#vacancyintro

Hi! I’m Liz, this is Seb the cheerful, tactless, good-for-nothing street musician. Just a quick intro while I battle it out with the end of the semester.

From Dublin originally, but has a restless soul. From a rich family, has a good mind, could have been anything he wanted to -- if he had an ounce of focus or patience. Halfway through university, he spent a summer travelling with friends and decided he’d rather be seeing the world than doing anything else. Never returned to complete his degree, kept moving ever since

Spent most of his twenties all over Europe, before heading to North America

Works odd jobs when busking isn’t keeping money in his pockets (which is often); plays music in restaurants, works in shops, bartends, etc.

Loves to meet new people but he's a flake, wandering off to a new city without notice or forgetting to keep in touch. Kind of oblivious to other people’s feelings

charlie’s grandparents owned and operated the starlite motel and shooting star grille for years. they own a bunch of other properties sprinkled throughout nevada, but the starlite was always their favorite out of all of them. they lived on property. since they lived on property, charlie grew up on the grounds. the starlite has always and will always remain her home. 

when her grandparents got old and wanted to retire, they handed over the property to jimmy cohen. he’s the manager, but he basically runs the whole thing. they trusted him enough to keep their vision going. charlie looks to the man as a father figure. her own parents not ever present in her life. she was dumped off to live with her grandparents. but she holds no regrets. she loves her life and looks back on her childhood with great fondness.

five years ago, her grandparents passed away. her grandmother first and a few months later her grandfather of a broken heart. it gutted charlie. she was still trying to figure out the business from them. she had studied at UNLV for business. she knew an education was important (something instilled into her by her grandparents). not wanting to let her grandparents down, she decided to keep everything the same. there’s no one she trusts more in this world than jimmy -- her surrogate father.

charlie spends a lot of time traveling from her properties. but she always finds her way back to the starlite. it’s her favorite place in the world. she can never stay away from too long.

the last year, she’s spent nonstop traveling. she wanted to do something just for her. she took a year off and hit every place on her bucket list. she likes to think of herself as well traveled and worldly. (she’s honestly a mess. she things she’s very in touch her inner chi, but she doesn’t even know what the fuck that means. she’s just trying her best like everyone else.)

the oldest of the weston siblings, levi and emery have only two years between them. the two had a close relationship and levi would have done anything for her, including scaring or roughing up anyone who messed with her on the playground. like every growing boy, he had his moments where he didn’t want his little sister around but, when he got over it he’d make it up to her.

levi was a very energetic child and he was enrolled in athletics to help him burn off some of that energy. he played little league baseball and enjoyed hockey as well as football. it was always about fun for him, not competition.

although he was athletic, levi picked up his first guitar at ten years old and began taking classes shortly after. music classes were something he enjoyed, it was calming on him in comparison to sports. he prefers playing acoustic guitar and can read music, he cannot write or compose.

at sixteen, papa weston suffered a workplace injury resulting in a traumatic brain injury. levi took it hard, seeing his father broken and nothing like the man he grew up with and looked up to was something he couldn’t handle. after two months of struggling and hoping for the best, he couldn’t pretend anymore. seeing his father in that state and how his family was suffering, levi decided to take the selfish way out. he packed a bag, took his guitar, and left home leaving behind nothing but a note that said ‘ i'm sorry '.

leaving his sister behind was the most difficult part but staying home and continuing to deal with the pity from everyone they knew and their dad who wasn’t even the man he used to be proved to be too much. after pawning some video game systems, levi took his earning and bought the first ticket out of town. next stop: austin, texas.

arriving in a new town homeless, jobless, and broke wasn’t ideal and the first week was the hardest. he played his guitar in the street hoping for some spare change but it was never enough. levi ended up selling the guitar he’d gotten for his sixteenth birthday from his parents to get through that week. 

he got a job as a dishwasher and while it wasn’t much, it was good enough for him. with his new job cam an actual place to stay when a coworker --- bea --- learned he was homeless and underage. she gave him a place to stay on her couch and he helped by giving her money toward the bills. 

while staying there, levi became close with bea’s brother, scott. through him he began stealing cars and taking them to chop shops for cash. he began to make enough money to send home to help. he felt it was the least he could do after leaving them with no explanation. it felt like the right thing.

he eventually moved out of bea’s apartment and into his own with scott. even though he couldn’t get the guitar from his parent’s back, he purchased a new one. playing brought him the much-needed calmness he craved in between the hectic life he lived. 

