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𝓣𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓮𝓽 #𝓣𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓮𝓽 #000-00307189
◈ 𝙱 𝙰 𝙲 𝙺 𝙶 𝚁 𝙾 𝚄 𝙽 𝙳 ◈
𝙵𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎 . Perronelle Ginnade Agnello née Caufin
𝙰.𝙺.𝙰 . Nelly𝙰𝚐𝚎 . Twenty-one
𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢 . 30 August
𝚉𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚌 . Virgo . Aquarius . Virgo𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 . Saint-Irénée, Québec, Canada
𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 . Georgia Palmer
◈ 𝙱 𝙸 𝙾 𝙶 𝚁 𝙰 𝙿 𝙷 𝚈 ◈
Florens Agnello's daughter-in-law, accompanied by her (secretly) estranged husband of a few months. Perronelle is endlessly bored. She drifts about the house she and her husband live in all day long, looking for things to do. She eats alone, she sleeps alone- well, if one doesn't count her Greyhound (a racetrack rescue), and some of the time, she does. Her husband, Massimo Agnello, appears to want nothing to do with her. Theirs was an arranged marriage, and from the word "go", the whole thing has been...terribly awkward and very lonely. The pair hasn't exchanged more than vows and a few pleasant acknowledgements in passing- other than that, nothing. Perronelle, for her part, doesn't know if she wants to make things work (for she feels she could possibly ensnare him if she wanted to) or simply up and vanish in the night to start a new existance elsewhere. This "honeymoon" is merely a formality, and she knows nothing romantic will come of it. The train trip, she's decided, will make up her mind. Either they will come home disgustingly perfect lovebirds, or else Perronelle's as good as gone.
Well, who can say what reality is, anyway- ?
When Perronelle's mother, Elissa Caufin, passed away, she was only a few years old. It was said to have been a bad chest-cold, made fatal in a woman who was already poor in health to begin with.
Galeren Caufin- Nelly's father- not really willing to keep his child in a house of sad memories, elected to move them both to upstate New York to start afresh.
Her father's businesses were many and lucrative, but the "Caufin Cough Drops" are what kept them, not just comfortable, but nearly sinful in excess- funny as that sounds. The new Caufin home was far too big for two people, bigger still when Perronelle was away at her girls' school- and once she was old enough, equestrian, voice, and piano lessons. It was only a matter of time before Galeren re-married.
Even then there were strange smells in the house- godawful, in fact. She used to swear it was coming from the walls.
At the age of fifteen, Perronelle was called home from school. Her step-mother, Julia, had been missing for over a week- last seen by her devoted husband of almost five years. Galeren, as Perronelle recalled later in court, was wretched with sobs each and every time the police insisted upon parading him in and out of the local station. In front of news cameras, no less. He feared the worst...because he knew the worst had happened.
All Perronelle can really remember about the ordeal- the initial investigation into Julia's death once she was recovered near Crystal Lake- was...how pristine the house had been when she came home from school. How her eyes stung from chemical fumes.
Galeren, in no unclear terms, told Perronelle that they had much to lose if she was to ever voice any of what he knew she must've thought (she lived in the goddamn house, after all)- and so, for three years, Nelly protected her father and stayed quiet- without realising just exactly what she was protecting.
Perhaps it was just that she never allowed herself to dwell on it long enough to connect the dots... Once her father was arrested and his trial was underway, it became evident that Galeren Caufin was not a simple businessman who had accidentally pushed his second wife down some stairs and panicked. No, they called him a serial murderer with six separate victims- and one of those victims was, they said, Perronelle's own mother.
Things were not the same following that. Whether it was true or not, Nelly had a hard time sending the thought from her head-
Lack of "solid evidence" tying Galeren to the death of his wife, and the help of the most expensive defense team in North America, Galeren Caufin was acquitted. And Perronelle felt nothing. For a little while.
At nineteen years old, Nelly hired a P.I. to exhume her mother's body in Canada.
Three months after that, Galeren Caufin would be found in his home office- quite expired from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. His death was ruled a suicide. Perronelle had been in Hawaii at the time.
The sole inheritor of her late father's fortune, Nelly took her time returning to New York. She spent a nice, long holiday in Saint-Irénée, visiting her mother's grave daily. While there, she would pick up her rescue greyhound, Ivan, to keep her company.
Perronelle returned home to a dinner invitation from one Florens Agnello, who she knew though her friendship with his son Massimo Agnello. He wished to extend his condolences as he had occasion to do business with Galeren years prior. And, there was something else he wished to discuss.
◈ 𝚃 𝚈 𝙿 𝙸 𝙲 𝙰 𝙻 ◈
𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 . animals (horses and dogs, most of all), porcelain, art museums, Blanche (1971), lace curtains, the notion of herself in domestic bliss or else embarking in a devourous romance, Italy (though she's not been before), lilies, sending postcards and thank-you notes, small forgotten courtesies, gardens, Catherine Deneuve, beach picnics, poached pears, sweet berries, bit of bubbly for no reason, fresh-cut flowers, gardenia and sweetpea, frivolous lingerie, respite baths of scented water, rugs and too-many throw pillows, quiet corners, still mornings, a well-kept secret
𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 . thunder/lightening, pitch-dark and deep night, birds and spiders (well, any creepy-crawly), boats and open water, alcohol, discourtesy, boisterousness, infidelity/being hood-winked, smoking ("foul"), nosiness/intrusion, gossip𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 . Compassionate . Benevolent . Sybaritic . Moody .
