lay down the law

Gem || 26 || Pansexual || Female || Law PhDRP blog of Holborn University RP

[gemimali-blog]

So you're my neighbour. I saw you moving in next door. I'm Vic. I arrived yesterday. Pleasure to meet you. ~VM

Oh, hi. Uh, I’m Gem, taking a PHD in Law. And the pleasure’s all mine. 

[vicmalkin]

“Telling me what a pleasure I am to talk to. Tell me, how so?”

[gemimali-blog]

“No, I think that just about sums it up.”

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gracehummingbird:

“See, my company is paying for this PHD. They want me to do it so they can promote me, and I need a PHD to be promoted.”

“I’m Grace. Nice to meet you, Gem.”

“Oh, wow. Which company do you work for? And what position will you be promoted to?”

[gemimali-blog]

So you're my neighbour. I saw you moving in next door. I'm Vic. I arrived yesterday. Pleasure to meet you. ~VM

Oh, hi. Uh, I’m Gem, taking a PHD in Law. And the pleasure’s all mine. 

[vicmalkin]

“Computer Science. First year. And please, do go on…”

[gemimali-blog]

“Go on with...what?”

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[gemimali-blog]

“Oh great…Trust me to miss out on all the good societies already…”

[gracehummingbird-blog]

“You too, eh? Must be a postgrad thing… Although, I do have a job to keep up with, so it’s probably for the best.”

[gemimali-blog]

“Ha, yeah, probably, knowing postgrads. Maybe I’ll find something better with a part time job...”

“I’m Gemima, by the way, or Gem, if you’re into nicknames. You?”

[gemimali-blog]

“Oh great...Trust me to miss out on all the good societies already...”

[gemimali-blog]

So you're my neighbour. I saw you moving in next door. I'm Vic. I arrived yesterday. Pleasure to meet you. ~VM

Oh, hi. Uh, I’m Gem, taking a PHD in Law. And the pleasure’s all mine. 

[holbornuniversityrpg]

Gemmima “Gem” Li ✗ 26 ✗ Pansexual ✗ Female ✗ Law PhD ✗ Arden Cho

“I live to straighten things out. It’s what I do.”

Gemima was born in Scotland to Rebecca and Stephen Li, where she spent two happy years before their family moved to Australia to follow her mother’s business. Another two years later, after the birth of her baby stepbrother Charlie, she and her father found themselves moving back again to the UK, this time supported by her grandparents after her father found out her mother had cheated on him. Those few years after the split were burned into Gemima’s mind ever since, never once having forgotten what it was like coming home from school to find her father drunk and crying in a corner of his room.

Their years together were rough, but they continued to build themselves up, her father eventually becoming the manager of a marketing business as Gemima turned 15. Stephen eventually got married to his co-worker Fred, and the three of them settled in a nice town in the depths of Kent. Gemima, meanwhile, was working up the ranks in her own way, the difficult years having hardened her will. She passed her exams with flying colours, and trained herself for law, partially because she wanted to prevent splits like the one she had experienced from happening, partially because it was a well-paid job, and also because of her own strong beliefs on morality. She graduated from Cambridge with an LLB in Law and Criminology, then took two years working in the field, where she gained a great amount of experience and even a respectable reputation amongst lawyers, all the while supporting her fathers, even when they declined her offers of support. After much recommendation to take a PHD in the subject, she applied and got in to the best university for the course, Holborn. As well as her passion for law, Gemima also has a guilty pleasure in singing and composing, but knows that it is not the stable lifestyle that can support her constantly. Even so, she sometimes finds herself depressed at night, listening to alternative rock and wondering what her life would have been like if she’d taken that route into music.

The whole time she had been working to her goal of a stable living, she’d had her younger stepbrother Charlie to help her through it. She’d kept track of how he’d been before they came into direct contact online, and, when she was younger, it sometimes helped her sleep at night to wonder how he was doing. Not being one to socialise much, Gemima, or Gem, as she’d adopted from her stepdad’s nickname for her, liked having a link between herself and her brother. He was so different from her, she’d almost always be surprised by his perspectives on things, and would sometimes say things just to see how he’d react. As close as they are, she has no idea that he’s applied to the same school as her, mostly due to the fact that she’d find some way to stop him from such a journey if she’d found out.

Played by Ashely

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Welcome to Holborn University. Established in 1801, Holborn is the most prestigious university in London, and one of the most prestigious in England. It’s also where the country’s best and brightest come to experience their first taste of freedom, often with disastrous consequences. Scandal and gossip abound, and that’s not just among the students…

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