#hallowayintros

QUICK INFO: 

Name: Sylvia Elizabeth Preston

DOB / Age: January 6th, 1999. Twenty. 

Zodiac: Capricorn sun, Virgo moon. 

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw.

MBTI: ESTJ.

Positive traits: Strong-willed, intelligent, organized. 

Negative traits: Stubborn, judgemental, hypercritical. 

Sexuality: Bisexual.

Main Inspo: Betty Cooper, Nancy Wheeler, Michaela Pratt. 

BIOGRAPHY: 

Despite the fact that she had a white-picket fence ( not literally, of course, as for the first twelve years of her life she lived in an apartment ) upbringing, with a wealthy father who could have given her everything she wanted ... Sylvia has always had to work for what she wanted. Of course, she was privileged: pretty and blonde and attending the best private schools, with the best tutors and healthy lunches prepared by her nanny, but Sylvia wasn’t spoiled. She didn’t have the walls of toys her friends with parents that had the same income did, she didn’t have the vacations around the world. Her father was determined to teach her the merits of hard work — no matter how young she was. Flashcards every morning over breakfast, only getting her dolls and trains out of the locked toy chest when she came home with an A on her spelling test, no dinner if her room wasn’t entirely pristine. She’s always been neurotic, and a perfectionist, from when she set up her toys in perfectly neat lines to when she corrected the grammar of a love note she got when she was eight. Her hair was always brushed neatly, her skirts without a crease in them. Presentable is perfect, her mother would say, through breath that always smelled like red wine. And only perfect is presentable, she would echo back, whether it be through the lisp she carried as a young girl ( speech therapy squandered that quickly ) or the braces she got at ten, the second her last adult tooth grew in. 

Her father was transferred to Concord in the middle of her sixth grade year, and her family settled neatly into Halloway after that. Of course, just because the clean, modern furniture and city skylines of their old were replaced with a big front porch and a bigger backyard didn’t mean anything — it didn’t mean the Prestons expected anything less. When she was fourteen, her mom’s belly was swollen with another baby ( a little girl to be born three months later, called Beatrice ) and while some older children had the expectations shift off of them with new arrivals, thus was not the case for Sylvia. She was expected to be an example. She joined the cheerleading squad in the seventh grade, and carried on to the high school team. She joined the debate team, and was on the student council, even volunteering for the mayor’s office — she fell in love with politics, and decided then and there that she was going to be the first female president. 

Straight As in five AP classes, every extracurricular under the sun, volunteer work on weekends ... Sylvia was perfect in high school, and she’s perfect in college. Acing every course, the same volunteer and internship opportunities ... she went to parties, of course, and hooked up with people, of course, but she always calculated mathematically just the amount of drinks she needed to feel a buzz but still be in control — and not get a hangover in the morning — and using every form of birth control possible. She’s still a cheerleader, of course, though now it’s for the Halloway University team instead of the high school. She’s never been really drunk, never been in a relationship ... she’s not a sociopath or anything, but the social scene is more of a transaction for her than anything. She’s as kind as she can be because it’s the right thing to do ... but she makes connections because they could help her down the line. She’s always been a bit of a loner on the inside, but she does crave real affection instead of just attention. Her real connections are very limited.

TL;DR — Sylvia is the perfect girl with the perfect life, a straight A student popular at parties and a cheerleader. She moved from NYC when she was twelve, and was also a cheerleader in HS and on the debate team, as well as being involved in student govt. An unpaid internship / volunteer work  at the mayor’s office sparked an even bigger interest in politics, and she wants to be the first female president. Her nuclear family is equally perfect, though they exert pressure on her, and she loves her little sister Beatrice, who’s six, more than anything in the world. She’s a severe perfectionist that is perfectly calculated socially, but doesn’t really have a lot of fun, despite appearances. 

PERSONALITY / UNI LIFE / FUN FACTS: 

Again, Sylvia goes to parties all the time, and drinks enough to get buzzed while remaining in full control. That’s also the sole reason she doesn’t do drugs, because she can’t stand the idea of not being operating at full awareness. She’s hooked up with plenty of guys and gals, but has never had a relationship either in high school or college. 

