April Winter

**April Winter** is a character role-played by SeeEmilyyPlay

## Character Traits

April Winter is neutral good aligned character. She wants to help people and generally do well in her job. She was very work focused after first moving to the city and was keen to see the good in people. Due to the events of The Family, April's attitude towards life and work has been altered, becoming more reckless and cynical, however she still cares about the people closest to her.

During the events of The Family, April was incredibly loyal to Malcolm Takeheart to the point of killing animals and threatening co-workers (sometimes just for the fun of it) to ensure his safety. This tapped into a darker side of April which still lingers even after being cured of the spell the demon had put on her.

## Backstory

April trained back in the UK for her medical degree. She eventually moved to Quiet City for a new start after her twin sister (Avril) - who was pretending to be her) got her fired. She also has no contact with her other sister, Alice.

She intentionally kept to herself during her first few weeks and threw herself into work, starting off as a paramedic. After a while she opened up and made friends with fellow colleagues and residents of the city. She developed a real love for helping people.

## Events in Quiet City

### Early life in Quiet City

April started her new life in Quiet City by taking on a paramedic role at Pillbox Hospital after being hired by Dr Oscar Pewitt. During this time April worked hard and mainly spent most of her time at the hospital. The first few weeks in the new hospital were stressful but eventually she found her groove when the team grew.

### Doctor Winter

Change arrived at Pillbox Hospital with a new Chief of Medicine, Malcolm Takeheart, and new colleagues from Vice City, such as Charlotte Hunniford, Fox Syringe, Charlie McFly, Morgan Steeler and Douglas Happenstance. April welcomed the new team and was also promoted to a doctor role.

During this time suspicions grew on the conduct of Morgan Steeler, who was accused of stealing organs after many people woke up to find strange stiches on wounds that they don't remember getting. Eventually this all came to a head at the wedding of Morgan and Frankenheart (a creation of Morgan's using a dead boy and stolen organs, made to resemble Malcolm Takeheart). April was chosen to be maid of honor and enjoyed the strange ceremony till tragedy struck. Sadly, during the newly married couple's first hug, Frankenheart crushed Morgan to death.

### The Family

Trying to move on from the events of the horrifying wedding, April found herself starting to fall for Takeheart - even know deep down she knew he was flirting with everyone in the city. Prior to Morgan's wedding, Takeheart went missing on Halloween and was found by Syringe and April (along with the PD) in a cave just outside of the city. Unknown to all, Takeheart had been possessed by a demon.

April and Takeheart eventually went on a proper date to The Galileo Observatory, however all was not that it appeared. During the date, Takeheart removed his sunglasses to relieve hypnotic demon eyes which he used to put a spell on April to make her dangerously loyal to him. More members of the city were also influenced by the demon, such as Leah LaRoux, Suzie Crumplebottom and Charlie McFly, thus The Family was born.

After an unsuccessful attempt to bring Charlotte into the family (resulting in Suzie shooting Charlotte), Takeheart brought April down to the underground tunnels were she met "his son" Tibbles - a half demon, half vampire.

Eventually April was cured thanks to The Heartbreakers (a team brought together to stop the demon possessing Takeheart) but her mind was a mess. Feeling lost without Takeheart and the family, April tried to get back with them which made The Heartbreakers believe she was still evil. Alone in the city and unable to trust anyone, April spied each side from afar hoping for some kind of resolution. Eventually The Heartbreakers won and were able to free Takeheart from the demon and cure the rest of the family.

After speaking with the real Takeheart again and also finding out he was with LaRoux, a heartbroken April fled to the tunnels to look after Tibbles and get away from everyone.

### Back To Work

April spent about a week in the tunnels looking after Tibbles but found his appetite for blood was too much too handle. Scared that he would kill her, she fled the tunnels and hitchhiked to Paleto Bay. April was attacked by a cougar when scouting for a camping spot in the woods, thankfully Chuck LeChuck, Norman, Orion and Sebastian were able to rescue her and get her back to Pillbox Hospital. Though she felt weird about being back, April eventually decided to stay for good and started a relationship with LeChuck.

Though she found adjusting to normality difficult, April eventually got back into the swing of things and was promoted to surgeon, after finally making amends with Takeheart (after several heated words were said amongst the two).

Normal quiet life wasn't to last however. During a masquerade ball to raise money for the hospital, Happenstance was murdered. Due to multiple arguments between Happenstance and April, suspicion was cast upon her for his murder and she was interviewed by Trick Dacy, who was investigating the case.

During this time April was also promoted to Co-Chief of Medicine along with Orion Sbelt after Takeheart decided to step down from the role.

## Relationships

### Chuck LeChuck

April met LeChuck on her first day in the city after helping him and James Tenpenny, captain of the police at the time, when they were attacked by a "lion". They would cross paths several others time but always in a professional capacity due to LeChuck's job at the police.

LeChuck assisted The Heartbreakers with taking down The Family and was on the scene when April and Suzie were first cured. However due to April's erratic behavior, LeChuck believed she was still possessed and did not trust her.

After being saved from a cougar attack by LeChuck, the two would hang out after work and bonded over their shared trauma over the events of the demon. This friendship turned into a relationship after the two discussed how they felt about each other. They two since continued dating and created a bucket list of things they would like to do - such as parachute jumping, deep sea diving and exploring the whole of Quiet City. The pair also moved into together and created the famous Clock Room.

Recently, April and LeChuck got married in a private ceremony outside of the city.

### Malcolm Takeheart

April was taken back by Takeheart when he first arrived at the hospital due to his flirty nature. She was keen to keep things professional and even gave advice to Morgan Steeler, who had an obsession with the chief of medicine, but eventually April found herself developing feelings for him. These feelings would lead to April becoming mind controlled by the demon possessing Takeheart.

Once cured, April felt hurt as she tried to work out what was real and what wasn't. After finding out Takeheart was with LaRoux, she fled the hospital to clear her head.

After coming back, the two would come to verbal blows at an EMS staff party and Ralph Huggins' sponging party. Eventually however, April and Takeheart spoke again, both apologising for their behavior and agreed to be civil.

## Gallery

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