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Remnants of the First · File 002

Tessabelle Sinclair

Attorney // Tech + Computer Law

“Two things can be true.”

Age
32
Occupation
Attorney, technology and computer law (private practice)
Specialty
Digital privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, data ethics, online exploitation, and the newer tech cases nobody has a rulebook for yet
Status
Active
Known associates
Marielle, a few clients who would rather nobody knew they were her clients, and a couple of people who are probably bad for her and very good for her mood

Profile

Tessa protects the things people forget are worth protecting, like their data and their privacy and who they are online, and she is terrifying in a courtroom about it. She reads a room the second she walks into it and already knows who she’s going to charm and who she’s going to take apart.

She keeps her own life very private, which is a little ironic for someone who can find out almost anything about anyone. The people she does let in get all of her, loud and loyal and a tiny bit dangerous, and Marielle has had a front row seat to all of it since they were five.

Associated Personnel

Dr. Marielle Baptiste

Best friend since kindergarten, and the only person alive who calls her Belle.

Chief Cal Eton

Has known her almost as long as he’s known Marielle, and still hasn’t won an argument with her.

Select Clients

Very high profile, very discreet, and she will never tell you who.

A Few Questionable Influences

She calls them balance. Marielle calls them a red flag parade.

Lawyer by day,
problem the rest
of the time

She will argue with you, win, and then buy you dinner. M.

Evidence log File 002

No.ItemNote
01EarringsNever without them
02Coffee, too much of itOngoing
03Client listWithheld

Logged and sealed.

She knows exactly how pretty she is. She uses it like a scalpel. M.

Personality

  • Funny, usually at someone’s expense, and they usually had it coming
  • Reads people a lot faster than they read her
  • Can talk almost anyone into almost anything
  • Loyal to the point where it becomes a problem
  • Always three moves ahead in an argument
  • A little reckless, especially with her heart
  • Softer than she will ever admit out loud

Physical Description

Height
5′10″
Eyes
Green, and hazel in some light
Hair
Red with auburn and burgundy in it. She dyes it, she was born blonde, and she would like you to forget that part.
Complexion
Fair, with freckles
Distinguishing marks
A small beauty mark near her left eye, a faint scar on her hip from when she was a kid, and she is never, ever without earrings

Noted details

  • 01Green, and completely unreadable when she wants them to be
  • 02Usually caught mid-argument

Personal notes (unfiltered)

  • Too much coffee, not enough sleep, zero regrets
  • I overthink everything and then do the reckless thing anyway
  • I collect books, playlists and people with messy edges
  • I believe in second chances (Mar says I believe in fifth chances)
  • I say what everyone else in the room is thinking
  • Seventy-dollar peonies are a perfectly reasonable purchase
  • Best summers ever: crawfishing with Mar’s grandpapa. I caught more. She disputes this.

The ocean is in me somewhere. ♡

Mood / Elements

  • Water
  • Voice
  • Secrets
  • Justice
  • Connection
  • Freedom

Observed

She’ll tell you she’s fine with her whole chest and you’ll believe her, because everyone always does.

I don’t.

M.

File status: Active

Tessabelle Sinclair

Tessa will tell you the truth even when you really don’t want to hear it,
and then she’ll stay up all night helping you deal with it.

Tessabelle ♡

Calling all sketch artists

Want to draw Tessa?

I’m looking for a sketch artist I can commission to bring the people of Remnants of the First to life, and honestly, I’d love it to be someone I can keep working with for the whole series.

Your art would be featured here with full credit to you. If you’re open to it, I’ll also make you your own page on my website that links back to you and your work.

If that sounds like you, send me your commission prices and anything else I should know.

♥ Athena

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