Sylvia wakes up at least two hours before classes every morning to perfectly do her hair and makeup, and curate an outfit. She’s never really fallen into the sweatpants and makeup free to class thing, and is always looking like she’s ready to impress. 

She’s a cheerleader, and incredibly involved in classes. She’s a bit of a teacher’s pet, and knows all of her professors and almost always goes to office hours. 

She’s a cheerleader, involved in Women in Leadership, and Future Politicians as her extracurriculars. Sylvia also 100% runs a studyblr and whatever the Instagram equivalent is.

Everything in Sylvia’s life is in her planner. Birthdays, assignments, passwords written down in the back, sticky notes advertising different inspirational quotes ... all from female politicians, of course. Each page is perfectly crafted in even more perfect penmanship, and color coded. She wears the key for it around her neck, and the tiny silver lock has never budged at anyone else’s hands. 

Sylvia loves vintage and classic romance movies. Anything from Casablanca to John Hughes or cheesy Netflix flicks, and she’s seen it. She’s a romantic at heart, despite her own lack of experience. Not for lack of trying on other people’s parts, but she’s after success, not a relationship. She’s always thought, secretly, that if she wasn’t so focused on success and politics, she’d love to be an actress or a producer or something in Hollywood. 

Sylvia is ridiculously nosy. She makes note of things she overhears, of things people tell her, she knows how to ask a good question, and isn’t a stranger to picking a lock, which she learned from the pile of Nancy Drew books in her childhood bedroom. Not that anyone knows this, of course, but information is always good to have. Maybe she should be a reporter instead. I’d predict she’d be very interested in solving the mystery of what’s going on, and trying to figure everything out. 

BEFORE

so ariana was born as an only daughter  ,  that lasted roughly a few months  .  her biological mother died during childbirth  ,  and her father soon remarried .  ( like really soon  .  )

since ariana never knew her mother  ,  other than the pictures  , she created a fantasy of what the woman must have been like  ,  and ran with it  .  she was smart  ,  and kind  ,  compassionate and  beautiful  .  

although  ,  real life couldn’t have been further from the truth  .  her mother was an struggling addict for years  ,  leaving her father miserable in a complicated marriage  . he turned to an affair with a woman  ,  that turned into love  ,   who was pregnant before ariana’s mother died  . 

ariana’s mother died during childbirth because she had relapsed  ,  putting not only her life in jeopardy  ,  but ariana’s as well  .  she was born premature all of two months  . 

since ariana and daniela have been raised nothing short of sisters  ,  being only months apart, they’re more like twins than anything. practically attached at the hip, since little dani was born. if there is one person ariana would do anything for, no questions asked, it’s her sister. 

ariana has always been an overachiever, she had everything going for her  .  accepted into not only halloway  ,  but harvard as well .  on top of being smart  ,  she was popular  ,  one of the queen bees  ,  as if it was her birthright  .  

due to this  ,  she came off pretty intimidating in high school.  she was never mean  , or cruel, or outwardly vicious ,  though  .  she just had a very strong  ,  and abrasive personality  .  and she could be a wee bit bossy or selfish  . 

she was also known for dating the athletes  ,  with an almost serious boyfriend every year  .  all of which  ,  seemed go downhill quickly when they realized in between arguments she was seeing someone else  . 

towards the beginning of her junior year in high school, all that went away. she got pregnant  ,  and became the stigma  .  all her friends seemed to have abandoned her  , at least the ones that ran in the same circle. 

with layton  (the baby daddy) packing up and fleeing the second she tells him, she’s left with being a teenage mother .  granted  ,  her parents were never very well off  ,  they were middleclass  ,   and willing to help after the disappointment settled. 

however, this means they’d struggle, the baby would struggle, she’d quit the idea of ever going to college, let alone graduating high school. so began the most selfless thing ariana has ever done --- she gave her up for adoption. it was closed, and it’s been five years since then. 

she finished high school and graduated as one of the top in her class. 

