Emilia/Contacts
Declan
Dreamy whiskey dangerous. Owns a shop where she briefly (2 months tops) worked a very loose, part-time gig while learning more about the occult and loose teas in the meantime. Have you seen that shop? Occult books in seemingly random placement in a dozen unmatched dark-wood book-cases. A million tea blends. It's like Narnia, but for adults. But the rules? He answers more questions with questions than he comes close to answering. The man knows how to dance. And that accent? Sometimes rules are the only thing between oneself and the truly dangerous. The problem is: what happens when dangerous is also safe? What to do? Perhaps insanity is underrated.
Haven (& Hazel)
Lovely woman with an adorable daughter. Fiercely protective. May not have the best impression of Emilia, sadly.
Kendrick
The Man. Owns a bit of what Em calls heaven, an indoor, permanent flea market, which puts him on The List. The Boss. Kind to interesting elderly women. Gives excellent tours and prizes if you ask the right way which makes him a bit irresistible to Mimi. Knows the magic words. Absolutely excellent with accents of all kinds. Does good things for people in need. Possible employment or simply someone to yard sale marathon with or to dumpster dive with in all the best secret spots. Self-professed Cheetos-Satanist-cult member. Are the birds Hitchcockian? Likes to play games and commits acts of parkour from time to time. Shh. They're listening. Is there an antipode to Flea Market Blues? He deserves to be on the receiving end for once. He grabbed my hand and we jumped! He's a sweet-talking, sugar-coated Candy Man. (I don't know why I can't think of anything I would rather do than be wasting my time on mountains with you.) (see: Mountain Duet @ 3:10)
Eric (NPC)
Mimi has an adopted brother who is sixteen years older than her. (Yes, in fact. She was an unexpected surprise for her parents when she came along.) He works in finance in Zurich, Switzerland. He's the closest immediate family she has now that both her mother and her father have passed (separately). He looks after her as well as a brother can do from across nearly two continents and the Atlantic. Needless to say, the money she inherited upon her father's death is well invested and watched over by her big bother.
Graham (NPC)
Art school photography instructor who 'took Mimi under his wing'. He is an excellent photographer and taught Emilia much of what she knows over her first year after high school. And not just about photography. He's also a cad who she fell hard for. Administration found out he was consorting with a student and he lost his job. She worked for him at Camera World for a few months after that. But they have a tendency to set off each other's fuses, and not in a good way. Needless to say, Mimi doesn't work there any longer. Drunk dialing sometimes happens. He also hooks her up from time to time with a coffee house or bistro where she can hang her photographs for sale for a few weeks. She sometimes helps out with his side-gig of doing head shots for actors or other performers.
Blue (NPC)
Em's original favorite flavor of trouble. The epitome of cool. Can sometimes get you into places you might not be supposed to get into. Locked doors. Security systems. Stolen cars. Even some online hacking. Ex-boyfriend. They dated during her senior year of high school. Going through Blue is sometimes a walk in a park, and other times inexplicably difficult. (Possible Gaian Ties)
Mack (NPC)
Street contact. Slippery little sucker. Thinks the fake accent gives him cred. Drugs. Fake IDs. Underground parties. Gray market items. Gambling hideaways. Info. Mack almost always knows a guy. Watch out what favors you call in and which guys you get tangled up with. Mack likes Mimi because she pays what she said she would, but also because she'd be perfect for That Thing.
Mom & Dad (NPCs)
Mimi's spirited mother died of cancer when she was 9. Her witty and charming father died of a broken heart just after her 17th birthday. Her personality is very similar to her mother's, but some of her edges and her humor she gets from her dad. They were well enough off financially that between the inherited estate, the life insurance payouts, and her brother's exceptional investment skills and stock market intuition, she has enough money to live a solid upper middle class life with a few splurges from time to time (and an upper class financial portfolio). She doesn't behave at all as if she grew up spoiled, for the most part. Her jobs tend to either be because she likes the area of work, the people, or to save up for special things. She still drives her father's car (see rp hooks) because it's a connection to him she can hold onto. That 11 year old car is in the best shape any 11 year old car can be in.
