Intern

## Family and Relationships

### Relative(s)

Unnamed father (presumed deceased), unnamed mother (deceased), possibly deceased twin (existence unconfirmed)

### Affilations

The Yard, Fellowship of Interns (former)

Irenelle Tern, better known as **Intern**, is an intern at The Yard detective force. Her past is shrouded in mystery, but it is known she was raised in a shadowy cult of interns who worked with (or for) Detective Washington's father. After escaping the cult, Intern has spent years trying to recover, eventually being recruited by Detective Sullivan to join The Yard. While she technically works there as an intern, she's as much of a detective as the rest of the force. She also maintains a "femme fatale" persona where she moonlights as a criminal in New London, causing crimes for the force to solve.

## Appearance

Intern has brown skin and long dark hair, which she usually ties up in a ponytail. She has brown eyes and a round face. She usually wears dark clothing, partial to long sleeves and skirts, and wears a pearl necklace. In her femme fatale persona, Intern lets down her hair and wears more red than black.

## Personality

Intern is a mostly reserved woman who keeps to herself around the office. She is mostly subservient due to her upbringing in the Fellowship of Interns, though she is slowly growing out of this mentality with time and energy. She is constantly looking for ways to help around the office, and is the most organized member of the force. Her femme fatale persona gives her a chance to act more intense and flirt with the dark underside of New London.

## History

Not much is known about Intern's past. She was raised in a cult environment, the Fellowship of Interns, wherein followers would focus on making oneself better through submission to those in power. One of the powerful people in question was Detective Washington's father, Sir Washington. Intern's father was Sir Washington's intern, and so Intern and Washington spent a lot of time together as kids. However, one day Intern's father told her she was forbidden from associating with Washington, and she never should have in the first place.

Eventually, Intern snapped under the abuse she faced in the Fellowship and escaped, burning down her childhood home and going on the run. She still refused to use her real name, believing Intern was her true name and it was everything she was supposed to be. Intern struggles with coming to terms with her upbringing and her actions. She was discovered by Detective Sullivan one day when she was crying on a park bench, and he recruited her to The Yard. She began operating under her femme fatale persona a few years later, in the hopes of giving the force more cases to solve to make them happy.

Unbeknownst to all, Intern's existence is actually an anomaly in the timeline. IT caused the Titanic to survive its trip across the Atlantic, and Intern's parents were aboard. She is not supposed to exist.

## Relationships

### Washington

Intern and Washington were childhood friends and got along well as kids, though their fathers didn't approve of their friendship. When she was nine, Intern was suddenly forbidden from seeing him ever again, and several years went by without the two of them seeing each other. When Intern ended up working for The Yard, each of them recognized the other. While it might be strange to work with each other, and Washington has no idea about the full extent of Intern's life, they are slowly repairing the friendship they lost and bonding again.

### Sully

Sully is gentler with Intern than he is with most other members of the force, and she notices. It confuses her - most of the people in this office do - but she appreciates him and the job he has given her. He keeps trying to talk to her about herself, and it seems like he's really trying to be a good friend to her.

### Nicole

Intern feels Nicole is similar to her in some way, though she can't explain exactly how. She admires Nicole's strength and her dedication to her work, and always appreciates when the two of them get to work together, even though they're very different from each other.

### Finn

Intern is mildly confused by Finn, since he seems to enjoy helping her with her more mundane tasks around the office. Sometimes he tries to talk with her, but she doesn't reply very much. Still, she appreciates his presence when she's at work.

### Lenny

Intern regards Lenny as unpredictable, and he's definitely suspicious of her and her activities after dark as a femme fatale. However, he seems strangely polite to her and refrains from accusing her wildly in the office like he does with IT and Nicole. She knows he's watching her, but at least he's nice about it.

### IT

IT is quite kind to Intern. Like the rest of her coworkers, he's strange, but Intern doesn't mind him so much. Like Finn, he tries talking to her sometimes, occasionally involving her in whatever it is he's working on in that tech closet of his.