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Name: Musette Lynne Spencer Gowan

Nickname: Muse, Chickie (by Harry)

Age: 35

Birthday: August 28th 1972

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Status: Separated

Religion: None denominational

Chronic diseases/Other Illness: No

Allergies: None

Drinks: Peach Brandy and anything with fruit

Smokes: No

Illegal Drugs: No

College: Southgate College in London

Favourite Feature: Her eyes

Least Favourite Feature: Her butt

Greatest Strength: The love she has for people

Biggest Weakness: Saying no to her family

Biggest Fear: The death of Harry

Most Common Misconception: Takes her work home with her

Name Meaning

Musette:  Old English meaning 'Ballad'

Lynne: Old English meaning 'Beautiful'  Also from an English surname which was derived from Welsh llyn "lake".

Appearance

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 138

Build: Slender/Athletic

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Ice Blue

Complexion: Porcelain

Glasses: No

Scars: A small one on her elbow from where she fell off her bike when she was a kid.

Tattoos: No

Usually Wears: Form fitting jeans and shirts.

Never Wears: Black 

Personality

Most call Muse beautiful. Especially Harry, though she considers him to be bias. She is curious when it comes to anything she doesn't know much about. As well as always having an itch for things she's never encountered before and also loves to get into things, which can also get her into a lot of trouble.
She is somewhat a people person, but seems to shy away from talking with people she's not to sure of. Her intelligence is very much a strength as well is her ability to find solutions to most problems, and her cunning wit.
One of her downfalls is that she tends to allow her emotions and passions to rule her.
She seems to always know when people are hurting and exactly what to say to make them feel better. Although a part of her can't help but question the nature of God, the afterlife, reincarnation and other taboo subjects. 

Personal History

Musette grew up in the slums of Paris France. She was very close to her parents while she was growing up. Her father would leave the house quite a bit to go on his business trips to London and other parts of France. She never thought too much of it, but she did miss him terribly.
Every Saturday after reaching the age of 12, she boarded the bus on Cherry Street with her mother and they went into the worst slums in the city and worked in soup kitchens. When Musette became old enough, she began to take the bus trip on her own.
Everything was going well up until she turned 16. Then things took an abrupt turn...
Her Mother – Cass – was told by a close friend that her Father was seen leaving the house of her best friend, and she fell apart. The marriage quickly ended. Afterward as her mother found out he had been doing this for quite some time, and this wasn't the first. After this, she quickly lost contact with her Father.
Cass had no idea what to do. She began drinking to dull the pain of the divorce and had soon squandered away all the money that would have been Musettes college fund.
Every time Musette tried to get her mom to stop, Cass would always yell at her and tell her to shut up, and stop being a worry-wort.
As soon as Muse turned 18, she left. She couldn't handle her mother anymore, and as much as she wanted to take car of her, there was something inside that was screaming to get out.
After finishing high school, she quickly moved to England, acquiring a small apartment, and she attended the University to work on acquiring a degree in Phycology. Muse wasn't able to keep up with the financial end however, and had to quit what she thought would be a lifetime career in the making. She did however continue her work with photography in her apartment, using her bathroom as a red room. She sold pictures to the newspaper, and even though she wasn't in school, did as best she could in studying what she could in phycology by going to the library and researching in her spare time when she wasn't working. At the age of 21, Muse made enough money to go back to school and finish out her degree in Phycology, but then decided to continue her schooling to get a degree in Psychiatry. This made her very much complete inside. She finally felt like she was worth something. Finally felt like her life was going to go somewhere.
She found it hard to make a practice out of it though, and so she got a job at the coffee shop near her apartment.
It was during this time that she met Harry...
There was a man in front of the line that seemed to be ignoring her for his cell phone as she was trying to get him to place an order.
Frustrated, she stated, 'sir, if you don't know what you want, would you mind stepping aside momentarily so I can help someone else?'
the man held up his finger as if to say one moment, and then she heard someone say, 'She's talking to you.'
He continued to ignore them both and she rolled her eyes, calling the other person forward.
He looked at her and glared before walking out of the shop.
After she was done with the customers, Harry started a conversation with her about people and their cell phones.
When the shop closed, she talked with him until the wee hours of the morning.
After a month of dating Harry was called back to China.
She missed him terribly and realized how much she had fallen for him.
When Harry said he was going to Russia, she begged him not to go, but she knew he couldn't keep him from the thing he loved the most....
While he was 'missing' in Russia, Muse lived with Gerry and Felix Talbot in order to find some sort of a safety net. She also took care of Daiyu – his adopted daughter - while living with them. It was then that she bonded with the girl like a mother and daughter.
When Harry finally returned, she was never so glad to see him. He had changed though. She knew something horrible had happened, but to this day she has never asked.
He asked her to marry him and she hugged him as tightly as anyone could.
When Harry told her about Pleasant Port she wasn't thrilled with the idea, but at the same time, the thought of starting over, and making a whole new life intrigued her. Saying yes, they moved to America.
Sometimes when Harry had issues, she would want to ask him, but it seemed to bother him so, that after a while she just left it alone. She knew he would tell her....when he was ready.
Everything would work out in the end. It always had.
 

