Sunnybrooke Task 001 - First Impression
Elizabeth’s first impression of Sunnybrooke was... Unfavourable, to say the least. Really, how could it be anything else? It was a situation that she had been forced into, in a town that she would never choose to live in, in a country that she didn’t belong to and had never really felt at home in. In fact, the prospect of spending an indefinite amount of her immortal life in any place was perhaps the undead con artist’s worst nightmare. She’d never done particularly well when in confinement. She’d never done particularly well with rules in general. But after spending a significant amount of time being fully determined to get out, first by trying to con her way out, then by trying to get kicked out on purpose, Liz was forced to accept that this place was her fate. Like it or not, Sunnybrooke was her new home.
Now, a couple of years down the line, her attitude has changed significantly---even though she likes to pretend that it hasn’t. Her job, which she first acquired because it was the least mind-numbingly dull thing she could think to do, brings her more satisfaction than she’s willing to admit, as does her position in the vampire coven. She genuinely enjoys being a professor. She enjoys being a leader. She’s always had a natural affinity for guiding others, even though for a long time, she never used her talents to benefit anyone but herself. Of course, she still feels caged and restless, and she still fantasises about escaping for good, but the practical reality of what that would entail is getting harder and harder for Elizabeth to accept. She knows that she can always walk out that gate. She can never walk back in.
In her human life, she was a keeper of outlaws and outcasts from all walks of life, and that particular mentality followed her into immortality; over the centuries, she befriended people of all manner of races, genders, religions and social classes, whether human or supernatural. Her attitude is no different toward Cristofer’s hybrids. Granted, she is not a great fan of being at a disadvantage, or being in a position where she doesn’t have enough information to think three steps ahead of everyone else, but Liz’s nature, contrary to what one might think based on her personality, veers toward acceptance. For better or for worse, she has always been a woman ahead of her time, drawn to people and places where history is being made and progressive thoughts flourish. And perhaps that is exactly what this town needs.
