"Take me back to my beginning
Before the hell of night set in
And I came to this border
take me home"
Before the hell of night set in
And I came to this border
take me home"
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Anne Courtney Elizabeth Preacher
Nicknames:
Annie, Father
Age:
21
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Lesbian
Ethnicity: White
Anne Courtney Elizabeth Preacher
Nicknames:
Annie, Father
Age:
21
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Lesbian
Ethnicity: White
"But all this time, I've been chasin' down a lie
And I know it for what it is"
And I know it for what it is"
Appearance:
Anne is quite short at 5'1", with a slim build and long brown hair. She has dark eyes and a soft face with prominent dimples, giving her a rather youthful appearance.
Secret:
Anne Preacher is a murderer. When she was 17, she discovered her elder sister's 19 year old boyfriend, Jacob Norton, had been cheating on her with middle school girls. She made attempts to report it, but was waved away as delusional due to having been recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. Deciding she had to deal with it herself, she confronted the boy on her own at his home, trying to convince him to back off her sister. They got in a fight, which ended with Anne sticking the barrel of Jacob's father's hunting rifle under his chin and pulling the trigger. Anne panicked, but took steps to ensure Jacob's death would be ruled a suicide, and has lived with the weight of what she'd done ever since.
Anne is quite short at 5'1", with a slim build and long brown hair. She has dark eyes and a soft face with prominent dimples, giving her a rather youthful appearance.
Secret:
Anne Preacher is a murderer. When she was 17, she discovered her elder sister's 19 year old boyfriend, Jacob Norton, had been cheating on her with middle school girls. She made attempts to report it, but was waved away as delusional due to having been recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. Deciding she had to deal with it herself, she confronted the boy on her own at his home, trying to convince him to back off her sister. They got in a fight, which ended with Anne sticking the barrel of Jacob's father's hunting rifle under his chin and pulling the trigger. Anne panicked, but took steps to ensure Jacob's death would be ruled a suicide, and has lived with the weight of what she'd done ever since.
"If I could make amends
With all my shadows
I'd bow my head
And welcome them"
With all my shadows
I'd bow my head
And welcome them"
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|Stepford Smiler|No Medication For Me|Little Sister Instinct|Knight In Sour Armor|
Anne has always been a quiet girl, awkward in social situations, but kind and loyal, and deeply protective of her friends and family. Some who may not have known her back then might also have been surprised to learn that Anne Preacher was an idealist, choosing to believe the world was a good place, and that people were all good people deep down. She believed that things always tended to turn out for the best, even when it didn't seem like it. She was a cheerful person with a smart mouth and a good heart. She genuinely enjoyed being around people, even if she had a hard time speaking up, and was always willing to lend a hand when her friends needed it.
Anne has changed much since that day when she confronted Jacob Norton at his home. What used to be a friendly if shy young girl has become a bitter and emotionally withdrawn adult, whose youthful naivete has been replaced with cold apathy toward the wider world. She no longer sees the world as a good and just place, an outlook which only serves to further her insistence on maintaining the mask she shows to people, because she feels it is important to allow others to retain their own sense of optimism. The world is shit; she is obligated to make it seem less so.
Anne does retain one aspect of who she used to be: a deep and unabiding desire to protect her older sister Kate, even if the sisters are rather less close than they used to be. Anne's insistence on acting as her sister's hero doesn't really seem to have a reason anymore; she simply does it because, were she to admit Kate no longer needed her, it would devastate what little remains of the person she desperately wishes to hold on to.
Anne wants to be okay. She wants to present herself as normal and proper and exactly what everyone wants her to be, because she believes it to be the only thing keeping her from falling into an abyss she'd never climb out of. She projects a mask of who she used to be, because if she pretends, maybe it'll stop being pretend. She refuses to take her meds because if she takes them she'll have to admit she needs them. She feeds stray dogs, helps old ladies cross the street, gives money to the homeless, not because she feels it will make the world a better place, but because it's the right thing to do.
And she needs to believe that what she does is the right thing to do.
Talents:
Good Cook
Ambidextrous
Thinks Quickly in Stressful Situations
Weaknesses:
Cynical
Emotionally Distant
Bad at Math
Stubborn
Fears:
Guns
Herself
Imprisonment
|Stepford Smiler|No Medication For Me|Little Sister Instinct|Knight In Sour Armor|
Anne has always been a quiet girl, awkward in social situations, but kind and loyal, and deeply protective of her friends and family. Some who may not have known her back then might also have been surprised to learn that Anne Preacher was an idealist, choosing to believe the world was a good place, and that people were all good people deep down. She believed that things always tended to turn out for the best, even when it didn't seem like it. She was a cheerful person with a smart mouth and a good heart. She genuinely enjoyed being around people, even if she had a hard time speaking up, and was always willing to lend a hand when her friends needed it.
