absinthe blackwood

a woman far too sharp to touch.

the widow to a sunshine cop with his fingers in too many pies. a dying heron in the ashes of her own pharmacology career. she swears there's a tune to life that only she can hear, that only she can uncover, that only she can manipulate. owns a bar, the snake pit, with a piano in the corner that has slowly been gathering dust. the kitchen thrums with the energy of a woman that has lost it all. there, she manipulates the atoms of the universe into the melody she keeps hearing. drugs pour onto the streets. drug dealers say they get the best stock from the woman with no face, from a woman they know only as lady taipan.

CURRENT PLOTS

loose threads
absinthe suspects her husband's death was not an accident as she has been told it was. the man was a demon even on his best days, but she loved him. even he deserves the truth. most of all, absinthe thinks she deserves the truth too.

SEEKING:

• anyone who might have interacted with her husband, from coworkers to criminals to people who ran into his less than savory dealings
• investigators willing to look into a hopeless case

kill the moon
absinthe doesn't fuck with the league, and anyone who knows her knows that. few individuals know that she's currently in the early stages of manufacturing a biological, chemical weapon to use against them.

SEEKING:

• criminal contacts and black market dealers who can provide rare pokémon compounds or help test the early products
• rivals or threats who might discover her plans and try to stop her
• potential allies who share her grudge against the league and might assist in her cause

OTHER PLOT HOOKS

PAST CONNECTIONS

• old friends from littleroot who notice her drastic change and try to reconnect
• university peers or professors who remember her as a brilliant student and are curious about her disappearance
• former colleagues from her pharmacology career who have noticed her withdrawal from the field
• former peers or enemies of her husband, either from the force or otherwise

NEW CONNECTIONS

• regulars at the snake pit who begin to notice odd activities and become suspicious
• individuals in need of the experience of a skilled chemist and pharmacologist

RELATIONS

ACQUAINTANCES & COLLEAGUES

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FRIENDS

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LOVERS

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FAMILY

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