AFTER

ariana is not the same girl she was in high school  .  though her personality is still strong  ,  she far less selfish than she ever was before  .  having a baby changed her  ,  and she can never get that back. 

she applied for college with all intent to be an MD student, and study medicine. her freshman year, she decided that her ambitions have changed, and that if she wants something --- she should do it for herself, and not anyone else. 

so she switched majors to fashion and design. something she’s always been passionate about, but never thought it was a realistic choice. 

spanish is her prominent language, due to growing up in a mostly spanish speaking house. although, she also learned english along with everyone else in school. 

tries to drink in small quantities,  but has an addictive personality. which means, once she starts, it’s hard getting her to stop. but her tolerance is up there man. 

she way easier to get along with these days, much more verbally compassionate than she ever was before. losing everything, actually help her gain a lot. 

if your muse has lived in halloway their whole lives, or at least since highschool, the fact that she had a baby and gave her up for adoption is pretty much common knowledge  .  but she doesn’t like to talk about it. 

has not dated anyone seriously since junior year  ,  she’s had flings and mostly hook ups  ,  but getting attached romantically isn’t something she’s a fan of  .  my girl has some major trust issues  . if it gets that far  ,  she shoots it down. 

friendzones the hell out of anyone who is halfway decent, for fear that their wholesome personality will trap her into having those pesky things called feelings.

she’s in track, the henna society, and ballroom/latin dancing clubs! *cough* or she was.

PLOTS

baby daddy: layton castillo

half sister: daniela sanchez

unestablished

someone she dated in high school, they would have ended on bad terms just before she got pregnant, likely would also hate layton: 

someone that is exceedingly bad for her, no feelings attached and they both know it: 

someone she could have had feelings for, if things were different: 

unrequited love, or hard crush -- they feel things for her, but she shot them down: 

friendzone, for what feels like forever: 

the person she calls at 3am when she needs someone: 

party buddies, they carpool, walk home together, do body shots: 

hi all! i’m madi, and i dunno about you but i’m pretty f*cking pumped about being part of this group. i am super hungover & at work right now, so i’m not sure how responsive i’m going to be, but i’m gonna try my best. 

also, a little disclaimer – - this is my first time being a part of a rp in about THREE YEARS, so if i’m a little rusty, please be patient with me!! saint is a very new muse for me and i’m still building out his character some, but below the cut you’ll be able to find out a little more about him. i’ve also listed a couple of plot ideas, but i’m a big fan of plots based on brainstorming and chemistry! i’m genuinely hoping to plot with each and every one of you, so like this post or just slide into my dms anytime. i’m going to be adding an actual wanted connections page to my page tonight, and will likely be getting a true bio up for sainty tomorrow :)

stats:

name: anthony “saint” calderas

age: 21

birthday: dec. 1st

gender: male

sexuality: heterosexual

height: 6ft 1inch

hair: brown

eyes: hazel

star sign:> sagittarius 

“sagittarians are lucky by nature, so they usually display a cheerful and optimistic disposition. their inherent curiosity keeps them more interested in what will happen tomorrow rather than focuses on the mistakes of today. a state of constant change is a delight for them.”

traits: 

+ charming, idealistic, confident, independent, open-minded, honest

- impulsive, cocky, impatient, fickle, superficial, self-important, prideful

name: anthony “saint” calderas

the nickname “saint” starting as a joke, but then it happened to stick. not only did saint grow up with extremely religious catholic parents who he was never able to please. but he also was always anything but a saint. he was always the student getting sent to the principal's office. not necessarily a “bad boy,” but rather a boy who was always acting without thinking.

label: polymath

“a person who is keen on learning new stuff ; not necessarily a genius, just genuinely interesting in getting to know new things, in broadening their horizon.”

saint was blessed with the gift of luck, meaning everything always came easily to him – whether this was classes, sports, or other hobbies. because of this, he loves to try new things. however, he never truly becomes an expert on any subject, as he likes to dabble in too many things at once.

originally from: san antonio, tx

saint’s family moved to holloway just before he started his freshman year of high school. his dad was originally from the small town, and after his mom (saint’s grandma) became extremely ill, they decided it was best to relocate the family to care for her. 

since very few of his friends were leaving for college and he was awarded a scholarship, saint decided to stay in town after graduating so that he could attend the local university. despite growing tensions between him and his parents. 

major: culinary arts/business

saint is technically only at junior status at the moment, even though he’s been in college for four years. he started off as a finance major (which is what his family wanted him to do), but after a year of extreme unhappiness, he switched to something he thought he might actually enjoy.

