The Muse

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Significant NPC List

John Williams - The Town Sheriff

Johnathan Williams

Age
67

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_8:30am

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"So this is it, huh Nathan?" Lily cocked her head to the left as she stared down a very long main road which appeared to lead right through the middle of town. About 10 minutes ago a taxi driver had dropped her off at the beginning of the road into town, per her request. The driver had asked her if she was positive she wanted to be dropped off in the middle of nowhere while it was pouring rain, but she insisted and he obliged her before turning back around to make the one hour drive back to the airport from which she had came from. She stood there in silence, holding her curious gaze with one medium sized rolling suitcase in hand, her mind racing as she listened to the rain pitter patter against the hood of her sweater. Breaking the stillness in the air, a car flew by, ignoring the 25 mile per hour speed limit sign as the road led into town. Not long after, the familiar sound of a police siren began and an officer pulled out from behind a billboard sign in pursuit of the disobedient driver.

"Hm."

She began to make her way down the sidewalk, in no real hurry to get out of the rain although her clothing would soon become soaked through. She took in the sights, although there didn't seem to be much to see. The weather was awful, which didn't provide much of a view to the surrounding environment due to the low clouds and fog creeping in. The roads were poorly taken care of, many of the buildings looked decrepit, and any people she saw looked at her as if she was some creature immerging from the swamp. So far, her impulsive decision to come here wasn't feeling so smart.

_9:00am

"Cosy Bear Cafe!" Lily picked up her pace as she set her eyes on a little cafe with some adorable little bear signs on the outside. She burst through the door, a little bell chime ringing as she entered. "Oh my GOD. Finally." She exclaimed, uncaring of who could hear or see her. Her clothing was completely soaked, along with her suitcase. She laughed at herself and breathed out a sigh of relief. "Ahh... so warm in here." Lily then began to peel her hoodie off of her body, revealing only a black tank top underneath; clearly, she was new here. Setting her wet hoodie atop her suitcase, she walked over to an empty table along the window line and sighed in contentment as she sat down. "Walking for half an hour can really take it outta ya..." She spoke to herself, resting into the back of her seat.

At the table in front of her, a blue haired woman sat with a laptop and a sketch book. Curious, Lily leaned toward the table and tried to get a look at what the girl was drawing. Her eyes grew wide as she looked it over, "WOW! You drew that? It's beautiful!" She exclaimed, loud enough to get her attention and likely everyone else in the restaurant along with her. "Are you an artist?"

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Reya's eyes darted to the kitchen door as Ruben walked in, his greeting immediately snapping her out of her thoughts about her father. She gently smiled as she watched his eyes glue to the dripping ceiling, unable to look away. "Hey Rue." She took her eyes off him and looked up at the ceiling again, sitting in the comfortable silence as they both thought about what to do about the issue.

"I am so sorry! The big oven stopped working last night and we can't- ... Leaking again? We have a guy we can let you use."

Reya let out a small laugh, recognizing that chipper voice immediately. "I know, I know..." She muttered, feeling a ping of guilt for forgetting to get it fixed immediately. She had so much else to worry about when her father had passed though; it must've easily slipped her memory due to the dry season they had before winter arrived.

Hearing Rueben's nearly silent offer to fix the roof, she smiled and shook her head. "No, it's okay... I'll take you up on that offer, Emma, when the weather clears."

Just as Emma offered up breakfast pastries, Reya's stomached grumbled right on cue. "Oh, I've love one! I skipped breakfast this morning..." Reya grinned and swiped up one of the scones and began digging in. "These are delicious, Emma. As always!" As she picked apart pieces of the scone to eat, her mind unavoidably wandered back to her father. He had a love for sweet baked treats and so Emma had quickly become one of his favorite people to come around the tavern. No matter the mood he was in, she could always cheer up his day when she came in offering a treat or two.

As she devoured her breakfast, Reya listened to Rueben and Emma chat with each other. Her brow raised as Rueben offered Emma a genuine compliment. "Does Rueben have a little crush?" She thought, a little smirk appearing on her lips as she ate her scone and tried not to make direct eye contact with them.

"I'm going to go check on our guests." Reya decided to leave them on their own, just in case Rueben did actually want to do a little flirting for once. That, and the fact that she hadn't checked on the couple of people out at the tables in ten or fifteen minutes. "Thank you again, Emma. I'll call you about that roof guy you have." With that, she headed out of the kitchen and shoved the last piece of scone in her mouth.

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@Hawlin Oh no! That's awful, I'm sorry. Thanks for letting me know though. I hope it works itself out soon!

Did you want me to go ahead and reserve that Dive Bar for your character you were thinking of? Or do you want to stick with the diner idea still? I just wanted to check since I was holding off on naming the dive bar until then haha

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@OddApproved Haha thank you! and no worries at all, I just wanted to make sure you guys didn't get too far ahead while Reya is just silently watching them awkwardly or something hahah!

