Maria's Backstory
Biography
Maria Grace Campbell was born May 7, 1984 in Austin, Texas. She is the only child in her family. Her mom (Gabriella) left Maria and her dad (Robert) when Maria was six years old. Robert and Maria then moved to Gary, Indiana- where she lived until she graduated high school. Her dad got a job as a secretary at a major law enforcement office.
He noticed that Maria was extremely talented, even at a young age, and trained her how to "properly" use her deduction skills. He "borrowed" solved cases and told her to figure them out (he took out the answers, of course). After a few years, he handed her 3 cold cases to figure out. She solved each one that week.
Maria never really had friends. When people tried to talk to her, she either called them idiots or creeped them out with her skills. She eventually gave up on finding a friend and stuck to her cold cases (which she was now getting paid to solve). In 7th grade, her school counselor convinced her to sign up for a pen-pal. After a week-or-so of waiting, she got a letter saying that her pen-pal was a girl in 5th grade named Emily Brown, who lived in London, England. After just a few letters, the pair instantly became friends. They had even made plans for Emily to fly over and visit Maria.
When Maria was 27, she moved to London and lived with Emily. She looked for work, but found nothing and was unemployed for almost two weeks. Finally, Em found a job as a policewoman for her. Due to her over-qualifying resume, she was instantly promoted to Rookie Detective.
On her first day, she was forced- by her boss, Anderson- to deal with the people in jail cells (phone calls, bail, drunken profanity, etc.). One man got a bit handsy with her, so he knocked him down- and out- with the karate skills she learned as a young girl. She's not allowed anywhere near the jail cells anymore.
Profile
Full name: Maria Grace Campbell
Age: 27
Job: Rookie Detective; "I'm probably gonna get fired soon"
Traits: intelligent; sarcastic; cocky; violent;
Talents: "I can curl my tongue!"; deducing
Sports: karate (has achieved black belt); boxing; wrestling
Hobbies: "Pissing off strangers"; boxing; gun practice; throwing knives; basically anything with weapons or violence…
Spare Time: working out; weapon/fight practice; cases
Music: "Flordia Georgia Line and Good Charlotte, with a bit of Kansas"
Friend(s): Emily Brown
Trustworthy: Sherlock Holmes; John Watson; Ms. Hudson
"Baddies": Anderson; Three Brothers; everyone else
Love Life: "Non-existent. Probably 'cus I piss people off for fun"
Thoughts on…
Sherlock: "He's cute and all, but he needs to stop going through my closet. I swear he was wearing my purple shirt the other day."
John: "He's like a cute, friendly hedgehog. He tends to keep Sherlock in check- which I'm grateful for- but if he hurts my Em, I'll snap his neck.
Anderson: "Anderson's an ass-wipe. Don't tell him I said that."
Ms. Hudson: "She's nice for a lady that hired a man to get her husband executed…"
London (the city): "It's extremely-effing-dull. It just needs a few good serial killers to liven up the place"