Millinery and Machinations • Deadly Doilies and Other High-Impact Weaponry • Curtsies, Conspiracies, and Comportment • Bladed Fan Dueling and Parasol Pummeling • Guns, Swords, and Other Unseemly Weapons of Last Resort • Polite and Impolite Piloting for a Proper Young Pirate • Medicinal Mixtures and Potent Poisons for the Advanced Healer • Applying Etiquette to Espionage • Death, Dancing, and Diversions • Pistols and Petticoats • Ball Gowns and Betrayals • Fashion, Firearms, and Fisticuffs for a Young Lady of Quality • World Languages • Fainting, Flirting, and Finishing • Fatal Florals • The Lethal Application of Hatpins and Hair Sticks • Puddings and Preemptive Poisonings • Covert Cravat-Noosing • Pastries: Poisonous and Projectile • Tea-time Tact and Tactics • Discreet Deceit for a Young Lady of Quality • Locks and Lock-Picking for the Advanced Craftswoman • "Finishing" a Man (and Getting Away With It) • The Fine Art of Finishing Others • Strategic Seduction • Stealing Secrets for the Advanced Scholar • Advanced Principles of Deceit • Tactical Fashions

Waistcoats and Weaponry • Explosive Chemistry • Magic, Mathematics, and Myalo • Science: the Good, the Bad, and the Mad • Technology: Treasonous and Theoretical • Advanced Automation • Formulaic Firearms • Alchemy and Automatons • Machinery: Magical, Murderous, and Mundane • Building, Piloting, and Hijacking Dirigibles and Other Flying Machines • Aeronautical Mechanics • Nefarious Narcotics for a Deranged Doctor • Heinous Histories • Corporate Espionage and Lethal Contraptions • Potent Plagiarism • Developing Tragic Flaws, Burning Passions, and Unstoppable Ambitions • Maintaining a Suitably Chaotic Laboratory • Queer Quantum Quibbles •D eadly Plants and Deadlier Poisons • Cipher-Cracking and Rudimentary Espionage • On Selecting Henchman and Going Insane • Developing Suitably Atrocious Manners

🎀𝓝𝓪𝓶𝓮
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Elodie LaVerre

🎀𝓣𝓲𝓽𝓵𝓮
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Dame (of Stalpront Place)

🎀𝓐𝓰𝓮
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22

🎀𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻
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Female

🎀𝓐𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮
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Unlike her father, a plump, yellowed man of a darker complexion, Elodie is gaunt, pale as a corpse, and angular as a shard of glass. To call her "bony" would not quite seem to do her features justice. Her elbows and knees, when bent, are more akin to blades than clubs, and her hands could be easily mistaken for those of one much older. There is no softness to a woman like her. From a distance, it is almost as if she were drawn by a talentless student, all straight lines and angles. Even her eyes, though undoubtably sharp, seem to have adopted the image of the puppet, and appear glassed over, as if covered by a thin film.

While Elodie is not considered ugly by any except the most persnickety of men, she is rarely, if ever, the most beautiful lady in the room, and are often easily eclipsed by the more radiant girls in the parties she attends. What few suitors she has are more after her title than her form. Elodie knows this well enough, and chooses in most situations not to try and stand out with her clothing. She avoids the poofy skirts currently in vogue, dressing in darker colours and eschews applying thick layers of makeup. Sometimes, she even makes the scandalous decision to wear pants under her gown.

🎀𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵
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Madame Geraldine's Finishing School for Young Ladies of Quality

🎀𝓖𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓭
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Not Applicable

🎀𝓖𝓲𝓯𝓽s
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Elodie is a strong-limbed woman, and her fists have been known to split bricks. Her legs allow her to jump has high up as nine feet off the ground, and nobody yet has come out the victor in a bout of fisticuffs against her. There was a period, soon after her graduation from Madame Geraldine's, when she was under investigation by the local authorities when the leader of a trading company was found dead on the grounds of the LaVerre family. Signs pointed to Elodie being the last person to have seen him. The autopsy concluded that he was attacked with clubs and bats, and the persecution, having been unable to procure the murder weapon, let her go. Little do they know, none existed.

🎀𝓞𝓬𝓬𝓾𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
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Elodie, having recently graduated from Madame Geraldine's, returned to the country estate owned by her father, in order to help him with his business. She and her family are a rather minor voice in the large world of the stock market, but do have enough old money to throw around. Her father had wisely realized that the capital economy was the future of wealth, and so has admirably thrown himself in with the Merchant's Guild. Elodie herself was not so quick to such action, but is often required to speak on behalf of her father to guildmasters and representatives of this new "corporation" concept.

