Ventu/Early Life

A Childhood of Imbalance & Indecision

• 235205.24 - Aresee Lily Ventu is born in the Scandinavian region of Earth to Jarin and Matilda Ventu.
• 2355 - Aresee is first diagnosed with her classified 'chemical imbalance.' Although the disorder was treatable at birth, it is now something she must live with. Her parents start her on a daily round of medications and hypos.
• 2360 - At the age of 8, Aresee experiences her first violent mood swing while at school. Her medication is increased, and she is placed under the care of various counselors. It's around this time that she eschews her first name, citing an inborn hatred for its forced ostentatiousness, and chooses to go by her middle name, Lily.
• 2368 - Lily expressed the desire to become a counselor herself. Her mother, having recently retired from her merchant captaincy, suggests Starfleet as a possible career path.

Attending the Academy For the First Time

• 2369 - Lily fails her first entrance exam when she attempts it during her junior year. She decides to try for a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology on Earth, and then go for her master's. However, a week after her failing scores arrive, an ensign from the Academy named Abby Roberts contacted Lily and urged her to re-take the exam. Lily signs up after her mother agrees that it's a good idea, but doesn't intend to sit the test again.
• 2370 - After her acceptance to two reputable schools and her graduation, Lily takes her second entrance exam. She passes, and decides to try it out for a year. Abby Roberts is assigned as Lily's don, and serves as her mentor and friend during her first terms.
• 2371 - In the first months of her freshman year, Lily meets Nicholas Parks, and the two become good friends. A month before the end of their first year, the two begin dating.
• 2373 - During Lily's junior year at the Academy, she decides to take a leave of absence for several reasons. Not coincidentally, the leave of absence request comes just as Nick and Lily break up.
• 2374 - Lily borrows a family ship and strikes out on her own.

Alone in the Borderlands

• 2376 - Two years hence, Lily finds herself on the edge of Federation space, in the region known as the Borderlands. For some reason, she's drawn to the region. While there, pragmatism wins out over aesthetics, and Lily becomes Aresee again, using her old name as a kind of alias.
• 2378 - Aresee spends two years in the Borderlands, making various contacts and enemies. During the end of her stay, she discovers an eleven year old girl - Alexa, no last name - and, like her attraction to the Borderlands themselves, finds herself inexplicably drawn to the girl. She convinces the girl to come with her.
• 2379 - Aresee is chased out of the Borderlands by various enemies. She and Alexa return to Earth. Matilda and Jarin formally adopt Alexa.

Returning to the Academy

• 2380 - Aresee spends several months at home, reacclimating to the Federation standard of life and helping her new sister adjust. To her dismay, she finds that her mood swings have returned in full force. Aresee returns to the Academy. She does an extra semester of catch-up. While there, she steers clear of romantic contact, and though she has a few acquaintances, makes few friends. She does not attempt to track down Nick, nor does she return to using Lily as her first name.
• 2382 - Aresee graduates from the Academy.