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Hello! Here's the character sheet page for the Southside of Chicago rp. We're still accepting, so if you're interested, feel free to send me a DM. :xFsmile: And you don't need to have seen the show to participate in the rp!

The basis of the rp is just life in Chicago, with a focus on those living in the Southside. There will be three different neighborhoods (Southside (poor), Eastside (middle class), and Northside (upper class)) that characters will be from, and then everyone will attend the same high school located in the Eastside. Of course, your characters don't have to be high school students -- young adults, adults, and children are welcome, too!

We will have a Gallagher-like family, called the O'Reillys. Siblings are still open for this family, but closing soon.

For your character sheet, feel free to add code or make it however you like. The minimum that needs to be on the sheet is:
Name:
Age:
Gender
Grade: (if in school)
Job:
Sexuality:
Neighborhood: (Southside, Middle Class, Upper Class)
Face Claim:
Description: (this includes personality and backstory)
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ยป K R I S S I E
Full Name: Kristina O'Reily
Nickname: Kris; Krissie
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Grade: Sophomore
Neighborhood: Southside

Face Claim: Dove Cameron
Eyes Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Blonde
Height/Weight: 5'3 / 132lbs
Tattoos/Piercings: tongue & belly button & ears pierced

Likes: shoplifting | money | clothes, jewelry, shoes, etc. | tea | the beach
Dislikes: being cold | most drugs | fake flowers | braces | turtlenecks
Fears: losing her family | getting caught stealing, etc. | drowning

Personality Traits:
+fashionable
+bubbly/cheerful
+flexible
-stubborn
-proud
-impatient

Personality: As a middle child, Kris has the opportunity that not all of her siblings do: to disappear. However, she is not good at it. She doesn't want to disappear; she wants to have all eyes on her; she thrives on the attention. She's not afraid to do whatever it takes to get said attention, whether it be good or bad. The older she gets, the less she likes getting in trouble and getting grounded (who does?) so she's learning ways to bring about that attention positively. Or trying to. She's got a bubbly, talkative personality-- sometimes too much of one.

When things don't go her way or she goes without the attention she so craves for too long, she starts to get cranky. She can throw a tantrum that a toddler would be proud of: foot stomping; screaming; crying; etc. She means well, but with such a large family, it's hard to have eyes on her at all times, which is one reason she likes having younger siblings that look up to her. She's not much of a caretaker, she can't cook, and she's a tad bit on the disorganized side. But she loves trying to help others-- in her own way, of course.

History: Kristina had a pretty uneventful childhood. She endured the usual stress of a large family, tried caring for her younger siblings. As she got older, it quickly became apparent that she was not babysitter material. No one ever made it to bed on time, and they were usually hungry because Kris can't cook unless it comes out of a box, and even then, it's iffy. She talks on the phone and texts all day; taking away her phone is the cruelest form of punishment there is.

She was fifteen when she got caught with a boy after hours, in her bra and a pair of shorts, in the park. She had been smoking a little bit as well when caught by her older sibling (can change). Basically, Kris was dragged from the park and told never to see that boy again. She never found that shirt either. She still saw the boy, too, for a while until he dumped her. Never one to stay down for long, Krissie moved on.
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    Full Name: Jack O'Reilly
    Neighborhood: Southside
    Age: 25
    Gender: Male
    Sexuality: Heterosexual
    Job: Handyman

    Personality:
    Jack is a natural leader who has no problem taking on any and all responsibilities that come his way. As the oldest sibling, he learned from an early age how to be organized and get things done. He has a โ€˜take no shitโ€™ attitude. He has little patience as is, but even less for bullshit and nonsense. He isnโ€™t the smartest guy in the world, but he has a lot of common sense and picks up things quickly. Jack doesn't show many emotions, and he doesnโ€™t share his real thoughts with many people. He had to learn to be strong and deal with whatever came his way from an early age. Jack does his best to not let things get to him, but he has a temper and will only take so much before letting it out, and he doesnโ€™t shy away from a fight. Most people know Jack as a serious hard ass, but the people close to him know that he is a compassionate and caring guy who loves a good laugh. He is very loyal and will do anything for anyone he considers family.

