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Are you over 18: Yessum
Characters in The Box Already: Kenzi (Lost Girl)
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Character Information
Character Name: Rose Hathaway
Canon: Vampire Academy
Canon Point: After Book 5: Spirit Bound.
Is your character Dead, Undead or Alive: Alive (ish?). There's some ground to argue that Rose is Undead? She died once and was brought back from the dead and is now different as a result. Spirits attack her because they believe she belongs in their world so. I'd make this one your call on what she's classified as.
History: Wikia.
Personality: Few people know the true Rose Hathaway. They see her as reckless and mouthy. Somebody who cares little for anyone or anything and even less for the rules and opinions of authority figures. Though some, if not all of this is true, it's not an accurate reflection of the real Rose. To know her true person, you only have to look at her relationship with her best friend Vasilisa Dragomir. For years now, Rose has been taking care of the unstable Moroi. Taking the blame for her actions whenever she has flown off the handle and even choosing to abandon a life she greatly enjoyed at the Academy, to go on the run with Lissa to try and protect her from some unseen evil that only Lissa seemed to be aware of.
She proved in her time on the run that she is willing to sacrifice a great deal in order to protect the people she loves. She allowed Lissa to feed on her, despite the negative connotations associated with it (Dhampirs who let Moroi feed on them get labelled Blood-Whores), how weak she would be afterwards, and the risk of becoming addicted to Moroi bites (Like being injected with heroin every time you are bitten.) She was forever trying to put Lissa's needs and safety ahead of her own. Though all Dhampir's training to be Guardian's are taught that they (the Moroi) come first, Rose's commitment to Lissa has proven to go beyond that.
She's determined (or stubborn if you will) when she needs to be, especially when she feels she has to prove herself. The easiest way to get Rose to do something is tell her that she can't. That's exactly what happened when she returned to the Academy, catching up on two years worth of missed training in just a few short months. Consequently however, this can lead Rose to do things that are either unwise or just plain foolish (going after several friends because she was challenged, led not only to her capture, but the eventual death of her one-time boyfriend and good friend, Mason).
There are some things about Rose on the other hand, that are exactly as they appear. She speaks her mind, whether it's appropriate or not, as shown in her many conversations with the Queen. She won't take crap from anyone and the only hope you ever have of getting her to not go down the road of don't get mad, get even, is if doing so puts the people she loves at risk, such as when Mia was going after Lissa. She prefers to solve her problems with her fists rather than words, again, Mia's broken nose case in point. She somehow manages to be both guarded, and yet wear her heart on her sleeve (Especially when it comes to Dimitri), a side effect for the most part from being shadow-kissed (as you will read about below). Despite all of her faults (and she knows there are many), she wants to be the very best that she can be, if not for herself, then for Lissa. She wants to be worthy of the title of Guardian and works every day to make that happen.
If her life wasn't complicated enough already, Rose is shadow-kissed. Though this may not affect her in the exact same way as it did back home, the event that caused this greatly changed Rose's life, and with or without the bond, she is still greatly defined by this. To be shadow-kissed is to have died, and be brought back to life by a Moroi who has the rare magical gift of Spirit, that allows the user to heal and in rare circumstances, resurrect a person that has passed on. In bringing Rose back, Lissa's powers as a spirit user blossomed, and she forged a permanent bond between the two. Rose has been able to not only read Lissa's mind, but enter it, see through Lissa's eyes. The bond was only one way, which meant that though Lissa could send thoughts through to Rose, Rose was unable to communicate with her (without the help of another Spirit user.)
There was however, a severe downside to being shadow-kissed. Spirit users are by nature, very unstable, and the more they use their magic, the worse it gets. As the person bonded to Lissa, Rose absorbs some of the darkness that would overcome her. Though it made Lissa better, Rose was prone to moods, sudden outbursts and even uncontrollable fits of rage, such as the altercation between Rose and the Moroi's who were using their magic to attack each other. Were it not for Dimitri's intervention, Jesse would likely have been killed. The best way to deal with that was to wear objects charmed with Spirit, or to receive small healings from Lissa. She could control the rage to a degree, but eventually something had to give and more often than not, the result was not pretty.
With the bond seemingly no longer in tact, Rose would feel as though a piece of herself is missing. For the last four years she has had to think for two people and try and balance the wants and needs of both. She has almost forgotten what it means to make choices based solely on her own needs and desires, and though the prospect of being on own would have been frightening in her own world, it will actually give Rose the opportunity to grow and mature in ways that were never possible before.
