The Landlady

The Landlord or Landlady*
You live in Providence, Rhode Island, in Ma Shanks’ Boarding House. A three-story building, where you run things on behalf of Ma Shanks, the elderly owner of the property.
You are widowed and now it’s just you and your 11-year old son Tommy, who you love very much. You wish to find love again, and perhaps you have.
James Gardiner is a tenant who has lived in the boarding house for around two years. He has utterly captured your heart. True, he’s not acted to reciprocate your love but deep down, you know that somehow he loves you too. You are the only one in the boarding house that he
spends time with, the only one that he talks to, even if your talks are rare.
Should anything happen to your adored tenant you would rain down vengeance on that person. No one would escape your wrath if he were slighted or injured.
You would do anything within your power to seek that person out for special punishment.
Strangely, James has not been seen for two days, although that’s not unusual. He prefers to work and makes his own meals in his room. But, despite your knocking, there’s been no answer at his door. You are getting concerned and some of the other tenants appear to want to talk to James. So you have agreed to unlock the door to his room, to check he’s okay


*Decide whether your character is male or female. Whether your character’s love for Gardiner is forbidden love due to your gender selection or simply unrequited love is up to you.

Roleplaying hooks:
• You have a personal desire to make sure James
Gardiner is okay.
• You secretly love James Gardiner.

Other tenants in the boarding house:
• Bookstore owner (player character).
• Nosy Neighbor (player character).
• Business Associate (player character).
• The Tough Guy/Dame (player character), one of
the Skirgaila family."
• Tommy, your son, who lives with you.
• Ma Shanks, the frail and elderly building owner.
• Mrs. Madeira, who lives across the hall from
James Gardiner. She is grieving for her husband,
who died in an industrial accident last March
• The rest of the Skirgaila family, Lithuanian
brothers and sisters who are hard workers, with
jobs in the city.