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chanroyer · 5 years ago

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fitzpatrick - abernathy, b ( abernathytm ) .

the smiths the queen is dead plays in bowie’s earphones and maybe it’s a little CLICHE that she’s got a walkman, but she’s got a fucking walkman and if you have a problem with her cds, take it up with her vinyl collection, which she’d much prefer to be listening to, but this is about the closest she’ll get. she finds that there is a certain CHARM about committing to an artist, an album, having it spin round and round like a merry go round or thoughts in her head after a few drinks, having to eject the disk and put in another should a change be desired.

chipped black nails drum the beat beside her leg as she lays out in the grass on a clouded day. it seems counter productive, but the girl’s pale skin prefers clouds to sun and her introverted demeanor prefers empty grass to the hoards of gallagher students on a hot day. a breeze stops her drumming and she pulls her long sleeves over her hands to keep warm, but holds her ground, defiant even toward mother earth herself.

blue eyes are illuminated even brighter by the gray-blue skies and the black liner surrounding their hue. she feels her skin burn, but doesn’t know what direction the stranger’s stare is coming from until she’s looking directly at them. she holds her gaze, a questionable decision considering a killer has access to gallagher’s campus, but the reminder of such danger only makes bowie pull down her sunnies to get a better look.

she takes off her headphones and it is a sign of invitation where she will not be one to wave someone over. she’s always hated that gesture. WAVING. walkman and headphones rest in the grass, her body outstretches once more, and now she’s doodling a sun on the top of her hand, ink smudging in certain places, as she awaits her not-so-secret admirer. upon their arrival, bowie looks up from her hand and states her observation aloud, “you’re watching me.” // @chanroyer

the gray skies remind chan of falls in france . of the singular winter she had in new york city . that winter had been a brutally cold thing that chased people indoors to avoid the weather --- the wind had felt like a monster in its own right, like something with sharp teeth . she had spent those months in the underbelly of nyu, tucked away compiling research until the season thawed . but for a girl whose talents require her to be inside, surrounded by blue - lit monitors and the resonant click of keyboards, she sure chases the sun . chan remembers planting a flower that year that sat in the windowsill of her dorm, where it would lean desperately toward whatever spare sunlight it could find . like it would grow with their combined determination alone . she could relate .

the plant didn’t make it to march . suppose there’s a metaphor in there somewhere .

at gallagher, though, the gray skies bring a hush across the campus, a certain calm, that she had grown to appreciate . the brunette is cutting between the greenhouse and the main building when a blonde catches her eye, and she pauses, waiting expectantly until bowie looks over . that’s invitation enough, even before the other girl pulls her headphones away . when chan reaches her side and bowie speaks, a brow upticks and she laughs shortly . “ don’t sound so full of yourself . ” it’s borderline cold in the gallagher skirt, but she drops to stretch out against the grass regardless . a grin twitches at the corner of her lips . “ i was trying to figure out who was mad enough to be laying out here in this uniform . ”

#* ♤ ⧽ — narrative .#* ♤ ⧽ — with bowie fitzpatrick - abernathy .

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* ♤ ⧽ — welcome back to gallagher academy, chantal royer! according to their records, they’re a second year, specializing in advanced encryption; and they did not go to a spy prep high school. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of chipped nail polish and a sucker stuck between teeth, waves that can never seem to be contained, the click of keys on a laptop, the feeling you get when you step too close to a fire. when it’s the aries’ birthday on 03/30/1999, they always request their lobster bisque from the school’s chefs. looks like they’re well on their way to graduation.

* ♤ ⧽ — google doc / pinterest / wc .

chan really said i wanna hack into the pentagon just to see if i can

so, sparknotes version of her doc —

- born in sunny los angeles as lana stephens . she had two siblings, her mother was a police detective for the lapd, and her dad was a science teacher . perfectly normal and happy family, until rachel stephens’ work followed her home . she had been investigating a case surrounding an organized crime group in the area, and they caught on . to keep rachel and her partner quiet, they started the house fire that would consume almost all of the stephens family . lana was the only survivor .

