hello everyone! super excited to be here, my name is angie (angela will come up a lot when i give you angst, i can promise you that), 25, gmt timezone (not from the uk!) and this is my new baby who i am super excited to develop! i apologise for the long biography (i got carried away oops) and some wanted connections will be linked soon enough!
trigger warnings: disappearance, kidnapping, human trafficking
b a s i c
NAME: riley naomi sullivan NICKNAMES:Â ri, ace, sullivan AGE: thirty-two (32) BIRTHDAY:Â june 24, 1988 GENDER: cis woman PRONOUNS: she/her
f a m i l y
MOTHER:Â maisie sullivan, nee bennett, estranged FATHER: vincent sullivan, alive SIBLINGS: nora sullivan, whereabouts unknown
p h y s i c a l   a t t r i b u t e s
FACE CLAIM: candice patton RACE/ETHNICITY: african american NATIONALITY: american HEIGHT: 5 feet and four inches (5âČ4'') WEIGHT: always changing BUILD: slender, toned HAIR: long, wavy at the end. she sometimes wears it naturally and itâs shorter and curly HAIR COLOR: brown EYE COLOR: brown DOMINANT HAND: left ACCENT: american PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: none LEARNING DISABILITIES: none ALLERGIES: cats DISORDERS: mild anxiety, FASHION: on trend, usually pantsuits or jeans and shirt/blouse NERVOUS TICS: chewing on a pen, fixing her hair, bouncing a leg
l i f e s t y l e
HOME ADDRESS: bridgeport, somerton, maine RESIDES: one bedroom apartment BORN: aurora vista, somerton, maine RAISED: aurora vista, somerton, maine PETS: none. used to have a dog named zoe growing up
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION: attended bursted park high, somerton, maine COLLEGE EDUCATION: attended northwestern university for both bachelor and master degrees MAJOR: journalism CAREER: journalism: currently founder, editor-in-chief and journalist at somerton weekly EMPLOYER: self employed
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: democrat RELIGION: none BELIEFS:Â truth and justice MISDEMEANORS:Â trespassing FELONIES: bribery of police officers DRUGS: none SMOKES: none ALCOHOL:Â a cup of red wine every other night, drinks more socially DIET: not the best as she forgets to eat a lot throughout the day and canât cook to save her life
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromatic SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual MARTIAL STATUS:Â single CHILDREN: none AVAILABILITY:Â available to anything LOOKING FOR: not looking for anything serious
LANGUAGES: english, french, understand a bit of spanish
PHOBIAS: spiders, abandonment, loneliness HOBBIES: reading, reality tv shows, painting TRAITS:Â (+) curious, generous, intuitive. (-) stubborn, bossy, indelicate SOCIAL MEDIA: mostly for work and social justice purposes
f a v o u r i t e
LOCATION: evanston, illinois SPORTS TEAM:Â boston celtics, her fatherâs favourite basketball team GAME: clue(do) and monopoly and she is a sore loser MUSIC:Â pop commercial, hip hop SHOWS:Â MOVIES: documentaries and thrillers FOOD: a good homemade burger, the sullivanâs mac and cheese recipe BEVERAGE: red wine COLOR: yellow
c h a r a c t e r
MORAL ALIGNMENT: neutral good MBTI:Â ESFJ-T ENNEAGRAM:Â type 3, the achiever TEMPERAMENT: sanguine. the sanguine temperament is fundamentally spontaneous and pleasure-seeking; sanguine people are sociable and charismatic. WESTERN ZODIAC: cancer CHINESE ZODIAC:Â dragon PRIMAL SIGN:Â hornet
IDEOLOGIES:Â pineapple does belong in pizza
b i o g r a p h y
Riley was born to two loving parents, in a family that had moved to Somerton a couple of generations before her parents from the west coast. Family and tradition was rather important in the Sullivanâs household and Riley grew up to believe in the same morals that her parents lived by. When she was four, they welcomed a second baby girl, Nora, that became Rileyâs world pretty quickly. Her younger sister was the most important person in her life and her every action was made revolving the youngest Sullivan. However, at the age of five, Nora mysteriously disappeared. One second she was playing a few meters away from Riley and their mother in the park, the second no one could find her for the next hour. The agonizing hour turned out to be the Sullivanâs family worst nightmare. For days, they searched and searched but there was nothing to hold on to. The small clues there were turned out to be dead ends and after a year of knocking on every door and spending their free time at the Policeâs station, the searches for Nora were put on a second plan. Mrs. Sullivan grew more and more reserved and closed off from her oldest daughter, blaming herself for the (possible) kidnapping of her youngest and Riley went to bed every night praying and wishing on her sisterâs return (and her motherâs). A few weeks after the disappearanceâs one year mark, her mother simply left, leaving a note for Riley to read once she got older. But the little girlâs curiosity got the best of her and one day while her father was still at work, Riley looked for that note. Until this day, she doesnât regret reading it. The truth is the most important value in life and ever since that traumatic event, Riley prefers to have the truth with her instead of a couple of sweet lies that turn out to break your heart into million little pieces down the line.
