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- Tl,dr: Affable and intelligent emo boy. Giga nerd, famous drawer of tasteful queer art in public. Likely head of the Magic: The Gathering club. Not really a boy.
Generally Looking For:
- His core friend group would consist of anyone who is alt or nerdy. He wouldn't have too many close friends and not a lot of acquaintances too, he has a bit of a background NPC vibe. He's easy to bait into fairly deep and awkward introspection with the right people.
Full Name: Raimundo 'Ray' Gomes Janeczek
Hobbies: Computer science and tech, game modding, FPS games, horror movies, Magic: The Gathering, anime and manga, doodling queer art, music and attending concerts, practicing voice acting and scream/growls, veganism and ethical consumption, guns and marksmanship, his dog.
Clubs, major friend groups:- Anime Club, Horror Club
- Cooking club. Personally cooks strictly vegan and helps provide ingredients to other members.
- In the leadership for the Magic: The Gathering club, maybe outright its president (pending).
- Huge fan of the local bands run by other Red Rocks kids.
- Lifelong member of Mortimer Schaub's edgy gamers group.
Appearance: White-passing, pale skin that doesn’t burn and raven-dark hair. Chubby. Not especially masculine in appearance. Wears his curly hair neck in a neck-length shag with very heavy bangs, classic emo boy look. Wears heavy dark eyeliner and eyeshadow. Generally wears monochrome color schemes and clothes that hide his figure. Likes chains and steel accessories a lot.
Behavior Tendencies: Ray is a kind and emotionally engaged person, easy to talk to and wise for his age. He comes off as somewhat distant though, and the closer someone gets the more they’ll find that Ray comes off as depressed, distracted, and lonely even when being in the middle of a crowd. With more casual friends he’s chill and soft spoken, with closer friends he tends to draw on a deep-rooted tendency to ramble in an existentially morbid manner. He's a principled man, being a practicing vegan and having a preference for acting ethically, but he's not the sort to broadcast his beliefs and tends to struggle with expressing himself when situations get tense.
Relevant Backstory: Moved to Vegas from his native Brazil in the second grade, so he was an ESL student for most of elementary school. Speaks fluent Portuguese. Generally not around for summers, being back with family in Brazil.
- [+] Relationships
- Romantic (Strong Interest / Actually Dated)
- Vivian Cho (Zetsu) - (Current "girlfriend", fellow queers) Someone who finally gets him. 3.0, you can (not) love.
- Hunter Kim (Fenris) - (Summer fling, oddly healthy not-relationship) Ray had a good time no strings attached. Turns out without dysphoria and jealousy involved Ray's actually very capable of putting the ongoing mental breakdowns to the side. Sort of. They're still decent friends after the fact too.
- Rachel (Yonagoda) - (Exes) "I owe her an apology... but not going to lie, I don't think it was all my fault." Spoiler alert: it was.
- Heather Klein (Dr Adjective) - (Exes, still on good terms, totally mogs him) She was too good for him. He still misses her.
- Mortimer Schaub (Deblod100) - (Close friends, lifelong friends, edgy gamer squad) Ray sometimes wonders if they'd have gotten along if they hadn't known each other since forever. BL drawings on request. Hush hush.
- Mina Soto (the finch) - (Horror club friend, kindred aesthetic spirits, he does vocals for her) "It is a black omen to journey in poor health."
- Leah-Kim “LK” Mitchell (Dr Adjective) - (Close friends, gamers, Magic The Gathering enjoyers, Ray mods for her stream) Imagine unironically recruiting one of the most peak girls on campus for your shitty MtG club, couldn't be Ray.
- Inessa Highman-Roberts (FlockOfHens) - (Anime club friends, BL enjoyer) "Sketch, You Get Me Going, Cherry Blossoms After Winter. Let me know what you think. I have a dozen more recs when you're done with those."
- Yusup Almas (EarthBound) - (Cooking club friends, kindred spirits) "You're cool dude, I think it's pretty funny. Hit you up at Cooking Club later?"
- Matthew-James Monoghan (Yayakuza) - (Similar politics, different people, thorny volatile friendship) MJ is the sort of person Ray wishes he was more like. Never meet your heroes. Also, Ray did not mean to 'steal' Heather. Stealing a woman is a gross way to describe a consensual decision between two... er, well, adults is the wrong word.
- Ash Green (midnight_twelve) - (Concert buddies, fellow vegan) Ray likes her a lot. Peak doomer vegan, many such cases.
- Mitch Vernet (Lamps) - (Concert buddies, fellow animal rights enjoyer) "Yeah I could join an emo band, but do I want to?"
- Meela Paireerak (Lamps) - (Fellow computer geek) Ray isn't going to pressure her to join cooking club the same way Yusup does but... a friend's a friend.
- Thomas Shaw (Survival Chances) - (Classmate, conversation partner) They can have really serious, intelligent conversations without Ray feeling like he's making himself too vulnerable since it's all just "thought experiments" anyways.
- Samuel Burkholder (Survival Chances) - (Horror club acquaintance) He's heard rumors.
- Koa Tagaloa (Fiori) - (Anime club aquaintance) So cool... Ray kind of wishes he had a real close friend with hero himbo energy like that, someone who'd go down guns blazing for him.
- Jason Chase (BlightLupus) - (Horror club aquaintance) A bit too high energy for Ray. But Jason has good taste in media at least.
