Desires of Her Heart: The First Devotion

"You've really got to stop hanging out with that freak. I know she's your roommate, but she's dragging you down, trust me."

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Characters

Judith

Judith Mitchell is a volatile contradiction wrapped with a cheerful smile. A young lioness from an upper middle class Episcopal background, she drifts through life with no real direction, aching for a purpose and validation she doesn't know how to earn. Her fascination with the body teeters between a genuine desire to heal from her parental abuse and a darker, involuntary pull toward death and harm. While Judith longs to grow a backbone and choose a better path, her blank-slate presence leaves the audience unsure whether she will become a healer seeking redemption or a conniving figure consumed by the violence she fears and craves.

Francesca

Quiet to the point of vanishing, Francesca drifts through her classes and life with a somber gaze, taking in more than others realize. Born to wealth but raised with distance, she learned early how to be self-contained and spiritual in spite of her Anglican background, yearning to find comfort among the Gothic cathedrals of Europe. Sarcastic and deep even among outcasts, she finds refuge in poetry and gothic horror, championing Frankenstein like a personal scripture.

Ruth

Ruth is the backbone of the outcasts at school, not through force or charisma, but rather sheer competence. She survives on discipline, deadpan sarcasm, and an ironclad sense of logic honed somewhere between harsh Midwestern winters and Lutheran restraint. She isn't spiritual so much as practical; she trusts numbers, patterns, and rituals—especially the quiet, compulsive ones she repeats with her pencils to keep the world in order.

Delilah

Delilah is an A+ student with a smile sharp enough to cut glass. Backed by old Southern money and a rigid Baptist upbringing, she rules the school through charm, intimidation, and an iron grip on the rulebook. A natural athlete and team captain, she's loud, brash, and unapologetically cocky, her abrasive voice always carrying across the field or hallway. She has little patience for spirituality, art, or introspection; winning is her faith.