Like all Dhampir's who train to be Guardian's, Rose seems much older than her age may suggest. Imagine being taken from your home from a very young age and raised to fight an enemy who are stronger and faster and show no mercy. With a life expectancy of mid -twenties (younger if you aren't as gifted as others), there isn't a lot of time to be young and foolish. In her earlier years Rose may have been more frivolous than her peers (drinking, not paying attention in class, almost never, ever picking up a book). Once she saw first-hand just how dangerous the real world was, Rose cast aside her youth, or perhaps it's better to say that she had it ripped away from her when she was forced to see first-hand just how powerful and deadly Strigoi can be (Mason's Death.)
Still, she is eighteen years old. She has moments of emotional immaturity. She hasn't learned that some fights aren't worth having. She rails against the mother she believes abandoned her for her own career as a Guardian, which is perhaps why she has little to no regard for authority figures. She is still naive enough to believe that society's opinions shouldn't matter if you feel it is right (her relationship with Dimitri case in point). She seems immune to all rules of society, treating the Queen with the same indifference that she may treat a fellow Guardian if she feels that they are wrong. She can be unfairly judgmental, though finds a way to justify it in her mind, (Her mistrust of Christian Ozera and her resultant meddling in his relationship with Lissa). She is arrogant - sometimes deservedly so but sometimes too much for her own good. She is both fearless, yet utterly frightened at the same time but at the core of it, she is a good person. Sometimes that just gets lost along the way.
Though her most significant relationship may be with her best friend Lissa, there is one person who has come into her life that has arguably had the greatest impact on her to date, and that is Dimitri Belikov. Seven years her senior, what began as a student-teacher relationship, grew into something more, but due to a variety of reasons, (age, school, the fact that both will become Lissa's Guardians) Dimitri refuses to allow things to go further.
Despite the sexual tension, during the six months that Dimitri had taken Rose under his wing, he taught Rose how to value herself, not only as a potential Guardian, but as a woman, by letting her see that she was worth more than casual hook-ups with Moroi students (and threatening to beat said students up if he caught them at it). He taught her that looking after herself was more important than putting Lissa first in everything, that the motto 'They Come First' didn't mean that she had to sacrifice her wants, needs and quite literally her sanity. He was the one to see her through learning about her various shadow-kissed abilities and he was the first, and only person she ever appeared vulnerable before.
It took the two of them consummating their relationship, only to have Dimitri turned Strigoi that same day, for Rose to truly understand what it meant to choose herself. When she turned her back on the Academy, it was for the love she felt for Dimitri, and the unspoken promise the two had made: That it was better to be dead, than to be one of them. Though Lissa tried to force her to stay, for the first time in Rose's life, she found the strength to say no.
When it comes to Dimitri, Rose is reckless, putting her love for him ahead of everything else. When she discovered there was a chance to turn Dimitri back to a Dhampir, she hatched a crazy plan to break a man out of prison. She refused to take the opportunity to kill (Strigoi) Dimitri even though it led to the deaths of a number of innocent people. She even considered allowing Lissa to risk her own life (though the choice was not her own, and not one she could have truly made had it fell onto her to do so).
In the end she may have succeeded, she brought the man she loved back to the land of the living, but what she soon discovered was that there are not always happy ever afters. Torn apart by guilt at what he did while he was a Strigoi (especially to Rose), Dimitri refuses to have anything to do with her. At the same time, he grows closer to Lissa, as she was the one who used her powers to bring him back. He feels the need to repent for his actions and Rose, is left on the outside, being lied to by her best friend (Lissa) and unable to even speak to the person she was willing to sacrifice everything for. She feels as though the two most important people in her life have turned their backs on her and this leaves her unsure of whether there is anyone left that she can completely trust.
Rose is not completely alone however. She has her boyfriend, Adrian Ivashkov, the one person who seems to want to understand what Rose has been going through. Their relationship however, does not hold a candle to the torch she still carries for Dimitri and though neither seem willing to discuss it openly, they both are aware of it in their own way. Adrian seems to hope that Rose will learn to love him, and Rose, she wants to be happy. She wants to forget the feelings she has for Dimitri. She wants to move on and live her life to the fullest but something is missing without Dimitri in it.
The facts still remain: Her relationship with Adrian is heavily one sided and though Rose has learned to care for him, he does not have her heart. She will always put Dimitri first, even if he no longer feels the same way about her. The way things stand right now, Rose doesn't feel obligated to anyone, not completely. She wants to feel the way Dimitri made her feel and if Adrian cannot give her that, perhaps nobody ever will.
