Name: Madam Muriel 'Mimi' Deidre Rousseau
Age: "late forties" 57
Companion: Her daughter "Tattie" Tatiana Evangeline Rousseau
Physical Description:
Personality:
Muriel is a vivacious older woman with a large personality and loves to be the center of attention. She is loud and gregarious, and can be charming at times and at others appear overbearing, arrogant busybody. She can come off as being selfish and self centered, but she means well and truly does think highly of others and hold them in high regard.
History: Widow of one Beauregard Rousseau, the man had been a consummate bachelor and well into his fifties when he fell to the womanly wiles of his young secretary one Muriel Greenwood. Despite the scandal of being caught in a romance with a significantly younger woman, Beauregard was deeply in love and asked for her hand.
Muriel found herself married into a life of wealth and luxury, and found that it suited her very well. No expense was spared, no trinket to lavish for Beau in his display of his love for her. And when she finally gave him his long desired child, his only daughter Tatiana, he continued to shower them both with affection until the day he died. Which happened near ten years after at the old age of 78 when he finally passed in his sleep.
With Beauregard's will he left the larger portion of his estate to his wife and daughter, so that they would continue to be well taken care of now that he was gone. Although she loved Beau very much Muriel now found herself a wealthy widow at the age of 45, with her young twelve year old daughter at her side... and the attention bestowed upon her had changed significantly. Instead of scandal, people saw opportunity and soon young men were flocking to Muriel's side to shower her with attention, affection, and volunteer to be little Tatiana's father figure.
Muriel has yet to settle down with another man, few men she meets can hold a candle to her Beauregard's cherished memory, but she is also not shy about displaying affection herself and thrives on being in the center of attention. She is also not shy about pushing her wallflower daughter into social situations in hopes that she will meet a fine young man herself. Which is why when she received the invitation to the Acheson Family's Winter Ball in the mail, she lept at the chance to dress up her little girl and take her out for a night of dancing and 'hopefully' romance, not that she's nagging but she wants grandchildren eventually.
Connections with Other Characters: Her young and beautiful daughter Tatiana Evangeline Rousseau whom is completely available.
~oOoOo~
Name: Tatiana Evangeline Rousseau
Age: 24
Companion: Her Mother "Mimi" Rousseau
Physical Description:
Personality:
Tatiana is a quiet and reserved young lady with a strong independent nature. She does not like public speaking or large crowds, and is very uncomfortable in most of the socialite circles her mother frequents. This not a sign of a lack of self confidence or self worth, as Tatiana is very confident and articulate on a one-on-one basis or in familiar surroundings where she feels comfortable. In such situations she can even prove herself to be quite clever and witty, but she is above all an introvert, and quite a wallflower much to her mother's dismay.
History:
Tatiana was born into a life of love, happiness, wealth and luxury. For how much her parents showered her with love and affection, wanting for nothing, she could have grown up to be a singularly spoiled and bratty child, however that was not the case. Instead Tatiana grew up to be an extremely sweet and timid child, preferring to stay home and pursue quiet indoor play that explored her creativity. She loved to read and paint and play music and was terribly frightened around large crowds which became largely apparent when her mother would try and show off her lovely and talented daughter. Tatiana would become shy and consumed with stage fright that would reduce her to tears when having to endure what would feel like a thousand staring eyes for longer than a few minutes.
Her mother often claimed it to be a phase, and that she would grow out of it in time. She continually pushed Tatiana to take pride in her accomplishments, not understanding that she was already plenty proud and did not need the approval of others to know if she had done well. Still, no matter how she argued her case her mother just could not understand her, fearing her beloved daughter would waste away as a shut in hermitess.
She has since become resigned to her mother trotting her out to some social gathering or another, and trying to foist her off onto some available young man. She has no problem with the men her mother finds for her really, she just does not like being forced into situations where she is uncomfortable and having to 'make nice' with strangers. With the Invitation to the Acheson Family's Winter Ball, Tatiana has braced herself for another tedious mind numbingly boring dance sparse with moments of agonizing anxiety as her mother drags her around to 'mingle'.