    Face Claim: Patrick O'Donnell
    Eye Color: Green
    Hair Color: Strawberry Blonde
    Height: 6' 1
    Weight: 185

    Biography:
    Jack is the first born of the Oโ€™ Reilly family. From an early age, he was subject to the craziness, drama, and outright dysfunction that was his parents. As soon as he could walk, talk, and fend for himself, his parents stopped paying much attention to him. Initially, Jack didnโ€™t mind being on his own and doing things for himself, he actually preferred it to dealing with his parents. Gradually over time, he began looking after his siblings. He didnโ€™t even realize it was happening at first. With everyone of his siblings, their parents would care for them and act like good parents for a few months before slowly passing off more and more of the responsibilities off on Jack, until he was taking care of them anytime he wasnโ€™t at school. Things got really out of hand with his family responsibilities when he was 13. That year, their mother left and their dad got put in jail. Jack actually stopped going to school to care for the youngest siblings and do side jobs to do his best to pay the bills. Unfortunately, it was too much for him to handle on his own, so he called every extended family member he could to borrow money for the bills. Once their father got out of jail, it was already too late for Jack to go back to school that year, so he waited until the next year to return, putting him back a year. From that time on, Jack always worked. He worked any job he could and tried to learn any skill he could to make money. Even with their father out of jail, Jack had to care for his siblings. Their father was a drug addict and alcoholic who spent more time out partying, than working or being at home with his kids. Jack always resented their dad for that and as soon as he was big enough, he stopped letting their dad come to the house. He figured the kids were better off without him. Jack barely finished high school because he had so much on his plate outside of school. With college never even being an option Jack saw, he just doubled down on working and taking care of his family.

    Extra Info:
    - Jack is a boxer on the side. He began training the year he was out of school, and started fighting when he was 15 to make some extra money. He is really good and would love to go pro, but it would interfere with his responsibilities to his family.

    - Jack is good with his hands and has worked any labor job you can think of. He can also build, deconstruct, or fix almost anything. The only thing he's not great with are engines and motors.
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ยป R Y A N
Full Name: Ryan O'Reily
Nickname: Ry
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Grade: n/a
Job: Mechanic
Neighborhood: Southside

Face Claim: Chris Zylka
Eyes Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Blonde
Height/Weight: 6'0 / 197lbs

Likes: working on cars | sushi | his family | women | hoodies
Dislikes: most social media | reality tv | not being able to fix something | losing | being told what to do
Fears: not being able to provide | losing the ability to work with his hands

Personality Traits:
+ passionate
+ hard-working
+ intelligent
- hot headed
- temperamental
- cold

History: As one of the older O'Reily kids, Ryan ended up with alot on his shoulders as the kids just kept coming. Things were never easy on the southside, but the O'Reily family managed. Ryan wasn't the smartest person in his class, but ever since he was young, he figured out how to work with his hands and fix things. His temper got him into trouble alot, but thankfully he had his family to back him up (or slap some sense into him if he needed it). He was decent with the ladies, thankfully never ended up a dad though because he was smart about that. He does tend to go for the crazy ones though.

He ended up dropping out of high school to get a job to help make money for the family. He lied about his age and got a job at a mechanics shop, the same place he works at now. He spends his time usually there or at home, though he does like to go out when possible and spend time with his friends. He's got a bit of a chip on his back about providing for the family, and would protect any of them in any way that he could.

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Name: Elsie Oโ€™Reily

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Likes: Attention, Romance films and books, her siblings, and Cake

Dislikes: Sports, Sweating, being bossed around by her older siblings, and Carrots

Personality: Stubborn, Loud, Hopeless romantic, native, and Talkative

Grade: freshmen

Job: Babysitting

Neighborhood: Southside

Bio: Elsie is the baby of the Oโ€™relily family and all her life she has always wanted to be treated like an equal to her older siblings. Being the youngest her older siblings always baby her and tell her what to do. She hates that as she just wants to be older than she really is. She will try anything to make herself look older. She is also a hopeless romantic and wants more than anything to find her prince charming. If she is not doing schoolwork or hanging with friends she can be found watching cheesy romantic comedies or lost in a Romance novel. At school, Elsie craves to be popular and tries her best to get in with the popular kids. She can be a little naive at times, so itโ€™s a good thing her older brothers and sister always have her back.
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Name: Daniela De Angelo

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Nickname: Dean

Tattoos: Small birds going down the back of her neck stopping just above the shoulder, A rose on her hip, and a small elephant on her ankle.

Likes: Parties, Drinking, Her daughter, Sโ€™mores, Snow, hanging with her friends and Clubbing.

Dislikes: Quiet, Her older sister, Being yelled at, Reading, High school, and Being told what to do.

Personality: Stubborn, adventurous, impatient, lively, reckless, Party Animal

Grade: Senior

Neighborhood: SouthSide

Job: Waitress at a diner

Bio: After the tragic loss of her 10-year-old sister by a drive-by shooting when she was 12, she was never the same. Her sister Rose was her best friend and after her death, she was crushed. Daniela failed school and had to repeat a year, and also got knocked up when she was 14 by her then-boyfriend Mason. They together had a daughter named Ariana Rose who they raise together. To numb the pain of losing her sister Dean drinks, parties and sleeps around. She lives with her depressed mom who too never got over the death of her youngest and her older sister who keeps the household afloat. Her older sister does not approve of how Dean chooses to live so they often get into fights. Daniela just wants to finish high school and earn enough money so she can finally move out and get away from her family.