- Wade Colter (EllisWillson) - (Edgy gamer squad acquiantance) Honestly yeah, Hostel is pretty peak.
- Taylor Olson-Chen (NoLife) - (Fun but a bit too outgoing) Sort of person Ray wishes he had the vibes/energy to match.
- Mercedes “Mercy” Myers-Colman (Dr Adjective) - (Fanboy of her band, edgy gamer squad acquiantance) She's just cool. Too cool honestly. Sadako is the best main though.
- Claude O'Neil Porter (Magnum 0pus) - (Connected through Mortimer) Ray didn't realize it was possible to be that out of the loop as a zoomer kid. Ray likes explaining tech things to Claude whenever asked.
- Celestino Koh (EarthBound) - (Casual concert buddies) Ray didn't know it was possible to be that optimistic. It's kind of aesthetic, even if it's hard to relate to. Ray likes how Les hears music different from him. The difference in perspective is intriguing.
- Bradley Hackett (Applesintime) - (Horror club acquaintance) Cool enough guy. Keeps to himself, which Ray totally relates to.
- Trent Taylor (Fenris) - (Maker of music Ray enjoys, occasional conversation partner) Whenever Ray talks to him or listens to what he and Sirius produce... Ray feels... Solidarity, he supposes.
- David Whitehead (lanzandpine) - (Classmate, conversation partner) Ray thinks he's looking for... something when they talk. Not sure what, but David definitely knows more thhan he lets on about the topics he picks Ray's brain on. Maybe David is a fujo? Many such cases.
- Mona Marroquín (Me, Cicada) - (Ex friends) Way too many ethical violations for him to abide by.
Mona Marroquín
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- Tl,dr: Fallen popular girl, butt of the joke and a known doxxer and emotional abuser to the school at large, generally ignored/hated, growing nerd content creator
Generally Looking For:
- Not many enemies, TBH. Mona's horrible reputation speaks for itself, but it's a thing of the past. She's an outcast and she bites back spitefully whenever people antagonize her, but she otherwise doesn't really care and keeps to herself. So your kid probably knows her and has bad feelings about her. But there's probably not much in the way of active antagonism. If there is I'll likely confirm it on my end.
- Current friends. The profile of people who’d still be with her are probably also some degree of outcast themselves, desperate lonely people who can get something from her even if she’s annoying to deal with. Probably won't be many of these. She mostly considers her peers at school a lost cause, unless...
- Adjacent to all the above, Mona is legitimately finding success in streaming and other content creation so other people with social media presences may find her worth being connected with even if they otherwise can’t stand her. The more begrudging your kid would be to put up with her for clout and vice versa, the better. Relationships built off barely being able to stand each other is a vibe.
Full Name: Ramona 'Mona' Antonio Marroquín
Hobbies: Psychology, spirituality, her budding influencer and YouTube projects, sewing and clothes construction, cosplay, makeup and thirst traps, anime and manga, traveling to conventions, fandom drama, restaurants and foodie culture, thrifting, her cats and tarantula
Clubs, major friend groups:- Generally tries to network with all other content creators- streamers, VTubers, anything of the sort
Appearance: Curvy and attractive by the TikTok influencer standard, slightly above average height. She’s on the darker end of olive skinned. She has very straight raven black hair that falls to her waistline, and she likes all kinds of exotic, anime-inspired styles with buns and tails galore. She’s rarely caught without a full face of makeup and has semi-regular acne breakouts she aggressively fights off. She generally wears girlish, anime influenced styles. A lot of her clothes are upcycled and handcrafted by herself.
Behavior Tendencies: Mona is misanthropic, trusts few people, keeps to herself, and hates most of her peers. She's very aware of her own shortcomings, but dismissive that they are a problem. She’s vindictive, petty, and lets jealousy and controlling tendencies run free. She will double down whenever others try to reason with her.
She remains undeterred in her goals to succeed in life and find friends and a boyfriend worth her time, but she’s increasingly blackpilled about the state of the world as she grows more isolated and relegated to her online persona to feel appreciated and relevant. She keeps reins on the worst of her increasingly toxic and demented beliefs in public given her need to keep her image clean as a streamer.
Relevant Backstory: Lived in Los Angeles until she was in middle school, so a more recent transplant to the area. Speaks fluent Spanish. Mona used to be quite well liked among her classmates when she first moved in, but her school reputation has become worse and worse the more time has passed.
Mona runs a growing YouTube channel (50k subscribers) where she discusses fandom history and convention culture, along with having a cosplay instagram that has been getting increasingly risque as she has hit legal age. She streams variety gaming on Twitch and averages around 80-100 regular viewers. She is generally respected by people who don’t actually know her in real life.
Mona's younger sister, Jimena Marroquín, is currently a freshman at Red Rocks. She is a member of the cheer team and has a reputation of being chill and somewhat politically incorrect.
- [+] Relationships
- Romantic (Current Crushes)
- Alec Yves (EllisWillson) - (Pest, simp) He's so cute. Not really. Actually kinda cute, legit. But he's a loser. Never ever happening.
- Leah-Kim “LK” Mitchell (Dr Adjective) - (Supports her content, sapphic crush) "Totally did not see it coming but, yeah. I'm down bad."
- Stella Nyquist (Kermit) - (Iiiinteresting) An obsession with aesthetics tends to lead you down weeeeeird paths. Say, into the valet of the ARIA.
