name: shivani (she doesn't tell anyone her last name, the other ghosts don't even know if she has one)
date of birth:Â december 13, 1312
date of death: january 18, 1351
cause of death: slash wounds to the chest
short biography: shivani was a well renowned plague doctor during the time of the black death, she was actually able to help a lot of her patients. her fatal decision was visiting a patient at the button house, the daughter in a family of four. she was bloodletting her in her bedroom when the son of the family, her patient's older brother, walked in. unfortunately for her, the boy didnt know of bloodletting and thought she was hurting his sister. she was pushed away from the bed and, while she was distracted, he grabbed her bloodletting fleam and cut her. deeply. four times in the chest. one nicked her heart. the daughter screamed and called for her parents, but shivani was dead on the floor before the adults even got in the room.
what do they look like? shivani has pale skin, amber eyes, and slicked-back almost-black green hair that goes down to her shoulders. her nose is crooked, and scars cover her face, including a four pointed one on the right side of her forehead. her lips are slashed, so even when she fully closes her mouth, the tops of a few of her teeth show. chunks are missing from her ears, and she has a mole near the bottom of the right side of her nose. she wears faded, dark doctor's robes with crosses on the collar and down the middle of the chest, and has a bright teal medallion clipped near the top of her collar. her plague doctor mask, head wrap and hat are regularly removed, she leaves them in one of the bedrooms. she also has a walking stick that she is sometimes able to interact with. four long slashes cut across her chest, the wounds that she died from.
are they in button house, or a different location? button house
(If they live at button house) what are their thoughts on the ghosts there?
pat: she thinks he's sweet, and thinks it's great that he decided to work with kids. she was actually present when he got shot in the neck with the arrow, and is the first ghost that he interacted with!
thomas: mixed feelings. his obsession with alison and habit to break into poetry weird her out a little, so she usually doesn't talk with him. thinks he should respect women more.
fanny: these two have lasting grudges against each other. the first time they met, they were near the lake. fanny scrunched her nose up at the sight of her and muttered something like "bog witch". shivani deadpanned, stepped in front of her, and pushed her right in the water.
the captain: she really likes his leadership, even if it can be a bit much at times. his voice soothes her, and sometimes she makes him talk to her until she falls asleep.
kitty: shivani found her seemingly unending energy exhausting at first, but she eventually realized that she just wanted a friend, and gets along quite nicely with her now. thinks she's a real big sweetheart.
robin: he fascinates her. she has trouble understanding him at times, but his stories are just what she needs when she wants time away from the others.
mary: the whole witch buisness associated with her freaks shivani out for a little, as a medical professional, but once she comes to terms with everything else, she's actually very grateful for her.
julian: shivani gets on surprisingly well with him. the first time they met, she was wandering around the house, he popped out of nowhere, and she smacked him upside the head with her walking stick. she showed him around the house and he tried to make a move on her, which led to her laughing but moving on. she thinks his dirty jokes are funny, and they joke flirt from time to time. the other ghosts think it's weird.
humphrey: always trying to help him find his head. she feels sorry for him.
the plague ghosts: they all get along quite well, honestly. because they're all plague victims, and she's a plague doctor, they love to hear her talk about her work. she believes that if she was there when they were alive, she could have helped them.
jemima (the little girl): reminds her of her last patient, which makes her feel bad and aggravates her a bit. tries to avoid her.
if they could be seen by a living human, what would their response be? "what the hell?! I'm not using my ability, we're not near a reflection, why can you see me? are you alright?"
do they have any special ghost powers? shivani can appear in reflections! she has to have all of her plague doctor equipment on, or it won't work. the thing that's so scary about that is that no one can hear her. just see her. the eyes of her mask glow red and her wounds drip when she does it, and if someone who sees her looks away, she's not there. she can only be seen in reflections.
which of the friends would they insist they were? she has absolutely no idea what friends is.
âą although she and julian joke flirt at times, she knows how to shut him up when he starts getting too sleazy, and the feeling of her cane connecting with one part of his body or the other is something that's burned into his mind now.
âą wonders if her last patient ended up living quite often, because the family moved out shortly after she was murdered.
âą had a few paintings of herself done when she was alive, and asks alison to look them up quite a bit so she can reminisce. alison eventually ends up buying copies of them to keep in the house, and she cries.
âą super into music! she gets confused by some of the newer stuff, but is happy to try anything out. she doesn't like country, though. she's established that. she's also a surprisngly good singer, and prefers opera and jazz while singing.
âą alison got her into doctor who, and shivani always demands that she turn on the tv on specific nights so that she can "watch the alien with the blue box save the world again!"
âą VERY confused about her sexuality. she has no label for it, all she knows is that some people are attractive to her, and others aren't.
âą wishes she could touch things again. there's a faded stuffed animal in the room she sleeps in that looks beyond soft to her, but she can only imagine what it feels like.
âą her body is contortionist levels of flexible. she likes to use it to scare unwanted guests in button house. it also really freaks out the other ghosts when she does it for the first time. now it's divided into some of them thinking it's cool and some of them feeling like they're gonna be sick.
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