Editing The Regal of Time (section)

==History==

Noel grew up in a ranch just on the outskirts of Brock, living with her parents. As an only child she got lots of attention from both of them, but particularly her father who called her his little princess. They did everything together, taught her to horseback ride and imparted what knowledge and wisdom he had on their long rides together. He was her best friend. One day she came home to see her parents fighting, and before she knew it he rode off. He never said goodbye.

Always blaming herself, she became an angsty teenager. She regretted not making her father stay. Without his adventurous nature and his dreams, her own sense of adventure withered. Her own dreams died. She moved into the city with her mother who worked full time, so her life became monotonous and mostly alone. This went on until in High School when she met her friend Gregor, who made her see the light again. Though he was more cynical than she was at her worst, he had a bright perspective on life itself even so. Through bad circumstances and timing they never became involved, and Noel ended up moving away to Toronto to go to University. They lost touch.

Noel found a new boyfriend in University. She had always loved Gregor, but she regretted never telling him her feelings. Free from the small-town atmosphere, she found and poured herself into a new romance with a upper classman named Dawson. Though she was a doting girlfriend, he never seemed to have the time for her. He had a lot of obligations and was always busy. The two got into a stupid fight based mostly around bad timing, and feeling like she was in a rut, they decided to take some time off. She moved back to her home town.

Now she lives in Brock, taking care of her old mother. She didn't have the money to get her own place, her History degree didn't give her what she wanted. She longed for adventure, but history jobs seemed boring. She didn't find it that interesting a career; she never got enough out of just reading words out of a book. If she could visit the past she would have. While back home, she found Gregor as a teacher at their old high school, and re-kindled her feelings for the old friend. When her boyfriend from Toronto came to visit her, he walked in to see her hugging her old friend and took it the wrong way. Their relationship is now on the rocks though she still loves Dawson.

She put out resumes everywhere but the only place that hired was the Tick Tock Shop, an old dusty clock-shop in downtown Brock that had maybe one customer a day if it was lucky. The old man who owned the shop would never close it. Sometimes he would visit and would be surprised to see her working there at all. She felt unappreciated, and mostly just watched her life tick away.