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CHARACTER
Character Name: Petunia Elkwood
Character Canon: Todd Allison and the Petunia Violet
Character Age: 18
World / History: Not much is really known about Petunia prior to the start of the series, with brief snippets of her past shown through flashbacks and one chapter. What is known is that she lived with her parents, her older brother Elijah, and their adoptive brother Meredith in Perth, Australia, and that the series itself takes place in 1921. It's stated they used to live in "The Alice" aka Alice Springs before moving to Perth, indicating that Petunia and her family might be of the Aranda people (while this is never confirmed outright, it can be safely accepted since The Alice was the home of the Aranda people, and Petunia and her family are Aboriginal). She liked to tag along with them wherever they went, up to and including Melbourne, Australia when they were older and left her behind. With the encouragement of her more liberal minded aunt, Petunia cut her hair boyishly short, crossdressed as a man, and fled from Perth to the other side of the country to Melbourne, intent on getting a job and proving to her brothers that she could make it on her own in Melbourne. However due to being Aboriginal, getting a job was nearly impossible and Petunia was denied at every turn. Though she managed to meet Todd Allison after trying to pay in half-pennies for her ticket, the two were not on friendly terms. At some point she met with two men, Marcus and Rolls, who told her that “the whites” would never hire her. Angry she stormed off and ran into Todd Allison, leading to an explosive confrontation on her end in which she shouted all her worries to him about being a nuisance. They sat down and talked, but after accidentally revealing her true, obviously girlish, name, Petunia panicked and fled.
The next day she ran into Marcus and Rolls again, before also reuniting with a figure from her past, a man named Dylan, who quickly outed her as a girl and commented that he knew her brothers. Panicked, Petunia fainted. When she came to, Dylan talked abut running into her brothers, learned she had no job or money, and quickly set about setting Petunia up with a place to live with a friend of theirs', and to get a job (though the original plan was for Petunia to stay with them, she ended up staying with a woman named Nora after Marcus intervened). She accompanies Nora to her job at the Rainbird Cafe the next day, where she runs into Todd Allison again on the street, who promptly ends up the victim of a purse-snatching. Petunia jumps into action, stealing a bike to chase the criminal down, even going so far as to crash the bike through the window of the cafe. She gets the purse back and returns it to Todd Allison, reintroducing herself with her real name.
It’s not known how Petunia got the job she managed to get (because it's clearly not working at the Rainbird), nor how her and Todd Allison ended up living next door. The start of the series begins with Petunia lamenting about how her life isn’t going the way she wants it to, when Hana urges her to use her “feminine wiles” to find out more about Todd Allison, whom Petunia admits is the only thing she finds interesting in the city of Melbourne.
When Todd Allison is kidnapped, Petunia is there to witness it, but before she can think to go get help, she’d held at gunpoint by a terrifying man named Cyril. Cyril takes her to meet his boss--who turns out to be Elijah, with Meredith at his side. When he finds out t’s Todd Allison that was kidnapped on his orders, he cancels his deal with Cyril and orders him to stop it and rescue Todd Allison--giving Petunia over as his new mistress and telling him to take her with him. Forced to tag along, Petunia is roped into the rescue mission, and even forced to shoot and kill a man. In the end she manages to rescue Todd Allison and the two end up forging a rather strange relationship with Cyril.
Petunia winds up losing her job and, that same day, is invited to Cyril’s home, where she and Todd Allison (though mostly Todd) speak to Cyril. Though it’s less speaking and more, watching the two men get drunk and then Todd telling Cyril that he wants to hire him, much to the surprise of all involved. Cyril laughs, tells Todd that he better be serious, and leaves after pulling Petunias trademark hat down over her eyes, leaving it up to Petunia to drag the drunk Todd back to his apartment.
