Maycee Arden

Maycee Davis Arden (born June 15, 1995) is an American engineer. She is a supporting character in the Lost Tales universe.

Early Life
Maycee Arden was born on June 15, 1995 in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, the daughter of Lisa Arden (nee Olson), a speech-language pathologist, and Adam Arden, a software developer. She has a younger brother, Dylan, and a younger sister, Madison. Arden grew up in Walnut Grove and attended Westbrook-Walnut Grove Elementary School and Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School. She participated in local and regional pageants from a young age. In high school, she was also involved in robotics and the quiz bowl team, and she played the flute in the concert band. After graduating salutatorian of her class in 2013, Arden attended the University of Minnesota, where she studied biomedical engineering and played flute in the orchestra. She graduated in May 2017 and entered a graduate program at Central Carolina University that fall. She graduated in May 2019 with a master's degree in engineering.

Career
Arden's first engineering job was an internship at Jackson-Gadsden Automation from May 2018-May 2019. She went on to form the new biomedical engineering department at JGA in September 2019 as chief engineer, along with colleague Tad Fleming.

Arden worked at a 50s-style diner in Saint Paul while attending the University of Minnesota, and she also worked at Maxine's Diner in Daisy while attending grad school at CCU. During her internship, she began working part time at Fitz's Corner because it was closer to JGA. She is still currently employed at Maxine's Diner.

Personal Life
Arden's first romantic relationship was with childhood sweetheart Conrad Oakes in middle school. She met Tuck Haywood when he would spend the summers with his grandparents in Walnut Grove. The two were romantically involved first there, then long distance, then while living close together in South Carolina, until late summer 2017.

Arden is still somewhat romantically involved with Conrad Oakes, and also with Tuck Haywood. Her relationships remain complicated.

Arden moved with Haywood and Oakes to Daisy, South Carolina in the early summer of 2017. Her first residence was an on-campus apartment with a software engineering student named Emilia Weber. Arden and Weber lived in an apartment above a Daisy music store until May 2019, when Weber moved out to study in Europe. Arden then moved to a condo in Downtown Daisy, where she rents out a room to missionaries, ministers, and church musicians passing through.

Arden’s hobbies include cooking, playing the chimes in her church’s praise band, dancing, and classic cars.

Arden is a Christian. She attends the Mid-Central Alliance church in Jackson City, although she is part of the Ladies’ Group at Daisy Presbyterian Church.

Arden drives a blue and white 1956 Chevrolet 210.

Arden has two poodles named Snowman and Doodles.

Arden is somewhat politically active, having previously volunteered with local campaigns in Minnesota. She is a registered Republican.

Character History
Maycee Arden first appeared in the December 2019 short "Christmas Darty" after being created in November 2019. She has been portrayed as age 24 and 25. She has only held one main occupation, a biomedical engineer, as well as a few roles as a short order cook or ice cream scooper. She has been in many friendships in past works, most notably with Savannah Washburn, despite major differences in opinions, and Cora Summers. She has been in two romantic relationships, with Conrad Oakes and Tuck Haywood. In the beginning, Jenny Parks is skeptical of Maycee because she was the reason Tuck broke up with Jenny, but they grow to be friends when they meet the night of Jenny and Tuck’s breakup. She is usually portrayed as ambitious, sarcastic, pious, upbeat, intelligent, independent, and confident, but sometimes indecisive and somewhat self-righteous. She speaks with a pronounced Midwestern accent, and often does not understand the southern-isms her friends use.

Maycee Arden is described to have light blonde hair, dark blue eyes, pale skin and rosy cheeks. Her hair is long and usually wavy, although she often wears it in a long ponytail. She prefers to wear pastels, and occasionally likes to dress in 1950s-style clothes. Her stock color is baby blue. She is described by Jenny to be have a "size-two" waist and resemble a "small town pageant queen."

Favorites
Favorite Color: Seafoam green

Favorite Dessert: Strawberry milkshakes

Favorite Sport: Robotics

Favorite Animal: Dogs (specifically poodles)

Favorite Fruit: Cherries

Favorite Subject in School: Math

Favorite Food: Maxine's raspberry chocolate malt

Favorite Drink: Cheerwine floats

Favorite Season: Summer

Favorite Holiday: Fourth of July