cooking was always something he went to as a stress relief. before the disappearances, he thought he might one day opening his own restaurant. now, he’s now so sure. 

how he feels about the disappearances: relieved 

other thoughts/fun facts:

saint is really horrible with relationships. as in, he’ll date someone for maybe a couple of months and then out of the blue dump them and move on asap. he’s such a fickle person that honestly it would take a lot to hold his interest for longer than this.

my boy is cross country, student radio, and book club! 

saint would have worked as a barista at some hipster coffee shop in his free time, but his side hustle was spinning records at a tiny dive bar. 

he had a really rough freshman year at college, he was experiencing really awful panic attacks and was diagnosed with anxiety – but after several years and attending therapy sessions regularly (which his parents were never aware of) he's at a point where he's doing much better. still, almost anything that sainty does is meant as a means of ESCAPE. running, listening to music, all of it is a distraction from his feelings and emotions.  

plot ideas: 

you can find some of my inspiration for wanted plots under this tag on my account. 

born in roskilde, denmark to a danish mother and danish/american father. the family then moved to utah after having their second child. babs was around four. so, basically she grew up in the states.

lost her father at the age of six. not to casual death, but murder. and no, he wasn’t the one to get slashed. he was the slasher, murdered the woman he had an affair with and then her husband. he was sentenced to life, no parole. 

so babs and her sister were raised by a single mom who refused to stay single! no joke, she was grieving for like half a year and then before you know it…. whoosh, a new boyfriend! she even married him after just four months! the relationship lasted less than a year.

after divorcing the dude, she found herself a new one. and then a new one. a new one after that. basically, she was just constantly dating someone. there were constantly some dudes at their place, most of them staying for no more than few months.

she got married again when babs was twelve. they moved to new hampshire, into a nice suburban neighborhood. that marriage lasted three years. like all previous flings, it ended on bad terms, the worst terms, actually, after babs’ mom found out that her new husband was emotionally abusing her children, as well as trying to get the then fifteen year old babs to sleep with him. it was disgusting and terrifying and the girls couldn’t have been more happy after their mom finally kicked him right out.

few years passed and for a while it was just babs, her sister and her mother. she liked it that way, thought it’d stay like that forever, was super disappointed when her mother then brought in a new guy, shortly before babs’ graduation from high school.

and then girl went off to college. 

personality-wise she’s ….. ugh. first of all, she doesn’t believe in love. just, growing up, watching her mother struggle with different men kind of gave her the wrong idea. babs, herself, has dated one guy. she was sixteen at the time, naive enough to go for an abusive twenty year old. it lasted a year. since then it’s been mostly occasional hook-ups and dates that led nowhere.

v sarcastic. bitter, sharp and outspoken, appears constantly unimpressed and easily bored. has a lot of thoughts to share but bottles up emotions. bad at expressing how she feels so she usually deals with it on her own or cracks some dumb jokes ‘bout it. sort of distant. picky, pretentious enough. doesn’t trust easily. loyal to few, doesn’t seem to give a damn about the rest. huge skeptic, always ready for the worst and so okay with it at this point. legit has a resting bitch face all the time. appears rough around the edges but a lot of it is just an act. seems like the quiet type but then when u actually approach she can babble for days?? most of what she says tho is utter garbage. she loves nonsense, shit that’s absolutely out the window. the more ridiculous the better.

a lot of the shit she does, she does out of pure spite. don’t tell her she can’t do smth, bc, uhh … guess what’s gonna happen?? has always been super fuckin visionary and creative as heck. super into visual arts, performing arts. lowkey breathes absurdism.

can play the guitar and is actually a pretty lit singer??

fluent in four languages ya’ll!!

chainsmoking bitch. rolls her own cigarettes and laces them with weed so she’s constantly slightly high. has a septum piercing & a vocabulary that consists mostly of…. well, profanity.

rly into horror movies.

in a band.

inspirations.

heathers the musical. { jason dean. } the society { harry bingham & campbell eliot } game of thrones { petyr “littlefinger” baelish } descendants { harry hook }

stats.

full name: theodore arthur watson the third. 

nickname: tripp. (triple, tripp.)

birthplace: halloway, new hampshire.

age: twenty-three

birthday: tbd.

