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Lucy, jumping onto a counter: All right, show me.

Reggie: You see the cup?

Lucy: I see the cup.

Reggie: If that cup is on fire, you don't run around screaming IM JUST A LITTLE GIRL I DONT KNOW HOW TO PUT OUT FIRES- No. You don't do that. What you do do, is pull out the little thingy, aim the nozzle, and-

Fire Extinguisher: *actually a flame thrower*

Reggie: OH MY GOD-

these are the main characters of my WIP, Sleep It Off!

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Valencia Estrella Luces

Easily frustrated

Clingy and knows it but doesn’t do anything to change it

Deeply caring but doesn’t know how to express it

Trusts easily, sometimes too easily

Has a slight romantic interest in Andy

Works at the Monsoon Cafe with Khalil (and Lavender)

Kira Takahashi

Valencia’s best friend

Fitness freak, wants to be a model

Strong and athletic

Likes roller disco/roller derby

Often thought of as unintelligent, but her intelligence comes out in other ways than traditional academia

Beatrice/Buzzy Tackleton

Lesbian oracle

Mom friend

Surprisingly sweet and innocent for someone who seems so punk and badass

Plays bass in a local band

Moved from LA last year

Will beat some ass for her friends

Claudia/Chuck Lawrence

Valencia’s ex best friend

Woodsy, campy, goofy

Eclectic style and personality

Often put down by others for her interests

But then…

Suddenly a bleach blonde insta baddie

Desperately trying to hide/make up for something

Andreas/Andy Syslaski

Valencia’s roommate

Soft and caring, looks out for his friends

Has a bit of romantic interest in Valencia

Goes away for a semester in Russia

Gets hit by a truck in St Petersburg

Has a minor brain injury when he comes back and it’s hard for Valencia to deal with, as she feels he’s changed (memory issues)

Khalil Kelan

Valencia’s coworker at the Monsoon Cafe

Incredibly book-smart

Goofy and laidback

Can read people extremely well

Always knows the coolest new place in town

Best friend goals

Lavender Fraselli

Eclectic adventure girl

Loves plants

Insanely pretty but in a quirky way

Noncommittal and constantly running away to somewhere new

Gets hired at the Monsoon Cafe and slowly takes over Valencia’s life

Smaller, but just as important characters

Spence (no last name yet!)

Kira’s boyfriend

Skater

Best friends with Axel

Likes birds, has a few birds

Axel Chambers

Almost annoyingly laid back

Insanely charming

Extremely popular

A good person but it’s under a lot of ego

Absolute party animal

Spence’s best friend

Matt Lorsensky

Andy’s best friend

Stays with him in St Petersburg

Needs a hug

Lux

Andy/Valencia’s dog

Very cute

Bork bork

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*rolls in on heelies*

here this Picrew owns my soul right now so I made the bastards. these are definitely not their finished character designs bc I suck at that. they are blobs of personality, first and foremost. but uhh for now these feel right (and they all have bandannas half to function as masks bc the world is shitty both currently and in the story and half for Matching)

Charcoal, he/him. a good boi!! wants to save everyone, super friendly, but uhh puts too much pressure on himself to be perfect and fix everyone’s issues.

Haze, they/them. another good child :) very quiet, very gentle, very anxious. just wants everything and everyone to be okay.

Atlas, she/her. ah, our first gremlin. the reason I call this group The Bastards. chaotic. bastardcore. albino and mad that she didn’t get red eyes.

Chance, he/him. a conniving fellow. a genius who focuses on self-preservation above all else (he gets better). master at faking his emotions and manipulating others.

Rumor, he/him. one one 2 MAIN main characters. aggressive mom friend. father to 5 disaster children and his coparent isn’t much better. the most protective. shoulders the weight of the protecting everyone alone, even though he doesn’t have to.

Alchemy, she/her. Other main character. yes I gave them the ahoges. selectively mute, cautious, wary. does not trust easily. v sarcastic once you get to know her and Will talk shit about everyone.

“Blood money, blood money. How do you afford this ring that I love, honey? ‘Just another shift at the drug company.’ ...he doesn’t think I’m that fucking dumb, does he?”- Sippy Cup, Melanie Martinez

Lili and Beckett Reese, particularly in a crossover au with my friends.

Orphaned at age 18, Lili gets into some Shady Shit to support herself and her 13 year old brother. Years later, Beck isn’t so naive. He knows what’s going on, and he doesn’t like it.

