⟡ — is that LILIANA MORALES i just saw walking around kilmer’s cove? i heard they’re a RESIDENT who’s been here for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. it slipped my mind, since they just tend to hang out at THE CLIFFS. at face value, they’re said to be BENEVOLENT and CREATIVE, but i don’t know… some people have said they can be quite GULLIBLE and SHEEPISH. just don’t get on their bad side, i guess! don’t tell them i told you this, but i’ve heard they DO believe in all the ghost stories around town. who knows what the future holds for them!
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full name ; liliana grace morales
birthday ; september 7th
zodiac ; virgo
height ; 5'5
sexuality ; bisexual
face claim ; fiona palomo
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aesthetics ; the first fall of snow in winter, hot tea after a harsh day, gazing out at the sea wishing you were anywhere but here
playlist ; people watching / conan gray, the prophecy / taylor swift, supercut / lorde, georgia / phoebe bridgers
parallels ; camila alvarez ( daisy jones ), lorelai gilmore ( gilmore girls ), jo march ( little women )
positives ; benevolent, creative, selfless
negatives ; gullible, sheepish, reserved
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born to a single father, lily grew up in a humble cottage near the sea. she often was left to her own devices once she got older because her father was a fisherman. when he was home, though, he made sure to spend every waking moment with her.
she's been a kilmer resident since birth, going to the local community college to study english literature. lily used literature as a way to explore while her father was away, often spending hours and hours at the local library.
lily would love to eventually move away from kilmer, but there's a guilt tied to that. while her father had spent most of her life at sea, he's started to spend more and more time on land in kilmer. the last thing she wants to do is abandon him when she has the ability to see him more than she had growing up.
she's currently a front desk receptionist at the hawthorne inn, and while she is normally the most introverted person you'd ever meet, she is incredibly social to those who come from near or far, always asking about their journeys. it's just a bit of what one day she hopes to experience for herself.
while lily is one of the sweetest people, she finds it hard to discern those who are genuine and those who are not. it's gotten her burned in the past, but she refuses to think negatively of people because of negative experiences in the past.
ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs
besties for the resties ! these two probably grew up in kilmer together, and they have always stuck by each other's side
past friends ! someone who may have left kilmer, leaving lily behind. she wouldn't have indicated anything, but she is probably jealous or hurt that they were able to leave kilmer ( and her ) so easily
a lil helper ! someone who sees how introverted she is, and they've sought out to help her get her out of her shell
a negative connection ! someone who finds lily ANNOYING because the girl doesn't have a backbone
work friends ! either someone at the inn OR even a tourist, lily is a yapper so i hope they're not expecting anything to get done when she's around
gracie abrams core ! pick a song i'll come up with a plot with it ( i'm thinking mess it up or that's so true ) break lily's heart i'm begging <3
lich rally anything babes, i'm down for everything
jenna ortega, twenty-three, she/her ⟡ — is that ESMERALDA HEROUX i just saw walking around kilmer’s cove? i heard they’re a TOURIST who’s been here for TWO MONTHS. it slipped my mind, since they just tend to hang out at THE LIGHTHOUSE. at face value, they’re said to be INTELLIGENT and RESOURCEFUL, but i don’t know… some people have said they can be quite BLUNT and STANDOFFISH. just don’t get on their bad side, i guess! don’t tell them i told you this, but i’ve heard they DO believe in all the ghost stories around town. who knows what the future holds for them!
mention of child abandonment.+ disability (vision)
BASICS:
full name: esmeralda genesis heroux
nickname(s): esme, es
age: twenty-four
gender: cis woman pronouns: she/her
sexuality: bisexual biromantic
date & place of birth: december 31 in el monte, california
occupation: paleontology doctorate candidate & researcher at the tanya b. heady museum
faceclaim: jenna ortega
piercings: so many. six on each ear, a belly button piercing, and a nose stud
traits: reserved, polite, observant, cynical, meticulous, blunt, curious, stoic
similar to: kat stratford (10 things i hate about you), elphaba thropp (wicked), prue halliwell (charmed), gayle weathers (scream), camilla saroyan (bones), monica geller (friends), nancy wheeler (stranger things), beca mitchell (pitch perfect)
aesthetics: coffee with an ungodly amount of creamer, humming songs while cooking dinner, going outside at 3 am to look at the stars, accidental 5 hour long naps, an earbud always in one ear, an array of rings on each hand, bitten lips, over the ear headphones
notable characteristics: wide, boring eyes, typically shaded by lenses; constant eye bags accompanied lips bitten red; hair hastily chopped at the shoulder with the claim of it being "easier to manage"; chunky soled shoes to make up for the lack of height otherwise; a near-permanent suspicious scowl
BULLET POINTS:
— born as one of two twins. her parents, who didn't know they were having twins, gave her up because they didn't prepare for two children.
