Val Caso

Valeria Itzel Caso is a ghost bound to the Silas University Campus. She is currently a freshman and has yet to pick a major. She resides in Dorm Lawrence with her roommate, Ivy Moore.

Personality
Val is incredibly curious and quick to make friends, but her memory limit of a year and a day makes long-lasting relationships difficult. She has been known to try playing matchmaker as well, usually only succeeding in ramping up the awkwardness in the relationship.

With all her energy and friendliness Val hides a constant depression tied to her lack of memory & identity, coupled with the wanderlust she's incapable of indulging in. She has recently been seen several times trying desperately to access Silas University student records and has spent the better part of the day following her unsuccessful attempts wandering aimlessly near the edges of campus, crying.

History
<!-- Unbeknownst to Val, records sealed under dean direction in the Silas University archives document the history of one Valeria Itzel:

Early Life
Valeria was born to a young mother in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico sometime in the winter of 1939. When she was about 1 year of age she was left in a small orphanage at the edge of the city with a note pinned to her reading "my name is Valeria Itzel ——" (the last name was rendered illegible by the rain), and she grew up under the relative care of the orphanage until she was eleven years old. Details of her time between then and her entry into university are scarce, but all information points to her having hitchhiked and grave-robbed her way down south towards Mexico City.

Arrival at Silas
Valeria first entered Silas University in the spring of 1958 as a very surprised and borderline unwilling second-semester transfer to Silas, after she was kicked out of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico) for trying to publish a research article in the university paper entitled: "A Brief Exploration of Mexico City's Spirit World and the Monsters that Inhabit it." She began attending Silas and quickly achieved recognition with her professors for her natural aptitude with Metaphysical Mathemagics. After her first year, she began pursuing a double-major in Mathemagical Studies and Alchemy, then became a Teaching Assistant to several professors and at their recomendation became very heavily involved with the Alchemy Club (she was, in fact, the one who established several of their protocols for multidimensional ingredient harvesting).

At the start of her junior year, Valeria began looking into the various supernatural effects that maintain and are produced by supernatural beings. It was during this year that Valeria begin to build a reputation as someone whose scientific interest and ability outpaced her ability to think through the consequences.

During her senior year of undergraduate studies Valeria met transfer student Yasmin Caso, a Biology major from the UK. Yasmin quickly began to befriend Valeria and, egged on by the first person to show non-academic interest, she quickly began attempting riskier and less ethically upstanding experiments and research in an attempt to impress and appease her. Several formal reprimands were issued to her during this time, including multiple instances for the testing of potentially dangerous concoctions on the freshman students of the classes she served as TA for. The two enjoyed a "friendly" working relationship over the next year before both returning for graduate studies, having become considerably closer over the summer and beginning a romantic relationship shortly before the start of their first year as graduate students.

Graduate Education at Silas University
Yasmin convinced Valeria to direct her studies towards the literal humanization of supernatural creatures. Believing at first that all of the work was meant to cure a fictional mother of Yasmin's, Valeria launched herself headfirst into research and studies. Her first breakthrough came as a disappointment to her but served as a promising sign of things to come for Yasmin: Valeria had found a way to prevent werewolves from being able to turn willingly (it did, however, cause considerably increased aggression in the test subjects around the time of the full moon and a massive increase in body hair development). Valeria hoped to move on to other, more interesting project directions from there but with Yasmin's guidance and support she continued on her path, this time being convinced to use live subjects for more reliable research.

It wasn't until the start of her third year that she had achieved her goal: ghosts, faeries, zombies, werewolves, and even vampires all suddenly rendered not just powerless but mortal. All of them made completely human. Valeria, in a rare moment of conscience, wanted to hide away her research from the world. After all, once they cured Yasmin's mother there wouldn't be any reason to hold on to something as dangerous as that. Yasmin, unbeknownst to Valeria, had been preparing to weaponize the research instead. Yasmin took a sample of Valeria's work and attempted to modify the process to humanize a vampire instantaneously, but was killed when her attempt failed.

In the months following Yasmin's death, Valeria was inconsolable. She halted all research, stopped attending classes, left the Alchemy club, and was nearly expelled from Silas University. The only productive thing she seemed to manage in that time was changing her name to Valeria Itzel Caso, and was perfectly content to wallow in her sadness when a parcel meant for Yasmin made its way to her. Inside was a copy of one of Yasmin's hunting journals (annotated by a supervisor of some sort) listing all the "evil acts" of several of the supernatural individuals on campus. Filled with grief and desperate for some way to direct the darkness within her, Valeria began preparing work on a secret project believed to be a danger to every supernatural being at Silas University. During this time several students of various species went missing after being seen speaking to Valeria late at night. Thankfully for everyone, though, it seems she never got the chance to finish her project.

