Smile politely at my kids y'all, you're witnessing true mental illness
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:23 am
Lorenzo/a "Ren":
A social floater who knows just a little bit about everyone, but isn't really anybody's best friend. Ren has built most of their reputation around being passive and involved in most conflict, but shows a preference around those more within counterculture circles, mostly due to the fact that as someone who used to be bullied they just really find the agressivier energy to be cool. Exceedingly nice, if not concerningly self-depreciating and also a huge pushover who can let you talk them into doing whatever. They mold their hobbies around their ever-revolving circle of those they are closest to at the moment, and currently is into axe throwing, role playing, and cooking (the only hobbies that they developed independently) along with partying (but not that hard,) video editing for their friends' and their own social media, skateboarding, kickboxing, and maybe some more if you can convince me hard enough. Their parents own a Chinese buffet which they work as a chef at. As of now, they haven't come out as transmasc to most people and uses she/her usually but made some exceptions to a few really, really close friends (mostly childhood friends.) Lowkey want to disappear and change their whole identity, which they aren't really sure of at all about the details. Uses he/him too, but only when he feels like it's safe to do so, which is never lol. Would let you stab them if you ask politely, also does music on the side but isn't very confident about it. Their sister, Rosa, who they always hammer in the fact is adopted because of Jealousy issues, is a few years younger and enjoys throwing parties and is very sociable and a bit promiscous and wild so there's that too.
Looking for: To be honest, socially they're kinda chill with everybody but if you have a kid that you think they would find "cool" in some way or wouldn't like them all that much, or former bullies, hmu! They find a new friend every week so maybe if they have accidentally neglected a friend, that works too. And anyone who knows them by their parents' buffet! Also I'm open for them to be in a band, and they do both LARP and tabletop roleplaying. Hangs around the conspiracy squad but isn't one of them.
Isaiah:
Part of not two, not three, but a whole quintuplet of siblings, Isaiah has tried (and partially failed) to stand out. They're known for being very nice and helping out in tutoring and volunteer activities, but truth to be told he's more than a little flaky and prone to joining and quitting sports, clubs, and relationships on a whim, recently switching from basketball to hockey. Tries to make up for that by being dependable at parties (designated driver) and such, fails miserably. They live on a farm and enjoys beekeeping, hiking, political activism (specifically lgbtq rights) and is quite open about his views, but sometimes changes the intensity of them depending on who he's asking and who he's talking to. He also helps with the family farm and helps them out at church activities, even though he has begun to doubt his own faith, identifies as more agnostic as of now. Maybe a little holier-than-thou, but keeps it under wraps well.
Looking for: Any basketball ex-teammate and hockey teammates, exes, a current boyfriend/girlfriend, and any friends and enemies. People he. knows from church and volunteer, too.
Betty: A popular girl part of a close-knit clique, she has been really tired of the popular life and wants to chill and maybe cut all social interaction out of her life, but didn't because that would be rude. A therapist/mommy friend, she's too scared to let go of her current friends (but is totally willing to cut off her friends' friends' friends) so she tries to make up for what she feels like is a lack of interesting-ness and also financial stability by being super nice, like, all the time, but is prone to literally bet on other students' relationships behind their backs. Her list of hobbies are fashion, arts and crafts, swimming, lawn games, and making money. Maybe more than a little insecure. Maybe a bit sociopathic. Maybe depressed. Who knows? All I know is that she's been feeling this deep void in her for a long time and is just really not feeling that happy with the way her life is going. She works at a boba shop nearby, and makes some money selling clothes, accessories, pins, etc and patching up/modifying clothes for her classmates. Not really secretly rude/malicious/mean/rumor spreading or anything, she just doesn't care and is tired of pretending to care. The closer you get to her the more apathetic she is, and she only has a few people she truly calls friends. The truth is, she isn't malicious, and she isn't really as bad as some rumors say- but pretending to be nice and clinging to her clique is the only reason why she is popular.
Looking for: Friends that actually like her, friends that know she's totally fake, people that gamble with her, and not-friends that either think she's fake or nice... honestly idk hmu. Isn't open for a relationship atm but any crushing, on either sides, is totally OK and maybe she'll start dating in pregame idk
Amerika/Erika: Cryptic local taxidermist. Probably very neurodivergent, and suffers from pretty bad intrusive thoughts about people that she just avoids by not talking to people at all. She likes nature and hiking and animals (dead or alive) and Japanese culture, but only because she's half Japanese and actually secretly detests weebs. Maybe some woodworking, flower pressing, cooking... tradwife energy. Anyways she also looks kinda scary but it's just the resting bitch face! Sometimes help out at anti-drug campaigns, used to also sometimes appear in her father's articles/blog posts/podcasts which are very conservative and recently turned very conspiracy theory-ey, but has now broken away from it because oh shit oh god oh fuck he actually thinks there's chemicals in the water turning the frogs gay. Sells some bones if you ask her. Runs a semi-popular art/poetry blog where she vents about her poor family situation.
Looking for: Any customers, possibly friends but to be honest she's only gonna warm up after a lot of work, people who know about her dad's podcast and maybe doesn't like her (or does like her) for it. Maybe someone having a crush on her?
Giselle Modisette: A social drifter and absolute shitlord. She's chill and gets along with people well, and is often found at parties and also online. Kind of the creative type- draws, writes, dances, makes music and music videos, makes clothes- all of that. Also a trivia nerd. She likes checking out conspiracy theories and trolling people who believes in them with no remorse. Unfortunately for her, being chronically online has caused her to be... lacking in tact. Giselle has trouble handing serious topics and often ends up offending others by making jokes in bad times.
Millie Miles: Underweight, cute vsco girl. She's generically nice, comes off as trying too hard to be mature in more ways than one, and have anger problems that she's desperate to hold back. She lives with her single mother, a morbidly obese fetish model, and spent her childhood bouncing between nannies and doing way more household tasks than a little kid really should. Her grades are average, She's mildly popular but not like actually popular, she just talks to people a lot, and she attends a decent amount of parties and enjoys socializing. She's also into environmental activism and feminism, though she isn't super outspoken about it. She swims a bit, does some voice acting, and most of all enjoys documentaries, especially those about food science and weight loss. Lowkey needs therapy.
Looking for: A girlfriend, maybe a few ex friends from her yelling at them, people who teased her for her mom's... situation, and friends.
Noah Karimi-Danya: Spending most of his life in NYC, Noah's life was turned around when his sister was arrested for a robbery and shot (didn't kill) two people. In the eventual fallout, his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother and his other sister to Salem with the financial support of relatives. Noah is generally rebellious, purposely unnerving, and gets a kick out of seeing people get disturbed by his dark jokes and references to some pretty fucked up shit, but underneath all that is just an edgy teen trying his best as probably the most stable person in his family. Terminally online, and participates in the robotics club and hangs around the "anti-sotf club," out of both a need for irl friends and a genuine fascination on human tragedy sparked by early-on bullying about his last name. He is also an unironic communist- not, like, super extreme but he picked the ideology up when he just wanted to make memes about Stalin... I need someone to radicalize him rip. Also likes pole dancing, raising bugs, and crossdressing. No, seriously. He's a communist femboy.
Looking for: Someone to radicalize him lmao and maybe a friend if your kid can stand him???
