dia's parents were dum and gambled a lot + had various addictions so they borrowed money from the mermaid gang constantLY
they were usually able to pay off their debt but it always took a lot of work to squeeze it out of them
usually what would happen is, one of the mermaid members would have to threaten her parents while the rest would hang out with dia cause lbr it rlly only takes one person to scare townies
one day, her parents couldn't pay but instead of getting interest on their fee they offered their child (like she was an accident and they didn't feel that attatched to her)
ofc they can't j take a baby, esp as a barter for money but some of the mermaid members who so disgusted by their offer that they j took dia. the saiprayongs lost their child and their lives that day. (🤪🤪😬)
when they brought dia back to headquarters, the leader (at that time) was furious about the parents offering their kid and the fact that there is a child in their g a n g hq.
but she took this as an opportunity to raise someone for the gang life, specifically poisons
she was put in classes covering the basics any good convict should know such as: combat training, the 5 most common languages, strategy, stealth, weapon use, lying, how to tell if someone is lying, slight of hand, etc
dia didn't see anything off about her life, especially since that's all she really knew
that wasn't until she was around 14/15 when she was allowed to do to normal hs so she would get a better feel of how kids her age rlly acted
her hw was to watch random teen dramas so she wouldn't stick out TOO much
she also hung out more w the younger mermaid members to monitor how they act and their tips
again, life wasn't too bad for her
buT it wasn't until she was 16 when things took a drastic turn
it was decided that she could be an amazing spy, and what should any super spy have? a poison tolerance.
she was forced to consume various poisons, staring with the ones with the weakest toxin levels and working her way up
it was torturous but she kept strong, refusing to let word of any weakness get out
however, this is where she found her interest in poisons and concocting them
poison was kind of her side gig while she did various things for the mermaid as an operative
now she focuses more on poisons since there hasn't been much going on gang wise,,,,, but that'll probs change soon
she based her alias on monarch butterflies bc they're lowkey poisonous from the plants they eat as bbys, and she thought it would be funni
personality wise she's p chill, she def has a Gang™ side when she's working and her normal side when she's w friends or out
this is all i can think of atm but ye pls plot w me and my choild!!