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hmmm how peculiar that i just talked about this in the hbha server and this ask shows up in my inbox! must be a crazy coincidence!

anyway totally anonymous asker. i will talk about my oc shamelessly.

Minerva Chandra is my Monster of the Week character who i have talked about in the tags of a few posts, along with other notable characters such as Kyle (tibbycaps), Bill (aresonist), and Edie (hydraticc). Not to forget one of my best friends Jinx who is our keeper, and plays all the other characters whom I love dearly.

Minerva (Vera for short), is a 20 year old Anthropology student from Sunny Peaks, Pennsylvania. (Not a real place LOL.) They currently live on campus at Graniteburg University, which is about 30 minutes out from Hollowbrook. Hollowbrook, Illinois is where a majority of our story takes place, and also where the other lovely characters live.

Vera was an awkward kid in school. Weird, quiet, introverted, but exceedingly intelligent and bright. Loved by their teachers but not by their peers, Vera was bullied pretty intensely growing up. Sunny Peaks ISD, along with their single mother, were pretty neglectful to notice this, so nothing was ever done about the issue.

I can't go exactly into what happens for Vera to get their powers, but something... bad happens. Something that saddles Vera with unshakeable guilt for the next ten years. Vera, who had already been a recluse, retreats further inwards. The bullying doesn't get easier either. In fact, it gets worse, especially as Vera struggles with their new disturbing power. Vera is fearful of what might happen if they try to tell anyone about their problems, so they don't. Not even their mother. She's too busy with her two jobs, trying her best to support both of them, and Vera doesn't want to bother her.

Vera is the Spooky playbook in Monster of the Week. For those that don't know, The Spooky gets 3 dark side tags, which directly correlate to the Spooky's magic. Vera's three dark side tags are rage, violence, and pain. Vera wrestles with visions of great violence caused by their hand, boiling rage that threatens to overtake them, and physical pain from resisting their magical urges.

Vera, too, can see ghosts, and can read minds. All which do not help in their struggle to maintain a normal life.

Thus, Vera learns to live like that. Self restraint becomes easy to Vera, and they never use their magic again. The Incident hangs heavy in their mind, always pushing people away who get too close. They lie to their teachers and especially their mother, this becoming second nature to them as well. They move off to college and try so hard to maintain the most normal life they can. The magic never goes away though, it only persists, chanting tantalizing violent angry fantasies in their head to hurt others. They don't give in.

Well. That's until the campaign starts!