cicada 2.0

[Cicada]

Ray Janeczek
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.

[+] Info

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.

Reputation: Ray isn’t particularly well known, he generally blends into the background outside of his small-ish circle of friends. Among his friend's he's known as intelligent and reserved. With girlfriends he's clingy, passive aggressive, and way too serious. He's known as a kid who's often drawing SFW art of men and women kissing and posed suggestively, specifically drawing these things very casually in a public setting.

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.
• 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) - (Brief fling, totally mogs him) She was too good for him.

Friendships

• 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?"

Acquaintances

• 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 and, uh. He's cute.
• Wade Colter (EllisWillson) - (Edgy gamer squad acquiantance) Honestly yeah, Hostel is pretty peak.
• 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.

Enemies

Handlercest Opinions

• Mona Marroquín - (Ex friends) Way too many ethical violations for him to abide by.
• Clarissa Shoemaker - (Barely know each other but he feels there's something there) They have maybe talked a handful of times and he's infinitely surprised they have at all. But he senses there's a commonality there. A similar repression of something deep inside that neither is willing to confront.

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.

[+] Info

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

Reputation: Mona is a long-gone cyncial doomer burnout. Her reputation has been destroyed by rumors of bullying and threats in DMs, but also verified outing that she abused her ex Mañana emotionally and cyberbullied him. She has fallen from grace as a popular girl and now keeps to herself as a loner with a terrible reputation. Her few friends remaining are likely desperate, completely out of the loop, or using her for her online clout and followers.

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 (Strong Interest / Actually Dated)

• 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.
• 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) "Huh... she's... huh."

Friendships

• Demetria Bautista-Abadiña (Dogs231) - (Loser friend) Mona can make her so. Much. Worse.
• 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.

Acquaintances

• 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.

She doesn't care for them but no point actively wanting them dead

• Stella Nyquist (Kermit) - (Normie) Like, whaaaaaaatever.
• 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?

Enemies

• 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?"

Handlercest Opinions

• Ray Janeczek - (Ex friends, ex crush) Honestly? He was her type. He picked Mortimer though. Who the fuck does that, number 1, and number 2, ship angle NGL. Rayck and Mortymer.
• Clarissa Shoemaker - (Jimena likes her) One of the cheer upperclassmen who's really nice to Jimena. That earns an okayge in Mona's books.

[+] Key Notes on Monas Bad Reputation and Assorted Rumors and Verified Facts

• Mona was a good egg, seemingly, during Freshman year. Made costumes for the theater group, was famous for cosplaying, invited to parties.
• In the summer between Freshman and Sophomore year Mona gets into a relationship with Manuel "Mañana" Hernández (LYourLocalAutist), who at that point is established as a known and popular athlete. She is the model of a supportive and kind girlfriend, and the two of them for a time make a good couple.
• Mona, in a fit of classic borderline self-sabatoge and paranoia, begins to obsessively control Manuel, going so far as to cyberstalk and harass any girls he seems to hang out with and to intrude on his phone and email without his permissions. Their relationship unravels over the backhalf of Sophomore year. When he breaks up with her and outs her, he presents receipts of what she's done.
• Mona gets investigated for her actions, and is suspended for a few weeks. Anyone in the know by this point can get a clear understanding of the kind of person Mona really is, and she's increasingly shunned. All of this is public and verified knowledge.
• Since this suspension and the collapse of her reputation Mona has not really bothered to defend herself and remains reclusive, ignoring her peers to the best of her ability unless they give her an excuse to hate them (or more rarely, to like them).

Clarissa Shoemaker
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[+] visual ref

many thanks to Yonagoda!

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.

[+] Info

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, tumbler/dancer. Most of her closest friends are other cheerleaders
• Dance team but casually/non competitive member
• 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

Reputation: She's known for being fun and not complaining at all, and she seems to vibe with most ideas thrown her way for hanging out. She's a constant fixture at school events, parties, and general social gatherings and she rarely seems to burn out despite having a lot of friends, a busy schedule as a part-time mechanic at her parent's shop, and being an increasingly heavy drinker at parties. She's known to casually date around but dates with her rarely feel romantic and relationships never last. A lot of people presume at this point that she is some degree of aro/ace.

Appearance: Short and stocky, athletic physique. 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. Unless she's expecting to be physically active she generally dresses in casual femme, comfortable dresses, and she likes bright colors and florals.

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 a good listener and isn't judgmental, though her advice rarely leaves much impact and she's rarely inclined to offer anything more substantive than sympathy. Conversations with her in them rarely if ever tend to turn to the subject of herself. 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.

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.

[+] Relationships

Romantic (Strong Interest / Actually Dated)

• 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.
• 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.
• Murray Miller (JacobAllTradez) - (Current crush) "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."
• Vernon Finch (the finch) - (Cheerleader, low key crush) Preeeetty much her closest male friend. Also he's just... safe, comfortable to be around. That's kind of enough for her. Ignore the relationship right below this one looming like a wraith.
• Stella Nyquist (Kermit) - (VERY strong current crush to existentially terrifying levels, cheerleader, intimidating) "I shouldn't want this. I shouldn't."

Close Bestest Friendships

• 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) 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.
• 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.

Good Friens

• 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).
• Joanne Martinez (Deblod100) - (Friend, cheerleader, bad influence) Best cheerleader squad friend! Kinda. Very stressful for Clarissa because Joanne does not necessarily have Clarissa's best interests at heart.
• 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.
• 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.

Closer Acquaintances

• 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
• 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.
• 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!

More Distant Acquaintances

• 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!
• Rita Schnell (JacobAllTradez) - (Friend) She's fun to hang out with! Really positive and kind girl. Talks about herself a lot but Clarissa doesn't mind, easier to vibe along if she doesn't have to think of much to say.
• 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.
• Michael Goldstein (Applesintime) - (Acquaintance, thinks he's an admirable man) A good guy who volunteers a lot! Clarissa holds him in high regard.

Acquaintances but kinda stressful to deal with (avoid if possible, Clarissa still will be friendly!)

• 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.
• Demetria Bautista-Abadiña (Dogs231) - (Casual crush, off-putting) Clarissa knows she's bad news and kinda stinky and cigarettes are bad but like... she's so fucking pretty.

??? Ex-friends. Clarissa doesn't hate people but ???

• Remi Daymond (FlockOfHens) - (Ex friend, vanished) Clarissa knows she's still in contact with Sylvie but... total ghost besides. No closure.

Enemies

Handlercest Opinions

• Mona Marroquín - (Off-putting) Pretty. Pretty bad news. Not Clarissa's type the way Demetria is.

[+] Isolated character Stats for people who make pie charts and heat maps for some reason

Sexualities:
Ray - Bisexual (as a closeted trans woman)
Mona - Heterosexual... mostly (see Leah-Kim)
Clarissa - Bisexual
Ingrid - Pansexual

Hair colors:
Ray - Black
Mona - Black
Clarissa - Red
Ingrid - Blond

Racial/Ethnic identities:
Ray - Latina, part Brazilian Polish, part Brazilian Portugese
Mona - Latina, part Honduran Indigenous, part Honduran European Spanish
Clarissa - Caucasian, part American Finnish, part American Germanic
Ingrid - Mixed, part American Irish, part African Jamaican

Political Lean / Voted For:
Ray - Libertarian left, D'Cruz, de Silva (as a citizen of Brazil)
Mona - Vaguely center-left but apathetic, abstained from voting
Clarissa - Apolitical, not registered
Ingrid - Center-left, D'Cruz

Pets:
Ray - Dog (Yorkie named Doolittle)
Mona - Cats (Turkish Angora named Marshmallow, Egyptian Mau named Katrina), tarantula (Chilean Rose named Idiot)
Clarissa - Dogs (Poogle named Gabe Jr Jr, Labranese named Spinsy)
Ingrid - None

City of birth/places lived:
Ray - São Paulo (to age 7), Las Vegas
Mona - Los Angeles (to age 11), Las Vegas
Clarissa - Las Vegas
Ingrid - Las Vegas

Are they virgins (this came up in the Discord don't sue me):
Ray - No
Mona - No
Clarissa - Yes
Ingrid - Yes

Substances used:
Ray - Occasional social drinker, occasional weed, regular energy drink user (vegan stuff like Yerba Mate)
Mona - Social drinker, casual weed, casual energy drinks, ketamine and molly at raves
Clarissa - Social drinker but budding alcoholic, casual weed, casual energy drinks
Ingrid - Social drinker, regular energy drinks

Fave board games:
Ray - Night Cage, Nemesis
Mona - Chess (1400 FIDE), Munchkin
Clarissa - Cards Against Humanity
Ingrid - Pictionary