Family: Older sister (24), Mother (47), Dead Little sister Rose (10), Daughter Ariana Rose (3).

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Name: Lane Taylor

Nickname: Lanie

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Job: Works at a fashion boutique

Grade: Sophmore

Neighborhood: Southside

Likes: Marshmallows, Her brother, Soccer, Sports, and Early morning jogs

Dislikes: Her dad, Rich snooty girls, High School, Anything spicy, and thunderstorms

Personality: Ambitious, Sporty, sarcastic, tough, and hard-working.

Bio: Growing up Lane had a difficult childhood as her mom overdosed on drugs when she was only 3 years old. Her father wasnโ€™t much better and when she was 10 he was sentenced to prison on assault and drug charges. Being so young, she and her brother were put into foster care until Jamie turned 18. Her older brother was able to afford an apartment, where they live now. Lane loves soccer and plays as an outlet for the anger she feels for her parents and her older brother. She also has a part-time job working at a fashion boutique in the richer part of town, as her brother has a gambling problem and tends to spend all the money he earns.

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Name: Jamie Taylor

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Job: Short order cook at a diner

Neighborhood: Southside

Likes: Gambling, His sister, Smoking Weed, Sleeping in past noon, Chocolate chip cookies, and classic rock

Dislikes: Working, His Dad, Waking up early, Heavy metal music, and Onions.

Personality: Lazy, hot-headed, impulsive, Stubborn, Honest, and trustworthy

Bio: Jamie is the older brother of Lane and her caretaker. Their mother died of an overdose when he was only 8 and he quickly became the caregiver for his baby sister. His father didnโ€™t care much for them and when he was 15 their father went away to prison on assault and drug charges. Jamie tried his best to be there for his sister but the years of mistreatment and foster care bitterer his soul. By the time he was 18, he had scraped enough money together to get an apartment for him and Lane. Jamie usually spends his time working as a short-order cook at a diner, or spending his nights in underground gambling rings, wasting away the little money he has and getting high. He loves his sister more than anything, he just has a tough time showing his feelings to others.

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    โ Phoebe Faraday. โž

    โ basics. โž

    ใ€full nameใ€‘โ€” Phoebe Lynn Faraday

    ใ€nickname(s)ใ€‘โ€” Phoebs
    ใ€genderใ€‘โ€” Female
    ใ€ageใ€‘โ€” 18
    ใ€sexualityใ€‘โ€” Homosexual
    ใ€neighborhoodใ€‘โ€” Eastside
    ใ€occupationใ€‘โ€” Barista at Mugshot Cafe

    โ background. โž

    Phoebe Faraday was born into a rather small family, the youngest child of the household in Southside, only two years old when they moved. As a result, she was spoiled a bit more than her older sibling. She developed more slowly than her older brother, Finnegan. However, that never stopped her from getting into trouble. She quickly became a problem child of the family from the moment she could walk, always getting into things she shouldnโ€™t. Sheโ€™d climb wherever she could, at one point getting stuck in the laundry hamper. Sticky situations practically called her name for most of her life, most of which her older brother Finnegan would get her out of. Whether it was by his own choice or their parentsโ€™ prompting, she honestly had no clue.

    As she grew, so did her problems. While she got better at school and was barely above average once she reached high school, she was definitely out of her parentsโ€™ control. Sheโ€™d sneak out frequently, starting in middle school, going wherever she pleased. She definitely favored going to the Southside, since her family avoided it so much. She either never really understood why or didnโ€™t care. Ever since middle school, she has frequented the area. Sheโ€™d wander there a lot without telling anyone, easily bored at home in the Eastside. Every time sheโ€™d come home, sheโ€™d end up grounded and getting privileges taken away. After a while, she noticed her older brother started showing up there as well and couldnโ€™t help but find that entertaining; he probably hated the Southside more than either of their parents.

    Despite her familyโ€™s protests about her visits to the Southside, she continued even after high school. Now at nineteen, she still does so and works at a small coffee shop called the Mugshot Cafe. Her family was against it, wanting her to get a more โ€œstableโ€ job at some company, but honestly she couldnโ€™t stand cubicles and decided to work at the cafe until she could figure out what to do with her life.


