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northofsomewhererp · 4 years ago

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Your Name, Age (18+), Pronouns & Timezone: mars, 23, cdt, she/her

Deborah Marin Baker turned 24 years old on December 4th. She works at the makeup counter in a department store in Greensville. Her face claim is Maude Apatow.

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Bio (10+ sentences, include brief history, personality, potential plots):

TW: death and cancer

Deborah Marin Baker was born in Columbus, Ohio to Charles and Anne Baker. She was the couple’s very first child and, as fate was to have it that 4th of December in 1996, she was also the last. Anne, unfortunately, died during childbirth leaving Charlie to raise Debbie by himself. Unprepared to do so and heartbroken over the loss of his wife, he moved back to his hometown in Greensville to live with his mother so she could help him raise the beautiful blue-eyed baby Anne had left behind.

A few years into them living in Greensville, when Debbie was 4 years old, her grandmother passed away, leaving Charlie, once again, alone with his one and only daughter. She had died during sleep, he had said. She hadn’t suffered and she was in a better place now. By that point in her life, Debbie hadn’t fully understood what death meant and why people said they went to a “better place” when they ceased to breathe in this world. What was this better place? Would she be able to visit it one day? Talk to her grandma again? Charlie had no answers for his little girl – no concrete ones, at least – so he’d just hold her close and try his best to keep her the happy child she was growing up to be.

Debbie was what you could call a free spirit. She had been ever since she was a kid; always jumping from one thing to the next and from one hobby to another without a care in the world. Despite being close a few times, Charlie never remarried, and so it was him and Debbie against the world. He was her everything; her best friend, her confidante, and the only person in this world she knew she could count on. He was also obsessed with the paranormal; an obsession that he quickly passed on to her when she was young. They would spend most of the time they had together watching ghost hunting shows, documentaries about haunted places all over the world and horror movies. This was how they bonded. Charlie even had his own little group of friends with whom he investigated seemingly haunted places.

But then Charlie got sick. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that was rapidly spreading, and they, unfortunately, didn’t have enough money to pay for the treatment. It was only a matter of time before he passed away, and so Debbie tried her very hardest to keep him happy in his last few years. He finally passed in 2013, when Debbie was 17, and they remained the closest they could be until the very end.

When he died, Debbie inherited everything: the house, his beat-up truck, old family jewels her grandmother had left him when she died, and his ghost hunting equipment. She decided that she wanted to do what he did – even if it was just for fun – and investigate places around Greensville that were (apparently) haunted. She wanted proof that there was something after death, that ghosts were real, and that maybe, just maybe, her dad was still around. She talked to him anyway, every night before she went to sleep. She’s not sure if he’s listening or if he’s even there, but she likes to think that he is. In the years she has been doing this, Debbie is yet to see or hear a ghost, but she is hopeful that she will one day and that she could make this a career for herself.

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Potential/wanted connections:

Best friend/close friend (also kind of frenemies, but I’ll explain): This would be someone her ex cheated on her with. Debbie’s ex, Ben, was very good to her for the first 3 years of their relationship, and then when they went off to college (and after her dad passed away, which in horror movies is always code for: CHEAT ON ME), he slept with her entire feminist studies class. This would be someone from that class who would maybe start out not liking Debbie because she’s annoying and doesn’t take a hint (re: is persistent and LIKES making friends) but then they’d grow to like her (or not! maybe a little!) I like to imagine it’s, like, a sunshine character & grumpy character kind of thing, but it doesn’t have to be. Debbie kept dragging them out everywhere and pairing up with them in class, even though she knew her ex cheated on her with them, she was like “I don’t see why we can’t be friends. Clearly we have something in common if Ben liked us both.”

Childhood friend: I like to think that because of the way Debbie is, she wasn’t very popular when she was in school. She was the kid that dressed up REALLY SCARY on Halloween while all her classmates dressed up as the powerpuff girls or their favorite superhero, and who talked about creepy stuff all the time, who was loud and VERY ANNOYING. This would be someone who saw Debbie for who she was and was like “Hey, you know what? You’re kinda cool.” They don’t HAVE to be friends anymore– this could also be someone she had a falling out with in middle school, or in high school, someone she doesn’t talk to anymore but still has some kind of connection with. or maybe they’re still very close, I don’t know!

Ex-bully: I don’t imagine now that Debbie is 24 that she still has a bully, so this would be someone who USED to bully her in school, and Debbie still holds a grudge against them. Like, if she discovered an actual ghost, she would tell them to haunt your character, you know? And Debbie’s a nice person, but this is someone she truly cannot stand. Hates them with a PASSION. Even though it’s been years, even though they’ve probably changed, Debbie still thinks they’re the worst and will not give them a chance to prove they’ve changed. It is very out of character for her to hate someone, but she hates your character, I’m sorry, not everyone can be friends.

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