-- esme, who had been born legally blind, was chosen to be the one given up
— was fostered and later adopted by parents aksel and sarah heroux in manhattan, new york.
— found her forever home with the two, later coming to have younger siblings of her own (her younger brother aleksei is very close to her heart and practically her best friend)
— growing up she was always known as an “old soul” (read: autistic), and on account of both her disability and a personality that favored blunt (but observational) remarks, esme was teased a bit relentlessly
— grew to be quite reserved and tightly wound as a defense mechanism, building strong armor in the form of poisonous words and evasiveness (no she will not process any of this please dni)
— leant into books, music, film, and poetry to help her escape throughout the years and cherished the time she had with her family (homeschool kid ass energy…)
— went to columbia to get her bachelor's in geology, and stayed to begin her doctorate program in paleontology
— special interest in dinosaurs and yes it is ridiculously serious
— applied to work at a research site in scotland (where dinosaurs actually effing existed), got sent to kilmer instead. not happy about it, only staying because she thinks the museum is actually quite cool
— currently maybe getting a bit too curious about finding out what the fuck is happening in town/its history … maybe she should watch where she steps :O
HEADCANONS:
— wears special glasses that correct the little vision she had – can now see pretty much 20/20 with them on, hates them and sometimes doesn't wear them
— when not wearing their glasses usually uses a form of echolocation through little tongue clicks or snaps and wears sunglasses to cover her eyes (has very fun shapes i must say)
— autistic special interest is dinosaurs. sleeps to dinosaur jungle asmr. please do not engage unless you want to have your ear talked off.
--- baby loves to cook. always trying new recipes & loves to host dinner parties. she did many a cooking classes as a kid. she also danced for a while, but uses it now more as stress relief than anything else.
— always tired. 9/10 if she isn’t replying it’s because she’s sleeping. insane concealer budget
— loves film and movies and thinking way too deep into them. her letterboxd goes crazy. that being said, their standards are questionable
— big fan of animal crossing. terraforming beast. her sims house goes crazy
— she has a black leopard gecko named honey, a black cat named milagro, and an array of fish, including a small leopard catshark named buddy.
— collects bugs in amber as well as other small fossils
— maximalist and has a bajillion stuffed animals
— favorite season is winter
— always wearing chunky boots
— always cold
— wicked sweet tooth
— rides a motorcycle (her dad hates it she keeps giving him a heart attack)
— never found without her cherry cola flavored vape <3
⟡ — IS THAT TIPPI SAINT-JAMES I JUST SAW WALKING AROUND KILMER’S COVE? I HEARD THEY’RE A RESIDENT WHO’S BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. IT SLIPPED MY MIND, SINCE THEY JUST TEND TO HANG OUT AT THE CLIFFS . AT FACE VALUE, THEY’RE SAID TO BE DEVOUT AND GENTLE, BUT I DON’T KNOW… SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY CAN BE QUITE STUBBORN AND ESCAPIST. JUST DON’T GET ON THEIR BAD SIDE, I GUESS! DON’T TELL THEM I TOLD YOU THIS, BUT I’VE HEARD THEY DO BELIEVE IN ALL THE GHOST STORIES AROUND TOWN. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THEM!
BIRTH NAME tippi elizabeth saint-james. KNOWN AS tips, much to her chagrin. AGE thirty. BIRTHDATE feb 2nd. GENDER + PRONOUNS cis woman + she/her. ZODIAC CHART aquarius sun OCCUPATION marine biologist & paleontologist, currently curator of tanya b. heady museum of natural history LANGUAGES english, spanish, latin
HEIGHT 5′ 5″ . HAIR blonde, styled in soft, voluminous curls that frame her face EYE COLOR green. HOMETOWN nantucket, massachusetts ACCENT a local accent of eastern new england english. SCENT mixture of honeysuckle, sicilian lemon and sea notes LIVING ARRANGEMENTS tba, living with her fiance PETS a white ragdoll that most resembles a ball of snow, named shelby CHARACTER INSPIRATION kya clarke ( where the crawdads sing ), danielle flinders ( submergence ), hedy lamarr ( for just how smart she was ) + marilyn monroe ( for her impeccable style )
an only child of two esteemed professors, a chemist, and a historian, weaned on science and the beauty of logic. an only child easily grows into a lonesome girl, especially on an island such as nantucket, which is no wider in length than the length of a dreamer's wish.