Fave content creators:
Ray - LK (DrAdjective character), Amy (Dogs character), CityBeautiful, Wendover Productions
Mona - Amy (Dogs character), Izzzyzzz, STRANGE ÆONS, Coffeehouse Crime (simps), NikkieTutorials, Mint Fantome, Synthion
Clarissa - Minecraft Dream (gigasimp), Wren Crisologo
Ingrid - Wren Crisologo, MYX Studio, Tricia Miranda

Can drive:
Ray - Yes, parent's car (Green 2007 Pontiac G6)
Mona - Yes, parent's car (Black 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 5)
Clarissa - Literally would die if she couldn't, her own car (Gray 2015 Ford Mustang V6)
Ingrid - Yes, parent's car (2020 BMW X1)

Living conditions:
Ray - Meadowbrook, single family home
Mona - Meadowbrook, single family home
Clarissa - Skyline Heights, 2br apartment, extra parking space for her car
Ingrid - Silver Springs, single family home

Considered beautiful/sexy/cute/etc:
Ray - Kinda cute, generic emo
Mona - Influencer gorgeous
Clarissa - Kinda cute, mogged by pretty much every other cheerleader, prob could be low key pretty if she knew how to present herself better
Ingrid - Decently attractive, mid among the cheerleaders

Birthday:
Ray - September 21 (oldest)
Mona - November 21 (second oldest)
Clarissa - July 21 (youngest)
Ingrid - March 3 (second youngest)

Main Online Handles:
Ray - MinnieKatt
Mona - MoanaMarroquin (private) / dasheth1 (social media/content creation)
Clarissa - clarissaCarDr
Ingrid - IngridIV

Go-to boba order:
Ray - Jasmine, sub in Oat milk, sub in nata de coco, 0% sugar
Mona - Taro, 0% sugar, 100% Ice
Clarissa - Oreo, 100% sugar, no ice, no add ins
Ingrid - Matcha, sub in Oat milk, 25% sugar, more ice

Favourite instant noodle
Ray - Nong Shim Soon Veggie
Mona - Samyang fire noodles 4x and Indomie
Clarissa - Does not eat
Ingrid - Shin Ramyun Black and Indomie

[LYourLocalAutist]

Hi hello behold

Mona Marroquín

Manuel "Mañana" Hernández
I like the idea of them being exes, having dated around freshman year of high school. This was around the time he was beginning to apply his tough guy persona to himself, so I'd like to think his toxic relationship with Mona and her attempts to take over his life contributed to him solidifying the persona for himself by standing up to her and cutting things off. Highly doubt they'd be on any better terms today, lol

Clarissa Shoemaker

Sylvie Rattray
Sylvie tries to get along with about everyone on the cheerleader team, and I feel like her and Clarissa would really click as friends due to a shared optimistic attitude, hanging out with each other a bunch. I'd like to think Sylvie is among the people who's approached her about how latently uncomfortable and overwhelmed she seems a lot of the time only to have been brushed off.

Raya Loux
Cars as a hyperfixation and mechanics as a like, you say? Allow me to put forward my resident school mechanic, Raya. Raya would love to talk and indulge Clarissa about any automechanic-related topics, leading to them becoming good friends, I think. On this note, I believe Raya would be a bit less reluctant to give up on pursuing the topic of her masking when brushed off, but she would try to ease into the topic, and not out her in public.

[EllisWilson]

I have some ideas

Ray Janeczek

Wade definitely knows him from the horror club. Being a big, burly jock, Wade probably isn’t a part of Ray’s core friend group they’re probably friendly at least.

Mona Marroquín

Londyn would absolutely use Mona for clout. I am all for these two barely being able to tolerate each other in the name of internet fame. Londyn would also be insanely jealous of Mona’s larger subscriber count.

I’m a little unsure of how Alec would be with Mona, considering he is a massive comic book geek who would fit in one of those old “Revenge of the nerds” style comedy films, so I have two ideas for your consideration:

1: Alec actually managed to have a short relationship with her at some point (sophomore year?) that went south due to her controlling behaviour. Maybe this could also be a source of self esteem issues for him?
2: Alec has NOT had a relationship with her, but is so desperate for any girl to date him that he’ll look past all the red flags and try his hardest to get with her.

I’m fine with whichever you think would fit better.

Clarissa Shoemaker

Hey, it’s Alec again. Unwanted attention is his game. He’s not super persistent about it, but it’s probably be a semi regular occurrence unless she shuts him down hard.

[Yonagoda]

Clarissa Shoemaker:

-Florrie Wen is a smart and somewhat socially balanced kid. Academically, that is. She's not very emotionally intelligent. Her "shady thing" is that she basically writes essays and does homework for money once in a while. She's also got pretty much undiagnosed Stuff going on (Autism? Anxiety? A collection of symptoms that refuses to be catagorized under a single label?)

Mona Marroquín:

-Molly is, well, also problematic. And not afraid to get really psychopathic over geshin headcanons or whatever. I think they probably had a falling-out. It would be explosive. There may be death threats and suicide baiting involved. One of them tried to cancel the other, perhaps?
-Priya isn't a desperate social outcast but it has very, very low standards and is kind of regarded as weird. It thinks she's a fun source of entertainment.

Ray Janeczek:
-Some hobby overlap with Johannes, but I don't see them being too close to one another.
-Priya is similarly a music person.

[Cicada]

CICADARCHIVE

Priscilla Rosalina Navarro Prescott
Tl,dr: Emotionally distant giga stoner, deals and gets high off her own supply, tomboyish skater girl, talented for her age musician but no work ethic, Prescott family kiddo
Generally Looking For:
- Kids who are stoners, who smoke (or deal!) weed, who are chill af. Priscilla is an easy friend to make and keep since most engagements with her are super low pressure. She's a 'texts once in a blue moon' sort of friend who is easier to hang out with if you run into her randomly.
- Kids from other local bands, especially those who might want to join her own project, hemostatic pocket carabiner, a midwest emo/math rock group that admittedly barely practices or plays local shows due to the laziness of Priscilla but is actually pretty good when they do show up. Music enjoyers in general too. Always down for karaoke hangouts.

[+] Info

Full Name: Priscilla Rosalina Anastayca Nuñez-Palomares Agbayani Navarro Prescott. Her public name is Priscilla Navarro Prescott. Only friends she's had from childhood know her as Rosalina.

Hobbies: Music (math rock and punk and all adjacent) and concerts, guitar player, karaoke and singing, skateboarding, first aid, weed and vapes, baking
Clubs, major friend groups:

• First and foremost an enjoyer of the finest dank in life. Her core friends group consists of people who use a lot of drugs and have few ambitions in life. Or, at least, do a lot of drugs and don't mind a flakey chill girl in their social circles.
• She's also one of the weed dealers active on campus. Through her rich people connections she can hook kids up with harder drugs if they are so inclined. Good prices because she doesn't give a shit and doesn't upcharge for profit.
• Fellow skateboarders
• (Relatively) active in the local band scene, attends tons of concerts, helps out with other's music through her guitar skills.
• The kids of the Prescott family and their affiliates. Her mother married into the Prescotts when she was a tweenager. Priscilla has a lifelong loyalty. The rare thing she's willing to put effort into is Prescott scheming and meming.
• Works part time at the grocery store owned by the family of Demetria Bautista-Abadiña (Dogs231). Loves her job.

Reputation: Total flake, lazy no effort classmate who you would definitely hate to end up in a group project with. Known as a skilled guitarist and active in the local band scene. She's an out lesbian and doesn't treat it as a big deal. In general she's a girl who does her own thing- easy to befriend, difficult to get close to. In general she's a background NPC- your kid probably only has a vaguely positive opinion of her, if they remember her at all.

Appearance: Average height, slim and generally tiny for her height shilouette. Olive skinned. Dark brown hair to the neck that she cuts into a bob pixie cut with bangs over one eye. Has a lot of piercings. Youthful face. Very skater influenced style, loves oversized tees and shorts, and also has a rotating wardrobe of caps, generally band merch from her favourite bands who actually sell merch.

Behavior Tendencies: Priscilla goes with the flow to an avoidant extent. She generally seems disinterested in getting too close to people, despite her otherwise affable and socially adroit nature and a natural talent for diffusing social situations due to her experience in retail and with annoying Karen rich folks. Conversations with her are very interesting and Priscilla gives the impression of perhaps being more intelligent and aware than she otherwise comes off as due to her heavy slacker tendencies.

Relevant Backstory: Has functionally lived in Vegas her whole life, having immigrated from the Philippines when she was a baby. Her mother serves as the personal attendant of the Prescott family and from childhood Priscilla has had close connections with the kids of the wealthy despite being of more modest income herself.

Priscilla used to be a highly motivated academic but fell off starting in her middle school years.

[+] Relationships

Romantic (I will admit there was lesbianism)

• Thalia Xenadis (Salic) - (Bandmate, fellow stoner, brief fling) - She kisses good. She plays better.
• Alice Robinson (Zetsu) - (Brief girlfriend) Priscilla is never what you're looking for. But it was nice while it lasted.
• Raya Loux (LYourLocalAutist) - (Family mechanic kind of, brief fling) Can you blame Priscilla? The girl literally oils herself up for you.