ManipulativeGuileful . Romantic . Mannered . Reserved . Critical . Idealist . Intuitive . Animal-lover . Forgetful . Needy𝙳𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚝 . Undone
𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎(𝚜) 𝚃𝚘 𝙱𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 . The Agnello Sleepy Hollow home she share with Massimo primarily, but she does take the odd trip to the primary Agnello estate to visit her mother-in-law Diana.
𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚃𝚘 𝙱𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 . In every-day life, usually just her faithful greyhound Ivan.𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚂𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 . Sickly pales and languid silk dresses with faux furs even in warm weather, frocks embroidered with flowers. Chantilly lace opera gloves, dainty slippers, a diamond wedding ring. The only sort of armour for a girl who habitually wilts in fainting spells.
𝚂𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 . Comme des Garçons Grace by Grace Coddington . Perronelle is a girl typically awash in florals. Her usual scent of Moroccan roses, freesia, peach blossoms- the particular ephemeral and fragile fragrances not long for earth.
◈ 𝚁 𝙴 𝙻 𝙰 𝚃 𝙸 𝙾 𝙽 𝚂 𝙷 𝙸 𝙿 𝚂 ◈
𝙼𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙼𝙾 . so, i go back and forth. i think mo and nelly could be childhood friends- and nelly had all these feelings for him and therefore sort of allowed the marriage for herself (her family is mostly deceased and there wouldn't be anyone to pressure her really). but, you know, it's not...going so well. mo ignores her- or she feels, possibly blames her for entrenching him in this situation.... i say, i go back and forth because i sort of want them to eventually be together, but i also, sort of want her to find a way to stop being hung up on mo... . it's going to take further discussion with whoever decides to take massimo, but this is my line of thinking so far.
𝙰𝙻𝙰𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙽 . our nelly's afraid of a lot- thunderstorms, the dark, anything out of the ordinary. i can see alainan, her husband's cousin, being someone she's heard of and is actually sort of fearful of. maybe they've only just met on this train though since the wedding wasn't that long ago (unless you think alainan made it to the ceremony ^^) ? i'd also love it if he actively tries to spook her (since it's too easy to do) now and then on the trip~
𝙳𝙾𝚄𝙶𝚁𝙰𝚈 . if alainan creeps her out, i think nelly has a lil soft-spot for dougray (and he might suspect). i'm not saying there's potential there, but they could definitely toe the line...make a certain someone jealous if need be. hatch a couple nefarious plans together... split a box of blackcurrant violet macarons or two... of course, i'm up for any ideas ! ^^
𝙽𝚈𝙼𝙿𝙷𝙸𝙲𝚄𝚂 . as with caelia, i think nelly would initially take issue with the whole...adultry, kept-gentleman thing- but i really don't think she would be unkind no matter how much she disapproves. she's too polite- she may ignore someone, but never have words, you know ? ^^ it would be nice if they could at least be cordial though nymphicus would probably pick up on the vibe ?
here's the thing, though, i had this thought that nelly catches him sleep walking one night and it scares the piss out of her- but maybe she might also stumble upon something else while following/keeping an eye on him ? or- she could save him from a dangerous spot or a ridiculous, comedic situation, and that melts some of the ice between them ?𝙲𝙰𝙴𝙻𝙸𝙰 . whoever takes caelia could have other thoughts entirely, but i'm working with the idea that nelly has virtually no idea that her husband is a bit smitten with his father's own mistress. i would dig it if they could be friends- it's likely they've met before since i don't think Agnello makes efforts to hide...his mistresses, really. i think, initially, nelly would really dislike that- would be offended by the very notion of a mistress, being married herself. but ! it would be cool if they could somehow--hurdle that and caelia might offer some much-needed company to nelly on the trip ?
𝙸𝙿𝚈 .
𝚂𝚆𝙴𝙴𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙰𝚁𝚃 .
𝙻𝙴𝚃𝚃𝙸𝙲𝙴 . nelly would avoid lettice. she'll convince herself that if lettice gets even a whiff of the situation between her and massimo, she'll be coined the "loveless heiress" in the next issue of lettice's rag.
𝙻𝙸𝙻𝙰𝙲 . i dream of perronelle having some sort of "bad influence" to get her out of her my-husband-doesn't-love-me funk and doing fun shit, but i think it would take a terrible effort on the part of lilac ^^ lilac would probably...take perronelle for an incurable fuddy-duddy at first glance- ? and perronelle might keep her distance.
𝚆𝚈𝙽𝙳𝙰𝙻𝙻 . i'm thinking they know each other already- wyn being massimo's cousin and all. i also think they could be similar in their...loneliness ? if whoever takes wyn has interpreted her in that way, i don't know ^^' i think they'd be a good match for ocassional company. they might even develop a wholesme big sister-little sister dynamic ? any thoughts are welcome !
◈ 𝙷 𝙴 𝙰 𝙳 𝙲 𝙰 𝙽 𝙾 𝙽 𝚂 ◈
~parents are deceased and she is the sole inheritor of their Caufin Cough Drop (as well as a few other ventures, including bar soaps) fortune-
~nelly's rescue greyhoud is named ivan - he cannot properly 'dog' after so many years on a racetrack.
~/lights a match, lights a match, lights a ma-
~sometimes she fantasises about what it would be like to be in a nice relationship with massimo- and other times he annoys her so much, she wants to shove him through one of the upper storey windows of their upstate new york abode-
~terrified of thunderstorms, will hide under beds or in closets
~also viscerally petrified of the dark and keeps lights on while she sleeps
~recently, she's begun to experience fainting spells- which no one other than herself knows about
~has never held an actual job
~if she legs it out of her current situation after the train trip, she believes she wants to go to the vatican to live on her vast inheritance-
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