Persephone/profile

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## Persephone

by Lailiuki

A hospice nurse that wants to become death, or at the very least,
learn so much about death that they can better provide to their

patients and help ease their suffering.
* ***Primum non nocere***
	+ Do no harm. Persephone will never engage in violence purely for the sake of violence, or any other activities that knowingly do more harm than good. Will actively try and stop those who engage in such behaviors in front of them.
* ***Code of Medical Ethics Opinion 5.8***
	+ Specifically, “Physicians should not abandon a patient once it is determined that a cure is impossible.” Persephone will never abandon anyone they consider under their care.
* ***(Comfortable Directive)***
	+ Treatment is more than just medicine, and no place is this more true than in Hospice care. Along with providing aid, Persephone actively looks for ways to make the patient and/or home to feel more human and comfortable, may that be bringing in a drink the patient enjoys but can no longer leave the house to get, doing a few chores and cleaning up death’s detritus, or helping plan a whole trip. There is no task too mundane or menial.
* ***(Death Directive)***
	+ There are patients who fear the end and see phantoms, and others who truly don’t understand why they’re being taken away before their time. Persephone actively seeks out information about death, dying, and the afterlife.

## Personality

Soft-spoken, thick-skinned, deliberate, willful, moral

Level headed to the point of lacking expression, Persephone moves and speaks with measured composure, missing little, unruffled in the most stressful and horrific of situations. Their job has steeled them, and Persephone easily serves as a pillar of support for patients and loved ones in distress, patiently explaining every procedure and potential alternative with gentle, reliable ease.

Soft-spoken and severely slow to anger, Persephone’s naturally mild temperament grants them an incredible tolerance for all kinds of personalities, and they approach all situations with the same thoughtful, judicious attitude.

However, outside of work, Persephone fails to stand out. Their calm is easily mistaken for frigid indifference, tolerance for spinelessness, silence for stupidity, and reliability for a kind of predictability that verges on boring. While neither shy nor insecure, their introversion steers them away from most hypersocial situations unless prompted, preferring solitude, and their frankness when cornered serves as its own kind of deterrent.

Regardless of how they are perceived, beneath it all Persephone is deeply moralistic and steadfast in their values. More than anything, they want to provide the best care they can to their patients, with dignity, autonomy, comfort, and treatment all held in high and equal regard.

To them, human life is incredibly sacred, and they will not sit by idly and watch that life be violated.

## Background

Going into nursing simply served as an extension of what Persephone already knew: growing up, while their older brother worked to support them, Persephone stayed at home and took care of their father weakened by stroke, and later, (insert aggressive terminal illness.) Once gentle, their father led a rough life and now was bothered by small things, and taking care of him meant as much giving him Tylenol as it did adjusting the pillows and shades a certain way that would bother him the least.

The apartment was usually quiet, and Persephone could never escape the reality of their father’s slowly deteriorating condition and the ever-present spectre of death. More often than not, Persephone found that they could not help him, and the feeling stuck.

Though they loved their father and never resented taking care of him, the experience inevitably caused Persephone to grow up fast and with a thick skin.

After their father passed away, Persephone went to school, and eventually got a residency at a local hospital where they met Theo. Conversations usually centered around death, and while Persephone found his beliefs and goals to be dubious, their time together inevitably caused them to entertain fantastical ideas Persephone previously never considered before. Though a heated conflict eventually forced Persephone to break off contact -- perhaps as a result of having so few friends growing up -- Persephone was never quite able to shake off their influence afterwards.

Eventually, Persephone transferred from ER to palliative care, where they found their stride.

Some years later, Persephone received the message to Eden.

## Trivia

* An incredible skeptic.
* Favorite pastime is napping. Can fall asleep anywhere, anytime.
* Second favorite is sitting.
* A more recent, third hobby is researching religion
* 5”/153 cm and 110 lbs/50kg
* Receives 30-50 messages a day (from care team, physicians, patients, patients families, pharmacies, miscellaneous messages) but responds to all of them
* By force of misunderstanding, Persephone and Theo “dated” for a short time

## Quotes

* > "*Say Something Here*"
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