Jane Martingale
"You had to lie down with pain, not draw back away from it. You let yourself sort of move around the outside edge of pain like with cold water until you finally got up your nerve to take yourself in hand. Then you took a deep breath and dove in and let yourself sink down it clear to the bottom. And after you had been down inside pain a while you found that like with cold water it was not nearly as cold as you had thought it was when your muscles were cringing themselves away from the outside edge of it as you moved around it trying to get up your nerve." -- James Jones, From Here to Eternity
Overview
Appearance:
A muscular woman about 5'9", Jane is usually seen in casual clothing, without sleeves if the weather will allow it. She has dark brown eyes and short black hair in an undercut, and doesn't tend to smile much. There are usually signs that Jane's been in a fight lately visible--bruises she doesn't want to explain, old scars, her knuckles often being swollen and bruised. She carries a small black leather backpack instead of a purse.
Personality:
Jane is brusque, surly and a little bit mean on the surface, the sort of person who puts up nice thick walls to prevent people from getting too close to her. However, once you do get past those barriers, the person who she is underneath is fiercely protective of the people who are 'hers'.
Public History
- Graduated high school locally in 2013; dropped out of community college a year later
- Appeared in local underground fighting rings under the name Jade Marlowe in 2014
- Joined The Mind's Eye Society and began working at Will's bookstore in 2017
RP Hooks
- Hit Me Like You Did the First Time - Jade Marlowe is an up-and-coming fighter in the underground scene. She's a scrappy fighter, who seems to be built wholly of muscle and snark. She's known for a gritty street fighting style, and has been heard to say, in the past, that the reason she's not participating in more formally sanctioned events is that 'it wouldn't be fair', whatever that means.
- The Spark That Bled (The Softest Bullet Ever Shot) - Jane...Jade, really...is not a hardened criminal, but when a bunch of street toughs are looking for an extra body for a scrap or someone to be big and scary, she's easy to convince. While she maintains no formal affiliations with any gang, she's a familiar face to certain people with criminal ties.
- Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World - While most members of The Mind's Eye Society are scholars of the occult, researchers or scientists, Jane also counts herself among the group, viewing herself as responsible for security during meetings and allowing herself to be a test subject for those smarter than herself.
- The Magician vs. The Headache - Jane is definitely not a scholar, which makes her day job working at Shelf Indulgence a little confusing to some people. But there's no mistaking the loyalty that Jane bears toward her boss and the store. Are you looking for a new romance novel, or a copy of the Voynich Manuscript? You might have the misfortune of stopping by on a day when Jane is running the shop.
Contacts
- Jack Martingale: The humiliating ordeal of being known isn't what it once was. Though Jack and Jane have always been close, secrets have a way of putting a rift between people.
- William Rodgers: On the surface, they're as different as two people could possibly be. But for some reason, Jane seems to show him more respect than almost anyone else in town.
- Devan Orsey: The old man is a constant source of exasperation and warmth in Jane's life. They've known one another for several years, and been through plenty of trouble together. They make sort of an odd couple in public though, don't they?
- Jack Drexel: They've had much more than the equivalent of a formal introduction. Jade has the rare distinction of having actually hit Jack during a fight. Beyond that, there's a bond of trust forming between them, despite little dramas along the way. A true pair of Battle Buddies.
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Profile
Full Name:
- Jane Martingale
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Alias:
- Jade Marlowe (Alternate Identity 1)
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Faceclaim:
- Katy M. O'Brian
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Age:
- 25
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Venue:
- Mortal+
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Template:
- Psychic
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Player:
- Solstice
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Soundtrack
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"Continue", The Megas
- footprints as far as you can see
- this is who you are
- you'll always be the one
- the one to fare the storm
- if it was up to you, and you
- you know that you would lose
- if it was up to you, i know
- you'd always choose
- to continue
"Level Up", Vienna Teng
- begin again
- dynamite the dam on the flow
- your body feels the tock tock tock
- of time as it hammers
- lord, we are all cinders
- from a fire burning long ago
- but here it is the knock knock knock
- of your own heart that matters
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