Plot With Riley!

[Elizabeth Sloane]

Plot with me, darlings.

Characters:
Elizabeth Sloane: eighteen, student, sensation transferal and pain tolerance, bisexual



Eighteen. Student. Sensation Transferal & Pain Tolerance.
Canadian. Closeted Bisexual. Theatre Geek. Seamstress. Fashionista.
Profile

Elizabeth Sloane is a fairly typical girl. She grew up in Toronto. Her mother was religious, and her father was a socially awkward engineer. Her sister passed away shortly before she began attending Hammel. She's a self professed theatre geek who makes costumes and loves playing with hair and makeup. She cooks, cleans, sews and dreams of being a good wife someday, to 'the one'. Unfortunately she has trouble admitting that 'the one' could very well be a female for her. She's self conscious about her size, and is terrified of being a burden or causing conflict.

Friendships
It would be pretty easy to be friends with Beth if you made the effort to approach her or caught her in her element. Otherwise she's pretty shy. She's not hard to get along with if you can deal with her self-deprecating humour. She likes people who can challenge her intellectually, and enjoys tea, board games, card games, puzzles, and artsy stuff.

SAWYER - the unlikely friend. two mismatched peas in a pod.
MARNIE - pending. make-up buddies.


Love
Beth is a hopeless romantic, and is liable to fall pretty quickly. LYDIA has a special place in her heart [see profile] but she's not quite sure what that place is. She's bisexual, but closeted. She'd probably be up for casually dating as well. She just needs someone to show her she's valued and make her feel pretty.

Enemies
Beth is really vicious when she wants to be. It might be hard to get her to that point, but if you do she'll do her best to destroy you. She'll use her ability if she has to, but prefers to do things the old fashioned way - manipulating the people around you until you're broken and miserable. She's also fairly jealous and is likely to make off-handed sarcastic remarks. If either of those are a problem to your character, they might not get along.

[Sawyer Lynn]

First off, wow. Elizabeth Sloane is such an awesome name! Like, my first character and my latest characters are Sloane and Elizabeth ^^ so I am totally biased. ^^And your PB...wow. And she seems like such a sweet girl! Triple wow.

Okay, fangirling over.

I have two students to offer your Elizabeth. Both could definitely be antagonists to her. So my first to offer is Sawyer. She's hella abrasive but if Elizabeth and her have known each other for a while, I think Sawyer could possibly be very affectionate to her, if Elizabeth actually gave her a chance when they first met of course ^^ oh also, Sawyer would probably offer herself up as a training guinea pig if Elizabeth needs to practice.

And then there's Chester who is arguably the most ginormous jerkaholic Elizabeth could meet. He's a telepath so he could possibly know a lot about Elizabeth and could be annoying about it if they ever met.

So yeah! If you have any other ideas, hit me up with it! Looking forward to writing with you!

[Elizabeth Sloane]

Okie, so I think Sawyer and Beth would make a really awesome if somewhat unlikely friendship. Just because they're so different. Beth is super feminine and cautious and afraid of risk taking, and it sounds like Sawyer's a bit wild compared to her. But she also seems sharp, and I think that's something they could bond over. I think Sawyer'd probably be good for Beth. And Beth could be good for Sawyer, providing her with chocolate and strawberries and combinations of such things, and giving her an excuse to help with 'arts and crafts' without having to admit she was into it.

And Chester... If I can get Lydia back into the mix I think we could work out a decent antagonist plot. Because I want to get Lydia set up as a staff member, and Beth's trainer. Lydia was Beth's first real love interest, her first kiss, and she refuses to admit it to herself because she doesn't even like admitting she's bisexual... We could do something light and just have them develop a bad relationship, or we could go as dark as throwing some blackmail in there... risking Lydia's career with Hammel and both Beth and Lydia's reputation... Even if there wasn't anything majorly against the rules that ACTUALLY happened the fear of exposure would be enough to manipulate Beth.

