Shantae Dupre
As she is pretty isolated from others due to her condition, she doesn’t really have any friends or people that would give her any nicknames, so she doesn’t have any. She also tends to be very quiet, even when it comes to others, so she just tries to blend into the background.
Physical Description
A woman who is slightly taller than the average human, her very pale skin sets her apart from others at first glance, appearing almost translucent in places, and very little colour to it. She has the short ears, like some variations of elves, and the long pointed fangs are the next things that people notice. Also, her eyes are without colour and due to her light sensitivity, her irises are usually very small except in very low brightness settings, which is a little off putting to many people. Despite these things, she has a very impressive chest size, and is very slender, giving her a haunting beauty.
She paints her lips a blood red, and her nails dark red, to match her hair, and to give herself a little more colour. Her wine red hair is tied up in a bun behind her head, with a couple loose strands that fall over her face. She puts a heavy eye shadow around her eyes, usually black, which makes her eyes draw that much more attention. Her nails also seen to grow to very long points. She has tried to keep them short and less sharp, but no matter what, they always grow back to this shape and length after a few days.
Physical Quirks
She has a habit of licking her lips when she isn’t talking, which can be a little unnerving to those who know what she is. This is purely unconscious, and she doesn’t have any control over it. She also is excessively formal in how she deals with others, giving curtsies before she leaves someone’s presence, and asking for permission to do most anything.
Clothing Style
As she is an in house maid, she only ever wears her maid uniform. As she French, she did actively ask to have a French maid uniform, and secretly asked for it to be a little sexy. She was allowed this, and she enjoys it very much, especially the whole monochrome look with her pale skin. The costume consists of her dress, with a revealing top and very short skirt, apron with a bow in the back, fishnet stockings with bows at the garter, a single upper armband, a pair wristbands, a bowtie on a neck collar, and a little cap. She also has black and white lace platform high heels to complete the outfit. She loves this outfit and wears it all the time.
Mental Characteristics
Personal History
Growing up in Paris, she always watched the movies from America and wanted to go to Hollywood to be a star. To that end, she focused her education on being an actress. Her little brother was always her biggest fan, cheering her on and telling her she could do it. She knew that she would need something to help her make a break into show business, so she also worked on building a modelling profile. She was quite a popular model in the city, and got a lot of gigs, getting herself a name while still studying to be an actor in her spare time.
On the way to one of her modelling gigs, she was attacked by a vampire, and forced into the transformation to join the species. She was heartbroken, knowing this had killed her modelling and acting career. The movie star, [Anna Zemova], who was in town for a movie shoot, heard about the tragedy of her attack and visited her as she was recovering. When she told Anna what she had wanted to do, she promised that she would make sure that while she couldn’t get her to be a star in Hollywood, she would get her as close as she could, and hired her. When Anna said she was moving out of Hollywood a few years later, because she couldn’t stand the people there, Shantae begged to come with her, feeling that she was better off with her than alone. She has been her live in maid since.
Education
Only having a couple years of acting school, she doesn’t have much in the way of formal education, so she feels that she can’t do anything. She also feels she doesn’t have the knack to learn anything else, so resists suggestions to learn another career.
Employment
While she had a couple years as a model, she didn’t really have much experience in the work world. After her Change, she was offered a job with Anna, and she eagerly accepted, saying she would do anything, and so she accepted, taking a job as maid.
Morality & Philosophy
She actually is a little shallow, having been enamoured with the bright lights of Hollywood, and never really worked on anything substantial about herself. She has learned that she needs to repay kindness, and will forever be in debt to Anna for her kindness. She still wants to use her looks to get what she wants from others, but is continually foiled by the reaction from people since her Change.
Personality
Motivation
She hasn’t got very much motivation to do much other than repay the kindness of her employer. While she will do anything for her, she still has a bad habit of expecting others will do things for her. This has led her to be awfully alone, as most people don’t deal with her.