much of her childhood, she spent alone, raising herself in the family backyard, which was abutted on a body of water, whilst her parents traveled to and fro the mainland, too busy with work to truly and fully commit to their daughter.
say what you wish, as one always does, but it's the only sort of life that tippi has ever known. down by the water, where there are strong currents and shifting sands, she teaches herself how to swim and follow the riptide, and the first love that she finds, she finds with her magical touch, in the shape of seashells and conches — but here's the thing, everything is magic, except to the magician.
under her father's magnifying glass imported from england, she finds the first traces of an old life, but if only that were enough. she ought to know more and she ought to know the best.
at nineteen, she uproots herself in hopes of attending stanford, taking part in a dual degree program, which for she sacrifices and gives every inch and pound of herself. four years later, at only twenty-three, she begins her pursuit of her master's degree, and it's an odyssey that culminates at twenty-five, when she sinks her pearly teeth deep into the idea of a doctorate.
in need of something new, something better and entirely bored of california, she stumbles upon kilmer cove on her way back home, and the rest, as they say, is rust and seashells.
tippi's been a resident of kilmer cove for over five years now, and four of them, she spent working on her phd. she finally earned it last year, when she also got her promotion and became the curator of tanya b. heady museum of natural history. before that, she was one of many researchers working at the museum.
she has also published two books. one about the earliest known vertebrates and one children's book which is devoted and dedicated to the most notable extinct sea creatures. she sketched them herself of course.
she's currently working on her third book, though its theme and content are unknown to the public just yet — she's rather preoccupied with heading the museum and also planning her wedding.
loves an icy bath, you can catch her swimming always, regardless of the season and the weather.
known for her incredible personal sophistication and magnetism filled with warmth, though it's hard to get to know her beyond the surface. it's not you, it's the years she dedicated to science.
surprisingly a believer, but in a way that a scientist is. there's something that exists between people that just can't be so easily explained.
usually looks like she stepped out of a different era, since her style is greatly inspired by marilyn. that is, when she isn't knees-deep in mud.
her cat shelby is five and a half years old and tippi got her in hopes of avoiding further loneliness in kilmer cover, but that turned out quite differently in the end.
logan lerman, twenty nine, he/him ⟡ — is that RONAN GREER i just saw walking around kilmer’s cove ? i heard they’re a RESIDENT who’s been here for TWO YEARS it slipped my mind, since they just tend to hang out at THE CLIFFS. at face value, they’re said to be GENUINE and INTUITIVE, but i don’t know… some people have said they can be quite RESERVED and MALADROIT. just don’t get on their bad side, i guess ! don’t tell them i told you this, but i’ve heard they DO believe in all the ghost stories around town. who knows what the future holds for them !
𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴
name : ronan daniel greer . date of birth : dec 27th 1994 . place of birth : new york . occupation : entomologist aka bug expert . language(s) spoken : english . orientation : bisexual & biromantic . familial : one half of the greer irish twins, aka born within twelve months of his older sister, naomi . has a mostly healthy yet distant relationship with both of his parents . pets : border collie called jack .
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
faceclaim : logan lerman . height : 5ft 10 . hair : brown, overgrown & due a cut . eye color : blue - grey . scent : jasmine, seawater, oakmoss, & cedar . markings : small, faded scar above the eyebrow . piercings : none .
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
zodiac : capricorn . flaws : self-critical, stubborn, & finicky . strengths : hardworking, pragmatic & imaginative . drug / alcohol use : social smoker & drinker, no drug use . likes : nature (particularly insects & other animals), photography, herbal tea, reading, walking aimlessly, documentaries about space & history, being alone . dislikes : formal events, being underestimated, small talk with strangers, public speaking, unpredictability, feeling observed . mannerisms : compulsively scrapes nape of neck, wears knitwear even when it's not cold, frequent pacing (& resultant tripping over feet), speaks too quickly when talking about something he's passionate about, struggles with eye contact .
𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘
( tba in full ! )
ronan relocated to kilmer's cove in an effort to chase a quieter life, aided by the intrigue of discovering more about the mysterious town. with his dog, jack, in tow, ronan packed up his small apartment & waved goodbye to his fast-paced lifestyle in new york to further pursue his passion for entomology.
when he's not at the museum he can be found either walking with jack along the cliffs or coast, with his nose nestled in a book, or fussing over his personal collection of six legged friends .
personality wise, ronan has never really been the social type. although friendly enough, years of mostly enjoying his own company has left him a little out of practice when it comes to making conversation. he's very warm hearted & empathetic, though he's not the type to readily share how he's feeling, but is definitely a great listener. 100% has a dad joke sense of humour. as a man of science, he isn't proud to admit it but he does believe in the spooky happenings of kilmer & finds himself very interested in uncovering the town's history.
tropes: hard-drinking party girl, rich bitch, the hedonist, proud beauty
likes: champagne, partying, short skirts, high heels, money, being up till 7am and going to sleep at 3pm, mirrors, rule-breaking, smoking, charlie xcx, socializing, singing, dancing, making friends, music, traveling, hosting parties, being known, licor
dislikes: know-it-alls, parents, talking about her feelings, romance, mornings, staying still, being quiet, being told what to do, boredom, licorice
fun facts: she technically went to school but tended to skip classes daily. she has two tattoos and cannot remember getting either of them. she does not consider herself to be particularly mean-spirited, but when you have had everything handed to you for all your life, can you really be a nice person? do you even know what "nice" is?
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a brief study of isa -
isadora byron ( yes, nikolas byron, the movie producer, is her father ) was born with a silver spoon, and she knows it. being the only child of her father´s fourth and current marriage, she has had full access to his money since the day she was born ( neither of her parents usually reside in kilmer, so the mansion is also basically hers. this does explain the multiple lavish parties she throws every year ). she used to have small roles in some of her father's movies when she was younger, but it was too much work for her liking, so she stopped doing that when she turned sixteen. even so, she loves the fact that people know who she is, and her ego is as big as she is beautiful ( her own words ). isadora can be pretty smart, but she is not unfamiliar to the fact that most people assume her to be stupid; she has used this to her advantage before. her biggest loves are luxury and excess, and her number one priority is always herself. even though she is a social butterfly, few people really know her, which is what she prefers.
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questions -
— if they’ve lived here their whole life, what has made them stay ?
isadora has everything here. she is a known face and feels like she can do whatever she wants anytime she wants to. she also considers herself to be the it girl of kilmer ( she might have a big ego probably maybe who knows ). this girl knows that leaving the place would include having to start from somewhere, and even if she has maaany advantages in life for that to be pretty easy for her, she feels no need to do so and does not want to take the risk. also, she has plenty of friends here ( and admirers she would add ), so even if it’s not her family, there are many people keeping her in kilmer as well. she does like to travel, but her home is here.
— does your muse have a job in kilmer’s cove ?
you could say she has two jobs or you could say she is unemployed and both would be equally right statements. she is a part-time model and part-time influencer, part-time because she doesn’t take any of these jobs seriously. i mean, the girl is rich, but she looooves money and is obsessed with herself so having those jobs were just a logical next step for her. she is a pretty good model but a shitty influencer; isa uses her social media as any normal person would, but accepts brand deals often without really caring what she is selling to her audience. she might have scammed people once or twice or ten times because of this. the only reason isa can have these means of money-making is because of who her father is, and being aware of this, she exploits the fact.
— does she believe in the supernatural ?
as smart as she can be sometimes, she is completely ignorant of this side of kilmer´s cove.
enzo vogrincic, twenty-nine, he/him ⟡ — is that WYMON VISSER i just saw walking around kilmer’s cove? i heard they’re a RESIDENT who’s been here for TWENTY-SIX YEARS. it slipped my mind, since they just tend to hang out at THE CLIFFS. at face value, they’re said to be OBSERVANT and SINCERE, but i don’t know… some people have said they can be quite PASSIVE and MOROSE. just don’t get on their bad side, i guess! don’t tell them i told you this, but i’ve heard they DO believe in all the ghost stories around town. who knows what the future holds for them!
