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canfindropeUser Name/Nick: Kevin
User DW:dragon8writer
AIM/IM: dragon8writer
E-mail: dragon8writer.star@gmail.com
Other Characters: Faith Lehane, Willow Rosenberg
Character Name: Red
Series: Once Upon a Time
Age: 23
From When?: The end of Red-Handed– where she flees her former town.
Inmate/Warden: Warden - at this point, she had just run away from the only home she’d ever known, leaving her with nowhere to go – and as of yet no one who really needed her. She had also just discovered that she was a werewolf, and had discovered so shortly after having eaten her boyfriend.
She would gladly make a deal to return him to life, and would be desperate to escape to a place where she wouldn’t hurt anybody, and could make up for what she had done.
Item: Her red cloak
Abilities/Powers:
Mundane abilities: Red is a good tracker (though this may in part stem from being a werewolf, as she’s always been able to track down what she wants.)
Having lived in a forest, Red knows basic woodsmanship – tracking, and hunting, mostly; from what we see in the show, she would know how to use a bow, and probably a crossbow as well.
Supernatural Powers: Red is a werewolf, changing only at the full moon, and the two days surrounding it. Her wolf form stands at about five feet tall, and she is about ten feet long from snout to bottom, excluding tail. They note that it takes several human footsteps to match one of her strides.
Her transformation is very extensive, including the disappearance and reappearance of her clothing. When the moon came up she would slip out of her window, and transform; when the sun rose, she would turn back into a human, walk back to her window, and crawl into bed; unaware of the entire thing. From her perspective, she had simply gone to sleep and woken up the next morning.
Her status as a werewolf has a genetic component – she inherited it from her mother, and her grandparents before her – but she can also turn another, this is separate from a bite – which will merely mark them; though the process has yet to be detailed.
Some werewolf abilities come through even in her human form, during the time of the full moon – whether in day or night, and even if the curse is blocked. More specifically, Red has shown herself capable of accessing enhanced senses – allowing her to hear an unconscious man’s hearbeat as if it were “hammering.”
The wolf has shown human-like intelligence, and an agenda of its own; although it is possible for Red to gain control of her other self, the two personalities currently remain distinct, and both we be addressed in the appropriate place below.
Though it is possible to kill the wolf with human weapons, it appears to take great effort; silver in particularly is useful, for its ability to knock the wolf out – although it leaves no wounds upon the wolf (as seen when she was struck at close range with a cross bow bolt, but showed no wounds upon returning to normal.)
Personality: Red is generally sweet, and willing to believe the best in others – as seen when she was willing to accept Snow’s fake name, realizing off the bat that the woman had no reason to trust her. She didn’t seem to mind that Snow had actually been stealing from her chicken coop, nor did she question the fact that the woman was clearly being chased down. She saw someone in need of help, and she offered it to them without reservation.
Part of this may have stemmed from the life she lived; growing up in a cottage, at the outskirts of a small town – relatively quiet outside of the wolf that hunted it every month – Red is used to a small selection of people who know each other, and who band together in order to survive. When seeing another in danger, her first thought was therefore not to question, but to bond.
It would be unwise to mistake Red’s occasional naivety for innocence, however, or her kind approach to Snow as a universally gentle outlook. Red’s view of the world was fundamentally affected by the wolf that haunted her town, causing family’s to lock their doors and bring out their crossbows, watching helplessly as a creature ate the livestock that provided for their livelihoods.
When she heard of a hunting party that wanted to take down the wolf, her first thought was to join them; and when she later found their torn apart bodies, she was appropriately horrified, but not apparently grief stricken. Although she would have known these men her entire life, she nevertheless seemed to recover in mere hours. Death is a very large part of Red’s world, and she generally recovers quickly to its presence.
Another side effect of her village life is the urge for excitement; with her parents dead, and an over-protective grandmother always looking over her shoulder, Red generally felt as if she had been caught in a trap, a feeling her inner wolf quite possibly contributed to. The feeling made her rebellious, in mostly small ways. She wouldn’t wear her cloak unless expressly told to, she opened up the shutters at night for her boyfriend despite not being supposed to…
At times, the feeling of being trapped gives rise to recklessness – as seen when she convinced Snow to help her kill the wolf; fueled by the idea that her grandmother was only using it as an excuse to keep her away from Peter, her boyfriend, she decided they could kill it during the day when it slept. It didn’t matter that it had just killed an entire party of trained huntsmen, either – she threw herself into it completely, apparently believing she could pull it off where all others failed.
