Teddy's OCs
Sage
Phsychic. Hereditary Witch. mystery hunter.
A queer, Japanese-american girl with an eclectic family, she has no interest in her inherited talents; but she also doesn't have much of a choice when the dead speak to her every night, and ghost appears irrevocably tied to her.
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Personality: strangers describe her as blunt, abrasive, off-putting and isolated, her therapist described her as someone who relies on sarcasm in place of emotional processing, and those that know her well know that she is introverted and often depressed, but still has a desire to find her place in the world; she just doesn't socialize well.
Description: When she was 18 she decided to cut her hair, and unfortunately did not have the foresight to go to a professional, thus resulting in a bowl cut, courtesy of Salem. To deal with it she shaved a lot of it off, and ended up liking the style, eventually trying out various punk styles. She later dyes it lavender. She has some insecurities about her body, feeling too small and too fat, even though she works out and has incredible arms, and she often defaults on overly-baggy clothing that hides her whole figure, although it's generally fashionable alt styles. She is rarely seen in anything other than black, and prefers androgunous stuff, but doesn't shy away from accessories like jewelry.
backstory
Raised by a single mother, Sage knew she had gifts like others in her family from a very early age. Her mother was only a witch, but her aunt Morrigan was a seer, and they grew close when she started struggling with the effects of her abilities. They grew the most powerful at night, channeling the moon to communicate the voices of the dead to Sage's mind. She grew resentful of her psychic skills when they turned her into an insomniac, and she started looking for any way to get rid of them. She rejected her inhereted role as witch, and tried to focus on being "normal." When she was seventeen, just shy of her eighteenth birthday, her mother unexpectedly died, leaving her and her sibling Salem to live with their eccentric aunt. Her psychic abilities stopped on the night of her mother's death, and she grew desperate to regain them when she realized she could not communicate with her mother. She performed a spell on the night before her birthday, and thinking nothing happened, she went to bed; but upon waking in the morning, she found an univited guest residing in her room, unable to leave her presence.
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Leslie
Ghost. Geek. Gay. Paranormal Investigator.
A gender non-conforming lesbian from the 80s, Leslie has spent her notable life-after-death inexplicably tied to one other girl - and the rest of it screaming to be seen or heard.
quick info
Name: Leslie
Age: 18
Gender: trans woman
Sexuality: butch lesbian
Race: white
Hair: chestnut brown
Eyes: hazel
Height & Weight: 5'10", on the soft side but visibly thin
Relationships: Sage (girlfriend)
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Personality: Despite being extremely outgoing and personable, she hasn't had many friends, so she isn't good at assessing lines and personal boundaries, and often crosses them in her enthusiasm. At first glance she is just a happy and bubbly extrovert, but she has deep seated issues with abandonment and loneliness, and has an extremely quick and explosive temper.
Description: Her parents weren't overly accepting of the feminine styles she wanted, so she had to cut her own hair to get it short, resulting in a choppy pixie style that covers mistakes by being so wildly curly. She wears an over-sized pair of glasses, and her trademark is her collection of variously colored converse. Her style doesn't have much range, usually opting for either a sweater or a plaid shirt/denim jacket combo. She likes bright colors, and is usually in yellow or red.
backstory
Leslie grew up in a controlling home through the 80s. She never liked many "girl's" things, and outright hated dresses, which kept her parents for suspecting her true identity. When she started getting older, her parents decided to homeschool her to keep her from embarrassing them by not acting like boys her age, and she lived in a great deal of isolation.
She was very bright though, excelling in science and astronomy; but she tended to focus her attentions on more fun things, spending time with her nose buried in X-Men or Captain America comic books, or going to the theater to rewatch Star Wars.
When she was seventeen, she fell in love with a girl she met in an arcade, and found out she went to the local public school. In an effort to see her more, she convinced her parents to let her attend her senior year there. Within a short time, she started facing a good deal of bullying for her appearance and interests, which resulted in her getting trapped in her locker at the end of a school day. Little did anyone know, a large storm was heading their way that would flood the school, with her trapped inside. She always thought that dying would be the end of things, but after that she woke up to a weird, veiled place where she could see the world beyond, but not quite become part of it. She felt more isolated than ever, with no one hearing or seeing her once again. Until one day, she felt herself get sucked through the barrier, and she popped up in the room of a dark looking girl, who ended up being the only one who could see or hear her.
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Morrigan
Seer. Hereditary Witch. Cursed.
A young lesbian woman who is much older than she appears, and gives off the feeling of being displaced in time. She is odd and eccentric, but loves her sister's children as though they were her own. she runs an old, infrequently visited psychic shop that is entirely a con.
quick info
Personality: open and loving, but still somehow distant; she talks often, but not everything she says makes sense or comes in the right order. she has a habit of not knowing when not to spill information that's too personal, and doesn't accept criticism. she's very family oriented. her peculiarities off-put people, as well as the rumors around her, and she's prone to fits of mealancholy in the depression over her lost child and partner.
Description: she is notably out of place, wearing things that look entirely from other decades. lace, full skirts, high necklines, corsets, and lines of buttons are all likely to be seen on her. she has a short, black bob with bangs, a perfectly maintained if long manicure, and typically wears earrings; but her real signature is black lipstick on her top lip. no one has ever seen her in anything different.
backstory
not much is known about her, but Sage learned from her mother that her aunt was supposedly her mother's younger sister, and had been through a bit of trouble as a teenager. supposedly she had eloped with her husband at seventeen when she had become pregnant, and their parents died soon after. she claimed the family home with a baby on the way, and set up shop with her sister. after a few years of running scam magic and cheap tricks, her luck turned for the worst and she lost her family, and everyone close to her. salem and sage were taken away by their mother out of fear of a curse, only for their mother to die a few years later. they are now morrigan's charges.
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Salem
Nonbinary. Hereditary Witch. fashion designer.
the older sibling of Sage, they still live with their aunt morrigan, but have a decent career in designing enchanted clothes for witches. currently attending college.