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VIOLA PEARCE ➝ FIRST SIBLING

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❖ FULL NAME: Viola Faith Pearce. ❖ PRONOUNS: She/Her. ❖ AGE: 25. (August 17th). ❖ BIRTH ORDER: First. Twin to Second Pearce. ❖ GRADE: Masters (1st year). ❖ MAJOR: Women’s Rights & Public Speaking. ❖ SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Fluid. ❖ ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Fluid. ❖ FACECLAIM: Brittany Snow.

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If you would like to see a perfect mixture of both Bob and Lavender Pearce, you have to look no further than their eldest daughter. The first born into a political family, there was always a lot expected of Viola, and from plenty of different people. Her father would’ve loved for her to follow his lead, though would’ve never pushed her, while her mother would spend many a night telling stories about empowerment to her daughter, and drilling it into her head that she could do and be absolutely anything she wanted to. Lavender made sure to instill the idea of following your dreams into the child’s mind from as far back as Viola can even remember. Her maternal grandparents, of course, were a whole other story. They belonged to the DuPont family of Atlanta, Georgia, and were a pretty big deal in their town. They were also the only ones who really referred to her as Viola, with most people opting for Vi. Fortunately, Viola saw them very rarely, but when she did, they were legitimately the type of people who would have her balance a hardback edition of some big book on her head and keep it from falling to perfect her posture. To them, she was supposed to be perfect, so that a respectable man would want her some day. Perfection started from childhood.

Fortunately for the youngster, not only had she inherited her father’s argumentative, diplomatic attitude, but she’d been blessed with the carefree spirit her mother secretly harbored. She’d go along with her grandparents’ orders with a bright smile upon her face, then poke her tongue out at them behind their backs, which would have her parents laughing behind their hands. Viola had always been the type of person who could steal focus in a crowded room, and knew how to keep an audience hooked, whether intentional or not. Despite a little misbehavior here and there, nothing too terrible, she did incredibly well in school and actually quite enjoyed it. She loved to read and write wild stories, but never fell into the nerdy category. If anyone tried to brand her as such, Viola would be the first to tell them that there is nothing nerdy about a person being educated, and to come at her again once they were working for her. It would generally shut them up. She was always surrounded by friends of all backgrounds–though, in private schools, the students were much of the same–and once she hit her teens, she was known for her crazy parties and firecracker personality.

As far as Viola was concerned, she’d grown up in a loving, happy home, so it came as a shock to her when her parents sat she and her siblings down to explain they would be getting a divorce. The whole thing seemed to be pretty amicable, though, and although it upset her a little bit, she never cried about it. Her parents’ happiness was a big deal to her, so if separating was going to bring them that, then she had no problem with it. Despite having been very strong willed her whole life, her mother’s courage in ditching the lifestyle she’d become so accustomed to to go out and take the acting world by storm served as a great deal of inspiration for the teen. Even now, with Lavender not in the best of places, she is still Viola’s main inspiration and motivation to do and be everything she wants to be. In fact, she’s so passionate about it that it became something of a goal to her to make sure everybody got to live out their dreams. Viola had never known for sure what her own were, but seeing the joy breaking out of her chains had brought to Lavender, Viola instantly knew what she wanted out of life. She wanted to be as inspirational to others as her mother was to her. She wanted to be the change that so many, herself included, wished to see. She wanted to motivate people.

Yet again, her grandparents had other ideas. With their daughter having disgraced them in her divorce and less than desirable antics, they felt it was down to her first born to repair the damages. Unlike most people who would be thrilled to learn that their children and grandchildren would be furthering their education, they didn’t see things that way. Instead, they wanted her to marry a respectable man, wait on him hand and foot and start popping out babies as soon as possible. She didn’t need a job, since that was the man’s responsibility. Duh. Viola was only sixteen when she begun dating her first serious boyfriend, and rather than worry about her being too young, her grandparents were thrilled. He was from a respectable family, and the DuPont’s would make constant comments about how perfect the two were for each other. It was all kinds of intense and weird, and they seemed more upset than he and Viola were when they eventually split amicably right around their high school graduation, as they would both be leaving for separate colleges. They tried their best to talk her into bailing on her college plans—she’d be going to Brown; something most grandparents would be proud of—and to follow him to New Hampshire where he’d be attending Dartmouth. Their efforts went to no avail, though, and Vi was off to Rhode Island in the fall to begin her first semester as an Ivy League student.

Luckily for her grandparents, it wasn’t long before Viola met another boy. His name was Raymond, and he seemed way too perfect to be true. It wasn’t like Vi needed a man in her life; in fact, she would’ve much preferred to have been alone, but feelings were a natural thing, after all, and who was she to deny herself of them? It was just a thing that happened, and Vi chose to go with it. She would’ve been the first to put an end to things if he’d gotten in the way of her studies or goals, but fortunately, he didn’t. As previously stated, Raymond was basically perfect. He was sweet, kind, compassionate, generous, and above all, he practically worshipped the ground Viola walked on. That was where, unlike most would, Vi drew a line. She didn’t like that kind of treatment, nor did she like the way he wanted to do everything for her. Viola had always been incredibly independent, so to have someone wanting to wait on her hand and foot just wasn’t her thing. It was impossible to ditch him, though. She tried, which didn’t justify the fact that she ended up cheating on him with her high school boyfriend. But, when she did and came clean the very next day, telling him it wasn’t fair of her to stay with him after doing something like that to him, and he begged her to stay and told him he forgave her, that was kind of the last straw for her.

