Name Ptolemais Cline
Age Thirty
Born 6 May
Sexuality Bisexual
Occupation Tradie
Keywords Survivalist, uneasy, practical, focused, obsessive
Kinklist
About.
At twelve Ptolemais barely survived a violent two-man home invasion while spending the night at a friend’s. Her friend’s parents were killed and a media frenzy swallowed their surviving daughter, leaving Ptolemais to fall through the cracks forgotten, even assumed dead upon the discovery of the crime due to her injuries but revived later in hospital. The perpetrators were caught and sentenced; Ptolemais’ friend got a lucrative book deal five years later and a Netflix docudrama tie-in. They are no longer in touch.
Ptolemais moves out of the house at 18, up the length of the country, to the capital. Finds a trade and applies for an apprenticeship in construction. The work is easy and mindless, and it turns out she likes feeling strong and in control, and she is mostly in control. Therapy feels like routine rather than something that is helping; she can’t exist calmly in any room if she doesn’t know where the exits are but there’s no time or space to be traumatised when bills need to be paid, a life needs to be lived.
And somebody needs to sink a lot of time into lurking in the worst corners of the dark web, watching and waiting, picking through shock content image boards and seedy forums, reporting anything even half-way suspicious. Moonlighting as a cyber-vigilante is great and terrible for morale and either way it’s getting to be not enough. She’s close to taking matters into her own hands. How hard could it be to doxx murderous assholes online and show up at their house in the middle of the night with nobody none the wiser? Time to figure that out.
First impressions.
Visual. 1.7m (5’7”), dark hair dyed black, dark eyes, dark circles underneath them. Pale and sturdy. Keeps a journal as advised to by therapist so yeah, she’s got a pen you can borrow. Slightly muscular from the physical work that her job entails (construction) plus the home gym (one of her housemates keeps weights in the garage and she uses them when he’s out). Surprisingly good posture. Old scar tissue on her neck, arms and face.
Aural. New Zealand accent. Lower register, bit monotone. Like
Liz Stokes
Style. Comfort/cover over everything else and hides skin with longer sleeves/hoodies/jeans/socks and shoes. Carries a sturdy backpack. Will never dress/accessorise to stand out. Wears an earthy/floral scent most days. Doesn’t hide her scars. Has some
tattoos but they’re usually hidden by clothing.
Demeanor. Quiet because she’s listening. Knows all her exits; loves an Irish goodbye. For all of her toughness, her muscle and no nonsense attitude/practicality, if push came to shove she’d do just that — shove you down and run. She isn’t cruel but isn’t kind enough either. Dishonest but well-meaning. Prepared for anything. Doesn’t like being touched by people she doesn’t know (or people she does know, really).
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APP SURVEY
Ptolemais is from a working class dairy farming family in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Her family has never had access to a stable income as weather heavily impacts their livelihood and climate change is responsible for increasingly unpredictable seasons and conditions. Ptolemais works in construction and makes 24 NZD an hour; her parents don't (can't) assist with her finances; she isn't down for any kind of inheritance to her knowledge. She has been on the dole before. Ptolemais views wealth as something that happens to other people and not her
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?:
She wouldn't/didn't. Ptolemais dropped out of college at Year 12 (Grade 11) without university entrance. She went to a trade academy for a year to make up for qualifications, then applied for and accepted a drainlaying and gasfitting apprenticeship. She isn't currently interested in obtaining any major qualifications
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?:
When Ptolemais was 12 she was sleeping over at her best friend's house when two armed men broke into the house after midnight. They panicked when confronted by two angry parents brandishing a shotgun and murdered them both in cold blood. They stabbed Ptolemais in the neck to get rid of what they thought was the sole witness to the crime but she was recovered alive and sent swiftly to hospital. Ptolemais's friend, who hid for the entirety of the invasion, was swallowed up by an international media storm ('Twelve-year-old loses parents in nightmare double homicide' etc etc) and got a lucrative book deal five years on, and a Netflix docudrama tie-in, so that was nice for her
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S:
Losing Grip, Avril Lavigne
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN:
Smoking, arguing in the comments section of YouTube videos and holding onto books from the library past their due date
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?:
Mezcal
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?:
In a burger
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?:
The English teacher from her first year of college who made her realise she was bi. She had short hair and rode a motorbike