Actually close (The OGs, this is the category of people who would know the name Rosalina)

• Hayden Prescott - (Childhood friend, cousin, kind of annoying tbh) Yeah Hayden's a tool but he's her tool.
• Camilla “Candy” Carter - (Childhood friend, cousin, gay BFF) Every sapphic girl has to have a fellow sapphic girl who gets the struggle.
• Mercedes “Mercy” Myers-Prescott - (Childhood friend, second cousin, bandmates) Total vibe. Priscilla supports the grindset (as the more talented musician between the two she literally has to do the work to support it).
• Birch Zhu (Zetsu) - (Childhood friend, still grinding at academics, a girl who gets It) "It never gets easier, Birch. You have to let go at some point. Deeper hit. Breathe."

Chilling

• Demetria Bautista-Abadiña (Dogs231) - (Coworker) Priscilla knows her girl's salty af and jealous and kind of a total incel loser, but it's all cool. Demetria tried to get Priscilla fired once, kinda dick move but still. No point hating the haters.
• Rafael Marcelo Amador (FlockOfHens) (Fellow stoner, baked but in the making bread way) Taught her the peak of weed edible recipies.
• Mitch Vernet (Lamps) - (Fellow stoner, music enjoyer) "Bruh. Less critiquing my band, more toking out with me."
• Kaede Miller (Survival Chances) - (Karaoke buddies) Lines up too much Broadway from her selections but she's chill.

Not Chilling

• Renée Burke (Lamps) - (Rich girl, somehow makes Hayden seem well adjusted) Is Canada even real?

Handlercest Opinions

• Mona Marroquín - (Dealer, friendly terms) Anime raves apparently go hard as fuck. Not Priscilla's scene but maybe someday she'll slip her way into one.
• Clarissa Shoemaker - (Other mechanic) Cute and quiet, friendly. She mostly seems to be focused on her job when repairing the family car with Raya.
• Raileigh 'Ron' Hunter - (Dealer) Priscilla is a bit wary of her reputation because even she's capable of not wanting to die. To an extent. Customer's a customer though, and they run in similar 'fuck school' circles.

Raileigh 'Ron' Hunter
Tl,dr: Standoffish and highly independent delinquent type, on that triple C (calm, cool, collected), most badass trailer trash trad wife you know
Generally Looking For:
- Her delinquent friends. She's not the closest or most friendliest associate since she's super independent and does her own thing like working a job and taking care of her family. But a girl needs folks to socialize with, feel safe among, and hone her brawling skills with.
- She can be a bully for your kid if you need one! But she doesn't do emotional damage. Straight for the throat, she will rob your character sort- pick their pocket, or if she's feeling like they're an easy target she might just threaten them to their face. She won't throw a punch unless your kid gives her a reason. If they do she probably won. Hard. She's just smart enough to do it in a way where she can get away with it- and for this reason she won't do it often, so not a lot of applications will be accepted for this one!
- Warning, she is a dyed in the wool conservative! Pro Canon! Left leaning kids will probably not associate with her unless they're willing to overlook her beliefs.

[+] Info

Full Name: Raileigh 'Ron' Nevada Hunter

Hobbies: Wrestling, MMA, country music, alcohol and mixology, card tricks, urban exploring, lockpicking, petty theft, repair and handyman work, conservative podcasts
Clubs, major friend groups:

• Fellow delinquients. Specifically, Ron is skilled at brawling with her fists, lockpicking, pickpocketing, and is generally a sneaky little shit. If your kid needs her to get some under the table type work done she can get it done if she likes your kid enough.

Reputation: Ron is not well known in the school's social ecosystem- but if your kid knows about the delinquient crowd at large they've probably at least heard of her. Within the crowds of the school's disaffected and anti-authority her reputation preceds her- she's very good at what she does and does not take shit. She won't start anything if it isn't started with her first, so those who hate her don't have to make her an enemy. For those who want an ally she's a good one to have, but her loyalty only goes so far and she looks out for herself and her family first and foremost.

Appearance: Average height, fit in a lean way with visible abs. Blond, naturally super straight hair that grows down to the blades of her shoulders which she will generally wear in a ponytail. Heart shape face, something of an old-school Americana beauty to her. She has a very plain style with simple accessories, jeans, and tees without much color variation. The one twist is she often likes wearing the fancy casino dealer type vests and coats that she gets from work as part of her day to day wear, even when she does not have work that day.

Behavior Tendencies: Ron is aloof and only lets certain people in her life, the rest being regarded coolly to where Ron is not above targeting them on a whim. But again, she mostly does not try to cause too much trouble for no reason. She's not stupid, she has mouths to feed and she can't do that if she's in juvie. Ron has a very measured approach to life, is very analytical and careful with her words (and usually elects to not use them at all if she can avoid it), and seeing her having any sort of moment of temper is rare. With friends she likes scrapping and crass joking around, but she does not like to be treated as if she's a tomboy or butch, and she still prefers traditional gender dynamics to apply to her. She has loyalty to people the closer they are to her, and will get her hands dirty as needed when called on for favors.

Relevant Backstory: Ron adopted her preferred masculine name in elementary school.

Ron currently works part time, as many hours as she can fit, in retail stores in The Strat casino.

[+] Relationships

Trusted

• Texas Hunter (gabrielthetrashcat) - (Brother, nuisance, his protector for life) Blood above all.
• Samuel Burkholder (Survival Chances) - (Delinquent, solidarity) Not top on her list of friends but she knows he's got her back. She knows he's just trying to provide for his family and make a little cash.
• Manuel "Mañana" Hernández (LYourLocalAutist) - (Delinquent, confidante) When he gets out, she hopes he runs and doesn't look back. She'll take the hits for him if she has to.

Bullied These Fools (what happened + no further opinion because she doesn't care about them or even remember them)

• Alec Yves (EllisWillson) - Shoved aside when he tried to hit on her.
• Abigail 'Abby' Lester (SharkyTGirl185) - 'Convinced' her to donate a couple of bucks for Ron to grab some lunch.
• Céline Sharpe (LYourLocalAutist) - She's got some pretty baubles. Yoink.

Legit Hates Them. Watch out if you are here.

• Londyn Mueller (EllisWillson) - (Doesn't know when to quit) "Get out of my face. Next time I break something that will hurt more."
• Wade Colter (EllisWillson) - (The first love of her life, the door opened then shut in her face) He wasn't a real man. He wasn't what she needed.

Handlercest Opinions

• Priscilla Rosalina Navarro Prescott - (Dealer) Best prices bar none. It's like she's trying to give the shit away.

[+] Isolated character Stats for archived characters

Sexualities:
Prisiclla - Homosexual
Ron - Heterosexual

Hair colors:
Priscilla - Black
Ron - Blonde

Racial/Ethnic identities:
Priscilla - Filipina, mostly Ilocano
Ron - Caucasian, part American Scottish, part American Czech

Political Lean / Voted For:
Priscilla - Apolitical but vague center left, D'Cruz, Robredo (as a citizen of the Philippines)
Ron - Right wing, Canon

Pets:
Priscilla - No pets
Ron - Cat (Stray American Shorthair named Boobie)

City of birth/places lived:
Priscilla - San Carlos, Philippines (several months), Las Vegas
Ron - Kingman Arizona (to age 4), Las Vegas

Are they virgins (this came up in the Discord don't sue me):
Priscilla - Yes
Ron - No

Substances used:
Priscilla - Very heavy weed user to the point of developing resperatory problems, regular energy drink user
Ron - Functional alcoholic, casual weed

Fave board games:
Priscilla - Chess (700 FIDE)
Ron - No time

Fave content creators:
Priscilla - doesnt know technology
Ron - Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson

Can drive:
Priscilla - Yes (rarely), parent's car (Black 2023 Lexus LS)
Ron - Yes (rarely), parent's car (Gray 1993 Ford F150 XLT)

Living conditions:
Priscilla - SIlver Springs, single family home
Ron - None of the above, single wide trailer in a park

Considered beautiful/sexy/cute/etc:
Priscilla - Plain, soft butch
Ron - Classic Americana beauty

Birthday:
Priscilla - April 18 (2nd oldest)
Ron - December 29 (oldest)

Main Online Handles:
Priscilla - PriscillaPrescott
Ron - RaL13GH

Go-to boba order:
Priscilla - Hokkaido, 25% sugar
Ron - Also can't afford but her coworkers gave her milk tea a few times and she actually really likes it

Favourite instant noodle
Priscilla - LuckyMe Calamansi
Ron - Cup Noodles generic, shrimp flavor prob

[Deblod100]

Ideas:

Ray Janeczek
Mortimer: He speaks Mortimer's language, cuz BOI, he would be a friend with Ray. He's the type to blast "Thy Mission" into Ray's house and drag him out for shenanigans.
Emma: Emma can allow Ray in as a fan of her band, especially since Ray sounds like he could get along with Heather with their vegan interests, though Emma might try to have Ray be warded off from anything related to her rival, Mercy.

