Post by MAUREEN ABERDEEN on Aug 25, 2012 18:22:07 GMT -5
MAUREEN ELIZABETH ABERDEEN
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Play by: Gemma Ward
Race/Species: Blurr
D.O.B.: Septempber 12, 1966
Age they appear: 26
Actual age: 46, though she believes she’s 37
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Features: Maureen has soft, pale skin that makes her look almost like a porcelain doll. She has large, sapphire blue eyes and long auburn red hair that cascades down her back. Slim, but not as fragile as she appears, she stands at 5’1”.
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Ethnicity: Irish-French American
Marks/Tattoos/Visible Scars: A thin, pale scar across her forehead from a boat accident.
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Flaws/Weaknesses: Maureen has a terrible memory. She lost her long term memory when she was a child due to a head injury, having no memories prior to the age of 12 (21). She also has some difficulty with short term memory. She has nightmares and anxiety attacks and often has severe bouts of déjà vu.
Skills/Strengths: Maureen is for the most part easy going. She makes friends easily, has a good sense of humor and adores books. She could read for days on end, and has. She is also a talented singer and can play several instruments including the guitar, piano, flute, harp and clarinet.
Likes: Please list at least five things your character likes. You can add more if you like.
- Laughing
- Reading
- Singing
- Running
- Nature
Dislikes: Again, list at least five things your character dislikes. You can add more if you like.
- Intolerance
- Confrontation
- Sailing
- Rudeness
- Bugs (butterflies and ladybugs excluded)
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History:
It had been a fishing trip never to forget. Thomas Aberdeen and his son, Thomas Jr., or TJ as he preferred to be called, had been out sailing down the west coast. They normally didn’t venture so far, but it was summer break and Thomas thought it was a good time to bond with his only child who was home from college for the summer. His wife, Josephine, stayed home to run their family’s small business, a market called Aberdeen’s which had been started by Thomas’ great-great grandfather and had been passed down from Aberdeen to Aberdeen.
The men had been at sea for nearly two weeks when they came across a catch they never expected to find. A raft was floating in the water, and inside the raft was a small girl, no older than twelve. Her skin was blistered and burned from the sun and there was a large gash across her forehead. Thomas thought for sure the child was dead. TJ dove in to the sea and swam to the raft, finding the girl was alive, but barely. Her chest rose and fell, but her breath was weak and raspy. They hauled her onto the small vessel and called the coastguard. They were far out to sea and it would be difficult for the coastguard to make it to them for a few days. Thomas promised to bring her inland and the men turned and sailed towards home.
The boys cared for the unconscious child, slathering her in aloe and tending to her forehead. They kept damp rags on her and injected saline into her to try and rehydrate her from the first aid kit onboard. Late on the second day the girl opened her sapphire eyes. She didn’t say a word and when offered food she stared at it blankly as though she didn’t know what to do with it or even what it was. It soon became clear to Thomas that the girl was no more than a newborn in many ways, and he treated her as such, spooning her soft foods and re-teaching her to eat and drink.
When they pulled into the harbor on day four the girl was rushed to the hospital where she was treated for her dehydration, burns and concussion. Had Thomas not found her she would have died by the day’s end. The man stayed by the nameless child’s side and soon he became the only person she trusted, often times curling silently into his lap seeking comfort. Thomas read to her, adored her, and promised he would bring her home when she was well.
Thomas kept that promise. No parents were found for the girl and when she was healthy enough to go home Thomas brought her. They called her Pip after the orphan boy from Great Expectations. The girl related to Pip and adored the character and the book, wanting her new father to read it to her often, and the name stuck. They figured until she could speak it was a good nickname for her, deciding that when she learned to speak once more she might be able to tell them a name or something of herself. Though she was healthy, she was far from well and she needed to relearn many things like speaking, walking, reading and more. The Aberdeen’s were patient and kind, and TJ loved to teach her new things, but Thomas remained Pip’s very favorite person.
