𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘖𝘋𝘜𝘊𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘐 𝘋𝘏𝘈𝘙 . . .
# . 𝘉𝘜𝘛 𝘏𝘌 𝘕𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘕 𝘔𝘈𝘋𝘌 𝘐𝘛 𝘛𝘖 𝘏𝘐𝘚 20𝘚 . 𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘈 𝘞𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘌 ! 𝘈𝘙𝘔𝘠 𝘋𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘔𝘌𝘙𝘚 . . .
𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘖 .
you wouldn’t expect someone like [PARI DHAR], a [36]-year-old [FORENSIC SPECIALIST], to turn heads walking into the gas station on main, but there’s something about them that makes you look twice. maybe it’s the [extra long toe pointed heels] tracking in dust from the outskirts, or the sharp ringtone blaring [army dreamers by kate bush] when their phone lights up. they say their favorite movie is [the virgin suicides] and they’ve got the kind of face (think [sobhita dulipala]) that locals swear they’ve seen before. when pressed, they describe themselves in fragments: [an empty heart that hasn't thudded in years, crescent shaped fingernail marks, smudged-almost-smoky eyeliner, rotting brown apple cores].
𝘍𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘚 .
full name : pari dhar nicknames: doesn't like them birthday and age : 3rd july 1968 . 36 y/o. height : 5'7 family : sister : dead . mum and dad : dead . fiancee : dead . relationship to irwinville : moved to irwinville when she was about 8 with her family . they'd heard murmurs that the school system was good there , and her parents ( 2 immigrants ) had high hopes . continued to live in irwinville into her 20s, but moved to chicago when she was 26 . lived between chicago and irwinville from her sister's disappearance ( ‘97 ) until ’03 when she decided to move back to irwinville permanently. sexuality : bisexual distinct features : dark pigmented skin around her eyes , red-henna style tattoo down her spine . mannerisms : avoids eye contact , usually tries to multi-task while she's talking to you , says ‘ hmm ’ or ‘ mmm ’ a lot . style : frilly layered tops , deep v's and halternecks . dress pants or long skirts - rarely dresses . dangly earrings , and chunky gold indian bangles . inspo : dark willow ( buffy the vampire slayer ) , theo crain ( haunting of hill house ) , clementine ( the walking dead game ) , camille preaker ( sharp objects ) , rosalie hale ( twilight ) what you've heard around town : “ poor thing . . . her entire family's gone and it's just her . maybe i should bring ‘round a casserole “ ” never smiles or makes eye contact . makes you wonder if she had . . you know . . anything to do with anything . “ ” such a shame . that family . . . used to be so so vibrant and fun . i still remember her and her sister running amok in the grocery store , giggling . “ ” i know we shouldn’t say it , because yeah , she's had a shit time . but she kinda is a bitch . like that face ? sheesh . never smiles . "
𝘈𝘉𝘖𝘜𝘛 .
001 . MAINLY BORN AND RAISED IN IRWINVILLE . pari doesn't remember much of a life without the town . her parents and her sister , nithya , were a loud and vibrant household . their parents were usually begging the two girls to keep it down .
002 . NITHYA AND PARI BICKERED LIKE NOTHING ELSE . those two sisters who hurled ‘ bitch ! ’ at each other often , but then would link arms and coo over how cute a shade of lipstick was . would steal each others clothes , pull each other's hair . but always had a soft spot for each other . very much the ‘ i bully her , but nobody else can ’ vibes .
003 . DEATH FIRST CAME FOR THE DHAR'S IN 1980 . pari's grandparents died in quick succession of each other , leaving pari's mother whirling for a sense of purpose and not knowing who she was . the family traveled back to india for the ceremonial goodbye's , and it was the first time pari saw a dead body ( it wouldn't be the last ) .
004 . DEATH , MYSTERY AND DEAD BODIES BEGUN TO INTEREST PARI . pari enshrouded herself in true crime , mystery , and detective fiction . she loved a procedural ( when law and order : svu would come out later , it would become one of pari's favourite tv shows ) . the fascination made her want to become a police officer ( quickly got disenfranchised by this thought , though ) , then a criminal profiler ( got bored by this ) , before landing on forensic science . pari spent a lot of her teens acting like the nancy drew of the neighbourhood , creating mystery where there wasn't one .
005 . SLIGHTLY ANNOYING , TALKATIVE , BUT WELL INTENTIONED . that's how a lot of pari's teachers found her . she was the kind to put her hand up and say ‘ but miss ! ’ and cause everyone else to groan . she was enthusiastic , but impatient . she got on a lot of people's nerves for this reason . a bit of a teacher's pet , and a lot of a nerd .