- she was eight when this happened, and her brain wasn’t ready to cope with what she had seen . so it just wiped nearly the entire night clean . but she had seen a man outside the house, and was insistent on this fact -- he had looked right at her . but the word of a grieving child wouldn’t hold up in court . the police department believed her, and due to this, they were concerned for her safety if she were to stay in la . so the u.s. marshal got involved and put her into witness protection, which is when her mother’s sister melanie, who was living in paris at the time, agreed to take her in . lana’s name was changed to chantal royer, her appearance was modified, and, for all intents and purposes, she was now melanie’s daughter .

- after it’s decided that the case holds no ground and is thrown out before getting far in court, chan’s no longer technically under the protection of the u.s. marshal . they helped her establish the new identity and comped her plane ticket, but otherwise they’ve washed their hands of all direct involvement of her well - being . such is the nature of the american government . however, if the case were to be reopened and they find more evidence against the group, then she could be called back to testify at any time and would be reinstated under witness protection . yadda yadda yadda .

- spent eight years in france before moving back to the u.s. to finish high school . graduated from a new rochelle public school where she picked up an interest in computers, started attending nyu just after . she was the poster child of ~directionless youth~ during the time she met a girl named mal . mal took chan under her wing and, just maybe, she found herself falling for this girl . mal proceeds to introduce chan to her boyfriend, and the two of them then lead to her involvement with their local hacktivism group . as you can guess, this ends p badly . whoops !

- so they get caught trying to expose corruption within the city government and nypd . chan gets slammed with allegations of hacking into classified state personnel files ( which........she did, but she wasn’t gonna say so ), and was threatened jail time . howeveeeer her involvement in this caught the attention of someone with ties to gallagher, who managed to get her an alternative choice . avoid having a record, and go to gallagher academy . safe to say she chose gallagher .

- she gets to the campus, has a chip on her shoulder for a sec before mellowing out and finding that she loves the curriculum . flies through her first year advanced encryption classes and her curiosity is fully sparked by everything the school has to offer . why go to nyu and study bullshit when she can actually be taught something useful with her skills ?

misc --

- aries poster child . act first think later . when she applies herself to something she’s so ? determined ? VERY straightforward . impulsive but also the first to turn around and call someone out for making a brash mistake . . . dumbass

- oui oui baguette

- buy my silence permanently . for $8000 a month i will stop

- bisexual but like . at what cost ? prefers all women and attracted exclusively to men that are fuckin idiots

- her aunt is still vibing in new york, doing fashion stuff, and is who chan goes home to on breaks . their neighbor’s a new rochelle police officer and chan’s an ABSOLUTE pain in his ass, nancy drew style .

- can blend in somewhere just as easily as she can ensure she sticks out .

- childhood trauma out the wazoo but at least at gallagher it’s not fuckin weird

- her existence just . . . radiates the aesthetic of an 80s or 90s film

- long winded pop culture debates take up half of her brain

- i’m just here for a laff xx

- she just likes . knowing things . she’s not a gossip and she stays in her lane but she be knowing

- she can’t fight for shit but she’s working on it

- kinda morally ambiguous ? like she’s good at heart and has a propensity for goodness but also ? if given the right opportunity she would DEFINITELY take herself off the grid to do whatever she wanted w the skills she’s picking up at gallagher . could easily end up fulfilling the ‘ hacker in a heist film ’ trope . she won’t bc she’s ultimately prepared to Do Good as seen by her having a penchant for hacktivism but . . . she rlly could

- character influences : nancy drew, birkoff ( nikita ), alec hardison ( leverage ), amy bendix ( punisher......shocker ), mike ross ( suits ), ginny weasley, a touch ? of jesper fahey and nina zenik ( six of crows ) .

- this is really all i’ve got rn just know i love her and i’ve been conceptualizing her for over a week now

#gallagher:intro #* ♤ ⧽ — study .

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