Likes & Dislikes
She loves to show off, and dance, so will often do that while she’s cleaning. She also likes to sing while she’s working, but she knows she isn’t the best at carrying a tune. She doesn’t like how people look at her with fear, not really understanding why they look at her that way.
Virtues
She has a strong sense of loyalty and a strong need to pay back kindness. As such, if you are kind to her, she will be very kind back to you and give a lot to you. She also is very loyal to her employee, and has picked up a selfless streak in regards to her.
Vices
She tends to be very shallow, judging people on their appearance, and thinks her looks should get her what she wants. She gets very frustrated when she can’t get it, and will attempt to emotionally manipulate people. Anna is aware of this bad trait of hers, and will warn people about it, but she wants her to realize it won’t work on her own. So far it isn’t working, and even Anna is getting ready to talk to her about it.
Quirks
She has a very child like personality, never really having grown up emotionally since she was Changed. As such, she still pouts when she doesn’t get her way, even if most times it’s with people who don’t care about her opinion or how she feels. She also has some of the child like wonder when seeing new and amazing things.
Values
As it’s not something she sees much of anymore, she values kindness and compassion shown towards her. She also loves physical contact, and giving her a hug or even a handshake will have her endeared to you more than should be possible.
Sexual Style
While she does have a normal, healthy sex drive, because of her condition, and people’s lack of understanding how it works, she hasn’t had any sexual attention since then, over 10 years ago, and is currently starving for it. She wasn’t very active before her change, but she did enjoy what little she had, and wants it even more now. As such, even a small kindness or friendly touch from a man is likely to get her full on lusting after them. She has also been reading about different types of sex and wants to try everything, and hopes to find someone to try with. She does want to do a little role-play with a man and pretend her is her boss, deciding her wants to take her, but for now she’d settle for anything.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Other than her boss, she really doesn’t have any friends or acquaintances. Even her family has cut off contact with her, not really sure how to deal with everything since the change. Anna has tried to talk to them, but they really don’t want to talk to her, and have told her that they have accepted that their daughter is dead. What they haven’t said is that her little brother doesn’t feel that way, and has been wanting to contact her and tell her he still loves his big sister. Anna is trying to teach her some life lessons and a little humility, but it’s not easy, especially with how stubborn she is.
Social Aptitude
Not really someone who is good in social settings, she tends to stay as formal as she can, and in job mode most of the time. She finds that when she does try and get personal with people, she ends up showing her bad side, and so tries to keep away from it as much as possible. To that end, she rarely speaks unless spoken to, and never engages in small talk, not really sure what to say. The only person who seems to be able to express any emotion lately is Anna.
Religious Views
While she was raised Catholic, she feels like God abandoned her, and so has turned her back on religion. If you try and bring up the subject with her, she will usually fall into a litany of French curse words, muttering and grumbling before stalking off.
Mannerisms
As she knows her casual social skills are considerably poorer, she will always try and remain formal, acting like a proper maid should, or at least how she thinks a proper maid should act, from what she’s seen in movies. In truth, she’s literally playing a hyper stylized ideal of a maid, and she rather enjoys is. She has mixed in her own blend of modelling learned sex appeal, to try and craft this personae. In truth, she’s a lot like a kid, and still is wide eyed at all the wonders she sees with her famous boss. In terms of her sense of humour, she can’t help but be drawn to childish, goofy slapstick like old cartoons.
Hobbies & Pets
She tries to keep in shape by always dancing, and she has been trying to learn to sing when she’s not working, but for the most part, she usually just watches movies when she has spare time. As she lives with her boss, she doesn’t have a pet of her own, but gets along well with Anna’s dog.
Speech Style
Still very much French, she has the strong accent, and will usually slip in the occasional French word, something most people know like Oui or Merci, when dealing with people. She tries to make her voice as sultry as she can too, as she feels it’s important that a sexy French maid be a proper French maid.
Political Affiliation & Activism
She feels that politics and such are not anything she’s qualified to speak on, and doesn’t even feel that she should be voting at all, since she’s technically only in the country on a residency, not a citizenship. She doesn’t really understand activism, so doesn’t engage in any,