I'll work on her post now, and then the two new additions.

Also, for everyone, you guys don't need to post the day in every one of your posts, unless you skip ahead or behind (flash backs or something). Just fyi, its not necessary unless you really really want to haha I just did that to give everyone a reference to go off of.

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I just added two more characters to my character post! Levi & Lily will be making an entrance soon :)

@Artemis Arts@OddApproved Please wait for Reya to get a word in for a sec. Lol! I'll have her post up soon.

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"Here you are, sir." Reya smiled as she poured coffee into a mug and set it down gently onto a wooden table, "Would you like sugar with that?" Her blue eyes looked up at the portly man sitting at the table, who looked back at her with a playful smirk from under his greying mustache.

"You're plenty sugar enough, doll, thank ya."

She forced a convincing laugh, "You just holler if you need anything, then."

Quickly she turned and took the coffee pot back to the kitchen, glad to escape further conversation with the truck driver who had spent the night in the tavern to get some shut eye before he headed out on the road again. Unfortunately, truckers were always hit or miss for her. Either they wanted to talk to you for hours on end, and slip in inappropriate comments along the way, or they didn't want to speak to you at all. She usually preferred the latter, although she remained grateful for all of their business. Awkward conversation was a small price to pay for the stability of her income.

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"Ohh... Shit! Reya set down the coffee pot onto one of the kitchen counters and rushed to a cabinet which held a large soup pot. As soon as she pulled it out she ran to the middle of the kitchen where water was slowly dripping in from the ceiling, setting the pot underneath so that the water would collect there instead of on the old wooden floors. "Damn it..." She muttered to herself, eyes glued to the ceiling where the water was coming from.

Her father had been meaning to fix that leak in the roof for at least three years now. He never did get around to it. It annoyed Reya every year, and yet here she was having the same problem a year after the tavern had become solely hers. A year to the day, exactly.

Reya's gaze slowly turned toward the window, seeing that the rain was coming down in full force. She walked over to the window and sighed, staring outside and suddenly feeling a heaviness in her heart. One year ago today, on the Winter Solstice, her father had made the final decision to exit this life. He left her with everything, even this leaky roof. For a brief moment she wondered if perhaps she should take it as a sign from her father in the after life, telling her to get it taken care of before the weather got worse.

A weak smile began to appear on her lips as she watched the rain come down, puddling up on the ground outside around the tavern. Her father had always despised the rain, especially if it rained during winter. He loved winter, the snow, and the cold. Rain while it should be snowing was blasphemy in his eyes! The fact that it was raining on the winter solstice today would have sent him into an angry rant as he glared at the hole in the roof that he kept putting off fixing. No doubt the snow would arrive soon - the temperature had already dipped into the low 40s. But today, her dad would have been as irritable as ever.

Reya shook her head, "I'll get that fixed soon." She whispered to herself, turning to look up at the leaking roof again. "Ruben certainly won't be happy about this..." She smiled again, imagining the look on his face when he walked in for his shift today to see yet another year with rain water dripping into his beloved kitchen.

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Hi everyone! We are still waiting on a few more people to submit their characters, but I'll probably get my first post up soon to get us started. Feel free to begin posting afterwards!

I'm excited to see where we take the story :)

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Reya Parker

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Birthday
November 18, 1995

Age
26

Appearance
Reya stands at 5'2 and a petite 125lbs. She has long maroon colored hair and deep blue eyes. She and her twin sister are nearly a spitting image of their late mother.

Occupation
Owner of the Fox Hole Tavern. Typically manning the bar.

Short Bio
Reya was born and raised in Sanctuary along with her identical twin sister, Riley. Up until about their 17th birthday, Reya and Riley had a fairly normal life with their two loving parents. They were raised by a stay-at-home mother who originally came from the big city, and their hard-working father who spent much of his time taking care of the family owned tavern. Things shifted dramatically when their mother was diagnosed with cancer and given only a few months to live. Their mother tried to make the best of it while their father began to spiral into a depression he would never be able to pull himself out of. Riley had always been more reckless than her minutes younger sister, Reya, but began to grow more and more rebellious as time went on. By the time their mother succumbed to her illness, their father had already been deep into drinking his life away. Months later, Reya's twin sister Riley would disappear in the night. She left a note, stating that she had to find something better than this town and their life. Suddenly, Reya was alone.

Although she often dreamt of expanding her horizons, a sense of duty to her family kept her here. While her father fell apart, Reya would step up and take care of their family legacy - The Fox Hole Tavern. Generations of Parker's had lived in Sanctuary and kept their legacy alive through the Fox Hole Tavern, having kept it under family ownership from the very first day of its opening. Reya didn't have the heart to let it fall apart before her eyes as well.