zodiac: tbd.

hogwarts house: slytherin

mother: celestia beaumont-watson // birthplace: vancouver, british columbia

father: theodore ‘teddy’ arthur watson II // birthplace: halloway, new hampshire.

sibling(s): elizabeth ‘eliza’ watson (twin), rebecca ‘becca’ watson (17)

background.

the twins were born to a professional athlete for a father { ice hockey } & a nurse for a mother. 

when he turned two, tripp already had a dual citizenship { father was canadian, mother american. } 

to be honest. tripp had his life laid out in front of him by the time he was born -- following in his father’s footsteps.  although his mother argued saying that tripp should grow up with his family surrounding him -- that only lasted until he began to get good at hockey.  

around eight is when his dad and him moved to canada together to play for a travel team to get recruited.  

he was a spoiled boy who got everything he wanted basically.

 tw: violence. he was really good, but he was on like an allstars team to his role was more of an enforcer ( for those that don’t know hockey, these are the ones that get in fights.  whenever someone picks on the star player too much, the enforcer sorta steps in to put them back in their place?? in weird words. ) end tw.

he got to playing juniors by the time he hit fifteen.

he got ?? a lot of offers, but basically his dad guilted him into choosing halloway university because of just “being with the fam again” hehe har har. 

so. tripp is fucking BITTER he’s here.

he choose a business admin major bc.. basically it’s the easiest thing until he can go pro tbh..

also while he was here since the hockey team isn’t up to his level, he’s also taken up boxing? so no good will come out of that.

personality

his entire life, tripp has had things handed to him on a silver platter & he expects no different here.

silver tongue with mal intentions. he will manipulate you into getting what he needs

he legit thinks he’s in game of thrones & will play it like that.  bc he wants the iron throne bitchhhh.

a pretty bad party boy?  literally thinks he rules the world okay, he hasn’t really ever had someone to tell him no.

LIVES for his father’s approval, so like ?? now that he isn’t here -- tripp is going to highkey be devastated but like also not tell anyone.

he can be a little bit of a drama queen & hard to work for.

tw: violence: he’s... going to start fights whenever he can. end tw.

a true chaotic evil.

he’s developed like some attachment issues?  like he’s unattached bc of how often he had to move & travel and all that shit, so the only constant thing were his dad & sometimes teammates.  BUT at the same time he also has like abandonment issues.  he really really struggles with that.

basically from his inspos, i just have the one true chaotic evil that is jason dean -- not like the murder or anything, but like.. i guess the motivation behind it. & the song freeze your brain is very relatable to tripp.

he’s got harry’s rich boy attitude & campbell’s “i wanna rule the world” attitude.  & for littlefinger.. just like the most inspo comes from him. just the silver tongue & getting what he wants GOT SPOILERS i mean this fucker somEHOW LIVES TO SEASON SEVEN WHAT? END SPOILERS.

he has harry’s little devilish personality from the 2nd movie & the whole using flirtation as an intimidation factor.

he’s a new boy so we’ll figure him out as we go!

connections.

{ this tag. } 

best friend // someone who tripp actually trusts, this may be like the one person that tripp would listen to. random hook-ups // open to all party buddy // a superficial relationship that looks like the two are really close but really their only together when one or the other wants to go out. childhood best friend // also quite close when the two were growing up, they grew apart when tripp started travelling. first kiss // THIS POST! 

resident soft boy. 

inspiration.

the society ( grizz visser & sam eliot ) skam ( isak valtersen )

stats.

full name: newton francisco laosa.

nickname: newt.

birthplace: mexico city, mexico.

age: nineteen

birthday: november 12, 1999.

zodiac: libra.

hogwarts house: hufflepuff.

background.

newt was born in mexico city to two legal mexican immigrants while they were waiting to receive full citizenships. 

since he wasn’t born before they received their full citizenship, he’s technically here under DACA. 

his parents were traveling missionaries, so he was really never in one place for long.  once he reached fifteen, his parents retired and formally moved to birmingham, alabama to work in various churches there! 

bullying tw. due to his very strict religious beliefs, newt was bullied a bit here and there & overtime it really led him astray from the belief.  end tw.

he really just wanted to get away from the south so as soon as he got into halloway ?? there was legit no turning back for him.

