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MARLEY ROSE

☆ FULL NAME: Marley June Rose ☆ GENDER: Ciswoman ☆ PRONOUNS: She/Her ☆ AGE: 34 (April 13th, 1990) ☆ TYPE: Full sibling; twin ☆ HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ☆ JOB: Songwriting Professor at PSU; Indie Music Artist ☆ SCHOOL: PSU Alumni ☆ SEXUALITY: Demipansexual ☆ FACECLAIM: Melissa Benoist

ABOUT MARLEY

Marley Rose felt like life was never the same after her dad walked out the door when she was ten years old. It taught her that most things in life were temporary. She took the loss hard, though she never considered herself a daddy’s girl. In fact, she felt much closer to her mother. Perhaps it was that: she saw the way his absence broke her mother’s heart. Marley didn’t understand much about the heartbreak that her mom was experiencing, but still, she wanted to do something to make her mom feel better. She would hide away in her room, grabbing a journal and a pen and would start writing. Whenever she had been sad, she liked to listen to music. Perhaps if she wrote her mom a song, she would start to feel better too. She would go to her mom, presenting the lyrics – she would have her mom hold the paper while Marley stood there, singing her heart out. At the time, the lyrics weren’t great, but Millie Rose appreciated them like it was the best song she’d ever heard. “You’re going to win a Grammy one day for these songs, Marley,” Millie would tell her, with so much conviction in her voice. Marley believed her.

It was easy, the way Marley fell in love with music. She heard it everywhere that she was. In the way her steps sounded against the tile of her kitchen, the wood of their porch. The way it sounded when her mom was in the kitchen, or preparing for an interview. The hustle and bustle of the school hallways - she heard music in all of it. It didn’t take long for Marley to beg Millie to put her in any type of lessons that she could: voice lessons, guitar lessons and piano lessons. Soon enough, Marley’s schedule had become completely taken over by anything and everything music. To Marley, it felt like she was put on the earth to make any type of music at all. She felt more like herself when she was singing, writing songs or playing an instrument. As much as she wanted to share this with the world, she couldn’t seem to get people to pay attention at first. It seemed as if she faded into the background and most people didn’t notice her until they were bumping her shoulder. They’d say sorry, of course, but they wouldn’t even look at her. She was lonely at times, but at least she had her music.

Marley knew that she was lucky. Her mother had money, which meant she was able to try as many things as she possibly wanted to. She had every opportunity given to her, and she took it every chance she got. While the spotlight scared her (mostly because she was used to people ignoring her), there were times where her mother would ask her to perform for her friends (which was a lot of people), and she did. Marley was never sure if they were clapping because they loved Millie, or because they truly thought Marley had a gift. In high school, she was able to join their Glee Club – these people were interested in her songs, her opinions and even more so, they agreed that Marley had a gift. She finally felt like she fit in somewhere. These people understood her: music really was everything.

After high school, Marley traveled to Los Angeles. She knew that if she wanted to make a career with her music, that Los Angeles was the best place to be. There was also Pacific State University, a place for people just like her. Kids and family of those who were famous, just trying to make her own way. She figured it was the best place for her to be. Once again, she embraced the Glee Club there, and had the best time in college. Around this time, she finally started sending EP’s to different record companies, doing shows anywhere that would let her play. She started to have a small following, and decided to release her music independently. There weren’t a lot of fans, of course, but enough to keep her going. Every show she did, there was a familiar face in the crowd. Every once in a while, there was a person who would talk to Marley about how much her music meant to them. And that’s what she was doing it for: to connect to people.

FAMILY BACKGROUND

DELILAH ROSE

☆ FULL NAME: Delilah Anne Rose ☆ GENDER: Ciswoman ☆ PRONOUNS: She/Her ☆ AGE: 29 (April 13th, 1995) ☆ TYPE: Full sibling; twin ☆ HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ☆ JOB: Professor of Computer Programming and Game Development ☆ SCHOOL: PSU Alumni ☆ SEXUALITY: Pansexual ☆ FACECLAIM: Melissa Benoist

ABOUT DELILAH

[TW: DEATH OF A SIGNIFICANT OTHER, TORTURE]

Delilah has always been too smart for her own good, and as a woman in STEAM, she has never shied away from fighting what she needs to fight for. In high school, Delilah focused most of her attention on getting the best possible grades so that she could go to the best possible school. Delilah always had a knack for computers and she knew in her soul that her calling was to use her absurd amount of knowledge and wisdom in some form of computer programming. While Marley found solace in playing instruments, Delilah found solace in being creative with Javascript and Python. And while MIT was tempting, she never got over the fact that she didn’t get in. Delilah followed her sisters to PSU instead and thinks she’s all the better for it.

Delilah got her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice at PSU with the intention of going to Quantico to be an FBI Agent– and she did. After her first year of training, Delilah quickly worked up the ranks to become a Data Analyst, and spent most of her time working through codes and puzzles. Her brain performed analytics at a truly alarming rate, and while Delilah wasn’t a Field Agent, she spent a vast majority of her time decrypting information for her team. Delilah is a total puzzle snob, including doing all of the NYT puzzles on a daily basis (and the crossword in pen). Delilah is very adjacent to nerd culture and enjoys a ren fair, GMing any and all D&D games, romantasy novels, cozy video games, and escape rooms.