🎀𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂
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Believes in the inherent superiority of the nobility
Endlessly obedient
Has a bit of trouble with thinking for herself
Holds herself to a high standard
Loves a good puzzle, especially when followed by a good scrap

🎀𝓦𝓱𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶?
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Elodie is certainly capable, with a wide variety of skills applicable to any situation. Perhaps there is a task that requires the silver tongue of a lady, complete with a bit of the flattery that inflates a man's ego and causes them to make fatal mistakes. Perhaps there is a later task that requires that same man to be out of the way, once he realizes he has been duped. Why spend all the effort to plant two agents, when one will do the trick? So long as Elodie has someone to handle the complicated nonsense of machinery and the magicks, she only need be there for her own little brand of magic to take devastating effect.

No doubt the school and its alumni are always seeking young talent. It is a well connected institution of the higher class, and churns out promising ladies with each passing year. Certainly, a woman of status, and yet no place, is no woman at all, and thus the cream of the crop must always be kept under watch, for when a situation arises that may require their specialties.

🎀𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓮𝓪𝓹𝓸𝓷
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There is usually a small pistol in the folds of Elodie's skirts. In situations where that would be impractical, she IS the weapon. Her hands and feet seem to do well enough as substitutes for actual weaponry. At least, that seemed to be the reaction of anyone who made the mistake of testing it.

🎀𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓜𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
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As far as first impressions go, Elodie knows well enough not to ruin them. She puts on her best diplomatic face and voice and charms the target of her attention, right up until she may get close enough to send an iron knee or elbow into their nose. Rarely has she seemed to need the use of her pistol, but for emergency reasons, it is always nice to have a very loud backup plan.

🎀𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼(𝓮𝓼) 𝓪𝓽 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵
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Pistols and Petticoats, Discreet Deceit for a Young Lady of Quality, but most of all, Fashion, Firearms, and Fisticuffs.

🎀𝓑𝓲𝓸𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓱𝔂
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It is fortunate that Elodie had the privilege of being the daughter of a small noble. Were she of any poorer circumstance, she may not have survived her childhood. She was born sickly, and her father had often said that instead of crying, she coughed. Only through modern medicine and a dash of Lustrya was she able to narrowly avoid the scythe, and medicine was expensive. Her father's land, Stalpront Place, was waning in income, and the servants were becoming quick to seek employment elsewhere. In a moment of desperation, he threw himself into the world of the stock trade. Whether the decision saved the estate or prolonged its death is a subject of much debate among the common folk still living on it.

Still, the money was a good thing, and allowed an Elodie of fourteen years to attend Madame Geraldine's prestigious finishing school. Elodie found technology and aeronautics to be rather dull, but combat was certainly her cup of tea. She was an exemplar student, of good manners and attendance, and was never one to question lessons or break curfew. There was a single moment in which she found it necessary to discipline a fellow student . . . violently. This, incidentally, was the only time she had ever received a punishment in class. She took it in stride, however, and her punishment was cut short. She graduated with the appropriate honors, and returned to home life without incident.

It was during her interregnum that a scandal blew over her house. A man was violently killed, likely by a mob or gang, covered in impact points indicating blunt weaponry. Elodie had been the last person seen with him, and was thus the prime suspect. It was only fortunate that a lady from the inner city, one Rowenna Imperia-Airwright, had taken a notice of the trial that she was saved. Rowenna placed forth multiple points of evidence, some possibly having been fabricated, while an associate of hers, Adrianna Kingsford, managed to convince the Legion to prematurely call off their investigations. The case was dismissed, the judge having been known to mock the persecution for thinking a young woman could kill an esteemed man. It was following that event that Rowenna offered Elodie a position, an intriguing one at that. The opportunity to further her goals, and the goals of everyone in this special little task force they were assembling. Elodie knew well enough to accept.

Lady Rowena Imperia-Airwright: Elodie would be forever grateful to Lady Rowena for assisting her in a crucial moment in her trial. More importantly, even after the unfortunate implications the trial brought, Lady Rowena was still willing to overlook the matter and offer her a position. It was her right as a lady to ask for Elodie's service, and it was Elodie's pleasure to give it. As higher nobility, Lady Rowena's word was Dame Elodie's law, and to suggest otherwise is sacrilege to the ancient and true practice of feudalism.

