Hehe, there's only so many ways to play up the 7 charaisma Shade was saddled with. Completely uncommunicative, or stoic don't really work in PbP, as the thousands of examples have shown us, a fugly mutt of a woman that acts like a dog who's been beaten once too often, or the skinny biatch with a giant chip on her shoulder. This is a game medium where we need to use the thousand words to describe the pictures we are running through, so I opted for the one I have personally experienced the most often in the real world. Skinny and sweet only happens in the movies kids!
And I think I like Shade's start off personality, but remember when things happen in game that would change your out-look and or feelings towards a PC I'm sure she will grudgingly change to suit.
I'm just not going to give to many of those oppurtinites to start as the sailor needs to vent some steam first.
Update - I am out of town on emergency. Brother in law has 3rd degree burns, 33% of body, including face, neck, chest and both arms. Not sure on things now, but for now, I will only post when I can manage to get some free time between visits and surgeries. Thought I would warn you upfront.
That sounds terrible. I hope the best for your brother and the whole family.
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HM, if you didn't invent the last event for my character, I wish to declare that I have absolutely no knowledge of the adventure and choosing my spells was just big luck in this case.