    โ personality. โž

    ใ€-ใ€‘โ€” Manipulative, vindictive, theatrical, impulsive, irresponsible

    ใ€+ใ€‘โ€” Determined, confident, quick-witted, sociable, loyal

    โ trivia. โž


    • Sheโ€™s a fan of coffee, tea, and smoothies.
    • Her favorite food is basically any pastry, but especially doughnuts.
    • She always carries around a little bag which only holds her tarot cards and pepper spray.
    • Although she loves her older brother, she does wonder sometimes if he thinks she's lesser than him, which upsets her greatly.
    • She has a very mean pet cockatoo named Richard, or Dick for short.



 
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ยป A L E X A N D R A
Full Name: Alexandra Marie Foster
Nickname: Allie [do not use. she prefers to be called by her full name]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bicurious
Grade: Junior
Neighborhood: Northside

Face Claim: Leighton Meester
Eyes Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height/Weight: 5'7 / 132lbs
Tattoos/Piercings: This butterfly; left shoulder

Likes: shopping | her father | bangles | expensive restaurants | running
Dislikes: being told no | losing | getting dirty | most pets | small, cramped cars
Fears: losing her social status & money

Personality: Spoiled and selfish are two words people use to describe Alexandra, and they're telling the truth. She's used to being put first, and putting herself first. A bit reckless at times, she's always prepared to lay down her father's name and her own privilege to ensure she doesn't get in trouble. She loves to party and have fun, sometimes a bit more than is called for. She hates sharing, and doesn't get along with others well sometimes. She can be sweet... sometimes. Usually when she wants something.

History: Alexandra was born and raised on the Northside of town, and to say she's led a privileged lifestyle wouldn't be a lie. Being an only child, she was the light of her parents life, and the apple of their eye. She had everything she ever needed or wanted, and never had to worry about a thing. Everything seemed to come easy to her-- friends, social status, even school. Now she wasn't the smartest around, but having your own private tutors helped tons.

Then the accident happened. She was still young when she lost her mother, and it became just her and her father. Adjusting to life without her mom was hard, but eventually, she managed. Sort of. Basically, she got comfortable in her life with her father, even if he was absent alot due to work. That was just how things were for years. But then he met her, and brought them into their perfect picture. Alexandra isn't used to sharing anything, much less her fathers attention.
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ยป C A R T E R
Full Name: Carter Philip Reynolds
Nickname: n/a
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Het
Job: Mechanic/Gang Member
Neighborhood: Southside

Face Claim: Stephen James
Eyes Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height/Weight: 6'0 / 225lbs
Tattoos/Piercings: Yes

Likes: money | women | playing pool | whiskey | fast cars
Dislikes: losing | pointless fighting | texting, mostly | betrayal | fish
Fears: losing his spot as leader | being killed/death

Personality: He's pretty similar to his best friend Ryan, especially when they're together. Despite being a gang leader, he does like to laugh and have a good time, but only when hes around people he knows and trusts. Otherwise he can come off cold and unforgiving-- which he is. He's a smooth talker, especially when he knows you have something he wants.

History: Carter was born and raised in the Southside. His parents weren't worth a damn, so his uncle took him in. He wasn't much better, being the leader of one of the gangs running around the neighborhoods. Carter learned how to sit back and observe from a young age, and began running drugs a short time later. It wasn't long really before he was selling himself, most of the money he made going back to his uncle.

The man was killed when Carter was a teenager, and Carter was almost forced to take over. But someone else stepped in, claiming Carter was too young. Carter challenged him, and ended up as leader at seventeen. Ever since then he's worked his way up in peoples eyes, earning the respect he has now at 22.
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Name: Alyssa Redfield
Age: 21
Gender Female
Grade: 3rd year college degree
Job: None
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Neighborhood: Upper Class
Face Claim: Dianna Agron
Description:
Personality:

Alyssa is a shy quiet type. Soft spoken she tends to be a follower rather than a leader. Unlike her older siblings, Alyssa tended to fade into the background. A Daddys girl in most senses, she does not fit the mould in that she is not vain or vapid. Her parents used to joke that she was the easiest of the three children to raise. She hates upsetting people or rocking the boat so she tries to do whats right and be there when needed. The problem is that this means people will assume she will go along with their ideas and plans. She has a hidden back bone that rarely surfaces but when it does, its scary to see.

Backstory:
Alyssa grew up as the youngest of 3 children to Eric and Tayna Redfield. With her older brother Christopher primed to take over their fathers business and her older sister Alexia married off to some Tycoons son, Alyssia was left to forge her own path in what she wanted to do with her life. a smart child, her parents gave into the whims she had in terms of learning and what she wanted to do. She was quietly popular in that she was popular for being nice. She grew up sheltered, dating but gaining a reputation for being "Pure" in that she never slept with her boyfriend.

