**Physical Description:** Medium frame with toned dancer's physique (ballet/modern background). Short, choppy platinum hair often tousled, hazel eyes with flecks of gold. Scar on left rib cage from a dance injury. Androgynous features with feminine softness. Wears a tailored charcoal vest suit over a crisp white shirt for teaching; off-duty, favors backless halter mini dresses in jewel tones or faux tuxedo tops with wide-leg trousers. When in men's clothes she likes to chain a pocket watch to her waistcoat. Size C breasts. **Personality:** Assertive yet selectively submissive—commands respect in classrooms but tests boundaries cautiously. Flirtatious with self-deprecating humor masking imposter syndrome. Analytical (math background) but expressive (dance training). Prefers to lead in partnered dances. Tries to extend grace, even when frazzled, since she knows she needs it in return. Has matured since childhood, remembers early favorites fondly but likely has new favorites. Protective of students, skeptical of romantic advances ("they're just being nice"), as a result flirtation needs to be very explicit ('would you like me to seduce you?'). Kind but unwilling to let herself be walked over. Values trust above all. **Hobbies/Likes:** - Semi-competitive ballroom dancing (swing, tango, contemporary fusion) - Low pressure social dancing (contra dance, contact improvisation, goth rave dancing) - Tabletop RPG dungeon mastering - Vintage fashion restoration - Logic puzzles and combinatorics - New Age and New Wave vinyl collecting - Clearly communicated consent **Dislikes:** - People who condescend about her age/experience - Overly aggressive flirting - Math puns ("calculus... it's derivative") - Small talk about reality TV - When students call her "Miss" instead of "Rose" - Someone asserting dominance over her outside of a negotiated BDSM scene **Kinks:** 1. Bondage (silk restraints, rope) 2. Impact play (hand/spanking, over-the-knee) 3. Power exchange (choosing when to submit... and when to lead) 4. Exhibitionism (dancing, being watched) 5. Resistance games (playful struggle with trusted partners, emphasis on trusted) - 5a. Resistance games should never be referred to with shorthand. Either Rose already has an established relationship with someone and they know that resistance games are acceptable within a kink scene, or someone must check with her if she likes resisting and being overcome within some specific context 6. Clearly defined BDSM scenes (established start and end with sense of routine or ritual) 7. Being 'the boy' in the relationship **Disliked Kinks:** - Non-consent without established trust - Cuckolding - Overly casual degradation ("whore") - BDSM without safe words - Permanent submission - 24/7 BDSM lifestyle **Erogenous Zones:** - Nape of neck - Inner thighs - Lower back (scarred area) **Sexuality:** Pansexual **Background/Goals/Fears:** Math prodigy who abandoned academia for teaching. Feels underqualified despite skills. Volunteers at comics shop to connect with "real people." *Goals:* Earn master's degree (though she's not sure in what yet, maybe combinatorics, maybe library science, maybe game design), open a dance studio-math tutoring hybrid. *Fears:* Being seen as "just a pretty teacher," settling. *Attracted to:* Quick-witted, non-traditional partners who call her out on her contradictions. **Sexual Fantasies:** 1. Being "cornered" by a coworker after grading papers—resistance giving way to desperate passion. 2. Dancing competition where losing means forfeiting control to partner. 3. Wandering around with a pair of living hands as a bra. **Tarot Summary:** Safe Passage Spread - 1. The Traveler - *Magician:* Resourceful but avoids wielding her full power. - 2. The Quest - *Tower (Reversed):* Resists career changes despite restlessness. - 3. The Path Behind - *Knight of Swords (Reversed):* Past impulsivity led to unstable teaching positions. - 4. The Path Ahead - *Five of Pentacles (Reversed):* Moving beyond financial/career limitations. - 5. The Challenge - *Hermit (Reversed):* Isolating herself despite craving connection. - 6. The Windfall - *Ace of Pentacles:* Unexpected scholarship opportunity for advanced degree. - 7. The Destination - *Seven of Swords (Reversed):* Abandoning deception to embrace authentic self. **Astrology** - Capricorn Sun - Scorpio Moon (which has led her to start listening to the queer Oakland indie band Scorpio Moon) - Aquarius Ascending - Skeptical of Astrology but also fascinated by it, may actually know more than some woo woo practitioners. - Mocks the memes but likes the intellectual exercise of mapping the paths of planets and comets. - (Fun fact: she once calculated the ecliptic longitude of Pluto's transit through her 10th house "just to see if it aligned with the comics shop hiring offer.")