InsaneJournal

Bailey can be a really hard girl to get to know. She is most often shy and quite. She is a soft spoken girl, who instantly puts off an aura of a gentle nature that is kept reserved. When she is completely comfortable with the people surrounding her Bailey is sweet, kind and playful. She is a very individualistic person and some people call her a bit of a loner. She likes people but her shy nature can make it difficult to be around them. She really loves to make people happy though she can struggle with finding a way to do so. She finds her personal space very important to her and doesn’t handle its invasion very well.

As expected of a sphinx Bailey is very smart. She sees the world in riddles and puzzles but she si also very insecure. The trauma she has endured since her father’s death has taken its toll. She tends to hold her tongue and keep her options and thoughts to herself. She will speak up to the people she is closest too. In her classes she can be more confident because she knows she has the right answer but she doesn’t deal with her own options there. She is a keen observer of the world. Her quite nature allows her to notices almost everything around her and she can recall them in great detail.

Bailey can have the temper known to many female sphinxes but she tries to keep it in check. It reminds her of her mother and the idea of that still scares her. There is a side of Bailey that despite knowing she is safe now is still scared of everything around her. Some days are worst than others for her and she is far better than she used to be.

She is a very talented painter and is known to spend hours painting around campus. She isn’t really likely to admit how talented she is as she tends to be a harsh critic of her work and only some people get to see it. Her work alternates between very abstract art and highly realistic scenes. As a sphinx Bailey is also a prophet and all her art as a deeper meaning. Her abstract pieces are also puzzles of some sort that are solvable. If you can do so and give her the answer she will answer you a question or two. Her more realistic scenes are scenes of the future that she has seen. Most of the time people can’t place it until after the event as happened and Bailey isn’t likely to explain it.

Bailey’s life started out rather normal. She and her twin brother, Riley, were born in a small Irish town to two happy parents and an older brother. Her mother was never the most stable of women but her father’s love helped to keep her on the stable side. It was his death that sent her off the deep end. Bailey was only seven years old when it happened. Her father was murdered by a common street thug on his way to buy a few items for her oldest brother’s birthday. Even to the young Bailey it was clear life would never be the same.

At first the beatings were confined to Zephyr, as their mother initially blamed him for their father’s death, but they quickly spread to Riley and Bailey. It wasn’t long before someone noticed. When they did Bailey couldn’t quite understand what was happening. She didn’t get why they were moving so fast and why Zephyr wasn’t with them. Their pregnant mother didn’t explain much as she packed them up and took off.

Over the years after that things just got worse. Her mother’s psychosis deepened and the beatings were more regular and severe. She pulled her 3 children from all school, and began homeschooling them. She filled their heads with crazy ideas and horrible stories of Zephyr being raped and murdered in his foster home. Bailey quickly learned to keep her mouth shut though her clairvoyant visions told her a different story about her brother. She was naturally quiet and shy and she withdrew even more during the years with her mother. She tired her very best to protect her youngest brother but in the end it did no good.

Markus spoke out about his home situation to an adult he knew and despite the immediate investigation he was returned home. That night was when the family hit rock bottom. Their mother suggested to Riley, always the most susceptible to her brain washing, that the only way to save his family from the horrors of the foster home was to kill them. With that she left her gun on the kitchen table and left to go shopping. Riley listed to his mother and turned the gun on Bailey and Markus. He ignored their screams telling them that it would be alright in the end.

Markus was killed instantly when the bullet passed through his head but Bailey was lucky. The bullet passed through the right side of her body, barely missing her heart. As she lost consciousness she saw Riley turn the gun on himself, though the gun jammed up. Bailey woke in the hospital sever days later, with her brother Zephyr by her side.

The story of what happen soon boiled over and her mother was found guilty of Markus’s murder. Riley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sent to live in a home where he would get the help he really needed. Bailey was placed in the same foster home as Zephyr, with the understanding that she was under his custody. When she was well enough she joined him a Mystic Veil where her schooling flourished and she was given the chance to learn some social skills.