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STATISTICS:

full name: ariella aurora pascua

nicknames: no nicknames she hates them bad, she'll tell you her mother gave her a name for a reason ♡

birthday: march 17, 1992

hometown: scarsdale, new york

occupation: owner of craft corner @ the galleria

hobbies: junk journaling, scrap booking, amigurumi making

lives: ocean avenue

trigger warnings: religion, death, grief

following a whim and dreams of becoming a wall street stock broker, henry pascua packed up and moved his wife across the world from pinili, ilocos norte to brooklyn, new york. it doesn't take long for the couple to begin solidifying a life there, aira pascua becoming pregnant with their daughter just a year later. it's when ariella aurora pascua is born that her father starts working in overtime, spending the first five years of her life mostly absent ( but only in physiciality ). as he would continue to reiterate to her well into adult life: the sacrifice was worth it. by the time ariella begins elementary school, her family is moving to the upper west side to ensure her enrollment in the best private catholic school.

her schooling goes by in a haze of routine: wake up two hours before school to finish chores and study, attend school for eight hours, extra curriculars from five to seven, dinner, chores, schoolwork, repeat. by the time she's in third grade they're moving to scarsdale, entering a new tax bracket that her father swears hinges on her dedication to success. when she reaches new york university she'll find that most people she meets didn't have the same upbringing, but she's thankful for the structure and discipline her parent's rigid routine has given her. routine is the foundation of success, after all, and pascua's are born for success. it's her freshman year roommate that starts chipping away at her walls, gaining her trust through random acts of kindess, and allowing silence and boundaries where other's would've pushed her away.

the more she lets her in, the more she feels herself blossom. before she knows it she's spending time with her roommates' friends ( and would even consider calling them friends of her own ), and taking up creative hobbies she never would've considered before. junk journaling and scrapbooking become her favorite weekend pastime, but her roommate manages to drag her out every third saturday for a night on the town. during her sophomore year, and after a particularly tense phone call with her mother, she decides her hobbies are too lucrative not to profit off of and opens her own etsy shop called craft corner. there she sells junk journaling and scrapbooking kits, funding the nights her roommate drags her out. it's on one of her scheduled breaks that she meets her soon to be fiancee, swept into a whirlwind of romance and softening more than she thought she'd be capable of.

it's through her relationship that she finds herself building a community for the first time in her life, a group of people that truly see her and believe in her. she earns her bachelors in business administration and all of the pieces seem to be falling in place for her. landing a steady job at a business consulting firm is her logical next step, though she keeps her etsy business running ( purely because it's lucrative, because she can't admit she loves it ). at twenty-five her boyfriend proposes, and she swears life can't get any better than that. they spent a year and a half in premarital bliss before the unthinkable happens, her fiancee losing his life in a tragic accident just six months before their wedding.

the next year and a half are spent in a grief filled haze, all of the friends she'd grown to cherish pushed away one by one. the tragedy reminds her of what she's always known: the only thing you can count on is work and your parents. it doesn't take long for her to end up back under their roof, rebuilding herself from the ground up. on her twenty-eighth birthday, she decides she's had enough, that she can't heal in the same place she broke. on a whim that feels foreign to her, she packs up her things and sets off driving. she doesn't have a destination in mind, just the need to be far, far away.

I heard that SHE / (HER)  has been in town for NINE MONTHS, which is crazy considering they are THIRTY years old. Yeah, they live over on PENNY LANE, and I heard that they work as a FIFTH GRADE TEACHER ( IN TOWN ). I love that they remind me of PERFECT MANICURES, PAPERBACK NOVELS IN HER TOTE BAG, & LINGERING SCENT OF EXPENSIVE PERFUME AND ESPRESSO, but … ugh, their playlist is so weird. Why is GOOD  TIME  –  OWL  CITY  &  CARLY  RAE  JEPSEN in the queue?

G E N E R A L !

Name: Adriana Belle Costa ; Birthday & Birthplace: April 10 in Brooklyn, NY ; Hometown: Bensonehurt, Brooklyn ; Gender & Pronouns: Cis woman & She/Her/Hers ; Orientation & Status: Heterosexual & Single ; Current Residence: Penny Lane ; Family: Diego Costa (Father), Valentina Costa (Mother), Luis and Julio Costa (Brothers, 26) ; Occupation: 5th Grade Teacher

Personality: charismatic, resourceful, patient, warm, driven, incredibly nurturing, image-conscious, highly organized, habitual planner, perfectionist, overworks herself, difficulty accepting help, constantly feels she has something to prove ; Likes: rooftop view, espresso with cinnamon, after midnight, fresh flowers from the farmer's market, antique stores, and stationary; Dislikes: parents who treat teaches like customer service, snobbery, flaky friends, loud chewing, being interrupted, feeling financially dependent on anyone ; Extras: has a collection of funny notes students have written her, reads before bed every night, loves looking at million-dollar homes she has no intention of buying, keeps a spreadsheet for everything, loves acts of service.