The next morning Todd is quickly ushered away by another member of the Violet Investigation Team, a team made up of a small group of men charged with finding out about a bomber in Australia, know only as ‘Violet.’ Upon overhearing this, Hana takes Petunia on an adventure to find out just what is happening by having them sneak into the Parliament House. This goes about as well as expected, with Petunia quickly being caught by Meredith and Hana kicking down another man who discovers them, grabbing Petunia, and running off as fast as they can. Either later or the next morning (it’s not clear), Petunia goes to apologize for causing so much trouble for Todd and to thank him for all he’s done, only to find Cyril there. She tries to escape into her room, but Cyril forces himself into her apartment. After a brief chat and Petunia giving him tea, she discovers that he has eaten in several days and is feeling sick; she ushers him to lay down and rest and he gives her money to get food for him. However as she leaves, Todd comes up the stairs and tries to talk to her. Cyril quickly makes sure they’re all aware that he’s in her room and that she’d going on an errand for him.
Cyril and Petunia end up waiting in Todd’s apartment, with Todd acting increasingly odd. She soon finds out that Cyril’s there to accept Todd’s job offer and learns that it’s to steal spiridum, a neuro toxin. She then learns that Cyril’s badly bruised all over, prompting her and Todd to launch into a frenzy, asking, “WHAT DID YOU DO!?” and demanding he rest and let them help him. After shouting at them to “fuck off already!” and to knock it off, Cyril leaves. Todd apologizes for always dragging Petunia into his affairs, then asks her to have a biscuit with him. Presumably Petunia agrees.
The next day Petunia goes to visit Marcus, Rolls, and Dylan, who try to cheer her up from the depressive mood she's found herself in. She ends up falling asleep and staying the night, walking with Dylan into town the next morning. She (literally) bumps into Cyril and skillfully reverse pickpockets him, returning the money he'd previously lent her to buy food for him the day before. She runs into Todd Allison again and goes with him the next night to the botanical gardens, where they talk about flowers and the fact that Petunia wants to help him. While there, Cyril shows up to discuss the details of the job Allison gave him; Todd Allison ask Petunia to be his assistant and, with a mix of feeling ecstatic and panicking (likely because of her brother's government position and secret going-ons and how it might interfere with Todd Allison's things), Petunia agrees.
Canon Point: End of ch 17
AU Details: n/a
Personality: The one word to describe Petunia on sight would simply be: “Adorable." Pretty, cute, and with a rather cheery disposition, Petunia is the kind of person you want to gather in your arms and hug. She's quirky, prone to shouting or over-reacting before she can think first. In chapter 5, upon learning that Todd Allison is being kept in the back, she leaps into action and runs straight for the room, not registering the fact that there are still 4 dangerous, armed men alive. When two of them run out of the room, Petunia's response is to elbow one in the gut and then keep running without a second glance. She also tends to get excited easily, and it doesn’t take much to make her laugh or be happy.
Petunia also has shown a very independent streak, determined not to be a nuisance to other and prove that she's capable of living on her own, as indicated by her moving to the other side of Australia to prove to her brothers that she can do it without them. Her self-esteem takes frequent blows, however, because her brothers are well-known to a lot of people, so inevitably she often ends up getting things simply by association, making her feel inadequate at getting her life on track on her own merits. She has a strong sense of justice, taking her brother's words to heart to "Pay back your debts. No matter what it takes." She ends up recklessly chasing down a criminal who steals Todd Allison's bag, both to get even with him and as a showcasing of her reckless, "leap before looking" attitude (she nearly gets hit by a trolley because she's too focused on catching the criminal even). Even her own fear doesn't often stop her from speaking her mind (or rather, blurting things out), as in the few occasions where she shouts at Cyril despite being terrified of him, even going so far as to scold him for either being too reckless or when he’s being a jerk. She even calls him a snake in on instance, and also compares him to a spider and a mouse. She's also shown to have quite a mouth on her, frequently cursing or bad-mouthing Dylan to his face, saying things like "what were you the milk delivery boy or something? Sorry, I tend to erase people like that from my memory" or telling him his face is ugly. The closer and more comfortable she gets with people, the more outspoken she tends to become, no matter who they are. But she still considers them all friends, since she goes to visit them still. She's also shown to not be very capable of thinking ahead. As Dylan says, "you ran away from home, currently living in a hotel, jobless AND broke, didn't bother looking for your brother, and you have NO back up plan." To which Petunia simply responds with, "YES."