he’s studying economics but like lets be real, that is not the major for him.  he enjoys the math & everything, but this boy has a love for helping people & deadass needs to be a psychologist or something.

personality.

as stated above, newt LOVES to help people.  he will literally always put you before himself. like 2 AM & you’re drunk and need someone to drive you home?  he’ll be there.  significant other & you got in a fight and you need to cry to someone?? he’ll beee thereeee.

he’s good with words -- but he can be quite blunt sometimes.  he doesn’t really always say what you want to hear, so he’s not everyone’s fav. person all the time.  but even so, he’ll still be there for you.

he has v bad anxiety that it’s pretty much led him to insomnia.  he has a medical marijuana license for it, but smokes waay more than it allotted. 

he’ll.. almost never really talk about himself unless its to help other people?

he wears his heart on his sleeve, but like -- he’ll never really directly tell you how he is feeling personally.  thinks bottling up emotions is a character trait.

connections.

{ this tag } 

best friend // best mates, future groomsmen sorta thing.  perhaps they are more opposites & that helps them get along better! ex-girlfriend // something that just.. wasn’t going anywhere so they decided to mutually break it off. mediator // just an inbetween ground for literally anyone!

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hi my name’s k... i gotta basketball game tomorrow... i’m a point guard... i got shoe game   /   scratch record, freeze frame   /   this is my poor attempt at a fun and witty introduction so please bear with me — i just want to be loved. anyways, i adored society and i love the concept of this roleplay so i have to say i’m super excited to get to know you guys and have the opportunity to roleplay with you as well. okay so, getting down to some serious business, i’m sure you guys want to know more about lloyd, so i’m gonna shut the flip up now.

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(   BASICS   )

full name : lloyd christopher go baldwin .

nickname : n / a .

age : twenty - two

date of birth : may 7, 1997 .

gender / pronouns : cismale & he / him .

orientation ( s ) : heterosexual & biromantic .

(   ABOUT   )

every parent’s dream child. shy and quiet, yet good-natured and polite. people would say that his parents raised him well, but as it turns out, they didn’t raise him at all. not that the baldwin’s would admit it, but their son’s entire being was crafted by the tender hands of his beloved nanny.

while his family had multiple residences within the city, he spent most of his life at their west village home in lower manhattan. because of his friendly nature, he befriended the neighborhood kids, despite his parents’ protests as they were particularly selective on who lloyd would associate himself with.

in middle school, he took a peculiar fascination in life, how it worked and how to preserve it. his teachers took note on how well he excelled in life sciences like botany and biology. of course, they’d tell his parents this, but they’d only turn the other cheek and explain that their son was to take on the reigns of their finance business in the future.

when high school came, lloyd didn’t know what to expect. well, he kind of expected to be bullied and stuffed into a smelly gym locker, but somehow, his witty humor, outstanding intellect and tiny growth spurt was more than enough to win the students and faculty over.

he’s turned down offers to join the basketball team at least two hundred and seventy-three times. yes, he’s a big guy. yes, he’s strong. though, if there were a “most likely to trip over his own two feet award”, lloyd would be a top contender.

he graduated salutatorian of his class, got into four of the five ivy leagues he applied to and ultimately chose to go to university in halloway, new hampshire just to piss his parents off. he originally did go to school for business, not before switching his major to nursing as a pre-med course.

(   PERSONALITY   )

he’s still a bit shy, especially when it comes to new people, but he’s talkative enough to keep a conversation running. it’s either the make or break in his friendships. one can only take so much of lloyd talking.

he likes to think he’s a fun guy. his idea of fun is that of a forty year old single father who’s trying to get his daughters to do diversional activities after finding out they’ve had their first menstruation.

seldom does he lose his temper. he’s pretty patient with others. however, he will fight for what’s right.

he’s too honest. brutally honest. 

he’s called the gongoozler because of his ability to just sit back and watch everything unfold before him. he’s very observant and catches the smallest of details. you never know. it could come in handy.

he’d probably save your ass no matter who you are.

