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PLAYER
Name: Alicia.
Personal Journal: swords
Plurk: zombiejosette
Time Zone: est.
Email: obj3ctionable[at]gmail[dot]com.
Messenger: skype | zombiejosette.
Previous Characters: n/a.
Munhead/Musebox: pictureshows.


CHARACTER
Name: Audrey Horne.
Canon: Twin Peaks.
Age: 16.
Demigod/Hunter/Satyr/Nymph: Demigod, baby of Hermes.
Demigod abilities: Along with general theft and trickery, Audrey's ability would be the mental lock-picking!

Personality:

Raised by the smooth-talking richest man in town, Audrey knows how to put on airs. She is a master of spinning conversations around - or, rather, derailing them entirely - to focus on herself and what she wants to get. She's generally perceived as eccentric, at times, with strange actions and questions ("Do your palms ever itch?" in the midst of meeting an FBI agent; dancing in the middle of a busy diner) because it's a way to leave an impression. Similarly, while Audrey isn't a pranking master, she does employ them from time to time - without even bothering to hide that she's the one who set it up. Partially, it's to get the reaction of the intended victim, but otherwise, t puts the focus on her and her ~bad girls do it well~ image. While she does use this as a trick (as her discovered-father would have it), it's more out of a reaction to her home life: her supposed-father focused more on someone else's daughter and had affairs with women instead of focusing on his family; her mother blamed her for the mental decline of her older brother.

Whether it stems from anger at her home life or a case of this is who I am, Twin Peaks, Audrey is the rebellious type. As mentioned before with the pranking, she does have a tendency to do exactly what she's told not to do - or told that she can't do - in larger capacities. "Audrey, you can't run off to Canada to investigate a prostitution ring so an FBI agent will love you." Really? Are you sure? There are large-scale actions like those, and even smaller ones such as smoking in school, and switching out her "socially and age acceptable" saddle shoes for more adult red pumps. It does tie into her want for attention, but she tends to idealize it more by wanting glory. She chooses to get involved in things she shouldn't because of the ways she assumes it will benefit her - for instance, if she helps solve Laura Palmer's murder, Agent Cooper will fall in love with her and whisk her away to a life of international intrigue.

But there is something to say for her: she's determined. It's all a part of being opportunistic. She sets her sights on a goal and she doesn't let up. She says it very succinctly, actually: "I'm Audrey Horne, and I get what I want." And how she gets it is something she isn't exactly picky about. In classic Hermes fashion, Audrey is very persuasive and manipulative, unafraid to use her looks and get herself into danger, or even go so far as to put on airs and alternate identities to get it. She's very succinct, very confident, and very clear, often resulting to ultimatums. She's a sneak - literally. She creeps into rooms and is a master of eavesdropping, going so fall as to go into the walls to listen in and gain information. She thinks fast on her feet, generally, but that doesn't mean she's immune to getting in over her head (perhaps due to her selfishness in achieving what she wants, her trap-sensing abilities are kind of inhibited. Sorry, Dad). Audrey is still very young, and idealizing things doesn't necessarily work out like it should, but by God, she will attempt to wring it until she does out of sheer stubbornness. She often finds herself laughing in the face of authority, metaphorically standing on her tiptoes to act older than she is.

In a way, Audrey Horne is kind of clamoring for adulthood. Everything she knows, she knows because of watching adults - and very morally questionable adults, as well. Because her father uses "romance" and sex as manipulation, Audrey attempts it as well, going so far as to show up naked in Agent Cooper's bed in an attempt to communicate with him - because she's an adult. Isn't she? And that's what adults do, isn't it? (The encounter did not go as planned, and ended with milkshakes and fries and talking - actual communication). But she has big ideas and a mind that won't stop; there's a chance that she's too big for the small town that she grew up in, whether she built herself up to that size, of whether it was always coming in the long run. She knows the issues that surround her, and by the time she's sixteen, she knows that she wants out, wherever "out" may take her (a key reason for her infatuation with Cooper) - perhaps a Hermes-given instinct. Still, the pretenses and the downright petulance she can sometimes display may be indicative of classic "rich girl" syndrome, or perhaps of her being sheltered until her teenage years. Even through that, Audrey does have the capability to be mature and act like a real adult; past all the manipulation and pranks is someone who can apply her intelligence practically - if she can see the benefits. Ultimately, "selfless" would not be an appropriate adjective to use to describe her.

