|"You just leave it to me, I won't let you down."| | Rosalinda Mae Connelly
| Best known as Rose
| 22
| Female
| Straight
| Big Sister Senior
| Business Finance
| Music
| Standing at a slightly above average height of five feet seven inches, Rose's most notable trait is her long, fiery red hair.
She has pale skin and sports a thin, willowy frame with long limbs and few curves. Her large, dark brown eyes give her a rather innocent look, her long nose and lips giving her an elegant look. She takes very good care of herself, her hair is almost always done, nails manicured, and blemish free. She leans towards what she calls a 'simply classy' state of dress, her wardrobe consisting of simple pieces that she likes to dress up or down with accessories. Heels are her absolute favorite, though her sunglasses collection is a very close second, both often being brand name despite the rest of her clothes being whatever she got for a bargain. She has no tattoos as she's much too chicken to get one, though she does have two ear piercings on both ears, the second hole almost always sporting a stud. There's a rather thin, mostly unnoticeable scar on her left shoulder.
| ♥ Adores socializing with people, whether it be hanging out or just chatting over the phone.
♥ Cleaning is meditative for her.
♥ Watches trashy soap operas and has zero shame about it.
♥ Classical music, she has been playing the violin since she was a child.
♥ Loves dressing people up.
♥ She's a big fan of playing Solitaire and has it downloaded on her phone.
♥ Keeping her grades up and having all her schoolwork done.
♥ Having her special, decorated pens, notebooks, stationary, and binders to keep herself perfectly organized.
| x Gets extremely nervous around scissors
x Dislikes dirt, mud, dust...anything dirty or messy in general.
x People who somehow manage to get excellent grades despite putting zero effort.
x Greasy food that could stain her clothes.
x People who put her sisters down.
x People who don't value friendships.
x Talking about herself.
x Talking about her own feelings.
x Her father.
| ○ Likes to repeat words for emphasis. Emphasis!
○ Shopping therapy is her coping mechanism when she gets stressed.
○ Tapping her pencil against a surface as well as continuously clicking and unclicking a pen. It's incredibly annoying.
| ○ Practices the violin frequently.
○ Has an orchid she likes to tend to and take care of.
○ Swimming is a joy for her.
| x People finding out about her father.
x Scissors.
x The feeling of getting too close to someone, she's too paranoid to completely put her trust in anyone.
| - Her fear of scissors is actually more severe than she lets on, as getting stabbed by a pair traumatized her to the point she has difficulties getting a haircut and seeing someone with a pair in their hand is enough to spark a panic attack in her.
- That she is not her father's daughter. Finding out the truth of her family completely shattered her, she hasn't spoken to her mother in years and blames her entirely for her neurotic tendencies.
| Rose comes off as a very straightforward person. She has no issues offering her opinion on a matter, and is generally open minded, making her easy to talk to. She has a rather positive deposition, an optimistic view on nearly everything, and likes to look for the silver linings in even the worst situations. Having an eye for detail, she picks up on the little things, and is welcoming to whoever seeks her out. Polite and usually keeping a calm head, she weaponizes her perfectionism to make sure that she always gets what is needed to be done and does whatever it takes to exceed expectations. She will never let you down, even the idea of disappointing someone makes her always put in her total effort. As a result she is quick to help out those in need.
Still, she puts a lot of pressure on herself even if she is told to take it easy. Despite her warm and gentle nature, she seems to avoid opening up to people even though she likes it when people confide in her. Her tendency to keep people at a distance is somewhat contradictory, often confusing people, and she has a lot of trouble expressing her emotions. She also forces herself to never let people know she's struggling, often refusing to ask for help even when she's overwhelmed. There's also the fact that she cannot put her full trust in anyone, and more often then not ends up pushing people away even though she craves their attention.
| Born and raised in Crystal City, Virginia
| Born the second child to Marianne and Henry, Rose was the little girl the couple had desired after having their first son, George. They had gotten their wish of having one boy and one girl, and were perfectly content with their nuclear family. For the most part they lived comfortably, with Henry going out of his way to spoil his family with vacations and presents whenever he could. As Rose reached elementary school, a lot of other people noticed she didn't very much look like the rest of her family. While both her parents and brother were also tall, their complexion was more towards fair, with rounder faces and features, as well as their darker hair. At first it was just seen as one of those rarities, as Marianne's mother was a blonde, but as Rose got older she looked less and less like her family.
When Rose was fourteen, she caught her father in her room. He avoided her questions, and she brushed the incident off. It wasn't until later that night that she realized her hairbrush was missing, though it mysteriously turned up the next day. Weeks later, her parents began getting into multiple arguments, and while at first they avoided getting heard by the children, it became apparent that they were escalating. They refused to tell their kids why they were fighting, although it seemed Henry was getting angrier the more that time passed.
George ignored it for the most part, but Rose was troubled. For some reason she couldn't shake the feeling that they were fighting about her, especially since her father grew rather distant from her. One day, her mother was giving Rose a haircut when Henry came in screaming. The two got into a shouting match, though it escalated far too quickly and resulting in a physical fight. The memory and events happened so quickly, but the one thing Rose can't forget was the image of her father grabbing her by her hair and the sharpness of the scissors in her left shoulder. The shock seemed to get to her, though the next thing she knew she was in the hospital, catatonic. It took a long time for her to even process what happened, but even then she didn't understand. What did she do? Why did her father hate her? Why was he so angry with her?
It wouldn't be until years later that she found out the truth. When Marianne and Henry were trying to conceive a second child, they struggled, going so far as getting fertility treatments, but Marianne couldn't get pregnant again. For one reason of another, she carried out an affair with a coworker of hers, which resulted in Rose. Rose herself was completely disgusted with her mother, moving out of her home and living with her older brother until she graduated high school. She decided for college that she would go out of state in an effort to distance herself from her family, desperately wanting to get away from the place she once called home. She has found solace in Omega Psi Phi, hoping she can get through college and start her life.