Despite being outwardly sweet and holding quite a few mom-like qualities (chapter 12 can basically be summed up as “Todd Allison and Petunia decide to baby Cyril, as they fuss over his wounds and not eating properly”), there are also clear indications of much darker, hidden depths to her that have not been fully explored. When saving Todd Allison, after being stuck in a room with him and one of the gun-wielding kidnappers, Petunia firmly tells Todd that she’s not afraid and jumps from their hiding place, shouting at the gunman to drop his weapon or she’ll shoot. Though he tries to lecture her that she should know exactly how he feels, Petunia shouts that she doesn’t, and shoots him. Though she looks surprised at herself and sad, she’s not shown to suffer any further side-effects of having killed someone afterwards, suggesting it might not be the first time.
Integration Questions
how will your character handle being assigned a leadership role: Petunia is more suited for a "second in command" role, not used to being in charge. However, if forced into a leadership position, she'd likely try to emulate her brother Elijah and act like she knows what she's doing, while secretly freaking out when out of the public eye. In all, she'll do her best, but would be very uncomfortable being responsible for other people.
how will your character handle being assigned an antagonist role: Depending on the severity of the role, she'd again be rather uncomfortable but also able to embrace this a little better. She knows how to be slimey or cruel, she can be cold and ruthless-- or at least act like it. However, if she can get away with NOT being "authentic" she's more likely to be more "cartoony" in her role of villain--over the top, big grand speeches, ties a girl up to the train tracks sort of deal.
how will your character handle the implication that they’re not real / are a clone: She would refuse to believe it until given some kind of undeniable proof. Even then she would insist that she was still real in one way or another, since she could feel things and react to things and had all her memories. Even if she's just another version of the 'original' Petunia it doesn't make her or her struggles less real to her, and that's what matters.
Powers
Powers / Enhancements: N/A. She has no powers in canon!
Nerf Details: n/a
SAMPLES
TDM toplevel
TDM W/Deku
Player Name: Kalyn
Player Contact:
Above 18?: Y
Reserved?: Y
Characters in Game: NA
CHARACTER
Character Name: Petunia Elkwood
Character Canon: Todd Allison and the Petunia Violet
Character Age: 18
World / History: Not much is really known about Petunia prior to the start of the series, with brief snippets of her past shown through flashbacks and one chapter. What is known is that she lived with her parents, her older brother Elijah, and their adoptive brother Meredith in Perth, Australia, and that the series itself takes place in 1921. It's stated they used to live in "The Alice" aka Alice Springs before moving to Perth, indicating that Petunia and her family might be of the Aranda people (while this is never confirmed outright, it can be safely accepted since The Alice was the home of the Aranda people, and Petunia and her family are Aboriginal). She liked to tag along with them wherever they went, up to and including Melbourne, Australia when they were older and left her behind. With the encouragement of her more liberal minded aunt, Petunia cut her hair boyishly short, crossdressed as a man, and fled from Perth to the other side of the country to Melbourne, intent on getting a job and proving to her brothers that she could make it on her own in Melbourne. However due to being Aboriginal, getting a job was nearly impossible and Petunia was denied at every turn. Though she managed to meet Todd Allison after trying to pay in half-pennies for her ticket, the two were not on friendly terms. At some point she met with two men, Marcus and Rolls, who told her that “the whites” would never hire her. Angry she stormed off and ran into Todd Allison, leading to an explosive confrontation on her end in which she shouted all her worries to him about being a nuisance. They sat down and talked, but after accidentally revealing her true, obviously girlish, name, Petunia panicked and fled.
The next day she ran into Marcus and Rolls again, before also reuniting with a figure from her past, a man named Dylan, who quickly outed her as a girl and commented that he knew her brothers. Panicked, Petunia fainted. When she came to, Dylan talked abut running into her brothers, learned she had no job or money, and quickly set about setting Petunia up with a place to live with a friend of theirs', and to get a job (though the original plan was for Petunia to stay with them, she ended up staying with a woman named Nora after Marcus intervened). She accompanies Nora to her job at the Rainbird Cafe the next day, where she runs into Todd Allison again on the street, who promptly ends up the victim of a purse-snatching. Petunia jumps into action, stealing a bike to chase the criminal down, even going so far as to crash the bike through the window of the cafe. She gets the purse back and returns it to Todd Allison, reintroducing herself with her real name.
