closed for @ramonachiltern . location ; ahsok’s summer bash . time ; 10:23 pm .
the rim of a velvet-y green hat in one hand , a drink in the other. the hat, it’s tall and obnoxious and is constantly falling over her eyes , which explains why it came off the second her wife became distracted by friends. "you can thank your mom for this." she lifts the hat with little effort , embarrassed by it even in front of her daughter. then , there was a lot of history between mother & daughter that factored in too. jiha takes a drink.
there wasn't a year in her life that she's missed one of these things , even as the town’s population became more dense , even if ahsok’s themes got worse & worse. jiha would sleep blissfully through , had it not been for her mother growing up , and now for her wife. this year could have been different with the latest murder. it most certainly had to be on everyone’s minds. but foolish , she thinks. bad things don’t happen at parties with crowds like the summer bash’s ; it’s all she could think to drag herself out of the car. but let’s be real , jiha’s grown fond of the company ( and the food ) as the years went on.
( open starter . location ; the rusty acorn . time ; too early in the morning )
a black tea sits idle between jiha's cupped hands as she stares out the window , at a small group of curious & awed faces. it isn't often that she catches the tours in action up close ; it doesn’t matter how few new residents know her relationship to one of the reaper’s victims , it still feels like a neon sign. perhaps she would have rolled her eyes , scoffed years ago when the renowned horrorwick first debuted in her hometown. but over the years jiha has learned simply to look away. she doesn't fancy introspection , anyway.
and now that she has indulged in such , if only slightly , a sarcastic comment is far past warranted from a passive aggressive extraordinaire, "like we’re animals in a zoo.”
Adopted by the Chilterns as a baby, Jiha doesn’t remember a time she lived outside of Hollowick. And she still struggled with her identity as a Korean child with white parents, oh, she did. But her siblings were in the same boat. And often times? Jiha sought comfort from them more often than she did her parents. Growing up, Jiha was always emotionally distant; she didn’t like to be held or touched and she definitely didn’t like to talk about her feelings, so she didn’t. And that would carry into adulthood. But as for now, things were good for Jiha, but bland. Bland, until she tasted freedom in college. As a young adult during her undergrad, Jiha met the woman who would become her wife, a fellow med student one year younger.
Jiha and her wife adopted one daughter in their early twenties. The child was three at the time, and for the first time in forever Jiha felt true happiness and the exchange of unconditional love. She fit in here, she could take a breath of fresh air here. As anyone might expect, The Reaping was a major setback from its very first victim. She grew fiercely more protective of her wife and her daughter, paranoid to let the pair out of her sight for months. And yet, just ten short days after Jiha’s 28th birthday in 2000, her mother’s brutal murder swept the air from her lungs. Jiha’s wife did her best to reach her, comfort her, take on the responsibilities of parenthood and financial responsibilities all on her own. But Jiha may as well have been in a catatonic state.
Jiha continued to withdraw. Days passed and so did weeks, she got worse and no intervention did the trick. Her (somewhat) idle symptoms of bipolar disorder became more concrete. Not even the pull of her daughter’s needs and her wife’s pleads could get her out of bed for the first few months, because Jiha had, truly, failed. And continued to fail; at motherhood, at marriage and companionship. More years passed and the murders stopped. Her self-pity and guilt still holds her heart and emotions hostage, but she’s seeing a therapist, got back to work at Riverside Clinic and got on meds. Still married, still sibling to four and mother to one who’d quickly abandoned the nest. Jiha’s not satisfied with the state of her relationships, but still doesn’t know how to reach out and make herself vulnerable. Hollowick’s recent reckoning has truly, put Jiha back in a dark place.
JIHA’S FACECLAIM IS SANDRA OH. SHE IS PLAYED BY SAPH.
nicknames . jia ( most common ) . jichi ( childhood nickname )
gender . cis female
pronouns . she / her
age . forty-eight
traits . sarcastic , emotionally distant , efficient , independent , straight to the point / blunt , smart
occupation . doctor at the riverside clinic
residence . south hollowick , a little home she’s lived in for almost three decades
family . eleanor chiltern , adoptive mother , deceased fourth victim of the reaper. ramona chiltern , daughter ( adopted ) , alive. carmen chiltern , wife , alive.
her history !
adopted by the chilterns as a baby. struggled with her identity as a korean child with white parents , oh , she did.
growing up, jiha was always emotionally distant ; she didn’t like to be held or touched and she definitely didn’t like to talk about her feelings, so she didn’t. spoiler alert: that would carry into adulthood.
in school her grades were average and jiha had to work hard to meet that. she was advised by many that perhaps med school wasn’t the way to go , because she appeared to lack compassion ( but didn’t ).
but jiha basically said screw that & went for it anyways. she prides herself in how practical and level-headed she is in practice , her emotions don’t guide her to the wrong decision because she refuses to acknowledge them.
as a young adult during her undergrad , jiha met the woman who would become her wife , a fellow med student one year younger. life was bland before carmen.
jiha and carmen adopted one daughter in their early twenties. the child was three at the time , and for the first time in forever jiha felt true happiness.
but as anyone might expect, the reaping was a major setback from its very first victim. she grew fiercely more protective of her wife and her daughter, paranoid to let the pair out of her sight.
and yet , just ten short days after jiha’s 28th birthday in 2000 , it was her mother who was murdered.
carmen did her best to reach jiha , comfort her , take on the responsibilities of parenthood and financial responsibilities all on her own. but jiha continued to withdraw. days passed and so did weeks , she got worse and no intervention did the trick. not even the pull of her daughter’s needs and her wife’s pleads could get her out of bed for the first few months.
she paid for this dearly , to this day two decades later jiha has fought the rift this put between herself and carmen. and worse , between her and her daughter. the guilt eats her alive everyday.
more years passed and the murders had ceased. guilt still holds her heart and emotions hostage , but she’s seeing a therapist , got back to work at the riverside clinic and got on meds.
still married , still sibling to four and mother to one who’d quickly abandoned the nest.
jiha’s not satisfied with the state of her relationships , but still doesn’t know how to reach out and make herself vulnerable and be okay with that.
hollowick’s recent reckoning has truly , put jiha back in a dark place.
extras !
doesn’t take life too seriously
but is somehow never in the mood for anything ever
has bipolar i disorder
has lived in hollowick her entire life
never knew nor cared to know her birth parents , her name is all she has of them.