AU History:

For the majority of her life, ever since she was a young child, Audrey seemed to come secondary in her parents' lives. The richest family in the town of Twin Peaks - and the owners of the town's only hotel - Audrey first noticed their apparent preoccupations sometime around age eleven. Her father was the obvious one, sleazing around a stereotypical businessman does, meanwhile showering gifts on another man's daughter (Audrey always knew that children typically asked for ponies from their parents at some point in their lives; she had no inkling that her father would buy one and it wouldn't be for her). Her mother, on the other hand, took a more subtle approach - arguably more vicious, going so far as to blame Audrey for her older brother's mental deficiency. She'd always had strange ideas - and strange dreams, even - recurring dreams with owls chirping unknowable things (that she listened to anyway) from tree branches.

To say that Audrey had an inkling that she never belonged would be an understatement, and while there were no phone calls home from school or teacher conferences, it was obvious that other students regarded her as eccentric. And while all signs - her father's neglect, her mother's scorn - pointed to the idea that maybe there was something off, Audrey developed the idea (or the attitude, at least) that she was better than everyone else. When nobody wanted to communicate with her, Audrey found that she was quick to develop her own ways: pranks, sneaking through walls to eavesdrop, blatant manipulation. Perhaps it made sense for the most wealthy teenager in town to have some tricks up her sleeve, but the question remained of where, exactly, she would get ideas like that; how she could go from prim and proper to overtly adult to a giggling jokester at the drop of a hat. In short, with the right words and the right look, Audrey found that she could get away with almost anything.

She was bored, to say the least. Twin Peaks was and still is a small town. Too small, and while Audrey was content to concern herself in the affairs of others when it suited her or benefited her (an idea that came naturally to her, but also one easily blamed on the ideals of the man who raised her), what a small town really needs is to be riled up. Propelled on by both teenage impulses and ideas that she didn't quite understand, Audrey attempted to prove herself a force to be reckoned with: smoking at school, switching out her shoes, completely derailing her father's business meetings. As her attitude changed, so did her dreams - by her own force of will, she thought. Those owls that hooted at her began talking. She still never understood a thing, but the fact that Audrey could make it happen was impressive enough for her. But ultimately, Twin Peaks wasn't her place to shake.

The death of her classmate Laura Palmer spurred something in her (not only something else to use to her advantage; who wouldn't take pity on a poor little girl whose best friend had just washed up on the beach?) and confirmed the falseness - prudishness, almost - of the town she lived in as everyone attempted to go about their daily lives while the homecoming queen had just been murdered (on top of a series of strange and dangerous events that Twin Peaks began experiencing. Kidnappings, disappearances, prophecies - all supernatural, almost, in nature. Incapable of being explained, therefore, not talked about). On top of that, Audrey found herself in love for the first time, with the FBI agent assigned to solve Laura's case (who, honestly, seemed just as eccentric as she was, but perhaps that was part of the allure). Something clicked. She'd help him. She'd use her wiles and her tricks and she'd help him, and he'd help her and they'd leave together, because Audrey was destined for bigger and better things.

Summer camp wasn't exactly her idea of bigger and better, especially remaining unclaimed until she was sixteen. Currently, Audrey's relationship with Hermes is practically nonexistent; what does she need with what she sees as another neglectful father, after all? Particularly one that stole her away from the momentum her life was gaining. She hadn't planned on evacuating, but the idea of being a demigod does have its perks. She's developed some unwarranted smugness (seeing as everyone here has something special about them) about it, and fully intends to return to Twin Peaks to help Dale Cooper solve the case once she polishes that trickiness to a shine. Because this is just another confine; that's the real way out.

Counselor: There currently isn't one, although Audrey would probably be all over taking that up in the future.

SAMPLES
Iris Message:

[ Audrey used to be fascinated by rainbows, and honestly? Honestly, she still is. It's evident in the way her eyes light up and she reaches forward to try to touch some of the colors. ]

You know, I'm surprised a place like this doesn't have a buddy system implemented. It's a proven fact that there's safety in numbers. [ This is Audrey's overtly sincere voice. In other words, not very sincere at all. If it were urgent, it would be apparent immediately. ] Nice to see the other-worldy PTA aren't total squares about our independence. That's healthy in growing children.

[ She nods sagely, mouth twitching downward slightly as she sighs. This isn't nearly as entertaining as she had expected. ]

Hey - no chance anybody's musically inclined out there, is there?

[ If there's one thing she misses about Twin Peaks? It's her record player. Don't judge. ]

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