Regardless of her occasional rebellions, though, it is important to note that Red is – above all else – loyal to the people she cares about; and that she does love her grandmother. Even among all the arguing, Red did not choose to simply leave the town; although Peter outright offered to go with her, she instead chose the more dangerous path of hunting down the wolf, so that she could become a hero to the town and marry Peter on her own terms, without simply running away from the woman. Although that was undoubtedly (in part) the stubbornness she inherited from her grandmother, it was not the only example by far.
When she found out that Peter was a werewolf, she offered to tie him up and stay by his side, to work through it with him. When (in a later episode) Prince Charming was going in search of Snow, she willingly remained behind to fight off knights, so that he could escape; and whenever Snow needed her to battle, or to talk to, she was always there; showing up every month with a basket of goodies to share with her friend. She very much values friendship and family, perhaps due to having so little of it (thanks to the death of her mother when she was young.)
The Wolf’s personality, however, is distinct from Red’s at this point; so I would like to give it a paragraph as well. We know from story of her grandfather biting her grandmother that the wolf form can think for itself – it took out first the weapons used upon it, then the hunters itself; and, upon discovering Red’s grandmother (at the time just a little girl), purposefully marked her as his own.
Just as important, though, is the fact that Red didn’t do this – upon turning into a werewolf, she ate her bound boyfriend, despite the fact that she loved him as a human – despite the fact that he posed no threat to her chained up, and even despite the fact that he was calling her by name.
From future cameos, however, I predict that the wolf and Red’s personalities will both shift; later she seemed more confident and at peace with herself, easily and playfully teasing Snow, often with a smug smile on her face. The time they spent living by themselves in the woods – after fleeing the village, who would have killed her if they’d known she was the wolf – apparently helped her to gain a confidence in herself, that allowed her to shift from simple recklessness to true bravery, as when she faced down the nights, or scouted for Snow and the others.
Further, she seemed to gain some control of her wolf form – being able to slip her cloak back on, and return to human form of her own volition, and remember all that had transpired. As the wall between wolf and Red broke, however, so did the personality’s. Although red isn’t bloodthirsty, she stopped being horrified by death, taking it in stride when she had a piece of “Someone” on her face. She fairly growled in an argument, as well; and in part, her confidence may be attributed to the wild wolf that seemed to live partly inside of her.
She also became less trusting, though that may have been more about seeing her best friend hunted by Regina – as she complained of Snow’s willingness to trust the queen.
On the barge, Red will temporarily recede from human contact, still miserable over the killings, and worried that there might still hurt others. As she gets over it, she will attempt to show her sweeter, friendlier side, talking to wardens and inmates alike, and trying to see the best in people. As time goes on, she will learn to trust her instincts, and – depending on her experiences on the barge – may begin approaching her bargemates with more caution; however, overall, she will try to treat to do her best by every person on the barge, and will attempt to make a personal connection to her inmate in particular.
Although she will generally try a gentle approach, Red is a determined girl, and will not back away from any method if she sees the necessity.
History: Red grew up in a small town, with an oppressive grandmother, and no parents. Granny – AKA Widow Lucas – kept a very close eye, often calling Red in just to check up on her, and always trying to make her wear the red cloak she claimed would repel wolves. She was generally forbidden from spending any large amount of time with her boyfriend.
The most often used excuse was “wolfstime” – three days of the month in which a large wolf, about the size of a mall pony, would haunt the area in search of livestock or humans to eat.
It was after the first night of wolfstime that Red first met the fugitive Snow White, who had hidden in the chicken coop to escape the wolf’s howling, and who was in the process of stealing eggs for her breakfast. Snow apologized quickly, and Red made a point of offering the woman food and shelter, forming a quick bond with the woman (and actively inviting her to use a false name, in recognition of the fact that Snow had no reason to trust her yet. This despite the fact that Snow was technically the theif.)
It was during Snow White’s stay, on a trip to the well, that they found the remains of a hunting party that had gone off in search of the wolf; and in the aftermath, once they had gotten over the initial shock, that Snow questioned whether Red’s granny was merely using the wolf as an excuse to keep Red at home. Red’s solution was to hunt the wolf during the daylight, hopefully giving them an advantage over it, as it would hopefully be sleeping.