Abilities/Strengths and Weaknesses:
Though Rose is shadow-kissed, after arriving she would no longer have the same connection she once had with Lissa. The bond is effectively severed and while they remain in two different places, Rose will no longer take Spirit's ill effects from her.
What is arguably the most frightening side effect from being shadow-kissed, is that Rose can communicate and worse still, be attacked by the dead. Spirits that have not moved on will seek her out and if she weakens and can no longer keep her mind closed they will break through into her reality. They appear invisible to the human (or Moroi/Dhampir) eye, but will turn on any they do not believe should be walking in the mortal realm. Though this will cause Rose excruciating pain, she has found it useful when facing a Strigoi. Though she was brought back to life, they are the living dead and the spirits will focus their wrath on them over a shadow-kissed. They do however need a shadow-kissed to be channeled into the physical realm.
Rose can also sense the undead, a fluttering in her stomach hitting her as any creature that falls into this category comes close to her. (Yet another side effect of being shadow-kissed.)
Rose has trained to be a Guardian from the time she was a child. She is an extremely skilled fighter, in both armed and unarmed combat. Though she may be smaller than many of her opponents, she has trained to use her size to her advantage. Her weapon of choice is a Silver Stake that has been charmed with the four key elements of Moroi Magic, (Earth, Fire, Wind & Water.)
Finally, as a Dhampir (a half human, half Vampire), Rose has increased strength, agility and senses. She's not exactly what you call a super hero, but she is superhuman. She heals a little faster than a regular person but doesn't drink blood or have any sensitivity to light.
It should also be noted that as a Dhampir, Rose is slightly more resistant to compulsion than the average human. A supernatural creature would be able to smell the difference on her, particularly her blood. It is also said that Dhampir or Moroi blood makes a Vampire (Strigoi) stronger and harder to kill.
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Prose Log Sample: Rose groaned as she shifted in her bed, hugging the blankets around her body to shut out the cold. She'd forgotten to turn off the air-conditioning, she thought idly through the heavy fog of half sleep, the springs of her bed creaking loudly as she tried to roll over and "Ouuuch." She groaned as her forehead connected with a wall with a loud crack. Her eyes flew open, her whole body on high alert, ready to spring into action to take down the nearest threat when everything came flooding back. She was torn from her peaceful slumber by a twisting in her stomach and the ease she had known only moments ago was stripped from her as the weight of the world came crashing down on her shoulders.
She rubbed at her head, swinging her legs out of bed, bare feet resting on the cold concrete floor. It was like this most days. She'd forget that she was rotting in the depths of the Moroi Royal Prison. She'd forget that any day now she would have to appear before the courts. She'd forget that she would be tried for treason and that she would most likely be put to death. In those brief moments, it was nice to be carefree but when it all come flooding back?
Her shoulders slumped, dejected, eyes staring blankly at the floor of her cell. It was hard to cling to hope when the outlook was so bleak. She hadn't exactly made a lot of friends since her arrival at court and bitch or not, Tatiana was well liked. Even those who hated her couldn't abide the assassination of any Royal, let alone the Queen. Coupled with her colourful reputation, her relationship with the Queen's nephew and her link with Lissa, a Spirit user who was as feared as she was adored. Even Rose would have trouble finding herself innocent, and she knew she hadn't done it.
"So you going to bother to feed me?" The snarky tone in her voice betrayed the thoughts racing through her head as Rose called out to the Guardian she knew was keeping watch. She couldn't see him, she didn't need to. She knew Guardian protocol better than most Dhampir's and her dealings with Victor gave her a good insight to how a prison ran. No way no how would they allow the person accused of murdering the Queen a second without being watched like a hawk.
"I'm pretty sure it's against some convention somewhere to starve me to death." Still nothing. "Innocent until proven guilty ya know?!" Rose held her breath, head cocked as she strained her ears to hear even a pin drop, but nothing. She wasn't even that hungry, more stir-crazy. It was a messed up thought but after a few days in this place she could already see the appeal of the death penalty over a life in prison.
With a groan and a creak of the bed she pulled her legs up and stretched out on the thin mattress, hugging the blanket even tighter this time as she fixed her eyes on a dark smudge on the wall. She considered for a moment singing as loud she could, off key, a song that she would render unrecognizable just to irritate her guards, but even torture by karaoke had no appeal.
"Not long now." She whispered to herself and without an audience to perform for, she just sounded defeated and utterly alone.