Helena Burton: Yes, the two of them have encountered each other within the halls of the school. Helena was the older one, but hardly the more mature. Too friendly, too open. Not good traits in this world. Then again, Elodie doesn't know much about her. There are a few details Helena keeps a little too close to vest. What secrets does she hide?

+ They have met on more than one occasion for various events hosted by her and her husband, and they’ve always appreciated each other’s company.
+ She has been known to have him over for tea every so often.
+ Her children adore him. Alexander adores them in return.
+ He has been careful, however, not to bring up his attraction to her husband, though with the way he sighs over seeing him might give that away…


+ The closest friend Alexander has. They met at a cross-school function when Rowena was reading his mind and discovered his taste in men. They’ve been practically glued to each other ever since.
+ To say that Rowena knows more about him than anyone other than his chief of staff is not an understatement. It’s fact.
+ They have a deal, however: she doesn’t read his mind without permission, and he doesn’t dig into her past without reason.


+ Rowena caught on to his pain and against his wishes sent Vincent to Alexander’s door. He can’t heal the damage itself (at this time, at least), but he can (and does) help with pain reduction.
+ The first (and currently only) person outside his staff to see his scars.
+ Eventual love interest. (???)


+ The only person who can call him Alexy.
+ Surprisingly good friends despite Alexander’s attraction to him. Finnegan chides him on his terrible taste in men and teases him for getting flustered by playful flirting. Alexander tells him not to waste his time with certain girls. Plus Finnegan sells him nice perfumes.
+ It’s a good friendship…except for the part where Finnegan is unconsciously manipulative and Alexander lets him get away with it because he doesn’t want to lose one of the only friends he has.


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+ He doesn’t understand why he senses metal so strongly around her, but a friendship there is not. She too much dislikes his flamboyance and he too much dislikes how un-fun she seems to be.


+ They’ve heard of each other, but Alexander has no interest in her. She’s just another one of Madame Geraldine’s girls doing God-knows-what with her acquired skills. He doesn’t particularly care that she possibly killed a man. They likely do not meet until Captain Kingsford says for them to.


+ Not familiar with him, however Alexander does have a soft spot for children…


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+ Needless to say, Alexander is very much so attracted to this man.


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Christopher Grey
"He is family, the only family I have."
Alyssana's brilliant (though odd) twin. He crafted her wings for her, among a number of other things. He is extremely awkward socially, and retains a childlike aspect even in his late 20s. Alyssana is quite protective of him, though she has a good feel for when he needs it as opposed to when he could push himself.

Chris is known as an eccentric genius, and while he could easily obtain a membership in the Scholar Guild he has never cared to. Still, he has at least a loose association with them, and with various mechanics and crafters.

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Finnegan Oaks
"A true though unlikely friend."
Finnegan first encountered Alyssanaat a dance while they were both young. They didn't really get to know each other until he became close to her brother at Polytech, and while her initial impression of him was an annoyance, he proved to be terribly clever. More importantly, he and her brother got on well, and she made a point to keep them in touch even after they no longer shared classes. As a result, Finnegan ended up one of Alyssana's close friends, and she tolerates a number of his behaviors that from others she would not. She has difficulty discussing her youth, but she has confided in Finnegan a significant portion of the story. He is also privy to some of her darkest fears.

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Walter Oaks
"Too sweet for his own good."
As she was close to Finny, it was inevitable that Alyssana would know Walter as well. Chris gets on famously with the younger man, and has made a number of clever trinkets specifically for him. Alyssana feels Finny might be overprotective, but she knows what it's like to have a beloved brother who needs a little extra help, and she wonders sometimes if she's not being hypocritical.

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Arsenio Lennard-Jones
"A vibrant young mind. He is a pleasure to teach, and a pleasure to know."
Alyssana first encountered the young man while teaching at Polytech. He was notably clever, and curious about things that aligned with a number of her own interests. It didn't take her very long to figure out his secret, and she has done what she can to help Arsenio understand what he is. She hasn't discussed her own circumstances at length, but she's told him enough that he knows she's an experiment herself. The two have formed a close mentor/student relationship that lasted even after Arsenio's graduation. Alyssana tends to treat him in keeping with his intellectual age rather than his apparent one, and she values his insight.