Red handled the tracking proper, convincing Snow to come with her with the threat of going alone otherwise; and despite the dangerousness of their mission, the two managed to amuse each other as Red showed off some of her tracking skills, the two chatting easily. The amusement ended abruptly, though, when they actually found the wolf’s footsteps – realizing that it would take several of a human’s strides to barely match that of the wolf. Even worse, they quickly realized that the pawprints blended with that of boots, the trail continuing on as that of a man; and most importantly yet, heading straight to her window, making them think the wolf must be none other than her boyfriend.
With Snow’s encouragement helping her to overcome her fear, Red approached Peter on the subject – convincing him of his alter ego, and offering to tie him up; she claimed she knew where to find rope; Peter recommended they use chains.
For the plan to work, Snow took Red’s place at home, wearing the cloak as a disguise, while Red prepared to settle in besides Peter; the subterfuge was discovered by Granny – but too late. She tells Snow that Red, not Peter is the werewolf – and that she has been since she was 13, having inherited it from her mother, and her grandparents before her. Although the power has faded with age, Granny is still able to track Red by scent.
Unfortunately, as they talk, Red has already changed; and while he screams for her to stop, the wolf tears him to pieces, still occupied with eating his corpse when the others arrive; hearing them, she even lunged at her grandmother and Snow, but was taken down by a silver tipped arrow fired from her grandma’s cross bow.
Rather than doing damage, the blow merely knocks Red out, allowing Snow to put Red’s cloak (apparently bought from a wizard) over the woman’s form; this suppresses the wolf, allowing Red to return to normal.
Unfortunately, the horrified girl – newly told of what she had done – was forced to flee the oncoming villagers; this is the last we know for certain from her, and where I will be apping her from. Considering this Snow seemed to have left her castle only recently, it is likely that she and Snow lived in the woods together for a time – learning to survive – before eventually going separate ways; and we know from future cameos that Red continued to track Snow down every month, bringing a basket of goodies and news from the outside world. She also gained some control of her inner wolf, allowing her to help Snow the queen by drawing on her wolf’s form.
It is possible she sought out Rumpelstiltskin’s help at some point, as she later directed Snow to him – and he is likely the “traveling wizard” that made her cloak to begin with.
Later, she would have been among the many put under the queen’s curse, and transferred to our world – her personality twisted, her confidence taken away, and what happy ending she had managed stripped with all the rest; but as she was apped before that, “Ruby” has yet to exist, and her alternate –alternate persona will probably not be making a appearance outside of select floods.
Sample Journal Entry: [5-10 sentences, 1st Person POV]
Is anyone there? [Red holds the communicator at an angle as she speaks into it, tapping gently at the screen. She still hadn’t figured out the magic that ran it.] I’m… everyone calls me Red. [She clutches the red cloak tighter about her shoulders as she says that.] I’d love to meet everyone.
http://sixwordstories.dreamwidth.org/68444176.html?thread=4299744016#cmt4299744016 is a sample of how she might interact with someone on the barge.
Sample RP: [3-5 paragraphs, 3rd Person POV]
Red tilted the cloak back, letting the hood fall about her shoulders, to free her hair; once she would have thrown it off entirely, without her grandmother about to protest. It had seemed just another part of her Grandmother’s loving prison. Now she couldn’t bring herself to let it go. Even with the sun high in the sky.
Besides, it was another full moon tonight; she could feel it running through her veins, now that she was more aware. Her tracking skills – always formidable –seemed heightened; and the more she listened, the more she felt she could hear; the rabbits moving through the woods, the birds rustling above. She could smell the dirt, the trees – even Snow, a few feet back; and the flecks blood on her own clothes. Peter’s blood.
She felt herself shut down, forcing herself to take a step forward; she would… wash the clothes; later. Right now Snow was depending on her to catch food. They’d starve otherwise; maybe she deserved that, but Snow didn’t.
She had to take another step; and another, drawing the bow as she listened for the telltale sound of a rabbit jumping. The tension snapped free, letting the arrow fly; she heard it thump, heard the rabbit’s heart – beating so fast it blurred slow to a halt and stop. She’d killed it.
At least, with her curse, they wouldn’t starve.
Special Notes:
Red’s real name and birthday are never spoken – 23 is an estimate, and Red is the nickname she always uses.
We know her mother was killed by a hunting party – though Red herself was not told so; her father is never mentioned.
