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Space Quest - New Beginnings

Let him talk, let him talk. Do not interrupt, do not interrupt. Do not fuck this up, Charlie.

While the shipyard owner led her around, blabbing on about something or another (She really wasn't interrupted despite what her mock interest expression would say.), Charlie was thinking about what her next steps would be. Sure, she might have had her ship for years but, uh, there wasn't exactly a lot of love between the two so a part of her was glad to see the ship go. (Although, she was not glad for whatever sized dent got taken out of her funds by the purchase of a brand new one.)

Back to the present, the shipyard owner had introduced her to the Vixen 3001. Immediately, Charlie was taken by the ship. She'd seen a model similar to this on one of her expeditions with her father so she was already rather familiar with the specs of it. And the reliability of it made Charlie somewhat eager to check it out herself. She was confident in her abilities that, should anything go wrong, she could fix it. Sure, it wasn't necessarily a step up from her old ship but she was doing well enough with the old ship before everything went to hell.

She could handle this ship and whatever it had to throw at her, she was sure of it.

However, she was not going to rush into it. While 2500 was a pretty good price, she was not going to jump into a buy without at least seeing the other ships.

Blue eyes moving to the owner, she gave a polite smile before responding. “I believe I'd like to see the other two ships before I make a final decision.”

Space Quest - New Beginnings

Full Name: Charlotte Suzanna D'Angelo
Nickname: Charlie
Age: 23

Family Members:
Father – Alexander D'Angelo – High-Class Tech Dealer
Mother – Daphne D'Angelo – High-Grade Surgeon
Younger Sister – Grace D'Angelo – Student
Older Brother/Twin – Cole D'Angelo – Med Student

Personality/History: Charlie was the girl who grew up, able to get everything and anything she wanted, having come from such a well-known and successful family. However... Charlie was not for that. Despite the seeming elegance of her family, she was... more of her own thing. With a passion for technology and a surprisingly high IQ, she tended to drift from the high-class standards she was meant to convey and instead found herself far more interested in creating things and discovering how things worked. Much to the chagrin of her mother and pleasure of her father.

She was never good with other girls her age and tended to feel more comfortable around boys who tended to have similar interests to she. However, at the age of 8, her mother finally put her foot down and proceeded to separate Charlie from other children and kept her inside until she could 'learn to be a proper young lady'. Charlie took it in stride and instead dedicated even more of her time to learning about tech and instead grew even closer to her twin brother and farther away from her younger sister who, at the time, was already rapidly becoming the 'precious daughter' her mother had always wanted.

Soon enough, Charlie started to grow into herself more and her mother was horrified to discover a brass, sarcastic, confident, and blunt character who has literally no filter between her brain and her mouth. This was developed thanks to her spending much of her life on ships with her father and his crew, overhearing their way of speaking and growing into it herself. All the while, her father remained proud of her and her brother felt lucky to have her as his twin. On the other hand, her mother grew tired of her 'antics' and her younger sister became more and more of the soft spoken, mindless drone that her mother wanted to turn Charlie into.

And it was when Charlie grew even older and started becoming an actual woman, both in looks and in age, that her mother began pressuring her into going into med school like her brother and finding a successful husband. (Part of it stemmed also from an accident she got into at 14 that had her mother worried about her potential marriage aspects.) At this point, Charlie began to really despise her mother and the pressures that her last name forced upon her. But, she managed to evade her mother's talons with promises of 'doing it when she gets older' and that she'd 'gladly find a powerful man if it made her mother happy'. But, by the time she was 21, her mother's patience had already been worn down and she, without telling Charlie, met with a close family friend (That also happened to be of old and powerful blood.) and promised Charlie's hand to the family's oldest son, William Winchester.

And Charlie only found out when, on the night of another social party at the estate, William showed up in her garage (Father gifted her with her own private garage where she could work for her 20th birthday.), wanting to meet his future wife. Let's just say that the interaction didn't go over so well and Charlie and her mother ended up having a huge falling out, her mother screaming that Charlie 'Either had to learn to appreciate everything she's done for her or she'd might as well leave'. So, that night, Charlie packed her things and cut her waist-length hair (A kind of calling card to her high-profile status.) short before fleeing in one of the old cargo ships her father had set aside to be used as parts, leaving only a note to her brother and father in her wake.

The rest? Well, the rest is history to be told.

Strengths:
- Technology
- Hand To Hand / Melee Combat

Weaknesses:
- Long-Range Combat
- Socialization

Born in Brimstone

@T Risket,

Ah, gotcha. Though it's not necessarily morning here. Just me finally crawling out of blanket burrito I've been buried in all day and doing something constructive with my day despite my body screaming at me to never leave my blanket burrito. The usual, ya know? And hmm, I should probably actually read over everything again with all the other characters, because I feel like I just missed 2 episodes of a show and need to catch up DESPITE not THAT much happening.

Born in Brimstone

*Stumbles in yawning in pajamas*

Sup guys. What did I miss?

Born in Brimstone

The siblings watched Alisson leave with very different expressions. (Apathy and Confusion. Who do you think?) But, John managed to laugh a little, breaking the silence that had developed, Lilith's eyes flickering to him.

