Riley Fontaine

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Riley Fontaine
Three

Personality

Riley is an eccentric character, who doesn't really consider 'personal boundaries' a thing. Riley does what she wants, when she wants and can be incredibly flippant of everyone around her. She can be rather manipulative of the people but not for malicious reasons, more like she just wants to have some fun but doesn't like to do it alone. Slightly hyper, she struggles to stay still and her mind often jumps from one thing to the next. However, as an assassin, a part of her mind is deadly focussed, analysing her surroundings whenever she enters a new room but she doesn't let it control her. More often than not, she lets this distracted facade to fool people, though this 'facade' does tend to control her more when she's relaxed.
Sensual, she tends to be very affectionate to the people around her, regardless of how well she knows them. Furthermore, she cringes away from violence and death despite her line of work and struggles to accept what she's been forced to do. She spends her time learning about the human body and mind, becoming use to healing techniques, both Earth and Mirrorworld kind.
At the same time, though, Riley's never quite sure on who to trust but always opens herself up to the idea.

History

Nancy was never quite sure of who Riley's father was except she doesn't want anything to do with him. From when Nancy was a child, she never had that much money and her parents worked two jobs each to pay for the bills. Nancy was only seventeen when she met Zac, an older man who she met whilst working as a waitress at a cafe. Zac frequently tried to get her number, becoming a regular just for her. Frustrated by her constant rejection, he followed her home one night and had his way with her.
Initially, Nancy kept her mouth shut but told her father about what happened three months later, when she realised she was pregnant. Her parents, though angry, was supportive and believed her but encouraged an abortion. However, Nancy had decided she wanted the child and for a few months, they saved enough money to support the child until Riley's grandparents died in a car accident. Nancy, still not being 18, was put under the custody of her older brother, Ronnie.
Growing up, Riley had a moderately happy life. She moved around a lot due constantly being evicted due to lack of money. Her mother and uncle made sure she was shielded from the ugly side of her situation. Nancy had developed an alcohol problem and often brought home strangers, often when Ronnie was out for work. Despite this, the two of them loved Riley and so, as a consequence, Riley was constantly being babysit by her neighbours and picked up after Ronnie leaves work.
When she was ten, she found her uncle shot dead in their bathroom and it was lately put down as 'suicide'. Without Ronnie around, Riley began to become aware of Nancy's unstable mental state and often found her drinking but was too young to understand except that her mum was scary to be around. The boyfriends didn't help either, often physically abusing Riley, sometimes sexually, and Riley was eleven when she watched, from the bedroom of their trailer home, her mother do a line of coke of the table.
This continued until she was twelve and finally snapped. She was making herself dinner and one of the boyfriends, drunk and slightly high off some drug, started getting a bit too...touchy and Riley just reacted, her repressed anger finally exploding. She dug the knife into his throat and jerked back as she realised what she did.
She was soon arrested and placed into custody, being passed from policeman to a psychologist before back to the police. Riley didn't know what happened to her mother, though years later she found out she was arrested for, ironically, child neglect and a scatter of drug offences.
She was kept in custody for the next seven months but before Riley reached trial, she found a box with an amulet in it. Not knowing what would happen, she put it on and soon found herself being dragged into the Mirrorworld.
She landed in a room full of mirrors and was moving through them before being found by a group of people, all men and easily overpowering her. Being knocked out, she woke up in a strange place. There, she was introduced to the Enchantress and was explained the situation and her powers.
Riley flew through the ranks, using her innocent appearance to gain trust from those around her. Though, she could hold her own in a fight, Riley often preferred to get along with everyone she met rather than gain enemies, especially as she knew the other assassins were really the only family that she had. Or at least, the opportunity of a family, anyway. Despite this, she was plagued with a feeling of loneliness and often acted out, trying to make everyone laugh, to draw attention to her. This feeling also pushed her to sneak into parties and events where people her own age were usually situated, causing her to gain a quite large social circle, but Riley never felt that connected to them either and was often some enigma.
However, she also fell in love with healing. She researched and practised the area of magic, silently dreaming of becoming a surgeon when she grew up.
However, when she was seventeen, she was given the mission to go to IIYM which Riley accepted eagerly.

Relationships

*Mother*: She's indifferent to her now and doesn't really care what happens to her anymore.
*Ronnie:* She misses him with everything she has, looking up to him as a father figure and often wonders what drove him to suicide.
**Assassins**
*Zero #1*: She likes her and actually trusts her, probably more than she does with any of the other assassins.
*Zero #2*: She found him a touch...withdrawn and constantly wondered why he spent so much of his time by himself and not with the other assassins. Regardless, she stayed away from him but tries to be friendly anyway.
*One*: She finds him entertaining and fun to be around but, despite his attempts, never went past 'friends' with him and keeps him at a distance except for when she's at a party.
*Eight*: Dull and boring and Riley finds her tedious to be around.
*Twenty two*: She never really took any notice of him and is slightly wary of his presence.

Preferences

**LIKES**

* Punk rock
* The drums and guitar
* Parties
* The night sky

**DISLIKES**

* Rules
* Situations where she has to do nothing but sit still.

Gallery

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