Ink & Penwipers

Scribbles, screeds, speculations, and the occasional reference to Schrodinger's cat.

26 May 2003

What's in Your Character's Wallet?

Yay! I will help James start a meme.

In the pockets and backpack of Elisabeth, heroine of my Buffyfic, Shadow Though it Be:

(I'm not going to list them in too much detail, since many of the items are mentioned heavily in the story and comprise plot points:

-- a worn, thin towel
-- a small airline pillow
-- a thin but warm down blanket
-- a packet of medicines, including tranquilizers for anxiety
-- a packet of bath gels, shampoo, facial cleanser and the like
-- three changes of underwear
-- two changes of jeans
-- a pair of khaki slacks
-- a pair of olive-colored pants
-- one permanent-press black skirt
-- a motley collection of cotton T-shirts of varying colors
-- one thin grey cardigan sweater
-- 10 CDs, 5 paperback books, 3 notepads, and 1 battered notebook/journal/writer's workbench
-- a walkman for said CDs
-- in her jacket pockets, a wallet stuffed with old and new IDs for various things and a small pocketknife, keyringed to a pair of folding scissors and a pencil flashlight

In the purse of Helen Reynolds, female protagonist of my novel-in-progress Record of Wrongs:

-- she carries nothing in her pockets; that is messy.
-- one small pocketknife
-- one wallet for cash and credit cards
-- one checkbook
-- one travel packet of Kleenex
-- one compact of pressed powder
-- one change purse
-- one pencil case, containing two pens and a pencil, well-sharpened
-- one tampon
-- all the rest of her identification and notes and plans are in her Franklin planner, which is too full to be properly snapped shut.

I'll do some of the others later. This is fun!

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