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ADDITIONAL : dorothea jones (nextgen child)
inspired by : SALLY, of The Nightmare Before Christmas
added inspo !
poetry by mary oliver
an alternate cassandra of greek mythology ( if she was believed )
florence + the machine’s discography
running up that hill, kate bush
a gentle night, clouds among a quiet graveyard, knowing that nothing will harm you here
full name. serena fain faceclaim. melissa barrera dob. 10 november 1996 zodiac. scorpio occupation. drycleaner’s assistant & tailor at fantasia theatre
physical description.
long dark, wavy hair, reaches mid-back
5′9″ !! ( tol !! )
wears flowing clothes, breathable materials, earthy tones, weathered looks. usually home-made, bought cheap or bought second-hand.
( for more information on serena, please also view her intro post! it has a version of her past and and what led her to elias! :3)
birthplace. hallow falls orientation. queer ??
song. free, by florence + the machine
Is this how it is? Is this how it's always been? To exist in the face of suffering and death And somehow still keep singing
education. high school diploma temperament. phlegmatic mbti. ISFJ alignment. neutral good abilities. visions hogwarts house. hufflepuff
present !!
serena has a good groove going on. for the first time in her life, she truly feels that she’s in a good space, with good people. for the first time in her life, she can honestly say that life is good.
she works at the drycleaner’s ( drycleaning and mending/altering clothes ) and also as a tailor’s assistant at fantasia theatre.
she’s completing a diploma of costume studies at walt university.
she spends her spare time sewing and creating little cloth doodads. she sometimes holds a stall at the monday maker’s market. she sells things like headbands, pencilcases, wrist rests, and tote bags.
with closer friends (or specific supernatural friends), she’ll express her interest in the supernatural and understanding magic more.
she has only explained her vision powers to people she trusts absolutely.
past !!
serena’s mother died of an incurable sickness when she was young, and her father was never the same. serena was often kept at home, away from others, and was only allowed to go out for school and important errands that her father couldn’t do. her father also kept to the house, working on scientific experiments and research (it started off as research to cure the sickness that took over his wife, but it branched off into obsession and madness).
of course, she wasn’t allowed to go out, but our serena is a rebellious one.
she often escaped the house to watch the goings-on around hallow falls. she befriended the skellington boy and zero. they became a close-knit group and she often explored hallow falls with them.
while in high school, she often tutored her classmates for some pocket money. otherwise, she was known as a very quiet, precocious, and pitiable child. everyone knew everyone’s business in hallow falls.
after the fallout of orion and jack, she had to stay behind in hallow falls a little longer than everyone else. her family knew no one, and she had no money to survive. after graduating high school, she convinced her father that she should start working and she began to work at the local drycleaner’s and laundromat, putting her sewing skills to work.
after five years of working, her boss at the laundromat connected her to her cousin, who owned a drycleaner’s and tailoring service in elias.
her next step was admitting her father into the hospital (against his wishes).
serena took all the money she had saved and ran to elias.
she has not kept contact with anyone in hallow falls since.
future !! ( EXTERNAL )
serena’s diploma requires her to gain real-world experience with a designer or costume production company. she’s looking for a place to complete this part of her studies.
she’s wondering if she should start a business for her small creations ...
she’s also starting to use her visions more. she’s realising that she can actually use her visions, and not just let it pass like a fleeting memory. there is something to do with what she sees, and she will get to the bottom of this.
( INTERNAL )
the one thing she regrets from her past is not intervening sooner before jack and orion’s fallout. she had sensed that things would fall apart (not a real vision, but more of a feeling), and she strongly believes that if she had interfered, the damage would not have been as strong.
OOC: personally, i think that the damage would have happened anyway and serena couldn’t have done anything, but serena’s guilt is a strong driving force we don’t speak about enough shhhh
she’s quite strong, and knows herself quite well. but there is still a voice in her head that tells her this good luck streak will run out, that history will repeat itself and she’ll watch the people she care about suffer - no matter what she tries.
taken connections !!
jasper skellington. best friend. from her past and now her present too! (her first love, unrequited and unknown!)
freddy jones. close friends. one of the only people who knows she has visions.
beckham teague. friends. from hallow falls. knows about her visions.
logan teague. acquaintance?. from hallow falls.
sorrel white. close friends/roommates. knows about her visions.
victoria everglot. close friends.
beverly utonium . friend ....... ?
brynne utonium. midnight snack run friend !!
philip charmont. snapchat streak friend.
dale munk. detective hangout deep chats friends.
sadie teague. friends/sister figure.
orion bartholomew. enemy/ex-friend (vaguely)
RE: visions !!
how do serena’s visions work? they commonly come in the form of dreams. that space between asleep and awake, where you remember flashes of your dream before you open your eyes. that’s how serena’s dreams usually appear to her. they are usually metaphorical, but can also show memories (no more than a glimpse, like a camera flash). if she focuses, she can probably find a vision, but she has no choice in what she sees.
what is the source of serena’s visions? magic. i want to tie it to something in the universe. kind of like, if there’s threads of possibility and reality all around us, serena can tap into these.
are her visions concrete? do they show the future? yes and no. these are not always future visions. these are truth visions. they show what’s happening, what happened, and what can happen on the path that the person is on. what can happen has a chance to change.
wanted connections
anyone who needs a vision shown to them! this is usually something that can be revealed to your character (such as a memory that they may have forgotten/repressed, or a truth they forgot or need to know). visions can be helpful for moving your character’s plot forward, and serena is happy to help and reveal them to you !!
friends to hang out with casually
creative friends that she can talk about creations with!
friends to explore the woods and creepy places with
magic friends who can tell her more about how to hone her power
OOC: i’m quite bad with thinking of potential plots as i like to see how their connection can emerge through their threads, so if you’d just like to start something and see where it goes, i am 100% for it !! <33
