Adrien Reed

30 y old earth elemental || forest ranger at jean lafitte historical park || member of saintes rpg

[adrien-reed]

What is your character’s name and occupation?

Adrien Reed, National Park Ranger

What brings them to Saintes?

Only recently finding the word to describe her situation, Adrien is looking to discover herself and immerse herself in the community she is a part of. She’s also aiming to find other elementals and hopefully find a way to control her abilities before anyone ends up getting hurt.

What can we expect next from your character?

You can expect to see a person thrown unexpectedly into a place and a culture that she has absolutely no way to navigate, a person who is usually on the run trying to finally find a place where she belongs. Adrien desperately wishes she was ‘normal’, but knows deeply that it’s not something she’ll ever be. Even still, she tries her best to appear as if she was, still in the mindset of keeping up the facade for as long as she could until she had to run again.

[adrien-reed]

@xfrancisxrowlandx “The Park Service eh?” he asked and nodded. “Lovely, you do have some beautiful parks here in the States. I was always a fan of Yellowstone,” he said. “Then that bloody show came along and ruined it.” he rolled his eyes and then smiled slightly at the young woman. “You’ll have to give me a tour of the parks sometime, I’d love to see an alligator. I mean, I’ve seen Alligator before, but it would be nice to see a living one,” he commented as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “Sorry, I don’t mean to take up all of your day, where were you heading? Perhaps we can walk together?” he offered. “I was heading to the fresh market to see if there was anything I could make into a special for tonight’s dinner service at my restaurant.”

“From the way the gators sleep during the day, you wouldn’t think they were living,” Adrien laughed. According to her new coworkers, their strange sleeping schedule was a huge problem with the visitors. An overly concerned visitor would break down the door of the ranger station to report an ill alligator, or someone unimpressed would go off path to bother it to make it do something. Even if that something would be attacking them, apparently.

“I was looking for someplace to get coffee or tea, but, uh, I really have no idea where that might be,” she glanced around the intersection, “...or where anything is in this town.

[mercuryfish]

[adrien-reed]

@xfrancisxrowlandx "Ah, Las Vegas," he nodded. "I've been once or twice." or three or four times. Between just going on holiday or going for work, he'd been to the small desert city many times. He couldn't help but smile slightly when she asked what brought him to the States. This one wasn't one for cooking shows apparently. "Work mostly," he replied as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I was taking a break from work for a time when "the announcement" happened. When I came out as having been a supernatural the mayor reached out to me. She said she was making a place where all supernatural people would be welcome and safe, and she wanted a ah- a public figure of sorts to come to Saintes and help make it a tourist destination. So here I am." he finished before slipping his hands into his pockets. "And yourself? What brought you down here from Nevada?"

So she didn’t just stumble into a random guy, she stumbled into a “public figure” invited to town by the mayor. What a great week she was having.

“I came here for work as well, but nothing as interesting as that. I'm with the NPS, I was stationed in the park in New Orleans and this is where I ended up gravitating to. It just seems like a great community.” Adrien realized that she probably came off like one of the tourists he was speaking of, coming to town to treat the supernatural residents like zoo animals. But she wasn't really all too knowledgeable on supernatural etiquette nor was she planning on oversharing to a man she met a minute ago, so that'd be something she'd have to risk.

[farewell-to-lorien]

Desert Eye, by Elliot McGucken.

Arches National Park, Moab, UT

[niskaxcapel]

The New Girl

Niska had been nervous with excitement as the plane landed and she got into the bus. “The suburb where…” – and she had to speak no further. The driver knew precisely where to go and from the look on his face, she had not been the first to ask. Would it be crowded? Maybe there would be tourists? But the closer they came to her destination, the more her excitement turned into something darker. Passengers who overheard her conversation with the driver looked at her strangely, observantly, as if she had something that stood out. A kid poked her in the arm but before she could say anything, her mother dragged him away. Hopefully, they’re not all like this…

The last bit of excitement faded when she finally did arrive at the suburb. She had deposited her suitcase in her near-empty flat, ready to go out and explore. Yet the neighbourhood was so… normal. The people who walked around were just like her. There was no magic, nothing extraordinary. Niska felt silly for thinking that the supernatural people would suddenly come out and act out of the ordinary when they had lived among the humans for so long. But what if…. they’re not real?