[Marnie Sullivan]

Hi, Riley! What do you think about possibly threading with my character? Something really sticking out to me is how Beth loves hair and makeup and getting all dolled up. Marnie likes these things as well to an extent, but is rarely bold enough to try anything new and wear the look around other people. I saw that Beth applied for a single-sex dorm; this would put her on the same floor as Marnie, and I feel like it'd be fun if they became friends and eventually had a makeover night or something. Beth and Marnie don't seem to have clashing personalities, so it would probably be easy to get them on friendly terms to start.

[Elizabeth Sloane]

I bet they'd get along pretty well. Bonding over makeup and things. And Beth could even make her a deliberately ugly sweater some time. Sounds like they'd make a good pair. I can post something in the dorms... Maybe Beth's makeup bag breaks or something, and everything ends up all over the floor? Unless you can think of something!

[Marnie Sullivan]

That could work! If I'm understanding the dorm layouts correctly, they have shared bathrooms, so maybe Marnie walks in on Beth getting ready one morning? Unless Beth is the sort to have a vanity table setup in her own room, which would make sense.

[Elizabeth Sloane]

Beth probably would have her own set-up, but her mirror could have broken or something. Or she could walk in on Marnie getting ready and pull something out of her purse that was "just perfect for her skin tone".

[Marnie Sullivan]

Ooh, I love that idea! And I think it could provide a good opening to bring powers into it, because one of Marnie's side effects is sensitive skin (I know makeup doesn't hurt but maybe Beth uses an extra-soft foundation brush or something) while in contrast Beth only has that side effect after using her power.

[Sawyer Lynn]

Brilliant! I think an established friendship for Beth and Sawyer would seem more appropriate. And as for Chester and Beth, maybe the blackmail can happen later on. I can probably start a Sawyer/Beth thread soon. Looking forward to writing with you!

[Elizabeth Sloane]

Marnie Sullivan - Okay, do you want to start the thread?

@nu - Sounds good. I'm looking forward to writing with you. (:

[Elizabeth Sloane]

@nu, I can throw Beth into your home ec thread, if you'd like!

[Dr. Sean Neville]

Riley, welcome to Hammel!

I am a notoriously slow poster due to RL, staff duties, and the fact that I keep a large thread count (in part because I like to thread with everyone and never say "no").

If you can put up with my slowness, I would love to have a thread with Riley and you.

I play one character, Doctor Sean Neville, who is the Hammel psychiatrist. He has been at Hammel for what is rapidly approaching twenty-five years, and he has seen many students grow up to become faculty.

In terms of background and thread ideas: given the traumatic circumstances that coincided with her recruitment, it is quite possible she would have had to see him when she first arrived. He likes to check in with students who had to visit him in the past. For other background, he is a telepath.

In terms of commonalities: Sean likes card games, puzzles, and tea, and he can knit (although most people do not know that). He also has a self-deprecating sense of humor.

Moreover, he is also bisexual. He does not go into much detail about his personal life, but everyone has met his partner of three years (and his best friend of thirty-six). So, if you ever wanted to give her a safe environment in which she can come to terms with her sexual orientation, Sean is an understanding person. As a personal note, I love those types of threads and character development.

[Elizabeth Sloane]

Okay, so Beth doesn't like being a burden and is kind of scared to talk to people who things that really bug her unless she really trusts them. But I can see her opening up to him over a game of cards or chess or something, when she's focusing on the cards/board as opposed to what she's actually saying. If he had something like that in his office there's a good chance she would have noticed it.

I actually think that would be very Beth. When she needs to talk or she's stuck thinking about her sister or whatever, making an appointment with him to play chess and secretly just wanting to talk about what's bugging her. But because they're just playing chess or something she doesn't have to admit that's what it's about...

I also think we could get some interesting threads in once someone picks up Lydia. Because obviously Beth would end up incredibly confused and uncomfortable about it all, and if Lydia comes on as staff it would make things even tougher on her.

[Marnie Sullivan]

I should have one up in a bit!

[Sawyer Lynn]

That would be swell, Riley! Please bother Sawyer in there