Val (Mother): She was very ill by the time Loralynn was a teenager, Loralynn tried to get a job but her mother didn’t want her to overwork herself so advised against it and continued to work herself. Later her mother collapsed and finally relented and let Loralynn get a job. Loralynn obviously kept this job and all her money went to help her mother (this was when she began working as a sex worker), while Loralynn wasn’t in the best living conditions if her mom was getting the treatment it’s all the mattered. But after Loralynn died well…you can get the gist, she didn’t last too long after that. Loralynn was around fifteen when this happened, a year after she began working to support her mother.
Solerin (Father): Loralynn doesn’t know much of him, there was always a “guest” that came to visit her mother from time to time. She was never allowed around him and told to “Go buy candy from the store” anytime he’d visit. The two parents would often get into pretty bad arguments when Loralynn would leave. Arguing about so many little things. At some point, he just disappeared. While Loralynn didn’t know it until she was a teenager. He sometimes helped Loralynn’s mother, but not often, when she started showing signs of getting sick is when he disappeared. If Loralynn would ever run into him, he’d immediately recognize her, while she wouldn’t recognize him. He’d also have another family of his own with a significant other (can be any gender, male, female, non-binary) with another kid. I imagine him to be relatively soft-spoken, he’s a character that I can best describe as, despite being there, he feels like it isn’t, as if he’s off someplace else constantly.
Amos: Amos is one of her oldest clients, both in age and in how long she’s seen him. They never did much, he was an older gentleman who lost his wife and had really no one. He was alone, and Loralynn was there to listen to him when no one else would. The most he’d do is hold her, he’d cry a lot, and all she could do was hold him back. Also who Loralynn named her Viola after.
Virgil: They were a very melancholy individual, but despite this, they took comfort and solace in one another. They were one of the only people to call her out for her toxic positivity, so they were one of the only customers to see past her facade. Despite having feelings for them, she knew she couldn’t mix in feelings in a professional setting, so kept it to herself. In the current day, they would have moved on and got married at some point, again gender doesn’t matter same with if they have children. The point is to show time moved on when she was gone. But the two will always have a soft spot for one another, seeing that at one point they did have feelings for the other, it’s all just bittersweet. Also who Loralynn named her Lyre Harp after.
Celia: She was out traveling for her business, she and her wife have an open relationship and would often talk about how much she loves her wife. Also who Loralynn named her Pan Flute after.
Lottie: A free-flowing individual, who lives life as it comes at her. She very rarely let’s things ever bother her. She is also very high energy and a very active personality. Would and could kick your ass. Another point of note is that Lottie offered Loralynn a bit of an allowance (Loralynn said she didn’t need additional pay but Lottie insisted) to visit her (Lottie’s) mother as a means to show she’s in a relationship because she was ill, something the two bonded over. Even after Lottie told Loralynn that she couldn’t really afford to give her an allowance anymore, Loralynn didn’t mind whatsoever, and still visited Lottie’s mother and played the role of girlfriend. It might’ve made her feel guilty for lying, but she understood Lottie wanting her mother to feel happy even if she was ill. Also who Loralynn named her Tambourine after.
Silvo: Silvo was the owner of the brothel/club or whatever ya wanna call it that Loralynn worked at. He had the whole “pretty boy” and “posh” kind of attitude, but that’s a persona he puts up when he’s working. Silvo is very much a softy and was one of the first people to put in motion Loralynn’s missing person case.