“Don't think she was that pleased with my response, eh?”

Lilith raised an eyebrow, head tilting a little before taking another sip of her water as she peered out the windows. John gave a sigh at her silent answer, taking a sip of his coffee as he briefly looked over to the side as the possible alien. (He was still banking on that idea... well... that or a secret agent, but he was rooting on alien.)

John stilled a little, eyes on the... whatever he is. (Still going with alien.) Even through the asshole shades he was wearing, John could feel his eyes on him. Not taking his eyes away from the staring contest he was having, he knocked lightly on the table to get Lilith's attention.

Lilith slowly dragged her eyes over to him, eyebrow arched in silent question. However, her expression showed light confusion as he didn't look at her or say what he wanted. (He was the vocal one of them both.) Following his gaze, she saw that it was leveled on the 'alien'... the 'alien' that was staring at her older brother.

Her head tilted fully to the left, narrowing slightly. Her thoughts immediately went to whether or not he'd heard the conversation. To be fair, her brother wasn't the quietest of people but he was quieter than normal on this day so... did he still manage to overhear.

“Creepy.” John finally decided, pointedly looking away from the possible alien to take a longer glug of his coffee, instead focusing on Lilith who nodded seriously.

“Very creepy.”

Born in Brimstone

@Stitches,

Ah, I am also well. Busy but well.

Waiting for a few more people before I construct my next 'beautifully written' post.

Born in Brimstone

And here I offer my contribution! ~

Born in Brimstone

Lilith and John stared at Allison with identical arched eyebrows after hearing her explain the weirdness of the new arrival in town. The siblings traded looks before, in rather comedic unison, looked over Allison's left shoulder to see said man. They took in everything from the black suit to the sunglasses (Indoors like a complete asshole. Come on, try and name one person who wears sunglasses indoors who isn't blind and who isn't a complete dick.) to the government-esc haircut he was sporting.

The siblings once again traded glances before straightening up in their seats as Allison questioned them for their opinions once more.

John cleared his throat before speaking.

“He's definitely an alien.”

“100% alien.” Lilith added casually, taking a sip of her water as she looked around, once again seeming uncaring of the situation, although she was listening regardless.

John then took over. “I mean, come on, him being an alien makes perfect sense! Perhaps he can't even taste human foods and drinks or maybe he just doesn't like any human food. Maybe he just gets coffee to keep up appearances but has no idea about human customs, eh?” He spoke in a somewhat hushed tone, waving his hands about as he talked, a more visual speaker as he got into his theorizing.

Tap, tap.

John's eyes flickered to Lilith, who eyed him with an expectant expression over her glass of water. This made the older man sigh before he continued, in a somewhat lackluster tone.

“Of course, he could just be an ordinary human man who happens to have very odd taste in coffee. But, it's definitely less likely than the whole alien theory, if you ask me.” John finished with a shrug, taking a sip of his own coffee. (Kept black, thank you very much.)

Born in Brimstone

“Burgers and fries for each OR do you want to jus' share a plate o' cheese fries, kid?”

As the sun shone outside, siblings Lilith and John sat in their usual destination for anything edible: Kate's Kitchen. They even sat in their usual booth right by the door with John sitting on one side and Lilith on the other side. As John spoke to Lilith, Lilith instead stared around the diner lazily, her right hand tugging at the fishnets covering her legs as the other absently scratched at the chipping paint on the table that separated the siblings.

When Lilith didn't respond, John's eyebrows furrowed together. He then loudly and very pointedly cleared his throat. This made Lilith's eyes quickly move to him, a bit wider than usual betraying her surprise. John sighed at her expression but repeated himself.

“Burgers or Cheesy Fries?”

Very familiar with the two options, Lilith raised her left hand, making a peace sign with a small smirk. John then nodded, pleased. “Cheesy fries it is.” He then began glancing around, most likely looking for Allison who was a friend of John's whilst her brother, Max, was considered a friend to Lilith.

“You've been having nightmares...” Lilith muttered quietly to John, staring at him until he met her eyes. They narrowed for a few seconds and her left eyebrow rose, clearly questioning him.

John was well-aware of the fact that Lilith rarely spoke, he had no problem with it. As far as he was concerned, she could do whatever she wants, as long as it wasn't getting pregnant or killing anybody. But, even he had to admit that he missed her voice. He nearly smiled but then remembered what she'd asked him and frowned slightly, leaning forward a little as if discussing something conspiratorial.

“How do you know about that?”

Lilith raised her right hand, this time tapping on her ear with a somewhat mocking/teasing expression. John gave a near silent sigh of exasperation, muttering under his breath, “Right, right. Always knew you had the ears of a fuckin' bat or some shit.”

But, at Lilith's glare, he figured he'd go ahead and stop avoiding the subject. After all, she'd be more likely to throw her shoe at his face than leave it alone. And say whatever you want, but a converse to the face would hurt ANYONE.

“Fine, fine... I've been havin' these weird dreams this past week or so. This kinda... kinda dark hole but it has eyes and a mouth and... I've been trying to draw it but I can't ever seem to get it right...” His voice trailed off as he thought more on it, eyebrows clenching together, betraying his annoyance and confusion on the manner.

