Josephine Kendricks

undefinedJosephine Annabelle Kendricks is an AcDragonian female who was born in Norveldt, Ais Ainosea located on the mid-eastern part of the Geladrian continent on Planet Aegis. Her father is AcDragonian and her mother is Lushanean. Although she is AcDragonian by birth, she is genetically Lushanean and as such she has olive skin, glossy black hair and green eyes. Because of this, she is sometimes a target for bigotry and prejudice due to her ethnic people's involvement in a longstanding war with the Aegian star system. She is a kind woman, often to the point of naivety. This sometimes gets her into trouble but by and large it wins her over many friends.

Josephine joined Squad Mates at her parents behest in order to "prepare for the possibility of an oncoming war". She had personal reasons for joining Squad Mates however and she enrolled in the training classes in order to be allowed to enter the circuit. Josephine meets a young Dragonian man named David Schwarz who she becomes attracted to and forms a friendship with. Unfortunately this becomes a major source of her pain as David's view of Lushaneans, with him being a Dragonian, causes roadblocks which are exacerbated by his own team, who consider Lushaneans to be less than dirt.

Josephine often doesn't understand why some people treat her differently based on her race, especially since she never treats anyone less than what they deserve.

When out on a date with David, his squad mates in the Sand Crabs followed them so that they could rib on Josephine for being David's new potential girlfriend but once they figured out that she was a Lushanean, an undesirable in their eyes, it went from being just a light ribbing to welcome her into the fold to a full out verbal diatribe about her inadequacies as less than human. They told her she had no business on the Field and that she should be cleaning bathroom floors and stalls - with her tongue. After making her incredibly uncomfortable and brought to the verge of tears, David was ordered by the squad leader to spit on it. As he looked between his squad members, all of which were in on it, the leader spit on Josephine, egging David on by stating that he did it first in his place and to stop messing around. David eventually did spit on her, but very weakly and at her shins, to which the squad lead forced him to do it again and to actually mean it, from the chest, as he said. When David refused he went on to remind him that the only reason David was in the Sand Crabs was because his father was a benefactor and that all his prestige; the money, women, equipment, power all came from them and if he didn't fall in, he would fall out - permanently. He met Josephine's tear stained eyes, blinked back his own tears and did as he was told, right on her face.

Josephine was absolutely heartbroken. The person she liked just spit on her. At this point the leader spit on her again, followed by the others in the squad. One of the squaddies who surrounded her clipped the back of her knee, sending her to her knees where at this point Josephine simply covered her face as the group spit on her. Once the group basically spit themselves out, Josie afforded herself a moment to look between her fingers at the person she thought cared about her - David. Through her tears she could see him also crying but he simply turned away when they met eyes. At least he wasn't participating anymore, right? One of the squad kicked dirt and rocks into her face, causing her to cover her eyes again as the dirt burned them and after the squad pelted her with clumps of dirt and rocks, David pleaded that that was enough and that the team will get arrested if the police show up. The group stopped and fled but not before the lead grabbed David and told him that the next time he's given an order that he'd better follow it or he would lose everything - including his name as they could easily pin this whole thing on him. When he left, all that was left was Josephine and David. By now, Josephine was a whimpering mess and as she slowly removed her hands from her face David ran off before their eyes could meet. It was over.

She simply laid there slightly in an alley and called Vivienne. When she arrived, she was horrified at her condition and took her to the nearest hospital to get treated. Vivienne contacted Anya and she told her what happened and how David and his squad betrayed her. This confirmed Anya Novak's suspicions about David simply trying to harm her. Several of Josie's squad mates made plans on how to get David to admit his involvement so they can turn it over to the proper authorities. Off the Field antics are apart of the game of Squad Mates, but this was too far. It was assault and battery and they were going to report it. Josephine was on board as was Vivienne.

It took a few weeks for Josie to get over her initial heartbreak and betrayal, during which the Bonded Fates participated in 3 matches while being down their assistant captain. One of those matches was against the Sand Crabs, which they lost. However not before the team captain, Anya, got ahold of David during the match. David was able to get a message to Anya that he wanted to meet because he had to apologize to her in person and that his team wouldn't allow him to contact her. Anya said she'd see what she could do; the trap was set.