Apparently that was not enough and her popular boyfriend had decided to warm another girls bed in their first year of college. Upset, she had hidden herself away finding herself in some diner in the poorer part of town. That would be the night she met him, a pure gent he made sure she was ok and spent the evening sitting with her as she vented. It was at the end of the night that she kissed his cheek and gave him her number as he had been such a friend. An unlikely friendship began to build and naturally romance followed.

Over the next 2 years the romance built slowly, naturally it was not smooth. Him being stubborn in that she deserved a rich guy to give her the life she wanted, and Her saying she had all she needed with him. Life seemed good, until she told her parents. The reaction they gave was not great (to put it mildly). After days of arguments, tears and upsets it all came to an end when her parents tried to forbid her from seeing him. It was then she heard they planned to marry her to some Business mans son for her fathers business dealings. It was then she dropped the bombshell she held onto, She was pregnant.

In a fit of anger her father gave her an hour to get out of the house and never come back. Packing her things with her siblings help, she left her family home picking up her mobile phone she gave him a call and said she needed to talk....
 
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Nickname: Andy
Birth Name: Andreia Maria Manuel Almeida Pais
Age: 20 years old
Gender: female, genderfluid
Sexuality: fluid, questioning
Occupation: Barista at Gulliver's Book & Coffee House

History & Personality
Andy is a 20-year-old student at the local community college who enjoys social board games, photography, and soccer. She is bubbly, giving, but can also be very lazy and sometimes too confrontational.

She is of Portuguese and Italian origins.

Physically, she is well fit. Enjoys the health and fitness culture, she loves cooking and reading books. She is of average height with dark chocolate hair, olive skin tone, and brown eyes. She often wears glasses.

She is an immigrant, has a European accent and worked the majority of her life by helping her cousin business. She grew up in the working-class neighbourhood with her mother and father (both of which are factory workers at some agroalimentary company). She was mostly raised by her aunt.

She isn't in any type of relationship, had a few but it never really worked out. Her first love died back in high school and always carried remorse for not being there like she should've been.

She is part of much local advocational organization and is determined to become a social worker.

 
Name: Richard Marshmann
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Grade: 12th (Senior)
Job: Internship at a Corporation on the Northside, Criminal
Sexuality: Not Openly Revealed
Neighborhood: Northside, Upper Class
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  • Personality: There's no real persona here because he is simply a mix of two fake ideas of people. Richard has always had something to prove. He doesn't want to be himself. He wants to be something different. He wants to be a Southsider, a member of the lower-class. Richard acts like this brutal thug on the outside, ruthless, seemingly able to do whatever he needs to to get what he wants. He walks with a swagger in his step. There's no class to his words, and he is as foul as they come in language as in spirit. To most people who meet him, he gives off the vibe of some kid raised in poverty. He'll steal, trash people's homes without remorse, and generally wreak havoc in the community. None of that is Richard though. He is this sweet, kind, and caring kid on the inside who wants to belong to a community. There's intelligence hidden behind the poorly presented surface, an ability to speak like a poet, and the tact of the richest people on the Northside. Still, he never felt at home on the Northside, but pretending to be someone he isn't has cut him off from this Southside community too. The boy doesn't belong to the North nor does he belong to the South. He's someone without a home, empty as he shambles as a corpse through life. He parties, but it's never alive. He drinks, but he's never drunk. He smokes, but he's never high. He's a boy that can't figure out how to belong to the world and be a man.
  • Background: Richard comes from the cream of the crop: the owners of a non-profit on the Northside with wealth beyond the wildest dreams of electric sheep. His childhood was uneventful really except for parental neglect. They never cared for Richard. They made sure he did enough to not sully the family name, but they showed him no affection at all. He was isolated at home. To impress them, he became a strong student. They still didn't care when he came home with the straight-As or the admissions letters. Why the hell would that matter? It was a clean childhood from the outside, but a loss of community from the inside. There's not much to it; he lived this life until, at age 12, he saw a younger man in a market who held up a store in front of his parents. The way that the man walked with ruthless abandon and complete control of his own destiny mesmerized the young boy. He wasn't controlled by how others thought of him. The ideal figure of a man had been discovered, and it was a criminal. After the store was robbed, he sprinted away from his parents and began to follow the criminal home on foot. He followed him to a house in the Southside. From a distance, he watched as the man was greeted home as a hero to his family. They cared. They had so much less than him but so much more. They had each other, something Richard had never known. Richard decided that he now belonged to the Southside. Since that day, he began hanging around delinquents, committing crimes, and doing everything he could to fit in with that crowd. He's still trying to prove himself to be one of them. He attends their parties, dates their girls, and lives their lifestyle. His popularity in the Southside has grown and most don't even suspect he's from the Northside; that's especially true because he'd never admit his true livelihood.
 

