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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Dr. Ronnette "Ronnie" Franklin


Concept: Off the books Doctor

Desc: A slim and relatively athletic African-American woman in her late twenties. Smart eyes and a nice smile, but often dogged by a lack of sleep and a lack of things to smile about. She tends to keep her hair tied up and away from her face. She wears glasses for reading now. She has a rough voice like a young Demi Moore and a no-nonsense demeanor that she shows to her patients/clients. Clean nails. Never bothers with shoes other than sneakers.

History: Ronnie is the eldest of four sisters. While all of the Franklin girls are pretty smart, Ronnie was the only one smart enough to get an academic scholarship, and go on to medical school.  Ronnette is a good girl and for the most part was smart enough to avoid many of the pitfalls of youth and inexperience. She grew up lower middle class and had many friends and family who suffered with much less than her. Her desire to help people and use her knowledge was what powered her through on many long nights studying.
Well. That and the bennies.

Yes. like a lot of people caught between desire and demand, she found herself using to keep going. It certainly doesn’t help matters that internships and residencies have become completely ridiculous when it comes to the sheer number of hours working the floor. The long hours finally became too much and the occasional pick-me-up became a regular habit in order to stay in the game.
Add to this, that her specialty, trauma medicine is usually a fairly high-stress specialty to go into...and well...There always seemed to be too much to do.

And then, of course, as these things usually go, she got caught. And because she was a woman of color they threw the book at her.
Now she runs a back alley clinic because she has no license anymore.

Attitude: The only way out is through. Someday she may get her license back but right now, she spends every waking moment trying to figure out ways to keep it together. And she’s learned a lot in a very short amount of time. But will it be enough? Will it ever be enough?

Skills: Ronnie is a very talented trauma doctor and meatball surgeon. In addition, after having meth addicts crash her place once too often she’s become proficient in the use of a pistol. Her knowledge of recreational chemical entertainments is becoming deep and pervasive. She'll have deep dots in Medicine and Science with applicable specialties.
Mentally, she's stronger in Resolve than anything else. Socially, she's pretty good with Composure and Physically, she'll likely have more stamina. She runs to stay fit and has dots of Athletics to prove it.

Gear: Ronnie carries a large tool bag that she keeps her medical gear in. It's tough and water-resistant. It also holds her pistol and her mace sprayer. She's got a smart phone loaded with medical apps

Home: Ronnie rents a studio apartment about 2 blocks from her "Office" The neighborhood is a little sketchy, but she knows it like the back of her hand and most of her neighbors know about her situation. Most of them are deliriously happy to have a doctor nearby, but as you know there is at least one hater in the complex who thinks she's "Stuck up"

Circle: While Ronnette isn't the sort of person to presume, she really doesn't realize how many people have benefitted from her work and how many people in the neighborhood would take axe and fire to anyone that might harm her. She may not have noticed yet, but there are people in the background who have seen to it, that the Meth-heads will leave her be from now on. She's like the "George Bailey" of the projects.

Story Uses:

“No promises. But I’ll see what I can do. Now put your leg up here.”
Ronnie patches up criminals, she’s known to gang-bangers and organized crime people alike, as being capable and close-mouthed. This has allowed her to keep the light on in her tiny little clinic. Criminals pay a lot better than the regular people from the neighborhood.

“Did you dance with a semi truck? His collar-bone is broken in four places...”
Ronnie has seen some things and is likely known to few hunters groups who have had need of her services. While she always plays it off like, “Oh that? Oh, I assumed he was just raving from the pain” she’s paid careful attention to the things that Hunters have said on her table. While she may never take up arms against supernatural threats herself, she’ll certainly be willing to lend a hand.  She’s most likely aligned or friends with people from “The Union”

Connections:
Charlie knows her and recognizes her.  She often stops to talk to him. more often than not she's got a spare donut for him.
Big Dan Tarleton has had his fighters patched up by her more than once. She doesn't like him much, but he pays on time.
Tyronne "Tiberius" Glover has been on her table. She dug 4 bullets out of him. He feels as if he owes the doc beyond the cash his boys laid off on her. This could be something of a double-edged sword.

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