World of Darkness 5th Edition (Paradox) Vampire the Masquerade 5e Character Sheet: Ruby, Gingersnap, Parchment, The Walking

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Appearance

5'7 and 133lbs. Warm ivory skin and a heart-shaped face, long legs, and sick bonkhonagahoogs. Her right eye is a lapis lazuli blue and her left eye is a gingerbread brown. Only wears skimpy Halloween costumes, her preferred is her slutty latex Velma costume. One earring is a plastic baby on a cow, her other earring is one of those orange worm squigglies. You know, like for cat toys.   For the Velma fit, she does wear fake glasses. Her hair is currently a deep brown with Velma's bangs and a long ponytail. Smudged makeup, somewhat intentionally. Fancy wristwatch, pristine condition, and obviously handled with great care. A scar on her abdomen from a wooden stake.

History

Born in raised in Seattle, Washington as Summer Jane Parker, she found herself to be the youngest in her family. Though the Parker household was not wealthy in the slightest this time, she was spoiled the most when possible during her childhood.   Summer was a diligent worker during her educational years, though was sure to reward her good work with parties from time to time. She privately slept around with some classmates after running into them during said parties, though she never found herself really emotionally attracted to any of them.   As she grew older, her parents became more well-off. Spoiled more often than not, Summer developed a profane love for traveling. The sunrays were her home, and during her free time out of school and partying she taught herself to speak multiple languages (Japanese, Croatian, French, and Arabic).   Despite her travels and meeting people, developing strong friend groups during her time studying at the University of Michigan and abroad, she never found herself able to commit romantically to someone. She knew she deserved something strong, something real, but couldn't find it.   She graduated with a BS in psychology, at the University of Michigan, returning to Seattle to start her work as a therapist. She got into the thick of her career right at the end of WWII, leading her to work with many men traumatized by the bloody events. The empathy demanded of her from her work drains her terribly.   At 26 years old, a PTSD-induced patient assaulted Summer during a session while he was under an episode. She suffers a traumatic brain injury, losing memories of languages except for English and Arabic. She also struggles to remember things entirely. She quits her job to recover, though falls into a depression leaving her patients behind.   Several months later, she meets a man named Connor Harrison during an event at one of her favorite museums. Someone who romantically intrigues her. Sure, he talks to himself a bit too much in public. Sure, he says... incoherent things often and is a bit older than her, but he's sweet and communicative. And she wants something real.   A month passes and Valentine's Day hits. She's embraced by Connor Harrison at his apartment that night during sex. The image of Summer Parker shatters, replaced by the true whispers of a Malkavian Kindred. The Walking is her first name, for her true self has awakened and walks.   The effects of the head injury spiral after the Embrace. She is mentally unstable. But Connor does his work as a sire and teaches her methods of coping with the whispers and insanity. This builds her empathy furthermore. She also learns how to use firearms through him.   Over time in Seattle, living with Connor and hiding from her past life, she realizes she only enjoys feeding off of those during sex. Her and Connor would have swings with kine often, Connor doing this to feed her and teaching her how to seduce humans beyond what skills she built during her education years. She takes up the name Ruby to better blend in, a name seductive in its crimson nature.   A few years pass, and she is seen by a friend from life. She deceives them into thinking she's not Summer. Seattle must be left behind.   She and Connor move to Cairo, Egypt. On a whim.   She takes up the job of serving drinks at a nightclub, seducing her meals this way. Connor finds work for her to do on her nights off. It begins with stealing for the Camarilla, then it devolved into hitman jobs. She honed into her firearm work this way. And also fell further from sanity's grace, given her empathy kicking in while murdering people she knew nothing about.   "Rushing blood. Red. Waves. Clear waves. Clearer. Reflections. Like rippling mirrors. Rippling Summer." She realizes she fears running water. She can only take baths now.   Nightclub work runs slow, the same people appear and she doesn't want to risk her truth. She begins to work at a strip club. She makes Gingersnap her name there, but she was referred to as Ginger (despite being a brunette). She colors her hair many times during this period.   She receives a job amid the year 1999, to kill the owner of a butchershop, a vampire from an antitribu sect of the Nagaraja clan who diablerized a childe of the Prince of Cairo. When she succeeds, she loses her trigger finger in the process. She then takes a few years off to train her left hand, all while being promised a boon from the Prince of Cairo whenever she calls upon it. Ruby is technically ambidextrous now.   For a job well done, Connor buys Ruby a fancy watch. It talks to her. Its name is Noah. She thinks they are best friends, but this is not reciprocated by the watch. The watch names her Parchment before switching to her other names on a whim.   In 2003, Connor Harrison meets his Final Death. The antitribu Nagaraja sect stakes their revenge on Ruby by murdering him. Heartbroken, she finds her lover and sire gone. She lives alone in the apartment, not wanting for much.   She talks to plants from this traumatic event. her empathy is becoming her weakness.   In 2005, she takes ownership of the strip club. She battled a Toreador for it. She received a scar on her abdomen from the Toreador's failed attempt to stake Ruby's heart.   She's rising a bit in the Camarilla, befriending some Kindred around Cairo but still laying low. Others are uneasy around her, but can't exactly place their fingers on why. Meanwhile, she has frequent conversations with the apartment toilet.   Taking a bath proves to be difficult with the running water. Too difficult without Connor helping her. She's had enough. She claims a ghoul in 2007 to do it for her, a dancer at the club by the name of Lila (whom Ruby seduced into being her lover beforehand). Cleaning herself becomes much easier for Ruby.   In 2010, Ruby catches Lila peeking on Ruby too often. Getting into her things and reading info she shouldn't be knowing of. Ruby casts her aside, though feels deeply dismayed to by her empathy. Lila is now an enemy to Ruby, though more so jealous anger than murderous hatred. Being addicted to Ruby's vitae, she stalks her for her blood.   Overtime, Ruby notices she is stalked constantly by customers at the strip club. She drops ownership of the club in 2020 and evicts herself from the apartment to hinder suspicion and project herself, using her seduction and position in the Camarilla to score places to rest from time to time. Being homeless isn't difficult, because public baths mean no running water!   A meal she had one night brought up 100 gecs to her. She is now 100% convinced Dylan Brady is her sire. Even the watch is from him. (This is more so an attempt to hide herself from the pain of losing Connor, but we don't talk about that.)   She wishes to become the Sheriff of the Prince of Cairo to secure a luxurious place to rest after staying in shitty apartments for too long. She also thinks she and the Prince are buddies for that one job she did. She doesn't want power, but she more so wants to find a place of comfort amidst the spiraling discomfort in her head. Some may think she is a Camarilla-suck-up, but she doesn't care. Mostly.   Ruby lives in suicide graves, swapping to different empty or run-down apartments to protect herself from stalkers. At night, she poses as a sex worker.