Mr. Sullivan tried his best to raise Riley by himself, never getting married again. And the always curious girl made sure to occupy her free time with any extracurricular activity at school. The less time she spent alone at home, the better. Her preferred one, contrary to all her friends from cheer practice, was the schoolâs newspaper. What started as a gossip magazine, quickly became the most serious schoolâs newspaper in the state. Under Rileyâs leadership, they investigated real issues that needed to be addressed, even going out of their way into mysteries that had occurred in town or neighbourhoodâs towns. It was no surprised when Riley got into Northwestern University for their journalism program.
Life at Evanston, Illinois was very different than life at Somerton. Riley struggled at first with her grades, something that had never happened before. But after adjusting her classes and finding a support group, she started to thrive. It helped to be free of her familyâs history and no longer being the sister of the missing girl. At Northwestern, she was simply Riley, and she loved it. She focused on school but also branched out to more social activities. But where she loved to spend her time was at The Daily Northwestern. There she connected with professors and older students that opened the doors for her future. After her bachelorâs, Riley stayed at Northwestern for her Master, specializing in Social Justice. One piece written about her sisterâs disappearance made it to the Chicago Tribune and before her graduation, she had already a secured position at The New York Times.
Moving to New York was a tremendous change but Riley was determined to make it into the news industry. Her hard work and perseverance helped her work alongside Pullitzer winners and even sent her in an international mission that made her name known across the country. Things were going great for Riley but something was missing. The void that her sister had left in her heart and soul couldnât be filled, no matter how many mysteries Riley could unveil or how many truths she could expose to the world. Her sisterâs story was still a question mark. After a visit to Somerton, she decided to investigate what they knew. There wasnât much. But she dig and dig and discovered that other kids had gone missing around the same time, across Maine and surroundings. It wasnât a surprise when Riley became obsessed with the case. She brought it to her editor once she had concrete clues and it became a priority case within the bullpen. After a couple of years of working insanely on it, they pinpointed it to a human trafficking network operating all across the United States. The case was brought to the Federals and a few years later, the head and his accomplices were arrested. Riley thought this was the full stop she needed to move forward. Even got her mother to reach out after twenty years of not hearing from her. But there was no relief, no winning sensation and feeling of accomplishment. Noraâs whereabouts was still not known. She was one of the few children that the Feds couldnât find whether they were dead or alive and that uncertainty remained.
After such a mediate and personal story, Riley decided to take a break. She went travelling the world for the past year. She realized that all her life had been about bringing her sister some justice, even trying to bring her back home. When the latter didnât happened, Rileyâs world became a bit hollow. She couldnât go back to a busy city and workplace, being faced with impossible cases that needed to see the light of day. When Riley returned to America, she quit her job and moved back home. She took a few months to reconnected with herself and the town where she had grown up in and decided to found her own newspaper. Despite the troubled events that occurred from time to time, Somerton didnât have a newspaper of its own so Riley took it upon herself to found one. Somerton Weekly was born and sheâs rediscovering her love for all aspects of a newspaper room, from writing to editing and helping young people discover their voices. And sheâs loving it so far.