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Name: Nathan O'Reilly

Nickname: Nate

Age: 18

Sexuality: Homosexual (Closeted)

Face Claim: Mikolas Josef

Personality
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Nate grew up as part of the crowd in the O'Reilly family. blending into the background. Content with his lot in life, Nathan thought no more of it and was a happy enough kid growing up. Until he began growing into his teens. To hide the perceived weakness among his friends and family at the time he became more angry and aggressive towards the world. The happy go lucky Nathan became a problem child.

Not reacting well to his brothers coming out as Bi-sexual only alienating him further from his family as he was torn between anger and envy. Despite this, Nathan is still somewhat loyal to his family backing up the younger siblings when needed. A master deflector, Nate knew how to re-direct attention when needed, which became more common with the increased trouble he brought to the door at home.


My History
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Nathan grew up as the 3rd oldest in the O'Reilly siblings. From a young age Nate was described as a polite,quiet child which was a change from his older brother Ryan. toddling along behind Jack and Ryan like their shadow, he was given the playful nickname of shadow. Going into school, Nate was a popular kid because of the natural charm and confidence he exuded. Between school and doing odd jobs around the neighbourhood, Nates younger years were happy despite how they lived.

Growing into his teens, Nathan noticed how the other guys in school and even his older brothers seemed to pay attention to girls which did nothing for him. It was boys he was noticing instead of girls, and he began to hate himself for being 'different'. This started bringing about a slow but noticeable change in Nathan. He became less of a popular kid and more of a kid to avoid, prone to bursts of temper he began losing friends as he hated himself and others for what he had perceived as something wrong with him.

This began a downward spiral of starting fights both in and out of school for the smallest imagined insult, shoplifting and ditching school to go drinking. His friend group changed to just 2 girls, and like 3 pieces of a simple but somewhat messed up puzzle they just clicked. More often than not he would be escorted home by cops after being caught shoplifting. In Nathans mind, anything he did to seem like a proper hard guy would surely hide his sexuality right?. His life would be over if it ever got out, the area they grew up was not one where anything different was really looked on kindly by certain people.

When his younger brother came out as Bi-sexual to little fanfare, it made Nathan jealous since Kai could still like girls so that was fine. This made Nathan act up a bit more aggressively, going from chilled out to pissed in little to no time. Condescending and acting like an ass to most people, Nathan has started hanging around with the wrong people with his best friends Krista and Jade worried about the path he was going down. But maybe its a case of too little too late to do anything.
FriendshipsKrista & Jade: Friends



 

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"Darkness lives in all of us, but it only takes one light to get rid of the dark."
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ยป J O S I E
Full Name: Josephine Marie Rivers
Nickname: Josie
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Job: Waitress/Dancer
Neighborhood:
Northside

Face Claim: Jessica Rothe
Eyes Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height/Weight: 5'7 / 146lbs
Tattoos/Piercings: vines

Likes: writing | singing | snow | cats | pizza rolls
Dislikes: non-fiction books | looking over her shoulder | birds | floofs | turtlenecks
Fears: her ex | big cities | the dark

Personality Traits:
+friendly
+tender
+resourceful
-independent
-critical
-jealous

History: Josie actually comes from a small, middle class town in the middle of Tennessee, where she lived with her family up until she was about eighteen. Being the preachers daughter put alot of pressure on her, especially considering she was an only child. Growing up, she went to church every sunday, and even sang in the choir in her teenage years. She had eyes on her at all times, but for the most part, she was a pretty good kid. She met Victor when she was fifteen, and he had just turned eighteen. He was the residential bad boy, always getting into trouble, but something about his carefree ways excited Josie.

When she turned eighteen, they ran away together. She left a note for her parents, and she and Victor had about a year of bliss before things turned dark. He grew possessive and dangerous, isolating her from her friends until she literally had no one but him. And then the abuse started, and she grew even more fearful to leave. When she found out she was pregnant, however, things changed and she fled. Unfortunately all of the stress of running caused her to miscarry. That was about a year ago. She found someone looking for a roommate in a nice place in the Northside, and moved in.
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Name: Connor Dempsey

Age: 21

Sexuality: Gay

Town: Southside

Job: Bartender

Personality: Lively, Excitable, Ambitious, Clumsy, Charismatic, and Street Smart.

Likes: Singing, Acting, Dancing, Attention, theater, and 1930s films.

