Okay, so thought would jump on the bandwagon and kick this off in the spirit of being neighborly and all.

BIO: Rae Lee. Real name Renae. About-to-be new resident in Dead End city.

Rae is a victim, as much as she doesn’t want to admit it. At 30 years old she expected her life to have fallen into place, or at least made some logical sense by now, but it hasn’t. Here she is, unmarried, childless, practically broke, and a high school drop out to boot. For the past 14 years Rae’s been living alone, moving from place to place, working odd jobs, cooking mostly, making beds, and cleaning up other people’s shit – often times quite literally. It’s hardly been glamorous work but at least it’s been honest, or as honest as it can be as a low-level shit-kicker with no formal training in anything else.

In the back of her mind Rae’s held fast to one dream; to be married, to be a mother, to be in love, and in short just to be wanted. The only problem is Rae’s crippled with insecurity and depression. Always the fat kid, the one constantly picked on, Rae’s grown up accustomed to isolation. She’s never had many friends and has in affect learned to shut herself away behind some a dull facade for fears of getting hurt. But that protection has only worked for so long. Now with the years passing and the big 3-0 having finally hit her, Rae has become so desperate for affection that she has changed herself (and her wardrobe) into what she thinks men want to see, all in spite of her size. On occasion she has put herself in compromising situations and the result has almost always been the same. The bruises and grazes heal but that emptiness inside will not go away. In the back of her mind at least some attention, even from a rapist or potential stalker, is still better than no attention at all.

At 12 years her junior, Rae’s little sister Jo has just matured into adulthood. The two had rarely been in contact over the years having been kept apart by feuding parents due to reasons that were never fully explained. Now with their parents’ death in a motor vehicle accident the sisters have been reunited and are in essence getting to know each other like total strangers. Having been raised in a boarding school Jo is naive and impressionable, and Rae feels that maternal instinct to protect her sister in lieu of a child of her own. With Jo visiting and almost ready to graduate, Rae is desperate to settle down and give her sister the life neither of them had all the while maintaining the dream in the back of her mind that one day Mr Right will come along and save her by giving her that family she has always wanted. But for now looking after Jo is Rae’s consolation and reason for getting out of bed every morning. She will do what she has to in order to keep her sister, and her family, happy, well-fed, with a roof over their heads, and over all safe.

Now to the REAL me:
In terms of RP limits, I don't really have any that I know of (if in doubt, check my picks!). I've recently joined SL, but have been an active RPer for over 5 years elsewhere, so I'm hoping the transition will be a moderately easy one, fingers crossed. I am a bit(?!) of a perv in that when I'm not stalking DE you'll usually find me at Dark Alley or the like, and I do enjoy good old fashioned emotionally raw posts about human pain and suffering, whatever form that takes. I work full time from home meaning I can spend many hours on SL and just as suddenly disappear, but rarely disappear for long (I'm addicted). I also live in Australia but I'm a night owl, so chances are I may catch a majority of you on just before I head off to bed making RP a little easier overall. If you have any ideas let me know. I'm generally easy going plot-wise, but am happiest when things develop on their own unforced, but either way works. Just as long as I'm writing I'm happy. Hoping and looking forward to meeting you all in world. Thanks for letting me join in! Cheers 🙂