Or so she thought, anyway. Somehow, both Raymond and her grandparents managed to convince her to stay with him, but Viola wasn’t happy about it. Evidently, Raymond was; so much so that during her graduation party, thrown at her grandparents’ house out in Georgia, he got down on one knee in front of all of her friends and family and proposed. Viola thought he was kidding at first, but seeing the ring and the hopeful looks on her grandparents’ faces, as well as the mental image of herself playing the part of the perfect 1950’s housewife, she freaked out. Naturally, her response was a firm no, and Viola didn’t even stay for the rest of the party. She packed up her things, hopped on a flight, and headed out to California to join her mother, who was anything but surprised by the whole thing. Lavender was willing to bet that her parents had encouraged the whole proposal, and Viola had to agree. Either way, she was eternally glad to be out of there.

As terrible as Viola felt about leaving the way she did, she was firm in her decision. She’d let herself slip off track a little bit, getting caught up in silly things like relationship drama, something she’d never cared about before, and now she needed to get things back in order. She was in California just in time to enroll at PSU to begin her masters in Public Speaking and Women’s Studies, two things she’d always been incredibly passionate about, but the latter more so lately than ever. Given everything with Raymond and her grandparents, Viola has pretty much sworn off dating for the time being, and is very much focused on being the change she always wanted to be. Most recently, she has participated in the political Women’s March, something that turned quite a few heads given who her father is, and spoken at a bunch of LGBTQ+ events across the West Coast. She is known for how outspoken she is, and often referred to as Girl Boss. Viola’s activism is her biggest passion, and her need to inspire and motivate others her greatest; that’s something that, despite any old distractions, never has, and never will change.

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Standing at a modest 5'3, the William Shakespeare quote, “Though she be but little, she is fierce,” is basically the story of Viola’s life. Naturally beautiful, she doesn’t put much extra effort into her appearance, with heavy makeup being a foreign concept to her. That’s not to say she doesn’t wear light makeup most days, but the need for seemingly flawless skin and long, thick lashes is just not her biggest concern. Viola dresses pretty casually, wearing things such as skinny jeans and shirts or off the shoulder tees. There are plenty of casual day dresses among her closet, as well as a whole bunch of slogan tees promoting the different things she speaks out about and believes in. Viola’s hair is naturally light blonde, though she dyes it an auburn color, and generally wears it wavy. She has two ear piercings on each lobe, and a cursive tattoo across her ribs that reads, “To be inspired is great, to inspire is incredible.”

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Born to a well to do family in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, Lavender DuPont was never going to be given the freedom to choose her own path. The DuPont men were all expected to be successful and powerful, while the women were supposed to marry into wealth and know their place in the background. Lavender had big dreams of becoming an actress or a pop star, but her family would’ve never even entertained the idea. Like all DuPont women before her, her suitor was chosen for her, and just happened to be everyone’s favorite politician, Robert “Bob” Pearce. He was a little older than her, but Lavender felt she had no choice but to marry him, move out to his larger than life home in Washington, and then begin to pop out babies just like she was supposed to.

HARMONY PEARCE ➝ FOURTH SIBLING

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❖ FULL NAME: Harmony Iris Pearce. ❖ PRONOUNS: She/Her. ❖ AGE: 19. (April 19th). ❖ BIRTH ORDER: Fourth. Twin to Third Pearce. ❖ GRADE: Freshman. ❖ MAJOR: Musical Theatre. ❖ SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Pansexual. ❖ ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Panromantic. ❖ FACECLAIM: Lindsay Pearce.

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[TW: RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT]

Harmony Pearce grew up watching musicals.

It was a loud, noisy and chaotic house. Their mother was constantly singing, constantly dancing, and the sound of tap shoes echoed down the halls in their home in Washington, D.C., and Harmony immediately fell in love with it all. Born as the youngest (or technically, one of the youngest) daughter to Bob Pearce, famed and well-loved politician and Lavender DuPont, golden-voiced songstress, it could have been decreed that one Harmony Pearce was absolutely destined for musical greatness. Of course, she was.

As a child, Harmony was something more of a doll than a daughter, as she and her twin were constantly dressed in matching outfits. Harmony showed an aptitude for music from a young age, both by plunking out off-key notes on the piano and attempting to mimic her mother’s world-famous triple-timestep. Of course, since Lavender’s stage was only on the political circuit, it could be inferred that she lived through Harmony. With four other children to groom into being perfect little politicians, Lavender took a liking to Harmony and wanted to turn her into a musical theatre machine.