Dislikes: Being ignored, Sports, Silence, Sitting still, and classical music

Bio: Connor has always dreamed big of becoming a famous actor in Hollywood that would be celebrated for years to come. Unfortunately for him, he was not born in the starlight but on the rough streets of the Southside of Chicago. Born to parents who had to work two jobs just to keep a roof over his head and food on the table, he was far from fame. Growing up he really enjoyed theater and this was where he got his first taste of acting. His parents were not happy at the life their son wanted to live and that of his sexuality, so he found himself homeless at the age of 16. Being alone he had to do some questionable activities, but he was able to land on his feet and rent himself an apartment. Now he works as a bartender and is saving up enough money so he can move out to Hollywood and finally be who he was destined to be.

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  • full name

    ezekiel monroe.


    nicknames

    zeke. sometimes z.


    age

    eighteen.


    gender

    male.


    sexuality

    heterosexual.


    neighborhood

    southside.


    faceclaim

    thomas doherty.


    hair & eyes

    brunette & light blue.


    height & weight

    5'10 & 167 lbs


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    personality

    zeke is an average teen in a lot of ways. he's always chasing after a girl or three, likes to party, and he can be a little too cocky at times. when zeke is close to someone he can sometimes become over protective of them. he will do anything to protect the people he loves even if it means beating the hell out of someone for fucking with them. he is very street-smart because he has to be and has a hustler mentality. on the other hand though, he can sometimes be a little reckless especially when distracted or under the influence of alcohol/drugs. even though part of him wants to find someone he can be with, he also feels like he's way too young to settle down so he will bolt at the first sign of a serious committment to a girl as he has done many times. despite that, he has a sometimes goofy and outgoing nature that causes people to gravitate towards him or so he likes to think.


    likes

    drinking. smoking. money. women. dogs. spicy food. partying.


    dislikes

    oranges. pop music. spiders. losing. being underestimated.


    fuck lemons. life better give me limes and tequila.

    background

    zeke is a southside through and through. he was born and raised on the southside of chicago to a pair of loving parents who always taught him the importance of hard work. his mother was a middle school teacher and his father a construction worker. they managed to put food on the table and give him a pretty stable environment. all in all, regardless of the area he lived in, his life was relatively decent and it remained that way up until he was about fifteen.

    his mother had been on her way home from work when another car slammed into her own. she was gone before the ambulance ever arrive, not like they ever rushed to the aid of southsiders anyway. the driver of the other car made it out without a scratch. he was a younger man, maybe in his early twenties who had been too busy paying attention to his phone. it was a hit and run so zeke didn't even find this information out until much later though. it was hard on him but harder on his father who started to spiral in the midst of his grief. missing work, drinking more, and spending his money on gambling rather than the bills.

    that's when zeke got a job at some fast-food place to help around the house. it wasn't nearly enough but it was something. too bad his father's drinking use caught up with him and just a little under two years after his mother's death, his father followed. since he was only seventeen the state attempted to put him into foster care which he ran away from. he dodged them and started to couch surf at friend's houses, selling drugs to make it as he did.

    just a couple months before zeke's 18th birthday he was initiated into a local gang that he'd been running drugs for. it was there that he felt a sense of family and like he actually belonged somewhere again. with their help, and his own hustling mindset, he managed to get his own apartment in the southside. although he's a part of the gang he still has to prove himself in many ways, especially to the gang's leader. it's only been six months after all and respect is earned, right?

 
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Name: Jessica Jay De Angelo

Nickname: Jess

Age: 23

Town: Southside

Job: Escort/ Sometimes takes shifts at a diner as a waitress.

Personality: Determined, Responsible, Stubborn, Reliable, and Hard-working

Likes: Indie alternative music, Chocolate, Warm fuzzy socks, knitting, and being in charge.

Dislikes: Her sister, Irresponsible people, Escorting, Parties, and Drugs.

Bio: The day Jessโ€™s little sister died was the day her life would change forever. The pain of losing her youngest daughter sent her once full of life mother into a deep depression and years after she has not crawled out of. To make matters worse her younger sister Deanโ€™s way of dealing with the pain caused her to become pregnant at 14. They fight constantly as she just wants the best for Dean but she keeps messing up her life. Trying to keep this house afloat was like trying to keep a ship from sinking with holes on the bottom. The real problem started when the foreclosure notices started to pile up and Jess was in no way making enough money with the day jobs that were offered. In fear of losing the house she grew up in, Jess took drastic measures and became an escort for the elite of Chicago. The income saved the house from being foreclosed on and she was able to pay the bills and put food on the table for her family. Jess hates every second of it and desperately wants to leave but she knows without that income she would be on the streets in less than a month.