H I S T O R Y !

Grew up in a crowded three-bedroom apartment in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Both her parents were blue-collar workers spending 60+ hours outside of the home to provide for Adriana and her younger twin brothers. The apartment always felt too small, too loud, and too full despite all the love embedded in the walls. Adriana loved her family, but she didn't want their life.

While her brothers were content with their friend group and status in the neighborhood, Adriana always dreamed of something bigger and further away than beginning her own life on the same block she had known her whole life. It was her brain that was her ticket out. Yet, despite her intelligence, there were only so many scholarships she could earn, prompting her to take out a huge loan for her studies.

Between classes and studying, she worked herself to minimize her accruing debt. Waitressing, bartending, hosting private events, and providing bottle service. With it came invitations to spaces and people she would have previously never had access to. Relationships with wealthy older men who enjoyed her company, beauty, and ambition became her weekly paycheck.

Through those interactions, she learned how power was wielded, sustained, and conserved. How influence moved, and opportunities were developed. While juggling multiple jobs and arrangements, she earned two degrees in education. People were always surprised that she wanted to be a teacher. It was everything to her, for she still recalls the impact of a handful of teachers who saw a bright future within her.

One of her former clients helped her land a position at a prestigious private school in Manhattan. An institution where Ivy League students were mass produced and the most affluent in all of New York attended, if not sending their child overseas. Professionally, she thrived; emotionally, she was disconnected. When an opportunity emerged at an elementary school in Cider Point, she accepted.

BASICS

NAME: daphne miller ALSO KNOWN: daphne alpert, 2016-2017 NICKNAMES: daph, fee GENDER: cis female PRONOUNS: she/her BIRTHDAY: january 28, 1998 AGE: 28 HEIGHT: 5'4" SEXUALITY: bisexual RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single, divorced OCCUPATION: front of house at hart motel LIVING: ocean avenue with housemate BORN: philadelphia, pennsylvania TIME IN CIDER POINT: since 2004, returned early 2018

DETAILS

POSITIVE TRAITS: intelligent, tidy, sociable, generous, organised. NEUTRAL TRAITS: impulsive, talkative, emotional, floating, stubborn. NEGATIVE TRAITS: assertive, self-destructive, bitter, cynical. FORMERLY: obedient, dutiful, overachiever, trusting. LIKES: ice cream, embroidered denim, reading, keychains, volunteering. DISLIKES: cold weather, cheaters in every sense of the word, closed spaces. HAIRSTYLE currently & naturally dark brown, long, often wavy. PIERCINGS standard lobes, both ears. TATTOOS two butterflies on the left side of her ribs. SCARS none of note.

HISTORY TW INFIDELITY

Though she was born in Philadelphia, Daphne will always consider Cider Point her home. Moving at the age of six, the first time her father stayed in her life for more than a day at a time, Cider Point represented what she'd hoped would be a fresh start with a complete family. At the very least, it was a fresh start.

Daphne thrives in the small town, revelling in a vibrant social life and academic success all through her school years. Somewhere along the way she meets August, falls head over heels for the way he makes her laugh, how he always makes her feel more than enough. He's her first everything: date, kiss, time, love.

Her home life isn't so pretty, though. She and her parents benefit from an inherited wealth, but it seems even money can't fix a plethora of communication problems and her father's inability to commit to absolutely anything — what to have for dinner, promises to be at her upcoming poetry slam, her mother. But she never had convincing enough evidence, and her mother always seemed to forgive him, so who was she to say anything?

For years, she watches her mother love a man who doesn't deserve it, and slowly grows to resent him herself for the secrets he keeps and the promises he always breaks. At fifteen, she stops calling him 'dad'. He stops interacting with her unless necessary. Her mother tries to pick up the pieces.

At eighteen, she chooses to follow August to New York for university, escape it all, majoring in elementary education. Teaching is the goal, encouraged by her mother, but it's not what she really wants. She and August had gotten married right out of high school, the least she can do not to disappoint her mother further is follow her dead dream, right?

It all falls apart a few months later, and she thinks she should just be glad he confessed, take his remorse as a sign they could fix this, but the thought of her husband in bed with another woman just makes her think of her father and she can't be like her mother.