“Oh, excuse me” Niska held her breath as she looked at the person she nearly bumped into. “Hey, before you go, do you know where the next shops are? For home stuff, you know, bed sheets, cutlery and so on?”

[adrien-reed]

Adrien made her way down the streets of the town, mostly just wandering. As much as she needed to finish unpacking her apartment and get everything squared away before she had to start working again, she wanted to get a walk in for the day while there was daylight out. She turned the corner and nearly bumped into a woman, quickly backing up to let her by.

“I actually do not, sorry, I’m new to town,” she said sheepishly, quickly glancing around the intersection as if one would magically appear if she looked around enough. “But I think I saw a shop with furniture out front a block over that way? And if you can’t find anything around here, there’s definitely something down in the city if you’re willing to make the drive over there.”

[adrien-reed]

@chefxrowland "No harm done," he said as he helped right the woman. "How about you, any harm done? Or do you think you'll survive?" he questioned as he looked her over. She looked perfectly sound. "And where is that?" he asked curiously. Judging by her accent she was a United States Native, not East Coast, maybe the west coast from the way she spoke. There was something interesting about the way people on the West Coast enunciated some words and clipped others, but it was nothing compared to the elongating of words down here in the south. Leave it to these Americans to find ways to distort the King's English. But technically he was an American now. "Cobblestones are very common in England," he explained. "Of course we don't have big willow trees," he gestured to the offending tree whose roots had pushed up the offending brick. "I mean, we do, but not on the street like this." he added. "You'll get used to it."

“I’m from Nevada. The, uh, Las Vegas area specifically.” Adrien glanced over at the willow tree escaping its spot on the sidewalk. “It’s all roads over there, you don’t get too many big trees like this unless you go further out.” Aside from the palms that line some of the richer neighborhoods, but they don’t exactly belong there. It was a very strange, somewhat unfriendly place, now that she thought of it, and she definitely preferred a town like this. Even if the sidewalks had it out to get her.

“You’re from England? What brought you all the way here?”  Was that an intrusive question to ask a guy she just met a few moments ago by tumbling into? Definitely. But she was planning to be here for a while, and she should probably get to know her neighbors.

[youplusyou]

Kether Donohue as Lindsay Jillian in You’re the Worst

[chefxrowland]

Working had always been one of Francis' favorite things, ever since he was young he loved to work, but now, in this restaurant, with his... Reputation, he found this kitchen staff was much more willing to have everything done without his input. They were doing a deep clean of the kitchen, so he had the time to go to the local seafood store and see what was fresh for the evening special. As he walked through the town, he couldn't help but notice all the new faces, people were moving into Staines in droves- well, not people, other things.

As he crossed a street he waved to the car who stopped for him and when he hopped onto the sidewalk, he couldn't help but catch the person who tripped on an uneven brick in the street. "Oh- careful. Old streets, they don't use cement here," he pointed out. "You need to watch out for uneven stones," he said as he righted the person. "You okay?"

[adrien-reed]

It was really just her luck to tumble into a random man her first week in town. It was her fault for not paying attention, but the town’s layout was incredibly strange, and she was busy trying to find where the hell she could get a cup of coffee. Adrien trudged through dirt paths turned to mud during thunderstorms, how was she supposed to know an old brick street was going to do her in?

“I am…so sorry about that.” She took a step back from the man, straightening out her clothing in an attempt to regain her composure. “They don’t have these kinds of streets where I’m from, I’m not used to it yet,” she laughed nervously, tapping the offending brick with her foot.