Vanessa

Vanessa is a university student, childcare worker, podcaster, social rights activist, abolitionist and freelancing journalist.

## **Characterization and Biography**

Vanessa is in her early 20's, with lavender hair, a purple scarf, and prefers casual clothing. She studies software engineering at Syltech (Syl'anar Institute of Technology) alongside Kali, Nala, Ami and Kim. Of all the human characters, Vanessa is the most outspoken against slavery and frequently attends anti-slavery protests, as well as hosting the abolitionist podcast Violet Ends every weekday at 11pm, with its signature outro "Violet delights have violet ends" (a Shakespeare reference). This podcast is only a year old, yet already has tens of thousands of viewers. Later in the story (Kali Event 34) after she meets her idol, "The Liberator" Nia, she begins a partnership whereby she drops valuable information on high priority pro-slavery targets during this podcast, particularly evidence to go after corporations, not just their CEOs. Vanessa freely admits to many minor and even major acts of rebellion, ranging from interrupting news anchor John Casey's live news reports four times, to donning a mask and burning slaver properties alongside other radical abolitionists. While at protests, she hands out bandages and water to assaulted protestors, and collects pictures, videos and protestor comments of the events.

Vanessa loves software engineering - she ultimately hopes to make robots more capable and cheaper than elves, stating she "would literally work for free" towards that end. She works part-time at a non-human daycare, which helps her parents pay for her tuition. The enslaved elven parents spend every Syl they can make sending their kids there, where they're not forced to work as they are. The daycare keeps their prices low and offer great deals to help them out, but due to that fact, they barely break even with their profits, so the business has not attracted any investors. A lot of the kids run away because it's the first time they're away from their master. Meanwhile, human daycares are essentially government-run.

Vanessa has developed some interesting tastes, particularly sexual. The player gets a glimpse into this multiple times, notably her distinctive tan lines, suggesting frequent use of the rope outfits often used in the Dungeon, which she says came "from a regularly occurring activity at the beach". She is bisexual, and doesn't like taking pills, thus no birth control. She describes herself as a "freak", liking sex hard and fast. Despite this, Vanessa desires true love - romance, loyalty, the whole package. This has perhaps been influenced by a few aspects, such as her parents' relationship, and in particular, her experience of having been in a few toxic relationships, which also soured her initial impression of the player, on top of them being a landlord and slave owner.

She has been an abolitionist since she was 17, being picked on as a youth for correcting others when they spoke ill of elves. Luckily, she met other like-minded people in university. Vanessa loves chocolate, enjoys breakfast bagels with avocado, and smokes Tinu (colloquially "elf weed"; similar to marijuana, but weaker and doesn't have all the same psychoactive effects), which she buys with her groceries. In fact, her nudes taken in the Syltech lecture hall were due to her getting high. To her dismay, her social media is filled with Mr. Trenero's marketing. She imagines that, as a ruler back in the day, she would have used taxes to build a massive public library. Vanessa also likes swords, especially the aesthetic of crusaders; "holy warriors with swords, charging into battle for justice".

She is often referred to by the nickname "Nessy".

### **Relationships**

Vanessa's parents divorced once she moved out, as they were only together to give her a better childhood. Her father is already seeing a new woman.

#### **Events**

Events
 Event 1
 Event 2
1) "Set up Hot Springs advertising" option on Kali's door on Sunday
2) Visit the Hot Springs on Monday at Noon
 Event 3
 Event 4