One year ago, Reya's father took his own life. It had been a shock, but Reya had felt that she lost her father long ago. Now, Reya is in full control of the tavern and does her best with it. She loves it and this town, despite everything, and intends to make the best of the cards that life has dealt her.

Misc.

Reya's Pet Cat: Pearl

Reya's Home

Lily Alessio

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Birthday
July 30, 1992

Age
29

Appearance
Lily is just above average at 5'6 and is a lean 150lbs. She has long black hair and radiant green eyes. On the inside of her left arm she has a scar which appears to still be healing. A matching scar is also located on the left side her torso; they were both inflicted at the same time.

Occupation
Unemployed - Working on creating her own flower business

Short Bio
Lily grew up in upstate New York living an aristocratic sort of life style. Both of her parents were highly successful business people and provided Lily with everything material that she could have ever needed. Although her life was incredibly stable, her emotionally and physically unavailable parents didn't do much in the way of raising her. Her parental figures were often maids, nannies, and other staff that helped around the massive mansion they lived in.

After taking a year off of school and exploring Europe, Lily went to college at the age of 20. This is where she would meet Nathan Tucker, who would eventually become her fiancé. He was everything her parents could have hoped for. Had a good head on his shoulders, came from a reasonably well-off family, and had plans for the future. They were smitten with each other from the beginning and became engaged four years later, after they both graduated. Their engagement turned out to be extremely long, as Nathan was more focused on his business than starting a family. He had a tech company to create before he could think about anything else, which Lily tried to understand.

Five years later, at 29, they were still not married and Nathan was still focused on work. His business was successful, and Lily worked there with him. However, Lily had become increasingly unhappy over the years. Nathan ignored her much of the time and once again she felt that she was isolated and alone, as it had been with her parents. This eventually leaded to a detrimental decision on Lily's part - she cheated on him with his close business partner.

This affair didn't last long; Nathan quickly discovered the betrayal only a month later. This erupted in a fight that rapidly escalated. Nathan became aggressive and showed a side of himself that Lily had never seen before. Nathan became physically abusive after an hour or more of screaming at each other. He broke two of Lily's ribs and eventually would take a few stabs at her, connecting once along her left inner arm and side of her torso. The final moment was when he got his hands around her throat and began to strangle her.

In a panic, Lily grabbed the knife that had been dropped next to her and stabbed him several times. When he slumped to the ground, bleeding out, she went to the ground with him and stared at his lifeless body - numb. She doesn't remember how long she sat there with him, but after some time she called the police.

The trial over his death took about a month. Her parents paid the best lawyers for the case, and eventually she would be let go on the account of self defense. However, she was required to go to a psychiatric hospital for a 30 day minimum. Since the event, Lily had severe PTSD and began to exhibit delusions, paranoia, panic attacks, and occasional hallucinations. After 30 days, the psychiatric hospital prescribed her anti-psychotic meds and sent her on her way to reintegrate with the world.

Without a word to anyone, Lily impulsively packed up everything that was important to her and took a one way flight to Colorado. Nathan had talked about a small town called Sanctuary before and she had always intended to visit the place that he had once called home for a small time. Something within her told her she had to go, and so she did.

Levi Brooks

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Birthday
March 22, 1993

Age
28

Appearance
Levi is 6' even and 170lbs. His hair is black, which is often a tussled mess, and he has light blue eyes.

Occupation
Officer at the Police Station

Short Bio
Levi was born in raised in Denver, Colorado which is about a 5 and a half hour drive from Sanctuary. He had a normal life - two loving, middle-class parents who worked their ass off for every dime. He is the eldest of four children; one brother, and two younger sisters. His parents bickered a lot, but nothing was ever a true argument - they had been high school sweethearts and still loved each other dearly. Levi and his family were very blessed, even if life had been difficult at times to keep a roof over their heads.

After college Levi went into the police academy and would graduate at the top of his class there. He got a job at the police station soon after graduation and in about two years he got invited to mentor under their lead detective. He jumped at the opportunity, excited to begin his new path in life.

Somewhere down the line Levi developed a drinking habit, partially due to all the messed up crime scenes he had to witness with his own eyes. One day, he woke up in the drunk tank without a memory of what had happened to him. Turns out he blacked out at a bar and ended up fighting one of the lead police officers on the force. His boss gave him an ultimatum: either he gets fired, or they move him to another unit. He opted for the latter and got assigned to a unit in Sanctuary, which was in need of expansion due to the increase in population recently, which always brought along an increase in crime.

To his dismay he packed up his life, sold his house in Denver, and moved out to Sanctuary - the middle of nowhere. He hated it, but he'd have to learn to love it. After all, he was the one who got himself here.

Misc.

Levi's Home

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