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FULL NAME. vedia nanne sahin - van ness SOBRIQUET(S) / ALIAS(ES) / TITLE(S) . aside from the occasionally shortened vee, and some cousins who call her an affectionate nana, she's known to more than one individual in town as princess. AGE . twenty - five ( 25 ) GENDER + PRONOUNS . cis woman, she + her ORIENTATION . tbd OCCUPATIONS . unemployed, aka heiress to the sahin - van ness fortune & lead actress at playhouse theatre. TRAITS . captivating, sensitive, charming, fanciful, coquettish, selfish, vain, spoiled, curious, mercurial, escapist, jealous, warm, graceful, romantic, melancholy, creative.
PRESENCE .
HEIGHT . stands at 5'2" HAIR . dark brown, long & meticulously upkept. EYE COLOUR . green, though up close one will notice a blue limbal ring at the border of the iris. also known as central heterochromia. example here. BODY . very petite, slender. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES . most noticeable is her large doe eyes. particularly small wrists and ankles. VOICE CLAIM . tbd.
HISTORY :
TRIGGER WARNINGS : mention of mental health condition ( delusional disorder ), suicide/death, implied murder.
this is a story about many stories. you would be forgiven for thinking it an anthology, one which moves from one tale to the next with identifiable delineations in between, the usual deaths and births and corresponding blank pages to mark them, but this is not quite that sort of chronicle. the story i am about to tell you is one that overlaps, one that has been written from one pot of ink onto the same few scraps of paper. if you lift each page to the light, you will see the overlay of the dozens who have come before whispering in faded ink: ghosts in the margins. this story, as you must understand, is a palimpsest. i cannot tell you about her without speaking of everyone who came before.
it begins with someone very far away, an ancestor very distant and yet not so remote to be the very first man. he was a sahin, as she is a sahin, and he lived in the cove, as she lives in the cove. yet the one we know now sits on great wealth, and this man has been dirt and rock to lay upon. but as the tale-tellers would tell it, he is clever as a fox and just as willing to dig in the mud to find his meal. clever and foxlike enough, they say, not to care what bones he unearths in the process. smart and beastial enough to do what must be done to ascertain a future. what is known for certain is this: one day the sahin family line has no hope, the next it prospers. what can be said of the dates is that they are coincidental at best, damning at worst: this change occurs on the meridian line of the cove's great shipwreck. it is never proven, ne'er so much as confirmed by the breath of a dying man, but still there are whispers of men who stood out on the cliffs, hanging a great lantern from a tall distance, calling a ship to its fatal end so as to gut and skin it. profit born from death.
so that man from very far away, he grows very rich very suddenly, and from the seed of business he plants grows the sahin empire. their profit tangles inevitably with the sleepy town of kilmer cove, twisting until they stand as a pillar of the very community, but so too does tragedy braid itself into the family line like supporting beams. inexplicable deaths and strange misfortunes plague the sahin family generation by generation, and amongst the townsfolk comes the word curse. cursed they are, each and every one of them, for the acts of their ancestor.
in all the time that passes the world grows more modern, and perhaps less superstitious, but no less strange. there seems a time where curses and sea-doom has been outgrown or at least cast off, shed like the worn shingles of an aged house, but the curse in our blood always comes back. safiye sahin-van ness is a woman of untenable loveliness. though she passes before her granddaughter may meet her, it's said they bare an eerie resemblance to one another: a thing vedia may only gauge from old photographs and the haunted look upon her father's face. but safiye, beloved as she is, meets an early and tragic death like so many come before her. held by a mental health condition that would never fully relent no matter what treatment was provided, safiye would come to believe she was a kelpie being forcedly kept from her home in the sea — a idea no doubt acquired from the town's oft-discussed dark lore. in a fit of delusion, she sought to return to the saltwater: and in pitching herself from the cliffs, met a final end. in the sahin-van ness household, who blame the townsfolk's gossip for the ideation fixed in safiye's head, talk of the curse and all local legends are banished.
in vedia's birth, the world alters its very material. everything becomes silk and satin. paranoid for the safety of his child, the sahin-van ness patriarch keeps his daughter swaddled at all times, and ensures that which she comes into contact with shows only its soft underbelly. weaned on the milk and honey of the world, the girl grows to be as she is fed, soft and heavily sweetened. how could it be any other way, when she's been shown no salt, no fat? undoubtedly spoiled, indefensibly selfish, she is also a delight incarnate: a heady mix of charm and beauty, naïvete and genuine warmth, that can only be bred under the proper circumstances. perhaps it is this tincture of soul that sees her so beloved, or perhaps this love the town shows her is built from fear, the wariness that without protection, she will be dragged under by the same dark force that stole those innocents that came before. a preeminent darling. a doomed daughter.