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Reeza Valarios
"Never let someone else decide who you are."
Alyssana actually encountered the puppeteer in her last year at Geraldine's, when the younger girl was being mocked for her shyness, her doll, her recently-pink hair (the result of a lab mishap). Alyssana had a few vicious comments for the tormentors, and a few words of encouragement for Reeza. While she kept the doll Reeza presented her with some time later, neither it nor the incident cross her mind often.

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Rowena Henrietta Imperia-Airwright
"Not someone I would trust."
These two do not get along.

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Alexander Damien Amidale
"I lack the patience to put up with him."
She encountered him at Polytech, but the two are little more than acquainted.

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Chester & Elizabeth Lockheart
"Oh, those are the couple with the fledgling business, yes? I admit I am intrigued."
Alys has heard their names, but never met them until the Captain's summons.

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Captain Adrianna Iphigenia Kingsford
"A kindred spirit."
Alyssana and Adrianna were friends and to some extent rivals at Geraldine's.

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Charlotte "Lottie" Rosalind Vernell
"Lottie...please stop."
Lottie was a part of the tightly knit group that included Lucius, Victor, and both of the Grey twins. Alyssana always found her to be a bit much but they are nevertheless on good terms. She did what she could for Lottie in the wake of her beau's death.

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Lucius Elliot
"Are you sure you're alright?"
Alyssana was not as close to Lucius as to Victor, but they were nonetheless friends. In the wake of Victor's death she tried to be supportive but was consistently turned away. She worries about him, but really doesn't know what more she could do.

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Victor Bennett
"As he was in life, so may he be remembered in death."
Victor was fascinated with Alys's wings from the moment he laid eyes on them at an interschool function. This lead to a close friendship with the twins, who became a part of his circle. A number of his contributions to the crafting of mechanical wings were inspired by Chris, who had little interest in the work long-term and had only entered the field at all as a favor to Alyssana. He was more helpful in the area of automata, though he didn't like using myalo, a substance Alyssana vocally opposed.

Alyssana also ended up good friends with Victor's grandmother prior to the older woman's passing. Both deaths hit her quite hard.

+ They have met on more than one occasion for various events hosted by her and her husband, and they’ve always appreciated each other’s company.
+ She has been known to have him over for tea every so often.
+ Her children adore him. Alexander adores them in return.
+ He has been careful, however, not to bring up his attraction to her husband, though with the way he sighs over seeing him might give that away…



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+ They are acquaintances to say the least. He flirts with her, she blushes and looks away, and then buys more perfume from him.
+ On occasion she sends people to him for poisons in applications other than stomach or mouth ingestion, amongst his other helpful things that she cannot provide in her shop.
+ She rather likes him, but doesn’t return his flirting with anything more than “it would never work between us” because it’s the truth.


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+ Not familiar with him, however Eudora does have a soft spot for children, as any mother would.


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+ Despite slight age differences, they were childhood friends. She and his wife were among the few people he was a bit warmer around.
+ Knowing his disappearance is now connected to this decidedly shifty investigation is not easy. As much as she wants to tell her friend about Nathaniel's involvement, she knows she cannot.


+ Despite slight age differences, they are childhood friends. It was Lizzy who came up with the nickname Euramay first.
+ Ever since her husband's disappearance the two have been a bit more distant than usual, and Eudora blames herself.

(^Made using this doll maker: https://www.dolldivine.com/steampunk-costume-creator.php which was created by Ammotu)

🎀𝓝𝓪𝓶𝓮
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Visia Leontine; Vis for short

🎀𝓣𝓲𝓽𝓵𝓮
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None

🎀𝓐𝓰𝓮
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25

🎀𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻
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Female

🎀𝓐𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮
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Light Brown skin
Green Eyes
Long, silky black hair
Fairly thin and muscular body
Height is 5'9"

🎀𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵
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Madame Geraldine's Finishing School for Young Ladies of Quality

🎀𝓖𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓭
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The Legionnaire Guild

🎀𝓖𝓲𝓯𝓽s
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Visia became a very gifted fencer while at Madame Geraldine's school but excelled at flying.
She is able to talk to machines, especially ones of the flying variety.

🎀𝓞𝓬𝓬𝓾𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
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Visia is part of the Airborn Peacekeeping Force.

🎀𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂
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Visia is fiercely loyal to those she deeply cares about. She is very determined. She can be arrogant at times. When working, she is very serious. When she's off-duty however, she's more laid back. She loves to drink (maybe a little too much). She's very hard on herself when she makes mistakes, though she won't always show it. She isn't afraid to go the extra mile to get a job done.