Death (21st of June, 1964)
Valeria Itzel Caso was found dead shortly after midnight on the 21st of June, 1964, the circumstances surrounding her death prompting quite a bit of suspicion at the time. She was found near the center of campus with a collection of loose pages, all of which seemed soaked through with blood and all of which crumbled to dust at the slightest touch. She seemed to have no injuries, other than a strange burn at the base of her skull and a fractured left arm. Her body was hot to the touch for hours, up to the moment that it was carried away by Silas University grounds staff—some students even claimed to have seen steam rising off of her body. Her room appeared to be ransacked, with nearly every piece of furniture destroyed seemingly for no reason. Before the mess could be sorted, her room was also later found completely torched with everything inside reduced to a pile of ash (though questions of how the rest of the building or even the main door were unaffected by the flames were never answered, and several of the students asking those questions very promptly stopped asking those questions or disappeared from Silas University). === -->

Life & Death
Val has been searching for information on who she was in life and the circumstances of her death to no success.

Haunting Silas
The first reliable reports of Val haunting the Silas Campus are from the spring of 1968, mostly in the form of maintenance requests to refresh the wards around classrooms and auditoriums due to students attempting to use her as their interview subject in Metaphysical Studies classes. She wandered the school grounds without any sort of name until 1969, being referred to only as "the forgetful ghost" due to the fact that her memory seemed only to stretch back a year and a day. How she came to know her name is still unknown, but nevertheless it seemed that it would become one of the few things she would not forget.

During the late 70's Val began taking an interest in many of the students, following them around and developing a strange, banshee-like attachement to them. There are several instances of the students she became close to suffering personal tragedy, heartbreak, injury or even death, leading many to ignore or even avoid her for over a decade.

There are months at a time that Val has disappeared from record or student accounts, each time returning with absolutely no memory of the lost time. Throughout the years students who attempted to make friends with her learned that with few exceptions she always seemed more peaceful and friendly after each disappearance. One such exception occurred in the summer of 1999, immediately following one of her absent periods: the total destruction of the Silas University Observatory. Firsthand accounts place her in the center of the wreckage, reportedly displaying several uncharacteristic signs of violence, psychokinesis, pyrokinesis, and weather control. She then went missing for 13 days following the event, showing no sign of recognition or awareness of the incident on her return. As of the observatory's rebuilding she seems to avoid the area, although it doesn't seem to be a conscious decision.

Present Day
Val is currently attending Silas University (major undecided) using the body of a recently deceased student, under scholarship from Professor Acacia Song. She has been attending multiple classes with her friend Scribbles the demon and human roommate Ivy Moore, having seemingly little trouble juggling all of the homeworks (albeit at the cost of a proper diet and sleep schedule, which several individuals have begun trying to convince her to improve).

Val seems rather content and happy with her current situation but has expressed confusion at several echoing memories and abilities left behind in her body, including the ability to play guitar and a rough grasp of basic cooking skills.

Videos
Val is played by Eva (sapphiccutie on tiktok). The first video featuring Val Caso was posted on the 20th of October, 2019.

Character Building & Miscellaneous
[http://vm.tiktok.com/aLqcLE/ Introducing Dorm Lawrence's friendly ghost Valeria "Val" Caso! She's still figuring things out...] (October 20)

[http://vm.tiktok.com/aNNjfr/ Sometimes Val leaves her body to play matchmaker like the old days. She was awkward then, too.] (October 20)

Duet with Evan Val will not rest until she's danced with everyone in Dorm Lawrence (October 21)

[http://vm.tiktok.com/ajsJxJ/ Val Caso tried giving herself a pep talk before leaving Dorm Lawrence the first time in her new body. It didn't go great..] (October 21)

[http://vm.tiktok.com/a6CNq2/ Val Caso wouldn't have a body without professor Acacia Song. Now to find a fresh corpse...] (October 21)

[http://vm.tiktok.com/aSsATK/ Val Caso's first time in the drama department sparks a memory of a dream. If only she could leave Silas University...] (October 22)

Val Caso is hanging outside Dorm Lawrence after classes when she realizes why her fellow students are so distracting (October 23)

Duet with Scribbles When Val Caso is your human tutor you might find it's the blind leading the blind (October 23)

Duet with A.K. Val Caso just wanted to finish her aptitude test and find a major, not get insulted (October 24)

Duet with Jennifer Val Caso learning about witchcraft from Jennifer Thomas when they get interrupted (October 24)