It started with the dance classes. Harmony was put into a Tiptoe Tap Troupe as soon as she could walk, and to this very date, tap dancing is one of her many strengths. As soon as she was talking, she was enrolled in a preschool music program that would allow her the opportunity to sing to her heart’s content. Of course, as the daughter of a Southern Belle, Harmony was always dressed to the nines in every single costume that her mother could get her hands on, but without fail, at every school assembly, Harmony had the solo. And of course, at every school assembly, there was her mother sitting in the first row, taking as many pictures as humanly possible.

Needless to say, Harmony grew up with quite the ego.

Most of that came crashing down during the harsh reality of when she was nine years old and her parents divorced. It had quite the profound effect on Harmony, because that was simply not the way that things were supposed to be in the fantasy musical that was her life. The two leads always ended up together, that was simply how it worked. Harmony rapidly then realized that she, in fact, was the lead woman in her own musical, and chalked it all up to angsty backstory. At nine years old, no rendition of “Gimme Gimme” from Thoroughly Modern Millie was sung with such emotional depth.

With the divorce came the move, something that Harmony initially hated but quickly learned how to love. Her mother was determined to make it as a Broadway actress, and Harmony made the trek out there with her to New York City. Two years later, her father became Vice President of the United States, something that Harmony was shoved into the public eye for when the occasion called for it. She had the glorious opportunity to sing the National Anthem at several major sporting events, including one Super Bowl, but the girl was born to perform. Despite missing her father extensively, Harmony spent her time off from musical theatre at Number One, Observatory Circle with her father and other siblings.

New York? New York was tough, especially since her mother was rarely ever home and frankly, Harmony never saw her and relied only on an au pair to take care of her, but all of that loneliness was worth it (if she ever found herself in a genderswapped version of Cinderella, and had to sing “Loneliness of Evening, she was set) because the day came that Lavender DuPont had landed her first role. Things only went on the up and up from there, and when Harmony was ten she was permitted to begin auditioning herself. She began her Broadway career as Amaryllis in The Music Man, and from then on, a spark was ignited in Harmony.

She spent the next few years auditioning for every single part she could get her hands on, namely, Kim MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, Baby June in Gypsy, and Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods. Her days were spent at a wealthy, Upper East Side prep school while her nights were lost blissfully onstage. One might have guessed that she didn’t need any formal training, but Harmony wanted to go about things in the proper manner. Despite all of the singing lessons, dance classes, and acting workshops she’d taken, there was no substitute for a well-earned college education. With no surprise to anyone, she was accepted into NYADA and all set to head out towards her first semester.

Of course, being the daughter of a Vice President meant that Harmony, essentially, could get whatever it was on earth that she wanted, not only because of her connections, but her immense talent and ability to swindle and persuade anyone into anything her heart desired. Of course, there were certain rules, regulations and guidelines in place at NYADA, the most infuriating being: a student of NYADA could not audition for productions outside of the school. Harmony was devastated by this, as an actress with four Broadway roles under her belt, she wanted to be able to perform and explore, which prompted her to go right to the chairperson of Musical Theatre at NYADA. He informed her that he’d give her the favor if she could perform one in term for him, which Harmony vehemently opposed and told him so. That doesn’t quite explain how she ended up with a ripped skirt, mascara dripping and a very long walk back to her dorm.

Despite being an actress, Harmony couldn’t lie about this one. There was enough DNA evidence to convict the slimeball, but Harmony didn’t want to ruin her ties at NYADA. The wife of the chairman, who happened to be the Dean of Students, started spreading awful rumors about Harmony, who couldn’t take the abuse at NYADA and decided to go and follow her mother to LA.

Now, Harmony is registered as a freshman at Pacific State, and has long given up her dreams of being a Broadway actress. She doesn’t keep in touch with many from New York City, and is horribly afraid that she’s been blackballed. Instead, she’s trying to land roles in movie musicals before she graduates so that she has enough credit on her resume to be cast in whatever show she wants.

But she’ll do it. After all, she’s Harmony Pearce.

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Harmony is most known for her contrasting features. She has dark hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. She further adds to her Snow White persona by wearing red lips constantly. Red, in fact, is her signature color. Harmony is not very tall, but she’s exudes confidence and is a bit of a know-it-all, which gives her a larger-than-life presence in any room. She’s prone to wearing colorful hats and headbands, her style is chic and inspired by pastels and nauticals, and Harmony always looks her very best, even if she’s coming from a three hour dance class.

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Born to a well to do family in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, Lavender DuPont was never going to be given the freedom to choose her own path. The DuPont men were all expected to be successful and powerful, while the women were supposed to marry into wealth and know their place in the background. Lavender had big dreams of becoming an actress or a pop star, but her family would’ve never even entertained the idea. Like all DuPont women before her, her suitor was chosen for her, and just happened to be everyone’s favorite politician, Robert “Bob” Pearce. He was a little older than her, but Lavender felt she had no choice but to marry him, move out to his larger than life home in Washington, and then begin to pop out babies just like she was supposed to.