Mabel LouAnn Johnsson (Jenkins)

Mabel LouAnn Johnsson is a character role-played by soup.

General Description
Mabel LouAnn Johnsson is an Officer within the Los Santos Police Department.

Personality
Mabel has never been the best at socializing, as she usually keeps to her circle of friends. Regardless of this, she's good at diffusing hostile situations when necessary and does her best to maintain a level-head in high stress environments. This is noticeable at most while she is on patrol during her shifts, as she looks for the best in anyone she may run into. It does not affect her work, however, as she is not afraid to "lay down the law" when necessary. She is very work-oriented and she will not let her feelings get in the way of her doing her job properly. When a task comes up, Mabel is extremely dedicated to finishing it or figuring things out. She will often drop whatever it is she is doing to complete a task or take steps towards whatever the task is that needs completion, even if it means she has to leave an event with her friends.

She is extremely loyal to those she cares about, and although she is not the best at showing her emotions in every situation, she does her best to make those around her feel as though they are cared for. Her inability to properly express emotions often allows her to be perceived as awkward, which she would not argue with. She understands that she doesn't know or just can't show emotions properly in every situation, and this often leaves her feeling awkward in those circumstances. She is persistent, though, and at times can be seen as nosey. She does not leave someone she cares about alone until she finds out what is on their mind and how she can help, which is both a strength and a weakness.

Avoiding touchy subjects is one of her strong suits, and she will deflect any conversation that could dive into her past with a joke. She refuses to acknowledge and properly situate her past. She is very guarded and no one up until this point has gotten past the wall she puts up. She is afraid that if people find out her past, they would be able to manipulate her emotions with the knowledge they uncover.

Childhood
On a rainy Sunday afternoon in May, Mabel LouAnn was born to Harris and Allison Jenkins in a tiny, unrecognized town outside of Moscow, Alabama. Allison once referred to it as “Middle of nowhere, USA, population of three.” It was easily the worst place to grow up, and despite her mothers wishes to move, her father was determined to keep the dairy farm. Allison was from Dallas, Texas, and she definitely was not content being stuck on a farm with relatively no contact with the outside world. She had been a nurse before moving to Arkansas for her husband, and before that she was raised in the city. Harris, however, was born in Moscow, Alabama, and loved the idea of being secluded. He loved having his own piece of the world to raise his family in, and he loved being a dairy farmer. He was a perfectly content man in his own world with the two most important people in his life, Allison and Mabel LouAnn.

Allison was not good at farmwork, so she instead focused on raising Mabel LouAnn. She did her best to embrace the lifestyle because of her love for her daughter and husband, but it never exactly was the ideal life she wanted. She felt so, so alone, and Mabel LouAnn became her sole source of happiness. Watching her daughter grow up was the greatest thing she had witnessed in her life.

At the age of five, Harris allowed Mabel LouAnn to begin doing farmwork. Her mother had a love for scrapbooking, and photos of Mabel LouAnn as a young child filled the pages. Mabel LouAnn began homeschooling at this age, and her education was extremely hands on. Allison had already begun to teach Mabel LouAnn to read around age three whenever she was able to recognize letters and letter sounds, so she had a head start when it came to basic kindergarten knowledge. She wasn’t exactly taught using any type of curriculum, but when her first year of schooling had finished, her parents noticed she was an extremely fast learner.

When Mabel LouAnn reached third grade, her parents enrolled her into the public school system. Her mother was able to finally buy a vehicle that would get them further than a mile down the road, and in turn she immediately enrolled Mabel LouAnn. She wasn’t trying to get rid of the responsibility to teach her daughter, but she knew that it would be best for her to interact with other children. While she was extremely smart and had great knowledge of farm life, Mabel LouAnn was definitely behind when it came to social interaction with anyone other than her parents. She was extremely shy and socially awkward, and Allison hoped that school would help her social life.

All Good Things Come To An End
Allison and Harris found out they were expecting another child when Mabel LouAnn was twelve. The small family of three were so excited, and she wanted nothing more than to be a big sister. Her mother and father consistently prayed to God, thanking him for the opportunity to be parents again. Mabel LouAnn joined in, though she had not been extremely religious before. Her parents never forced their beliefs on her, although it was apparent they expected her to believe the same they did.

Months later, Dustin Harris Jenkins was born. He was seemingly healthy - until one day he wasn’t. Three months into his life and his health began to decline rapidly. Allison did everything she was trained to as a nurse, seeing as it was easier to treat him at home than it was to drive five hours away. She had given Mabel LouAnn extensive training throughout her entire childhood so that in a situation like this, she would be prepared. Mabel LouAnn became Dustin’s caretaker along with her mother. He wasn’t getting better, though. Their prayers weren’t working, and Mabel LouAnn saw this. Their faith was useless, they needed medical help - more than her mother could provide - yet they stayed at home, proclaiming that God would save their son. Mabel LouAnn watched her brother's life slip away from him, and with each day that passed the light slowly left his eyes. She was the one who found his lifeless body one morning before she was going out to tend to the cattle.