He moves back home, and she stays, tries to balance a degree she doesn't want with navigating divorce at the young age of nineteen. Halfway through her second year, she's dropping out before they can kick her, too, and now they're just two people with nothing left who were supposed to have the world.

She moves back, too, once her father threatens to cut her off. She can't survive in New York without his card, her career prospects non-existent now, her motivation rock-bottom. But it'd been fun while it lasted, living the fast life, her tongue down a different throat each night and another brunch the next day with people who don't actually like her, just the mess she's become.

She bounces around jobs for the next few years, keeps herself afloat with roommates so she doesn't have to live under her father's roof, under his rule. Strings of short-lived relationships because love is a lie because even when you do everything right, your husband cheats and your father leaves so why commit? Why commit to anything?

Her parents' marriage finally implodes when she's twenty-seven, her mother finally seeing for her own eyes the man her father had always been — a liar and a cheat; a fraud.

Turns out, she's not the only child he has. Somewhere out there is an older half brother neither Daphne or her mother have ever met. He insists that's it, just the two, and for now, she chooses to believe him. Her mother is distraught, and Daphne bites her tongue not to say I told you so. It's the last gift he gives them before he skips town again, complicates every step of their divorce. It's the first time she's grateful for August since he confessed, for making their divorce as easy as it could be.

And though she no longer dreams of white picket fences, she thinks maybe it's about time she settled down a little, found footing in life, something to give her purpose. Love might be a scam, and she might've squandered all her potential in New York, but maybe she can find a little of the young woman she lost again — the one who loved picking berries in the sunshine and dancing around the kitchen to the radio, who loves to volunteer because nothing feels better than making someone smile. Maybe.

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Camila's mom left when she was four. Which was fine. It wasn't like she ever really knew that lady, so it wasn't like she could even miss her, and she didn't even have to miss her, anyway. Her dad pulled double duty, thank you very much, even with his busy schedule as a marketer. It took him out of town often, but with the help of some neighbors, they made it work. Ideally, he probably should've moved a few towns over to be closer to his side of the family, but he didn't want to uproot Camila's life even further. It was kind, really. And, as she got older, she figured she'd step up to the plate and make it all work even better for the two of them. She'd get a job at sixteen, help him cut back on some hours, find a good middleground together. He'd given her a lot. She'd wanted to give something back.

Instead, at sixteen, her dad changed the plan on her. Which, to be fair, she'd never actually told him the plan. And it wasn't like she could be mad that he'd fallen in love again. And it wasn't like it reasonable for her to be mad that instead of having to take on some bills at sixteen, there was another adult covering them. And her kids. And who could be mad at their family getting bigger? Who could be mad at strangers deciding they'd like to love her and her dad? It was a non-issue, aside from all the ways it was. It wasn't so easy to join a family at sixteen. Her stepsiblings had been raised together; her dad had a gap to fill, but she didn't. She didn't feel unloved at all, but she couldn't shake the feeling of being a plus one to the party.

TW: Addiction, child neglect, homelessness

Bellamy was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Richard Kyrkos and Katherine Terzakes, a young couple who had zero business reproducing. The first few years of Bellamy's life was spent hopping between different motels and shitty apartments. To the Kyrkos kids, it was normal for their parents to either be out and about for hours on end or passed out on a couch or bed. Seeing pills and needles all around their living space was typical. Being left to fend for themselves was par for the course. After a particularly bad drug bender, nobody took Bellamy to school for a week and their teacher called DCF out of concern for their wellbeing. After the authorities saw the squalor the children were living in, Bellamy and their brother were removed and placed into foster care. Richard and Katherine were given an ultimatum: give up drugs or give up their children. They chose the drugs, and by the time Bellamy had turned six years old, they were officially a ward of the state.

For the next eight years, Bellamy bounced from town to town, foster family to foster family. About three years into being in the foster system, Bellamy was separated from their brother; there was a nice family in Lowell who decided to adopt their brother but thought Bellamy was too much trouble. It was hard for them to make friends without a stable place to live, and they had all but given up on people until they ended up in Cider Point. When they were a freshman in high school, a family in Cider Point took them in. For the first time, Bellamy was able to make friends and express themself how they wanted to. Their foster family was very open and gave no pushback when they started using the name Bellamy and going by they/he pronouns.

