Abigail // DTAE

Instructions

This character is named Abigail Acrux She is a ghost hunter/investigator. She rids haunted places or objects of their ghosts. She doesn't have any powers, although she does this mostly through the lantern she holds, which magically reveals ghosts in a room, and deters ghosts from its ring of light, keeping her safe while she helps bring the ghosts she finds to peace so they can move on to the next plane of life. She's generally quiet, and strays away from people as much as she can. She does her job silently and efficiently (and with a bit of sarcasm) and the things that used to phase her don't have much effect anymore. She's very responsible and has a lot of trouble with calming down or chilling out. She spends a lot more time with ghosts, solving their problems, then she does with humans. She's a lot better with ghosts and doesn't like people (although she'll make the occasional exception.). She can be surprisingly empathetic, although no one sees this side of her save for her "clients" (the spirits) who see this as she gently leads them to the other side, listening to their problems with open ears, relating and genuinely trying to help them. Backstory: She grew up an intelligent but bookish girl, full of life. She was always eager to make new friends, although she wasn't always very good at it. She was fairly distant from her parents. She knew they were ghost hunters, as they were constantly away, using complex machinery to get violently destroy the ghosts. While they were away, it was left to Abigail to care for her grandmother. Her grandmother was her best (and only friend), but wasn't very good at doing things on her own. Abigail had to grow up quickly in order to handle things around the house, and as such, began to expand to a complex vocabulary at a young age and hold a level of maturity that was surprising and a little worrying in someone her age. She looked to books as an escape. Whenever something was even slightly wrong, her parents often berated her, which put Abigail under the assumption everything was her fault. Her grandmother eventually passed away, leaving Abigail as the sole inheritor of her antique lantern, something that had been passed down for generations. Abigail didn't know what the lantern was for, until years later. Abigail had finally allowed herself to bond with someone, and befriended a lively girl who had recently moved into town as a foster kid, who Abigail became incredibly close to through nights of stargazing and deep confessions. But the house that the girl had recently moved into was haunted, and the girl was to be the ghost's next sacrifice. One night, Abigail and the girl became locked in the house, and it revealed it's true nature. After a perilous night that deeply marked and effected Abigail the rest of her life, Abigail eventually defeated the ghost, but not before her best friend lost her life trying to protect Abigail. After the funeral, Abigail decided to become a ghost hunter and uphold her family legacy. But she didn't want to destroy ghosts like her parents, they had once been people and still had emotions and hopes and dreams and hurt, after all. Her family didn't respect this wish, so Abigail took her lantern and set off on her own. She's created a rather successful business, although not many people know about it or that ghosts even exist. Never since that night has she seen her friend again. Likes: books, quiet, black coffee, respect, warm clothing with lots of pockets, cats, nighttime, being left alone, music. Dislikes: Loud noises, obnoxious people, being bothered, overly sweet foods, unnecessary violence, most people. Fun facts: She can play the pipe organs (she learned them mainly because so many of the ghosts were playing them wrong, and she wanted to learn so she could show her "clients" how to do it properly, but along the way she developed a love for pipe organs.) The coat she wears came from her best friend, and belonged to her best friend's last foster family who gave it to her when she was sadly departing. Abigail calls it the coat of remembering. It's not magic, but it might as well be. She has an insane immunity to spice, spicy food doesn't phase her in the slightest. Despite this, she hates warm weather, and loves the cold/mist. Funnily enough, her toughest client wasn't a really scary ghost, it was a dead pigeon whose final wish was to receive a feast of grain and seeds. Abigail couldn't feed a ghost pigeon, and spend weeks trying to do so, before giving up and just keeping the pigeon as a pet. His name is Hugo (after Victor Hugo, of course), and she loves him.