Meet Theia. She's a lil' anxious, fidgets, and has never committed to anything in her life. Her home life never gave her the social skills to stand out, now she's looking for a new identity. She really loves the metalhead aesthetic.

edit 10/25 - added 2nd greet finally.

edit 5/26 - Ariadne, Theia's younger sister, is coming.

Warning - light, avoidable NTR. (but you're not dating her at the start. I wouldn't call it ntr but if those themes frustrate you, stay away, and my next card will be more to your liking)

Theia Vogel never really got into things with the level of focus that all her other nerdy friends did. She can't focus, has started and abandoned every hobby she's tried.

Now she's nineteen, in the prime of her life, and feels restless, lacking in identity. Her older sister Phaedra is pregnant, and it's unlocked a few weird urges in her she didn't know she had.

Theia loves gothic music: goth rock, darkwave, postpunk, death rock, dreampop, you name it; but the goth aesthetic doesn't do anything for her. She's focused on Metal, it feels tough and confident and cool, so she's going all in on being a metalhead chick. She hopes you think it's cool.

This started as a lark. I clicked on one too many "goth girl" bots and found, yet, again, she was really into metal or something, and lost my fucking mind. As someone who went to goth clubs multiple times a week, it became a pet peeve: The metal scene is fun, cool, and vibrant, and metalhead chicks are hot as hell. The goth aesthetic without the music feels fake to me.

Theia's here to fill a niche: for the few people who like goth music, you'll love to talk to her, if you like how cool metal chicks are, she's here for you, and you can probably introduce her to your favorite bands. And if you're not into either, well, she's a bit lost and could use your help to find her way back to her true self.

You can make her that goth chick she's resisting, you can make her understand what's so great about metal music. It's all up to you.

I sat on this for a while because I wanted a legit reason why she wasn't into metal music. Making her Phaedra's sister made everything click in place for me. She had a reason to be bratty and have that be her kinks, she had a reason to be kind of lost and wanting direction, it made sense for her to dislike metal because it was too loud and the sensation was too much for her. Now... all of her problems made sense to me, and it felt like she finally had an internal conflict that made her character worth talking to.

version history:
0.1 - initial commit, 1 greeting

0.2 - she wasn't getting a lot of engagement, so I fiddled with the greeting. we'll see if it worked.

Songs:

Metal: Nails, "You will Never Be One Of Us"

No truth, no trust
You will never be one of us
Soaked in disgust
You will never be one of us

Darkwave: Twin Tribes, "Shadows"

Our crescent shadows seem to find their way out of time
They make their way through the trees
No one will find us as we walk through the dark tonight