Gleeville:Nellie Paparteys

• Actor: Nellie Veitenheimer
• Campaign: Gleeville
• System: Smallville
• Player: Brawndo

Values:

• Duty D8: Someone has to keep this crazy ship called "my family" floating...
• Fame D4: _
• Fairness D6: _
• Love D4: _
• Popularity D4: _
• Truth D4: _

Relationships:

• Leads
  • Warren Whitcomb D4: _
  • Adam Chamberlain D4: _
  • Lauren Grey D4: _
  • Ashley Brown D6: We used to be friends, a long time ago.
  • Amethyst Fitch D4: _
  • Fiona Maxwell D4: _

• Features
  • The Paparteys Clan D6: I love my sisters and brothers. I have to keep reminding myself.
  • Larry "Del" DelMasto D: _
  • Samantha Taylor D: _
  • Dani Shay D: _

Musical Range: Smoky-Voiced Siren

• Specialties: Folksy "Chick-Rock" D8, _ D_
• Stage Trick: Guitar Hero - Pay a plot point to step up or double a Specialty when playing guitar in a number.
• Stage Trick: _
• Stage Trick:
• Limit: Out Here On My Own - Confident and comfortable accompanying herself on the guitar, Nellie feels exposed and tentative without it. Not being able to control the backing music herself causes second-guessing. Step up and Insecure or Afraid dice in the opposing pool.
• Limit: Leave It All on the Stage - Sometimes music underscores your emotions so directly that it makes it difficult to perform. Step up any Insecure or Afraid dice in the opposing pool.

Schticks:

• _ - _

Distinctions:

• License to Drive D6 - Nellie was left back a year in school before she figured out how to balance her chaotic home life with schoolwork, thus she's a year older than the rest of the sophomores which is embarrassing, sure, but also means she's the only kid in her year who can drive. Her vehicle is the family mini-van, which should fit the whole group if need be (once child seats are removed), but rarely has an appreciable amount of fuel in it. If you ask Nellie, "E" stands for "Enough," and she knows exactly how many miles she can drive after the warning light comes on.(Roll your License to Drive die when you need transportation, now.)
  • D4: Spend a Plot Point to Reveal that you have access to a vehicle that (pick two): is big enough to fit everyone in your group, is located nearby, and has a full tank. Use it as a d8 Useful Detail for the rest of the scene.

• Socially Invisible D4 - Nellie misses everything... dances, football games, every social event is a non-starter for her. Glee club is her first-ever extracurricular, even. She keeps to herself mostly, so a lot of people are only peripherally aware of her existence, except for that anomalous and trying period of time when her baby brother was presumed to be her son, which might even still persist as a rumor. Most of the people who know her at all chiefly remember her from when they were younger and social circles were smaller and less convoluted.(Roll your Socially Invisible die when you don't want to be noticed).
  • D4: Earn a Plot Point when you Choose to make yourself the subject of public attention.

Extras:

• The Paparteys Clan 2D6: I love my sisters and brothers. I have to keep reminding myself.

Locations:

Pathways:

• Origins: Livin' On A Prayer - Nellie is the eldest of nine children. While her father is nominally still in the picture (and her parents are still married), he breezes in to town a couple of times a year and throws everything into chaos before going back out on another tour, and never sends back any money like he always promises to. Mom works nights, which leaves Nellie doing a lot of the grunt work of raising her younger siblings since the only time Mom isn't at work or asleep is when all the kids are at school.
  • Added Extra: The Paparteys Clan, representing her brothers and sisters collectively.
  • Step up Duty x2.
  • Added Musical Range: Smokey-Voiced Siren (Specialty: Folksy "Chick Rock" d8, Limit: Out Here On My Own, Stage Trick: Guitar Hero
  • Schtick forthcoming
  • New Distinction: License to Drive
  • New Distinction: Socially Invisible
  • Step Up Relationship, Asset, or Resource: Stepped up The Paparteys Clan to 2d6.

• Upbringing: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger - What with her dad coming back into town usually for just long enough for her mother to end up pregnant again, life got more demanding for both Nellie and her mother as the years wore on. Nellie had to take on more responsibility as her mother had to work more and more hours to keep everyone fed, clothed and sheltered. Every time her father came back home, the pressure would ease a little bit. Nellie was devastated the first time he left, and elated the first time he came back, and then crushed worse than ever when he left again. Rinse and repeat until the sixth grade, when he promised to come home in three months and take her to the Daddy-Daughter dance at school. She busked with the guitar he'd taught her how to play, and drew caricatures of people on the street for pocket change until she had enough to buy an old prom dress from Goodwill, and then altered it to her size with her mother's ancient sewing machine. She was asleep on the front porch when her mother came home from work in the morning, having waited all night for her father to show. Days later, looking forlornly at the bulletin board full of pictures of other girls enjoying the dance with their fathers, Nellie decided that whether or not life was fair wasn't something that just happened; it was something you had to make happen. The trick was, you couldn't do it for yourself, but only for other people. Up to then, she'd resented the pressure looking after her siblings placed on her, but on that day she resolved never to begrudge them anything they needed or wanted if it was within her power.
  • New Location: Nellie's Loft: there's a room above the free-standing garage which is more-or-less livable. Historically, it's always been "Dad's room" which was padlocked and forbidden for anyone to enter. This past summer, Nellie decided to claim it as her own and cut the padlock off with a pair of bolt cutters and replaced it with a different one. She claimed all of her dad's stuff that was there and cleared space for an art studio. She goes up there to paint, write songs, or just to get away sometimes. She keeps baby monitor handy in there, in case one of the kids needs her when she's out there, but they know that it's her private space and don't bother her there unless it's important. An understanding neighbor gave her access to their wi-fi connection and remote access to a home server full of movies and tv shows, but it's not easy to take advantage of when you have to share a laptop with eight siblings plus your mother. Specialties: Quiet, Comfort, Entertainment
  • Connect "The Paparteys Clan" to Vincent and Thomas Brown; Gretchen (14) and Johnny (12) are close in age with the Brown boys and are probably friends and maybe there's some kind of crush action going on with Gretchen and one of the boys.
  • Step up Fairness to d6.
  • Step up License to Drive to d6
  • Step up Nellie's Loft to 2d6
  • Step up Relationship:

• Attitude: I Won't Give Up - Fiona joined both the Valkyries (the school's cheerleading squad) and the glee club in order to broaden her skills as a dancer. They offer her additional styles and moves that she can mix in with her more traditional ballet training, and let her get out of the studio and get some practice performing for an audience. It means several more hours of training and practice each week, but that's what it takes to get ahead.

• Ambition: Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Fiona's determined to make it as a professional dancer.
• Life-Changing Event: A Change Would Do You Good - During the summer, Fiona's dad came back into her life, suing her mom for custody. Fiona is very confused about it. On the one hand, she loves her mom, who has been nothing but supportive of her dreams. On the other, her dad was the one who got cheated on, he doesn't seem like a bad guy, and is it so wrong if he wants to be a part of her life? But he's not willing to settle for joint custody or visitation rights. (Step up Fame, step up Love.)