「 dove cameron / 28 / she/her / ciswoman 」did you see the sold sign in the front yard of ( 401 Coral Loop )? rumor in the cove is that ( chapel rhodes ) just moved in! from what i’ve heard they’re a/an ( mortician ) that’s moving to the cove because ( she wants to start her own funeral home ). when i think of the ( arcane ) i think of ( empty perfume bottles, the intimacy of being outside alone at dawn, dead roses, bare feet in the woods). * / penned by arson / 28 / est / she/her
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(TW: child abandonment, trauma, death mention)
Chapel Rhodes doesn’t know what her biological name is, who her parents are, or how she got abandoned in the woods at 6 years old. In fact, she doesn’t remember much of anything before then. Her memory of those years alone are foggy, but she knows she survived them. That’s all that matters, right?
On April 21, 2006 a 12 year old girl was found at the edge of the woods in Bainbridge Island, WA. She was starving, dehydrated, and desperate for help. The young couple that found her dropped her off at a nunnery, as they had no idea and no money to get her the help she needed. She didn’t speak, she was terrified, and she needed years of therapy.
Chapel was given her name because it was the first word she spoke out loud, and she took the last name of the nun she had taken a liking too the most. Completely made up identity but it was the one thing that was entirely hers. Once she had a name, she felt human again.
Chapel got over a decade of various types of therapy. Speech, physical, psychological, all of it. She deserved the best chance at a normal life. However, despite the years of therapy and the work she’s put in, Chapel is far from normal. She isolates herself, and can almost always be found in the woods. She is fascinated by death and the process the body goes through during it. She collects specimens and bones and does taxidermy as a hobby. She likes being alone, but she doesn’t like the loneliness that comes with it. She’s never been able to connect with people past surface level.
Other things that are weird about Chapel: her “idle animation” looks like gollum’s crouch. If she’s not actively doing something, she will drop into that natural stance and stay that way until she has something to do or someone points it out to her. She will spend *days* in the woods. No contact with anyone, no food except for whatever she forages, and sleeps in trees. She’s incredibly good at climbing. When you spend almost 6 formative years alone in the woods, you don’t ever truly come back from that.
She tries though. My god, does she try. She’s still in therapy in attempts to process the deep trauma she suffered, she has a career that she loves and is incredibly smart. Her people skills leave a lot to be desired but she’s constantly working on it. She’s just afraid of being abandoned again.
Personality:
Mysterious, isolated, will key your car with her name if you cross her.
