DEVEREUX, Shayla

[Shayla Devereux]

†SHAYLA MARIE DEVEREUX†

W H A T I F I S A Y I ' M N O T L I K E T H E O T H E R S ?
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what if i say i'm not just another one of your plays?

full name: Shayla Marie Devereux
nicknames: Shay
birthday: April 14, 1694
age: 19, Immortal
gender: Female
sexuality: Straight
human or vampire: Vampire

social status: Low Class

Y O U ' R E T H E P R E T E N D E R .
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what if i say i will never surrender?

birth place: Paris, France

parents: Adele Roux, Adrien Roux
siblings: Juliette Devereux, Amelie Roux
pets: Cherise, or Cherry. Cherry is a white stray cat she befriended in Devil's Hollow.
other:

I ' M T H E V O I C E I N S I D E Y O U R H E A D Y O U R E F U S E T O H E A R .
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i'm the face you have to face, mirroring your stare.

eyes:
Shay's eyes are light green. In different lights, they may look brighter, or duller. Sometimes they even look a bit gray.
hair:
In the summer, it's blonde. This is because she spends a lot of time outside. In the winter, it returns to her natural dark brown. Her hair is usually curly, or wavy.
build:
Shay is a very tall girl. She's not very muscular, and she's model-thin. Her face shape is rectangular.
other features
She has full lips, and kind of bushy eyebrows. They are dark brown, like her hair in the winter. It doesn't make her ugly. It just enhances her other features. She's pale, and always will be. She's a vampire, duh.

I ' M W H A T ' S L E F T . I ' M W H A T ' S R I G H T . I ' M T H E E N E M Y.
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i'm the hand that'll bring you down, bring you to your knees.

likes:

• Being outside
  
• Cheering people up
  
• Helping others
  
• Feeling human, being normal
  
• Love !
  
• Running/Dancing
  
• Animals
  

dislikes:

• Death, dying
  
• Being a vampire
  
• People who call her fake
  
• Those who do not see the beauty of life. Those who walk all over people. Those who do not even bother to open their eyes to the world
  

personality:
Shay is, overall, a very happy person. She's very bubbly and outgoing. She's not afraid to try new things or even embarrass herself in front of others. She lives life out loud. To it's fullest. She's always herself, and would never fake her personality. She's real. Many don't see that, and it frustrates her. She's just a very cheerful person. She likes to help, and she's very polite. She doesn't hold grudges. She doesn't stand up for herself, but still. She doesn't really care.

Shay liked to spend time outside, in the sunshine. She's a hopeless romantic, and sees good in everyone. Sometimes, that's a bad thing. Because she tries to see good in people who don't have it in themselves. And when she falls in love, she would just unwind if they broke her heart. She would just be a shadow of herself. Only love can break her. She's not very sensitive with strangers, because the people don't actually know her.

She desperately wants to walk in the sun. When she was mortal, she loved to feel the sun warm her, and she liked to run outside. She wants to be human. She isn't the type to be a vampire, but she has to live with herself. She loves life, still. And she could never abandon her sister, Juliette. She has a great relationship with Juliette. She's her only remaining family member.

strengths:

• She doesn't care about what others think of her.
  
• She doesn't hold grudges
  

weaknesses:

• She sometimes gets used or doesn't realize how bad people really are. She tries to see good in absolutely everything
  
• She doesn't like killing people
  
• Sometimes, she's too outgoing. Gets herself embarrassed.
  

fears:

• Never falling in love
  
• Losing her sister.
  

secrets:

• She's a vampire
  

aspiration:

• Live life to it's fullest
  
• Fall in love
  
• Feel like a real part of society, and resist her human blood cravings, somehow.
  

S O W H O A R E Y O U ? Y E A H , W H O A R E Y O U ?
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yeah, who are you? yeah, who are you?

history: Shayla Roux, eldest in a family of three. She was born in Paris to a high class family. She was always an amazing person, a lot like the one she is now. Bubbly, nice. She was the favorite of the family. There was nothing wrong with her life, really. It was kind of perfect. Until a certain woman came along, to visit.

