[ JOSEPHINE "JOEY" CONWAY. 31. CIS FEMALE. SHE/HER] is here! They’ve lived in Silver Lake for [ 7 YEARS ] and are originally from [ MACON, GEORGIA ]. They are a [ PARAMEDIC ] and in their downtime love [ HIKING ] and [ BASEBALL GAMES ]. They look a lot like [ ELIZABETH OLSEN ] and live [ ON REDCLIFF ST ]. (ooc: clara, 31 she/her, cst )
(trigger warning: this intro contains mentions of wildfires and spousal death, proceed with caution)
-born Josephine Louise Sutton, birthday August 5th, Leo to a fault
- goes by Joey, or Jo (never Josie)
-raised in Macon, Georgia and has a distinctive southern accent to this day in spite of the fact that she’s been in Silver Lake for seven years
- has four brothers, is the only girl, big loud family (mostly republican, she doesn’t wanna talk about it)
- her mother, excited to finally have a daughter, actually put her in several ‘toddlers in tiaras’ sort of pageants (but got freaked out by the JonBenet Ramsey case, and never put Joey in a pageant again)
- had a very normal and happy childhood, was kind of a tomboy in her earlier years due to the amount of brothers (she grateful for it, it made her very tough)
- was very miss americana and popular in high school; cheerleader, homecoming queen, most likely to suceed etc
-originally pursued a career in nursing, moving to los angeles to complete the nursing program at UCLA
- during her final year, she veered into paramedic training after doing a week-long shadow of a paramedic for a research paper (she moved to silver lake after graduation)
- she met her future husband, logan conway (who was a firefighter), on a call during her first full week of work
- after two years of dating, the two of them had a small wedding in los padres national forest (joey was 26 at the time)
- by the time they were married, logan was working as a hotshot firefighter, specifically working in wildfires across the state
- almost four years ago, in a dry california summer filled with wildfires, logan lost his life while fighting a blaze in the los padres national forest after a freak wind shifted the fire and he was overcome by smoke inhalation
- widowed at 28, joey remembers very little of the immediate aftermath of logan’s death -- only that she started laughing hysterically when the funeral director asked if she wanted him cremated (she did, but god, the irony)
- she took a year off of work after logan died, spending some time back in georgia with her family and spending some time in montana with his
- once she returned to being a paramedic (roughly 3 years ago) she joined the team at silver lake fire department as their resident paramedic/ambulance driver, so she’s usually out on calls with them
personality
- georgia peach all the way, joey is sweet but takes no bullshit (whiskey in a teacup sort of gal)
- feels and cares deeply from the heart, which is why she’s so good at her job (but can also be a downside because everything becomes personal)
- once you’re in her life, you’re there for good. she’s the kind of gal who remembers birthdays, your mama’s name, and what kind of dessert is your favorite and will always send thank you cards and read that book or watch that show that you told her about
- she’s done a pretty effective job at trying to move her life through the loss of her husband, finally feeling like she’s making headway and going forward. has a morbid sense of humor about the whole thing. her heart still seizes up when she sees fire fighters running towards a blaze. very tough, but absolutely has her vulnerable moments and can be caught crying in the back of her ambulance from time to time
wanted connection:
- for the love of god this girl needs friends and people to lean on when she needs it, someone come drink wine on the back deck and look at the stars with her
- maybe someone she met through a grief support group?
- the one poor guy who has been/will be her first date since “getting back out there”
- friends of her late husband
- people she’s met from her college days
- hiking buddy
- baseball game buddy
- if anyone ever wanted to bring in one of her brothers id be down
im up for anything if you have ideas! my discord is local witch™#2137