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Winnie Matthews

Basics​
Full Name: Winona Rae Matthews
Nickname: Winnie, Win, Rae
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Pansexual
Grade: Sophomore in College
Neighborhood: Eastside
Face Claim: Yara Shahidi
Eyes Color: Light Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height/Weight: 5'6 / 152lbs
Tattoos/Piercings: X X X X
Get to Know Her​
Likes: track + volleyball + art + photography + writing +affection +space
Dislikes: snobby people | fake people | rude people | swimming | the ocean
Fears: suffocation ~ controlling men

Personality Traits:
+intelligent
+clever
+street smart
+reliable
+caring
-stubborn
-blunt
-perfectionist
-impulsive

Background: Winona spent her entire adolescent life in the Eastside neighborhood of Chicago, having a pretty normal life with her two parents, Daniel and Regina, and younger siblings, Chance and Isaiah, for a majority of it. It was Daniel who introduced art to Winona and implanted a heavily rooted love for it. When she was 13, Winnie and her father were involved in a car accident, she survived but her father didn't. The death of her father hit Winona hard cause she was a lot closer to her father than her mother, and this caused an accidental isolation within her family. She loves her siblings and doesn't hesitate to take care of them, but she knows that her mother loves her siblings a little more because Winona reminds Regina of Daniel.

Despite her father's death, Winona continued with art, using it as a medium that could calm her when the world wasn't. In middle and high school, she had good grades and minimal friends, and she participated in volleyball and track, and the occasional art show. Winona loves her family and Chicago, but she had no problems getting away, so she applied, was accepted, and awarded scholarships to a university in Colorado. There she meets her boyfriend Zack and they date till the middle of spring semester. He becomes mentally and physically abusive towards Winnie and she fears for her life after she breaks up with him. She finds the ultimate escape when her mother asks her to return to Chicago due to an illness.

Although she does not have the best relationship with her mother, she mainly moves back for her two younger siblings and to avoid the controlling ex in Colorado. The huge change in her life was a little disruptive for her plans, but she still finds a way to strive. She applied to University of Chicago and was accepted, she is ready to participate in volleyball and track again. She has a job as a cook at a diner in the Southside, she started a waitress but after too many complaints about her attitude from her customers, she was put in the back. Her boss even allows her to sell some of her paintings at the diner. After being gone for a year, Winona has a hard time trusting and reconnecting with people. She can come off as a bitch because she puts a wall up and isn't afraid to call people out on their bullshit, but the instant someone becomes too aggressive she can get scared, which is problematic since she works in the Southside. When you get to know her and prove to yourself that you can be trusted, Winona will do anything to protect you and you can always count on her.

Winnie Matthews

 


Chance Matthews


Basics​
Full Name: Chance Jackson Matthews
Nickname: CJ, Jack, Junior
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Bicurious
Grade: Junior
Neighborhood: Eastside
Face Claim: Asante Black
Eyes Color: Light Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height/Weight: 5'10 / 172lbs
Tattoos/Piercings: His ears are pierced

Get to Know Him​
Likes: track + basketball + anime + his friends + video games + his family
Dislikes: rude people | bullies | cheaters | heights
Fears: losing his family ~ getting involved with the wrong crowd

Personality Traits:
+polite
+ambitious
+loyal
+caring
-stubborn
-impulsive
-impatient
-can be dishonest at times

Background: Chance doesn't know any other home outside of the Eastside neighborhood of Chicago. He grew up with his parents Regina and Daniel, his older sister Winona, and younger brother Isaiah. He was always a quiet kid in the family, his mom claiming that he inherited it from her. He had a great relationship with both of his parents and was extremely devastated when his father died when he was 10, but not as much as his older sister. Winona tried to isolate herself from the family but Chance wouldn't allow it, constantly bugging her and the bother of them bonding over their shared talent of track. He even assisted on her paintings when he got the chance. He is even more of a doting older brother to Isaiah, always willing to take care of him when Winona and his mom are at work or school.
Chance isn't the smartest kid, barely scraping B's and C's to stay on the sports teams and to please the important women of his life. However, he is very athletic, hoping to get into a good college with an athletic scholarship. He has made friends through track and basketball, but doesn't like to put himself out in the social crowd too much. He is very polite to those older to him and those of authority, his father teaching him right as he grew up. Occasionally he works at the bowling alley and when not focusing on school or sports, he attends parties with his teammates.
When Winona moved to Colorado, Chance stepped up as an older sibling and assisted his mom with his younger brother. He stayed in touch with Winnie, calling her every other day and enjoying her visits during her holidays. He does not know about the abuse that Winnie goes through, but he is the one that actually calls her to come back home after their mother gets sick and refuses to leave her job. Chance will always remain loyal to his family and friends, the former being number one on his list. Around rude people he can have an attitude and it can get him in trouble. He got suspended from school for a few days after punching an older kid for making inappropriate comments about his sister, Winona does not know this (yet). Altogether, he's a good kid with a big heart that still has the capability of getting in trouble.

Chance Matthews

 

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