Michelle LeBlanc. She was a former friend of her mother's, with a dirty secret. She was a vampire. she seemed nice to Shay, but she wasn't, so much. She came to Paris for revenge. You see, Adele had gotten the man she loved. Since Michelle couldn't steal him away, she needed to turn their precious daughter into a hideous creature.

So Michelle had waited to get Shay alone. When Shay realized she was attacking, Juliette came to stop her. So Michelle just drained her sister of blood. Not quite, though. She was still alive. Barely. She turned Shay, and it was her sister who woke her up.

Juliette had somehow swallowed the woman's blood. So she was a vampire. That night, they killed their father and made the transformation. Honestly, they didn't mean to. They decided to leave Paris, realizing that they could hurt their remaining sister and mother. They moved to Devil's Hollow, changing their last names and posing as orphans. Which, they kind of were.

Before packing up, they met other fledglings. They were angry at their creator, for they didn't want immortal life. They were created by Michelle. The vampires ganged up on the woman, killing her. For good. The vampires parted ways.

They settled down in town, taking jobs as maids. They were considered lowclass, but nobody could explain the fancy clothes they brought with them. They try to feed on animals, but they "eat" humans at least twice a week. It's hard to resist their cravings.

K E E P Y O U I N T H E D A R K
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you know they all pretend.

experience: 3 Years.

rp sample:

Aliyah couldn't think straight. She wasn't herself. Then she heard his name. Mitchell Petrelli.
Her eyes widened in shock as she remembered what the name had meant to her.
He had been the reason she had erased her own memories.
She remembered her brother firing a neat shot to her heart, and burying her in the cold winter ground. But that wasn't what had made her want to forget. Start anew.
When she had crawled out of her own grave, and knew she couldn't see him anymore.
Mitchell.
He would hate her, just like her family had. Even if he didn't want to kill her, it would be too dangerous for him. She couldn't be with him any longer. As much as it had broken her heart, she had left her life behind, especially him.
She cried every night, wishing she wasn't born a dragon. Then she realized her own power. Illusion. Darkness. She didn't want to be a train wreck anymore. When she had left him, she had shattered into a million pieces.
So she had erased her memory. Filled her mind with darkness, to replace those memories she hadn't wanted anymore.
Hearing his voice, his name, it made her afraid. There was Cassiel. There was Mitchell. And there was her own beating heart, unsure of anything.
She stepped out into view and her eyes widened. She remembered everything. All of their times together. She had loved him. Did she still?
Her heart beat even faster. She wanted to faint. She wanted to die, but it wasn't as easy as it looked. The sight of him was almost too much to bear. She was lost in her own feelings.
"Mitchell." She whispered, standing still, unsure of what to do. Nobody had heard her whisper his name. The two brothers were too angry to notice.
She had wanted to see him before. But actually seeing him was different.
She wanted to hug him. She wanted to run away. It was agonizing. She wished she was someone else. Anybody.
And there was still a confused Cassiel, standing in front of his apparently dead brother. Waiting for an explanation.
Could she give them one? It was hard to speak. Her throat closed up.
She noticed Mitchell's red eyes. Was he a vampire? She had never known. Or maybe he had changed after she left?
It was so confusing. She wanted to scream out.
She wanted him.
But that would hurt Cassiel.
She liked Cassiel.
She was frustrated. What could she do? She want to get out of the house. Into the rain, the pouring rain.
Rain...
Her heart twisted even more as she remembered another date with him.
She still wanted to run. To forget. She couldn't, could she? She wanted to stay and flee at the same time.
Seeing Mitchell had been like a slap in the face. It made her realize something.
You couldn't hide from your past, no matter how hard you tried.

secret phrase: You get what you give.

[Tara Calder]