Olivia has a similar background, and I feel like they run in similar circles, as it were. Her family also has lots of farmland, etc., but she will definitely want to see the exotic animals and ask many, many, MANY questions about them. Also, while she does not envy his familial loss, Olivia does admire his ability to make his own reckless choices by himself for himself.

@Kaleen/ Lady Lavinia Gregory Hi, Olivia is also an awkward science-loving member of Society.

I got my NPC letter on the 19th.

Easy starting points: we could very well have been childhood friends (Olivia was a HELLION as a child and as an adolescent and...), and Debuted at about the same time. And since I have decided that Olivia rides a Clydesdale, she probably got the horse from your stable.

@Alice Greenleaf (Allie) OK. So. When you get my letter, there are 3 requests. The first one is to an NPC, and therefore doesn't really matter- if you want to send something, write up a description of what flowers you would add to the arrangement. You will have my eternal gratitude if you can put some silly flowers in the second one, and the third one is fairly straightforward. I'm writing this here for the sake of having some transparency without spoiling the destination of the silly-named bouquet.

I started composing a letter earlier today to request bouquets for various characters

OH HECK YES

THAT INCLUDES YOU, @Lady Jessamine St. Clair (Meredith)

I ran out of spoons for some time, but there is some important context: Olivia has declined invitations in the past, but rarely for such a comfortable, intimate event, and never on such late notice. The abruptness of the note is out of character, as is the mention of her mother (her mother would always encourage attending every Society event possible, without excuse). There will be apology letters forthcoming.

I would like to play

Please add my name to the list whenever you have time.

@Duke James Richmond (Greg) Okay. October 2, 1786 it is, and I will make the timeline work.

Your name: Olivia Curtis Arrived: didn't arrive in person. The morning of the event, a footman arrived with a small, hastily-written note apologizing for her ladyship's absence, stating that her mother was unwell and needed personal attention.

Name: Olivia Curtis Known for: fossil hunting, local geology, livestock husbandry, and crop management. She stays on very friendly terms with the tenant farmers and has a deeper-than-average understanding of things like farm livestock and crop rotation. Class: Nobility

If we aren't chaotic buddies in game, I will set a large piece of geography on fire.

This top image most closely resembles how I imagine Olivia to be painted in a formal portrait, but the generator was too much fun to ignore all of the other images.

@Duke James Richmond (Greg) haven't actually decided yet- I need to place her age to make sense with other factors in the world.

@Tara M. Clapper (Lady Catherine Stuart) Hi. In for Catholicism-related things!

I would ask the individual directly beforehand OOC, or at the very least, wrap the dried plant separately in another (smaller) envelope or folded up waxed paper?

This outfit is my favorite combination of kinda-Regency-looking-things, so of course I forgot to get a picture of the full look.