the township releases its breath as she grows, drawing finally into the shape of a woman: this, surely, is a good sign. but fate likes to strike at the weak places, the liminal spots of the body, the space between exhale and the very next inhale. drawn to the glamour of the thespian, vedia debuts at the playhouse: a talented little ingenue, all agree. compelling and convincing in equal turns, masqueraded from one role to the next, too skilled for their little stage. yet it is not until her first tragic role that the audience goes still — her performance so real, so terribly raw, that they can feel the scratch of pain in their own throats. for one long minute the room stays silent, no sound to be heard but the clenching of jaws. the applause, then, is ravenous. a great beast rising up and over her heard. the girl in the spotlight blinks as if stunned, as if forgetting where she finds herself — who she finds herself situated within. then in a moment she is back, great doe eyes blinking coyly at that array of hands, the scent of honey filling the room once more. yet as this great talent persists across more shows, growing more consuming with each tragedian role — from shakespeare to chekhov, tennessee williams to arthur miller — so too do the rumours. no mortal thing, this talent of hers. too strange, too overlarge. this unnerving ability is a portent, an omen, a sign: the curse is back. and it possesses vedia's thick-beating heart.
SPARKNOTES .
vedia is the daughter of the sahin-van ness family, one of the wealthiest & oldest families in town. though well-respected, local rumour is that the family is cursed due to their ancestor's terrible act -- allegedly purposefully causing the infamous kilmer cove shipwreck which resulted in many deaths. the family has had many great tragedies over the years, including several early deaths; most notably among them vedia's grandmother (who she's said to very closely physically resemble), who had a delusive disorder which saw her believing she was a kelpie. in an episode she throws herself off the cliffs to "return" to the sea, resulting in her death. due to her father's belief in the family curse, vedia is coddled and closely protected as a child by himself and those around her. consequently she becomes a darling of the town, an unofficial princess. long thought to have been swaddled enough to avoid the family doom, lately there is talk that the curse has reached vedia, due to her performances at the playhouse — her tragedies on stage seem so real, so genuine and heartbreaking, that it can only be the mark of some kind of haunting.
HEADCANONS :
per this quote, vedia has something of a classic transatlantic accent, as does the rest of her family.
vedia sleepwalks something terrible, a challenge she's dealt with since childhood. generally this only occurs within the house, but there have been a handful of occasions she's been found in her nightgown in town.
while she is genetically only a sahin, the hyphenated surname van ness comes from a second/late in life marriage three generations ago. at the time it was a big deal, as the van ness family (and their fortune) predates even the sahin's, and the merging was the cause for great celebration. while the marriage never bore any children, the surnames have remained hyphenated, and children in the family are given a middle name from one of the van ness ancestors.
the sahin-van ness's have a storied history of getting their dogs from the same breeder one town over, and have also had teddy's mother, grandfather, and various other ancestors in the house.
she wears a locket baring a figure vedia has yet to identify, but is actually melpomene - the greek muse of tragedy. she borrowed stole this locket from a box in her father's room. it belonged to her grandmother - the one she supposedly bares a great image too. he does not know she has it, and she takes great pains to hide it from him. is vedia possessed by the spirit of melpomene .... has she made a deal w her .... whose to say !
she knows far more about the world and the "curse" than she lets on :) the charade is upkept for the benefit of others, most especially her father
as could be expected, vedia's family live in their ancestral home, by now a couple hundred years old. why yes it is on top of a hill, however did you guess? why yes there is decay below the opulence, wood rotted by seaspray, a view of the cliffs...
CHARACTER INSPIRATIONS :
catherine earnshaw, wuthering heights. scarlett o'hara, gone with the wind. daisy buchanan, the great gatsby. katrina van tassel, sleepy hollow. victoria everglot, corpse bride. bluebeard's bride, bluebeard. charlotte la bouff, the princess and the frog. the whispering muse by laura purcell. jamaica inn by daphne du maurier. every gothic heroine whose ever run from a dark estate at midnight in a flowing white gown.