Lilith stared at him without blinking for about a minute before leaning forward and flicking his forehead with all the force she could muster. And just like expected, he immediately reared back with an 'Ow!'

“What the hell was that for?” John questioned his sister, rubbing his forehead although he was laughing a little bit at just the randomness of the action.

Lilith in response crossed her arms and gave a very cocky smirk. John narrowed his eyes at her although there was no real annoyance or anything behind the action. “You expect me to thank you or somethin'?”

Lilith gave one nod.

“For you flicking me on the forehead?”

Another nod.

“Seriously?”

Slow nod. Narrowed eyes.

“Well, considering you look like you're going to kill me with that napkin dispenser, I'm just gonna say 'Thank you, you're the bestest sister a man could ever hope to have' and hope that you don't? Kill me, that is.”

The siblings stared each other down resolutely, one more nervous than the other. But, after a long minute, Lilith gave a pleased little hum before reclining in the booth, hands in her lap. John gave an over-exaggerated sigh of relief, going limp in the booth, head meeting the table. Lilith giggled a little at his playfulness and John laughed a bit with her, although not moving from his place. He was awful tired and was just gonna wait to be serviced anyway so... might as well try to catch a few Z's... OW!

“Alright, alright, I'm up, I'm up,” John muttered quickly, rubbing at his sore ankle.

“Would've been better off joining a soccer team or something, damn.”

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Lilith Mitchells

Lilith Mitchells

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

❤
Name: Lilith Mitchells

Age: 16

Height: 5'6”

Weight: 121

Likes:
► Books/Poetry
► Hanging Out w/ Her Brother
► Smoking/Any Alcohol
► Music
► Writing

Dislikes:
► Silence
► Bullies
► Obnoxious People
► Most People
► … Country Music *shudders*

Fears:
✰ Small/Enclosed Spaces
✰ Spiders

Personality/Bio: Lilith is a very... quiet person. Not necessarily shy or insecure, she just has very little interest in... well... anything going on around her. She lives with her older brother, John, in a small little house towards the outer edge of town. Her parents are nowhere to be seen and Lilith... well... she didn't really take their disappearance well. So, she turned inwards and stopped really trying in anything and just narrowed her scope of caring to just herself, her brother, and the few friends she does have.

Lilith drinks, smokes, parties, and does everything you'd think a delinquent would do. But, she isn't just some hormonal teenager who's snapping and getting angry at the world for no real reason. She isn't going through a rebellious faze either. After all, she can't really complain about anything. Her brother does everything he can for her and always tries to make sure that she's well-fed, clothed, and happy. To actually put in effort to make things harder for him just... just seems wrong. So, you can see that she does have some semblance of a moral compass.

Also, don't mistake her quiet demeanor for being passive or a pushover. Just because she never really speaks doesn't mean anything. If you mess with her few friends, her brother, or even herself, she will not hesitate to put you in your place. And in her mind, your place will be at her feet. (What can I say? She has zero tolerance for bullies.)

Other:
While she doesn't have a car, she does have a skateboard... Touch it and you die.

Oh! She's also allergic to strawberries so... yeah... don't give her strawberries.

John Mitchells

John Mitchells

"Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway."

❤
Name: John Mitchells

Age: 28

Height: 6'0”

Weight: 184

Likes:
► Drawing/Painting
► Hanging Out w/ His Sister
► Smoking/Any Alcohol
► Video Games
► Playing Drums

Dislikes:
► Bullies
► Gossip
► Pushy People
► Liars
► … Country Music *gags*

Fears:
✰ Being Alone
✰ Tall Heights

Personality/Bio: John is Lilith's older brother. He was your classic bad boy, rebel without a cause, irresponsible troublemaker who thought more with what was between his legs than what was in his head. However, after losing his parents and suddenly being left with a baby sister to take care of... well, he had to man up to keep her safe. Bouncing from town to town, the pair lived a very withdrawn and hard life. And as John grew older, he began to grow more responsible and began to think of Lilith as more of a daughter than a sibling.

At this point, John has finally managed to find a place for both of them to stay and put down roots. John was even able to open up a small gallery outside of the garage where he can sell his art pieces to make money (While doing odd jobs here and there for cash. He was a rather strong man.) Of course, he wasn't perfect or even the best role model, his sister having taken on some of his habits over the years. He still had a temper and still had an issue with authority and is physically unable to turn down a fight. While Lilith uses her words, John is more likely to use his fists. They even each other out.

However, don't think that John is dumb. Despite him never finishing highschool, he isn't an idiot and takes pride in having done well-enough for himself and his sister without some 'stupid diploma'. Overall, John is a good man even if he sometimes has a hard time believing it.

Other:
He has a sweet car that he... obtained a couple of years back from an old friend... Touch it and you die... slowly.

Despite Lilith and him coming from New York a while ago, Lilith has no accent and John has a slight Brooklyn accent... Lilith teases him about it relentlessly.

They tend to go hand in hand as they are siblings HOWEVER we can choose to focus on just one character and keep the other as a background character.