over the years, the pair continued to steal cars for profit, moving to dallas, houston, and then san antonio. at twenty-four scott and levi were nearly caught and levi decided he was done with that life. he began a construction job and through some coworkers, he learned about working on oil rigs. though it was dangerous, the salary was enough to make him overlook that. so, he made the move touisiana.

for the past six years, levi worked at the gulf, working on different rigs. while he was there he built a life of his own and continued to send money whenever he could to help his family. they were never far from his mind but levi couldn’t bring himself to return and face what he left behind.

following the deaths of two of his closest friends due to an explosion on the rig they were on, levi chose not to renew his contract and take a break instead. he returned to baton rouge where he’d been living during his in between periods to spend time with his girlfriend.

he’s recently found out his girlfriend is pregnant and the further along she gets, the more his life is put into perspective. once his most recent contract was up, levi chose not to renew. instead, he packed up his life and his girlfriend and made the choice to return to nevada. 

levi now works security at the starlite. he hopes he can fix his relationship with his sister and make things right even if his pride is going to keep him from doing it right away.

Tobias Matthias Newton Haas.

Goes by Tobias or “Newt”.

Twenty-three.

Relationship status: single.

Sexual orientation: uncertain.

Speaks English, German, and French.

Hails from Bad Ischl, Austria.

Born on February 3rd, 1994, in Bad Ischl, Austria, to Julia and Martin Haas, Tobias became the youngest member of the family, his name quickly became a string of family names that stretched much further than all of the others'. Julia jokingly blamed it on how he was the last child they were going to have, and therefore she needed to fulfill her promise to those she had promised to name a child after. In reality the answer was far more logical: Tobias had been her father's name, Matthias was Martin's father's name, and Newton had been Julia's older brother who had passed away when they were just children.

As the youngest of three brothers, Tobias was never the strongest or the fastest, and it wasn't unusual to find Philip and Manuel coercing little Tobias into activities they perhaps shouldn't have attempted in the first place. Climbing tall fences, chasing the neighbor's chickens, and even sneaking a goat into the house more than on one occasion. According to Philip and Manuel, they partook in these silly little acts in the hopes of brightening their own days, for they said Bad Ischl was little more than "a few bubbling pools of lukewarm water". Their mother, on the other hand, was less than impressed, scolding the boys for not only continuing to cause trouble, but for dragging their younger brother into it as well. ....

• even at a young age the blonde had been highly ambitious, you tended to be when you came from absolutely nothing; for as long as she could remember, it had always just been her and her mother  — her father had just been another new york “my band is all i need” deadbeat that her mother had pined over one summer, who she had even momentarily believed to be something deeper than a summer fling, but when a period became late and tests purchased, the young lad fled in fear of a sense of commitment and responsibility for something bigger than him leaving joanna jenks heartbroken and a single mother.

• if not to make matters worse, the jenks’ went mad with rage when they discovered their daughter had become knocked up, before college and marriage, they were a bit on the old fashioned side; when she came to them and told her she refused to get an abortion, that she wanted to keep to baby actually, they threw her out giving her a few measly bucks and telling her to be on her way to never look back. she no longer had a family, her family now was her and her unborn child. during most of her early pregnancy days were spent earning whatever she could through a few shifts here and there, couch surfing when it was no longer possible. when addison finally came, though, she had managed to get a ratty but vaguely livable apartment for them.

• most children would have considered it difficult not always getting the latest toy or barely ever being able to participate in fad, but addison had genuinely never minded, as long as her mother was by her side nothing could affect or harm her. fast forward a could of years and addison is nearing 15, when tragedy strikes the jenks family; joanna is diagnosed with cancer, expected to live maybe a few years longer, however it spread to rapidly and she passed nearly a year after. the loss struck addison so hard, she dropped out of school and began couch hopping with various friends, wondering how she could possibly continue to make it through.

• it wasn’t tell she met vivi that she finally had a plan, that she finally learned out to survive. vivi was your typical “wrong side of the tracks” kid, she was the one who taught addison all that she knows today about tricking and working the streets. although they haven’t seen each other in years, or had much contact, she still holds the girl very near to her heart. 

history

andrew was born in texas but was raised as an army brat in pearl city, hawaii. both his maternal and paternal sides of the family have strong military backgrounds; and all his other seven of siblings served in the us army. -- yes lol he has 7 other siblings

anywaaaay, andrew has served a total of 34 years in service - rose to be a captain for 9 years ( he has been based all over the world - guam, philippines, texas, etc. )

he has 2 sons from his first marriage, and they never really forgave him for divorcing their mom ------ the separation was mutual but he took the blame for the most part

his second wife lasted longer, but they separated still ----------- infidelity on her part, which andrew took well tbh ( bc lol he had done the same thing to his first wife )

anywho !!!! andrew retured from the navy just 3 months ago, just after the death of his first wife. i was revealed to him then that he has a child out-of-wedlock, whose mother and family tried contacting him after their divorce. the first wife kept all of the letter and never replied !!!!!!!