006 . A SINKING FEELING WHEN SHE REALISES THE MYSTERIES SHE LOVES ARE BEGINNING TO HAPPEN IN IRWINVILLE . pari was always somewhat detached from cases and her studies . she likes working in forensics and didn't think anything of it - until mayor charles bennett was found dead . she was too green to work his case ( it was locked down ) , but it made her twitchy and nervous . irwinville and forensics didn't feel the same anymore .
007 . MORE THINGS STARTED TO GO WRONG . . . ogawa shiori is found dead . her father's brother dies . her mother's best friend dies . suddenly , pari finds herself surrounded by death . it causes anxiety and panic within her and she considers changing specialty fields . there's an impending sense of doom within her . instead , pari realises she has to leave the town . it feels like walls are closing in on her , so . she finds a home in chicago .
008 . WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SISTER ? chicago was fine to pari . it was much bigger , more vast . but it moved quickly in a way that meant pari was always busy at work . then , in 1997 , she gets the phone call she was always somewhat bracing for : her sister has gone missing . nobody knows where she is , or what happened . pari flies back to irwinville and tries to beg to comb for evidence . she's denied .
009 . PARI KNOWS HER SISTER ISN'T DEAD . she's sure of it as days turn into weeks , turn into months . my sister is not dead . my sister did not run away , she repeats to herself like a mantra every night . her parents are less sure of the fact . they grieve nithya , openly . plead for information to the police . to anyone who'll listen . they plead directly to nithya to come home , please come home .
010 . RETURNING TO CHICAGO FOR . . . WHAT ? [ CANCER TW ] pari knows she can't stay inside tiny irwinville , so she flies back to chicago . she is restless . insomnia riddled . practically manic trying to turn over any leaf she can to find information about her sister and what happened . and then , a couple years later , she gets the phone call that her mother has advanced colonic cancer . its moving quickly . there's not much they can . will you please come to irwinville ?
011 . YES , YES . OF COURSE YES . pari frantically packs what she can , and flies back to her hometown . but it doesn't matter . and it's too late . she arrives to not one , but two dead parents . her mother died relatively quickly and easy . her father's car spun out while he was driving to the hospital . both died thinking the other was alive . it is the worst pain pari has ever experienced .
012 . AT THE FUNERALS , PARI SEARCHES FOR HER SISTER . she knows if she was out there , nithya would stop at nothing to attend their parent's funerals . but she isn't there . pari tries to refuse the cold feeling that something has happened to her sister . . . and then , a few weeks after her parent's death , an audio tape is found .
013 . IT'S THE WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD AND A NAIL IN THE COFFIN . the released audio proves that somebody did something to nithya , and the police never did anything about it . rage , hot and lava-like , fills pari . her grief makes way to one thing and only one thing : anger . vengeance . spitfire . the people responsible for hurting her sister will pay , yes . but so will everyone else who failed her . and that includes the police . that includes anyone who reported falsely . that includes anyone who got in the way . pari will come for them all .
014 . AM I CURSED ? the question begins to rattle around in pari's brain . why is everyone around her dead , except for her ? she tries to map it all out . to see if anything is connecting . to see if maybe she did this . by being too interested in true crime , has she cursed herself to repeat the same life ? pari continues to live in chicago , but her mind cannot release irwinville , nithya or anything else . she listens to the audio of her sister over a thousand times , trying to see if she can find anything , or decipher anything . invests in pi's , audio specialists . anything . anyone . please , won't they help her ?
015 . PARI TRIES TO MOVE FORWARD . but she can't . she hermits herself . work becomes worried about her . it gets to a breaking point where she finally seeks psychological help , before she completely blows up her life . with the help of therapy , she begins able to bring herself down from 100 . to self soothe . to relax . she returns to work , is able to look at crime scenes in a normal way , goes out for drinks with colleagues . she even falls in love.
016 . BUT LOVE WAS NEVER ON THE CARDS FOR PARI . [ DEATH TW ] no surprise to anyone , least of all pari . . . her fiancee dies in january 2003 . aneurysm . pari knew it was all too good to be true . knew that people shouldn't get close to her , because they all suffer the same fate . the death of her fiancee feels like a calling card . a beacon . something tells her that it's time to go back to irwinville , but properly this time . she packs up everything and leaves chicago . and then 3 months later . . . flynn means is found dead .
017 . FAR BEYOND WHAT YOU REMEMBER . pari is not able to be vibrant , fun , silly and talkative anymore . she is far more reserved . kinda odd . keeps people at a distance . her favourite topic is her sister's disappearance . she can be borderline rude and pushy about the entire thing and trying to find information . lowkey , she's kinda glad this flynn guy is dead because it means new interest in her sister's case , too . which means , finally . . finally . . pari might get some answers .
