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Elemental (Waterborn) - Spring Court
The girl now known as Alicia didn't have many memories to guide herself back through the hedge. She remembered a hospital, the smiling face of an older woman and friendly words from doctors, aching pain followed by soothing ice cream. After many years in Arcadia, where she served as the water flowing through an elaborate fountain, Alicia escaped back to the real world - back to the hospital she remembered more clearly than anything else. There only a few hours had passed, and everyone was still looking for the young Rebecca Lynne Boughsly. None would have mistaken the tall beautiful teenager for the awkward tomboyish 8-year old who had been taken away. A confrontation with her mother ended with tears and the arrival of police, from whom the once-Rebecca ran, feeling utterly rejected and lost in a strange world she didn't remember at all.
Alicia survived on the street for about a week, before she was eventually discovered by a member of the Boston Chronicle who took her in and turned her over to Augustina Valen for safekeeping. While in the Spring Monarch's employ Alicia received a new name, a bit of home schooling and as much love and attention as she could stand. Even so, she was in something of a funk until various members of the Scene began forcing her to go out with them on the town several nights a week. Before the year was out, Alicia Dimble had pledged an oath to the Spring Court and petitioned Leopold King to join the Scene in full. She fit in very well with the motley, well liked by everyone and generally regarded as fun to be around.
While Alicia's schooling suffered somewhat, she blossomed in every other way, becoming something of a social butterfly known throughout the Freehold and taking up the Dance where her fluid grace served her well. Within the Scene, Alicia had a lot of friends, ranging from Larry Smile and Ferguson to Lolita, Melinda and the Inez girl when she joined the motley a few years later. Yet of all the motley, she seemed to get along best with the Lion King himself. The two were almost inseparable in parties, and had moved into a single studio apartment by the '92, and though their relationship wasn't exclusive it was obvious that they got along very well. Then, 6 years after Alicia's escape from Arcadia, Leopold's died in a plane crash.
The death hit Alicia as hard as anyone else, despite the short time they had together. Those first several months she was in very bad shape, worse than when she'd first escaped, equally as affected as people who had been with the motley since its formation. Yet as things began to slowly recover and the Motley kept on going, Alicia found herself more and more unsatisfied with the course that Ferguson was leading them down. It had been about more than just sex, drugs and parties with Leopold, something that Ferguson didn't seem to get. She never actually intended to challenge for leadership or take over - nothing like that at all. Then, Larry was near to leaving the Motley and probably taking Lolita with him, Fergy set to let him go when she just stood up and made her feelings known.
Alicia had hoped that Fergy would see the points she was making and accept that they were what Leopold would want, and when he didn't seem to take them that way... Well, maybe a few additional suggestions would help! Conflict after conflict eventually leeched away at their friendship, replaced with a sense of disappointment and more than a little annoyance, until any time the two of them got together nobody had any fun. Instead, everyone argued, polarizing the motley even further. Even after the fiasco in '97 with the Spring Revel, Alicia hadn't given up hope that everything could still work out. Yet, Ferguson was just too stubborn, preferring to split the motley in two rather than even try to work together. If that's the way that he wants it, fine, Alicia can play the game that way too.
Motley- Larry Smile, Lolita, Melinda, Duke Percy
Rivals- Ferguson Walsh, Madragora, Karait, Inez Durnley
Famiily- Mary Boughsly (mother), Patricia Boughsly (sister, 9 y.o)
Friends- Augustina Valen, Sonja Freewind, Norus Neveria, Jack of Clubs
Member of the Spring Court, run by Augustina Valen. Alicia Dimble works as a professional dance instructor.
Attributes- Intelligence 3, Dexterity 5, Presence 4, Manipulation 2
Skills- Academics 0, Science 1, Athletics 3, Expression 3 (dance), Persuasion 4
Merits- Harvest (glamour) 3, Mantle (spring) 4, Striking Looks 2
Contracts- Contracts of Elements (Water) 4, Contracts of Smoke 3
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