🎀𝓦𝓱𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶?
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Visia will always complete a mission with ease and professionalism. She never leaves a trace. She is methodical when she had to be and ruthless.

🎀𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓮𝓪𝓹𝓸𝓷
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When on the ground, Visia prefers fighting with a sword. However, she's learned the hard way that bringing a sword to a gunfight isn't a good idea. In fact, most fights and other dangerous situations she's been in have required other weapons. So, she'll carry two gold-plated guns on her at all times, plus one dagger. When in the sky, she uses a special kind of gun only members of the Airborn Peacekeeping Force use.

🎀𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓜𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
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Although Visia has never been afraid of confrontation, she has fondness for silent surprise attacks. She particularly loves sneaking up on someone and slicing their throat from behind.

🎀𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼(𝓮𝓼) 𝓪𝓽 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵
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Guns, Swords, and Other Unseemly Weapons of Last Resort,
Millinery and Machinations,
Fashion, Firearms, and Fisticuffs for a Young Lady of Quality
Fatal Florals ,
"Finishing" a Man (and Getting Away With It)

🎀𝓑𝓲𝓸𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓱𝔂
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Lieutenant Aldridge Byford of the Legionnaire Guild had a secret. A secret he was none too proud to have. Annice Leontine, one of Lieutenant Byford's maids, also had a secret. Their secret… was a child named Visia. The girl, a product of the pair's gloriously scandalous affair, could've lived a life of luxury. Unfortunately for her, Aldridge couldn't risk losing both his job and wife. So, he was forced to fire the mother Annice, who also had to take the child with her. Annice (who, in an attempt to further distance herself from her former life, changed her last name to Chapman. She also gave Visia the same last name.) and her daughter Visia now lived a low-income life. It was quite the dramatic lifestyle change for Annice and took her some time to get used to. She was partly thankful Visia didn't have to experience such a thing, though Annice never stopped worrying about whether or not she'd have enough money to provide for Visia and herself. The child Visia didn't seem to care. Even as she grew, nothing ever seemed to dampen her determined and optimistic spirit, though she would fake it at times for her mother's sake. Miraculously, they both were able to get by with no help from Byford. That was until Visia turned fourteen. The Lieutenant visited Annice at her house in the night, alone and bearing a gift for the child. Annice reluctantly let the man, that she had called many a rude name in the past, into her home. There, they discussed in private what his gift was. Annice was highly against it. Aldridge tried his best to convince the woman that his gift was perfect for Visia. For you see, his gift was fourteen-thousand dollars to spend towards Madam Geraldine's Finishing School for Young Ladies of Quality. A school Visia was now the right age to go to. Aldridge and Annice took an extended period of time deliberating over this but eventually, Annice agreed to let Visia go to the school. She would tell her child in the morning. Little did she know, Visia was awake at the time her parents were discussing the matter (though thanks to what Byford was wearing, Visia was unable to really see the mystery man's face and was only able to hear a hushed version of his voice). Visia was in shock. She had never left home before and she didn't really want to start that now. Holding back all the tears she felt that night, she went back to her room and silently cried herself to sleep. The very next morning when he mother came to tell her the news, Visia was able to put on a good front. Annice still had no idea Visia eavesdropped on her and Aldridge's conversation. In fact, Visia started to cry once again when Annice delivered the news (looking back on this day, Visia is very thankful she felt so sad over the situation that she unintentionally cried. It certainly helped her deceive her own mother, though she does feel some guilt over that). Visia was able to semi-come to terms with the whole ordeal. Fewer tears were shed the day she was actually sent off to Geraldine's, though she could tell her mother was holding them back. Visia was as well.

During her time at Geraldine's, determined Visia was skilled with many of the subjects there and impressed many teachers. She was q natural fighter throughout all of her school years (and occasionally got into few when not in class) though she was best when in the air. Visia was one of the best pilots at Geraldine's and always excelled at anything flying related. When she wasn't flying or studying flying, she was fixing something related to flying. Engineering became a second love for her. She spent a lot of her free time fixing and building flight machines. After graduating, she applied to the Airborn Peacekeeping Force and was accepted. Her skill as a pilot and engineer have earned her the respect of her fellow Airborn Peacekeepers, as well as fear from certain members of the Force (she can be quite intense).
🎀𝓞𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻
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Likes: A good fight, alcohol, collecting rocks and gems

Dislikes: Dishonest and disloyal people, failing, dresses

Weaknesses: Alcohol, bladed fan dueling, fighting in a dress, seducing someone for the sake of retrieving information (she'd rather just knock 'em out and interrogate them).

