Essie Jane Moonberry

Elle Fanning as Essie Jane

> "At the end of the day, it doesn't matter anymore. The damage is already done, no... no amount of apologies from anyone can change that. Amadeus can't change it, Milla can't change it, Penn can't change and Lexie can't change it. The damage is done already, and I'm afraid I won't be able to love again."
>
> - Essie Jane to her mother

Essie Jane Juliet Moonberry, mostly known as Essie or EJ, is a Year 12 student at Camshire Institute who joined the chatroom in Chapter 3: Stitching the Seams. She is currently dating Dorian Bingley, and previously dated Adam Barret, though her perception on who are friends are is greatly twisted, and she believes she has none. She is a practicing Pagan witch.

**NOTE: this page contains descriptions of abuse, mentions of r-pe and suicide attempts.**

## Biography

Essie was conceived via IVF, and was born to Evangeline Eventide and Ellybelle Moonberry. At the time, Evangeline was a ward sister, and Ellybelle was a bodyguard, though later changed to being a bounty hunter. They moved from Mississippi to Brighton when Essie was one, and her younger sister, Ollie, was born when she was two.

### Early Life

Essie's allergies were caught fairly early on in life due to the amount she suffered from, though her mothers didn't realise she was hypermobile, instead putting her into many sports at a young age- gymnastics, trampolining, dance, etc. She went through much of her childhood happy, becoming a national gymnast at a young age.

### Health and Camshire

Essie's health suddenly worsened at 13. She'd been experiencing symptoms for a year, but never said anything until she had a public seizure and went into a coma. Essie was forced to quit sports, which caused her to go into a depressive episode. She stayed in hospital for several months, which was where Essie worked on her drawing skills. She'd been drawing from a young age, but her art got much better whilst she was sick. After being discharged, Essie couldn't return to school, so Ellybelle quit her job to home-school Essie.

Once EJ was ready and healthy enough, she transferred to Camshire in Year 10.

### Stitching the Seams

Essie joined the chatroom in Year 11. When she joins, she hears about Silus and Dorian, and offers to ask her mother, who recently became a bounty hunter, for help.

Adam Barret joins the chatroom and Essie texts him, offering to be friends as she recalls being lonely as a new student. This leads to an abusive relationship between the two- including manipulation, gaslighting, physical abuse, threats, taking her mobility aids from her, blackmail and eventually delved into sexual abuse, including r-pe. Adam r-ping her was the last straw for Essie, and seemed to completely break her. She began completely conforming to Adam, doing everything he asked her to do. Milla and Penn arrived at Adam's dorm, trying to attack Adam whilst Essie was there, and Essie held a knife to Penn- only to be restrained by Milla. She feigned injury, terrified that Adam would hurt her if she didn't try to stop them, and Milla and Penn leave.

The next day, Essie manages to signal to Nico that she's in danger, and then attempts suicide via overdose. This wasn't successful, as her body had grown tolerant to the medication, so it simply just made her sick. She calls Nico, claiming her phone is broken, and he saves her life, taking her phone to find her messages with Adam. When he returns it, Essie tries to break up with Adam, only for the abuse to continue. Essie tries to reach out to Noah, who ignores her, and Amadeus, who won't help her because she's with Adam. She tries to reach to Milla for help, and he tells her that she broke his trust. Essie stops reaching out for help.

Every piece of evidence Nico found is given to the public. Adam threatens Essie with murder, and when people publicly argue him, he shares the nudes he coerced out of Essie to the chatroom. Essie is horrified, and sends any missing screenshots of Adam's abuse before leaving the chatroom. Adam leaves Camshire, blocking her phone number, as Essie continues to try and contact him and beg for him to come back.

Following that night, Essie goes quiet.

### Ink Blot Stains

Essie appears very nervous and sick, trying to convince Maverick not to jump roofs. Nico questions Essie's temperature and she refuses to tell him. New student Virgil manages to gently convince Essie to tell him her temperature, and him and Milla turn up at Essie's dorm to look after her due to how sick she is. Virgil befriends Essie, and they talk about Adam, managing to make progress with Essie's views on him.

Penn rejoins the chat, upsetting EJ due to the last messages he'd sent to her. In the chatroom, Essie randomly states that she misses Adam, before quickly changing the topic. Nico notes that Essie has Stockholm Syndrome. Essie continues to publicly defend Adam.

Essie attends the Spring Formal with Killian Queenston.

### Broken Bells

When Penn comes up in conversation, Essie states Penn wasn't nice to her, causing Lexie to lash out at her- the beginning of their many disagreements. Lexie calls her an idiot, and Nico reminds everyone of Essie's current situation. Essie seems to go back and forth on her views on Adam, going from hailing him to hating him.

Essie informs Dorian that there are surgeries to fix his fingers so that he'd be able to play the cello again.

On a high dosage of morphine, Essie believes Adam is hiding somewhere in the chatroom, and argues with Maverick.

### Falling, Flaming Stars

Essie goes into the forest, doing a ritual to curse Adam, cursing him with poor health and bad luck.

Out of nowhere, Essie lashes out at Lexie, stating she is rude to everyone, and Lexie yells at her. Essie argues, though is told by most to back down- irritating her as she states that Lexie is rude to everyone. Nico notes that her behaviour is very unusual.

