Juliet Burke

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[edit] The Mun

[edit] The Character

[edit] Appearance

Juliet, looking a little smug about something.
Juliet, looking a little smug about something.

Juliet is an attractive woman, albeit one who seems to suggest intrigue and mystery. She perpetually has an expression on her face that makes her look like she's hiding something, even when she's not, and seems to always wear a certain smirk on her face. Her hair is long and light blonde and is apparently naturally curly, but she tries to keep it straightened when she can. Her eyes are blue and perpetually have a mysterious glint to them, not helped by the fact that she has rather severe eyebrows. She tends to dress in bright, light colors like pinks and whites or lighter earthtones.

[edit] Personality

Juliet was once a very shy, withdrawn, timid, almost weak-hearted woman, but ever since she came to the island, she's become stronger and while she can still be all the things she was before, it takes a lot to bring them out. She's friendly in a way that might be considered off-putting to some since she relies on a rather dry sense of humor and has a tendency to be vague. She is extremely sarcastic and has a tendency to be on no one's side but her own no matter what the situation. She can be manipulative at times, almost without meaning to, but at her heart, she is a kind-hearted woman who enjoys helping people in any way she can even if she can't help herself. Experiences in her past have left her a broken woman, but she tries very hard not to let anyone see just how shattered she really is.

[edit] History

Juliet was once a fertility researcher in Miami, Florida, working under her husband Edmund Burke, primarily looking for a way to cure infertility, particularly in cancer patients. She administered her experimental drugs to her cancer-stricken sister Rachel in secret, and was pleasantly surprised when she found her experiments were actually successful. When Edmund caught wind of this, he wanted to exploit her research for profit. This event coincided with Juliet being offered a job at Mittelos Bioscience, which she refused because she couldn't just leave Edmund unless he were "hit by a bus."

Which was precisely what happened.

After Edmund's death, Juliet took up the offer, only to find that Mittelos wasn't at all what she was told. For starters, it wasn't in Portland nor was it even an actual institute. It was a front company for an island out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that was nearly impossible to get to. She was brought there to help figure out why pregnant women on the island die, and she believed she would only be there for a few months. A few months, however, turned into a few years, and she quickly grew embittered with her life on the island and especially with Ben, the leader of the group, who continued to keep her there at all costs due to his intense obsession with her.

Eventually, this led to her turning her back on Ben and the people who she came to call hers, and joining Jack Shephard and the survivors of Oceanic 815, a group who had been hounded by her people previously, and there she has remained, acting as an informant on the inner workings of what her new friends call "The Others", although some people suspect that she might not be entirely trustworthy given her penchant for playing the double agent angle.

She has, however, proven her worth as one of the last things she did before coming through the Rift was seek out Charlotte Lewis and Daniel Faraday on her own when she believed they were going to release a deadly gas to kill everyone on the island. After a fierce confrontation with Charlotte, she eventually learned that she and Daniel were trying to save everyone from Ben and let them go.

When she returned to Jack, she warned him that Ben would come after him, because he's destroyed every man she's ever cared about. In response, Jack kissed her and told her that Ben "knows where to find him." That new step in their relationship, however, never went further than that as she fell through the Rift along with Daniel not long after that.

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