🎀𝓝𝓪𝓶𝓮
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Penelope "Pepper" Van Luthen

🎀𝓣𝓲𝓽𝓵𝓮
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None

🎀𝓐𝓰𝓮
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24

🎀𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻
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Female

🎀𝓐𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮
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Very pale skin
Brown eyes
Dark red hair
Thin body
Height is 5'6"

🎀𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵
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Madame Geraldine's Finishing School for Young Ladies of Quality

🎀𝓖𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓭
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The Craftsmen Guild

🎀𝓖𝓲𝓯𝓽s
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Extraordinary potion maker and weapons builder.
Expert tactician.
Has the ability to manipulate metal and easily turn it into a weapon (which is a gift she hates to have).
Is very good at stealth.

🎀𝓞𝓬𝓬𝓾𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
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Pepper spends most of her time assisting Robert by taking part in industrial espionage.
When she isn't doing that, she helps out at a local potion shop.
🎀𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂
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Quiet
Sincere
Focused and determined (especially when she working on one of her inventions or when she's on a mission)
When you get to know her, she can be quite playful.
Pacifist
Submissive
Kind
Usually speaks only when necessary.

🎀𝓦𝓱𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶?
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If there is a problem or trouble of any kind, Penelope will find and create the perfect way to deal with that. She will also provide top of the line weapons and potions that she has made herself.

🎀𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓮𝓪𝓹𝓸𝓷
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If Penelope is in a position where she has to defend herself, she knows how to handle a gun and dagger really well. She usually always keeps two daggers on her at all times. She also enjoys using these special hand grenades that she made herself.

🎀𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓜𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
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Deep in her heart, Penelope prefers to avoid all kinds of confrontation. Unfortunately, that's impossible for her.
Confrontation is part of her daily life now but prefers stealth kills. She'd rather not show her face to the person she has to kill. One would suspect that's because she feels a bit of guilt and shame.

🎀𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼(𝓮𝓼) 𝓪𝓽 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵
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Technology: Treasonous and Theoretical,
Alchemy and Automatons
Deadly Plants and Deadlier Poisons,
Formulaic Firearms, and
Explosive Chemistry

🎀𝓑𝓲𝓸𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓱𝔂
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*Slight trigger warning near the end*

Penelope Van Luthen was the first and only daughter of Baron Medwin Van Luthen and his lovely wife, Baroness Elmira Van Luthen. A wealthy family well-known among other fellow nobles, the Van Luthens were part of the Merchant Guild and were responsible for trading with other societies. They traveled far and wide and made trade deals with other nobles. It made them quite the fortune. It also made enemies.

No one knows how Medwin and Elmira died. Some suspect it was a member of House Ristel in the far East. Tensions have always been high between them and the Merchant Guild. The Van Luthens, in particular, didn't have any favor for the house. Perhaps a trade dealing went awry and Ristel sent one of their special assassins. No one knows for sure, though. All anyone knows is that their bodies were found in a field several months after they should've been back home from another trade deal. Goodness knows how traumatic of an experience this must've been for poor, seven-year-old Penelope. She now had no parents. The only two people in the world that loved her more than anything were dead. Sure, the housekeeping staff would take care of her, and they did, but it just wasn't the same. While she didn't try to completely hide her emotions from the staff, she did save all of the crying for late at night when she was alone in her room. It seemed like Penelope would live this lonely life for the rest of her long days until someone very special came along.

The infamous Robert Sullivan came to young Penelope's aid. Turned out he was a distant relative of the Van Luthens. When asked why he had come to take care of the girl, he explained that once he heard the news of Medwin and Elmira's death, he knew he had to come help Penelope. There were no other relatives able to help at that time except him. He was very close with Medwin and Elmira. Robert said that Medwin considered him to be the brother he never had. He expressed sadness over the fact he wasn't able to be in their and Penelope's lives more often. He also wished he could've said goodbye. But the past is in the past and there is nothing Robert can do now… except take care of Penelope as his own personal way of saying goodbye to the late Medwin and Elmira Van Luthen. So, after Penelope packed all her things and said a tearful goodbye to the staff of the Van Luthen estate, Robert took the girl to his own home. There, Robert raised Penelope (whom he'd soon bestow her the nick-name of Pepper). He'd constantly remind her of how he saved her. Saved her from "eventual poverty", from "greedy, backstabbing nobles", and from many other terrible things. He seemed to have saved her from something new each day and Pepper never, ever let herself forget it. Robert also taught Pepper many skills, as well as introduced her to the world of industrial espionage. Being the innocent and ignorant girl she was, Penelope did whatever Robert told her to do, even if that meant stealing precious technology.