WANTED CONNECTIONS :
HAUNT ME THEN . 24-30 masc. the heathcliff to her cathy... a deep unbreakable bond established in childhood that no one else can ever fully understand or touch, and a thing that quietly grew to its own strange kind of love. they either haven't or no longer speak of these emotions, particularly because he is not of the same ilk as the sahin-van ness family. my god please give me this
I AM NO BIRD . tourist or out of towner. an individual who has come from outside of kilmer cove, and bonded with vedia. perhaps they're still dazzled, but they witness her without the mirage of fog that is applied by those steeped in the kilmer cove lore: and they can see clearly that the bog of this place and this mythology is not mystic, but it is dooming her all the same. she should leave and start anew elsewhere, and they don't understand why she won't do just that — so they intend to convince her of as much, or perhaps take her with them when they leave.
WE CAN NEVER GO BACK AGAIN . an longterm crush of vedia's that's likely unattainable, be it because of age or relationship status or some other quality. they have to her over the years evolved beyond a person and become more of an idea or ideal, and she's never been able to let this affection go. / ALTERNATIVELY, this can be done the opposite, with someone harbouring this sort of crush on her.
I WALK ENCHANTED . an individual who become particularly stunned by her performances at the playhouse, and has since been sure to attend every one. they have the desire to get to know her, but her status has kept them shyly afar. pls come give her a rose at the stage door she'll promptly fall in love (for at least a week)
MISCELLANEOUS . friends that go all the way back to childhood, please !!! a group of rich kids whose bond is tangled and weird and (call that the gothic non judgemental breakfast club). cameron/bianca 10 things i hate about you energy ("are you asking me out? that's so cute! what's your name again?" vs "have you always been this selfish?" "... yes."). mom- and dad-friends who look after her and her whimsies. someone whose found her sleepwalking in town (princess anne and joe, anyone?)
zaria simone, twenty-five, she/her ⟡ — is that ANISA FRANKLIN i just saw walking around kilmer’s cove? i heard they’re a RESIDENT who’s been here for SIX YEARS. it slipped my mind, since they just tend to hang out at DELPHI'S DELIGHT SPIRITUALITY SHOP. at face value, they’re said to be ASSERTIVE and BOLD, but i don’t know… some people have said they can be quite VAIN and SELFISH. just don’t get on their bad side, i guess! don’t tell them i told you this, but i’ve heard they DO NOT believe in all the ghost stories around town. who knows what the future holds for them!
STATS
full name: anisa helene franklin
nicknames: ani, nisa
hometown: new york, ny
sexuality: lesbian
birthday: december 30
zodiac: capricorn sun, gemini moon, virgo rising
height: 5’3”
marital status: single
children: none
traits: assertive, bold, confident, vain, selfish, judgmental
BACKGROUND tw terminal illness, parental death
born to a wealthy and creative family in new york city, anisa was bound to be Great (ask anyone)
she is the youngest of three and the only girl and was VERY spoiled <3
her mom brought her to auditions starting very young and she quickly become a pretty popular young actress, played a lot of creepy children in horror films and was a main character in a musical tv show on disney in her early teens
she loved it and was very determined to do well and continue on this path
until she turned 18 and right around that same time, her dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; it wasn't long until he was in hospice care and shortly after the diagnosis, he passed
anisa's dad was her biggest cheerleader and they were very close and the loss hit her HARD
she quit the project she was working on (an a24 film sure to catapult her to a different kind of fame and career) and spiraled
at the bottom of the spiral, she decided she wanted to give up her life of fame and shipped off to somewhere she considered remote (kilmer)
hardly anyone from her life pre-kilmer knows where she is, just her family and a friend or two, and she likes it that way
she works at delphi's because she needs something to do, she doesn't believe in any of the spiritual stuff and is probably very condescending and annoying whilst working the register
PERSONALITY
Mean Lesbian trope
very type a, hates anything to be out of place, hates when things don't go exactly as she planned
very hard on herself but even harder on everyone else
is hard to get close to, prefers to keep most of her friendships and relationships superficial bc she is afraid to get close to anyone bc that means she could lose them and then she would spiral again
emotionally unavailable (hot)
reads a lot, always has a book at the register when she's working and always has one in her oversized telfar
is quite short but pretends she is not
does not take shit and reacts badly to criticism (she believes there is no constructive criticism unless she is the one giving it)
prickly
resting bitch face
will not open up, someone come make her <3
is an absolute nightmare if she does not get a full 8 hours of sleep every night