ofc omg andrew forgave her bc she was on her death bed then, but his sons didnt bc he expressed a great desire to get in touch with his child --- much to the chagrin of his sons, who think its unfair that their mother ( his first wife omg ) is dying and he would rather search for his other child

so her we are now !!!! andrew is in nevada after hearing back from his child’s mother that their child is in the states, working at a casino ?? or smth

tl;dr: andrew is staying at las vegas trying to find his out-of-wedlock child, which he didnt know of until 3 months ago

personality

andrew is very much a gentleman. even tho he grew up in hawaii, he still thinks of himself as a southerner, and tries his best to live up to the standards. he is v. genteel and amicable; he would v. rarely speak out harshly and is v. considerate

however, just as much, he would also rarely speak out abt his emotions and true intentions --- he glides thru them, so to speak; rarely acknowledging them. this contradicts his tendency to be critical of things, tbh. he notes all the details and it irks him when smth is subpar, but he rarely speaks out

heyo here’s some quickfire facts about my boy chris. i’m still fleshing him out, but i’ll get you in on the basics and we can plot from there!

born & raised as a midwest boy in indianapolis ( because that’s my hometown and i’m uncreative )

spent his whole childhood doing different theatre gigs in the city and through school

he was a big ham in school, and he always excelled in projects that let him express himself in video form. 

when he was sixteen he convinced his mother to let him get a real proper agent in order to audition for commercials and such

he did a few things here and there during the summers between school, but his parents would never let him drop out despite his average grades.

the day after graduating from high school he moved out to los angeles.

he continued to audition and get cast in a few things here and there, mostly secondary roles that left him getting killed off 

now that he was free from his parents, he really leaned into the celebrity lifestyle, spending most of his money on alcohol and parties. 

the big event that led him to starlite was a raid on an underground club where he was caught with more than his fair share of illegal substances & minors ( that he was unaware of ), which forced him to “shape up and get his act together”

he refused to go to rehab though, so instead he was shipped out into the desert of nevada, hidden away in a little motel where no one would come looking until he decided that he “really wanted to be a star”

needless to say he’s still pretty bitter about it

still, he’s trying his best to seem okay around the motel, flirting with just about everybody, spending weekends on the strip and generally just not getting his act together in the slightest. 

Is that [ ADRIA ARJONA ] checking into the Starlite Motel? No, it’s just [ MATILDA APONTE ESCALANTE ] — a [ TWENTY SIX ] year old [ INDIE FILM MAKER ] from [ SEATTLE, WA ]. [ SHE/HER ] identifies as [ FEMALE ] and [ HETEROSEXUAL ]. They seem +OPEN-MINDED and -INDECISIVE. ( kid, 24, est, she/her ) <<< hopping on the bandwagon.

*hive fives and cookies for u for joining us*

So, a little about me: I’m kid. i’m from ohio and i’m usually available week days. (wow i deserve world’s record for most boring intro).

On to Matilda: 

The general idea is that she’s a happy-go-lucky, outgoing, type of gal. She comes from a pretty wealthy family, but has cut her self from their financial support. Matilda wants to start completely fresh and chase her passion; which is art. She’s a big fat art lover. art-phile. whatever. Although she’s interested in all forms of art expression, videography is her main media. 

connections i’m interested in: 

Her crew: Matilda’s crew once consisted of only one member (herself), now she’s lucky enough to have four other crew members, one’s her cat Mima but the other three are free to have roles of their choosing, rather it’s editors, producers, actors, etc. 

Gal pals: Matilda likes to make friends, rather they stick or not is entirely up to fate. These people could be anyone, probably the just few she’s managed to pick up since being in Vegas.

Wing mate: so Matilda isn’t into dating (i mean, one, she’s terrible at it) or getting into relationships and the stuff. But let’s be honest, she’s a human and would still like to “get it in” rather she’ll actually admit it or not. She’s not going to be able to do that on her own, so she’s gonna need a bit of help. It can be a sorta, you scratch my back, I scratch yours. y’know.

I’ll probably add more, when it comes up. I know she has one brother but as far as she’s aware he’s in Portland or somewhere.