She wasn’t the same after that. Nothing was the same. Her mother’s jovial spirit was gone, her father didn’t have motivation to take care of the farm, and she was angry at her parents' blindness. It was then that her beliefs stopped. Life as she knew it stopped. Weeks later, her mom took the car in the middle of the night along with all her belongings and left. Harris was not the same after that at all, and it took years for him to even open up to his daughter about love again.

A Spark of Inspiration
The two spent hours watching Cops and NCIS together, and he briefly mentioned that if he weren’t a farmer, he wanted to be an officer. Just the small conversation sparked the idea in her mind, but she never planned on leaving the farm. She couldn’t leave her father alone again. The two were basically inseparable, and she was his support. He talked to her as though she were a therapist, and although she never had much to say, he enjoyed getting his feelings out.

One topic specifically was his parents. He often would relate his marriage to Allison to his parents marriage, and talked about true love. Mabel LouAnn wasn’t sure if she believed in true love, but she definitely did believe in love. She had seen it in her parents before her mother left, and she saw how it could rip someone apart when taken away. He would show her pictures of his parents that he had, retelling the stories and how he had seen true love between them. The conversation always ended after bringing up Allison momentarily. His voice would break, and she never dared to ask anymore about her mother for fear of seeing her father cry.

The Cow Thief
On one occasion, her father had to go out of town to take care of her grandparents. She was more than capable of taking care of the farm herself, but it was something she had never had to do before. While out on the pasture one day, she watched as a truck with a trailer hitched behind it pulled off the side of the road, and a man jumped out and cut the wire fence. She waved her arms and began running towards the fence, but she wasn’t fast enough. She watched as he herded the cow into the trailer before speeding away. She still ran towards the fence to attempt to patch it before any more cows were taken or got out. She swore she would catch the man who stole her cow, and the idea of becoming a police officer again came to her mind.

Later that same week, she saw the man who stole her cow while out getting groceries from the next town over. Anger came over her, and she had to hold herself from lashing out at him. He recognized her too, and he immediately got defensive and started muttering things under his breath. He accused her of tracking him down, and threatened her, but Mabel LouAnn maintained her composure. She bought her groceries and left, completely ignoring the cow thief. It was that instance that solidified her choice to become an officer.

Tragedy Strikes
Upon her father’s arrival back home, she told him her decision. He’d brought his parents back with him, since their health was failing. Mabel LouAnn couldn’t handle the idea of her grandparents dying, and she was not going to stick around to see anymore death. Finding her infant brother dead was her worst nightmare, and she could barely handle seeing her cattle ailing. Still, being trained to the extent she was by her mother, she stuck around. Her father couldn’t take care of them by himself. Her career choice was set on the back burner as she took care of the farm and her grandparents.

Two years later, her grandma fell while in the kitchen. Mabel LouAnn found her gasping for air and clutching her chest, and despite her best attempts, she couldn’t save her. Another life was lost under her watch, and she blamed herself for it. She couldn’t bear seeing her grandpa’s face and how the joy in his eyes disappeared. At the funeral, she had to excuse herself from the service due to the guilt she felt. No one blamed her, but she blamed herself. She had to get away.

Bigger and Better Things
She ended up in Los Santos after a distant relative of hers had spoken about living there. It was a city big enough where Mabel LouAnn could go unnoticed. That never happened, though, as she joined the LSPD. She wasn’t well-known, but she definitely was not unnoticed. Although her legal first name is Mabel LouAnn, she dropped the ‘LouAnn’ and now goes by Mabel. While a cadet in the LSPD, she met Antonio Marcello and Levi Fish, who would soon become her closest friends. She also later met her husband, Casper Johnsson, who she married on May 29, 2021, at the Playboy Mansion.

Her time in Los Santos and in the LSPD has not been boring, to say the least. She has made many friends during her time in Los Santos, and although things have been hectic, she has no regrets with her decision of moving. The opportunities she’s been given and people she’s met has made her leaving home worthwhile, although she does miss the farm and her father.

Important Facts

 * Her infant brothers death has never been spoken about, and she makes it a point to defer from any conversation about siblings other than mentioning she never had any. She blames herself for his death.
 * Mabel will often say she grew up without a mother, and will make jokes to distract from the anger she still holds towards her mom.
 * She is addicted to buying cars.
 * She has been kidnapped by Dennis the Menace twice, both times landing her in the hospital on life support.