- Manuel "Mañana" Hernández (LYourLocalAutist) - (Ex boyfriend, her biggest regret) Exes, and very much not on speaking terms. If she regrets anything its that she ever gave him a chance. That she ever trusted him. Ignore the way she cries at nights thinking about him sometimes. You didn't see anything.
- Jimena Marroquín (NPC) - (Sister, only person she actually cares about) Yes it is pathetic that your best friend is your own younger sister, actually. But who cares.
- Hunter Kim (Fenris) - (Not loser friend but fuck is he annoying, fellow content creator) Mona likes her friends deranged and pissant. What else can she say?
- Rachel (Yonagoda) - (Loser friend, terrifying in a way Mona can't help but admire) The sort of school shooter freak Mona wants to help. The bullet in Rachel's gun? Mona put it there. And, yes, Mona knows Rachel is obsessed with her. Whats friendship without a little danger?
- Londyn Mueller (EllisWillson) - (Loser friend, fellow content creator) They need all the help they can get. Also they suck and they're a loser.
- Mildren 'Milly' Reimer (Privyet) - (Loser friend, protege) Mona obviously doesn't actually like Milly, she's just waiting for when Milly eventually snaps and puts a bullet in someone. Sure they talk like, way more than they should about stuff Mona enjoys way more than she should, but that's just... method acting... field research... something.
- Meela Paireerak (Lamps) - (Fellow Civ V enjoyer, literally doesn't know she goes to Red Rocks) One of the few gamers who enjoys true peak.
- Maggie Wilfred (JacobAllTradez) - (Protege question mark) Mona likes anyone who knows their place and learns from the best (her). And honestly she's a nice girl, legitimately. Better Mona black pill her before the world does.
- Inessa Highman-Roberts (FlockOfHens) - (Ex friend, cosplay photographer) Yeah she doesn't trust Mona much nowadays. Fair. But Mona honors her roots- Inessa was there before Mona's career took off, and even if she doesn't want to be she'll stay a part of it dammit.
- Mina Soto (the finch) - (Mona's fave musician low key) The next Underscores right here. Also! Mona found her first.
- Ryumi Nakanowatari (Applesintime) - (Popular kid who doesn't ghost her, best restaruant in town) Mona's really not all that bad when you get to know her.
- Sylvie Rattray-Aubert (LYourLocalAutist) - (Jimena likes her) One of the cheer upperclassmen who's really nice to Jimena. That earns an okayge in Mona's books.
- Clarissa Shoemaker (Me, Cicada) - (Jimena likes her) One of the cheer upperclassmen who's really nice to Jimena. That earns an okayge in Mona's books.
- Meghan “Meggy” Roberts (SharkyTGirl185) - (Chill) The real world will eat her alive. Also one of those troll posts on her memorial FB pages was definitely Manuel.
- Lopaka Akana (EarthBound) - (Normie who actually likes her) He's too cuddly. Mona is sure most of his teammates remind him on a regular basis that she's trouble. Kind of impressive that he stays so delulu regardless.
- Joanne Martinez (Deblod100) - (Somehow an opp) Mona is not actually sure what the beef even is here?
- Rita Schnell (JacobAllTradez) - (Social media rival) It's not about who gets the most likes, but the most retention. Pay attention.
- Vivian Cho (Zetsu) - (Ex friend, stole her swag) "If you want to become the new me, have fun crashing and burning in two years."
- Mortimer Schaub (Deblod100) - (Ex friend, kicked her out of a close friends group) "I thought you guys had my back."
- Wade Colter (EllisWillson) - (Ex edgy gamers friend) Didn't care about him that much in the first place, but now he's just a Mortimer lackey.
- Kaede Miller (Survival Chances) - (Ex friend) "Points for figuring me out before the rest did, I guess. Get a sense of humor before you time out of life, hm?"
- Ray Janeczek - (Ex friends, ex crush) Honestly? He was her type. He picked Mortimer though. Who the fuck picks Morty, number 1, and number 2, ship angle NGL. Rayck and Mortymer.
Clarissa Shoemaker
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- many thanks to Yonagoda!
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- Tl,dr: Affable athletic girl on the cheer and dance teams, fairly well liked but a passive doormat, mechanic obsessed with cars, undiagnosed autism
Generally Looking For:
- The token popular girl out of my lineup, so she'll have some decent amount of neutral to positive connections. She's a cheerleader and has been so since freshman year so she probably has a lot of friends among the various athletic teams. She's generally easy to keep as a friend as she's low maintenance- quiet, but fun and easy to convince to go along for whatever hijinks. This is to her detriment- she doesn't have much of a sense of self-preservation and could probably be roped along into being witness to some fairly shady things over the course of Pregame.
Full Name: Clarissa May Shoemaker
Hobbies: Making friends, parties, hiking, cars (hyperfixation!), driving, mechanics and auto repair, cheerleading, street dancing and hip hop/RnB/pop music, collecting vintage clothes toys and dolls (hyperfixation!)
Clubs, major friend groups:- Varsity cheerleader, primarily a base. Was a flyer in JV but got rotated out, and it's low key something she's quite sad about to this day. She's middle of the pack in terms of school talent. Most of her closest friends are other cheerleaders
- Dance team. Was mostly a casually/non competitive member despite having the talent to make the team, but finally took on a competition role for the Hip-Hop squad during the Pregame semester. She is working quite hard to be up to snuff for the competitions.