(   FUN FACTS   )

he has a girlfriend back in new york city and they’ve been together since his senior year of high school. he’s pretty devoted to her and even confessed to her about the one time he hooked up with some girl his freshman year because he was high off his rocker. she forgave him and he never did anything after that ( also, i don’t condone cheating. i’d personally dump his ass — but also, someone come ruin him. and me. ruin us )

he cooks. sort of. his nanny taught him a thing or two before she died of old age his sophomore year of high school. he’s constantly looking up the recipes they used to make together and tries to recreate them.

he’s currently contemplating stepping up as a paramedic or medical doctor so that he can put what he knows to good use, but he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t scared of taking all of that responsibility.

* / BACKGROUND.

maverick hobbes st. james was born into a life filled to the absolute brim of expectation. his mother and father met at halloway’s law school, and both went on to become highly respectable lawyers who dealt with constitutional law in washington d.c.; they work highly demanding jobs, which often left maverick, who is an only child, alone at their impressively decorated family townhouse, staring at family photos and wondering how his definition of family had become so different to his friends’ growing up.

growing up in middle and high school, maverick assumed that getting good grades and excelling at school would make his parents proud, would get them to turn their attention to his successes –– but surprise, surprise, they didn’t. they’d pat him on the back as they headed out the door to tend to their daily schedules –– that is, if he was lucky enough to see them in the morning.

he studied. hard. trying to understand the ins and outs of what his parents did, trying to see if following in their footsteps by studying law would warrant a smile or beam of pride. it didn’t. but it still got him an acceptance to his parents’ alma mater, halloway university. he made friends quickly –– he always did. always the charismatic friend, he’s learned to rely more on his friends than his family in his life.

when maverick was a senior in high school, he finally reached an age to realize some of the shady deals his parents would make on the regular, the random bonuses his parents whispered about finally making sense to him. one case in particular had apparently caused one of his classmates’ parents to be publicly humiliated for a scandal and an incident that was apparently unrelated to their careers –– but ruined them in the process.

he felt guilt, himself, knowing that his parents could be making deals like that every day. it made him shake his head, made him cry into his pillow, made him absolutely disgusted to call people like his mother and father his own parents. he wrote so many fucking speeches that he’d recite to them once he got the chance, berating them for their practices and lack of morals in their workplace. but they never came home –– and hypocritical as he was, he still enjoyed the fruits of his parents’ work. they gave him unlimited checks with his name on them, as if it was some sort of sick version of love.

while maverick was fulfilling some of his general requirements, he fell in love with philosophy, with questioning life and ethical choices that mankind has made in the past, and would make in the future. he ended up pivoting his studies, moving from pre-law to philosophy at the end of his freshman year of his undergraduate studies.

and of course –– with this twist in the system, maverick is about to make this world his playground, living in his very own simulation of how a fresh new world reacts to infinite freedoms. he’s partially excited to see what will unfold, partially scared that things will fall to absolute shit ( ever the pessimist, maverick st. james ! ) because he has little faith that his company will collectively make the right decisions.

* / PERSONALITY.

maverick st. james is quite the paradox ( hence, the label ! ). he’s charismatic, funny, and has a witty sense of humor –– and is generally appreciated by his peers because he’s able to move conversation and discussion without making topics seem dry. and generally, he’s only like this in classes that he’s passionate about –– otherwise, you’d see him in the very back corner, doodling amongst his haphazardly written notes. what’s funny is he used to always be like this –– happy, smiley, obviously intelligent and driven. but it all sort of changed when he had this big epiphany that some people aren’t what they seem like on the outside ( re: his parents ).

he’s certainly a bit arrogant, given that he’s intelligent, innovative, and clever, and knows it –– however, even if he might not show it on the outside, he appreciates a good challenger. he thinks it keeps his wit sharp, and of course, his ego would never show it, but he does appreciate learning from people. after all, his passion in philosophy makes him certainly interested in how minds work.

at social events, you can probably see him flirting his ass off, but always having a good time, too. he’s definitely the type to sleep around, but he likes to pick at people’s brains, too. probably the most deep-ass pillow-talker halloway has ever seen. it probably borders on the line of being too romantic with flings –– the way he asks questions, but also borders on being annoying.

those who happen to get to know maverick outside of the surface-level stuff, outside the initial cockiness and flirtatious front he puts on will know that he’s actually quite thoughtful. his lonely childhood has made him extremely loyal to those who have shown him similar trust and friendship –– he would never turn his back on them. he asks probing questions, is a good listener –– perhaps because he’s interested in human decision making, but is also because he doesn’t quite know what it’s like to be loved unconditionally –– though he wants to. he’ll hold back hair and rub a friend’s back while they yak, walk his friends home, maybe throw a few punches or two –– but spicy comebacks are really more his speed.

deep down, what almost no one knows is that he’s really quite soft. he passes his curiosity off as wanting to understand people, when really it’s a mechanism for hoping someone asks him questions in return, to give him the time of day he wished his parents had given him. 