So, when Lili gets him a new iPhone, which he KNOWS she can’t afford, even with her multiple retail jobs (putting all her college savings into supporting them and saving for Beckett’s education left her options fairly limited), he gives her a chance to come clean.

She forces a smile, saying “just a couple extra shifts.” As she turns to leave, he calls out to her, stopping her dead in her tracks.

“You know, just because I’m a couple years younger than you doesn’t mean I’m stupid. I know where you’re getting this money.”

She’s silent for a moment.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“You need a partner in crime (I need a partner in crime).”- Partner in Crime, Tuck Everlasting

Beck’s had it rough, so i gave him some happiness.

Meet soren!! Beck’s best friend, platonic soulmate, future platonic husband (get them tax benefits babeyyy), and... partner in crime.

MORE AROACE BOYS PLEASE

theyre a dynamic duo. Inseparable.

They met in a mechanical engineering course in colleg!! Beck is mainly a coding nerd but he needed the mechanics to go with the stuff he really wants to do, and soren just really fucking loves making shit

They’re so close that at one point-

Beck is taken into hiding bc in the main story uhhh Lili’s work is Dangerous (think government rebellion secret agents with superpowers) and he might be targeted. Milo, a shapeshifter, takes his place in class for a bit (and soren is aware of this)- but the class quickly notices something’s off bc “hey aren’t you and that kid who’s always putting wires in his mouth basically attached at the hip why are you so awkward now”

They become bros real quick tho so people let it go. Something seems Off but it’s not their business

“I dont think you have to leave. if to change is what you need, you can change right next to me... when you’re high, i’ll take the lows, you can ebb and i can flow, and we’ll take it slow... and grow as we go.”- Grow As We Go, Ben Platt

God, combining childhood friends, hurt/comfort, team mom/team dad, and Trust issues.

Alchemy and rumor. No, theyre not together- everyone in this story (called the Chaos Squad or just The Bastards) is aro. Found family supremacy.

When they were really little, Rumor was one of the few people Alchemy could talk to. She’s selectively mute, but he’s always been a safe space.

Years later, age 17, due to circumstances i dont feel like explaining, the world is almost fucking empty. Basically, there’s maybe a couple thousand people left (the others aren’t dead, just in space. There were more on earth but uhhh).

It’s either luck or fate that they find each other again.

Rumor is ecstatic. He can admit that he’s been worried- al is strong, but he’s always been a little protective. Of everyone, not just her.

He runs to her, and al flinches. He realizes that it’s been over 10 years- she probably doesn’t even remember him.

(She does. But the years have only made her sm worse, and she can’t fucking speak to anyone anymore. She wants to talk to him, but... the world has changed. She’s changed. He probably has, too.)

(He has. But his love for her is the same.)

Traveling together, they learn to trust again. Collecting a gaggle of idiots, they learn to laugh again. Watching the stars together, they learn to breathe again.

When the raids come and the wars break out, they all agree its best to split up. Stay inconspicuous.

...it’s either luck or fate that they find each other again.

“...I might fail you... I might fail you... i might fail- but that doesn’t mean that I won’t try.” “wash my hands of past mistakes.” “I’ll probably get the whole thing wrong!” “the weight of the worlds on my shoulders... like atlas is crushing me down. We’re not brave, we’re not strong, we’re not soldiers.” “i’m not leaving your side til we find what matters. I’m not leaving your side til we’re back home.”- Try, The Lightning Thief Deluxe

Alchemy and rumor- with bonus Chance.

First quote- al has a lot of trust issues. She’s been betrayed and abandoned so many times, she can’t let her guard down.

Rumor knows he might fuck up. He probably will. But he will always, always try to protect her. (”fuck you i dont need protecting” “yeah but i can watch your back and you can watch mine”)

Next quote- chance. He did a fuck up. He was only trying to survive, but in doing so, he betrayed the best family he’d ever had.

They were all pretty fucking mad, at first. Al especially. She spent so long doubting the others, only to be proven right.

But... chance is 14. Hes a kid. A kid in a terrible situation.

He’s going to redeem himself, even if it kills him.

Next- fuck ups, all of them. They’re gonna fuck it up, theyre going to fuck SHIT up, theyre going to get it wrong. Still, they cant just lie down and die.

Next- SO ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IS NAMED ATLAS BUT THATS NOT WHAT THIS QUOTE IS

Again- al and rumor are the oldest. They’re only 17. Chance is 14, Atlas and Charcoal are 15, Karma and Haze are 16.

They’re kids.

Last quote.

What matters and home are the same thing for them.

The others.