Mona Marroquín
Universally, all of 4 chars would have reasons to despise Mona. Mortimer and Emma would get the memo and avoid her, unless Mona provokes them.

Vanessa: Despite being very chill and motherly, might have ended up getting involved with her as someone she dislikes. This stems from an incident, due to Mona's foodie interests, where Mona might have caused some trouble at the butchery that Vanessa works in, or did something related to the butchery that made Vanessa not fond of her.
Joanne: Without a doubt, Joanne who is meant to be an alpha bitch, would completely hate Mona and everything she stands for and Mona can hate her equally, being rivals with one another. This can also be because since Joanne was in the student council and since Mona used to be the student council, Joanne could've voted to evict Mona from the council. Joanne will also hate it that despite Mona's shortcomings, she still has a following online, infuriating Joanne hard.

Clarissa Shoemaker:
Emma: Since Clarissa's family operates a mechanic business, Emma can take her hog motorcycle over to have it go through repairs and maintenance.
Joanne: Oh boy... This can go two ways. Either Joanne will detest Clarissa for being a popular and likable girl like her, or Joanne can be friends with Clarissa and drag her into shenanigans and expects Clarissa to know how to party hard and might get her punch drunk. Your choice.

If you have ideas on how my characters could also be involved, let me know.

[Cicada]

[+] Changelog

Slightly updated Manuel-Mona after talking with LYourLocalAutist. Consider that Mona's first and deepest cut. The true start of her villain arc.

I'm also starting to develop a supplemental timeline of Mona's fall from grace that will include some notes on the key elements of bad juju and vibes that became public/grapevine knowledge.

[+] Deblod100

Ray - Mortimer
Added. Yeah, Mortimer seems like the sort of person Ray probably picked up as a close friend! Surreal and nihilistic/dark vibes from both, so their conversations are probably pretty interesting when they're not just gaming (Ray, ofc, also being heavily into Dead by Daylight. Definitely a super fan of FNAF and Helluva Boss too). Ray's also more passive in how he engages with others, so he'd probably be the sort who never challenges Mortimer and never has a negative reaction even when Mortimer tries to push him for any reason. The sort of friend that can easily deal with the edgelord tendencies.

It'd be interesting, IMO, if Mortimer is a bit jealous of Ray's actual passion and skills for programming and development? And in turn maybe Ray does have some underlying complex feelings on how Mortimer can be easy to snap and cause drama and problems, but keeps it more to himself. I also do think they might have been friends from a fairly young age, both of them having communication difficulties that needed remediation from a young age so they'd probably feel a common kinship once they met each other. They'd have that L4D nostalgia making them thick as thieves LOL.

Ray - Emma
I'll have to get back to you on this one. Adjective's relations tracker is iconically massive and in depth so I'm going to have to set aside a full day to parse where my characters stand with her cast LOL. So I can't quite confirm how Ray would feel being fans of two very not on good terms bands, especially in the context of him being uncomfortable with women more generally. Off the top of my head though his tastes lean more into Emma's than Mercy's though.

I can imagine he'd struggle with Emma given that she's badass and has infinite swag, so she's sort of projecting that sort of persona he unconsciously wishes he had the courage to start living for himself. I'll probably want to PM both you and Adjective on this one at some point. It might be a case of Mortimer's influence meaning Ray would gravitate more into Mercy's camp by default but Ray being more personally into Emma's aesthetic and music. Depending on how millitant Emma is with her anti-Mercy bonafides she might gatekeep Ray out of her camp or be trying to pick him off since he's clearly a weak link and at like all her shows. Potential for some interesting stuff here, either as backstory or in pregame proper. I'd want to roughly estimate something along the lines of: Ray has split loyalties and seems to generally be uncomfortable around but receptive to Emma as a fan and as someone she could put on her shitlist for his affiliations. I'd def want your take on this, but it'd prob be a more productive conversation when I'm ready to dive into Adjective's character tracker.

Mona - Emma and Mona - Vanessa
Not added. Everyone involved having reputations that precede them I'm sure Mona has Opinions on both, but I can't imagine they'd have reasons to interact too often, not too much in the way of aesthetics or main hobbies/activities overlap.

With Emma in particular I do think Mona might be a bit more on her radar, because I'm going to propose something fairly in depth as a historical connection between Mona and Mortimer so Emma in her anti-Mercy vigilance might know more in depth about that potential drama, but otherwise they're probably not thinking about each other too much beyond just general public knowledge.

For Mona and Vanessa I'd note that Mona isn't like, a bad person outwardly her reputation aside until you really get to know her. If she did pop by Vanessa's shop and buy some a r t i s a n a l c u t s she'd have been perfectly well behaved as a customer, so Vanessa might have thrown Mona a sideye but there would have been no particular incident of note.

Mona - Mortimer
I'd want to hash this out more (not added to relationships yet, I want to talk more about it, by PM or through responding here though I do prefer the former). Consider this: Mona as an ex-member of the edgy gamer goon squad. Mona was openly a nerd, a popular one, but still a nerd the moment the high school character arc dropped, so she'd probably gravitate at some point into Mortimer's ragtag collection and unironically enjoy her time there? She's not a fake gamer or nerd, she means it, and with her somewhat acerbic personality she'd probably actually enjoy Mortimer's takes and company for some time. I can't see her being, like, a core member of the edgelord brigade, she'd have bigger school social scene fish to fry, but she'd be around often enough that she'd consider most of the club members friends.

So, Mona's arc of being well liked enough until her reputation started to crumble to dust roughly carries her up until the end of Sophomore year when she gets publically outed for her problematic tendencies and people start to drop her left and right. Now I'd need your full take on this, but I could see Mona actually being insulated from the fallout within the context of the edgelord gamer club for a while because, well, normie opinion on her wouldn't really matter to anti-normies, right? Like Mortimer and co might not take the drama too seriously because Mona is Their Girl.

The problems might emerge when a bruised Mona, salty from her fall from grace, starts to try and cause shit within the edgelord gamer club due to it being one of her few outlets left after she fucks over her general reputation. As anyone who keeps doubling down and out of control on an emotional level would, she starts to import her controlling tendencies into the club. Tries to start rumors, even tries to oust Mortimer or something like that by picking on his tendencies to be annoying and an issue and trying to go behind his back. Of course she goes too far, underestimates people's loyalty to her, and then she promptly gets ousted from the edgelord society too. So the whole setup could be pretty complicated, but it feels like classic BPD nerdy goddess drama to try and implode her own friend group and get kicked out, and I think it could be a pretty interesting backstory element for all involved. Gives Mortimer some V4 over the top drama cred too, IMO. If you're interested definitely hit me up and we can hash it out!

Mona - Joanne
Added. Sounds about right to me. Now I don't really think Mona and Joanne would outright revile each other to the point of being each others public enemy #1? They're kind of playing different games, trying to get popular and respected in different lanes. To Mona student council would only ever have been an indulgence for attention and nothing she ever took that seriously (hence getting kicked out for not doing her job. I'd have to figure out the timing but she might not even have been kicked out in a way that really dented her reputation all that much. I can't imagine people take Council too seriously LOL). Mona also isn't inherently a partier, so they don't like, stomp on each other's turf too much.

There's potential for an interesting power dynamic here, IMO. Joanne hating that, like you said, Mona built organic clout through her interests and also that Mona seems to be more honest to what she truly wants in life even if said thing exploded in her face and caused her to spiral into being a social pariah. Mona in turn would just think Joanne is a pest, a vapid clout chaser with nothing to say, and Mona might even feel smug relatively. 'All that popularity and you're still empty and hollow and we all know it', some hypocritical thought process like that.

Mona seems to fit the bill of being one of the more infamous students who doesn't take Joanne's power plays all that seriously, and it does seem like it'd be a nice barb in Joanne's psyche that a literal femcel with infinity baggage and few non loser friends is on some fundamental level better than her in terms of carving out her own path in life and living honest and true to herself (much as said honesty is a huge detriment) instead of going through the motions. If I had to draw a comparison it might be similar to how Joanne's implied dynamic with Emma- someone theoretically beneath her in social standing but also someone Joanne on some level knows is also totally out of her paygrade. I think it plays nicely into the thematic elements you seem to be going for with Joanne as a character.

