| “ | What are you looking for down your timeline, kid? Money? Love? You won't find either playing hooky to hang out at the mall... in my experience.
— Sophie to Stephen Henchman (Chapter 6, Page 23
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Sophie Sybil is the clerk of her aunt's store at Mayview Mini Mall called Crystal Clearance: Discount Psychic Readings ~And Paraphernalia~. She is also a member of the Death Cult. She makes her first appearance in Chapter 6.
Appearance[]
Sophie has thick eyelashes, tattoos on both upper arms, a piercing on the upper bridge of her nose, and wears a necklace made to resemble a mouse skull. Her upper teeth are slightly protruding, like a mouse.
In Chapter 6, Sophie wears a black dress and green diamond-shaped earrings.
Personality[]
Sophie has a cheeky sense of humor, as she remarks on Stephen being broke and playing hooky[1] and talking about her profession being both about the "gig economy" and her job[2]. She also refers to her customers as "marks"[3]. She also has a compassionate side, as she gives Stephen genuine advice when he tells her about finding a lost dog's owner and bestows him a free pair of dowsing rods, though not without the added bonus of possible free advertising.
Paranatural[]
Chapter 5[]
Before her first actual appearance in the comic, Isabel Guerra discovers an e-mail Sophie sent to Ms. Baxter as she searches her computer for signs she's been taken over by Hijack[4]. The e-mail is punctuated with mouse-eared emoticons and contains a picture of Mina Zarei that was surreptitiously taken as she went grocery shopping, along with the title "Look Who's Back In Town".
Chapter 6[]
Sophie is seen for the first time in Chapter 6, when Stephen goes to the mini-mall where her shop is located and enters the shop in search of a psychic reading[5]. After a brief conversation over tea, she reassures Stephen that the puppy he's concerned about will find a good owner before giving him a free pair of dowsing rods.
Sophie later does a tarot reading for herself, pulling up Death, The Tower, and a reversed Money. She glowers, and joins other cult members in her own hood and mask[6].
Chapter 8[]
Sophie is briefly visible in Chapter 8, attending the PTA meeting in her cultist uniform, although she appears to be sitting in a corner and playing on her phone.[7]
Relationships[]
Friends[]
- Stephen - Though she originally mocks him for being a child without any money, Sophie appears to soften up to Stephen after hearing him express the genuine desire to find a lost dog's owner, resulting in her leaving him with genuine advice and a pair of dowsing rods.
- Ms. Baxter - Sophie and Ms. Baxter have been friends since middle school, and are both members of the Death Cult.
Quotes[]
- "Lemme let you in on a trade secret, kid. You wanna see the future, you don't NEED to look at tea leaves or tarot cards. Just look around you at the here and now: there's nothing closer to the future than the present. That pup's gonna end up with a good owner, kid. Don't you worry."
- — Sophie to Stephen (Chapter 6, Page 24
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- "Aww, c’mon Rosie! Take your mask off, live a little! Live a lot—heck, live forever! It’s the dawn of a deathless age, girl! Chaos reigns! They’re gonna loosen up the PTA’s social media policy any day now! Er, I mean... at any point in the eternal night to come."
- — Sophie to Sister Cat (Chapter 8, Page 55)
- "Mayor Submits to Democratic Control, Shares Governing Body with... Cooperating Parties? No, a Bipartisan Coalition of Spiritual Advisors..."
- — Sophie brainstorms news headlines (Chapter 8, Page 71)
Trivia[]
- On Chapter 6, Page 23, a poster can be seen in the Sophie's store partially displaying a quote from Forge on Chapter 4, Page 89: "We burn the present for the sake of a brighter future and act surprised when all it holds is ash!!" Interestingly, the quote is attributed to Albert Einstein.
- The tarot cards Sophie pulls for her reading are Death, The Tower and a made up version of the Ten of Pentacles. These represent change and new beginnings (Death), a sudden crisis or unexpected change (The Tower), and monetary misfortune or a warning to avoid shady deals (Ten of Pentacles).
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