--in return you gave them hell

[hita imani]

Hita Imani!

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Meet Ms. Hita Imani, the newest two-faced, twenty-year-old Indian phenomenon to be hitting London! A native to Bombay (er present day Mumbai, whatever you like), Hita grew up in the lap of luxury with her three siblings and parents back in India, as her mother taught her to read and write in both Hindi and English. After being caught in an affair with her father's best friend's son, ruining her lovers life, ruining her family reputation, and earning a nickname as a whore, Hita had had enough of India and fled for good. Upon arriving to England, Hita received the help of a kind stranger to get her life back on track. Her dreams consist of one day becoming like the lovely white women and marrying one of the handsome white men she cleans up after. Little does she know they only fancy her for her skin color, knowing having exotic 'goods' around the house boosts status. Until then, she's trapped at the bottom, scrubbing floors and setting tables.

Naturally, one would get by more easily if they had a friend or companion at their side who understood their plight. While no one may understand Hita's paticular and highly unusual situation, she still enjoys holding conversation and joking around with others. Mostly this area would consist of fellow workers, perhaps other foreigners- and basically anyone in the lower classes. However, she drools over the thought of the English aristocracy and would practically explode with joy if one of those glorious gods looked at her, much less spoke to her.

A girl like Hita looks nice and uncomplicated on the surface, but there's no way in hell this is the case. Everyone has enemies, especially people who don't know when enough is enough, or when to simply mind their own business. Hita has this inner drive that tells her to just get to the bottom of everything, and experience it all- even at the expense of others. Additionally, she's a known manipulator. Her curiosity and her opinionated nature makes it difficult to be a subordinate little maid, but she tries. ...Most of the time.

The difficult one is having lovers, for Hita. The affair with Alam was more than lust (so she thinks), for she truly felt love for him and was fully conscious of her desire, as well as the emotion that drove it. He abandoned her, so she's decided to abandon him- but that's not what makes her difficult. Hita has always been a tease, naturally. It's hard to read whether she's truly pining for someone or just trying to pass the time. While she may desire a rich Englishman, we all know things we want are hardly ever that easy to attain.

Aside from all that, there's always the other things that don't quite fit into any subgroup. For instance, Hita needs an employer! She's finally managed to secure a position as a maid, but for who? o:

If you have anything else, please bounce it off of me- I'm really anxious to get plotting with her (:

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[helen glovere]

Weeeee.... have to plot. Helen here is from Bombay as well because her father was a merchant and what not. They died while in London and so she was forced to stay and couldn't return. I think the families could have quite possibly gotten along yah? Even though I think the English in India that they were better than the Indians, Hita's family was wealthy and Helen's family was quite not very into the English standards mainly because they thought being in India allowed them to be apart from the normal social norms. However, whether the girls liked each other? I'm not exactly sure. Helen severely dislikes the aristocracy so therefore, she wouldn't understand why Hita wants to be with them. All Helen wants to do it go back to India. Sooo yes, that is probably the only sort of tension I can think of now. We could have it where their families were friends and they weren't too fond of each other but then they cross paths and it makes both of them over joyed because they're not so alone anymore, or something haha. Tell me what you think.

[hita imani]

Bah, I love it :) I think they'd be fabulous together. I like the idea of their families knowing each other and possibly being friends as well. Obviously Hita would keep up appearances and pretend she loved Helen like everyone else in her family did, while there was always a little resentment and maybe even jealousy under the surface? Even past that, I'm sure that if Hita found someone she recognized from Bombay, regardless of whether she hated or loved them, she'd cling to them like crazy. I think if they managed to find each other Hita would be initially super excited, but after the realization sets back in it'll be back to the old little resentment/jealousy. I love it :)

[helen glovere]

[hita imani]

Agreed. I think we have a great starting point. The rest will just... flow. Haha

[emmanuelle lawrence]

Emma needs a friend! That's basically all I've got. xD In all seriousness, the fact that Hita is from India would send Emma's brain going nonstop. She loves diversity, especially the darker-skinned people, and would wring out question after question about life on "the other side." Emma's itching to travel the world--time and finances permitting, which...they aren't--and she needs some girl friends. She's been surrounded by two brothers and a tomboy sister her entire life, and needs some genuine femininity to share once in a while. They're both looking to be employed by an aristocrat as well, so perhaps they could go job hunting together! Thoughts?

[hita imani]