* / AESTHETICS.

coffee-stained mugs, walking with headphones in, untied shoelaces, black hoodies, a cheeky smirk, small books in his back pocket, writing in the margins, quoting old authors on a daily basis, incessant eye-rolling, pen ink stains, unmade bed, mismatched socks, floral ties, empty bottles of liquor, rose thorn pricks, old worn poetry books, polished dress shoes, calloused fingers, unlit cigarettes between teeth.

* / HEADCANONS.

funnily enough, maverick’s name means ‘independent, a noncomformist’, which is exactly the path that he has taken to stray away from his family’s expectations of practicing law, specifically constitutional law as a career. he’s like. nah. fuck that.

maverick has some form of synesthesia, which allows him to remember a lot more than the average person. he associates colors, smells, sounds, to words –– and allows him to efficiently study any subjects he doesn’t have immediate passion for.

in the privacy of his own bedroom, he sometimes writes poetry and sketches his thoughts and muses –– when he knows he’s in complete privacy. faces and features that appear in his sketchbooks are often those he’s thinking of often, those who intrigue him. he’s actually quite good a sketching, maybe not quite as good at writing poetry.

tw drugs. he more than dabbles in drug use, smoking marijuana maybe every other day, while partaking in harder drugs like cocaine and adderall and others probably once a week. he feels like he’s in control of his use, but it may start to get the best of him. end tw.

maverick is left-handed. he hates that he gets pen ink stains when he draws, writes poetry, takes notes. his left palm is probably perennially covered with ink.

though he’s often wearing headphones ( airpods, of course, the nerve of this rich kid ), half the time, nothing’s playing. sometimes he forgets to press play on his phone, sometimes he purposely likes listening to decision-making and conversations of strangers. it lets him think about the nature of mankind.

maverick’s favorite philosopher is albert camus, known for his work that heavily developed the idea of absurdism ( much to do with the meaning of life, and human inability to discern an answer ). 

* / WANTED PLOTS. 

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childhood friends: again, someone who would have known him from pre-cynical, arrogant asshole days. they could be friends now still, 

ex-friends: perhaps maverick went a bit too far with the questions, about trying to probe into someone’s mind. maybe for this reason, or for others, these two fell out of touch / argued and might be forced into new places due to the disappearance of the other townspeople.

unlikely friends: maverick’s reputation isn’t exactly favorable to some crowds. maybe they became friends in one of their shared classes or through mutual friends, and actually get along well, despite coming from different backgrounds / having different values. they probably see a bit of a deeper side to mav than most people !!

good influence (?!): maverick gets into his shit, has probably a less-than-favorable reputation, but he still cares about people, deep deep down. maybe your muse is a bit lost, and maverick is worried about them and wants to help them get back on track –– especially with all the changes happening in the society !! we can plot lil details about this, esp bc it’s a v unique side of mav i’d love to explore !! ( insp: x, x, x )

bad influences: those who partake in the sins that maverick just loves to lap up. they feed off of each others’ energy, often encouraging more drinking, more drugs, more sex. it’s a bit of a never-ending circle, but one that maverick keeps coming back to, for some reason. ( insp: x )

frenemies: this could be some sort of intellectual challenger kind of deal ? someone mav actually appreciates having in his life, though they butt heads a lot maybe for some reason !! ( insp: x )

disliked: they probably find maverick’s personality appalling or annoying, they probably find him pretentious af and super hypocritical for preaching so much about morals, when he drinks and uses drugs and just fucks around half the time. they could call him out for his flaws, or we could go down a completely different route of them having some weird history of mutual plots ??? so so much room for possibility here !!