{āUnfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by.
The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.ā}
-Haruki Murakami
Across The Universe | The Beatles || I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor | Arctic Monkeys || Tiny Dancer | Elton John
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|{Full Name}|
Roselin Lane Carter
[r(o)-se-lin]
|{Nickname}|
Rose {Preferred} || Lane {Accepted} || Ros {Disliked}
Rosie {Reserved for Otis}
|{Age}|
20 {5th June}
|{Ethnicity}|
Australian || British German
|{Sexuality}|
Heterosexual
|{Role}|
Breaker
"Mistakes are dangerous unless terminated."
|{Charm}|
[x]
The old charm bracelet is simply known as 'Thyme and has been passed down from mother to daughter since Rose's great-grandmother discovered it. Rose's bond with the charm is incredibly strong, no doubt partially influenced by the familial bonds it shared with those before her. However, despite the strength of the bond some odd quirks are apparent. For example, Rose's charm will sometimes refuse to work if she doesn't treat it gently or ask it politely. Her mother was very into good manners and Rose believes it rubbed off on her charm.
|{Mentality}|
Like her parents before her Rose is a loyal Breaker. She believes that the Breakers change and alter time for the better, even if their method of doing so is not always considered morally straight. Having grown up with time-travelling parents the Breakers are truly a second family to her and Rose would defend the group to the end of time and back. The Watchers, on the other hand, she sees as uptight, sticks in the mud. The enmity between the two sides has not skipped Rose and she views the other side with distaste. As for the Stretchers, she has no strong view either way.
{āHere we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.ā}
-Kurt Vonnegut
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|{Quirks || Habits || Oddities}|
āŖ Plays with her lip when thinking āŖ Can't say no to a challenge āŖ Talks in her sleep āŖ Allergic to cat hair āŖ Sings in the shower āŖ Reads her star sign every week even though she doesn't believe it āŖ Is a massive fan of the Beatles āŖ Refuses to travel to the 1970 because that's the year the Beatles broke up āŖ
|{Likes}|
Time Travel || Dead Languages || Her Brother || The Breakers || Travel || Winning || Completing Missions || Period Dress || Her Charm || Inaccurate Historical Movies (They make her laugh) || Westerns || Flirting || Green Tea || Herbal Tea || Horse Riding || Swords || Star Gazing || Famed Astronomers || Her Motorcycle || The Beach || The Beatles || Jazz Music
|{Dislikes}|
Restrictions || Her Brother || Sexism || Losing A Competition || Sexism || Ignorance || Fast Food || Slavery || The Watchers || Bad Teeth || Horror Movies || Being Rejected || Computers || Death || 1970 || Stereotypes, particularly blonde stereotypes || Excessive Swearing || Halloween
|{Talents || Strengths || Skills}|
ā Good With Languages ā Speaks Several Dead Languages Fluently ā Coercive ā Agile ā Quick Thinkerā Talented Sword Fighter ā
|{Flaws || Weakness}|
ā Competitive ā Gets distracted by good-looking guys easily ā At times impatient ā Computer Illiterate
|{Hobbies}|
Fencing || Horse Riding || Astronomy
|{Fears}|
Ćø Losing Her Brother Ćø
Ćø Torture Ćø
Ćø DrowningĆø
|{Secrets}|
ā¤ Her father didn't want her to get a motorcycle, so she kept it a secret. Now, although he's gone, she still feels as if she should keep it hidden. ā¤
ā¤ She doesn't like admitting how much she relies on her brother. ā¤
ā¤ She broke Otis' laptop and blamed it on someone else. ā¤
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{āThey always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.ā}
-Andy Warhol
|{Personality}|
{Intelligent, Perceptive, Competitive, Coercive, Flirtatious, Adventurous, Confident}
Intelligent and competent, there is little Roselin can't do once she's set her mind to it. She has a talent for picking up languages, a mind quick to grasp new ideas, and a determination to learn that continues to push her further. Of course, she doesn't know everything. When it comes to computers Rose is severely handicapped. She can do the basics, check emails, surf the web and such, but anything harder is beyond her. Her brother, who is a bit of a computer whizz, never misses a chance to tease her for her ineptitude.
She views most obstacles as merely the next challenge to be tackled. Highly competitive, she hates losing, especially to her brother. However, losing only pushes her further. While she'd tell you otherwise, truthfully she does have problems refusing challenges. If someone questions her ability to do something she has no problem proving them wrong. Of course, that's if she wants them to know her full abilities. While she usually can't resist a challenge, she does know the value of keeping some cards hidden. One of her favourite things to do is play the innocent before revealing her true hand. It's surprisingly easy to do, especially in certain periods where women are seen as delicate trophies rather than threats.
