Burgundy Adisa

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## Appearance

Burgundy is of Black American diaspora descent with a deep-dark complexion. Their dark hair is reddish from extensive time in the sun ,styled in locs that come down to their bum. They have hazel eyes, thick eyebrows, and normally some facial hair along their chin and jaw. Their fashion style consists of: barefoot or sandals almost always in the summer and spring, baggy loose fitting patterned clothing in earth toned colors, sometimes a rash guard or bikini with no top for surfing or the beach, lots of gold jewelry in ear piercings, nose ring, smiley piercing, layered necklaces, tons of thin finger rings, and rose-quartz loc accessories.

## Personality

They are relatively easy going and trusting of their peers. They are very caring about their peers well-being. Sometimes their anxiety is hard to manage. Confrontation that may lead to conflict is generally avoided. Burg has a hard time hiding the emotions on their face. Paying the expensive phone plan of a smart phone gives Burg so much anxiety, they have chosen to just keep an old Motorola Razr flip phone.

## Powers

Moves: Songbird, Missing Link, Hex-Casting

They maintain two forms, one human and another more aquatic (play to find out). In both forms Burgundy can breathe underwater. With permission granted by the water spirits, they have been teaching themselves magic - specifically how to disarm (*Binding*) and how to coerce the truth out of someone (*Ring of Lies).*

## Background

### Growing Up

Burgundy was raised in a loving but quirky household that taught them to appreciate and respect nature and it's spirits not too far from Night Falls. That respect led to some interesting events throughout their life. Reports and social media posts from family dated around 2016 seem to suggest that at one point Burg went missing, was found ill in Night Falls, and later recovered. Since their "recovery" Burgundy has worked tirelessly in various forms of activism that kept them close to Night Fall's beach.

### Since Enrolling at Monsterhearts University

Burgundy has recently began to seriously dedicate themselves to the Environment Committee. At the moment they are committed to reducing food waste on campus by giving more of the otherwise discarded food to students and establishing a composting center. To decompress from the stress of being a full time student with three jobs, they run away to cove on the edge of the beach.

## Relationships

### Family

Burgundy was raised by three incredibly accepting parents: Roshell (she/xe), Morgan (she/her), and Ian (he/him). They are a polyamorous trio that raised Burgundy. Roshell and Morgan have a habit of smothering their children in affection and quality time which made Burgundy feel trapped. **Ian Adisa** is the more chill of the three and is currently closest to Burgundy due to their similar personalities. Burg's parents have a public Facebook and Twitly group (*@AdisaCubed3)* where they often brag about their kids' accomplishments or talk about their ocean-based spirituality.

**Morganite Adisa** is Burgundy's bully of an older brother throughout childhood but now is estranged from the family. The family doesn't know much of his whereabouts but respect his privacy. Burg occasionally tries to find ways to reach him. At this point it’s been years of no contact and the family considers Morganite missing.

### Peers

**Didi** is their former roommate who occasionally attends nature walks and small adventures with them. Burg values their time with them and sees Didi as a good friend at MHU.

**Iva** and Burgundy regularly go to the same salon to get their dreads touched up. Iva is a former roommate of Burgundy. Burgundy regards her as a good friend.

**Arsling** - Burg holds a lot of guilt around what happened to Arsling but is working on forgiving themselves and coming to terms with what they learned about her dark past.

**Lezly** - Because she is a water spirit, Burgundy regards her as if she were allied royalty to Burgundy's water spirits. He regards himself as an ambassador of the beach in Night Falls when she is there. They admire her work and enjoy their incredibly loving friendship that is open to be explored further in the future.

**Pyrrha** - Burg thinks she’s super talented and really cool. They like having her as a friend at Hellfire. With her and Lezly they have regular night beach trips together to have time to get into the water and reveal their monster selves.

**Selene -** Through association with Lezly and her comfort around monsters, Burg respects her.

**Melissa -** They have worked together for the past few years at the Campus Bookstore. Burg supported her through her successful attempt to become a manager. They hang out occasionally at her small parties. She provided them a couch to sleep on recently.

**Green, Blue, and Red** - Since the three were transplanted from their homes, Burg makes sure to regularly check in on them to see how they’re adjusting to campus life. Burg promised them

**Colby** -

**Sebastian** - A growing dislike is brewing from Burgundy to him. They witnessed how crudely he treated water spirits he encountered and Lily. The fact that he is a part of SGA is not something desirable.

### Cause Supporters

* **Arsling** (Session 0.1) - Finds Burgs cause more important than their own
* **Laura** (Session 0.1) - Retracted her statement after agreeing to a ~~date~~ meeting to discuss the benefits of the composting center; they survived being puked on by Michael and got cleaned up together; Burg considers her a supporter
* **Lysander** (Session 0.1) - Converted through Songbird
* **Penny Prescott** (Npc S1E3) - Approached Burgundy in Terrapin Station to talk over some bits of the composting initiative.
* **Elliot Quist** (Npc S1E2) - At suggestion of Laura they offered support of the cause however it is conditional if they win the SGA presidency
* **Iva** (S1E2) - Offered support during an impromptu speech that was later shared on Twitly
* **Selene** (Hellfire Sorority) - Selene offered support and agreed to having Hellfire contribute to a charity event to raise funding for the cause.

### Cause Antagonists

* ~~**Laura** (Session 0.1) made a social media post worrying about the stench of the composting center that circulated to the school board~~
* **Michael** (NPC Session 0.1) - He is thoroughly worried about the composting center taking up space where the Frisbee Golf team could be playing

### Significant Others

* **Justin** (NPC) and Burgundy were in a QPR from Spring of 2020 to early January of 2021. Burgundy feels blind sided by the sudden breakup and still holds onto mementos from the relationship.
* **Melissa** (NPC) Burg and Melissa kissed on New Years and while spending the night they got really close. Since then they’ve gone on an official date. Burgundy has a huge squish on her and hopes that they can develop into something serious. Burg thinks they (alterously) love her.

## Group Affiliations

**Environmental Committee -** Burgundy is incredibly involved in making the campus as green and low waste as possible in addition to the rest of Night Falls. His current initiative with them is to create a composting center. Current members are a bunch of nerdy NPCs, Red, Rhys, and Burgundy.

**Hellfire Sorority** - As of March 11th, Burgundy traded information about a danger in MHU campus for a safe place to stay within the sorority Burgundy is excited to bond with the other members. They also have a lot of ideas that could prove beneficial to the sorority once they work up the nerve to pitch them.

## Additional Scenes

* Scene with Didi and Burgundy (March 1, 2020)
* Fishy Business (After S1E3 March 5, 2021)
* For their Safety (March 9, 2021)
* Running Into Hellfire (March 11, 2021)
* Let Out, Let go, Let Loose (March 13, 2021)
* The Salsa Proposal (March 17, 2021)
* Poolside Reunion (March 19, 2021)
* Phoned In (March 20, 2021)
* Hell at the Beach (March 25, 2021)