Character Profile #9: The Goddaughter
Meet my goddaughter character!
Hello, friends, and welcome to my ninth Character Profile, a monthly feature in which you get to learn more about one of my characters. Spoiler alert: I have a LOT of characters. If you’d like to learn more about them, you can click here to read a short story snippet I wrote a few months ago.
Each character profile will consist of three parts:
the mood board — where you get a peek into their character as photos!
the interview — where the character is interviewed and you get to learn more about them.
the writing snippet featuring that character — where you get to see how I incorporate the character into a short scene!
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#1: The Mood Board
#2: The Interview
Introduce yourself!
Hi! I’m the Goddaughter, and I’m the hospitality crew at the finest inn in Ribinskiff. My godmother Luciana* runs the inn, and I just help welcome people, show them around, and fix problems if needed. It’s a fun job!
Can you also describe yourself?
Sure! I have tan skin, straight black hair, and thick rimmed black glasses. I like the look of glasses but I don’t actually need them, so I end up wearing lensless ones. Experimenting with what I look like is one of my favorite things to do. I also love wearing my yellow rain boots…even when it’s not raining.
Do you like fashion?
Yes, looking at clothes and trying different styles is so fun! I like long flouncy dresses and historical pieces the best, but honestly I love experimenting with everything and anything.
What’s your favorite color?
Dark purple.
What’s your favorite food?
I love donuts, especially glazed ones. They’re so fun to make, and I end up eating both the donut holes and the donuts once I’m done!
What do you do when you’re not helping around the inn?
Well, I go to the Ribinskiff school, which is only a few blocks away from the inn. I’m one of the older students in the school, but I learn a lot and have a good time. My favorite class is art. I also think math is fun.
On top of trying clothes on, I also sketch original designs into my art notebook. My dream is to become a famous designer one day.
Do you have any animals at the inn?
All kinds! Luciana and I own a golden retriever named Snickerdoodle, but we have plenty of other animals, including multiple types of birds, a few cats and dogs, and even some bunnies! We also have a stable that can house horses and livestock – one time we had a traveler who owned four cows!
What’s one thing about yourself that not many people know?
Well, I don’t usually tell people, but I’m adopted. Luciana, my godmother, took me in after my biological parents left me on the doorstep of her apartment. I have no idea who my biological parents are or what happened to them, but I have Luciana, who encourages me to find out more about my family while still being part of the one I have.
What’s your weakness?
I tend to feel guilty a lot, especially when I think about my past and the fact that my parents gave me up. I think that it’s my fault that they left me there and that it’s my fault I’m not still with them, which is kind of absurd when I don’t know anything about why they did it. But the guilt is still there anyway.
What’s your strength?
I’m good at pleasing people and finding out what they need. Helping them have a good stay at the inn or school or wherever makes me happy.
Anything else you’d like to add?
I had so much fun with this interview, Addie! Now I’m going to go pet some bunnies…
#3: The Snippet
Lettie* had never seen bunnies in the inn before.
She had just cleared the stairs when she looked down, skidded to a halt, and noticed three pink noses huddled in a big white and brown pile on top of the ornamental rug. Upon closer inspection, she noticed that there were two more bunnies squished in the middle, all of them nosing around surreptitiously.
For a second, she considered calling her godmother, Luciana, but peeking back down the stairs, she noticed that Luciana was in deep discussion with a customer at the inn’s front desk. Lettie knew from much experience that her godmother didn’t like to be disturbed during those interactions, so she turned back to the bunnies, trying to figure out how to solve the problem herself.
She picked one of the bunnies up. This one had a marble white and brown coat of fur, and as Lettie bent to examine it, she noticed that each of them had name tags.
Hazel, this one read, followed by Property of Geoffrey and Kirsti Scott. After close examination of each bunny, Lettie knew that they were all owned by the mysterious Scotts. But where could she find them?
The ledger! Though most people were regulars at this inn, every month Luciana would write the name of each occupant and room number in a giant black book she kept under the desk. Lettie could look up the Scotts’ room number and return the bunnies to them.
After moving the bunnies to the little side table at the top of the stairs and supplying them with carrots, Lettie went downstairs to get the ledger. Her godmother was still talking with the customer, so Lettie quietly went behind the front desk and opened the second to last drawer on the right. The black book was right there.
She carefully lifted the book out of the drawer, set it on the desk, and started flipping through it. A few pages before the most recent entries, she found the names she was looking for.
Geoffrey and Kirsti Scott, room 304. Below that, there was their record of their monthly bill, which they had already paid multiple times, but Lettie didn’t need that information. She knew her godmother handled finances just fine.
She put the book away and sprinted up the staircase to see a young woman with purple hair and sandy skin gently petting the bunnies. Lettie recognized her as one of the regulars they had housed for years. This was her friend Koker.
Are these your bunnies? The woman held out a piece of paper with a note scribbled on it. This was Koker’s preferred method of communication, but Lettie was used to it. She shook her head.
“No, they belong to a couple in room 304 called the Scotts. I didn’t even know they had bunnies.” Lettie tried to scoop a few of the bunnies into her arms, but they wiggled so much she had to let them go. “Urgh, this isn’t going to work!”
Koker scribbled something else and held it out to Lettie. Hold on a second. I have an idea. She gave Lettie the piece of paper and sprinted down the hall to her room a few doors away. She disappeared into the space and came out a few moments later with a red contraption that looked very similar to a baby carrier.
“A baby carrier?” Lettie asked as Koker slipped it over her own head and tightened the straps.
Koker shook her head. Kind of. I use it as an easel carrier when I’m painting something in another room. But if I can get the straps tight enough, I think we can use it as a bunny carrier instead of trying to carry them individually up a flight of stairs.
“That’s genius!” Lettie cried, helping Koker with the fabric. “Let’s test it.”
After a few tweaks, Koker was able to carry all five bunnies up the flight of stairs. Lettie was right behind her in case of emergency, but the two navigated up the stairs and through the hallways with no difficulty.
Lettie knocked at room 304 with bated breath. A woman with a friendly looking face answered. “Yes?”
“Ma’am, it looks like your bunnies got loose,” Lettie said, gently taking the bunnies out of the makeshift carrier to hand to the woman. “We thought we’d return them to you.”
“Thank you,” the woman said, and instantly all of the bunnies’ whiskers twitched, recognizing their owner. “I try to keep them in here, but they have a way of getting out…anyway, thank you so much for helping me!”
“Of course!” Lettie said, handing the last bunny over. The woman smiled again, then shut the door. Lettie turned to Koker, both of them grinning.
“That was SO MUCH FUN!”
*all names have been changed for character privacy*
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