- Generally just casually connected with a lot of the school athletes
- Outdoor rattlers casually
- Herself and Raya Loux (LYourLocalAutist) are the go to mechanics for many of the car owners on campus
- Pretty much always willing to drive people around, even people she doesn't know
Appearance: Short and stocky, athletic physique with a naturally large bust. Pale Caucasian who unfortunately burns in the Vegas sun, natural orange-ish redhead who wears her unruly curly hair cropped close to her shoulders. She has great skin and a naturally cute face and can get away without using much makeup which she generally will because it gives her sensory issues, though this means she has perpetually visible heavy dark circles under her eyes without intervention due to Gen Alpha levels of phone and tablet usage. She generally prefers to hide the femininity of her figure and wears a lot of jackets and baggy men's cut shirts when not wearing athletic gear for cheer or working out.
Behavior Tendencies: Clarissa doesn't come across as especially bright, and she often seems mildly out of her depth, passively observing situations and letting others lead her along. She's very smile-y and just generally seems to always be having a good time, the sort of person who is happy to just be there. She's bubbly and fairly funny, sweet, and helpful, though it is often the case that she'll miss certain nuances in a conversation. She becomes very flighty and tends to clam up around people who are difficult to please or who challenge her in any way.
Relevant Backstory: Has lived in Vegas her whole life. Her grandfather, then her father and later her mother have operated and been the principle employees of a small auto shop, The Car Doctors, among those servicing the area where the high school is located. It's a community fixture known for quality work and good customer service, and it's squeaked through bad economic downturns and the brief era of the pandemic due to community goodwill. Clarissa is set to inherit the business and already works there part time. She 100% will talk anyone's ear off about car-related things if they give her an opening to, but she is self-aware enough to make sure this is a welcome thing.
People who might have known Clarissa since elementary school (remember, been in Vegas her whole life) know she used to be a very awkward and closed off young girl who had difficulty engaging with others due to being obsessive with her few interests. This changed from the sixth grade onward and she blossomed into her current friendly iteration.
Off-season Exploits:- Still very active in events cheer gets to do even if they're no longer sidelines.
- Focuses more on her actual job.
- More active in Dance team but still not doing competitive stuff, in the hip-hop dance team for the 2025 season
- [+] Relationships
- Romantic Partner
- Michael Goldstein (Applesintime) - (Peace of mind, low key love) A good man. Never fails to make her laugh and make her feel safe. She'll treat him right. Not like the others. Ignore Stella. That's not happening. She'll get over it. She swears.
- Stella Nyquist (Kermit) - (Obsessive love, cheerleader, intimidating) Clarissa is definitely over her. "I shouldn't want this. I shouldn't. I'm too dumb for her. I'm not pretty enough. She's straight. I think. She probably hates when I even look at her. I'm gross. This is wrong."
- Joanne Martinez (Deblod100) - (Friend, cheerleader, bad influence, low key crush) Best cheerleader squad friend! Kinda. Very stressful for Clarissa because Joanne does not necessarily have Clarissa's best interests at heart. Also because Clarissa still likes thinking about her from time to time despite being in an active relationship. It's aaaawkward. But not nearly as bad as Stella.
- Johnny Benowitz (Fiori) - (Dated literally once, car bro) They dated once and it may have been Clarissa's favorite date she's ever been on because they talked about cars instead of doing actual date things.
- Louay Al-Dabbaq (Applesintime) - (Dated casually) Some of the most badass stuff she's ever seen on the field, ever.
- Kiandra Davis (EarthBound) - (Dated casually, acquaintance, fashion advice) No, Clarissa will not stop wearing Minecraft merch. When they were dating it was so fun. Kiandra is so pretty and decisive, and its so easy to have fun with her. As girlfriends or just as friends!
- Alicia Bolaños (NPC) - (Ex girlfriend) That was a fun summer. Alicia still seems to really care about her.
- Meghan “Meggy” Roberts (SharkyTGirl185) - (Ex girlfriend, friend, protector, tutor) She's so amazing. Clarissa never really got why people hate all the cops as opposed to, like, the bad ones. Good ones like Meggy are the best. She's a good tutor. She's a good friend. She's... uh. A good kisser too. Was. A good kisser. Clarissa probably hurt Meggy more than she's willing to admit to herself.
- Raya Loux (LYourLocalAutist) - (Childhood friend, best friend, protector, fellow mechanic) All but legally blood sisters.
- Sylvie Rattray-Aubert (LYourLocalAutist) - (Childhood friend, cheerleader, fellow hobbyist) Clarissa loves sharing about their collection hobbies. Gotta get her with Claude. Maintain... the agenda...
- Marcia "Marcy" Valerio (Fiori) - (Close friend, cheerleader, life of the party, Clarissa probably ruined a whole year of her life on accident) They see each other almost all the time. Marcy is fun without dragging Clarissa into situations she'd rather not be in, and Clarissa gravitates towards her for a fun time she knows she won't regret. I'm sorry. It was my fault.
- Vivian Cho (Zetsu) - (Close friend, cheerleader, protector) Few people care more about Clarissa than Vivian does. Vivian, in turn, asks Clarissa to teach her how to drive. There is, like, no easier way to get on Clarissa's good side.
