Post by Rebecca Freeman on Sept 25, 2012 15:00:39 GMT -5
Rebecca Freeman
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Class: Hybrid "Do you have a problem with that?"
Species:Butterfly "Peacock Awl to be precise."
Name: Rebecca Freeman "My original surname was that of my so called owner,I picked Freeman which is part of a tradition of freed Pets or as those not living in delusion call them,slaves.Some name themselves after the first few objects they see once they leave their former owners property,or after virtues,or even make one up of their own.Nana Natalie called herself Natalie Dansworth after her late husband."
Nickname(s):She only lets people she likes call her by a nickname:Becca,Ree-Ree (Nana Natalie used to call her that),Becky,more formal acquaintances call her Ms.Freeman.
Birthday: She doesn't know,but celebrates May 7th,the day she was freed in it's place
Owner: She owns herself,funny story actually..."Sort of like how Briar Rabbit beat his bigger,dumber rivals...which also happened to be an old slave story."
House:N/A
Ability: She can fly,turn into a butterfly,see ultraviolet light,and use her antennas to smell at a distance and as weak extra limbs as well as being able to secrete weak pheromones daily (can calm,somewhat loosen weak minded or mostly persuaded people's lips,or even give people an excited feeling,but couldn't force most people to take off their clothes)
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eye Color:Possibly Orange
Hair Color:Caramel Brown
Height: 5'9
Weight:"A lady never tells..."
Build: The detective has an hourglass figure and a flat stomach,and as her work can be a bit dangerous,a somewhat toned figure.
Distinguishing Features: "I have two antennas on my head and butterfly wings with thick,black rims and blue and green on the rest.Isn't polite to stare,dear."
Typical Dress: She dresses as nicely as her means allow in colorful clothes(often red)with the occasional personal alteration(such as repairs,changes to fit her tastes,or adjustments to be able to fit her wings or cover them but tear off easily if she needs to fly away) and sometimes wears hats that can cover wrapped antennas if desired.Rebecca never wears bustles and her clothes show her figure but not crudely or overtly sexually so and do not restrict her movements.She doesn't curl her hair much or wear it very high and loves trench coats.She always cares her Freedom Papers with her in case she needs to prove her free status even though she's already in the Freed Registry.
Orientation: Mostly likes guys,though she has had a few female loves
Other Notes: Face claim:Natalie Portman
She's loosely based off Sherlock Holmes and Guy Ritchie's Irene Adler.
The idea of Freedom Papers came from the Freedom Papers that free blacks would have to prove their freedom
PERSONALITY
Age:30 years old
Likes:
[Books] She has a vested interest in learning and enjoys stories and books are the easiest(and cheapest) way of following her intellectual pursuits.
[Writing] She has a journal(one in a long line of several) in which she writes just about anything,poems,entries about her life,field guide notes,she hopes to use it to prove the intelligence of Hybrids.
[Being a detective]: She loves her job,it provides her with brain exercise,adventure,and of course,profit.
[Nice Things] While she is good at saving money,she also likes the finer things in life,nice clothes,fine jewellery,scented candles,bath oils,etc.
[The Great Outdoors] She likes to explore outside,observe wildlife,look at flowers,or just have a moment to be alone with her thoughts.
[Engineering] While having no formal education,she has an interest in how things work and how to improve on them.She wonders if several bells close together would be louder than a very large bell.
Dislikes:
[The Pit] "It's a cruel no matter how you view Hybrids,if you think we're animals,it's animal abuse,if you realize our intelligence,it's torture and a blood sport."
[The Hybrid Humane Society] "I don't think they are malicious so much as thoughtless,they want to help Hybrids but they kidnap them to bring them to so called "loving" homes.Now that I think about it,it's quite possible they are outright stupid...I should talk with them."
[Bigots] She's a very accepting person and can't stand to be around people who are not.
[Pro-slavery Pets] Sure,some owners may treat their Pets well but what about the ones who abuse them? Or like in the case of the Goldsbloom punk...er heir,outright rape them? And what of choosing how to live your own life?
Aspirations
-To help change the world into a place where everyone can live as equals
-That her journals will be able to improve people's opinion's on Hybrids
-To find her "Watson"."To elaborate,I love the Sherlock Holmes series,and the titular character and his partner,Doctor John Watson,share a bond stronger than most friends or even lovers."
-To be a civil rights leader
Fears
-That if the rebellion succeeds,the Hybrid's government will be worse than the current regime
- That the rebellion will lose and the Humans will try to kill off Hybrids
-Her job creating a conflict for her between the law and real moral justice
-That she is unable to make a difference
Strengths:
-"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."-Buddha Becca is well spoken and knows how to craft her words into fine edged swords,that is not to say that she can't be frustrated into inarticulateness.She is capable of getting a great deal of information from a small number of questions
-"The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more."-Ed Parker While not formally educated,Rebecca is well read and naturally bright with an interest in learning.
-If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
Robert Baden-Powell Ms.Freeman is very observant,she notices not only things that are suspicious,but things that are out of place,things that are off, body language,etc. She quickly learns a person's nervous tics once she spends enough time with them,a very helpful skill when dealing with dishonest people.
-"I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it."
Marilyn Monroe While she doesn't act like a lady of the night, Rebecca knows how to play with a man,it's usually just harmless though.She will flirt her way into answers,out of trouble,into places she's technically not supposed to be in, and to get a good deal when she haggles.
