Character Information...
Name: Simone Marquis
Nicknames: None
Occupation: Pianist
Species: Human
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'6
Sexual Preference: Bisexual
Home World: Earth
Birth Place: New Orleans, LA
Face Claim: Paulina by Xeneras
Life is a Story...
And sometimes a single moment can change the whole course of the story for good or for bad now that depends on how it all turns out.
Simone was born in the city of New Orleans to a world full secrets, while the tourists always flocked to the city in search of vampires, ghosts, or other supernatural creatures but those that live within the city know the difference between that which is for show. The tours, or costumed people playing a role, some even believing, and that which lay beneath the surface. And those that were not apart of this hidden world learned to pretend it didn't exist, avoid it, or to kept it at arms length. For her family they knew it existed but they did everything in their power to keep out of it.
Simone was born the only child of Clara and Dominick Marquis. Her mother grew up a part of the upper class, one of the elite of the elite, while they weren't directly involved in the dark arts that ran rapid throughout the city: they didn't necessarily shy away from them either. They promised to marry their daughter to a man who ran a medium sized family high enough and rich enough to increase their own standing within society. Clara, however, only had eyes for Dom, the fast talking kid who by all accounts had not a cent to his name.
No matter what her parents wanted she didn't care. She only wanted him. Dom had no family and Clara became his world. She would sneak out her window and in the dead of night they would wander the city, talking and walking they needed nothing but each other. So, much so that when she got pregnant and her parents disowned her they didn't care. Somehow they would make it just the three of them. A family that would be built of love and not status or money.
Dreams Fade...
But as one dream ends another dreamer is born and a new dream takes flight.
They managed to do alright they didn't have much but they were in love. Sometimes, it was a struggle made harder by the birth of their daughter whom they adored. Each wanting to give her a good life but both fearing that all they could give was problems as money got tighter and tighter and and they began to question if they could make it at all. Dom started to gamble what little money they had hoping to win enough that they wouldn't have to struggle.
Clara went to try and borrow money from her parents hoping to pull them out of debt before something bad happened, however, Dom found out and took a bet feeling like he failed. Some say after he lost and couldn't pay someone sent something to claim the debt, others say he bet his life and soul, some said it was nothing but an accident. However, he would never come home and what was left of him wasn't enough to scrap into a paper bag. The truth of exactly happened died with him, along with all Clara's dreams for her life with him.
Clara became a shell of herself. Some say her betrothed had her cursed when she an away, insulted by her choosing a lesser being. Cursed her to lose whatever happiness she might find, and others just called it the fickle hand of fate in the end, it didn't matter. The rest of her life she did only what was needed to get by. Taking care of her daughter but sleep walking through her life, like a dreamer, trapped in a dream with moments of being awake.
Simone was aware her mother was off from a young age. She never knew if she loved her or if such things were even possible for her. She did her best to take care of herself, moving through the city as soon as she was able, making friends, doing odd jobs, anything to help out. They lived in a small apartment that her mother got and it felt like that would be her life forever.
The Dance Begins...
When the music starts and we spin around and around until it stops and then only the silence is left.
It was because of this she would Jared Devore or JJ as most people called him. She had no idea that his father lead the most powerful family in the city. She only knew he was a guy in one of the places she played in and that they hit it off. He was nice and tipped well, returning time and time again.Slowly they became friends and after awhile lovers. It was then that she started to notice the way people treated him like his word was law. She dismissed it as natural charm, the kind some people just seem to have until that phone call.
The call was from her grandparents same ones who had cast her mother out and whom hadn't lifted a finger when her mother passed. Her mother that she had buried with the money the state gave her, in a flimsy coffin in a small grave, at a ceremony that had only been her. She had no idea what they wanted but the truth came to light--she suddenly had worth. And that worth came in the form of Jared Devore. Promised to be wed to someone else it was nothing for a man like him to keep a mistress and all eyes were on her for that role.
The Scent of Dew...
Fills the air with sweet perfume and within the cool air of dawn another story begins.
She wanted nothing to do with that world and finding out the truth felt like a sting. It was the world that led to her mother leading and according to some her father's death. Seeking out answers she found out it was all true Jared was the heir to the Devore Family and their secrets ran deep, so like her mother before her she fled. Vanishing to a new city and a new life without so much as a goodbye. Whether he looked for her or not she knows not. Rumors have suggested he did but she didn't pry too much not wanting to draw attention.
She just keeps her head down and lives a quiet life. Avoiding her grandparents as well who now want to find her. But, she has another reason for keeping her head down--her son. Finding out she was pregnant was hard and she almost returned home. But that would make her son a part of a dark world, forced to join with a demon, as is tradition. And she wants for him a normal life away from monsters and dark magic. A chance to be just another boy and to write his own story whatever that might be.
It seemed though somethings you just can't hide from. A chance encounter had Jared discovering the truth and demanding she return his son to New Orleans. If not he would take him from her so she returned to the world she fled from and so many unanswered questions. His father made a demand that either she get his ex wife from England or become Jared or his lover. He wouldn't repeat what he considered the mistakes of his own past.
Making it so her son could not see her by magic she went to England and asked the woman to return which she did. Talking to Jared later the two of them grew close again and have picked up where they left off. She is unsure if this is the wisest course of action but only time will tell.