Clarissa - Emma
Added. I will note that, pending some talking stuff out with L, Clarissa and Raya are a functional duo and they're probably part and parcel Emma's go to for getting her bike fixed up all nice. Like it doesn't even matter whose shop she takes her bike to on a given day they'll probably both work on it at some point before she gets it back. In terms of getting along I do think Clarissa might appreciate Emma's honest and straightforward nature, but they don't really have too much in common and I imagine when they're all gathered together Raya does most of the talking and Clarissa is vibing and zoning out. I dunno how empathic you intended for Emma to be but she seems like the sort who'd probably pick up that Clarissa is not worth dragging into anything troublesome, though I doubt Emma would care enough to actively want to protect Clarissa or anything like that. Like, she gets a 'I will not fuck with you actively' pass, but Emma won't intervene if she sees Clarissa in over her head and needing help or anything.

Clarissa - Joanne
Added. Similar to the dynamic you hashed out between Joanne and L's Sylvie, Clarissa is fairly easy to drag along into hive mind shennanigans. Clarissa likes Joanne! On some level Clarissa can probably see through the facade to a better extent than Sylvie can, but that doesn't really matter to Clarissa as long as Joanne treats her kindly. An alpha go-getter personality like Joanne is would make Clarissa navigating her daily life much easier, so she's more or less totally on board for being a lackey and turning her brain off. I imagine Clarissa is influencable enough that, yes, Clarissa learns to be a hard partier and a drunk when called upon. I... will need to consider what kind of drunk I want Clarissa to be. Probably the sort who gets hyperaware and even more socially anxious than she already is, but who becomes self-aware enough to play into the stereotypes. She probably does most of her flirting under the influence, for example.

I suppose Joanne would probably demand a lot of Clarissa's time as her lapdog since Clarissa makes it so easy to, so it'd be interesting if Clarissa is starting to get a bit frustrated that Joanne is stealing time away from the hobbies and people she does prefer on a general basis like her time to work at her auto shop and such. Clarissa doesn't know how to express it, but she's starting to develop resentment. It'd have a subtle note of tension that could add intrigue to pregame. It might also introduce friction with the other girls who are more interested in protecting Clarissa's health and happiness because she doesn't know how to proect it for herself.

I'm aware I have PMs to answer and such please be patient! My mind works in mysterious (incompetent) ways.

[midnight_twelve]

Hello, Cicada! Some will call it foolish for two notorious flakes such as ourselves to try and make plans, but here goes.

RAY
As a principled vegan, Ray has Ash’s begrudging respect. Ash is also good friends with Heather so they can probably be found wherever Finest in Niflhel is playing, and it sounds like Ray’s a fan too, so they might get the chance to hang out relatively often at whatever venues are desperate enough to let a bunch of teenagers scream metal music at their patrons. All told Ray might be one of the few people Ash actually gets on with, although they are obviously queer and non-binary, which might make Ray uncomfortable given his own gender identity issues?

Rowan is a fellow thrifting enthusiast, so maybe they run into each other at thrift stores/ swap fit checks now and then? She’s also super into music, and although her personal preferences don’t align with Ray’s, she does attend any gig her classmates are playing so they’d bump into each other at Bleak Brigade / FIN performances. She is however a woman (scary!) so it sounds like, just like with Ash, Ray might be a bit uncomfortable around her.

MONA
I think Rowan and Mona would have been good friends pre-villain arc, with shared interests in spirituality, thrifting and slacking off. Rowan is a very chill person who probably put up with Mona longer than most, she’s also someone who has a lot of angst about her friends changing as people and leaving her behind, so selfishly, it could be an interesting angle for me to explore; having Rowan come to realise that she needs to basically cut a former friend off because they’ve changed could be an interesting story beat in this like coming-of-age narrative I have planned. Where Mona stands on Rowan is up to you, but I’m thinking she might have a tik tok or youtube channel or something where she posts music covers and reviews, so there might be some lingering cooperation in the name of clout.

CLARISSA
Niall’s an athlete and part of the popular crowd, even though he considers a lot of them to be superficial and yearns for deeper connection. For this reason I think he could actually be pretty good friends with Clarissa who seems to be seeking similar connections in similar circles. Niall’s highly intelligent both academically and emotionally which is something you mentioned she values in a friend. They probably don’t hang out mano a mano, I don’t think they’d be that close, but if it’s a party or a group thing they might gravitate towards each other.

I mentioned to Leah that Rowan is probably a frequent customer at Raya’s garage given she drives some like actually rusting old hippie van that’s barely street legal at the best of times. Sounds like Clarissa will have taken a look at it before too if she’s a collaborator of Raya’s. They probably get on really well, being equally laid back, up-for-anything types with musical interests, so they might hang out outside of purely vehicular contexts.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
So, you mentioned being open to running another kid if you saw a gap in the version and specifically mentioned a sibling, so I have to shill mine / Adjective’s / Medic’s extended family we’re trying to rope more people in to. Basically it’s a super wealthy WASPy and locally influential dynasty. If you want to hang out with cool, socially adjusted and likeable characters like my boy Hayden, you could consider it! Twins/other siblings/cousins welcome.

[Dr Adjective]

Hello! I promised I'd post here eventually, and now I shall! I swear it's not because Krabs and Deblood mentioned Heather/Mercy already. Anyway very much feel free to PM me whenever, consider this initial reaction type thoughts.

Ray!
Heather sounds like ex potential here. He's got all the makings of a good partner for her on paper; she's a friend to all queer kids and probably gets a sense about "him" being an egg without being 100% sure, she plays in a band he likes and shares a fair amount of music taste, and they're both vegans which is kinda mandatory for anything beyond FWB for her... and yet he's also clingy and awkward, she's emotionally unavailable at best, can't really pretend to be interested in the nerd stuff, and is perhaps a bit too open to the idea of seeing other people for his comfort. Seems like a relationship that might start from a bit of a one-sided crush on the Cool Girl, she finds out more and decides there might be something real there, it inevitably falls apart because she isn't right for him?

Don't think my other girls can offer too much, except for the Mercy connection at the horror club. She's not so much for the modern gore though, so they may argue over the finer points of the genre. Might try to use him as an angle to fuck with Emma? Unsure.

Mona
LK and Mercy both have their toes in the world of Influencer stuff, LK more sincerely, Mercy because it's a source of extra clout. Might be something there. Open to input on exactly how Mona would approach either as I'm not 100% on her vibe and don't wanna assume and get it super wrong. That said, I like the vibe of LK either presently or previously being attracted to her and pretty easy to manipulate as a result; perhaps they know/knew each other more from behind their online masks without spending much time together in person. Maybe Mona helped her master the e-girl makeup and carefully-curated revealing wardrobe? If previous, probably bitter about it. If present, might be a source of tension with other romantic connections she has. Could be fun!

Hope's way too uncool to have any sort of connection. Heather doesn't seem like she moves at all in the same circles, but if they did get to talking she'd probably hate Mona's doomer vibe.

Et enfin, Clarissa
Okay so Hope isn't what you'd call popular, but Clarissa would know her through the sports world (Hope plays soccer and obsesses over the baseball guys) and maybe vibe with her positive outlook. They don't have a lot in common, but I could imagine them getting along. Casual acquaintances who enjoy brief interactions? Unlikely duo who share Deep And Meaningfuls on the down-low? Neither? I dunno. Could be something there.

If I actually do anything with Grace, similar story. Grace is also some flavour of neurospicy and on the football team, but also doesn't have much else to connect unless they sync their autism wavelengths.

Mercy... I dunno not much here, but I'll note a potential to use flirting to get around her if it's obvious she's into girls too.

Heather also not much, but in true butch stereotype fashion she most likely also has a bike that needs work from time to time, so there's a connection there. Maybe they flirted, except Heather's sincere about it. She's also not a great girlfriend and way too horny to have a chaste time anyway, so if it went past flirting it didn't go far in any case. Always down to stand up for her if anyone's being shitty though, so there is that.

[BlightLupus]

Hello hello, I have relationship ideas!

Ray Janeczek
An initial conversation between these two may require the stars to align, but I think Lucy and Ray would have a nice friendship where they can both geek out about their favourite video games together from time to time. She's usually very softspoken, but I think Lucy would be a bit chattier with someone who shares her interest and doesn't have a strong enough presence to spook her.

Jason has most likely been involved with the horror club at some point or another and will be friendly and chatty with Ray as he is with almost everyone else. They can talk about horror movies, though Jason, despite being a cis guy, has most definitely worn a dress, skirt, or just generally feminine to school from time to time just for fun and rocked them too. What Ray feels about that is up to you.


Clarissa Shoemaker
A friendly cheerleader with wide connections is absolutely someone Marie would want on her side, and the fact that she doesn't need incentives to follow orders definitely adds some extra points. She's never unreasonable with her demands, nor would she ask anything of Clarissa that requires her to sacrifice anything other than her time, but far be it from Marie to not utilize her wide connections from time to time.

Jason is a horrible influence. Like, in general, of course, but also especially to someone like Clarissa, whom he has inexplicably attached himself to for "seeming interesting" and does not object when he drags her along to the newest crazy and/or dangerous activities he wants to do. Self-preservation is for cowards, and Jason is very glad that Clarissa seems to agree. He would also love to use her vintage clothes collection as a reference for making his own outfits.