- Ezra Weiss (Fenris) - (Cheerleader AND baseball boy combo) Clarissa is actually the one that recruited him to the team! She is very Proud of this and he is very easy to be around.
- Soumitra Finch (the finch) - (Cheerleader, the one guy she trusts most besides Michael) Preeeetty much her closest male friend. Also he's just... safe, comfortable to be around.
- Lightning Adcock (Salic) - (Friend, cheerleader, bad influence) Yoga is too cramped for Clarissa. Lightning is soooo cool though. Badass bitch. And! A great car (okay the 2024 model is kind of a superfluous addition in the lineup).
- Katrina (Yonagoda) - (Friend, cheerleader, admires her) Clarissa likes how good of a friend Katrina is- Clarissa wishes she was as good at just... knowing people, the same way Katrina is.
- Juanito Hernandez Guerrero (gabrielthetrashcat) - (Fellow doormats, cheerleader, honestly he is kind of funny sometimes) "I get it! ... I think...?! Heehee."
- Kasta Amendola (StarletDevil) - (Cheerleader, bad?? influence) Raya likes her a lot. And she probably...? Won't steal from the shop again.
- Josie Castellaneta (JacobAllTradez) - (Kind of intimidating and difficult to read, cheerleader) Clarissa is a biiiit nervous around her. But she's fun to hang out with on sidelines regardless!
- Ingrid Mueller (NPC) - (Cheerleader) Stella's most trusted confidante why couldn't it be Clarissa. She's cheerful and friendly and Clarissa likes talking to her.
- Ingrid Ivy Briar (Me, Cidada) - (Middle school friends, cheerleader, got a bit distant over time) Thick as thieves in middle school, taught Clarissa a lot of the current skills she has as an athlete. Over time Ingrid- Ivy- found better friends, Clarissa guesses. Clarissa misses her. She's still there, but somehow... not.
- Claude O'Neil Porter (Magnum 0pus) - (Friend, protector, repair client, ships him with Sylvie) She works together with Raya on the Magnum Opus (beautiful car!).
- Aidan 'Danny' Hill (Slam) - (Dance team buddies) "Wait seriously though, where'd the nickname come from?" - Clarissa 'Lo Mein'maker
- Rita Schnell (JacobAllTradez) - (Friend, dance buddy, recent crush) She's fun to hang out with! Really positive and kind girl. Talks about herself a looooot but Clarissa doesn't mind, easier to vibe along if she doesn't have to think of much to say.
- Beau Larkfin (FlockOfHens) - (Head of her lowkey favourite club) She got all of the Rattlers stuff down. Eventually. Beau's a really good teacher and Clarissa trusts him with her life.
- Murray Miller (JacobAllTradez) - (Friend!!! Easy to talk to) "Gosh, he's just. Really fun and easy to talk to. He makes me laugh a lot. I really like it when he's around."
- Lawrence Willougby (the finch) - (Rattler, very similar) It's nice to know someone who isn't Difficult to deal with. He's just so friendly!
- Thomas Shaw (Survival Chances) - (Minecraft buds) Veeery rare and valuable friend who she can share a survival world with.
- Meela Paireerak (Lamps) - (Minecraft buds, metalworking club member) Friend-shaped. She's a bit prickly but Raya likes her a lot. Also Minecraft!!
- Marie Tudor (BlightLupus) - (Acquaintance, not as bad influence as Joanne) Clarissa likes that Marie is honest and honorable. Doesn't mind helping out whenever Marie asks for a favor or wants a plus one to a party Clarissa is invited to.
- Jason Chase (BlightLupus) - (Acquaintance, casual crush, semi bad influence) She likes him! He's really funny and easy going. Kinda hot with that IDGAF energy. Their social circles don't overlap much but Clarissa will let him rope her along for some shenanigans every now and then.
- Alec Yves (EllisWillson) - (Harmless dude) He seems to like hitting on her? She thinks he's just doing it to be funny? It's probably fine!
- Hope Hynes (Dr Adjective) - (Acquaintance, fellow hot guy enjoyer) Hope's a bit too smart for Clarissa, but it's fun to hang out and chat about cute boys together. Cute boys neither of them are probably gonna get though!
- Mercedes “Mercy” Myers-Colman (Dr Adjective) - (Sort of flirty) She's really cute and fun! Flirting with her doesn't go anywhere but Clarissa's totally fine with that.
- Lucy Wu (BlightLupus) - (Acquaintance) Both quiet, both capable of chatting without overwhelming each other. Lucy's fencing hobby is so cool! Clarissa likes learning about it whenever they happen to be able to catch up a bit.
- Mildren 'Milly' Reimer (Privyet) - (Somewhat off-putting acquaintance) Milly seems to like Clarissa a lot. Clarissa doesn't really get Milly at all but she does like seeing Milly smile when she rambles on about true crime. Kind of a weird subject, but sure.
- Kaede Miller (Survival Chances) - (Acquaintance) Clarissa encourages her to join the dance team! Apparently Kaede gets mad real easy but Clarissa hasn't really seen it happen herself.
- Lilliana Monroe (EarthBound) - (Acquaintance) She always seems to be so stressed, and Clarissa is glad to hear her out whenever she needs someone to listen. She hopes Lilliana will stay with the Rattlers!