Through the Ages

Living Situation

Address: Her office at the hospital

Lives With: no one

Lived in town since: 2006

Transportation

                                                                  1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse

Job

Job: Phycologist at the local hospital. The Hospital

Schedule: Monday through Friday (See schedule)

Schedule

You Can Find Her

Usually either working or at home. She's not that much of an outgoing person except when her and Harry go out on Saturday nights, or out to dinner with family and friends. 

Stuff She Uses Daily

• A journal she writes in at night to keep herself sane
• Essential Lavender Oil that she dabs on her pulse points at work to ease herself after a stressful case
• Lavender/Magnolia Cream (Always uses it on her hands)

What She's Wearing

May 28th

Facts

-Speaks German, French, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese She is learning Chinese from Harry and Daiyu.

- Only opens up to those she's closest to

- Loves to kick-box 

Family

Cass Spenser – (64) Mother. The relationship with them is still very strained. She rarely talks to her without it ending in a fight, so consequently, they hardly even speak to one another anymore.

Harry Gowan: (37) Husband. Loves him till the end. Would do anything for him.

Daiyu Gowan (9)- Her adoptive daughter. Muse is trying her best to learn Chinese from her as well as Harry.

Geraldine Talbot-(31) Sister-in-law

Dr. Felix Talbot- (32) Gerry's husband

Devin Gowan- (29) Currently living in New York, Dev is the baby of the family and working on his doctoral thesis in Sociology. He and Muse get along quite well.

Friends

Acquaintances

Enemies

NPCs and Inactive Characters

Other Characters Talk

Life

Activities: Hiking, dancing, swimming, work at the hospital and around the house

Likes: Colleting tea cups and pots, plants, photography, sketching, pottery, oil painting, gardening, Hot chocolate, candle light, sitting on the porch swing with Harry, swinging on the swingset with Daiyu in the back yard, swimming, anything involving the outdoors, bubble baths (in a room lit with candles)

Dislikes: Heights, Arguing, Rude people, One who play with others emotions, Harry pacing, Dead silence, bridges

Favourite Song: Have you ever really loved a woman - Bryan Adams

Favourite Quote: A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman

Favourite Food: Chinese and African

Favourite Drink: Tea (loves fruit tea)

Favourite Alcoholic Drink: Peach Brandy

Favourite Colour: Green

Favourite Book: Pride and Prejudice

Favourite Film: The Mask of Zorro and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. (She never could make up her mind on which one she liked better)

Favourite Actor/Actress: Doesn't really know of just one.

Least Favourite Food: Meat that isn't cooked all the way through

Least Favourite Colour: Neons

Love Life

Status: Married to Harry Gowan

Crush: The love of her life, Harry

First Kiss: When she was 12. Childhood playmate.

Longest Relationship: Her and Harry

Ever Had a Broken Heart: Yes

If You Want to Win Her Heart, You Have to Be: Selfless, Loving, Romantic.

3 Things She Can’t Stand in Men: Short tempers, Judgment on other people, No Manners

Does She Believe in Love At First Sight: Yes

Virgin: No

When Did She Loose Her Virginity? At 16 during one of many wild parties her mother threw. One of her male 'friends' spiked her drink and raped her while she was unconcious. Her mother never found out.

For Her, Love Is? Giving yourself to someone completely. Allowing yourself to be loved, and hurt by them, willing to give everything. Self-sacrificing. It should never be tainted by lies, and deciete, always given second chances, and never be taken for granted.

For Her, Sex Is?: A beautiful thing you only share with someone you truly love.

Questionnaires

What Makes You...

...Joyfully smile?: Watching Harry play with Daiyu, being with loved ones

...Laugh out loud?: Whenever Harry can't figure something out

...Get on the dance floor?: Harry - loves to go swing dancing.

...Cry your eyes out?: The rape

...Really sad?: Thinking of the time Harry was gone

...Smirk?: When irritated

...Hide in a corner?: Yelling

What is...Perfect

...Something about you that no one knows?: Being raped at the age of 16

...Favourite board game: Monopoly and Scrabble

Her Secret

The rape at the party when she was 16

Celebrity Used

Naomi Watts