When Pepper turned fourteen, Robert sent her to Madame Geraldine's school for Gifted. Penelope was familiar with many of the subjects there, thanks to Robert, but the teachers at Geraldine's finally helped her truly excel. Penelope had a special love for potion making, which was something not even Robert taught her anything about. She enjoyed making healing potions but forced herself to focus on making poisons since that's what Robert told her to do. He also told her to work on her weapon-making skills and her offensive fighting abilities, which is what she did. Aside from the classes she was required to take, all of the additional classes you could choose to take were ones Robert asked Pepper to attend. Because of this, Pepper often found herself questioning the man as well as her loyalties to him. She'd immediately feel guilty for having these thoughts, though, and punished herself for them. Her arms made contact with a knife she made for far too many nights, however, thanks to her potions, she rarely even felt the pain.

While she as Geraldine's, Penelope met someone. A girl named Visia. They bonded quickly and became very close friends. Throughout their time at Geraldine's, they only had each other and nobody else. Despite the closeness of their relationship, Pepper never let Visia know what she did for Robert. He always made it very clear to Penelope that she was to never tell anyone about her special missions. Many times, Pepper felt upset that she couldn't tell Visia those secrets but she also suspected Visia was keeping secrets of her. Because of that, Pepper felt a little better about keeping those things from the girl.

After graduating from Madame Geraldine's, Pepper continued her industrial espionage work for Robert. Whenever she had the time, she would help at a local potion-making shop. Unfortunately, she never gets to do that as often as she wants to. Penelope also drifted apart from Visia after graduating. She has no idea where the girl is or what she's doing but she hopes to one day see Vis again.
🎀𝓞𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻
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Likes: Reading, music, animals, making potions (especially healing potions)

Dislikes: Violence (especially of the unnecessary variety), being forced to fight, making weapons (despite being so skilled at it)

Weaknesses: Hand-to-hand combat, traditional fencing, flying

🎀𝓝𝓪𝓶𝓮
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Lady Reeza Valarios

🎀𝓣𝓲𝓽𝓵𝓮
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"The Lady of Puppets"

🎀𝓐𝓰𝓮
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25

🎀𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻
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Female

🎀𝓐𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮
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One of the most notable features of Reeza is her pink hair, it used to be a strawberry blonde until she messed up a lab. After the comments of another student inspired a little confidence in herself, Reeza sorta likes the color now. Often tries to hide her horrible ability to meet anyone's gaze by keeping a pair of blast goggles over her eyes, and fidgeting constantly if she's not near her dolls. She used to be comfortable with whatever dress she could find and afford. Her time at Madame Geraldine's has forced her to try and be more presentable in her appearance. Even if sometimes she seems to be quite unsure of anything resembling proper fashion for a Lady.

🎀𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵
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Madame Geraldine's Finishing School for Young Ladies of Quality

🎀𝓖𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓭
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The Craftsmen Guild, mainly because nobody dares enter her shop to tell her otherwise....

🎀𝓖𝓲𝓯𝓽s
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Reeza has a talent for speaking to her mechanical "friends" and requesting favors of them...
She is also talented at creating many different mechanical creatures, both humanoid and not, she's careful to keep them doll sized to ensure nobody thinks she's creating anything wrong.
There are rumors that she has also created a new series of creatures that she's dubbed, "Her best friends" mechanical creatures capable of much more then just looking pretty.

🎀𝓞𝓬𝓬𝓾𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
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Owner of the "Puppet Strings" gadget shop in Gearsport. A toy shop full of children's toys, dolls, and other mechanical friends who seem to dance about with a life of their own.

🎀𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂
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Reeza is often cautious around others, unsure of how to act around people. How are you supposed to talk to real people? She's just so used to talking to her mechanical creatures. When she's interacting with people, Reeza tends to overthink, analyze and choose her words carefully before speaking.

🎀𝓦𝓱𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶?
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To utilize her puppets, or potentially weapon design.

🎀𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓮𝓪𝓹𝓸𝓷
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Reeza refuses to fight hand to hand. She has a few small inventions she can throw at those who threaten her. Her true skill lies in her mechanical friends, false-life steam-powered creations capable of battle. They appear to be alive, yet in reality, they are being commanded by Reeza through her gifts.

