Rue Messer

A Record of Seafarers

File #17 Jul 2023 23:15

Summary

Name February Marlene Messer Aliases Status Non-Evolved Gender Female Birthdate February 29, 1988 Age 33 Height 5' 11" Build Slim Eyes Blue Hair Red Residence New Chicago Employment Jokers Wild Card Club Parents John and Kathy Lancaster Siblings None Marital Status Liza Messer Children None First Scene Après Moi Last Scene Profile Rue Messer is a survivor of the destruction of the Commonwealth Arcology. She and her wife ultimately made their way to New Chicago, where she provides entertainment and serves drinks at the local gambling den.

portrayed by Katherine McNamara

Background

In January of 2019, refugees from the Commonwealth's Archology arrived at the Pelago. Among them were Rue and her wife, Liza Messer. Saddened to lose the only life they'd known for years, while simultaneously glad to leave it behind, the two decided to stretch their wings and see what the surface had to offer, together. By all accounts, after only a few months in the Pelago the two women seemed to hold hands and sail off into the sunset. Well, in the direction of Delphi.

It didn’t hold the shine they wished for. They wanted to get away from the revised coastline. So, they set off again, this time for the mainland. Rue had an idea of where she was going, but no idea what she’d actually find there. There were doubts on Liza’s part about what they were even looking for, and Rue was cagey about it. Liza pleaded to turn around and go back to the Pelago after discovering how changed the landscape was and the utter lack of any normalcy she’d been hoping to find, but Rue wanted to forge on.

When Liza nearly drowned trying to save a dress Rue had carelessly lost in the river, Rue finally came clean about why she was so insistent they continue westward: She heard a rumor that Chicago still existed. She’d been afraid to say as much, afraid that she’d somehow jinx it and find only a crater where the metropolis had stood. Her wife was of course supportive, and the two carried forward.

What they found was New Chicago. But moreover, they also Rue’s parents still alive. Settled in the city with the Lancasters, the Messers are finally working on their happily ever after.

Psych Profile

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

How do we not rue the many unchosen paths in life?
A blessed lack of imagination.
There are enough real glories along any path to swamp our meager ability to picture alternatives.

Appendices

Logs

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2021
Date	Title
April	Après Moi
07/03	Tastes Like Cherry
07/06	The Deep Stays
	Après le Delugé, Nous
07/08	Untrue
	True

Rue Messer is an NPC run by Hudson.