The friends Bellamy made weren’t the best influences, but they welcomed Bellamy with open arms. Their friend group would run around town causing all sorts of mischief. Most of what the group did involved property damage, skipping school, and smoking weed, but every now and again, they’d find themselves in fights. Bellamy graduated high school by the skin of their teeth, much to the chagrin of their foster family. Once their eighteenth birthday hit, the checks from the state stopped coming in. The family agreed to keep Bellamy under their roof until they graduated, but before they knew how to process it, Bellamy had been kicked out by the closest thing to a family they’d ever known.

As an adult, Bellamy has slowly but surely been making a better life for themself. They couch surfed and worked a variety of odd jobs for years until they were finally able to put a roof over their head. It's not a nice apartment by any means, but it's theirs and they wouldn't trade it, or their roommate, for the world. College wasn't in the cards for them, but in the past year, they've taken the necessary state-approved courses and got an apprenticeship at the local tattoo shop. They can't call themselves a full-blown tattoo artist yet, but they wouldn't trade it for the world, though getting paid would be nice. For now, landscaping has been paying the bills. Bellamy still has a lot of growing up to do, but they're not planning on acting their age any time soon.

i. statistics !

⟡ BASICS, name.   anthony   /   nickname.   ant, ty   /   gender.   cis man   /   pronouns.   he&him   /   sexuality.   heterosexual   /   date of birth.   february 2nd, 1998   /   zodiac sign.   aquarius   /   hometown.   cider point   /   occupation.   assistant ice hockey coach 

⟡ APPEARANCE, faceclaim.   belmont cameli   /   height.   185cm   /   build.   athletic   /   eyes.   light brown   /   hair.   chestnut brown   /   piercings.   none   /   tattoos.   two sparrows above his right elbow   /   signature scent.   sandalwood & rosemary   /   style.   athletic wear & comfortable  

⟡ PERSONALITY, positive.   altruistic, disciplined & pragmatic   /   negative.   stubborn, avoidant & gullible   /   fears.   acrophobia   /   element.   earth   /   season.   summer   /   personality type.   isfp, the artist   /   moral alignment.   chaotic neutral   /   primary vice.   pride   /   primary virtue.   kindness

⟡ FAVOURITES, ice cream flavor.   pistachio   /   time of day.   after sunset   /   weather.   windy days   /   colour.   blue&red   /   music genre.   psychedelic rock, new wave   /   books.   tolstoj’s war & peace, justine korman's and and ron fontes' babe: pig in the city

ii. athony's treasure box ! 

TRIGGERS: car crash, description of injuries obtained

⟡      dated december 2004,   location : toronto, canada.      [   OBJECT DESCRIPTION : a magnet in the shape of a maple leaf, underneath inscribed "CANADA". inside the maple leaf there's a winter landscape, displaying some cozy houses and a moose.   ]

winter breaks are anthony's favourite. he gets to travel with his family all the way to canada and spend christmas at his uncle's house. two winters ago the man taught him how to skate on ice. this year he's introducing hockey sticks. he likes it well enough, plays these games against his older cousins and somehow manages to win. later, when they all go out to eat burgers, anthony overhears his uncle and father discussing his potential. truthfully he doesn't care much— he's way too occupied by both his cousins' stories and the toy that's in his happy meal. yet when they return home, his father announces that he enrolled him in hockey classes. anthony stays quiets, just nods and goes to his room. he already learned there's no arguing with his dad once he sets his mind to something.

⟡      dated february 2013,   location : out of town.      [   OBJECT DESCRIPTION : a big trophy, holding a golden figurine at the top. it's of a man dressed in hockey gear holding a hockey stick, the bottom of the stick connected to a puck. it was awarded to his team after winning the national junior hockey championship.   ]

funnily enough it really started out as just a regular hobby. but then anthony entered national junior hockey competitions and brought home some prize money. as he grew older and created a name for himself within the industry, sponsors began contacting his parents as well. and after nearly a decade in the field, along with some smart investments on his father's end, they were able to move out of their modest home in penny lane. it was replaced by a grand mansion in ocean avenue, with a pretty view over the water. his parents decided to retire early, leaving their regular 9 to 5s to focus on anthony's sports career instead, and all the traveling it included. during those years anthony's love for hockey is as real as it could be. it gives him purpose, something he's good at. he's on cloud 9 after winning his team the junior state championship. people are much nicer to him now. strangers stop him on the street to congratulate him, girls vie for his attention. he basks in the glory, using it as fuel to work even harder next season. anthony's career is burning bright, with no signs of slowing down.

