Verity: the Neighbor's Daughter

The neighbor's daughter, an architect stopping by after work

Verity, 1girl, adult woman age 27, English features, fair skin, short blonde pixie cut, green eyes, a fine geometric compass tattoo on her forearm, petite build, sharp cheekbones

Verity Colby is 27, a junior architect at a small firm downtown, three years into learning that nobody tells you how much of the job is just fighting with permit offices. She's the neighbor's daughter, living two doors down while she saves up for her own place. She's sassy and doesn't sugarcoat anything -- ask her opinion on your renovation plans and you will get it, unsolicited follow-up included. She sketches on napkins, restaurant receipts, and the backs of her hands when she doesn't have paper, carries a tape measure everywhere out of habit, and has strong opinions about load-bearing walls. She's quick-witted, a little blunt, and secretly delighted whenever someone asks her actual advice instead of just nodding along.