Rachel

Rachel is a protagonist of Colorquest. Rachel is a loud and proud 23 year old Talpian who’s in love with pop fashion and everything cute. Coming from the Talpian Dominion, she knew Gary personally before he ran away, and even unknowingly assisted in his escape. She longs for her sweet sweet hottie-on-two-sticks prince to return, a dream never fulfilled. Still, she continues to make the underground a brighter place with her limitless joy for the little things in life. And if you’re in need of a hug… well she’s got you covered before you even know it!

## More

Rachel is probably one of the sweetest characters in the entire story, perhaps a little blinded by her sweetness from time to time.

Rachel is a real hip darling, a party-goer, a mall-shopper, an extroverted socialite. She doesn’t like to be all on her own, even if she may be capable enough to do so. One of the first things she did during The Fault– when a party she was attending was crashed by the first wave of mimes striking into the earth– was flee to the first friend she knew the whereabouts of (Bonnie), simply so she wouldn’t be alone.

While she clicks with most people pretty well, her closest friends are Bonnie and Gary– whom she has extensive histories with– as well as Lauren, Michael, and Elliot. Gary is often bothered by Rachel’s cheeriness, but her persistence tends to strike complacency in him. Lauren respects her commitment to magic, despite her belief that Rachel is somewhat obnoxious. Everyone else just digs her vibes.

There’s also a small group of people in the story who have pets or animal familiars, and Rachel is a part of it. While Tanner has some weird orange freak, Michael a magical cat, Samantha a whole dragon, Rachel has a tinnnny little song bird. She carries this bird in her pocket sometimes. Bonnie is also friends with this bird. Because Bonnie also hangs out in Rachel’s pocket sometimes, as a bat. The bird is insignificant to the story at large, as far as it seems.

Because of her ability and willingness to heal with magic, some mimes are far nicer to her than her other living friends. If they are not hostile, Rachel can sometimes be found to help heal up mimes, who are more at risk of being fatally wounded than the living are. This, and she is one of the few who is willing to just sit and talk casually with the mimes. She single-handedly makes some pretty good allies for the rest of the team this way.

She also, aside from Gary himself obviously, is the only other character to have had direct relations with the kings of the Talpian Dominion. As Gary’s close childhood friend, they would often see her as Gary’s soon-to-be, though this would never happen as much as Rachel herself dreams it would.

Rachel’s fun and flashy and a blast to hang out with! She’s a great friend to have, and not only is she great and cheering people up and on, she’s also bold and isn’t afraid to stand up in the face of danger for her friends, or really anyone that she thinks is getting the short end of the stick!

### Childhood

Rachel’s family was very controlling, but she moved out as soon as she could to maintain her independence and became happier as a result. She’s self sustaining!

### Magic

She’s a novice magic user, with a focus on uplifting and healing magics. While she might not be able to heal everything, she’s an integral member of the group at large because of her knowledge in the field. She wishes to be something of a motivational therapist, and when her magic isn’t enough, she tries to uplift people with her kind words instead! Rachel is self taught in the field of healing magics, though she sometimes struggles to cast properly as she is still fairly new to the art.

## Relationships

### Gary

She’s always had a bit of a crush on him, but when she finds him for the first time in years, she’s overcome with a lot of emotions and starts falling pretty hard at that point. Even moreso when he’s thrown into situations where he has to be leaderly or more serious. She loves that shit. She also just thinks he's hot, flat out. He is not the leaderly type nor, is he like STUNNING He's a 7/10, nice to look at, but there's been hotter. Rachel is just gooey for her perceived version of Gary

## References

1. ↑ https://creaturefeaster.tumblr.com/post/706400580011180032/can-you-tell-us-more-about-rachel-when-you-can
2. ↑ https://creaturefeaster.tumblr.com/post/695437308172894208/some-of-your-characters-must-have-had-the-shittist#:~:text=Rachel%E2%80%99s%20family%20was%20very%20controlling%2C%20but%20she%20moved%20out%20as%20soon%20as%20she%20could%20to%20maintain%20her%20independence%20and%20became%20happier%20as%20a%20result.%20She%E2%80%99s%20self%20sustaining!
3. ↑ https://creaturefeaster.tumblr.com/post/695789185631748096/so-how-many-of-your-characters-are-proficient-in#:~:text=Rachel%20is%20self%20taught%20in%20the%20field%20of%20healing%20magics%2C%20though%20she%20sometimes%20struggles%20to%20cast%20properly%20as%20she%20is%20still%20fairly%20new%20to%20the%20art.
4. ↑ https://creaturefeaster.tumblr.com/post/694822297333366784/why-does-rachel-fall-in-love-with-gary-is-there-a