hey ! have you seen EMBERLYN CROSS (CISFEMALE) around london ? people say that SHE looks a lot like JESSICA CHASTAIN but i don’t know… i just can’t see it. apparently the FORTY year old HUMANITARIAN / EDUCATION CONSULTANT is known to be GENEROUS and WARM but others have said that they’ve known them to be AN ESCAPIST and OUTSPOKEN. i’ll be looking forward to bumping into the around the city !
howdy folks ! i’m medusa & i’ll be playin’ yer local southern belle, emberlyn. she’s a mix of a few characters i’ve played, so pls bear w/ me as i figure her out ! that being said, i can’t wait to interact w/ all of your kiddos <3
biography (tw death, depression):
emberlyn cross grows up on a ranch in the middle of gosh dang nowhere, usa. a small, southern town where everyone practically knows everyone.
she’s an only child and it shows. since she was little, the spunky redhead was used to getting her way with a please and thank you. a sneaky thing behind a charming personality and a golden heart.
it’s in her teens that tragedy strikes. her pop gets into an accident with a tractor and he doesn’t make it out of the hospital. emberlyn learned everything from the good, hard-working man and now she feels like she’s learned nothing at all.
her mother makes things work somehow, and emberlyn thinks she’s an angel in disguise. but it’s hard. bills pile up. the town helps where they can.
it’s emberlyn’s boyfriend that gets the sadness. the depression. the haunting nightmares. he takes it all and he gives her a safe haven to turn to. and she loves him more than anything in the world.
but when she finds out she’s pregnant at 17, things take a turn. she can’t handle a baby. she can barely handle herself. and with her father gone, the idea of being a parent terrifies her. she can’t make things work like her dear mama.
so they decide to give the baby up for adoption. it’s an agreed deal. she ends up having the baby right after graduation, and after she’s turned 18.
they give the baby over. it weighs heavily on emberlyn. so much so that she breaks up w/ her boyfriend and moves out of town that very week, with little goodbye.
emberlyn travels after that. first for university then going from one place to the next. doing odd jobs and going into humanitarian work. she excels at it. it’s her calling.
she ends up interning at unicef, and it doesn’t take long until she’s established herself. she’s an educator, first. and then she’s an education consultant - running plans and programs for international schools in a multitude of countries. it’s a dream job. she feels she’s making an impact; she feels closer to home.
which is funny, because home’s now calling her back. but not in the states. in london, of all places. and by her kid’s adoptive mother, of all people. who apparently has just lost her husband, emberlyn’s old boyfriend.
he didn’t keep his end of the promise. he raised their kid without telling her.
while furious with the thought, she’s grieving over her old lover. and anxious to meet her daughter (who has no idea she even exists). and wondering why on earth the other mother would even want her around.
nevertheless, emberlyn arrives in london and prepares to have her life uprooted a second time.
details:
she has a southern accent. it’s less okie accent and more southern belle, but she definitely can switch between the two when she’s being more rowdy/playful.
has a soft, angelic voice. definitely sings like she’s made for it.
is bisexual, biromantic. known since high school. has dated both men and women.
was closer to her dad growing up. he taught her the ‘manly’ things. fishing, hunting, how to build things, how to start a fire, how to change tires, etc.
cannot cook worth a darn, but loves to bake. has short hair to her shoulders.
is currently working at unicef’s london headquarters while here. has taken up more of a secretary job, and assisting local schools in handling exchange students’ education.
wanted connections:
her kid: will go on main!
her kid’s adoptive mother: will go on main!
her best friend: they’ve known each other for years now. whether it’s from her uni days, her work in unicef, her travels, etc. this is someone she considers family.
people her ex boyfriend/father of her kid knew: he would have recently died. they’re likely protective of her kid and wanting to make sure emberlyn doesn’t come and make matters worse.
childhood faces: could have been friends or enemies or people her family knew, etc. these folks would have to be from a small, southern town in the states. which state doesn’t matter and is left open!
roommate/host/etc: basically, this person is housing her for the unforeseeable future. she put out an ad looking for a room/etc, and they answered. or maybe they put out an ad and she did.
exes: can be men or women, and around her age. probably going to stick to just two for now! maybe things ended bitterly and she’d hate to see them. maybe she’d be glad to have someone who knew her so well around.
flings/one night stands: she has a habit of sleeping around because of stress or needing validation / intimacy to comfort her. without wanting the seriousness of a relationship to add onto the former thing.
london tour guide: a new friend who’s showing her around the city. she’s been here before but generally in passing, so this is someone showing her the local life.
unrequited crushes: one on her and one she has on someone else.
friends: whether old or new. people she can call up to go to a pub with her, go to brunch with, go to a park with, etc. or even just stay at home and binge netflix with.
people she’s met in her travels: could be friends, enemies, flings, etc. they couldn’t kept in contact after they met or fell out of contact.
enemies/rivals/etc: the people she’d be at odds with, for whatever reason. can definitely think up ideas! would love at least two or three.
and anything else! just hmu if you’ve an idea bc i’m horrid at plotting lol
ps. inspired by the film, after the wedding.