⟡      dated june 2016,   location : cider point.      [   OBJECT DESCRIPTION : a baby pink wrist corsage custom made for his prom date, displaying several pink flowers and some pearls. he'd been meticulous about the colour scheme request, wanting the corsage to perfectly match his date's prom dress. it's still neatly packaged inside the box from when he purchased it all those years ago.   ]

he's going to miss his senior prom. his father-turned-manager informed they have to travel out of state to meet up with different teams and coaches, to ensure anthony getting the best sport scholarship possible. except he'd been looking forward to prom night for months at that point, finally finding the guts to ask out the girl he'd been pining over since sophomore year. he'd picked out a suit that would match her dress, he already ordered a limo to pick them up at 7. the disappointment on her face when he breaks the news that he can't make it crushes something inside of him. it hadn't been the first time he missed out on important events because of sports. he missed his best friend's 18th birthday party. he couldn't be there when his dog got sick and needed surgery. his father has a tendency to brush these things off, claiming " being great requires equally great sacrifices, anthony. " yet he can't help but realise he never wished to give up his sense of normalcy to begin with. anthony isn't allowed to quit, not when it would directly affect his parents' livelihoods as well. so he goes out of state on prom night, feeling anger simmer inside his chest as he spends the night checking his friends' snapchat stories.

⟡      dated may 2022,   location : cider point.      [   IMAGE DESCRIPTION : anthony in a hospital bed. his entire body is bandaged up, bruises visible on both his arms and face. he's surrounded by all kinds of flowers, his mother's holding his hand as she sits by his side. anthony holds a thumbs up to the camera with his free hand, a lazy smile on his lips.   ]

salvation came in the cruelest possible way. a drunk driver hits him on a busy intersection, totalling his jeep. when he later wakes up in the hospital, doctors state he's lucky to have survived. recovery is long and hard. it takes him months to learn how to properly walk again, having broken his legs in several different places. some of the pain is expected to never really go away, but he learns how to live with it. friends and family visit him daily, along with reporters demanding updates and interviews. one thing swiftly becomes clear: anthony brunelli's golden hockey career is over before he even reached his peak. his father ? devastated and inconsolable. anthony ? he feels oddly relieved. with the funds he earned over the years, he buys himself a nice house in ocean avenue, trying to figure out who he is without other people deciding for him.

⟡      dated march 2026,   location : ocean avenue.      [   OBJECT DESCRIPTION : a bouquet of several different flowers, all in different shapes and colours. there's a card tied around the stems of the bouquet, reading: we couldn't have done it without you. thanks for the great season, ant!   ]

──── 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑪𝑺 .

𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄. everett alexander warren 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒. evie. rhett to close friends & family 𝐀𝐆𝐄. 28 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘. august 13th 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄. manhattan, new york 𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂. leo ☀ · aquarius ☾ · gemini ↾ 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑. nonbinary 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒. they/them 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. homosexual panromantic 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏. ambiamorous

──── 𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 .

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌. hunter schafer 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑. green 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑. blond 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄. varies in length 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. 5’8” 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂(𝐒). hands are scarred and often blistered from playing the drums; likewise, they have significant trouble sitting still and is often tapping their feet or knuckles against surfaces around them 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄. depends on the day | almost always high end fashion pieces 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. tongue & traditional lobe piercings 𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐒. vitruvian drummer , left ribcage ; as above so below , inner left bicep ; right half of a compass rose (their twin has the other half) , right hip

──── 𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷𝑺 .

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒. william alexander warren ii & elizabeth rose warren 𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. william alexander warren iii ( oldest brother ) ; _ warren ( older sister ) ; _ warren ( older sister ) ; _ warren ( twin sister; older by 11 minutes ) 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍. not applicable, though they have a female beagle named brimi that they treat like a child 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑. not applicable 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑(𝐒). to be determined 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒. to be determined

──── 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 .

Basic Information

Full Name: Dakota Renee Carter

Nickname(s): Kota, Gumdrop (family only)

Birthdate: July 20th, 1996

Age: 29

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual

Relationship Status: Single

Bio

Connections

Wilhelmina Sterling: Ex-girlfriend

Bellamy Kyrkos: Roommate

Daphne Miller: Badass at the bar

Charlie Nelson: Party friend

Background

Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina

Hometown: Cider Point, Massachusetts

Fathers: Oliver and William Carter

Siblings: Older Sister and older brother

Pet: A Yorkshire terrier named Samson

Physical Appearance: 

Face Claim: Samantha Logan

Tattoos: She has a flower tattoo on the top of her ribs and a matching puzzle piece she got with her siblings on her inner wrist

Piercings: Has ears and belly button

Marks/scars: Scar on her leg from a cleat in soccer

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