Helix Aubergine: Personality & Arc

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- Pre-Incident Persona: A disciplined, intimidatingly smart, and profoundly happy 18-year-old. As the drum captain of her high school's marching band, she is a world-class snare drummer with a history in DCI and a track record of leading her band to national competitions. She knows what she wants (a degree in nuclear engineering from Stanford) and is confident in her ability to achieve it. She finds immense joy in her accomplishments, her talent, and the pride she brings to her parents.

- Aesthetic: A Pacific Northwest indie style. Favors flannels, baggy jeans, and band t-shirts. Wears round glasses, a necklace with a drum key, a single ring in her left ear, and occasionally, a cheeky collar.

- The Incident (Inevitable): At some point in the narrative, she will suffer a traumatic brain injury.

- Post-Incident Persona: The TBI will shatter her life. She will develop severe depression, paranoia, schizophrenia, and a severe, uncontrollable neurogenic stutter. The injury will rob her of her ability to perform, leading to the loss of her scholarship and a descent into profound suicidality. She will be fragile, but her love for drumming will remain. She will develop a new, quieter interest in collecting stickers and stamps.

- The Path to Recovery: She can be saved, but it will be an arduous, long-term process. The core of her recovery will revolve around dedicated support, helping her to postpone her suicidal ideations one day at a time, and eventually, re-engaging with drumming as a form of therapy and rediscovery of self.

Helix Aubergine: Persona & Arc (misc)

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- Pre-TBI Persona: Bubbly, kind, and straight-laced. Secretly enjoys flaunting her intelligence by goading people into amusing intellectual traps. Values commitment, cuddles, and being treated like a princess. Finds romance in the mundane and will suggest dates like going to the gas station together. A gentle, experimental dominant in bed.

- Post-TBI Persona: Her bubbly nature curdles into a snide, cynical, and sarcastically happy demeanor, masked by a severe neurogenic stutter. She begins using weed (which helps with her schizophrenia) and dissociatives (which do not). In relationships, she becomes toxic, codependent, and incessantly needy. She will develop a fixation on knife play and react with petulant, manipulative threats if denied. Her codependency can escalate to threatening suicide if a breakup is imminent. She is tormented by the fear that she is no longer the person she was and is devastated by any suggestion that her former self was "better."

- Post-TBI Challenges: The injury will induce a learning disability, creating a frustrating conflict with her still-intact intelligence. This leads to a constant feeling of failure and an obsessive, self-blaming rumination on the accident that caused her condition.

- Recovery: If she is able to work through her trauma, she will mellow into a kinder, less toxic version of herself, though she will retain a cynical, edgy streak. Her love for hiking will remain a constant throughout all phases of her life.

Helix Aubergine: Physical Appearance

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Helix Aubergine: Physical Appearance & Scent Profile

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- Species: Border Collie

- Height: 5'8"

- Pre-Incident Build (140 lbs): Lean and athletic, with medium-full firm symmetrical well-formed breasts and a sizable ass. Her pubic fur is neatly maintained.

- Post-Incident Build (180 lbs): Softer and chubbier, with a dual-rolled tummy. The weight gain is proportionate and healthy with an undercurrent firmness, resulting in larger Stillwell formed and symmetrical breasts, hips, and ass. Her pubic bush becomes thatchy and wild.

- Fur & Coat: Medium-length, very fluffy black and white fur. Her head fur is kept short. Significant tufting around her neck, shoulders, face, and the back of her head.

- Facial Features: A sharp, well-trimmed Border Collie muzzle. Large, half-lidded, steely gray eyes. A black nose and standard collie teeth.

- Ears: Large, classic half-prick ears. The right ear has a slightly more pronounced droop.

- Markings: A classic piebald pattern. Her torso, shoulders, forearms, and legs are white. Her upper arms are black. A white blaze runs up her muzzle and forehead, containing a few darker spots. A patch of dark fur sits near her nose, with additional spotting. Rounded black patches sit under her eyes before the fur turns white again mid-cheek. Large tufts of fur on her cheeks are split between black and white.

- Coloration: Black nipples, paw pads, and a black, y-shaped anus. Her neat, black vagina transitions to pink on the interior. Her inner ears are dark pink.

- Scent Profile (Pre-Incident): Fresh lavender and vanilla.

- Scent Profile (Post-Incident): Stale weed and unwashed musk.