Player name: Brooke
Contact:
Are you over 18: Yessum
Characters in The Box Already: Kenzi (Lost Girl)
N.B: Unscreening the App is Fine by me.
Character Information
Character Name: Rose Hathaway
Canon: Vampire Academy
Canon Point: After Book 5: Spirit Bound.
Is your character Dead, Undead or Alive: Alive (ish?). There's some ground to argue that Rose is Undead? She died once and was brought back from the dead and is now different as a result. Spirits attack her because they believe she belongs in their world so. I'd make this one your call on what she's classified as.
History: Wikia.
Personality: Few people know the true Rose Hathaway. They see her as reckless and mouthy. Somebody who cares little for anyone or anything and even less for the rules and opinions of authority figures. Though some, if not all of this is true, it's not an accurate reflection of the real Rose. To know her true person, you only have to look at her relationship with her best friend Vasilisa Dragomir. For years now, Rose has been taking care of the unstable Moroi. Taking the blame for her actions whenever she has flown off the handle and even choosing to abandon a life she greatly enjoyed at the Academy, to go on the run with Lissa to try and protect her from some unseen evil that only Lissa seemed to be aware of.
She proved in her time on the run that she is willing to sacrifice a great deal in order to protect the people she loves. She allowed Lissa to feed on her, despite the negative connotations associated with it (Dhampirs who let Moroi feed on them get labelled Blood-Whores), how weak she would be afterwards, and the risk of becoming addicted to Moroi bites (Like being injected with heroin every time you are bitten.) She was forever trying to put Lissa's needs and safety ahead of her own. Though all Dhampir's training to be Guardian's are taught that they (the Moroi) come first, Rose's commitment to Lissa has proven to go beyond that.
She's determined (or stubborn if you will) when she needs to be, especially when she feels she has to prove herself. The easiest way to get Rose to do something is tell her that she can't. That's exactly what happened when she returned to the Academy, catching up on two years worth of missed training in just a few short months. Consequently however, this can lead Rose to do things that are either unwise or just plain foolish (going after several friends because she was challenged, led not only to her capture, but the eventual death of her one-time boyfriend and good friend, Mason).
There are some things about Rose on the other hand, that are exactly as they appear. She speaks her mind, whether it's appropriate or not, as shown in her many conversations with the Queen. She won't take crap from anyone and the only hope you ever have of getting her to not go down the road of don't get mad, get even, is if doing so puts the people she loves at risk, such as when Mia was going after Lissa. She prefers to solve her problems with her fists rather than words, again, Mia's broken nose case in point. She somehow manages to be both guarded, and yet wear her heart on her sleeve (Especially when it comes to Dimitri), a side effect for the most part from being shadow-kissed (as you will read about below). Despite all of her faults (and she knows there are many), she wants to be the very best that she can be, if not for herself, then for Lissa. She wants to be worthy of the title of Guardian and works every day to make that happen.
If her life wasn't complicated enough already, Rose is shadow-kissed. Though this may not affect her in the exact same way as it did back home, the event that caused this greatly changed Rose's life, and with or without the bond, she is still greatly defined by this. To be shadow-kissed is to have died, and be brought back to life by a Moroi who has the rare magical gift of Spirit, that allows the user to heal and in rare circumstances, resurrect a person that has passed on. In bringing Rose back, Lissa's powers as a spirit user blossomed, and she forged a permanent bond between the two. Rose has been able to not only read Lissa's mind, but enter it, see through Lissa's eyes. The bond was only one way, which meant that though Lissa could send thoughts through to Rose, Rose was unable to communicate with her (without the help of another Spirit user.)
There was however, a severe downside to being shadow-kissed. Spirit users are by nature, very unstable, and the more they use their magic, the worse it gets. As the person bonded to Lissa, Rose absorbs some of the darkness that would overcome her. Though it made Lissa better, Rose was prone to moods, sudden outbursts and even uncontrollable fits of rage, such as the altercation between Rose and the Moroi's who were using their magic to attack each other. Were it not for Dimitri's intervention, Jesse would likely have been killed. The best way to deal with that was to wear objects charmed with Spirit, or to receive small healings from Lissa. She could control the rage to a degree, but eventually something had to give and more often than not, the result was not pretty.
With the bond seemingly no longer in tact, Rose would feel as though a piece of herself is missing. For the last four years she has had to think for two people and try and balance the wants and needs of both. She has almost forgotten what it means to make choices based solely on her own needs and desires, and though the prospect of being on own would have been frightening in her own world, it will actually give Rose the opportunity to grow and mature in ways that were never possible before.