🎀𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓜𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
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Spring-razors, small bundles of sharp objects with a core designed to eject the blades forward when thrown.
She prefers to call her metal dolls to do battle for her instead.

🎀𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼(𝓮𝓼) 𝓪𝓽 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵
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Mechanical monstrosities, Literature and Lace, and Alchemical implementations in steam-powered machines

🎀𝓑𝓲𝓸𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓱𝔂
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There is a story, whispered about the strange puppet shop in Gearspot, and the strange girl who runs the store. That if you go in there with wonderment in your heart, the young woman in the shop will find you your new best friend.

For those who enter her grounds with malice, beware....you will become one of her newest dolls before long.

Of course these are just tall tales swapped among those who've walked past the strange animated little shop and dared not step inside.

The rest of the stories talk about a young woman who lost her parents in an Airship accident. A young girl who's mother taught her daughter the art of dollmaking. When the young girl was found, she somehow shielded herself with a dancing machine intended to amuse the children. They all believed the machine must have tumbled over the frightened child in the descent and protected her through pure dumb luck.

It wasn't, simply the dawn of Reeza's gift.

The orphanage was cold, lonely, and Reeza didn't have her favorite doll to comfort her. It was the first one she made with her mother. It was special, and soft, and it made her feel better...

Reeza eventually was able to scrape together enough cloth to make another doll, and things were good again!

She noticed many other children looked sad, and missed their dolls too. So Reeza set about scavenging materials to make them dolls too. Eventually, some of these children were adopted and took their dolls with them. This was a stroke of luck, as one of Reeza's relatives recognized the stitchwork as familiar! They set about at once to find their long lost niece!

Meanwhile, Reeza was gathering material through Gearsport to create more dolls for another orphan who'd recently arrived when she'd run into trouble. Two large men approached Reeza with something, bad, in their eyes. Like dolls eyes that were all scratched up. As she dropped her cloth scraps and ran, Reeza tripped as she turned a corner. The first man was almost upon her when Reeza screamed for help.

The sound of scraping metal echoed as a motorized arm, intended to hold a pair of wings in place smashed through the window and grabbed the first man! He screamed, cursing bloody murder as the motorized claw tore at him. The other man looked at the little pink-haired girl and his associate now trapped in the clamp, and decided it wasn't worth it.

Reeza sat quietly as the claw released the man, he tumbled to the ground with a solid plop, before running as well. Reeza looked at the claw curiously, it seemed to stare back her. She thanked it, the claw gave a small wiggle before returing to it's original position.

As she returned to the orphanage, a man and woman she vaguely recognized were at the gate. The matron pointed towards Reeza, who stared at the pair, fat tears welling up in her eyes. For the first time since the accident, Reeza cried, for her parents, for her dolls, for everything that happened.

Her adopted relatives took no time in helping Reeza understand her gifts, and how she can utilize them properly. Madame Geraldine's School was the best opportunity for her! So that's where she was going to go!

Upon acceptance to the Madame's School, Reeza learned quickly that she was a small fish in a very large pond. The other girls were much harder to understand in relation to her puppets, they were safe, these girls were...not easy to follow. Often resulting in Reeza choosing to read alone, or work on another series of her fabled Dolls. Yet many of those in Madamne's halls took to helping Reeza adjust to school life, and occasionally even talking about herself! She found herself drawn to the machine classes, robotics, animatronics, she could improve her dollmaking skills ten-fold!

While others used their ability to speak with machines for flight or other things. Reeza created puppets and dolls to speak with, as they can't leave her like her parents did. She eventually discovered her talent for creation of these mechanical dolls and puppets were a joy to many throughout the guild. She often brought her extra merchandise to the orphanage to the children who needed friends the most.

The story of the quiet dollmaker eventually brought those who envied her, how dare she intrude on their craft. They met her personal dolls, Broken Wings, and Shattered Claw. They left the store quite quickly afterwards...

Reeza is often seen throughout Gearsport, often with her favorite creation behind her, Lorelei, who seems to react to Reeza's requests as if she's almost alive...

Yet Reeza knows it's just a false-life, and a lot of complex machinations under the surface.

Yet it does the job of her dolls, to bring comfort...

🎀𝓞𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻
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Carries at least one of her mechanical dolls at all times, or being escorted by an animated puppet. Each one of these "puppets" can sustain their false-life for approximately thirty minutes of intensive activity before needing to recharge.