" i feel like i'm swallowing dying stars"

IRELLE DIANNE GARDINER

eighteen - female - bisexual

Irelle stands at a small and petite 5'4", usually needing to stand up on the tips of her toes to see over high windows and climbing over furniture to reach the top shelf in the kitchen. And she only makes herself seem smaller with her mannerisms, always the girl to stand in the back, pull her shoulders in tight and act as if she's not even there. Irelle puts in effort to make herself as small as possible, in her mind, the worst thing she could do is get in the way. 

She takes great care in her appearance, and loves to be able to look in the mirror and see someone who has their life together. Irelle figures that while she can't feel like a proper woman, she can always look it. 

Her long hair is her best asset, golden curls that drape over her shoulders in honey-sweet waves. And her green eyes, not piercing like one would expect, but warm and inviting, like lake water without sunset. Murky, and unconventionally beautiful.

selfless, trusting, bubbly, sensitive

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aloof, cowardly, irrational, soft headed

Irelle takes great interest in caring for plants and animals. She loves to grow extravagant gardens with tall flowers and mighty trees. And she's soft for any animal, no matter the species she'll go great lengths to pet or admire an animal she comes across. (Yes, she has been thrown out of several zoos for trying to reach in through the fences).

While she's great with gardening and caretaking, that's about the only household thing Irelle can manage. All her life she was raised learning how to cook and sew and whatever motherly thing her mom could teach her, but even to this day Irelle is disastrous at cooking, and doesn't even trust herself enough to boil water. So she often goes out to eat, or very awkwardly asks if whatever company she's with can cook.

Irelle was raised in a very strict religious household, where from her youngest ages she was taught how she would grow up to become a loving wife. And this ideal grew in her head as the most important thing in life, marrying young to a wealthy man. She wants people to enjoy her company, wants people to consider her a good hostess.