Quiet people tend to be the ones Lucy feels more comfortable with, and it's likely that Clarissa is the right amount of being extroverted enough to reach out to Lucy in the first place, and quiet enough that Lucy doesn't feel overwhelmed around her. They're likely to be casual friends, though Lucy would quietly worry about her after seeing how easily she seems to go along with others' requests. A real pot calling the kettle black moment.

[Fiori]

Ello, compiling notes on Pregame Plan stuff has gotten me in the mood to go over relationship threads again now that we're closer to V9.

Firstly, I presume Sohel has been quietly retired? No worries if that's the case, figured I'd check as I believe he was listed amongst Marcy's friends.

Ray Janeczek: I imagine he and Koa would share the same kind of nerdy spaces, granted they're on opposite ends of the pessimist/optimist scale. Think Ergo Proxy fan meets One Piece fan. With that in mind they're either friendly acquaintances or friends in an opposites attract kinda sense?

Mona Marroquín: Oo-er. Firstly, Koa would be aware of whatever anime club drama led to her being kicked out, and whilst he's not a grudge holding type he'd likely be wary of her. Johnny however is friends with Mañana, so he'd almost certainly see her as his buddie's psycho ex-girlfriend.

Clarissa Shoemaker: Clarissa and Marcy are likely friends, what with them being on the cheer squad as well as their mutual interest in dancing and partying. I can also see her and Johnny having potentially dated in the past, ending amicably when they ended up spending the majority of it talking about cars.

[Cicada]

I briefly do things (as a treat).

[+] Changelog

• Added Raya Loux to Clarissa's relations after hashing out all the things! I'm aware there's probably more outstanding ideas being discussed in PMs that I have yet to get back to, I'll try my best to keep on top of it! At some point!
• I've specified that Clarissa is a partygoer who drinks a ton. Thank Joanne for that one.
• I've made some adjustments to Ray- he's now not like, blatantly uncomfortable around women and can generally keep them around as part of his misfit/alt/dork circles. I'm internalizing his discomfort with feminine folks for aesthetic purposes.

[+] midnight_twelve

Ray - Ash
Added. This checks out and passes the vibes test for me! Ray is supposed to be very capable of passing values tests of the sort Ash might pose, and I imagine he'd probably be capable of having honest, nihilistic conversations with her. Existential, doomer, whatever her particular flavor of having given up on life is, he probably was/is mentally there. I figure they probably get along pretty well as concert going buddies, and he might be one of the people she's gotten relatively close to insofar as she can get so close with anyone in particular. Probably not like, regularly hanging out, but they rather like each other on a platonic level and Spiderman point at each other immediately when they have reason to be in the same place.

Ray - Rowan
Added. Seems like an equally good fit as Ash but coming more from a mellowed out place that Ray might personally appreciate, and be a bit disquieted by ('what do you mean some people don't feel the impending apocalypse weighing down on their shoulders?') They definitely don't match in music tastes and Ray probably doesn't really interact with her much outside of the occasional shows they both end up at. Seems more like casual acquaintances, but to add a twist, maybe she's the sort of person Ray would like to get to know better because he thinks she's cool and he kind of envies her chill energy compared to his own personal emotional drama and that common to his friends groups, but he can't quite bring himself to bridge the gap between them because he's internalized being stuck in his own lane, etc.

Might be worth exploring in Pregame if either of us ever bother posting LOL. Rowan having very well concealed anxieties that are exactly in Ray's existential wheelhouse might be worth a one off where there's some contrivance for Rowan to open up.

Mona - Rowan
I'd want to hash this out more (not added to relationships yet, I want to talk more about it, by PM or through responding here though I do prefer the former). Yeah, I like this a lot! I could see them being fairly close friends in the before era of freshman/sophomore year, having similar interests but Rowan being laid back so Mona wouldn't feel especially threatened and could casually lead conversations. Mona also has the positive energy that is a counterpoint to Rowan's disguised anxieties about the future, and it might be something that Rowan appreciates while they're still friends proper, that Mona takes the spiritual energy and, while maybe not the most founded, at least projects it in a way that makes the future look brighter. It's something we might want to figure out further, what sort of state they were in before.

A messy and difficult extrication with Rowan's laid back nature meaning she'd have difficulty dropping Mona when its clear she has to also sounds good. Maybe it could even be an ongoing process? I could imagine Rowan has some difficulty asserting herself and making clear where the new 'leave me alone' boundaries are, especially if they're still collaborating on Rowan's content creator arc. Like, Mona might assume they're closer friends than Rowan does, there's miscommunication and an inherent difficulty in drawing that line between them. Whether that happened in the past or is ongoing, either way, it sounds good, I'd just want to be sure we agree on where the timelines for this should fall and the specific vibes, it could be a pretty complicated bit of interpersonal drama if we want it to be.

Clarissa - Niall
Added. That makes sense to me as you've put it, yeah. His intellectual and thoughtful nature will definitely attract her attention. She's a bit passive when it comes to deepening relationships beyond shallow connections unless the other person tries to bridge the gap themselves, so I can't imagine they're too close or hang out one on one, also as you already sussed out. I can imagine it more as her wishing they were better friends because she wants to pick up more from him, and him not having a reason to add her to his inner circle.

He seems like the sort she probably made a casual flirty pass at and was gracefully shot down to her low key relief. Assuming he's not publicly out, anyways, that one is a bit unclear from the info you have on him.

Clarissa - Rowan
Added. Having a full on van to work on sounds like Clarissa would enjoy it a ton. General vibe for any auto shop related relations among her peers is Clarissa probably lets Raya do most of the talking and is just buzzing around doing the work quietly in the background. They're probably on friendly terms but won't be that close- Rowan might generally respect that Clarissa is in the zone and doesn't have much to say. Outside of the van work I'm sure they are on casually friendly terms! Depending on the festival in question Clarissa might be enticed to go along for party vibes- it'd probably be more relaxed than her usual school fare and she might honestly enjoy it more and look forward to the invites even if she doesn't 100% get the music. Rowan seems like the sort who'd be happy to have someone along even if the scene isn't quite the right fit.

Running Another Character
Very scary!!

TBH I do have a concept that might work but no promises. I'll send a PM if I ever want to bring that idea to life and think I'll have the time/energy.

Updates and ideas will continue at an indeterminate future time when I'm doing less internalized screaming into the void!

[Cicada]

New character! As if I wasn't already slow and behind on pregame planning and writing? And I have probably forgotten some important hashed out relationships for adding to my trackers, feel free to poke me if you notice something missing that you wanted canonized!

Also I'm going to simplify how I respond b/c effort sucks.........

[+] DrAdjective

Ray/Heather - That makes sense to me, yeah. I imagine Heather is one of those girls who is goals for Ray's subconscious, so he additionally put her up on a pedestal and that added to the subliminal discomfort of their brief relationship. Definitely seems like it flamed out pretty briefly, and Heather would be one of Ray's regrets he loses sleep over. Like on her end I imagine she'd be frustrated by him having his ethical bonifides and thoughtfulness, he could probably engage with her pretty well on most topics she's deeply passionate about right? But then he seems content to sink into tech bro hedonism and generally comes off as scared and anxious to embrace his identity. Sort of like, he promises to change and be more daring and bold when she criticizes him... but he stays stuck in his rut. Perhaps after the fact she maintains some contempt and pity for him, or something along those lines.

Also after the fact, his choice in friends like Mortimer and Mercy (see below) means she probably keeps a distance in present day present time, which makes him emo sad, etc. Actually she probably already judged him for that harshly while they were still together. Ray was definitely the simpering sort who took the criticism to heart but failed to act on it to Heather's standards. Yeah she probably just really doesn't like him now beyond thinking he had potential to be someone great.

Ray/Mercy - Mortimer friend group is the common connection here. I've been trying to puzzle out Ray's preference in the Emma/Mercy battle lines and I figure he's actually closer to Mercy despite prefering Emma's style of music, which is a nice little conflict of interest to play with. Shared horror media tastes (Ray prefers psychological horror and weird artsy stuff to gore, really), Dead by Daylight gaming nights, many such cases, I dunno who carries who but Ray was supposed to actually be a good sweaty try hard gamer as one expects of a teenage 'boy' (or a typical trans girl tbh).

Ray/LK - Proposing this one because of Magic. I'm considering having him run an MtG club on campus, so if LK has been getting into physical TCG then perhaps they get introduced through there? I could see him being tapped as someone she'll play against (you can't match against friends in Arena though. Unsure if the other ways of playing online support it, I know untap.in does), and maybe from there he has the gamer skills to be someone she recruits to round out her competitive grind team. He's terminally online enough for that. Honestly he might even be willing to be a mod for her.

