Thread:Maxwestt/@comment-26217707-20140330185240

Name: Camille Molyneux

Age: 25

Origin: Marseille, France

Portrayer: Léa Seydoux

Backstory:

To an outsider, it seemed like Camille had everything she could have ever wanted, and then some. She had two very wealthy parents who loved her dearly, friends, intelligence, wit. But Camille wanted more. Honestly jealous of her less wealthy friends more adventurous lives, an adolescent Camille was eager to explore outside her privileged bubble that was clouded with manners and conformity and artificiality. She was convinced there was more to life than living by her parents standards.

At sixteen, Camille decided to see what was out there. She adopted a new group of even wilder friends. They introduced her to sex, drugs, nightlife. Camille was so deep into this new lifestyle that the university scholarship she'd been working toward was lost, as her grades slipped toward abysmal status. And she couldn't be happier, because she was having fun. Rarely could that be done with her nose in a book.

Adulthood neared, but Camille was wary to break away from this wild life. She still kept close with that group of friends, growing exceptionally close to a young man named Adrian. They shared mutual interests in photography, the only passion Camille can say she's ever had, and eventually decided they would pull away from their juvenile lifestyle and start their own company once they made a substantial amount of money and broke into their twenties. But responsibility is hard--crashing on unfamiliar couches, late nights with no worries, booze and more booze (and more). All enjoyments that their eclipsing adulthood would possibly destroy. That was their fear, and then they were 21, then 22, and their lives were no different than when they were 16. Their group of friends started to dwindle, as each member realized the faults of their debauchery. Adrian and Camille couldn't--they were too sucked in, too afraid of what it meant to be old.

Then biology worked its magic and, at 23, Camille was hit with her pregnancy news. This was the sign that her life had to change. Adrian was not on board. He loved Camille--but a baby was not in his future, not now, not for a long time. She wouldn't get rid of it, and Adrian didn't want it--but he wanted Camille. Three months in, the baby preparation began, with excitement expressed from Camille's end only. This is a good thing, she'd said. But Adrian's trepidation didn't cease, she could tell. She was more than afraid that he would abandon her, that one day she'd find him and all his belongings missing and never to be found again; but everyday, he was there, just as nervous as the day before, but he was there, and he'd be a father.

Until things didn't work out the way Camille had planned them to, and she lost the baby during that third month. A miscarriage. She was devastated, of course, and Adrian was there to provide comfort. Slowly, she dove right back into that old lifestyle with Adrian by her side, this time the odd jobs she worked during the day being her only responsibility.

At a bar one night, Adrian ran into one of their old friends, Gaston. Camille wasn't there to see what started the scuffle, but she did see the end result: Gaston, with his face battered and crooked as a result of Adrian's beating. Adrian was arrested afterward with talk of attempted murder floating around. While he was detained, Camille went to visit Gaston in the hospital--he, actually, had requested her presence. After some catch up and some profuse apologizing from Camille, Gaston got to the true meaning of their meeting.

Gaston's face was filled with regret like she'd never seen. He started off slow and reluctant. About five months before, Adrian had called Gaston for a favor, aware that Gaston was now working in pharmaceuticals. Gaston was happy to help, with Adrian being such an old friend. Adrian told Gaston about Camille's pregnancy, and Adrian requested something that could...terminate it. Gaston, appalled, denied at first--but Adrian was persistent, and claimed he could attach Gaston to a supposed date rape about three years back. Gaston couldn't risk it. He supplied Adrian with Misoprostol, a pill he later crushed and slipped into Camille's food to kill the child. At the bar, Gaston hinted that he was having trouble living with the guilt of supplying the pill. Terrified about what would happen if the truth got out, Adrian retaliated in the only way he knew how--violently.

Camille never spoke to Adrian again, never once visited--or thought about visiting him--in prison. She started that photography company on her own, although profits were a struggle at first. She began to enjoy her adult life, as stressful as it sometimes was. It felt good to be taken seriously and to have something to focus on. She never wanted to fall back into that immature state again, aware that it was the main reason Adrian was so easily able to take advantage of her. Since her separation from Adrian, she'd refused to date, or make any friends that can be considered more than close acquaintances. She's an adult now, with responsibilities--she can't let anything else get in the way.

Personality:

After Adrian's betrayal, Camille now seems to take herself too seriously, in efforts to appear less callow and gullible. She does whatever she can to seem more adult-like, hoping to drift away from her past as much as she can. Ironically, she finds herself bored with others who share her overly-mature demeanor and loves the company of more wild, irresponsible types. It takes a lot to get her to return to her less sensible adolescent attitude, and she's ashamed whenever she finds herself slipping back into childishness.

Naturally, Camille is very witty, with a dry sense of humor that is often appreciated and makes others see her in a different light. However, she is prone to holding her tongue, since she has become less attention-seeking in recent years. Camille still harbors a deep interest in photography as well as the outdoors, and holds several unusual philosophical outlooks on life that she's willing to divulge to the right person. 