Duet with Wil and Vera Val Caso is on her way back to her body when the dean makes an interesting announcement (October 24)

Duet with Scribble Val Caso just started her day 1 presentation and it's already derailed.. (October 25) Duet by Ivy Duet by Rio

Duet with A.K. [http://vm.tiktok.com/m8SHk5/ Val Caso still isn't used to working with A.K. Lovelace or her... features] (October 25)

Duet with Ivy "Oh like you've never realized your pants were too tight!" (October 26)

All Val Caso wants is ONE NIGHT where she can go for a stroll without students panicking (October 26)

POV: Val Caso is at the Silas University gardens when you video-call to make sure she takes care of her borrowed body (October 26)

Val Caso wants to make friends but some questions tend to frustrate her... (October 26)

Duet with Violet Val Caso stumbles upon new friend Violet Moon while surfing the Silas University aethernet! (October 27)

Duet with Rio [http://vm.tiktok.com/m8HovT/ Val Caso is trying to work with Rio Wynne on her issues. It's going about as well as you expect.] (October 27)

[http://vm.tiktok.com/m626BU/ Val Caso does her best not to show the pain of forgetting. Somethimes, though..] (October 28)

Duet with Jennifer and Evan Bad memory just means getting to rewatch this all the time! (October 28)

Val Caso runs into Sadie Hale while doing research at the Silas University library. (October 29) Duet by Sadie

Duet with Ivy [http://vm.tiktok.com/m68HuX/ The trio's first meeting was... not great] (October 29) Duet by Scribbles

Duet with Sadie Val Caso likes hiding in the Silas University tunnels, but she likes sharing with her friend Sadie Hale more. (November 01)

Duet with Julia Julia Nax finds Val Caso on the astral plane, but some things aren't quite what they seem here... (November 02)

Duet with Julia Val Caso isn't as cooperative with Julia Nax as she usually would be... (November 02)

Few things distract Val Caso from snack talk like Snack talk (November 04) Duet by Scribbles Finished by Ivy

Val Caso tries to talk to her roommate Ivy Moore after the awkward encounter during last night's party (November 12) Duet by Ivy

Val Caso stops on her way to the library to talk to Koa Lani about a new memory problem (November 23)

Val Caso admits what she's really afraid of to Koa Lani. (November 23)

Silas Monster Ball
Duet with Koa Val Caso meets Koa Lani at Silas Monster Ball (November 05)

Duet with Julia One version of Val Caso keeps control to give Julia Nax vague, passive aggressive warnings (November 08)

Val Caso finally catches up to Ivy Moore at Silas Monster Ball (November 11) Duet by Ivy

Duet with Ivy and Sadie [http://vm.tiktok.com/uKa7FN/ Val Caso and Ivy Moore are talking when Sadie Hale's demon makes things... tricky] (November 11)

Save the Library
Val Caso runs into Jennifer Thomas after getting lost in the library (November 14)

Duet with A.K. Val Caso finally reaches A.K.Lovelace to ask her help to save the library, but something's wrong... (November 21) Duet with A.K. Val Caso wants to help A.K. Lovelace but she can't save the library alone... (November 21)

Val Caso finally makes it to the tunnels and finds a friend while looking for someone! (November 18)

[http://vm.tiktok.com/Qj7E6S/ POV: you're in the Dorm Lawrence common room when Val Caso asks for a favor. How will you help save the library?] (November 19)

Duet with Ivy Val leaves with Dorm Lawrence to save the library. (November 23)

Duet with Ivy Val Caso and Ivy Moore get seperated by the library while investigating. (November 23)

 Duet with Ivy [http://vm.tiktok.com/Qj3ub6/ Val Caso and Ivy Moore are reunited briefly. Too briefly...] (November 27)

[http://vm.tiktok.com/QjEsSx/ Val Caso meets A.K.'s killer... and gets a terrifying glimpse of what lies beneath the surface.] (November 27)

Val Caso cathes her breath before 99-Val finds her again, but no there's nowhere to hide (November 27)

99-Val doesn't give away much about what she wants, but Val Caso realizes what she plans on taking. (November 27)

Val Caso manages to leave the library, more or less...

Trivia

 * Val's favorite food is chicken nuggets, and her favorite drink is chocolate milk (hot chocolate if she can get it). Those are in fact the only two things stocked on her side of the fridge in her and Ivy's dorm that aren't leftovers.
 * In a deleted video Val says that people see her ghostly form differently than she sees herself, specifically mentioning that they don't see her weird hair color.
 * Val is easily spooked, and on more than one occasion has screamed when catching her reflection out of the corner of her eye.