rejects them), and a bully toward all females she encounters. It must be noted that while Hollow has legal guardianship over Maurice, he is not immune to or spared from Maurice’s verbal abuse.

What Happens if Exposed to Fear:

Maurice has mastered social manipulation to the point she has never actually been exposed to her fears, directly, that she knows of for a fact. However, Maurice will assume and conclude she is encountering her fears regardless of the reality.

Notably, there was no such reaction to her abandonment by her parents or family.

What also happens:

Maurice’s fears are textbook but for our efforts, fill a need. Maurice displays symptoms of Cluster B Personality Disorder, mostly those of malignant narcissism with emotional sadistic qualities, anti-social personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder, the symptoms of which she hides the most. Maurice does not need evidence to fly into a rage, assuming a friend or lover is angry at or rejecting her; Unable to cope, Maurice’s strategy is to go on the offensive, attack, and wear down whoever causes her to perceive she’s being rejected, suspect retaliation for her own behavior, disappoints her, or merely out preforms Maurice in any aspect–even academically, despite her utter lack of interest and complete disdain for schooling. Unable to emotionally regulate, Maurice manages her emotions by verbally attacking others until she believes they feel the exact same feelings she does–and won’t stop until she believes they do. Needless to say, Maurice will go far in the world, but her talents are not welcomed in traditional settings; They are the very talents she was selected for and are now put to even more incredible uses.

Being in high school, Maurice is cultivating a class she will graduate with who will all remember her as the “popular” girl, and despite her behavior and actions, will fall prey to her manipulations far into adulthood. Right now, Maurice’s control hinges on her cruelty, and convincing others that those who follow her every lead and step that they will remain safe by appeasing and/or befriending her. As an adult, Maurice will target everyone she tormented and exploit sympathy with false stories to gain everything she desires in life, enough to survive on entirely without every working or paying.

It should be noted that her treatment towards Maria is abnormally aggressive, with no one else receiving such abuse aside from Hollow, who Maurice does not attack out of fear or disappointment–but purely for sport.