Weaknesses
-"Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded."- Friedrich Nietzsche While not a particularly haughty or narcissistic person,she does not take highly to insults.If someone successfully wounds her pride enough there will be hell to pay.
-"Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with."
J. K. Rowling She'll deny it to the moon and back,but sometimes the way Hybrids are treated affects her esteem.A life time of stares and dirty looks can do that to you,nonetheless,she feels she owes it to her people to take pride in her species at all times even if said pride is only an act.Usually though,she is not ashamed.
-"I can't decide whether you should live or die..." Scissor Sisters Rebecca can be rather indecisive when she's not clinging on to the hill she chose to die on.She will often insist on having all the pros,cons,evidence,and reasons before making up her mind on a rather simple matter.
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Winston Churchill ...However when she does make up her mind it's hard to make her change it,this is technically both good and bad but it can make her rather tiresome to deal with.
Habits:
-Singing to herself
-Praying,she seems to practice Christianity with several elements of Judaism,such as the occasional use of Hebrew(not fluent in Hebrew though)
-Correcting the grammar of others and to be fair,also herself
Overall Personality:Calm,poised,collected,diplomatic,intelligent, capable of getting anyone or thing she wants,and of course confident,this is how she wants the world to see her.While she is very intelligent and witty,these aren't all always true,for one thing,her pride has many an Achilles's heel.She enjoys giving some good,dry,sarcasm from time to time,sometimes in a friendly teasing way,sometimes in a "What have you been smoking?!" sort of way.She is usually friendly but when provoked or with someone she truly hates,she has one very nasty temper,and can be a Fascist about grammar.
Other Notes:--- She has a garden
Her gun looks like this browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=TypoCity#/d1u91rn
HISTORICAL FACTS
Birthplace: Goldsbloom Sector (She was sold off shortly after weening)
Parents: Her parents are unknown and were used as breeding stock.
Siblings: Again unknown,but she probably has some half-siblings somewhere
Education: No real formal schooling,she's mostly self taught thanks to being an avid reader and has some basic math skills.
History:
Rebecca was born in the Goldsbloom sector and was quickly sold to a noble family from Rosebrook.She was quickly unofficially adopted by a Gorilla hybrid who,having had her own daughter taken away when she was barely ten,raised her as her own.The hybrid, Natalie,also did her best to protect her from their cruel owners,who if caught in a bad mood,would do such charming things as kicking a Pet who did something wrong down a long flight of stairs.However,one day things started to turn in Rebecca's favor,things like rumors,letters addressed to one Alexandria Parker,lilac perfume(despite Rebecca's true owner's wife being allergic to lilac),and of course,the nervous body language of the head of her household.So she blackmailed her way into her and Natalie's freedom and Rebecca,who could more easily hide her Hybrid features,became a seamstress and Natalie found lesser paying work.Rebecca was eventually found out as a Hybrid,but the two's luck came back when a Silverhollow noble's home was broken into and they were offering a great sum for any information as to who did it.And so,prepared to not be taken seriously,Rebecca went to the Silverhollow sector with evidence of the general area the culprit was in and ended up getting lead the search into the said area.She found the culprit,an anarchist and became a detective,eventually being able to buy the freedom of Nadia,Natalie's daughter,uniting mother and daughter until Natalie's death when Rebecca was 25.
GOSSIP
Known Facts:
-She's surprisingly financially successful for a Hybrid
-She'll accept trade in addition to or instead of payment of you have something of interest,especially true if you're poor
-She was given a gun and a license to use it by a noble of limited means as well as a small sum of money in return for having founded his great grandmother's pearl necklace
Rumors:
-She slept with her former master for her freedom
-She's really an HHS member who wears fake wings and antennas "People really don't want to believe Hybrids can be intelligent,do they?"
-She's a rebel(Not technically true)
Secrets:
-She sometimes covers her antennas and wings just so people won't stare at or look down on her,she's not always as comfortable being a Hybrid as she insists she is.If someone she recognizes asks why,she'll say she's doing it for a case or because she feels like it.
-Her former master had an affair,this one she keeps not out of loyalty but to keep her blackmail good
-She reads trashy romance novels.
-Rebecca has not only turned a blind eye to certain Hybrid crimes(plans to rebel,stealing to feed their families,that kind of stuff) but has also aided at least one runaway Pet.
THE PERSON BEHIND THE SCENES
Roleplayer: Lady Clockwork
Years Role-Playing: I forget
Contact: PM
Other Characters:N/A
ROLEPLAY SAMPLE
Having taken a deep breath and gathering her courage,Rebecca opened the large,intricately craved wooded door."Ever heard of knocking?!",an agitated male voice practically spat. The hybrid furrowed her brow,she was sick and tired of this,"Perhaps I have." The finely dressed man gritted his teeth and pointed at the door."I don't think you want me to do that,I might have to tell everyone about Mrs. Parker." The man's portly body went stiff as he touched his reddened cheeks,"What are you taking about? What have you heard?" "It couldn't be more obvious,but I'll be quiet if you meet my conditions." He may have been nervous before,but now he seemed anger.She felt her heart race as he went for a drawer in his desk,"Killing me won't do anything,I arranged for the truth to be revealed in the case of my murder or selling." "What do you want?" "Freedom for me and Mrs.Natalie as well as the clothes on our backs and a small sum of money to last us for a month."