User DW:
dragon8writerAIM/IM: dragon8writer
E-mail: dragon8writer.star@gmail.com
Other Characters: Faith Lehane, Willow Rosenberg
Character Name: Red
Series: Once Upon a Time
Age: 23
From When?: The end of Red-Handed– where she flees her former town.
Inmate/Warden: Warden - at this point, she had just run away from the only home she’d ever known, leaving her with nowhere to go – and as of yet no one who really needed her. She had also just discovered that she was a werewolf, and had discovered so shortly after having eaten her boyfriend.
She would gladly make a deal to return him to life, and would be desperate to escape to a place where she wouldn’t hurt anybody, and could make up for what she had done.
Item: Her red cloak
Abilities/Powers:
Mundane abilities: Red is a good tracker (though this may in part stem from being a werewolf, as she’s always been able to track down what she wants.)
Having lived in a forest, Red knows basic woodsmanship – tracking, and hunting, mostly; from what we see in the show, she would know how to use a bow, and probably a crossbow as well.
Supernatural Powers: Red is a werewolf, changing only at the full moon, and the two days surrounding it. Her wolf form stands at about five feet tall, and she is about ten feet long from snout to bottom, excluding tail. They note that it takes several human footsteps to match one of her strides.
Her transformation is very extensive, including the disappearance and reappearance of her clothing. When the moon came up she would slip out of her window, and transform; when the sun rose, she would turn back into a human, walk back to her window, and crawl into bed; unaware of the entire thing. From her perspective, she had simply gone to sleep and woken up the next morning.
Her status as a werewolf has a genetic component – she inherited it from her mother, and her grandparents before her – but she can also turn another, this is separate from a bite – which will merely mark them; though the process has yet to be detailed.
Some werewolf abilities come through even in her human form, during the time of the full moon – whether in day or night, and even if the curse is blocked. More specifically, Red has shown herself capable of accessing enhanced senses – allowing her to hear an unconscious man’s hearbeat as if it were “hammering.”
The wolf has shown human-like intelligence, and an agenda of its own; although it is possible for Red to gain control of her other self, the two personalities currently remain distinct, and both we be addressed in the appropriate place below.
Though it is possible to kill the wolf with human weapons, it appears to take great effort; silver in particularly is useful, for its ability to knock the wolf out – although it leaves no wounds upon the wolf (as seen when she was struck at close range with a cross bow bolt, but showed no wounds upon returning to normal.)
Personality: Red is generally sweet, and willing to believe the best in others – as seen when she was willing to accept Snow’s fake name, realizing off the bat that the woman had no reason to trust her. She didn’t seem to mind that Snow had actually been stealing from her chicken coop, nor did she question the fact that the woman was clearly being chased down. She saw someone in need of help, and she offered it to them without reservation.
Part of this may have stemmed from the life she lived; growing up in a cottage, at the outskirts of a small town – relatively quiet outside of the wolf that hunted it every month – Red is used to a small selection of people who know each other, and who band together in order to survive. When seeing another in danger, her first thought was therefore not to question, but to bond.
It would be unwise to mistake Red’s occasional naivety for innocence, however, or her kind approach to Snow as a universally gentle outlook. Red’s view of the world was fundamentally affected by the wolf that haunted her town, causing family’s to lock their doors and bring out their crossbows, watching helplessly as a creature ate the livestock that provided for their livelihoods.
When she heard of a hunting party that wanted to take down the wolf, her first thought was to join them; and when she later found their torn apart bodies, she was appropriately horrified, but not apparently grief stricken. Although she would have known these men her entire life, she nevertheless seemed to recover in mere hours. Death is a very large part of Red’s world, and she generally recovers quickly to its presence.
Another side effect of her village life is the urge for excitement; with her parents dead, and an over-protective grandmother always looking over her shoulder, Red generally felt as if she had been caught in a trap, a feeling her inner wolf quite possibly contributed to. The feeling made her rebellious, in mostly small ways. She wouldn’t wear her cloak unless expressly told to, she opened up the shutters at night for her boyfriend despite not being supposed to…
At times, the feeling of being trapped gives rise to recklessness – as seen when she convinced Snow to help her kill the wolf; fueled by the idea that her grandmother was only using it as an excuse to keep her away from Peter, her boyfriend, she decided they could kill it during the day when it slept. It didn’t matter that it had just killed an entire party of trained huntsmen, either – she threw herself into it completely, apparently believing she could pull it off where all others failed.
