Ruth Van Meter

Ruth Van Meter

A spiral avatar taking residence in the many halls that cross the world. She's known for being a flirt, raiding liqour cabinets, and being a benign nuisance when the mood strikes her.

#### **General Information:**

* **Sexuality: Lesbian**
* **Tarot Card: The Lovers**
* **Pronouns: She/Her**
* **Age: 20 (Give or take 100~ years.)**
* **Fear: The Spiral**
* **Job: Closet Demon**
* **Character Tag: ruthvanmeter**
* **Player: River**
* **Playlist: RUTH // THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL**

## **History**

### Early life:

Ruth grew up in Oklahoma City, OK, born to a wealthy family in posession of a rather successful oil drilling company in the nearby counties. Being the heiress to the company and only child to her parents, she spent most of her days hosting and attending parties there and around the country, enjoying the lavish life style she could easily afford. Her life was easy, without much stress other than pressures to settle down eventually, and easily described as a whirlwind.
### Avatar Emergence:

At one of the many parties she hosted a strange woman by the name of Charlotte made her acquaintence and quickly became the object of her obsession, spending near every moment she could trying to wine and dine this stranger. Unbeknownst to her at the time Charlotte was touched by the Spiral, and quickly introduced her to the ways it could effect her well being, getting her fixated on the feeling that came with it's influence. Quickly the relationship turned sour and when Charlotte broke the news that she was leaving for good Ruth decided she couldn't continue on without her influence, and drove out to her families oil field to give herself to the spiral, only surviving the incident due to her devotion to her entity.
### Current Day:

She spends her days tending to the Spiral and talking with new friends she's made over the years, a deep sense of loyalty ingrained into her, with very little one can do to sway this. Rarely is she in a clear headspace, and has come to control her powers quite well.
## Connections

### **Friends and Allies:**

* **The Spiral alliance:**
	+ Emelia Carsons
	+ Liam Strudwick
* **Something More:**
* **Extinction Crew:**
	+ Jade
	+ Dominic Smith
	+ Patricia "Batty" West
	+ Bri Huxton
	+ Scout Rowley
	+ Gale Wynd
* **Institute or Otherwise:**
	+ Junior
	+ Elizabeth "Lizzy" Baldwin

### **Neutral:**

* Most people at the institute, she doesn't have many ties to them, but she has no problem with the Eye.
* Jacob "Fatman" Johnson
* Arlo Louis

### **Enemies:**

* Generally unfavorable to those serving the Stranger and the Corruption.

*Feel free to add connections.*

## Notable Events

* Met Lorelei at The Bonfire Night , she also lost bets to Lila and took part in the final hour, feeding an uncounted number of civilians to the Spiral.
* Had a brief interlude at the Valentine's Day Event.
* Was a member of the Apocolypse Rescue Team during the treck into the Extinction to bring back Lila, making close connections with everyone stuck there with her.
* While she didn't do much in the way of helping, she bared witness of the murder and kidnapping of Lux at the Curtain Call Rave.

## Powers

* Knife Hands: Ruth's able to manipulate her form to an extent- thought most of it is subconscious depending on her mood and sobriety. It mainly manifests in the ever changing swirls, the size and sharpness of her hands, and her eyes.
* Ladies First: Ruth can manipulate doors without trouble, conjuring and rearranging them as it fits her needs, though mostly uses it to either eat or get from place to place.
* Eye Strain: Light tends to shift around her, causing a sort of aura effect, making it hard for eyes to focus on her actual physical presence.
* Laugh Like a Headache: Less of a power and more of a symptom, listening to the way her voice echoes and distorts often causes aural discomfort.

## Gallery

Ruth Van Meter in her Valentine's outfit.Ruth in her old outfitRuth pre spiral.