Essie notes everyone's reactions to Lexie being sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

Issac questions if Essie is a drug dealer when Essie mentions having morphine, and she sarcastically agrees, before snapping at him. Dorian and Rahim briefly argue over whether Issac or Essie are in the right, and Essie steps in to stand up for herself, though is triggered by a picture Adam took of her in her camera roll, and claims Penn left because of her. Darius argue that it's Lexie's fault, worsening Essie's guilt and making her cry. Darius states that it isn't becoming of a woman, to which Essie argues that he wouldn't know, as he isn't a woman.

Dorian asks how Lexie is, and Essie makes a subtle jab that everyone knows how Lexie is- referring to the amount of support Lexie got when Penn left, and the lack of support Essie received during her relationship with Adam.

Fria and Dorian try to invite Essie to the pizza place (unaware it was where her and Adam first went on a date) and she declines, stating that she believes she has no friends.

### Haunted Hearts

Essie attempts suicide unsuccessfully, and Nico sleeps over at her dorm, unaware of her attempt. She leaves before he wakes up, travelling to the springs and attempts suicide there. She swims in the springs, before crawling out, texting Lexie on her second phone to call her out for her behaviour and passing out. Essie is found comatose and hypothermic by Theodore.

Essie is comatose for about four days.

When she awakes, she's in and out of the chatroom, hesitant about staying. Dorian compliments her, and when Lexie makes a jab at her, Essie leaves again. Essie rejoins a few days later, and Erebus tries to allude to Dorian's crush on Essie- however, she doesn't seem to care at all. Dorian has a severe panic attack, and Essie coaches Lexie through how to calm him down.

Dorian announces their relationship two days later, and Essie randomly leaves the chatroom.

Essie begs Lexie to be mad at her. When she refuses, Essie calls a psych ward, getting Lexie sectioned. Essie is aware of the fact that she is likely to be sectioned herself. The following day, she confesses to the chatroom that it was her. When people refuse to get mad at her, Essie breaks down and leaves the chatroom, and Louisa states that Essie is to be sectioned.

Essie is sectioned later that night. The following day, she calls Darius, needing to be angry at someone, and he tells her (verbatim) that what happened to her is her fault- thus undoing all the progress Virgil and Dorian managed to make. Essie completely breaks down.

## Personality

Once upon a time, Essie was a rather talkative, sweet girl. Being a rather soft pushover, Essie felt unable to say no to people. She used to be kind to everyone. During her relationship with Adam, Essie became extremely anxious and isolated from others, completely dependent on Adam. Following Adam's departure, Essie seemed to completely withdraw from everyone, much of her time in the chatroom spent watching others- particularly watching her friends support Lexie. This made Essie feel bitter and jealous, as she had not received help.

When she began talking in the chatroom, she became rather spiteful, particularly towards Lexie. Essie Jane became suicidal and self destructive, eventually spiralling. She was seen to lash out at Lexie several times, before sending her several anonymous messages and making a drastic suicide attempt. After three days of being comatose, Essie appears apathetic towards everyone and everything, even after Dorian's confession of love.

Finally dating Dorian, Essie has reverted back to her anxious state, displaying several trauma responses- still deeply hurt. She remains bitter and angry with her old friends, questioning why they refused to help her. She appears deeply unstable, experiencing many mood swings and being uncertain in all decisions.

Throughout her personality changes, Essie is an intelligent person and artistic. She has constantly suffered from a guilt complex, and is still incredibly selfless.

Essie Jane has a diagnosis of Persistent Depressive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Dysautonomia, Anaemia, Chronic Migraines, Meniere's Disease, Endometriosis and Stockholm Syndrome. She has undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder and Avoidant Personality Disorder.

## Relationships

### Ellybelle Moonberry

Essie's Mom. She has only briefly been featured in Camshire's lore as the bounty hunter that arrested Silus, and in reference to Nico saying that she "banned Essie from dying."

### Ollie Moonberry

A future student- Essie's little sister. Essie was exposed for committing assault in order to protect Ollie.

### Nico Moonberry

Essie's older cousin. She looks up to him, though occasionally pokes fun at him, referring to him as 'rat boy.' She appreciates him, and loves him dear.

### Louisa Moonberry

Essie's older cousin. Essie would do a lot to keep Louisa safe, and is proud of Louisa for making so many steps in her recovery.

### Dorian Bingley

Essie's current boyfriend. She appreciates him and cares a lot about him, however is extremely reluctant to open up and confide in him. Every step of the way, Essie is expecting him to be like Adam.

### Amadeus Von Zaitsev

An old friend of Essie's. Once trusting him deeply, Essie has lost all trust in Amadeus after he stated he wouldn't help her if she stayed with Adam. Essie felt blamed, so withdrew.

### Milla Nang Dearborn

An old friend of Essie's. Once trusting him deeply, Essie has lost all trust in Milla since he informed her she broke his trust when she had to lie to him to keep herself alive in her relationship.

### Lexie Markey

Essie is incredibly jealous of the support Lexie was given after Essie broke up with Adam. She initially lashed out at Lexie several times, before eventually collapsing under the guilt. She and Lexie are currently sectioned in a psychiatric ward together.

### Adam Barret

Essie's abusive ex boyfriend and r-pist. He caused several of Essie's current issues, including her mental illnesses.

## Trivia

* Essie originally had several allergies. This was reduced over time for convenience.
* Essie's favourite song is No Surprises by Radiohead.