Meet Dusty Marsh
about page / musings / connections below!
longish bio oops // tldr version: is a former rebellious teen, with incredible adoptive parents, has 3 jobs, and killed her twin brother and became a vamp within the last month argargarg
i. The brother and sister duo bounced around homes until at age 10 they were taken in for good by a married couple, the Marshes. Combined they possessed enough patience to last an eternity, which was necessary in raising havoc causing twins. Shay and Royal Marsh did not like to think of what would’ve happened to the twins had they never fallen in love with their rambunctious souls. From day one, the couple was able to communicate with the twins in ways no one else could. Trouble still arose quite often and that was fine, because Dusty and Woods were comfortable approaching their parents with the tough shit. Dusty learned that wasn’t common among her friends, who were often shamed for their wrongdoings by their own flesh and blood. That’s fucked, she remember thinking from that young age.
ii. Woods became an ethereum miner, finding he didn’t mind long hours and dirty work when the pay was damn adequate. Dusty actually finished school, earning degrees in both early childhood development and community work. That’s when life got real busy for the former rebellious teen. First, her mornings were filled with an A.M. kindergarten class at a diverse-species primary school in Obsidian City. Then, not long after, Dusty got involved in helping put on community productions in the Theater District. And lastly (and obviously her favorite), Dusty got to live out the rockstar dream. She’s in an all girl rock band, strumming weekly on the bass and electric guitar. All and all, Dusty’s schedule is packed, hardly any breathing room for herself, let alone time to check in with her brother.
iii. Somewhere along the way, Woods started to distance himself from the family. Dusty, Dusty, Dusty was all his parents chatted about over supper. All of her achievements since she’d grown while he remained the very same. He felt because he’d chosen a life of labor, he was now an unworthy outsider. It led him down a scary path of dealing the ethereum he was mining illegally. Not only could he have been caught by superiors, he was getting himself involved with the shadiest of beings on the island. The expected finally happened. He cut short a promised delivery to a clan of vampires. They threatened him, but the threats fell upon deaf ears, which really was unfortunate. His twin sister received the brunt of it. As a sick twist of fate, before they could celebrate their shared 30th birthday, Dusty was bitten. She was undead, but dead, because she was now a vampire.
iv. That was not the end of Woods’ torture. His sister awoke with a bloodlust like no other. And with no one to stop Dusty from pursuing the natural urges that being a monster entailed, she was led to her twin. Woods was her very first feeding, the feeding that solidified her future as an immortal. He was dead and drained completely by the time Dusty was finished. Her grief, of course, was immeasurable. Without a soul to guide her through transition, Dusty has been struggling and fights the frequent urge to feed from more humans. Nobody can know, or everything changes. Not Shay and Royal, nor her bandmates, or the co-workers at the elementary school. To cover her own tracks, she’s allowed Obsidian City to believe her twin, Woods Marsh, was a drug dealer. A drug dealer who’s disappeared after mixing himself up in an incorrect crowd. The only people looking for him now were their parents.
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connections: Let’s search for the rumored Keys of Ember, a set of five magical and charmed keys once belonging to an elder (and now deceased) fae named Embertine. No key has EVER been found. Until... now. What doth they unlock? Well, the keeper of the keys will have said treasure revealed to them when each one is in their possession.
looking for 1-2 other individuals with their own skillsets and motivations for wanting to find this hidden/rumored treasure
this plot will be “slowburn” and involve heavy, gritty themes at times and require a lil lil dedication b/c i would love to build some island lore with you all!
also would love to build deep connections from this plot so come prepared to cry!!!! LMAO
