It’s not known how Petunia got the job she managed to get (because it's clearly not working at the Rainbird), nor how her and Todd Allison ended up living next door. The start of the series begins with Petunia lamenting about how her life isn’t going the way she wants it to, when Hana urges her to use her “feminine wiles” to find out more about Todd Allison, whom Petunia admits is the only thing she finds interesting in the city of Melbourne.
When Todd Allison is kidnapped, Petunia is there to witness it, but before she can think to go get help, she’d held at gunpoint by a terrifying man named Cyril. Cyril takes her to meet his boss--who turns out to be Elijah, with Meredith at his side. When he finds out t’s Todd Allison that was kidnapped on his orders, he cancels his deal with Cyril and orders him to stop it and rescue Todd Allison--giving Petunia over as his new mistress and telling him to take her with him. Forced to tag along, Petunia is roped into the rescue mission, and even forced to shoot and kill a man. In the end she manages to rescue Todd Allison and the two end up forging a rather strange relationship with Cyril.
Petunia winds up losing her job and, that same day, is invited to Cyril’s home, where she and Todd Allison (though mostly Todd) speak to Cyril. Though it’s less speaking and more, watching the two men get drunk and then Todd telling Cyril that he wants to hire him, much to the surprise of all involved. Cyril laughs, tells Todd that he better be serious, and leaves after pulling Petunias trademark hat down over her eyes, leaving it up to Petunia to drag the drunk Todd back to his apartment.
The next morning Todd is quickly ushered away by another member of the Violet Investigation Team, a team made up of a small group of men charged with finding out about a bomber in Australia, know only as ‘Violet.’ Upon overhearing this, Hana takes Petunia on an adventure to find out just what is happening by having them sneak into the Parliament House. This goes about as well as expected, with Petunia quickly being caught by Meredith and Hana kicking down another man who discovers them, grabbing Petunia, and running off as fast as they can. Either later or the next morning (it’s not clear), Petunia goes to apologize for causing so much trouble for Todd and to thank him for all he’s done, only to find Cyril there. She tries to escape into her room, but Cyril forces himself into her apartment. After a brief chat and Petunia giving him tea, she discovers that he has eaten in several days and is feeling sick; she ushers him to lay down and rest and he gives her money to get food for him. However as she leaves, Todd comes up the stairs and tries to talk to her. Cyril quickly makes sure they’re all aware that he’s in her room and that she’d going on an errand for him.
Cyril and Petunia end up waiting in Todd’s apartment, with Todd acting increasingly odd. She soon finds out that Cyril’s there to accept Todd’s job offer and learns that it’s to steal spiridum, a neuro toxin. She then learns that Cyril’s badly bruised all over, prompting her and Todd to launch into a frenzy, asking, “WHAT DID YOU DO!?” and demanding he rest and let them help him. After shouting at them to “fuck off already!” and to knock it off, Cyril leaves. Todd apologizes for always dragging Petunia into his affairs, then asks her to have a biscuit with him. Presumably Petunia agrees.
The next day Petunia goes to visit Marcus, Rolls, and Dylan, who try to cheer her up from the depressive mood she's found herself in. She ends up falling asleep and staying the night, walking with Dylan into town the next morning. She (literally) bumps into Cyril and skillfully reverse pickpockets him, returning the money he'd previously lent her to buy food for him the day before. She runs into Todd Allison again and goes with him the next night to the botanical gardens, where they talk about flowers and the fact that Petunia wants to help him. While there, Cyril shows up to discuss the details of the job Allison gave him; Todd Allison ask Petunia to be his assistant and, with a mix of feeling ecstatic and panicking (likely because of her brother's government position and secret going-ons and how it might interfere with Todd Allison's things), Petunia agrees.
