Ghosts OC (because absolutely no one asked)
Here we go, y'all. She's less of an OC and more of an idea I had but LET'S GO.
Name: Rosie Burnham
Date of birth: September 13th, 1946
Date of death: July 27th, 1969
Age when they died: 22
Cause of death: Accidental drug overdose
Are they in the Button House, or a different location?: Button House, only because I'm unimaginative.
What are their thoughts on:
Pat: Rosie considers him potentially her closest friend of the ghosts. She was watching from the house on the day that he died, and since then they've formed this sort of emotional bond. They both died from accidental circumstances, and both occasionally discuss how unfair it feels that they died so young. Mostly, though, they talk about camping and music.
Thomas: After his initial attempts to "woo" her when she first became a ghost, Rosie considered him relatively harmless. She often teases him about his love for Alison, and refuses to admit that she does actually enjoy a lot of his poetry.
Fanny: Of course, dying from a drug overdose in the psychedelic movement of the 60s isn't exactly the most "ladylike" way to die, so for a long while Fanny refused to communicate with her. She falls victim to the occasional comment from Fanny, but for the most part Rosie doesn't really talk to her unless necessary.
The Captain: Rosie's relationship with the Captain is complicated. Technically, he is her non-biological uncle; the partner of her father's brother. However, of course, much of the family believed that they were only close friends who were "separated by the war". Rosie, through tracing family photographs and finding stashed letters and postcards, discovered that this was not the full story. Despite this, she hasn't told the Captain about what she knows. Instead, she just listens intently as he gives orders, and occasionally helps to plead his case.
Kitty: After a few suggestive jokes and comments from Julian, Rosie has received constant pestering from Kitty about "how babies are made". Despite the odd unanswerable question such as that, she finds Kitty very endearing and enjoys giggling about boys with her if she requires it.
Robin: Rosie quickly discovered that Robin would take the most getting used to; his jumbled speech pattern and erratic movements made her somewhat afraid. After a few rounds of chess (which she lost horribly at) and a few failed attempts at flickering the lights, she eventually found him to be quite kind-hearted.
Mary: Rosie has always been a little cautious of Mary, for the simple fact that she scares her. As a child of the feminist movement, Rosie has often tried to educate her on the women's rights movements, to which she'd always interrupt with "but that be witchcraft!" or "she be burned for that!"
Julian: To put it simply, Rosie found Tories insufferable at the best of times. Julian, however, had a strange aura about him that Rosie found rather humorous. Maybe it was the raunchy jokes that appealed to her sense of humour, or the lack of self awareness as he ranted about his legacy. Or, most likely, it was the fact he wasn't wearing any trousers. Regardless, she finds him "tolerable".
Humphrey: Despite a few occasions of her picking up his head and passing it to his body, Rosie hasn't had a proper conversation with Humphrey.
The Plague Ghosts: Rosie would often find herself hiding in the basement if she needed an unbiased person (or rather, group of people) to vent to. Despite being 1600s plague ghosts, she finds them surprising wise and philosophical.
Jemima: Rosie has only ever encountered her once or twice when talking to the plague ghosts in the basement, and is usually too scared of her to form a proper opinion.
Do they have any special ghost powers?: None, although she jokes that it would be funny if people had a mild psychedelic moment as passed through her.
If they could be seen by a living human, what would their response be?: The human usually wouldn't really bat an eyelid due to her relatively normal attire. However, much like a bug or a small animal, Rosie is much more scared of them than they are of her.
What do they look like?
Light blonde hair; rather unruly and wavy with a flower hair pin pinning some strands out of her face.
Thin face with wide blue eyes. (She often describes herself as having a "deer-in-the-headlights" sort of look about her naturally)
Rather tall, in 60's festival-style clothes, looking slightly messy and somewhat torn. Boots to match.
Full face of makeup, with coloured eyeshadow and eyeliner and all. Nail polish of all colours.
Other headcanons:
She often gets a little sensitive if asked about her death, usually writing it off as "going too crazy at a party"; the real truth is she was accidentally drugged by a close friend who didn't know what they were taking. Her friend had convinced her to try it with her, it turned out to be laced, and she was declared dead by an ambulance crew as they escorted her friend to hospital. She's only ever told Pat, who didn't know what to say before commenting "if we were still alive, I'd hug you so much right now."
Similar to the previous point, on her birthday and every Christmas she watches as her family come to place flowers at the field just across from the Button House; the place her body was found. It's the only two days where she'd really, truly prefer to be alone.
On a more positive note, she can sing rather well. She's been trying to teach Kitty to sing, with little success; she is partially the reason she can't STOP singing.
On the moral alignment chart, although she likes to brag that she is Chaotic Good, she's actually Lawful Good.
She considers herself bisexual, but only ever discovered the proper term for it after Julian briefly joked about it a few months after his death.
So there you have it. There's my little Rosie. Hope you like her, y'all. <3