Regardless of her occasional rebellions, though, it is important to note that Red is – above all else – loyal to the people she cares about; and that she does love her grandmother. Even among all the arguing, Red did not choose to simply leave the town; although Peter outright offered to go with her, she instead chose the more dangerous path of hunting down the wolf, so that she could become a hero to the town and marry Peter on her own terms, without simply running away from the woman. Although that was undoubtedly (in part) the stubbornness she inherited from her grandmother, it was not the only example by far.
When she found out that Peter was a werewolf, she offered to tie him up and stay by his side, to work through it with him. When (in a later episode) Prince Charming was going in search of Snow, she willingly remained behind to fight off knights, so that he could escape; and whenever Snow needed her to battle, or to talk to, she was always there; showing up every month with a basket of goodies to share with her friend. She very much values friendship and family, perhaps due to having so little of it (thanks to the death of her mother when she was young.)
The Wolf’s personality, however, is distinct from Red’s at this point; so I would like to give it a paragraph as well. We know from story of her grandfather biting her grandmother that the wolf form can think for itself – it took out first the weapons used upon it, then the hunters itself; and, upon discovering Red’s grandmother (at the time just a little girl), purposefully marked her as his own.
Just as important, though, is the fact that Red didn’t do this – upon turning into a werewolf, she ate her bound boyfriend, despite the fact that she loved him as a human – despite the fact that he posed no threat to her chained up, and even despite the fact that he was calling her by name.
From future cameos, however, I predict that the wolf and Red’s personalities will both shift; later she seemed more confident and at peace with herself, easily and playfully teasing Snow, often with a smug smile on her face. The time they spent living by themselves in the woods – after fleeing the village, who would have killed her if they’d known she was the wolf – apparently helped her to gain a confidence in herself, that allowed her to shift from simple recklessness to true bravery, as when she faced down the nights, or scouted for Snow and the others.
Further, she seemed to gain some control of her wolf form – being able to slip her cloak back on, and return to human form of her own volition, and remember all that had transpired. As the wall between wolf and Red broke, however, so did the personality’s. Although red isn’t bloodthirsty, she stopped being horrified by death, taking it in stride when she had a piece of “Someone” on her face. She fairly growled in an argument, as well; and in part, her confidence may be attributed to the wild wolf that seemed to live partly inside of her.
She also became less trusting, though that may have been more about seeing her best friend hunted by Regina – as she complained of Snow’s willingness to trust the queen.
On the barge, Red will temporarily recede from human contact, still miserable over the killings, and worried that there might still hurt others. As she gets over it, she will attempt to show her sweeter, friendlier side, talking to wardens and inmates alike, and trying to see the best in people. As time goes on, she will learn to trust her instincts, and – depending on her experiences on the barge – may begin approaching her bargemates with more caution; however, overall, she will try to treat to do her best by every person on the barge, and will attempt to make a personal connection to her inmate in particular.
Although she will generally try a gentle approach, Red is a determined girl, and will not back away from any method if she sees the necessity.
History: Red grew up in a small town, with an oppressive grandmother, and no parents. Granny – AKA Widow Lucas – kept a very close eye, often calling Red in just to check up on her, and always trying to make her wear the red cloak she claimed would repel wolves. She was generally forbidden from spending any large amount of time with her boyfriend.
The most often used excuse was “wolfstime” – three days of the month in which a large wolf, about the size of a mall pony, would haunt the area in search of livestock or humans to eat.
It was after the first night of wolfstime that Red first met the fugitive Snow White, who had hidden in the chicken coop to escape the wolf’s howling, and who was in the process of stealing eggs for her breakfast. Snow apologized quickly, and Red made a point of offering the woman food and shelter, forming a quick bond with the woman (and actively inviting her to use a false name, in recognition of the fact that Snow had no reason to trust her yet. This despite the fact that Snow was technically the theif.)
It was during Snow White’s stay, on a trip to the well, that they found the remains of a hunting party that had gone off in search of the wolf; and in the aftermath, once they had gotten over the initial shock, that Snow questioned whether Red’s granny was merely using the wolf as an excuse to keep Red at home. Red’s solution was to hunt the wolf during the daylight, hopefully giving them an advantage over it, as it would hopefully be sleeping.
