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Enriqueta Silvano: Acacia's
older sister, Enri is 21 and a Republican, which is a source of great distress
for Acacia, especially since Enriqueta is almost as gung-ho for the GOP
as Acacia is for the greens.
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| Gabriella Barber: Acacia's
14-year-old cousin and one of her best friends. Acacia is worried
about her because Gaby's dad Frank is really conservative and she doesn't
want Gaby to turn out the same way. Oh yeah, and she calls Gaby "Swishie"
and Gaby calls her "Cookiedragon"...it's a cousin thing. Don't ask.
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| Her parents: Lucy and Edgardo...neither
of them really have any party affiliation. They're Independents,
but for different reasons. Lucy is a moderate, and Edgardo is more
liberal. So naturally Acacia gets along better with her dad.
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| Calliope McManus: Acacia's
best friend since they both went to Challenger Middle School together.
Cal is 18, she's African-American and she does ballet at almost a professional
level. Cal, however, couldn't care less about politics, and this
disturbs Acacia so she's always trying to get Calliope involved in political
stuff.
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Trinity Santiago: Acacia's
ex-boyfriend...yes, Trinity can be a guy's name. Anyway, Trin is
a Libertarian and he's basically a younger version of Bill Maher.
Acacia gets along really well with Trinity despite this (even though when
she's really pissed off with him she doesn't refer to him by his name but
just as "that smirky bastard"). Trinity is very sarcastic and cheeky,
and he's also bisexual...he likes to hit on Darius and watch him squirm.
^-^
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| Marie Christensen: Is Acacia's
worst nightmare. She's as conservative as Acacia is liberal, and
she thinks that Pat Buchanan is God (except she'd never SAY that, oh no,
we must not take the Lord's name in vain). She's a super-religious,
Jesus-freaky Southern baptist...and she's also Enriqueta's best friend.
Yahoo.
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Darius Fuyutsuki: Enriqueta's
boyfriend, who's a year older than she is, and he's a Democrat too.
Acacia likes him okay, and sometimes they talk, but after the election
is over he avoids her like the plague. Nothing personal, he just
develops this...enmity against Greens since Gore lost.
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Persephone Cartwright: More commonly known as Percy, she's another of Acacia's friends (although she's really closer to Trinity). Her political views match Acacia's the most out of all Acacia's friends, and she's Independent for the moment: Percy can't decide between the two liberalish parties, Democrat and Green. Seph-chan takes dance classes with Calliope, and she's a spotight seeker - she really likes to perform. She's also bi, about a 4.9 on the Kinsey Scale, whereas Trinity is almost exactly 3. She and Acacia met through the UCSD Gay-Straight Alliance. |
Real name: Acacia Silvano
Nicknames: Kaysh for short, and Enriqueta calls her a "bleeding heart" and "greenie" among other lovely things
Birthday:
Age: 18
Zodiac Sign:
Favorite color: green (of course), blue a little
Hobbies: activism, organizing protests, reading
Favorite Subject: poli sci (she's a law major at UCSD)
Likes: like-minded people, Ralph Nader and the Green Party in general, pissing off right-wingers
Dislikes: conservative people (but then, Acacia considers a lot of _Democrats_ to be conservative), the Religious Right/Christian Coalition, homophobia and other forms of prejudice, Bill Maher
Favorite Food: vegetarian food, fruit smoothies
Family: Edgardo Silvano (her father, a third-generation Italian), Lucy Silvano (nee Barber, her mother), her sister Enriqueta (more about her under Supporting Cast), and she has an uncle on her mom's side, Frank Barber, and his daughter Gabriella is mentioned sometimes
From: San Diego, California (still lives there with her mom and sister)
Dream: To be the next Ralph Nader, of course (though Acacia hopes she's somewhat more successful than him)
Image actress: Julia Stiles (yep, just like Ferio from Conclave)
Quotes - Acacia on the following subjects...
On the Republican primaries: "One Bush is enough, now Bush Junior is running. Spare me, heavenly mother."
On her house: "Yeah, I live in a manufactured piece of cardboard out on Camino Ruiz..."
Calliope and Acacia on Ralph: "This Nader guy again. She's been talking about him all day. You'd think she was in love with him or something."
"Goddess, no! He's sixty-something! He could be my grandfather!"
On what her mom calls her: "Acacia honey? Sounds like a new scent from Bath and Body Works."
On realism: "Well, I'd love to be able to say that Ralph Nader is going to kick Bush and Gore's asses into the Great Beyond, but..."
Marie and Acacia on etiquette: "Mind if we sit here?"
"No, but I doubt that will stop you."
On the acceptable way to address her: "Trinity, calling me 'baby' is tantamount to asking for a kick in the balls."
On lobster: "So you have no reservations about eating a giant bug? None at all?"
On Bush when he was president-elect: "Look at this! We've elected the MAD magazine guy!"