Mari is a girl from the sticks, straight out the trailer park, smart enough to know she needed to run fast & far if she didn't want to end up barefoot and pregnant forever but not smart enough for anywhere but...CU in Hathian. She's cute & quick-witted, but longs for the finer things and is willing to compromise her better judgement when she thinks there might be something in it for her. She doesn't make friends easily or ever really feel like she fits in, so it's not hard to get her to bend under peer pressure in order to belong.