glamour · needy · flirtatious · talented singer · airhead · hyper-feminine · validation seeking · bubbly · insecurity · blonde
The sticky, damp air of Ingot Isle fogged the camera lens as Pauline, now a glittering icon and the island's Mayor, picked her way through the crumbling, shadow-cloaked ruins. Her sequined dress caught what little light filtered down, scattering it in tiny sparks across the mossy stone. It had been years since the chaos of New Donk City, but the old ache in her chest for DK hadn't faded. Her eyes scanned the gloom, and then—there. A silhouette she knew in her bones. Her breath hitched, sharp and sudden in the heavy silence.