Rose is also rather good at reading people. Naturally perceptive, it helps to understand people in her trade. She also has a talent for persuasion. She's good at talking people into doing things, often arranging it so that they think it's their idea rather than hers. While she dislikes the title 'manipulative', it's certainly true that there is a manipulative nature to her. To her friends and fellow breakers she is upfront and honest, but against her opponents she holds no such promises.
Confident and flirtatious, Rose isn't shy about flirting with any young man that catches her eye. Of course, just because she likes to flirt doesn't mean that she's promiscuous. Certainly, she's far from a blushing virgin, but she doesn't sleep with every guy she flirts with. Sometimes it's just fun trading flirtatious banter with others. She's also rather humorous, or a least she likes to think so. Otis would deny it, saying that he's the one that had inherited humour.
Rose and Otis have a good relationship. Sure, they fight like most siblings, but given that it's only them and their uncle now they have become rather protective of each other. Rose knows how to get under his skin and delights in making him angry, yet if push came to shove she would put herself on the line to help him. He's the one she goes to with a problem and she wouldn't hesitate to defend him to anyone that dared bad-mouth him.
{āIt has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain.
In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens.
But it is never gone.ā }
-Rose Kennedy
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|{Place of Origin}|
London, England
|{Family Tree}|
Leonora Carter || Mother || Deceased
Ajax Carter || Father || Missing
Odysseus Carter || Uncle || Living
Otis Carter || Brother || Living
|{Happiest Memory}|
Rose's first solo trip is hands down her happiest memory. It wasn't a mission, more so a holiday trip into the past, but the memories of the exploration of the Edwardian era still brings a smile to her face. Everything from the different people, to the food and buildings captured her attention. Time travel continues to amaze her and she doubts she'll ever grow tired of it.
|{Saddest Memory}|
Her mother's death is still painful, especially knowing that her death is not something she can change using time travel. Rose was only 12 when her mother passed away and she feels that she's missed out on having the woman's influence in her life at an important time in her growth. While she can travel back in time to when her mother is alive, there is still pain in knowing that she isn't alive in the present.
|{History}|
Roselin Carter is the second child of Leonora Carter nee Blackwell and Ajax Carter. Like many other Breakers, time travel runs in the family. Leonora inherited her travel charm from her own mother, while Ajax and his brother Odysseus stumbled upon the art while visiting a Great-Aunt. Ajax grew up in Australia, while Leonora spent her youth traveling between her father's German home and her mother's English house. They met, as one might expect, while time traveling. To use a cliche, it was love at first sight. They were married two years later, enjoyed a brief honeymoon in early Ancient Egypt, before welcoming their first child Otis Carter into the world. Roselin was born four years later.
Rose grew up in a beautiful home in the English countryside. History had a large influence on her early childhood. If she wasn't learning it at school, her parents were drilling it into her head. She loved it. The young girl absorbed facts like a sponge. It was quickly found that Rose had a knack with languages, and agility and precision that made her a talented duelist. As soon as she was old enough to understand what her parents did she would constantly badger her mother and father to take her into the past with them. Eventually her persuasion paid off and she's never looked back.
Time traveling isn't always the safest profession and more than one breaker has failed to return from a mission. Yet, Leonora was not killed by marauding pirates, but cancer. Within a year of being diagnosed Leonora had passed. Rose was only 12 at the time, her brother 16. Both were hit had by the loss, their pain made even worse by an increasingly despondent father. Rose inherited her mother's charm. While she was too young to travel alone yet (as deemed by her father), her brother began to make forays into the past. He would return with tales that made her smile despite the recent loss of Leonora.
Eventually Rose too began to make solo trips in time. She loved it from the get go. It was adventurous, enlightening, and there was an endless supply of information to learn. When comparing Rose and her brother Otis, many note the differences in their approach to time travel. Rose prefers knowing everything she possibly can before jumping in, while Otis has an 'ask questions later' mentality. Their approaches may be different, but both always manage to get the job done. They have a rather competitive relationship. Of course, time travel has another perk, Rose is able to travel back to see her mother. She doesn't like making a habit of it, but enjoys the knowledge that her mother is still alive in the past.
In the past year the small family has been hit by another tragedy. Rose's father, Ajax, who had been struggling for years with the loss of his wife, disappeared. A note saying he loved them was all he left for Otis and Rose. Many believe him dead, although Rose hopes that he is merely lost in time. She finds it hard to imagine what could kill her father as he was more than competent and never rushed into a situation. Whenever he is he is untraceable. His children would prefer to think that he's out there somewhere, while his brother believes that he has truly died. Either way the Carter family has been reduced to three, Rose, Otis and their uncle Odysseus. However, the rising tensions between the Breakers and the Watchers have given the siblings something else to think on.
|{Miscellaneous}
|{Face Claim}
Gabriella Wilde
Character Dialogue || #4473C4