It had been six months before Pip was truly beginning to speak to them. Her vocabulary grew far faster than a child’s learning to speak. It didn’t take long for her to be able to communicate once the words came back to her. One morning Pip woke up screaming. When her father came to comfort her she told him she’d had a nightmare about waves and the ocean and a capsized boat. A man had been calling to her in her dream, and he’d called her Maureen. She knew it was her name, but that was all she remembered of her previous life for now. Despite having a real name, Thomas continued to call the girl Pip, and Maureen continued to answer to her pet name.
Life with the Aberdeen’s was a picturesque one. They lived on San Juan Island which was nestled between Washington state and the Canadian border off of British Columbia. Their town, Friday Harbor, was small and quaint and everyone seemed to know everyone. Maureen had become quite popular among the locals for her spunk and fun loving personality. She was enrolled in school and excelled quickly. She seemed far brighter than her years, and often more mature. She made friends easily but rarely got involved with the petty drama that often accompanied young girls, always being above it somehow. She participated in cheerleading, choir and often helped in the community doing charity work. She also went to church every Sunday and aided with Sunday school for the younger children. Teaching them God’s word was comforting to her, and she was a firm believer in faith and God.
Maureen often wondered about her life prior to the Aberdeen’s, but she didn’t know where to start looking. She assumed she’d been orphaned, but surely there was a history somewhere. When she was in her third year of high school she realized something about herself that she hadn’t before. It had been in a dream and it was the first clue that she might be special. Maureen was playing hide and seek with a smaller girl with firey red hair and eyes that matched hers, only when she hid it wasn’t in a closet or under the bed as most children did. She became completely invisible. When she woke she concentrated on the dream and the feeling she had when invisible and soon learned that it wasn’t a dream at all. Excited and horrified she kept this talent a secret, but knew somehow that it was the key to her past. She was special, and this special ability meant something.
Maureen graduated top of her class and went on to higher education. She didn’t stray far from home, not liking being away from her family. She went to school to be a teacher, finding she had a love for it when she worked with the children at her family’s church. She wanted nothing more than to teach music or reading and dreamed of working with less fortunate children, or perhaps being a tutor for sick children. And that was exactly what she did. She became a reading teacher for children and worked in the children’s hospital, working alongside parents and teachers to aid the children in keeping up with the work while they were out for extended periods due to various ailments.
Her life was quiet and simple and she was content with it. She wondered about her past but she didn’t actively search for answers, and when she met Simon she didn’t bother much searching for her past. Why look for answers when you were content with what you had? Simon was a doctor at the hospital she worked in and he was a wonderful man. Maureen fell hard for Simon and when he told her his dream to travel and help children around the world she supported his choice and encouraged him to follow his dreams. When he came back they could talk of marriage, but his four month stay ended up being a ten month stay and when he came home he told her he intended to continue his travels, helping sick children around the world. It was a novel choice, but she had a hard decision to make; follow Simon and move from her family, or let him go. With her parents growing older and TJ running the family store and needing a hand from time to time, she knew the decision was made for her. She told Simon goodbye, but they promised to keep in touch and it was a promise they both kept.
It wasn’t until the strange weather patterns in Scriptor Bay, Oregon made the news that Maureen took an interest in her past once more. There was a legend in the city, apparently. Different sources talked about it and she couldn’t help but be intrigued. Guardians? Extraordinary beings there to save the city’s inhabitants from an awful curse? There was something drawing her to the city and she wanted to check it out. She couldn’t explain what it was, but she packed her bags and told her family she was going to investigate, but wouldn’t be gone long. Little did she know how much of a history she actually had there in Scriptor Bay.
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ABOUT YOU:
Name you go by: Cupcake, Pam
Other Characters you play: Alyson, August, Cadence, Carter, Cheyenne, Gavin, Griffin, James, Jordanna, Kevin, Prestine, Rebecca, Tabitha
How long have you been RPing: 10+ years
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