Canon Point: End of ch 17
AU Details: n/a
Personality: The one word to describe Petunia on sight would simply be: “Adorable." Pretty, cute, and with a rather cheery disposition, Petunia is the kind of person you want to gather in your arms and hug. She's quirky, prone to shouting or over-reacting before she can think first. In chapter 5, upon learning that Todd Allison is being kept in the back, she leaps into action and runs straight for the room, not registering the fact that there are still 4 dangerous, armed men alive. When two of them run out of the room, Petunia's response is to elbow one in the gut and then keep running without a second glance. She also tends to get excited easily, and it doesn’t take much to make her laugh or be happy.
Petunia also has shown a very independent streak, determined not to be a nuisance to other and prove that she's capable of living on her own, as indicated by her moving to the other side of Australia to prove to her brothers that she can do it without them. Her self-esteem takes frequent blows, however, because her brothers are well-known to a lot of people, so inevitably she often ends up getting things simply by association, making her feel inadequate at getting her life on track on her own merits. She has a strong sense of justice, taking her brother's words to heart to "Pay back your debts. No matter what it takes." She ends up recklessly chasing down a criminal who steals Todd Allison's bag, both to get even with him and as a showcasing of her reckless, "leap before looking" attitude (she nearly gets hit by a trolley because she's too focused on catching the criminal even). Even her own fear doesn't often stop her from speaking her mind (or rather, blurting things out), as in the few occasions where she shouts at Cyril despite being terrified of him, even going so far as to scold him for either being too reckless or when he’s being a jerk. She even calls him a snake in on instance, and also compares him to a spider and a mouse. She's also shown to have quite a mouth on her, frequently cursing or bad-mouthing Dylan to his face, saying things like "what were you the milk delivery boy or something? Sorry, I tend to erase people like that from my memory" or telling him his face is ugly. The closer and more comfortable she gets with people, the more outspoken she tends to become, no matter who they are. But she still considers them all friends, since she goes to visit them still. She's also shown to not be very capable of thinking ahead. As Dylan says, "you ran away from home, currently living in a hotel, jobless AND broke, didn't bother looking for your brother, and you have NO back up plan." To which Petunia simply responds with, "YES."
Despite being outwardly sweet and holding quite a few mom-like qualities (chapter 12 can basically be summed up as “Todd Allison and Petunia decide to baby Cyril, as they fuss over his wounds and not eating properly”), there are also clear indications of much darker, hidden depths to her that have not been fully explored. When saving Todd Allison, after being stuck in a room with him and one of the gun-wielding kidnappers, Petunia firmly tells Todd that she’s not afraid and jumps from their hiding place, shouting at the gunman to drop his weapon or she’ll shoot. Though he tries to lecture her that she should know exactly how he feels, Petunia shouts that she doesn’t, and shoots him. Though she looks surprised at herself and sad, she’s not shown to suffer any further side-effects of having killed someone afterwards, suggesting it might not be the first time.
Integration Questions
how will your character handle being assigned a leadership role: Petunia is more suited for a "second in command" role, not used to being in charge. However, if forced into a leadership position, she'd likely try to emulate her brother Elijah and act like she knows what she's doing, while secretly freaking out when out of the public eye. In all, she'll do her best, but would be very uncomfortable being responsible for other people.
how will your character handle being assigned an antagonist role: Depending on the severity of the role, she'd again be rather uncomfortable but also able to embrace this a little better. She knows how to be slimey or cruel, she can be cold and ruthless-- or at least act like it. However, if she can get away with NOT being "authentic" she's more likely to be more "cartoony" in her role of villain--over the top, big grand speeches, ties a girl up to the train tracks sort of deal.
how will your character handle the implication that they’re not real / are a clone: She would refuse to believe it until given some kind of undeniable proof. Even then she would insist that she was still real in one way or another, since she could feel things and react to things and had all her memories. Even if she's just another version of the 'original' Petunia it doesn't make her or her struggles less real to her, and that's what matters.
Powers
Powers / Enhancements: N/A. She has no powers in canon!
Nerf Details: n/a
SAMPLES
TDM toplevel
TDM W/Deku