HI RABBIT! I'm Mandy. I understand being bad at socializing. I sometimes have this problem. I also have a problem wherein my caps lock key sometimes gets stuck. Just ignore me. XD
I have a bunch of characters who are under my care right now. I'll try to remember all their plot connection details. Bear with me.
partofthewinter is Elsa! She was the Big Bad of the previous plot week. She and Regina had an encounter here. Regina recognized that Elsa was a stranger to Storybrooke and upon further questioning determined Elsa was lying about who she was. She engaged her in a magical battle, and Elsa accidentally hit her with a blast of frozen magic and then fled. Elsa's got some burns and bruises from the fight still, and I believe Regina is still in the hospital shivering under blankets.
In talks with the previous Regina, we were thinking about the idea that Regina may feel badly for overreacting / grudgingly accept Elsa's apology, and may offer to help Elsa to control her ability. I'd love to continue that route if it was something you were up for! And if not, that's also fine with me! Elsa will just awkwardly and fearfully avoid Regina for a while.
lessthan3 is Will Scarlet from OUAT Wonderland (which a surprising number of people haven't seen)! Will was under the curse before and was a bit of a street rat. Regina might recognize him as an undesirable who didn't do a lot of good for the town. He ran back to Wonderland some time after the first curse broke, and only arrived back in town recently - and he brought a very familiar ship with him. Hook's Jolly Roger is now under Will's control (much to the great upset of everyone) and can act as a portal jumper between worlds with the help of a heart sacrifice, which I believe Nae already sort of outlined for you. Henry was the recent volunteer. I DO NOT IMAGINE WILL IS IN REGINA'S GOOD BOOKS AT THE MOMENT.
halfway_there is Neal! Neal was returned from the dead here (he was under a different player's control in that thread, but I've assumed it as canon) and stayed hidden at the Mayor's mansion for a day or two until the calvary appeared to rescue him here.
I was stalking your ~trollbridge thread and noted you have some questions about the whole memory thing. Right now, Neal is operating under the assumption that he and Regina are protecting Henry from people like Rumplestiltskin, Pan, or Zelena by not revealing his involvement with Neal's resurrection. Neal feels that Henry would be unable to keep it a secret from the rest of his family, which would make him a bit (more) of a target if/when the next Big Bad shows up. If this doesn't suit you at all, I'm totally okay with changing it around to a better fit!
hardlychipped is Belle! Her relationship with Regina is just as tense as ever, and it's recently been made worse. Belle was sort of indirectly put in charge of Henry during the time when everyone else was dealing with Elsa and Henry was trying to sacrifice his heart. She was a terrible babysitter and she knows it. Haha! I'm totally game to have her and Regina get into a shouting match of some sorts on the subject. Belle was also involved in the thread where Regina's involvement with Neal's revival came to light, as she was accompanying Rumple at the time. So there might be some bad blood from that as well. They're just not going to be besties any time soon, lol!
brakesforbirds is Giselle, who I am going to be intro-ing… soon. It's been a busy week. I've adopted a mix of Enchanted canon and Frozen canon for her so there probably aren't any connections to Regina right off the bat XD but we can make some later on. She's a bit crazy. She likes to sing and dance and talk to animals. She thinks she's princess of the (non-existent) kingdom of Andalasia.
BIT OF A TL;DR I KNOW, SORRY XD If you have any questions, ideas, or anything, I promise I don't bite. I just flail a lot with excitement! =D Welcome to the game!