"I don't want an happy ever after, nor the title of 'queen'. I'm out for that no one has. The only one and the best."
Pronounced as l-AW-r-uh
Female | 17 y/o | d.o.b: 7 April
Also Known as
Lou, Lau [l AW], Louise
- Usually goes by Louise, as she likes the sound of it better -
Nationality
Dutch
Ethnicity
Mix of Italian, Dutch & German
Home town, Country
Leiden, the Netherlands
Occupation Part time tutor and baby sitter
Appearance
- 170 cm [5 feet, 6 inches]
- 60 kg [132 lbs]
Body Build
Slender, Laura has long limbs and small shoulders, making her appear like pear form without too much curves. Her chest isn’t all that impressively filled, given her height, and neither are her hips to be considered wide. This is much to her own dismay and shame as her family likes to poke fun at her for being ‘underdeveloped’.
Eye Colour
Half-heterochromia. Usually they are described as brown. However, upon closer examination, her eyes are green at the centre, fading to brown to the outside. It is a slight mixture that doesn’t give her a solid colour, but which is fairly common seeing the mixture she is of.
Hair Colour
Laura has a dark, deep brown colour that is usually described as chestnut brown. Thick in texture, with heavy waves that are bordering that of curly. Though it is slightly heavy, and a pain to take care of, she keeps her hairstyle long, with short straight bangs falling over her forehead. Fortunately for her the greatest pain comes when she wakes up, as her hair is a tangling mess then. After her daily routine her hair is much more wilful throughout the day and not quite as demanding.
Skin
Fair, a peachy colour that gets a healthy tan when she gets out in the sun. Her complexion is smooth, suffering little to not at all from pimples, needing little make up to cover up blemishes. Though she tends to get easily dark circles underneath her eyes, which she does cover up.
Voice
Voice claim: Adrisaurus - Youtuber
Style Laura is a bit of a girly girl. She likes frilly dresses, adores satin and in overall is always happy to wear a cute dress. Her style can be described as casual, cute and elegant, where she is mainly trying to aim for the 'sweet princess' image. Her style of clothing and the way she presents herself outwardly is in great contrast with how she actually acts and truly is. Whereas people think of a kind, empathetic and cute girl when they see her for the first time Laura is far from the sweetness she dons herself with.
Personality
Well-mannered
“It is a matter of taste, good taste and intelligence.”
Laura likes to act fancier than she actually is. Speaking with two words, addressing with the correct forms. It is just her pretentious way of telling; "I'm cultivated." At the other hand it also serves as a wall for others, a sign that they shouldn't come to close to her, or that they won't get close to her. No one would treat a stranger rudely for no reason and that is what Laura aims for. To stay forever the stranger to each other. It is only in her closest relationships that she will drop the act of politeness and kindness in which she reveals herself. Otherwise people all widely believe that she is a well brought up young lady.
Sarcastic
“I’m not so bad, they make it too easy.”
She doesn't show it too often. Preferring to act as if she is 'kind', but sometimes she makes slight remarks, subtle comments that are bordering the line of good humour and plain insults. It is her way of relieving frustration, but also part of her true nature she so carefully hides. It is one part of her that is 'typical' Dutch, for Dutchmen are cynics with a mean bite when they truly wish to reveal this side. A deadpan snarker when she feels up to it, or when she is, again, around close relations.
Treacherous
“Simply put; I’m a backstabber.”
To be relied on means responsibility, to be trusted means close bonds she doesn't want to cultivate with people she deems below her. Laura doesn't need the unnecessary trust placed upon her, the invisible pressure of 'pretentious' friendship. Anyone who does was just foolish enough to fall for her act. Laura wouldn't deny her bad characteristics, neither would she ever admit them out loud, but she does feel sorry for anyone who thinks she could be trusted when they rely on her. Quite the mistake she likes to rub inside of their faces in the most terrible ways. She isn't manipulative, she believes, after all she didn't force anyone into trusting her, just terrifying good in her act.
Distrusting
“Pot calls the kettle black, huh?”
To that expense, the policy of not earning the trust of others, Laura doesn't give her trust that easily either. She doesn't trust anyone with her secrets and insecurities. Sometimes she would fake a display of 'friendship' telling the other one part of herself, but telling another version to another. It isn't lying she believes, just carefully picking and leaving out facts the other has no concern about. The girl isn't about to have anyone piece her together and figure her out, even if that means being alone.
Conceited
“I would almost describe myself as a genius.”
