<em>Name:</em><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Melitta </span></span>(the name she goes by in the Teahouse)<br/><em>Age:</em>24<br/><em>Gender:</em>female<br/><em>Sexuality:</em>hetero, but not strictly<br/><em>Role:</em>jane<br/><br/>(mask) http://d3d71ba2asa5oz.cloudfront.net/62000812/images/rbmk-4297.jpg (http://d3d71ba2asa5oz.cloudfront.net/62000812/images/rbmk-4297.jpg)<br/>(dress) http://www.victoriana.com/victoriandress/images/1867_1.JPG (http://www.victoriana.com/victoriandress/images/1867_1.JPG)<br/>(shoes)  http://www.vintagetextile.com/images/1920's/7079.jpg (http://www.vintagetextile.com/images/1920's/7079.jpg)<br/><br/><br/><em><span class="bbc_u">Appearance</span></em><br/><em>Eyes:</em>Ranging from cappuccino to honey in their amber-brown tones, her eyes are surrounded by naturally dark features. Her lashes and brows have no need for cosmetic aid though she may from time to time outline her eyes with kohl.<br/><em>Hair:</em>Her dark brown hair holds naturally sun-streaked highlights in her long combed-back tresses. The waves at her lower back frequently end in curls though she tries to have her mane tamed with combs or ribbons, only rarely making the effort of curling and pinning it up for special occasions. When thick with hydration, it curls and lifts, causing her no end of irritation when her desired appearance calls for straightened hair.<br/><em>Skin:</em>The vaguest of olive undertone gives her fair skin an almost golden-tanned complexion, her heritage being Mediterranean.<br/><em>Scars:</em>None.<br/><em>Tattoos:</em>None.<br/><em>Facebuild:</em>Classically oval with a generous mouth and slightly up tilted eyes.<br/><em>Bodybuild:</em>Luscious and curvy with a trained waist from tight corseting.<br/><em>Stands at:</em>5’3” (1.6 meters)<br/><em>Clothing style:</em>Categorically ‘in costume’ when visiting the Teahouse, she wears one particular outfit like a uniform – rich blue with gold trim and ivory lace. This bold and unlikely color makes her feel empowered for all that it is not her most flattering hue.<br/>The gown is a stunning evening dress with matching mask that ties behind her head, wide lace hiding her features. It is at least 20 years out of fashion and made of blue silk faille with bodice, trained skirt, and separate peplum. Worn off the shoulder, it features short tight sleeves ornamented with puffs. The highlight of the bodice is a row of decorative lace accenting the wide and open neckline, a thinner row encircling the cinched-in waist. Matching lace patterns give the skirt a faux-sash design, the hem worked into an unusually geometric overlapping treatment.<br/><br/><em><span class="bbc_u">Information</span></em><br/><em>Personality:</em>Usually charming if easily distractible by romantic notions, this young woman is not as naïve as she might put on. Her excellent mind is more logical than she lets on, working out puzzles behind her warm eyes rather than on paper or a table top. Gentle, she detests the idea that her blood might be less than honest and is trying to adjust to such a concept, testing herself in ever expanding challenges.<br/><em>Likes:</em>Honesty, directness tempered with tact, polite manner, fresh air and sunshine, traveling over the ocean, the starlit sky reflected in water, dancing.<br/><em>Dislikes:</em>Violence, cowardice (especially her own), disloyalty, helplessness, bullying.<br/><br/><em>Small history:</em><br/>Melitta is hiding – hiding from anyone that would recognize her, hiding her real reason for visiting the Teahouse, hiding her concerns by deliberately distracting herself with an excursion into professional arms.<br/><br/>Her husband is businessman Gregory Solon, also of Greek descent like her father’s family. Between her husband’s and her father’s business relations, she is kept in the background acting the socially acceptable wife and daughter. Their servants meet all her needs and her desires can be fulfilled with their accounts. Her name outside of her costume is Melissa Leonidas Solon and she is running from the suspicions she’s gained about her family’s business concerns since investigating their legitimacy and verified a lack thereof. It is her personal relationship with her husband, a handsome and considerate man that essentially leaves her to her allowance for entertainment, that gives her the most pause in her comfort as a loyal and accepting wife.<br/><br/>Her father’s family began their successes with the fishing culture of Greece, their fortunes turned into many times that of her forefathers’ by sound real estate investment and the commercial transport of goods. The branches of Leonidas that came to this area have served as masterful legitimate businessmen over generations while some have simultaneously perfected not-so-legal smuggling. Melissa has never accepted the rumors regarding her family’s involvement with such nefarious pastimes and is just beginning to understand the likelihood of their reality. Testing the waters of tolerance and legality, she’s been experimenting with a private education. Using her allowance to take up lessons in dancing, artistry, the study of botany and gardening, she misdirected her family’s servants by pretending to meet with a dressmaker in her place of business weekly. Slipping out from those meetings in her costume of blue and its mask, she watched for behaviors in her father’s people first, leading to her spying upon her own husband… and discovering a great deal to which she would rather have remained blissfully unaware.<br/><br/>Taking months to investigate the social strata surrounding her father and husband’s work, she has become more alarmed by their strange professional bedfellows. Learning more about accounts and ciphers, she’s already moved her personal accounts to a separate bank, physically distancing herself from her family as she fears some amount of backlash should they determine her willfulness... unbecoming.<br/><br/><em>ChaNeko's On's and Off's (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=38833.msg1947397#msg1947397)<br/></em>