✦ AYÇA AYŞIN TURAN, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER✦ AYLIN POLAT the TWENTY-SEVEN year old has been in Hidehill for FIVE YEARS and was a STRANGER to Miyeon Kang, the murder victim. Whispers on the streets are that the FLORIST AT BLOOMING TRAILS who lives in HARTLEY AVENUE. She is said to be METICULOUS and GUARDED but I guess we’ll find out for ourselves.
ABOUT AYLIN: I caught you sleeping before, and now I'm in your head.
CHARACTER BASICS
FULL NAME: Aylin Ela Polat
NICKNAME(S): Aylin
AGE: Twenty-Seven
GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis woman, She/Her
FACE CLAIM: Ayça Ayşin Turan
EYE COLOR: Blue
HAIR COLOR: Brown
HEIGHT: 5′6″
DATE OF BIRTH: September 6th, 1994
ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo
HOGWARTS HOUSE: Hufflepuff
OCCUPATION: Florist
HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA
FAMILY
MOTHER: Isra Polat ( née Kucuk )
FATHER: Selim Polat
CHARACTER HISTORY [TW: PARENTAL FINANCIAL ABUSE, ADDICTION, DRUGS]
As far as being born was concerned, Aylin wasn’t planned. Isra Kucuk thought her relationship could withstand anything, but within the first year of Aylin’s life...he vanished. Her mother’s job could only provide so much, but Isra saw a bright future ahead of her daughter. Putting her into acting seemed like the logical choice seeing as a baby didn’t have to do anything more than sit there. (Think Full House, Aylin played the part mirroring Michelle Tanner but there’s no spin off.) Growing up Aylin thought everything was under control, not needing to want much other than to know where her mother would disappear to late at night. She’d learn when she was 10 that her mother was battling an addiction to heroin, but it wouldn’t be revealed how severe the addition was until her show came to an end at age 14. The air at home changed causing Aylin’s focus to be all over the place, especially when she found difficulty trying to land another show. She looked for any chance of a bright side, but all her hopes went out the window once there was no more money to spend. Throughout the years Isra was using the episode royalties to cash in on her addictions, not worrying how the two of them would end up if things ever went sour. There wasn’t enough money to keep their house and the debt she was still piling up. 9 years later, Aylin was 23 and they’d officially ran out of money but that didn’t matter to Shane, Irsa’s dealer. They two women packed up their things and took the car as far as it would carry them until the gas meter reached empty. There were a few strangers along the way that helped them, but Isra figured it’d be easier to be caught if they stayed together and decided to leave without leaving any other sign than a brief note. She reached out to her cousin, the one she’d grown close to over the years during summer vacations: Alara. It was a breath of fresh air when she offered Aylin a place to stay and to cover the travel costs it would take to bring the two of them back together. The brunette was thrilled to finally get away from all the mistakes and debt her mother left behind and start over in Hidehill. It’s been 5 years and she’s found a home at a florist shop called Blooming Trails, loving the feeling she gets from putting beautiful visions of flowers together. Things have seemed to really turn around for her, though she can’t help but think Shane could be lurking around the corner trying to draw out her mother.
WANTED CONNECTIONS
cousin/roomate: alara
cousin: nadia
the almost boyfriend: it started out as a summer fling, quickly turning into more as they spent more time together. seven summers ago she finally got the nerve to have the ‘what are we’ talk and let the sparks finally fly, even if it meant things had to be complicated once she returned home, but what she found was the man she’d developed feelings for was in a relationship with someone else. now she’s been back for five years back to stay for good and she’s been doing everything in her power to avoid his existence. avoiding having an awkward conversation to find closure on what happened that summer.
the awkward hookup: last year aylin ran into jordan at a bar, ending in a hookup and her phone number landing in his phone. she hasn’t heard from him since. (jordan hayes)
close friends: carter
regulars at blooming trails
childhood friends she gained from summers
hookups/fwb