- Maggie Wilfred (JacobAllTradez) - (Acquaintance) Clarissa thinks Maggie is sweet, and she thinks its cool that Maggie is trying so many different things. Clarissa could never!
- Priya Badayuni (Yonagoda) - (Used to be close friends, very concerning recently) If Clarissa knew how to intervene in things like this, she would.
- Rafael Marcelo Amador (FlockOfHens) - (Sort of flirty) Honestly he's kind of intimidating but he's cool and a lot of others on the team like him! Supposedly he's a bad boy behind the scenes, but Clarissa wouldn't really care to inquire further.
- Lynx Grimes - (Repair client!!) He has the coolest hair! And he is in the same crowd Marcy is in, which is probably okay. Uh, Beel aside.
- Taylor Olson-Chen (NoLife) - (Sort of flirty)
!! Just an in-joke. Clarissa hadn't been interested in a relationship at the time but it was a fun bit of banter between them.
- Heather Klein (Dr Adjective) - (Repair client, intimidating) She's also a bit scary like Emma is. She doesn't seem to like Joanne, and Clarissa isn't sure why that's a big problem.
- Emma Drakenberg-West (Deblod100) - (Repair client, intimidating) Clarissa thinks she's nice. A bit scary? But she's got amazing bikes and Clarissa loves seeing her pull up in the shop.
- Lopaka Akana (EarthBound) - (Acquaintance, too clingy) He's just. So. Cuddly. Too. Cuddly. She smiles at him and moves on whenever they're in the same place. She doesn't even really notice how intense her cold shoulder gets.
- Chester Mullivan (Survival Chances) - (Acquaintance, too scary) She remembers this one time a few years back when he got in a fight with others... That's really scary. Clarissa thinks he's a good guy but she's always a bit nervous around him whenever she's at the field for his games.
- Samuel Burkholder (Survival Chances) - (Acquaintance, too scary) She's heard rumors.
- Renée Burke (Lamps) - (Outdoor Rattlers members, what's her deal?) Clarissa gets the sense Renée doesn't like her and she can't even begin to imagine why.
- Remi Daymond (FlockOfHens) - (Ex friend, vanished) Clarissa knows she's still in contact with Sylvie but... total ghost besides. No closure.
- Beelzebub Smith (VoltTurtle) - (Unrelenting demonic bully) "Why is she... I don't understand. I- I'm... I'm sorry..." Clarissa doesn't need help. She doesn't. She doesn't.
!! Just an in-joke. Clarissa hadn't been interested in a relationship at the time but it was a fun bit of banter between them.Ivy Briar
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Tl,dr: Virtually pro-level dancer and cheerleader, soft spoken but socially adept, people watcher, either a thick as theives bestie or a friendly enigma and pretty much nothing in between
Generally Looking For:
- The thoughts and opinions of her boys and girls in cheer and yearbook.
- Maybe a couple of friends outside of the above ecosystem who are talented artists who she might enjoy getting to know and vibe with, as a skilled artist herself.
- For most everyone else she does not feel close to them, but due to a skill for people watching she might still have some formed opinions on them.
- Ingrid can be a casual bully, if, one of her cheer or yearbook friends deems someone worthy of being insulted and belittled she's willing to follow suit and be casually mean spirited. I can't imagine this would be that common though. Neither cheer nor yearbook are exactly Mean Girls pastiches (and thank god for realism!).
- She has crushes but I'm going to decide who they are and she does not feel comfortable actually getting into relationships or even expressing attraction. Feel free to propose kids to be her crushes though. She can fixate on some pretty random people that wouldn't be immediately obvious.
- [+] Info
- Full Name: Ingrid Ivy Hyacinth Briar. Responds to both Ingrid and Ivy, but your kid 99% likely only knows her as Ivy.
Hobbies: Hip hop and RnB, especially from the 90s and 2000s, cheerleading and choreography, yearbook, fashion and thrifting, people watching, traditional art mediums specifically pencil and charcoal
Clubs, major friend groups:- Cheerleader. She's primarily a reliable back spotter but is one of the best tumblers and dancers on the team as needed (she could more or less do any role but other girls gottem, etc), and does choreo for thhe team together with Coach Harper. She is also part of a competitive cheer team outside of Red Rock, but she never seems to talk about her exploits with them much.
- Yearbook. She joined in her junior year and her artistic skills and eye for composition have made her a core part of the team quickly
Appearance: Mixed race and clearly so, with dark olive skin contrasted by her curly blond hair. She's fairly pretty, all things considered, but not in the upper echelon of the prettiest girls of her grade. She's conscious of her fashionability and wears femme sporty looks that often show off leg. She's not big on recognizable fashion brands for reasons of affordability. She loves wearing sunglasses and has a lot of different pairs thereof.
Behavior Tendencies: Ingrid Ivy shows strong social acuity and the ability to catch tiny details of body language and situations others might miss, and for this she is a good conversationalist, if often a bit withdrawn and distant if they are not one of her close friends. She prefers a more sidelined, active listener approach to most interactions with her peers. In the peer groups she feels comfortable in and connected to she's a mindful tease and a good confidante.
Relevant Backstory: Was not around for summers, except the one between junior and senior year, as she would visit extended family in Jamaica during these times.
She's been accepted to a number of fairly top schools with decent scholarhips due to her athletic and artistic portfolio being quite impressive on top of acceptably solid grades. She has not made up her mind as to which she intends to go to.