Connection to Other Characters: Her Mother "Mimi" Rousseau
Age: "late forties" 57
Companion: Her daughter "Tattie" Tatiana Evangeline Rousseau
Physical Description:
Personality:
Muriel is a vivacious older woman with a large personality and loves to be the center of attention. She is loud and gregarious, and can be charming at times and at others appear overbearing, arrogant busybody. She can come off as being selfish and self centered, but she means well and truly does think highly of others and hold them in high regard.
History: Widow of one Beauregard Rousseau, the man had been a consummate bachelor and well into his fifties when he fell to the womanly wiles of his young secretary one Muriel Greenwood. Despite the scandal of being caught in a romance with a significantly younger woman, Beauregard was deeply in love and asked for her hand.
Muriel found herself married into a life of wealth and luxury, and found that it suited her very well. No expense was spared, no trinket to lavish for Beau in his display of his love for her. And when she finally gave him his long desired child, his only daughter Tatiana, he continued to shower them both with affection until the day he died. Which happened near ten years after at the old age of 78 when he finally passed in his sleep.
With Beauregard's will he left the larger portion of his estate to his wife and daughter, so that they would continue to be well taken care of now that he was gone. Although she loved Beau very much Muriel now found herself a wealthy widow at the age of 45, with her young twelve year old daughter at her side... and the attention bestowed upon her had changed significantly. Instead of scandal, people saw opportunity and soon young men were flocking to Muriel's side to shower her with attention, affection, and volunteer to be little Tatiana's father figure.
Muriel has yet to settle down with another man, few men she meets can hold a candle to her Beauregard's cherished memory, but she is also not shy about displaying affection herself and thrives on being in the center of attention. She is also not shy about pushing her wallflower daughter into social situations in hopes that she will meet a fine young man herself. Which is why when she received the invitation to the Acheson Family's Winter Ball in the mail, she lept at the chance to dress up her little girl and take her out for a night of dancing and 'hopefully' romance, not that she's nagging but she wants grandchildren eventually.
Connections with Other Characters: Her young and beautiful daughter Tatiana Evangeline Rousseau whom is completely available.
~oOoOo~
Name: Tatiana Evangeline Rousseau
Age: 24
Companion: Her Mother "Mimi" Rousseau
Physical Description:
Personality:
Tatiana is a quiet and reserved young lady with a strong independent nature. She does not like public speaking or large crowds, and is very uncomfortable in most of the socialite circles her mother frequents. This not a sign of a lack of self confidence or self worth, as Tatiana is very confident and articulate on a one-on-one basis or in familiar surroundings where she feels comfortable. In such situations she can even prove herself to be quite clever and witty, but she is above all an introvert, and quite a wallflower much to her mother's dismay.
History:
Tatiana was born into a life of love, happiness, wealth and luxury. For how much her parents showered her with love and affection, wanting for nothing, she could have grown up to be a singularly spoiled and bratty child, however that was not the case. Instead Tatiana grew up to be an extremely sweet and timid child, preferring to stay home and pursue quiet indoor play that explored her creativity. She loved to read and paint and play music and was terribly frightened around large crowds which became largely apparent when her mother would try and show off her lovely and talented daughter. Tatiana would become shy and consumed with stage fright that would reduce her to tears when having to endure what would feel like a thousand staring eyes for longer than a few minutes.
Her mother often claimed it to be a phase, and that she would grow out of it in time. She continually pushed Tatiana to take pride in her accomplishments, not understanding that she was already plenty proud and did not need the approval of others to know if she had done well. Still, no matter how she argued her case her mother just could not understand her, fearing her beloved daughter would waste away as a shut in hermitess.
She has since become resigned to her mother trotting her out to some social gathering or another, and trying to foist her off onto some available young man. She has no problem with the men her mother finds for her really, she just does not like being forced into situations where she is uncomfortable and having to 'make nice' with strangers. With the Invitation to the Acheson Family's Winter Ball, Tatiana has braced herself for another tedious mind numbingly boring dance sparse with moments of agonizing anxiety as her mother drags her around to 'mingle'.
Connection to Other Characters: Her Mother "Mimi" Rousseau
