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Rather than laughing at the spectacle in front of her, Elizabeth couldn’t help but roll her eyes. She wasn’t even sure why she was here – most alcohol didn’t have a very strong taste for her, and she certainly didn’t enjoy the socializing aspect. The reasoning behind which was made very clear because of the actions in front of her. “Good Lord, who raised them?” she murmured, shaking her head. “I’ve never seen the appeal of acting like a fool in public.”

“I don’t make it a habit, so I couldn’t tell you.” Ailsa had, of course, had her occasions of being the modern iteration of a ‘court jester’ — after all, she’d attended university, and some degree of public drunkenness ( particularly at Harvard ) had come with the territory — but she was now almost forty, and such urges of youth had begun to leave her some years ago now. “Drinking is the making of some weird impulses, I suppose.” 

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ailsa ó cléirigh was no woman of malice; she is a woman of cynical mind, yes, but many forgot that one could be of cynical mind and not cynical heart. the deputy may have been led by her superior into a world of hunting, but without his presence by her side, she found herself . . . drifting from those teachings, convincing herself to ‘ turn a blind eye ’ in the name of reducing her own stress levels. who knew what sheriff grayson would make of that if he were present, but that — in this moment — was neither here nor there, when she was watching the goings on at the bar, until something happened that made her half-laugh and half-cringe, nose crinkling. “i clearly haven’t had enough to drink for that.”

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meet ailsa!

At a glance SHE may look like HAYLEY ATWELL, but in reality they’re just 38 year old AILSA Ó CLÉIRIGH, a HUMAN here in Barton Hollow. They are a MEMBER in the HUNTERS. They work as a DEPUTY SHERIFF here in town and are known for being CONSCIENTIOUS and CYNICAL. I’d watch my back if I were you...

BASICS

Full Name: Ailsa Mairéad Ó Cléirigh

Nicknames / Monikers: Ally, Lili (both rare)

Current Titles: Deputy Sheriff

Former Titles: Valedictorian ( Yale Law School )

Gender & Pronouns: cis female & she/her

Date of Birth: 17th February, 1982

Place of Birth: Cork, Republic of Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Romantic Orientation: Biromantic

APPEARANCE

Faceclaim: Hayley Atwell

Height: 5 ft 8 in

Eye Colour: Brown

Favoured Expression: Half-smile.

Accent: Eastern Mid-Coastal, exhibited here ; the Irish can sneak out into her voice when she’s excessively tired, or has returned to Ireland for any considerable length of time.

Clothing Style: Either suits, waistcoats, or comfortable, when she’s not working; obviously, then, she’s got to be in uniform. If she could get away with waistcoats all the time, she sure would.

TRIVIA

MBTI Type: INTP-A

Hogwarts House: Slytherin

Theme Song: A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Favourite Movie: Anna Karenina (2012), dir. Joe Wright

Preferred Weather: When it’s sunny, but not humid, so the weather isn’t out for murder and she can just perfectly enjoy it. The sky’s big, blue and beautiful.

Favourite Food: She doesn’t often have it, but she can’t resist a McChicken sandwich with cheese and extra lettuce sometimes, with the classic McDonalds fries. If you don’t eat your fries first, she doesn’t trust you.

Favourite Drink: Wild Cherry Slurpee. Yes, still.

Favourite Book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

BIOGRAPHY

The Sheriff likes to say that Ailsa Ó Cléirigh is the closest person he’s ever met to famed literary detective Sherlock Holmes, and he wouldn’t necessarily be far from the truth; she’s gotten so far so quickly because she’s always been so observant and deductive to the extreme. It’s also why the Sheriff is so keen to keep her around at Barton Hollow, and on side with his ideas about supernaturals.

She works hard at what she does, and she’s got the level but cynical head that means she can’t be blinded by what often trips people up: ‘thinking the best in people.’

Ailsa has been a natural pessimist since she was very young — even before she moved to America from Ireland — and Ailsa would attribute a grand deal of that to her parents. Her parents’ attitude of always pushing her harder, barely acknowledging the achievements she did make; it made a lonely child of her, perhaps, and an overachieving one.

( Which is a combination those of the modern age just know too well, isn’t it? We all know what happens to the kids who get on Gifted & Talented, or whatever; the same applies all the way up to her prime academic achievement. Graduating valedictorian from Yale Law School. )

She spent some years pursuing a career as a lawyer. And it was through this — when she was in her mid-20s — that she met now-Sheriff Grayson, who is, to this day, her boss. At the time, Ailsa wasn’t sure of her life. There was the deductive reasons: what would be most lucrative, what was most available, and it was the Sheriff who first told Ailsa Ó Cléirigh to pursue what she wanted; what drove her and made her motivated so that she wouldn’t regret doing it when she was out of time.

That led to her current career path, and they were both founding members of Barton Hollow; he became the Sheriff, and she his deputy, or as he’d say, ‘the logician to balance out the madness.’

After a while, he entrusted Ailsa with the truth of his being a hunter, and with the reason behind that. So used to his approval and support, she decided to help him. The reasons for his anger seemed rational enough, but it’s always been something she’s had somewhat of a moral crisis about.

She’s more hesitant, which makes sense on the surface — with her deductive nature considered. You probably wouldn’t guess she’s wrestling with herself about the whole situation, with condemning the many for the actions of the one.

( After all, if the supernaturals took the same attitude, the human race would be done. )

CONNECTIONS

Green Light — An on-again off-again connection ( okay mayhaps if someone wants to bring Chris Evans for this I would vibe ) between Ailsa and a supernatural muse; it happened before her boss drew her into the world of the Hunters, and this was actually likely the cause of the breakup. But however much they’d like to pretend, love isn’t so easily severed; they both despise that they’re still doing it, but they are simply drawn together.

College Rival — Ailsa narrowly beat her college rival to be Valedictorian of her class at Yale Law School. The rivalry’s been going on since they were both very small, and the tide shows no sign of turning any time soon; I’d love them to be a mundane but not a hunter, who thinks the hunters are — frankly — insane.

Tell Me — Ailsa’s best friend in the world, and it’s the story of best friends that are a little closer than the dictionary-accepted definition of ‘friends.’ There’s been feelings there since they were young, but neither of them have ever taken the step; but there’s the pact that if they’re single by 40 they’ll get married. ( They’re almost there. )

Someone To You — A supernatural who’s trying to draw Ailsa out of the world of the hunters. They think she’s salvageable, and it’s certainly slow going. A kind gesture here, a coffee there, they see what’s really at the core of Ailsa Ó Cléirigh; a lonely brand of child from the start, never recognised for her talents, so when someone ( the sheriff ) finally did, she found she’d follow them to hell.

Stakeout — Probably a vampire who’s got an interest in Ailsa, and who thinks the best way to get back at the Barton Hollow Sheriff’s Department would be to turn their poster girl.