Her dad runs a Jamaican soul food food truck that is fairly popular for locals and does delivery. He also runs a line of foods in collab with a popular Vegas influencer that is absolutely terrible and a bit of a meme.
Off-season Exploits:- Still very active in events cheer gets to do even if they're no longer sidelines.
- Focusing on competitive cheer season, which concludes in February 2025
- Focuses on Yearbook.
- [+] Relationships
- Romantic (Danger)
- Matthew-James Monoghan (Yayakuza) - Wild brushstrokes. No euphemism intended, I swear.
- Ezra Weiss (Fenris) - The portrait of a man falling. I'd catch his hand but then I'd have to hold it (oh god oh fuck I'm down bad).
- Johnny Benowitz (Fiori) - Whatever subtleness there is to your values, I refuse to see it on principle.
- Clarissa Shoemaker (Me, Cicada) - Things change.
- Sylvie Rattray-Aubert (LYourLocalAutist) - See you in Stanford!
- Ingrid Mueller (Kermit NPC partially appropriated by Cicaduh) - It's her name, not mine.
- Josie Castellaneta (JacobAllTradez) - She's cute. There's something deeper to her, some sensitive thing, I imagine. Won't catch me trying to dredge it out.
- Marcy Valerio (Fiori) - You made your choices and I respect that. With time I hope you stay as bright as your hairdo.
- Chester Mullivan (Survival Chances) - He's a good man, I respect him. All the confidence I will never set him off. I've done a good enough job so far.
- Hunter Kim (Fenris) - There is a difference between being able to see what you are drawing and being able to see past it.
- Kaede Miller (Survival Chances) - Dances well with her body. Less so with her mind.
- Taylor Olson-Chen (NoLife) - You owe the world nothing, I understand that, but I owe you nothing in turn.
Bambi Soledad
Tl,dr: Friendly and chatty but socially incompetent and awkward, K-pop fangirl with an accompanying fashion aesthetic, BookTok, perfectly OK tennis player, oddly excellent chess player
Generally Looking For:
- Sportsball kids who enjoy her/tolerate her well enough to be counted in her friends circle. She probably likes them more than they like her
- Actual friends. Juuuust a couple
- Sportsball kids who keep their distance because she's a bit too awkward, difficult to talk to, etc.
- Chess club kids!
- An ex-boyfriend or two she's kept for a bit of time, and a few casual dates maybes. She obsesses over being heterosexual to the point that she passes as it even when she is very much Not. Proposals for who her girl crushes could be would be accepted too!
- [+] Info
- Full Name: Bambi Bayarena Soledad
Hobbies: AI roleplay, writing, fictional literature (preference for romance and romance focused), K-Pop, fashion and thrifting, chess, fitness and health, tennis
Clubs, major friend groups:- Tennis. She's not a star athlete or anything but she plays her role and does her job, so she's capable of going to competitive events without being a liability. I'm imagining she's the Varsity #3 singles player, so just barely making the cut for being sent to events. Since this is where she spends the majority of her time the other tennis girls know her at her most irritating.
- Chess. She is only an irregular member but she both loves chess and is quite good at it, she would qualify as around 1500-1600 ELO, which is the upper tier for a casual player. She's also a monster at blitz chess in particular.
Appearance: An olive-skin Hispanic girl, average height, generally athletic body as one might expect of a dedicated tennis player. She wears her brown hair down to just above her shoulder and has fringe bangs. She's above average in the looks department, not exactly in the conversation for hottest girl or what have you, but she has her charms. Her wardrobe is thrifted and she tends to be inspired by K-pop idols, both masculine and feminine, but she is conservative and does not like showing skin. She needs glasses and is virtually blind without them.
Behavior Tendencies: Bambi has very nervous body language. When she's in go mode and feels like she needs to speak (usually not at opportune times) she runs her mouth with all the horsepower in the universe and sometimes seems to have difficulty even following the train of her own thoughts. When quiet she seems pretty out of it and like she's struggling to follow along. ADHD. It's textbook ADHD. With people she is comfortable with her behavior doesn't change that much. Because, ADHD. While generally conscious of where she might stand with the person she's talking to and the esteem they hold her in, she pretty much acts the same regardless of who she is with. She's surprisingly insightful if you can decode her sisyphean train of thought, and she's sugar sweet kind and a general good bean.
Relevant Backstory: She didn't live in Vegas for most of her elementary and middle school years, she was only back for high school. Not a lot of chances for childhood friends of any sort.
She has a part time job as a hostess at Applebees, specifically the one noted to exist canonically in Strawberry Pavilion.
Off-season Exploits:- Cross trains in track and field, where she is mediocre and non-competitive (relative to the high bar set by Red Rock students)
- Tennis camps and off-season training
- Maxes out on hours at her part time job
- [+] Relationships
- Alleged crushes (Het)
- Claude O'Neil Porter (Magnum 0pus) - (Mafia boyfriend) Bambi cherishes him for being so kind and sweet and helpful to her. She thinks he is the love of her life. She carefully designed an AI version of him to enact romantic, validating fantasies with. NOBODY knows about this, and thank god because she would literally just be outcast from the school's social order forever. She's barely in it as is.