Red handled the tracking proper, convincing Snow to come with her with the threat of going alone otherwise; and despite the dangerousness of their mission, the two managed to amuse each other as Red showed off some of her tracking skills, the two chatting easily. The amusement ended abruptly, though, when they actually found the wolf’s footsteps – realizing that it would take several of a human’s strides to barely match that of the wolf. Even worse, they quickly realized that the pawprints blended with that of boots, the trail continuing on as that of a man; and most importantly yet, heading straight to her window, making them think the wolf must be none other than her boyfriend.
With Snow’s encouragement helping her to overcome her fear, Red approached Peter on the subject – convincing him of his alter ego, and offering to tie him up; she claimed she knew where to find rope; Peter recommended they use chains.
For the plan to work, Snow took Red’s place at home, wearing the cloak as a disguise, while Red prepared to settle in besides Peter; the subterfuge was discovered by Granny – but too late. She tells Snow that Red, not Peter is the werewolf – and that she has been since she was 13, having inherited it from her mother, and her grandparents before her. Although the power has faded with age, Granny is still able to track Red by scent.
Unfortunately, as they talk, Red has already changed; and while he screams for her to stop, the wolf tears him to pieces, still occupied with eating his corpse when the others arrive; hearing them, she even lunged at her grandmother and Snow, but was taken down by a silver tipped arrow fired from her grandma’s cross bow.
Rather than doing damage, the blow merely knocks Red out, allowing Snow to put Red’s cloak (apparently bought from a wizard) over the woman’s form; this suppresses the wolf, allowing Red to return to normal.
Unfortunately, the horrified girl – newly told of what she had done – was forced to flee the oncoming villagers; this is the last we know for certain from her, and where I will be apping her from. Considering this Snow seemed to have left her castle only recently, it is likely that she and Snow lived in the woods together for a time – learning to survive – before eventually going separate ways; and we know from future cameos that Red continued to track Snow down every month, bringing a basket of goodies and news from the outside world. She also gained some control of her inner wolf, allowing her to help Snow the queen by drawing on her wolf’s form.
It is possible she sought out Rumpelstiltskin’s help at some point, as she later directed Snow to him – and he is likely the “traveling wizard” that made her cloak to begin with.
Later, she would have been among the many put under the queen’s curse, and transferred to our world – her personality twisted, her confidence taken away, and what happy ending she had managed stripped with all the rest; but as she was apped before that, “Ruby” has yet to exist, and her alternate –alternate persona will probably not be making a appearance outside of select floods.
Sample Journal Entry: [5-10 sentences, 1st Person POV]
Is anyone there? [Red holds the communicator at an angle as she speaks into it, tapping gently at the screen. She still hadn’t figured out the magic that ran it.] I’m… everyone calls me Red. [She clutches the red cloak tighter about her shoulders as she says that.] I’d love to meet everyone.
http://sixwordstories.dreamwidth.org/68444176.html?thread=4299744016#cmt4299744016 is a sample of how she might interact with someone on the barge.
Sample RP: [3-5 paragraphs, 3rd Person POV]
Red tilted the cloak back, letting the hood fall about her shoulders, to free her hair; once she would have thrown it off entirely, without her grandmother about to protest. It had seemed just another part of her Grandmother’s loving prison. Now she couldn’t bring herself to let it go. Even with the sun high in the sky.
Besides, it was another full moon tonight; she could feel it running through her veins, now that she was more aware. Her tracking skills – always formidable –seemed heightened; and the more she listened, the more she felt she could hear; the rabbits moving through the woods, the birds rustling above. She could smell the dirt, the trees – even Snow, a few feet back; and the flecks blood on her own clothes. Peter’s blood.
She felt herself shut down, forcing herself to take a step forward; she would… wash the clothes; later. Right now Snow was depending on her to catch food. They’d starve otherwise; maybe she deserved that, but Snow didn’t.
She had to take another step; and another, drawing the bow as she listened for the telltale sound of a rabbit jumping. The tension snapped free, letting the arrow fly; she heard it thump, heard the rabbit’s heart – beating so fast it blurred slow to a halt and stop. She’d killed it.
At least, with her curse, they wouldn’t starve.
Special Notes:
Red’s real name and birthday are never spoken – 23 is an estimate, and Red is the nickname she always uses.
We know her mother was killed by a hunting party – though Red herself was not told so; her father is never mentioned.