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Wands, Dark-leaning, Earth.
Twenty.
Aka "Splinter". Playg is said to have been raised in the sewers of Stregapolis by rats. If it's true, it makes sense- after all, she can turn into a rat (rattus rattus) herself, and she knows the Strega underground like the back of her own hand. Playg can be . . . off-putting. She has a bit of an eerie presence- a small, fidgety shadow-dweller with long fingers and the uncanny power of witherment and decay (which is why she is absolutely prohibited from entering Midsummer's back garden). One half expects to find her hiding under sinks or scrabbling up the walls. For the most part, Playg is tasked with collecting protection money from the local non-magic gangs and their various affiliates- which they seem almost too willing to comply with because they just want her unsettling ass to leave them alone as soon as possible. For the other part, she plays the eyes and ears of Strega, using the sewer system and her Ratskin as handy tools. (Having an eidetic memory also helps.) Traveling via Stregapolis' vast underground is Playg's m.o.- she doesn't know how to drive, and even if she did, it's unlikely anyone would allow her to get behind a wheel anyway. More of a loner, she's likely only around the Coven house for important reasons- namely for handing over the money she's collected. It's for the best, anyway, as Playg isn't generally well-liked among the others. They have their suspicions- that Midsummer will hear none of- that Playg asks for more protection money than she's telling everyone so that she can skim a nice profit for herself off the top. How else was she able to get her needly hands on a brand new PS5 for her rathole in the sewer or wherever the hell she curls up at night? Well, for starters, she stole the PS5, and for another, if she has extra cash, it's likely from her side gig as, the sometimes literal, eyes and ears of the High Priestess of Blackly St., who uses her ability to posses the senses to personally keep tabs on the one Hight Priestess she fears the most- Midsummer. For all of Playg's hard and treacherous work, she receives a tidy allowence courtesy of Blackly St. Coven and keeps her mouth closed where she should. Ask her is she has trouble sleeping at night and you'll find she's already alseep.