- Sylvie Rattray-Aubert (LYourLocalAutist) - (Rival but not really, crush but its cooked) Get some confidence, girl! Go get the boy! Bambi dearly loves the little red ribbon rabbit. Yes, in that way. But also in the sweet kind fellow stylin' girls kinda way. Sylvie once told Bambi she could be a lawyer but like, imagine Bambi trying to articulate thoughts to a jury? Impossible...
- Jebidiah Smith Jr. (gabrielthetrashcat) - (Ex, chess club buddy) Even at the time Bambi had the sense that he was gay? She hopes he's able to face it and make his love official, like, someday. They remain good friends through chess club long after their awkward time trying to be a couple.
- Josie Castellaneta (JacobAllTradez) - (Close friends and confidantes, writing buddies) Easier to talk with the pen than with the tongue!
- David Whitehead (lanzandpine) - (Ramble buddy in all senses of the word) It is very hard to make Bambi run out of things to say but David comes close.
- Florida Riley (Fiori) -(Friendly face in the library) Bambi would love to chat with her more about reading recs!
- Ezra Weiss (Fenris) - (Friendly cheerleader) Bambi gets the sense he can't keep up with her Everything, but he does seem happy to hang out every now and then regardless.
Arielle Grimes
Tl,dr: Somewhat stiff and takes herself too seriously, respected but not especially popular basketball gal (her home life is busy!), karaoke fiend and probably would be a choir starlet if she had the time, her boyfriend and brother are The Worst Ever
Generally Looking For:
- She'd be closest to others on the girl's basketball team. For other sportsballers she doesn't have the time for regular partying or schmoozing but she'd acquainted to various degrees
- Her karaoke group. Also her closest friends. She arranges karaoke dates as much as she possibly can fit into her schedule
- I'm specifically in the market for a very close girl friend she low key has more romantic feelings for than her actual boyfriend. Very low key tho
- She has very loose connections to the broader delinquent crowd of RR through her twin brother Lynx (run by Fenris!). She tolerates them as long as Lynx gets home in one piece at least some of the time. Lynx will also drag her into their affairs from time to time, she's not a narc or a snitch so there would be some trust there.
- Fellow church goers. Evangelical denomination. She's not a strict adherent to the rules in a lot of ways (sex before mairrage, dated women, associates with hooligans) but she is very faithful and spiritual and could use a bible study group. Probably does Christian summer camps too or something
- She probably casually dated around a bit before her current long term boyfriend so a few casual exes (male or female) would be chill af
- [+] Info
- Full Name: Arielle Amity Grimes
Hobbies: Life sciences, horticulture and gardening, karaoke, basketball, fitness and health, travel, motorcycles, prayer and bible study.
Clubs, major friend groups:- Her karaoke group. If your kid would be reasonably in being dragged along to karaoke dates on a regular to semi-regular basis they are going to be in Arielle's inner circle of friendos. Occasional joiners also very much welcome, though they obviously won't get the same degree of intimate connection she'll welcome pretty much anyone. This is more or less her version of partying as opposed to actual partying.
- Her church/bible study group. Obviously an extracirricular thing. She'd be close to these folks too but she takes her study very seriously and is quiet and focused, so it might be more difficult to connect here. Still, I'm sure these folks have brunches and stuff and can hang on those ground. She pays.
- The girls basketball team. Her squad, as it were. Arielle is one of the above average members of the team, not quite to the level of the college level players, but good enough to be a starter alongside them, generally in a point guard position. Again she takes herself totally seriously and might not be the chattiest since she'll be grindsetting, especially since she knows her time as a valued starter is numbered as she's going to UNLV where she definitely won't be making their A or B team. But there's, at the very least, deep camraderie and some amount of intimate, close friendship sort of by default.
Appearance: Taller than average girl with a lithe, not especially curvy, athletic appearance. She has confident body language, sharp reflexes, and a keen eye for her surroundings. She has naturally auburn red hair with a stubbornly straight texture that she grows very long, down to her waistline. She's a low key beauty, not flashy, and with a somewhat twee, cutsey fashion sense built around pastel colors, polka dots, and other dorky graphics that produce a stark contrast to her casually powerful way of carrying herself.
Behavior Tendencies: Arielle, while bold and confident in expressing herself, is a fairly down to earth woman without too many strong opinions. What opinions she does have though she will not let go of under any circumstances, especially involving her family or her Christian faith. Arielle tries not to waste words and while she is capable of small talk she doesn't especially like it. In classes she puts in her all and is very reliable. For friends she is ride-or-die loyal and a good listener, and she has something of an understated codependence where she tends to solicit opinions before commiting to any course of action. Once she decides though, its hard to turn her back from whatever she's decided.
Relevant Backstory: Was not in the Vegas area until middle school.
Off-season Exploits:- Crosstrains in track and field, where she is actually above average but opts out of competitive events due to lack of interest
- Basketball camps and off-season training
- [+] Relationships
- True Blue (boygenius reference) Friends:
- Lynx Grimes (Fenris) - (Her brother, her greatest failure, her reason to live) Whatever he does, wherever he goes, she will be there to bring him home.
- Manuel "Mañana" Hernández (LYourLocalAutist) - (Kinda one sided BALLIIIIIN rival) "Stomp me all you want." Arielle goes down swinging, always. Always be taking 3-pointers. Even if they're doomed.
- Heather Klein (Dr. Adjective) - (The girl Arielle replaced on Varsity) "Don't make it a problem." Not Arielle's fault she knows what teamwork actually is.
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