I'm not going to say he's into her on anything above a platonic level, but he would almost doubtlessly be severely suffering from egg envy that he has to repress around her. There's probably a disconnect between them, with him having more depth and self-reflectiveness (to his detriment) as a person than she does, while she's on the surface level cooler, more outgoing, etc. I think there's potential there. Not putting this one into the tracker yet since it's my proposal not yours, I'd need your go ahead.

Mona/LK - Yeah... this could go places. Not good places, but places. I kind of have to trigger warning this one for transphobia because my brain had Bad Thoughts as to how this dynamic could go. Mona does legit like streaming and gaming, and she's genuinely happy to form connections among the streamers in the school. Especially the ones that are genuine people! Who don't have at least some vitriol and animosity towards her! Mona also definitely derives an ego boost from lifting someone else up. So yeah, I'm totally down for her having produced LK's e-girl glow up and being a principle influence in the style, makeup, as a teacher and 'aesthetics consultant', etc. Not paid, etc.

I do see them as being current allies, as Mona would do her best to cling onto someone who likes her who doesn't give her some degree of contempt and revulsion like the rest of her friends. She'd clean up her act and not be totally doomer femcel around LK. Or maybe even try to slowly corrupt her into that particular orbit given LKs lack of clear identity.

But yeah, onto their attraction towards one another. It could be mutual. With a twist, as in, Mona being a secret 4Chan and deep web poisioned cynic is attracted to LK as their AGAB. To her LK is just a fruity femboy, because she does not acknowledge the trans experience as legit. Probably not for political reasons but some combo of 'why care about such secular things' and also 'fuck people who experience joy in a way I could never feel or understand'. Now, this is all under wraps, Mona doesn't outwardly say any of her transphobic thoughts. She just thinks them, and the internal narrative with her interactions with LK would definitely use the wrong pronouns.

Not putting this one into the tracker yet since it's my proposal not yours, I'd need your go ahead. Like seriously, cooked way too hard, you're totally at rights to pump the breaks on how bad I made this one.

Mona/Mercy - Probably at least had a history as both were interested in cosplay. Maybe Mona helped teach her some of the finer points of construction, like, back in the day when Mona wasn't a total social pariah. I can't imagine Mercy is all too down with the present Mona being publically outed as an emotionally manipulative and generally weird and gross person. If nothing else, she's a liability to hang around with in school.

I could maybe see a sort of begrudging continued working together semi behind the scenes? With Mona still occasionally showing up on Mercy's stream. Mona's definitely the more creative one, and the one with the larger audience, so Mercy probably does try to get some benefit from Mona. Still little lost love between them though, just a begruding teeth grit sort of partnership. Mona would definitely have a bone to pick with Mercy for the crime of not having blown up her reputation and getting to benefit from the attention based on the things Mona might have taught her about streaming and cosplay. Exaggerated, rather, I'm sure Mona overstates how much she made Mercy who she is today because ego, salt, etc.

Not putting this one into the tracker yet since it's my proposal not yours, I'd need your go ahead.

Clarissa/Hope - Yes'm, Clarissa and Hope could fangirl baseball boys together. I'd see it being more casual friendly than deep, and more aquaintances than proper close and intimate friends. Clarissa doesn't have the spoons to openly engage with Hope's more intellectual approach to things- she probably would only be able to listen and nod to the stats talk, and Hope would probably get the sense that she can't get too much out of Clarissa beyond surface-level smol talk. Clarissa, at least, wouldn't treat Hope any different for her disability, Clarissa has the inherent empathy to detect how Hope would prefer to be treated in that regard. So it's probably pleasant all around, if shallow.

Also I *think* I know how to write being attracted to men, so I will be superior to you in that regard.

Clarissa/Grace - Clarissa being a cheerleader would have plenty of exposure to Grace. Similar to Hope I do think Grace is a nerdier variant of hyperfixation that Clarissa wouldn't really be able to get beyond nodding and smiling. Just another casual aquaintance moreso than anything close or in depth. In this case I imagine Clarissa is the friendlier one since Grace seems more reticent, and she was probably the one to reach out first.

Also they lowkey both have their misgivings with Joanne, but Clarissa is firmly a Joanne lackey, so Grace might side eye that? Probably wouldn't have the combination of intuition and willingness to speak out about it though, just off my quick read of Grace's character.

Clarissa/Mercy - Clarissa is openly bi and proud of it, she'll happily be flirted with by girls... I still need to give her an ex girlfriend. Someday. But yeah, the Mercy casual flirting would be well received. Definitely wouldn't go anywhere between Clarissa being skittish about closing the deal with most romantic interests and Mercy probably not having much to get out of Clarissa and also low key doing it for attention. She gets roughly the same amount of attention from Clarissa being an aquaintance regardless. I can't imagine Clarissa is a particularly intense flirter, initiating or being initiated upon.

Clarissa/Heather - I imagine this being a slightly less intimidating Emma for Clarissa? IMO. Clarissa tends to be in the background and just contentedly buzzing around- Raya handles more of the talking. And they are a singular unit when it comes to auto work, more or less, so I think Heather's opinion on Raya is her rough opinion on Clarissa. Maybe a bit more charitable? Heather might cut the quiet shy girl who seems to struggle to articulate an opinion some slack, she might intuit that Clarissa is out of her depth and worth not being especially militant activist towards.

Also Clarissa actively and publically ruining her own life because of her passive going along with Joanne's nonsense probably has inspired Heather to try and verbally snap Clarissa out of it at least once. Lost cause, but Heather can certainly try to make Clarissa uncomfortable and have to reflect on some very mentally itchy and wriggly truths she doesn't want to reflect on.

Trish/Heather - So Trish is good at the music (self-produced, she does actually like doing the work there and she doesn't rely on ghostwriters/studio engineers/Swedish songwriters etc, she's legit bedroom DIY even if her lyrics are full of it). Trish probably on a fundamental level represents everything Heather hates about the world though, even if she does buy into Trish being a defector from decadence Trish is still too busy being hedonistic and obsessing over aesthetics over actually meaningful things. I am pretty sure Heather would be very suspicious of the Trish authenticity though, even if she has no existing proof she's just very inclined to be biased against rich girl example #1.

With where Hayden is Heather probably doesn't dislike Trish quite as much. She might at least respect the music if she doesn't loathe sad girl indie (she probably does? Probably too milquetoast for her taste, Heather is probably the sort of person to think folks like Lucy Dacus and Ethel Cain are too conservative. Maybe she gives Ethel some flowers. Gonna need a public statement from you on that or you're a coward!) Trish in turn doesn't give a shit and Heather doesn't really factor in for her. Maybe the occasional back and forth row, but likely they don't talk much and Heather's disdain is more passive.

Not putting this one into the tracker yet since it's my proposal not yours, I'd need your go ahead.

Trish/Mercy - Trish and Mercy are both musicians and are also both literally cousins so yeah. Mercy doesn't like Hayden, but Trish also doesn't really affiliate with him much in public? Of course Mercy would probably be one of the few people really in the loop about how Trish is still a weasel trying to be the next scion of the family's blood money (I meme but we'll probably actually make their money dirty won't we).

On the flip side I do feel they'd both at least respect each other over their mutual efforts to get out from under the family's thumb, even if Trish is way more mercenary about it and still actively trying to be the next head of the family with the hand hidden behind her back. I dunno? Mercy's opinion here might be ambivalent, she might respect Trish's chops and creativity in comparison to her at least? Like I'm sure Trish has contributed backing tracks or other production work for the Bleak Brigade behind the scenes. Trish wouldn't reject helping out family, she'd be quite okay with Mercy even if Mercy openly tries to keep her at a distance or whatever.

Not putting this one into the tracker yet since it's my proposal not yours, I'd need your go ahead.

Not me saying I'm not going to put in effort but then putting in way too much effort augh.

[Cicada]

[+] BlightLupus

• Ray/Lucy - It would work pretty well, both soft spoken geeks (many such cases) but like you said I think they'd have difficulty even meeting in the first place. As of now there is no overlap between their friend groups, and I think they'd both need a common circle in order to start talking since they're both introverts who otherwise wouldn't start chatting with each other of their own volition. For now I'm going to say this probably won't have happened, but I'll keep an eye on it, there's a good chance for them to end up being good friends if they're in a common social circle.
• Ray/Jason - A casual horror club buddy sounds about right. Ray would appreciate someone who crossplays and uses makeup openly (and looks good in it!), and I think Ray might even have/or had a bit of a crush at some point. Ray's a bit too introverted and reticient to really be all that easy to drag along into shennanigans or be visibly entertained (maybe a bit of giggling at most), so Jason probably doesn't have like, a lot to work with. So I can't imagine they'd be more than casual friends in the specific context of horror club.

