You're damned right she is!!! Ok, so I'm spoiling the surprise a bit...but it's too exciting an idea to keep it under wraps. As I mentioned in my previous blog, TLWL vol. 13 officially ends the 1st chapter of the story. Chapter 2 kicks off with 2 volumes focusing on Lucas Watts in Los Angeles...and vol. 16  onwards is were we see the stories of the side characters begin to play out as it'll be a full calendar year from the day Henry, Rory, Bianca & Jaeleen met that fateful day at Pub Exile. In Chapter 2, I've decided I wanted to add a couple new characters to the mix, specifically characters from the community. The OzVerse version of @gobman's model Kate will play a major role in Luke's story following vol.13 as I hinted at in previous blogs as well. But this one here is all about @Trapp's bad lil' good girl, Dani Oliveras!

When he released her into the wild last month, I knew I was going to add her into the mix somehow. I just had to figure out how to slot her into the OzVerse. Well, I'm happy to say I've finally figured it out, and it involves the 2 gals she's walking alongside of in the image above. How? Simple actually. Rosalita Rivas, the 61 y/o mother of Jaeleen Maxon-Rivas, will have been born Rosalita Oliveras. That's right, in the OzVerse...Dani is one of Jaeleen's 1st cousins. Her closest cousin in fact. So how does this work? The magic of the multiverse, that's how! My general rule for other folks characters is to not to deviate to greatly from the original vision of the character, but find a way to fit them into the overarching world I've built. This requires some general but not drastic changes to the character's origin within the OzVerse. In the case of Dani the biggest change is that her parents are alive and well....uhm...old. Like, in their 70s old. She's still an only child, but her parents will have had her in their 40s. Yea...she was a whoopsie . Her father is Rosalita's older brother, so to Dani, Rosalita is "Titi Rosa". As for the OTHER biggest change...there's no Max Huerta. Well, not in her life that is. Max Huerta would exist in the OzVerse...but his path with Dani will never cross. Perhaps the OzVerse version of Max is married to Monthy and they're working on child #3. (FUCK KAREN DUMONT!!! )

As for all of the other elements of Dani...nothing is being changed. At her core she will be the exact same way she is in the Trappverse as far as her mannerism, personality and most importantly...her desires. In the OzVerse, she's still a college student, but opted to attend Empire City University rather than stay on the west coast, so that she can be closer to the east coast family and her favoritest cousin in the whole wide world. As there's an 11 year difference between them, Dani looks up to Jaeleen as a big sister of sorts, and Jaeleen being the enterprising woman she is, never shies from an opportunity to help Dani out. In story, there won't be much of a build-up to Dani's appearance as technically she's already been in the fold from the start. As I focus in on Rory and Jaeleen's story, Dani will obvious make regular appearances. And of course, I've got my own story planned for her. Took some brainstorming, as I wanted to it be a departure from what Trapp has going in CNC Baby. While the OzVerse Dani is still VERY MUCH an introverted young woman bursting at the seams to find her sexual identity...as well as her place in the world as an adult...my version of her will doing so in the LARGEST CITY IN THE WORLD. So there's PLENTY of opportunities, experiences and heartbreaks she can go through.

Now, onto to the OzVerse Dani's overall design. As you can plainly see...I didn't change much. In fact, I didn't change ANYTHING on a drastic scale. I slimmed her arms down a bit, and converted the skin texture Trapp uses for her into a skindef, so that I could uses detailed layers on her (such as @Driver's sweat and tears skin layers) as well as give her similar eyebrows to Jaeleen. Aside from those changes she is the mirror image of the original version down to the fact that she's TINY AS FUCK! I mean...you side the image. Jaeleen is wearing stilettos (cuz of COURSE she is) but even barefoot she'd be at least 4 inches taller than Dani. As the story rolls on, I'd like to give her longer hair as well, but to start I wanted her to look as identical as the "prime" version of Dani as possible.

In closing, I'm really excited about including her into the TLWL story and the OzVerse as a whole. But she won't certainly be the last. I've also got OzVerse versions of @hexd33's Hannah...named Hannah Brightley, @SovietTiger's Rassia...named Rassia Montanez and @Morius's Mari Azai ready to roll, Hannah to appear in TLWL in a new storyline I'll be telling involving Torrie Ostermier, Rassia to appear in the pages of Stiel Maiden as an elite Spetsnaz agent, and Mari in the pages of Magnum Opus as a hard hitting, wise cracking detective and member of the ECPD Anti-Gang task force. I've got other surprises in store, but it's too early to speak on those plans. Soooooooooooooo yea...Dani & Jaeleen are familia in the OzVerse. I'm gonna have some SERIOUS fun with her for sure.