Ellie Alston - Innocently Silent

[Viscaria]

 

Ellie was born and raised by her widow mother in France, she spent her entire childhood in Marseille, a port city in Southern France, she never knew her father, yet her mother often told her stories of him, how he was the cities best fisherman, always bringing home a big catch without fail. Ellie's mother furthermore told stories of his bravery, and how his life was lost at sea after courageously venturing after a fishing vessel still out at sea during the cities biggest ever storm.

She lived a normal, happy life for a child with tourettes and often played with her friends, went to school, came home to a homemade hot meal, lovingly created by her mother. At the age of 12, Ellie was incognizant of her mothers struggles, she worked a full time job that didn't pay well yet she did everything she could to ensure that Ellie had a proper upbringing and bright childhood. Her mothers efforts eventually got bleak, she lost her job and was unable to find another, the city fell into a recession and no one would hire her, she got wind from a friend about America and a place called Los Santos, falling in love with the idea of the American dream. She debated for a couple of weeks before realizing she had no choice, she bought tickets with what little savings she had left to fly to Los Santos and begin a new life with her daughter, Ellie of course, was distraught to leave her friends behind, she wasn't even good at English at such a young age and it took her quite a while to understand the basics.

Her mother quickly found a job in the city without too much effort, renting out a motel for a short while before gathering enough funds to rent out an apartment, she was beginning to get a taste of the so called "American dream", and her obsession to stack up money grew stronger, she would never allow herself to be at risk of empty pockets again, for Ellie's sake. Whilst working her job in a convenience store in Vespucci, she overhears a conversation from her supervisor in the back... he's talking with a bunch of shady people about handling batches of cocaine, her mother, now starting to get obsessed with the idea of wealth, approaches her supervisor and subtly informs him that she heard the conversation, and that she's interested and wants in. Her supervisor at first, isn't very happy about this, yet after a shady chat between the two, he comes to realize that he could use her. She becomes a hand in the distribution, tucking away blocks of cocaine at hot spots given by her new partner in crime, just dropping off a package somewhere and gaining this much cash? she's now hooked into a dangerous game, in a very dangerous city.

Two weeks pass and something takes a terrible turn for the worse, a local gang in Davis gets wind about the drops and roll up on her one night on multiple dirt bikes wearing black helmets, they surround her car before she even gets a chance to step out, they pull out bats, crowbars, hammers, pipes, and smash her windows in quick succession, pulling her out of the car before... one of them strikes a fatal blow to her head, the gangers take the entire stack of cocaine and leaves her in the dark, damp alleyway to her fate... "Je suis désolé Ellie, je suis tellement désolé!" ... Ellie's mother breathes her last breath minutes after.

Church Bells Ring, Ellie is Present, Her Eyes Clearly Bled Dry of Tears

The funeral takes place, there's not much said about Ellie's mother, no one knew her besides Ellie.
She's become silent ever since the Police turned up at the apartment informing her of the terrible news.
Her very soul tears from her body, her heart being ripped away from her.
She spends hours after the funeral by her mothers grave, unable to let her go.

She weeps tears of agony, loneliness and despair.
She's all alone, no one to turn to for help.
Until...

Edited November 10, 2020 by Jess WIlliams