She truly believes that she stands somewhere above the rest. Laura likes to consider herself as smarter than the rest, better, more educated, etc... than the rest. Though she doesn't show it as much as to be called 'arrogant' as well. She isn't outwardly expressive of this believe, knowing that there are people who don't appreciate that attitude, but that doesn't mean that her mind isn't going rampant on scoffs and mental insults flying towards others. Inside of her mind she is the queen of the world, to the outside she acts like any other girl. The arrogance of Laura lies in the fact that she believes that no one can read her for she is too smart for them to understand.
Demanding
“The world conforms to me.”
While Laura likes to act as if she is an innocent, polite and kind girl she isn't about to conform herself to the world. She isn't going to change her believes or her antics to please the rest or reveal herself. If anything, if the world wishes to know about her they better conform to her will. If she speaks Laura expects people to listen, when she asks something she expects an answer. Bossy would be a word to describe her as she wishes that everything goes her way, not taking it well when it goes otherwise.
Deceptive
“I just shed another light of reality.”
She has many faces and masks. Always polite and well-mannered, like she wills herself to do. However around one she can be kind of bubbly, around the other she may act more aloof, but never is she herself. It may be clear that Laura doesn't want to be figured out, that she doesn't want to be pieced together by someone and that she dislikes the idea of sharing secrets or trusting anyone. She isn't going to let anyone in and no one will ever get in as no one has the key, or at least, not the right key.
Nervous Habits
Grinds her teeth when she is at loss on what to do.
Shaking knees when she is truly embarrassed.
Breathing through her teeth when in anger, or annoyed.
Scratching people when she feels threatened.
Strengths
Natural actress, Laura has no qualms into deceiving others and wearing a mask. She is an opportunist who will strike each given moment to take her chances and turn the tables.
Cartography, with a keen interest in mapping out locations, mazes, labyrinths and just generally, to look for her way around in a place unknown to her, Laura has developed a strong sense of direction, but also to memorize the roads she has already passed.
Codist, though the girl may not look like it, but truthfully she is a huge fan of riddles and codes. She likes to make codes, but also breaking them, and this makes her adept at figuring out the key.
Weaknesses
She would never admit it herself, but Laura is dead-afraid of horror. She handles them really badly and the school rumours scare the wits out of her.
Sore loser, can’t admit defeat and will never admit defeat, so she will keep on going without a rest. Laura feels the need to be the best, to prove that she is the best and will stop at nothing.
Can't adapt very well to sudden situations. Laura isn't a strong improviser and is better at planning everything ahead than to flunk it.
Has truly no one to lean upon, can't trust anyone very well, which causes her to be ultimately alone even if she is always surrounded by people.
Relations
Family
Father – Jan de Jong [50]
“He is so typical Dutch.”
Hard-working, honest, abrasive, blunt, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Tall and broad, with stamping feet and rough hands. Father Jan is in appearance and personality the stereotype of a Dutchman. Over the years he has opted for a bald look, shaving off the blonde hair he once had, making him look a little more stern and military looking than he actually is. Truth to be told father Jan is a lover of crude jokes, often making jokes on the expenses of others and himself, and a tad bit crazy. He likes to claim that Laura's love for dance came through him, often proceeding by showing off his own moves that can't really be considered dancing, but more like stamping. A very lovable man who is extremely loyal to the family. Laura lovingly calls him 'kaaskop' [cheesehead] whenever he pulls her hair again, only to innocently whistle to the other side. A man who suffers a little from ADHD, or so he claims to excuse all of his crazy antics. Though typically happy and cheerful father Jan has a lot of torments as well, worries he doesn't wish to show to his children. Laura and her siblings like to call him a rabbit, for they hide their pain as well, but are glad that he is there in their lives as the never ending bundle of energy. She just wonders if he ever had the chance himself to heal from the divorce, but he never shows signs that he isn't. Once he had cried, but then never again. He picked himself up again, went to his job the following day and picked up the role of both parents. At one hand Laura is grateful for his strength, but she worries that she might once come home to a sight she fears the most.
Mother – Aletta de Mesmaeker [43]
“Anything but typical.”