• Clarissa/Marie - Good read on it. Clarissa is easy to get a favor from, a party invite here or there, some mechanical work. I think Clarissa in turn might like Marie a lot, since Marie while ambitious also is less devious and backstabby than the usual example of that social mover and shaker. Seems like an easier pill for Clarissa to swallow, since Marie means what she says and says what she means, so Clarissa's overtaxed social battery would have less of the usual BS to process when it comes to trying to think through Marie's motivations and intent with her. Clarissa probably falls more into other camps of influence, but Marie doesn't seem like the sort who would be bothered by that, really? So yeah, a good ally to have on her side. Not the loyalist because Clarissa has a lot of other people she has to pay attention to as well, but good to call on when Marie needs someone like Clarissa!
• Clarissa/Jason - Note that Clarissa's eye for traditional and old school fashion wouldn't be something Jason would likely be aware of. She doesn't actively wear it, its just something she puts in her closet to quietly obsess over, its a close friends only kind of thing.
  
  I think Clarissa would like Jason a lot, in the sense that he's flashy and entertaining, and she'd easily go along with his shennanigans, as you said. There is probably a limit, just because he wouldn't be super deep into her social circles as stands, his closest connection is Raya but I doubt they would run into each other in school each other so much. If he threw her a line and something fun to do, and she wasn't already roped into doing something else stupid though, she'd probably happily go along with it. He also doesn't seem like he has too much ulterior motive besides having fun? She'd like the energy of doing stuff to do stuff rather than having some greater cause. I do think she'd also have a bit of a crush but they're probably not close enough for her to do anything besides daydream about him a bit from a distance.
• Clarissa/Lucy - I don't think cheerleaders cheerlead for fencing matches or anything like that, but I'm sure Clarissa has seen at least a few matcher just out of curiosity. Just enough adjacency there for it to work. I can't imagine they're any particular flavor of close. Clarissa is extroverted and she'd definitely be willing to casually chat Lucy up a bit. Probably just Clarissa showing interest in Lucy's fencing, being a good listening ear, especially since Lucy seems like the sort who wouldn't overwhlem Clarissa. I do like the mutual doormats dynamic where Lucy is the more openly self-aware one and the one willing to think twice about doing things just because of passive peer pressure.

• Trish/Marie - Not added since it's my idea, I'll confirm things with you at some point. Marie being from wealth, I think Marie would be aware of Trish's extracirricular activities in the Las Vegas upper crust. They're both ambitious and looking to make a name for themselves, so they could be good allies! Trish isn't flashy and doesn't really do much in school itself, but with their connection outside of school (if Marie does hobnobbery with other rich kids and networks outside of the Red Rocks ecosystem?) they might be on good terms, and Marie would be able to use Trish as something of an in for the less social, more disaffected elements in school, the outcasts who Marie might not directly schmooze with.
  
  Sort of like, they are regularly talking and exchanging information and gossip outside of school, and don't affiliate so much in school. Marie would appreciate the role Trish plays for her, and also having a rare friend who understands the lifestyle of both being in the top of the social strata.
• Trish/Lucy - Not added since it's my idea, I'll confirm things with you at some point. They're both in fencing club! Trish wouldn't have a reason to pressure Lucy to do anything on her behalf, that's not Trish's style. And they're both hard working and determined, albeit likely for very different goals. I think they'd be good friends! Supporting each other's dreams and ambitions (albeit Trish would be vague about what specifically she wants beyond her vision for her art), sort of like they're the best friends within the context of the club and are able to regularly catch up and commiserate about other aspects of their life when they have downtime.
  
  Lucy would be the more talented of the two since it isn't Trish's primary engagement in life. Lucy might appreciate being the one who can teach and guide someone else rather than being in the inferior position in the dynamic. Trish doesn't have an ego and is willing to play that role.

Because Clarissa is shaping up to have a trillion casual aquaintances of varying flavor I've split her relationship categories to note levels of closeness from best friends to aquaintances she would only frien in passing.

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• Ray/Lucy - It would work pretty well, both soft spoken geeks (many such cases) but like you said I think they'd have difficulty even meeting in the first place. As of now there is no overlap between their friend groups, and I think they'd both need a common circle in order to start talking since they're both introverts who otherwise wouldn't start chatting with each other of their own volition. For now I'm going to say this probably won't have happened, but I'll keep an eye on it, there's a good chance for them to end up being good friends if they're in a common social circle.
• Ray/Jason - A casual horror club buddy sounds about right. Ray would appreciate someone who crossplays and uses makeup openly (and looks good in it!), and I think Ray might even have/or had a bit of a crush at some point. Ray's a bit too introverted and reticient to really be all that easy to drag along into shennanigans or be visibly entertained (maybe a bit of giggling at most), so Jason probably doesn't have like, a lot to work with. So I can't imagine they'd be more than casual friends in the specific context of horror club.

• Clarissa/Marie - Good read on it. Clarissa is easy to get a favor from, a party invite here or there, some mechanical work. I think Clarissa in turn might like Marie a lot, since Marie while ambitious also is less devious and backstabby than the usual example of that social mover and shaker. Seems like an easier pill for Clarissa to swallow, since Marie means what she says and says what she means, so Clarissa's overtaxed social battery would have less of the usual BS to process when it comes to trying to think through Marie's motivations and intent with her. Clarissa probably falls more into other camps of influence, but Marie doesn't seem like the sort who would be bothered by that, really? So yeah, a good ally to have on her side. Not the loyalist because Clarissa has a lot of other people she has to pay attention to as well, but good to call on when Marie needs someone like Clarissa!
• Clarissa/Jason - Note that Clarissa's eye for traditional and old school fashion wouldn't be something Jason would likely be aware of. She doesn't actively wear it, its just something she puts in her closet to quietly obsess over, its a close friends only kind of thing.
  
  I think Clarissa would like Jason a lot, in the sense that he's flashy and entertaining, and she'd easily go along with his shennanigans, as you said. There is probably a limit, just because he wouldn't be super deep into her social circles as stands, his closest connection is Raya but I doubt they would run into each other in school each other so much. If he threw her a line and something fun to do, and she wasn't already roped into doing something else stupid though, she'd probably happily go along with it. He also doesn't seem like he has too much ulterior motive besides having fun? She'd like the energy of doing stuff to do stuff rather than having some greater cause. I do think she'd also have a bit of a crush but they're probably not close enough for her to do anything besides daydream about him a bit from a distance.
• Clarissa/Lucy - I don't think cheerleaders cheerlead for fencing matches or anything like that, but I'm sure Clarissa has seen at least a few matcher just out of curiosity. Just enough adjacency there for it to work. I can't imagine they're any particular flavor of close. Clarissa is extroverted and she'd definitely be willing to casually chat Lucy up a bit. Probably just Clarissa showing interest in Lucy's fencing, being a good listening ear, especially since Lucy seems like the sort who wouldn't overwhlem Clarissa. I do like the mutual doormats dynamic where Lucy is the more openly self-aware one and the one willing to think twice about doing things just because of passive peer pressure.

• Trish/Marie - Not added since it's my idea, I'll confirm things with you at some point. Marie being from wealth, I think Marie would be aware of Trish's extracirricular activities in the Las Vegas upper crust. They're both ambitious and looking to make a name for themselves, so they could be good allies! Trish isn't flashy and doesn't really do much in school itself, but with their connection outside of school (if Marie does hobnobbery with other rich kids and networks outside of the Red Rocks ecosystem?) they might be on good terms, and Marie would be able to use Trish as something of an in for the less social, more disaffected elements in school, the outcasts who Marie might not directly schmooze with.
  
  Sort of like, they are regularly talking and exchanging information and gossip outside of school, and don't affiliate so much in school. Marie would appreciate the role Trish plays for her, and also having a rare friend who understands the lifestyle of both being in the top of the social strata.
• Trish/Lucy - Not added since it's my idea, I'll confirm things with you at some point. They're both in fencing club! Trish wouldn't have a reason to pressure Lucy to do anything on her behalf, that's not Trish's style. And they're both hard working and determined, albeit likely for very different goals. I think they'd be good friends! Supporting each other's dreams and ambitions (albeit Trish would be vague about what specifically she wants beyond her vision for her art), sort of like they're the best friends within the context of the club and are able to regularly catch up and commiserate about other aspects of their life when they have downtime.
  
  Lucy would be the more talented of the two since it isn't Trish's primary engagement in life. Lucy might appreciate being the one who can teach and guide someone else rather than being in the inferior position in the dynamic. Trish doesn't have an ego and is willing to play that role.

Because Clarissa is shaping up to have a trillion casual aquaintances of varying flavor I've split her relationship categories to note levels of closeness from best friends to aquaintances she would only frien in passing.

Love both of those ideas! Marie would definitely back Trish and want to help her take the role of heiress, mostly because she likes Trish much better than her brother, and Lucy would likely find some amount of confidence from being in a teaching role, something she is sorely unfamiliar with.