Anne has changed much since that day when she confronted Jacob Norton at his home. What used to be a friendly if shy young girl has become a bitter and emotionally withdrawn adult, whose youthful naivete has been replaced with cold apathy toward the wider world. She no longer sees the world as a good and just place, an outlook which only serves to further her insistence on maintaining the mask she shows to people, because she feels it is important to allow others to retain their own sense of optimism. The world is shit; she is obligated to make it seem less so.
Anne does retain one aspect of who she used to be: a deep and unabiding desire to protect her older sister Kate, even if the sisters are rather less close than they used to be. Anne's insistence on acting as her sister's hero doesn't really seem to have a reason anymore; she simply does it because, were she to admit Kate no longer needed her, it would devastate what little remains of the person she desperately wishes to hold on to.
Anne wants to be okay. She wants to present herself as normal and proper and exactly what everyone wants her to be, because she believes it to be the only thing keeping her from falling into an abyss she'd never climb out of. She projects a mask of who she used to be, because if she pretends, maybe it'll stop being pretend. She refuses to take her meds because if she takes them she'll have to admit she needs them. She feeds stray dogs, helps old ladies cross the street, gives money to the homeless, not because she feels it will make the world a better place, but because it's the right thing to do.
And she needs to believe that what she does is the right thing to do.
Talents:
Good Cook
Ambidextrous
Thinks Quickly in Stressful Situations
Weaknesses:
Cynical
Emotionally Distant
Bad at Math
Stubborn
Fears:
Guns
Herself
Imprisonment
"It's hard to understand
'Cause when you're really by yourself
It's hard to find someone to hold your hand"
'Cause when you're really by yourself
It's hard to find someone to hold your hand"
History:
Anne is the daughter of Samuel and Yvette Preacher, their second and final child before Samuel lost both his testicles to cancer. She grew up in a small home, more impoverished than one would expect of a nurse and a police officer. Much of her parents' income was devoured by Samuel's medical bills and Yvette's student loans, and what remained was barely enough to keep the family afloat.
They weren't unhappy, however. Anne's parents did the best they could for their two girls, and made sure to cultivate a loving environment for Anne and Kate. As a result, the two were cheerful children, even if Anne was shy and Kate was a doormat. The two girls were excellent foils for each other; Kate was friendly enough that she could help her little sister make friends, and Anne was stubborn enough to compensate for Kate's inability to stand up for herself. All good things come to an end, however, and as they grew older Kate began to grow distant toward Anne, resenting her sister's insistence on sticking by her, feeling it was preventing Kate from doing anything on her own, and finding Anne's protection of her humiliating.
It didn't help that Anne was diagnosed with Schizophrenia when she was 14. Kate pushed the younger Preacher girl further away, teenage angst compelling her to distance herself from her "psycho" sister. Anne was able to cope well enough; she had her own little group of friends, and living in the same house as Kate meant she could still remain updated on her older sister's life. This began to reach its summit when she was 17, near Kate's one-year anniversary with her then-boyfriend, Jacob Norton.
It was common knowledge that patience was not a virtue Jacob possessed; a weakness Kate had chosen to ignore the full extent of. One day is mid-November, a walk in the park caused Anne to stumble across an "intimate" moment between Jacob and a younger girl, and a bit of digging revealed the girl in question was neither the first nor the youngest of Jacob's affairs. Enraged by his abuse of her sister's trust and disgusted by his unethical interactions with girls younger than himself, Anne approached first her sister and then her father about the subject.
Neither believed her; Anne had only just begun long -term medication for her Schizophrenia, and as Jacob had never presented himself to them as "that kind of guy", Kate and Samuel both chose to hand-wave Anne's claims as a paranoid delusion. Anne was offended by their dismissal, yet remained determined to do something about Jacob's philandering. On a day in early December, Anne confronted Jacob in his home while his parents were at work, hoping to at the very least convince him to back off her sister, if not turn himself over to the police.
Patience was not a virtue Jacob possessed.
They got into an argument, which grew into a proper fight that ended with Anne snatching his father's hunting rifle off the mantle where it had been left after a family hunting trip. Jacob tackled her to the ground, the barrel of the rifle went under his chin, and when the stock hit the floor Anne accidentally pulled the trigger. Horrified, but terrified of going to prison, she did her best to make it appear as a suicide, going so far as to type up a note on Jacob's computer (but not saving it - the time stamp would mark it as an obvious fake. )
Anne was never suspected. After the funeral, her parents felt it best if she and Kate leave town for a while - "gain some distance from the tragedy." Kate became withdrawn after Jacob's death, and the two girls became more distant from each other than they had ever been, though Anne did make attempts to keep their relationship from falling apart, if only to help ease her conscience. She got through high school, and even managed to get into college, but flunked out in her second year.