When she left Quantico, she spent about a year in DC working for the local office, but she was then called to work on a very specific case. Delilah was put into the New York City FBI Office with the sole purpose of using her absurdly puzzling brain to figure out a long-winded series of clues akin to Lost of Blindspot. She lived in New York, she started saying “on line”, and got used to lying about her job to her family. She had long hours and great pay and she was happy, so what else mattered? But when she met Neal Meyer, everything seemed to make sense for Delilah. Commitment wasn’t something she could ever do, mostly because of her job– and also because of someone she loved and had left behind in California. She fell hard and fast for Neal, and she knew that he could see her true heart and loved her anyway. Their love was quiet, but Delilah knew she’d found her soulmate. They were set to be married until one particularly dangerous heist left each member of her work team with a family member gone– and for Delilah, it was Neal.

At the time, she had become the Assistant Head of Data Analytics at the New York Branch of the FBI, and she knew that anyone and everyone close to her would be targets if her name and information got out there. Delilah further retreated from her family and knew that every day, she was putting Neal at risk. Her worst nightmare had come true. He was tortured on camera and she was forced to watch, forced to perform heinous acts for the sheer ability of saving him, but there was no hope for either of them. Delilah had to make the horrible choice between saving the love of her life and giving away government secrets– and of course, there was no choice. She just as well as pulled the trigger that executed him, and Delilah sank into a massive, major depression as a result of that particular mission. 

Her devastation at Neal’s passing had her retreat into Silicon Valley and hole herself up into the home she purchased. Quitting her job at the FBI wasn’t something that Delilah ever thought was in the cards for her, but considering how famous her mother was and sister was becoming, what was to stop them from going after her family, next? With great power comes great responsibility, and so Delilah turned to her former love: computer programming and video game design. She worked for years on a game called Evervale, which combined cozy farming simulations like Animal Crossing, Wylde Flowers, and Stardew Valley with some D&D mechanics. The game went mobile in 2022 and has become incredibly popular since. Delilah has been working on bringing more versions to various consoles and a sequel.

Her decision to take a professorship at PSU stemmed mostly from the fact that she wanted to be close to her sisters, and feel like she’s part of a community again. After spending the most amount of time lying about her job, ensuring that she’d keep her family safe, she’s very happily back to being honest with them about her former work and the truth of what happened to Neal. She’s spending her free time coding and doing more video game work, while fully ignoring that part of her life ever happened.

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ELEANOR ROSE

☆ FULL NAME: Eleanor "Ellie" Parker Rose ☆ GENDER: Ciswoman ☆ PRONOUNS: She/Her ☆ AGE: 24 (October 15th, 2000) ☆ TYPE: Half sibling; solo ☆ HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ☆ JOB: Bartender at The Spare Room ☆ SCHOOL: Junior, majoring in Culinary Arts ☆ SEXUALITY: Bisexual ☆ FACECLAIM: Talia Ryder

ABOUT ELEANOR

tw: depression, substance abuse, death by overdose

If Ellie had a dollar for every time she heard her mother say "Eleanor, if you were any more laid back, you'd be lying down", she'd be one rich girl. That doesn't mean she's lazy or anything, she just never knew what to do with her life. Her nonchalant attitude to everything always annoyed her mother, but made her father chuckle, ruffle her hair and tell her that she'd get there one day. But one night just after her fifteen birthday, her dad walked out and never came back, and Ellie went back to wondering if anything was worth it once again. She grew up watching her sisters and wanting to be more like them, wishing she had Delilah's brains or Marley's talent, but she didn't really have anything exceptional about her. There was a lot of pressure from her mother though, she guided her in the direction of cooking just like her, but although Ellie was decent enough at it she just wasn't interested. But to please her mother she went along with it and applied to culinary school. However one night after a slightly heated argument with her mother about something ridiculous, Ellie withdrew her application and announced that she was taking a "gap year" while she figured everything out.

That year turned into two messy years of a high party lifestyle; drink, drugs and sex. A lot of falling in with the wrong crowd and a lot of regrets. But she didn't care, it was almost like there were no feelings in her body. She fell into a depressive spiral depending on substances to try and help her feel again. It didn't work. Ellie needed a wake up call and that came when one of her best friends died of a drug overdose, his death shook Ellie to the core and she took a good look at herself and asked "what the hell was she doing?" She quit the drugs and toned down the alcohol and cleaned herself up. And with her tail between her legs she returned home. But now instead of applying for another culinary school, she decided to follow her sisters' footsteps and head to PSU.

Ellie is still very laid back about things, but with a little more passion in what she's doing with her career. She's very close to her sisters' and looks up to them a lot. With both their fathers' being absent now she feels in her head that they're not half-sisters at all. She's a little over-protective of friends and family and always has some sort of sarcastic quip or dorky saying on the tip of her tongue. And she's often seen either out on her skateboard (which her mother hates) or playing soccer for the college girl's team.

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