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Roleplaying Notes: Melissa Ellington is the middle daughter of a young well to do family, with an older sister (Lori) and a younger brother (Vincent) on either side of her age range. Something of the troublemaker of the family, Melissa has been in and out of a number of private schools, much to the chagrin of her father. Partly its just that Melissa doesn't get along with the girls that go to those schools and partly its because she is just trying to attract attention away from Lori and Vincent and toward her. Well, it worked. Melissa was horrified when her father actually went through with his threats to send her to public school (though her mother refused to make her ride the bus, despite what her father had threatened), and spent the first few months at Granger Elementary in an elongated pout.
By the time Mary came to school, though, Melissa had mostly adapted to her new circumstances. She'd probably not admit it, but she actually prefers it here to some of the places she'd previously attended. She definitely prefers the students here, particularly the "real" (read: Lower or Middle Class) ones, but has pretty much no respect for the poser rich kids. If they were really anybody worth noticing they'd be in private school, after all. She's even gained a little bit of empathy for how snobby, prudish and annoying such girls can be, albeit without much self-awareness regarding her own behavior. In addition to her best girlfriends, Melissa has a major crush on Joey Nales (and can easily tell him apart from his twin brother), which she manifests by teasing him remorselessly.
⚠ <pre>NAME CONCEPT
Melissa Ellington Slumming Rich Girl
CLIQUE AGE
Outcasts & Weirdos 10 y.o.
ASSET FAULT
Calm Cruel
MENTAL PHYSICAL SOCIAL Intelligence 2 Strength 2 Presence 3 Wits 3 Dexterity 3 Manipulation 2 Resolve 2 Stamina 1 Composure 3
MENTAL (-3) PHYSICAL (-1) SOCIAL (-1) Computer Athletics Animal Ken Crafts Brawl * Empathy * Investigation * Firearms Expression * Medicine * Larceny * Intimidation * Occult Stealth * Socialize *** Politics ** Survival Streetwise Study * Weaponry Subterfuge **
-------------------- SPECIALTIES --------------------
Politics: School Cliques Intimidation: Back Off!⚠ </pre>
Health: 5/5 Morality: 7 Triggers: None Willpower: 5/5 Size: 4 SF: 4 Defense: 3 Initiative: 6 Speed: 8
You are quite well-connected for a kid, having access to all the School-Yard Gossip, as well as being able to get access to rumors, paperwork, carefully orchestrated questions about work and overheard conversations or phone calls from your Father (a Lawyer, with access to legal stuff) and Mother (a Doctor, with access to medical information).
You come from a very well-off family and have all the best clothes and toys. For you, this is includes a very large wardrobe of pretty clothes and shoes, a big expensive bike, and any toy or gadget you're addicted to for the moment. You're room is stuffed full of all sorts of stuff, with even more things in the closet that you've long since lost interest in. Your collection of dolls and stuffed animals alone! Once per chapter, you can make an outlandish request of your Mother, requiring a Manipulation + Socialize roll to get her to buy you some item or service. The Storyteller might apply penalties to this roll.
Your appearance is breathtaking even while it remains childlike. You gain a +1 to Presence or Manipulation rolls made while taking advantage of your looks. However, as a drawback, your character is always remembered. You cannot simply vanish in a crowd, and might even attract the attention of monstrous predators.
Anytime you exert yourself, you risk an attack. If you have to make (Stamina) Athletics rolls in a single scene, and don't have access to your inhaler, you start to suffocate. Melissa is very very passive, physically, and doesn't really exert herself that much at all.
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