amanda hemingway. Why did your character join the RAC? money and to piss off her dad. on a more subconscious level, she was utterly rudderless, halfway fingerless, and lacking any sense of direction or drive in her life. trying to best her father in his own career field was as good a goal as any. What might they be doing now if they hadn't joined? honestly, probably dead. she would have slipped too easily back into bad decisions and worse people. stupidity or a shitty boyfriend would have done her in. When they picture their future, what do they see? nothing. which isn't as dramatic as it sounds—she just doesn't think or plan ahead anymore. it used to be with paintings in every decent gallery or museum on mars; now it's more just like "a drink" and "eat a whole box of cereal with marshmallows before tag gets to it" and "show up my dad in parcheesi"