Like all Dhampir's who train to be Guardian's, Rose seems much older than her age may suggest. Imagine being taken from your home from a very young age and raised to fight an enemy who are stronger and faster and show no mercy. With a life expectancy of mid -twenties (younger if you aren't as gifted as others), there isn't a lot of time to be young and foolish. In her earlier years Rose may have been more frivolous than her peers (drinking, not paying attention in class, almost never, ever picking up a book). Once she saw first-hand just how dangerous the real world was, Rose cast aside her youth, or perhaps it's better to say that she had it ripped away from her when she was forced to see first-hand just how powerful and deadly Strigoi can be (Mason's Death.)
Still, she is eighteen years old. She has moments of emotional immaturity. She hasn't learned that some fights aren't worth having. She rails against the mother she believes abandoned her for her own career as a Guardian, which is perhaps why she has little to no regard for authority figures. She is still naive enough to believe that society's opinions shouldn't matter if you feel it is right (her relationship with Dimitri case in point). She seems immune to all rules of society, treating the Queen with the same indifference that she may treat a fellow Guardian if she feels that they are wrong. She can be unfairly judgmental, though finds a way to justify it in her mind, (Her mistrust of Christian Ozera and her resultant meddling in his relationship with Lissa). She is arrogant - sometimes deservedly so but sometimes too much for her own good. She is both fearless, yet utterly frightened at the same time but at the core of it, she is a good person. Sometimes that just gets lost along the way.
Though her most significant relationship may be with her best friend Lissa, there is one person who has come into her life that has arguably had the greatest impact on her to date, and that is Dimitri Belikov. Seven years her senior, what began as a student-teacher relationship, grew into something more, but due to a variety of reasons, (age, school, the fact that both will become Lissa's Guardians) Dimitri refuses to allow things to go further.
Despite the sexual tension, during the six months that Dimitri had taken Rose under his wing, he taught Rose how to value herself, not only as a potential Guardian, but as a woman, by letting her see that she was worth more than casual hook-ups with Moroi students (and threatening to beat said students up if he caught them at it). He taught her that looking after herself was more important than putting Lissa first in everything, that the motto 'They Come First' didn't mean that she had to sacrifice her wants, needs and quite literally her sanity. He was the one to see her through learning about her various shadow-kissed abilities and he was the first, and only person she ever appeared vulnerable before.
It took the two of them consummating their relationship, only to have Dimitri turned Strigoi that same day, for Rose to truly understand what it meant to choose herself. When she turned her back on the Academy, it was for the love she felt for Dimitri, and the unspoken promise the two had made: That it was better to be dead, than to be one of them. Though Lissa tried to force her to stay, for the first time in Rose's life, she found the strength to say no.
When it comes to Dimitri, Rose is reckless, putting her love for him ahead of everything else. When she discovered there was a chance to turn Dimitri back to a Dhampir, she hatched a crazy plan to break a man out of prison. She refused to take the opportunity to kill (Strigoi) Dimitri even though it led to the deaths of a number of innocent people. She even considered allowing Lissa to risk her own life (though the choice was not her own, and not one she could have truly made had it fell onto her to do so).
In the end she may have succeeded, she brought the man she loved back to the land of the living, but what she soon discovered was that there are not always happy ever afters. Torn apart by guilt at what he did while he was a Strigoi (especially to Rose), Dimitri refuses to have anything to do with her. At the same time, he grows closer to Lissa, as she was the one who used her powers to bring him back. He feels the need to repent for his actions and Rose, is left on the outside, being lied to by her best friend (Lissa) and unable to even speak to the person she was willing to sacrifice everything for. She feels as though the two most important people in her life have turned their backs on her and this leaves her unsure of whether there is anyone left that she can completely trust.
Rose is not completely alone however. She has her boyfriend, Adrian Ivashkov, the one person who seems to want to understand what Rose has been going through. Their relationship however, does not hold a candle to the torch she still carries for Dimitri and though neither seem willing to discuss it openly, they both are aware of it in their own way. Adrian seems to hope that Rose will learn to love him, and Rose, she wants to be happy. She wants to forget the feelings she has for Dimitri. She wants to move on and live her life to the fullest but something is missing without Dimitri in it.
The facts still remain: Her relationship with Adrian is heavily one sided and though Rose has learned to care for him, he does not have her heart. She will always put Dimitri first, even if he no longer feels the same way about her. The way things stand right now, Rose doesn't feel obligated to anyone, not completely. She wants to feel the way Dimitri made her feel and if Adrian cannot give her that, perhaps nobody ever will.