Mother Aletta might have tried everything that is legal in the Netherlands, which is a lot for the country is a tolerating one. It thus so happens that she also came in contact with weed, a soft drug that everyone can get over the age of 18 or with a fake id. In combination with the, once very, low drinking age of sixteen she has done a lot unwise and irresponsible deeds. Even until today she maintains some of her habits she had developed as a student. Laura had always idolised her mother, tall, pretty and confident. As a child she couldn't find wrong within the woman who gave birth to her and her siblings. The turning point came around the age of twelve, when her mother suddenly decided to leave everyone and everything behind. It was a traumatising event, the decision came very sudden to the whole family and a wave of emotional turmoil that usually would lapse over a course of months were suddenly trapped within weeks. Within weeks Aletta de Mesmaeker had signed the papers, packed her bags and left without waiting for the conclusion. At one side Laura understands why Aletta left so suddenly, the age difference between her parents had left her mother trapped in a world of adults too soon. Now she had decided to relive her lost youth again, leaving her family behind and distraught. At the other hand Laura is fuming, wondering why it had to happen so suddenly, so painfully as she remembers the tears in her father's eyes well. The tears of a man who never cried.
Older brother & sister – Andre [19] & Margreet [23] “Both are idiots who think they can beat me.” The three siblings are a competitive trio, Laura being the worst of them all due to her nature of superiority. It all started when they were young, like everything does. Margreet, the oldest of the three, would return from school with homework to which the younger siblings were amazed at. Their big sister was in their opinion very smart to receive homework. Margreet would boast around about it, calling Andre and Laura both 'ukkies' [little ones, toddlers] much to their dismay. She wasn't that much bigger! From there on out it only grew worse. When Andre came home with his first football [soccer] prize the two siblings boasted that they could do just as well as he did, all choosing their own sports to compete in. When Laura received 'honourable' compliments for her report card the other two siblings couldn't have their youngest surpass them. With each achievement from one of the siblings, the remaining two had to outdo it with something else. Swimming certificates ['ha, I've A, B, C and brevet red and blue!'], medals ['I won a gold!'], or education ['straight A's, try to beat that!'], everything became a competition for the three of them. However, that doesn't mean that they didn't love each other and only saw each other as rivals. When Margreet got dumped for the first time Andre pulled the pants down of the 'hufter' [bastard] who broke her heart. When Andre got bullied at school both Margreet and Laura went to scare his bullies, and he was never bullied again. The three of them share a motto of; "Only I get to abuse them." which they hold very dear.
Miscellaneous
Likes
Brain breakers
Being the best
Jazz ballet
Maps, labyrinths, etc...
Dislikes
Losing, failing. Specially to someone who she deems beneath her.
The unexpected, or something that goes out of her calculations.
Dirtying her hands, or making them dirty at all.
Pretty much everyone she doesn't consider her equal.
Horror stories.
Busy bodies.
Favourite Quotes
None. Laura doesn't like to re-use quotes or to repeat herself. She considers every line she says brilliant, specially if they're packed with subtle sarcasm.
Most Prized Possession
Diary. Laura lacks a companion to whom she can talk to, she also lacks the trust to speak to anyone about herself or her insecurities. Despite her radiating confidence, Laura is in fact riddled with questions and fears, things she doesn't like to share with others. These thoughts, concerns, worries, and insecurities she shares with 'Kathy', her diary that she gave a name. Laura is very much aware that keeping such a diary around is dangerous, the chances that someone finds it and reads it are great if she isn't careful. However, Laura wouldn't be the all-prepared lover of codes if she hadn't figured something for that. While she shared her deepest core with the papers of the little notebook no one besides from herself or these who can solve the right 'key' can read or understand its content. If someone were to open the book they would read short sentences that don't seem to make sense with each other. However they do to Laura and only she knows the key to understand the code.
Languages
Fluent in English & Dutch. Being a Dutch-born Laura speaks from house out Dutch with her family. Dutch is the official language spoken in the Netherlands, the lingua franca, not to be confused with Danish or German, like commonly done. English is an obvious one. Attending school in the UK forces her to be fluent in the English language, whether she wants it or not.
Conversational French & German. Dutch children are usually taught several languages from a young age. Mainly for the reason that the commonly spoken language in the Netherlands isn't all that wide-spread. One of these languages would be German, because of their neighbour Germany and French, because it is the third most spoken language in the country. Though Laura only had some language classes from junior high back in the Netherlands she still remembers some of her lessons.
Fears and Phobias
Falling through her act, being found out.
To be publicly humiliated.
A repeat of what happened five years ago.
Hobbies
Solving and creating, riddles, codes and puzzles.
Dancing; Jazz ballet.
Cartography.
Making sure everyone knows that she is smart.
Skills
Skilled cryptologist.
Excellent cartographer with a good sense of direction.
Deceiving people with her charms.
Lean and flexible due to years of ballet.
Class Specialty
History Conservation
Extra language: French
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