Only a few find the way; some don't recognize it when they do; some don't ever want to.
Full Name
Laura Grace Riddle
||Her name is unknown by her fellow students||
Nicknames
Chess
||Everyone, even those employed to the school, call her this||
Sexuality
Heterosexual
Role
Cheshire Cat
Club
She remains neutral
Ethnicity/Nationality
Born in London || Of Scottish descent
Age
Seventeen
Height/Weight
5'5 || 110 lbs
Laura Grace Riddle
||Her name is unknown by her fellow students||
Nicknames
Chess
||Everyone, even those employed to the school, call her this||
Sexuality
Heterosexual
Role
Cheshire Cat
Club
She remains neutral
Ethnicity/Nationality
Born in London || Of Scottish descent
Age
Seventeen
Height/Weight
5'5 || 110 lbs
Mental Disorder
Her mental disorder seems to be classified. The psychologists that diagnosed her seem to think she has some form of depression. It's a severe case that, left unchecked, could result in her death. She's already caused harm to herself, and a few orderlies that tried to get her to take her medication. The doctors are also starting to believe that her depression has sent her spiraling into madness; she may be developing a slight case of Schizophrenia.
Danger Level
The professionals at the school have decided that she is of no threat to others. She is more a threat to herself than anyone else. In fact, her only incident was once with a few orderlies who tried to force her to take her medicine. Unprovoked she is harmless, and she willingly takes her anti-depressants when she is sinking lower into her misery than normal.
Oddity
Chess has this inane ability to vanish, seemingly without a trace. She moves throughout the school with ease and appears to know the layout of the establishment better than most of its employees. It is believed that she can pick locks, enabling her to slip into closed off areas to hide away. And, despite her melancholy demeanor, she seems to possess a very good sense of humor—however, very dark.
Physical Description
Chess is known to have wavy, dark chocolate hair with natural auburn highlights—derived from her Scottish blood line. Her bedroom eyes are predominantly mocha with speckles of amber in its depths. Her alabaster face is delicate, immaculate and her prominent cheekbones help shape her cherubic face. She's only slightly curvaceous and lean, with lithe limbs and a memorizing grace. But her skin is marred by numerous self-inflicted wounds on the inside of her wrist and burns scars on her right hip and down her right leg. She harbors a tattoo on her left shoulder blade. She has no piercings.
Personality
Chess is quite the anomaly. nearly always speaking in riddles. That is, if she speaks at all. She tends to fade into the background with incredible ease. She's sarcastic and pessimistic in even the best of times, but always has a joke or pun for the situation at hand. She's very quick witted and realistic, opting to be an introvert rather than socialize with the students at the academy. She could never be considered naive or an open book. Chess doesn't trust people easily. It's a blessing and a curse, in a way. True she never gets hurt, but the high walls she builds around herself keep her from making any real friends. It takes a lot to make her genuinely happy, and most people aren't willing to put forth the effort. Her dominate emotional could more accurately be described as apathetic.
Likes||Dislikes
Chess adores riddles. She speaks in them more often than not on a daily basis. She hates ignorance and will most likely shun you if you suffer from intellectual ineptitude. She loves literature and despises poor grammar; you could say she's a bit of a Grammar Nazi when it comes to the issue. She displays a soft spot for animals, though it's very well known that she prefers a domestic feline over any other.
Hobbies
Whenever she finds alone time, Chess will seclude herself in the Music Hall and play the grand piano. Only when she's not roaming the grounds. She's a gifted pianist, and is considered a virtuoso. She's able to listen to any song and play it on the piano with incredible ease. She enjoys the leisure of a simple stroll and spends most of her day writing music while sitting one of the trees outside of the school.
Keepsakes
- Her parents' wedding rings
||Which she keeps on a chain around her neck|| - A book of sheet music she composed
History of the Character
Chess was born in Berkshire, London and was more or less the happiest little girl you had ever seen. She was an only child given to a loving family who considered her a miracle because the mother was deemed unable to have children. They coddled her, nurtured her, spoiled her without tainting her good nature. You would've never suspected her to have gone off the deep end the way she did. But when a house fire took her family from her at the tender age of nine, her mental stability shattered. She was hospitalized with severe burns and sat for five years in a coma recovering in an intensive care unit whilst they treated her burns. She was given her parent's wedding rings, the only thing that survived the fire, and in her grief she was sent spiraling into madness. They transported her to the psych ward where she was treated for her psychiatric distress. When she was mentally stable enough to be integrated into society, she took the initiative to get caught up on her schooling, taking an aptitude test that placed her amongst teens her own age despite having had a lack of education. Soon, after discovering her remarkable intelligence despite her mental instability, they enrolled her into the Academy for her sophomore year. She's a senior now, and though they'd hoped her condition would improve, she doesn't seem to have any will to live.
Theme Songs
Chess, being the oddity that she is, simply cannot be described with lyrics. So, she's taken upon herself to share with you a few of her favorite classical music compositions that she feels best display who she is. Enjoy.
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