Abilities/Strengths and Weaknesses:
Though Rose is shadow-kissed, after arriving she would no longer have the same connection she once had with Lissa. The bond is effectively severed and while they remain in two different places, Rose will no longer take Spirit's ill effects from her.
What is arguably the most frightening side effect from being shadow-kissed, is that Rose can communicate and worse still, be attacked by the dead. Spirits that have not moved on will seek her out and if she weakens and can no longer keep her mind closed they will break through into her reality. They appear invisible to the human (or Moroi/Dhampir) eye, but will turn on any they do not believe should be walking in the mortal realm. Though this will cause Rose excruciating pain, she has found it useful when facing a Strigoi. Though she was brought back to life, they are the living dead and the spirits will focus their wrath on them over a shadow-kissed. They do however need a shadow-kissed to be channeled into the physical realm.
Rose can also sense the undead, a fluttering in her stomach hitting her as any creature that falls into this category comes close to her. (Yet another side effect of being shadow-kissed.)
Rose has trained to be a Guardian from the time she was a child. She is an extremely skilled fighter, in both armed and unarmed combat. Though she may be smaller than many of her opponents, she has trained to use her size to her advantage. Her weapon of choice is a Silver Stake that has been charmed with the four key elements of Moroi Magic, (Earth, Fire, Wind & Water.)
Finally, as a Dhampir (a half human, half Vampire), Rose has increased strength, agility and senses. She's not exactly what you call a super hero, but she is superhuman. She heals a little faster than a regular person but doesn't drink blood or have any sensitivity to light.
It should also be noted that as a Dhampir, Rose is slightly more resistant to compulsion than the average human. A supernatural creature would be able to smell the difference on her, particularly her blood. It is also said that Dhampir or Moroi blood makes a Vampire (Strigoi) stronger and harder to kill.
Samples
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Prose Log Sample: Rose groaned as she shifted in her bed, hugging the blankets around her body to shut out the cold. She'd forgotten to turn off the air-conditioning, she thought idly through the heavy fog of half sleep, the springs of her bed creaking loudly as she tried to roll over and "Ouuuch." She groaned as her forehead connected with a wall with a loud crack. Her eyes flew open, her whole body on high alert, ready to spring into action to take down the nearest threat when everything came flooding back. She was torn from her peaceful slumber by a twisting in her stomach and the ease she had known only moments ago was stripped from her as the weight of the world came crashing down on her shoulders.
She rubbed at her head, swinging her legs out of bed, bare feet resting on the cold concrete floor. It was like this most days. She'd forget that she was rotting in the depths of the Moroi Royal Prison. She'd forget that any day now she would have to appear before the courts. She'd forget that she would be tried for treason and that she would most likely be put to death. In those brief moments, it was nice to be carefree but when it all come flooding back?
Her shoulders slumped, dejected, eyes staring blankly at the floor of her cell. It was hard to cling to hope when the outlook was so bleak. She hadn't exactly made a lot of friends since her arrival at court and bitch or not, Tatiana was well liked. Even those who hated her couldn't abide the assassination of any Royal, let alone the Queen. Coupled with her colourful reputation, her relationship with the Queen's nephew and her link with Lissa, a Spirit user who was as feared as she was adored. Even Rose would have trouble finding herself innocent, and she knew she hadn't done it.
"So you going to bother to feed me?" The snarky tone in her voice betrayed the thoughts racing through her head as Rose called out to the Guardian she knew was keeping watch. She couldn't see him, she didn't need to. She knew Guardian protocol better than most Dhampir's and her dealings with Victor gave her a good insight to how a prison ran. No way no how would they allow the person accused of murdering the Queen a second without being watched like a hawk.
"I'm pretty sure it's against some convention somewhere to starve me to death." Still nothing. "Innocent until proven guilty ya know?!" Rose held her breath, head cocked as she strained her ears to hear even a pin drop, but nothing. She wasn't even that hungry, more stir-crazy. It was a messed up thought but after a few days in this place she could already see the appeal of the death penalty over a life in prison.
With a groan and a creak of the bed she pulled her legs up and stretched out on the thin mattress, hugging the blanket even tighter this time as she fixed her eyes on a dark smudge on the wall. She considered for a moment singing as loud she could, off key, a song that she would render unrecognizable just to irritate her guards, but even torture by karaoke had no appeal.
"Not long now." She whispered to herself and without an audience to perform for, she just sounded defeated and utterly alone.