She wasn't looking forward to going to another funeral, but their former friendship obligated her to make an appearance. She doesn't feel she could really be considered a friend of theirs anymore, and she dreads returning to the town for fear memories of Jacob could damage her already fragile mental state and exacerbate her psychotic symptoms, but she also hopes to find a way to put his ghost to rest once and for all, and finally move on.
Anne is the daughter of Samuel and Yvette Preacher, their second and final child before Samuel lost both his testicles to cancer. She grew up in a small home, more impoverished than one would expect of a nurse and a police officer. Much of her parents' income was devoured by Samuel's medical bills and Yvette's student loans, and what remained was barely enough to keep the family afloat.
They weren't unhappy, however. Anne's parents did the best they could for their two girls, and made sure to cultivate a loving environment for Anne and Kate. As a result, the two were cheerful children, even if Anne was shy and Kate was a doormat. The two girls were excellent foils for each other; Kate was friendly enough that she could help her little sister make friends, and Anne was stubborn enough to compensate for Kate's inability to stand up for herself. All good things come to an end, however, and as they grew older Kate began to grow distant toward Anne, resenting her sister's insistence on sticking by her, feeling it was preventing Kate from doing anything on her own, and finding Anne's protection of her humiliating.
It didn't help that Anne was diagnosed with Schizophrenia when she was 14. Kate pushed the younger Preacher girl further away, teenage angst compelling her to distance herself from her "psycho" sister. Anne was able to cope well enough; she had her own little group of friends, and living in the same house as Kate meant she could still remain updated on her older sister's life. This began to reach its summit when she was 17, near Kate's one-year anniversary with her then-boyfriend, Jacob Norton.
It was common knowledge that patience was not a virtue Jacob possessed; a weakness Kate had chosen to ignore the full extent of. One day is mid-November, a walk in the park caused Anne to stumble across an "intimate" moment between Jacob and a younger girl, and a bit of digging revealed the girl in question was neither the first nor the youngest of Jacob's affairs. Enraged by his abuse of her sister's trust and disgusted by his unethical interactions with girls younger than himself, Anne approached first her sister and then her father about the subject.
Neither believed her; Anne had only just begun long -term medication for her Schizophrenia, and as Jacob had never presented himself to them as "that kind of guy", Kate and Samuel both chose to hand-wave Anne's claims as a paranoid delusion. Anne was offended by their dismissal, yet remained determined to do something about Jacob's philandering. On a day in early December, Anne confronted Jacob in his home while his parents were at work, hoping to at the very least convince him to back off her sister, if not turn himself over to the police.
Patience was not a virtue Jacob possessed.
They got into an argument, which grew into a proper fight that ended with Anne snatching his father's hunting rifle off the mantle where it had been left after a family hunting trip. Jacob tackled her to the ground, the barrel of the rifle went under his chin, and when the stock hit the floor Anne accidentally pulled the trigger. Horrified, but terrified of going to prison, she did her best to make it appear as a suicide, going so far as to type up a note on Jacob's computer (but not saving it - the time stamp would mark it as an obvious fake. )
Anne was never suspected. After the funeral, her parents felt it best if she and Kate leave town for a while - "gain some distance from the tragedy." Kate became withdrawn after Jacob's death, and the two girls became more distant from each other than they had ever been, though Anne did make attempts to keep their relationship from falling apart, if only to help ease her conscience. She got through high school, and even managed to get into college, but flunked out in her second year.
She wasn't looking forward to going to another funeral, but their former friendship obligated her to make an appearance. She doesn't feel she could really be considered a friend of theirs anymore, and she dreads returning to the town for fear memories of Jacob could damage her already fragile mental state and exacerbate her psychotic symptoms, but she also hopes to find a way to put his ghost to rest once and for all, and finally move on.
"If we can make it through the storm
And become who we were before
Promise me we'll never look back"
And become who we were before
Promise me we'll never look back"
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Other:
Anne is schizophrenic, with psychotic aspects based primarily in visual hallucinations, while auditory hallucinations are less common. Though prescribed medication, she prefers not to take it unless her psychotic episodes begin to get too difficult to handle, as she feels they make it harder to think.
Other:
Anne is schizophrenic, with psychotic aspects based primarily in visual hallucinations, while auditory hallucinations are less common. Though prescribed medication, she prefers not to take it unless her psychotic episodes begin to get too difficult to handle, as she feels they make it harder to think.
