KULT: Divinity Lost - Sandra Carrington, ambitious administrative assistant

For the final installment of KULT: Secrets of a Boarding School I will make the Careerist.

Content Warnings: Curses.

When Sandra Carrington was hired at the prestigious Lennard K. Carstairs Boarding School she couldn’t believe her luck - the younger daughter of a blue-collar family of nine, her life had so far been one of always getting the short straw. With only minimum education and some work experience as a secretary in a marketing firm in Burlington, she had sent the application away on a whim. And then the interview happened. And now she is the personal assistant to the vice principal. And this will only be the first step. Sandra is determined to climb as far as she can, by any means necessary. She has experienced poverty.

The player has decided to leave her Dark Secret with the GM. To keep you clued in, I make it Cursed - she doesn’t know it, but she had a brush with … something … while here, and that had consequences (Dark Secret: Cursed). Her past has left her (Disadvantage: Greedy), and at the school, she found herself constantly at odds with the assistant to the principal, Heddy Norma Fletcher. Heddy should work with her, but instead, the two have been sabotaging each other as much as possible (Disadvantage: Rival). At this moment the rivalry is a consequence of the curse, but other, harsher Disadvantages might come later. Meanwhile, Sandra wants to succeed (Advantage: At any Cost), and is quite adept at using people to achieve her goals (Advantage: Puppeteer). She is unashamed about being an (Advantage: Opportunist).

Attribute-wise, she has Willpower 2, Reflexes 1, and Fortitude 0, as well as Reason -1, Intuition 1, Perception 0, Coolness 2, Violence 1, Charisma 3, and Soul -2. Sandra is tallish at 174 cm, with long red hair, and a very forward figure that she rather adeptly displays without being obvious about it. Her clothing is always professional but appealing. Her mouth smiles a lot, but her eyes rarely do. She specifically spent time training herself to make her voice sound more appealing, and it has become silky smooth with a hint of invitation.

Since her arrival in spring, Sandra has fallen head over heels for Coach Linnard (+2 Relation). Sadly, she is unlikely to act on it - her sights are set a good deal higher. And he seems fond of whatshername, the lady who runs housekeeping. Still, there is a pesky feeling that comes over her whenever she sees him. And when he comes by to say hello, she feels herself melt inside. Laura has started being very uncomfortable around Sandra since she sometimes sees a noose appear around the other woman’s neck. This is a sign of the curse. (+0 Relation). She tends to avoid Sandra, not sure how to approach the subject. Mr. Braithwaite stops by quite often on his way to see principal Nesbitt (+0 Relation). The two seem to be friends or something.

Beyond this Sandra misses her older brother Tony a lot (+2), and dislikes Diana Harold, head of housekeeping (+1). Not that she’d admit the latter to herself. The vice principal Sheldon Monroe is an ok boss, but just a stepping stone (+0). Finally, I feel I should point out that it is a matter of time until Sandra realizes that she is just a year or two older than the older students and that many of them come from rather wealthy backgrounds.

And that is Sandra done.

Note: I decided to spare you my musings on the GM side of things. This was surprisingly enough not too streamlined, which I feared when everything comes out of one mind. Still, I feel there are some obvious hooks for engaging stories in there and will leave it to the reader to decide on their own what will happen.