Topic: Lookin fer home

Jessamine

Date: 2007-03-29 04:00 EST
Scoundrel, scruffy-haired electric toed girl who never rode passangerside in life.

Jessamine is a character I made because I always have loved the Victorian Era, that time when the world was still new and yet to be explored, and moving into the darker turmoil of the Industrial Age and the mix response that technology had on society; both of benefit and detriment.

Along the way, many years ago, I discovered the term 'steampunk' and recently have rediscovered it in a new way. I think the fiction when done with care can be clever and insightful and I'd hope to do the same. Through JM.

As an introduction, I have done this post to enforce reader's understanding of the character and where she is from. As I understand it, SteamPunk is not just about a bunch of rebellion themed stories about a difficult landscape but about adults who really, in a frontier unknown, are like kids with their cubbyhouses and gangs and territories, who take ownership of what little they can forage in a dark age. It's more than that too. SteamPunk revolves around an old world cyberpunk, and the growing awareness that the government or authority while a protector can be the greatest enemy.

Then, there is Man VS Machine.

Character stats on JM:

Name: Jessamine. She never adopted a surname and really is quite comfortable with being known as "girl" or hey". Often cuts it right down to JM. Age: She's roughly about 26-28. She's lived. She's no youngin. She might be older. She'd never tell. She's learnt there are very few things kept sacred. Appearance: She's not a glamourous lady nor is she a shambles. In her youth she was more feckless and reckless, but now she is older she is more refined, preened. She's grown into her looks. She stands at 5'5, has short brown shag, lightened much by her lifestyle stretched beneath the dying sun. Her clothing is loose, ripped jeans and plain t shirts. Shoes are functional hardy boots and she wears little jewelery. Her ears are adorned along the curve in tiny daisies in silver. Her eyes are a 'mystical' green, they are the feature of her face as they are so bright and lively and animated. Her lips she's fond of, for a girl, they're softly plump and look as though she's ready to smile. Her body is scattered in pale brown freckles. They gather at her shoulders, her cheeks and her thighs.

Occupation: A pilot and a Keeper, which was a role to help the neglected children in the Age who due to changes in technology and lower incomes were often abandoned by families. She still looks out for that, but not for the money.

She fell in Rhy'Din from a silver rainbow. She has no idea what that means or what got her here, but she's here, and she treats it as a ride.