CUSTODY is a slice-of-life IF rated 17+ for explicit language, child abuse, substance abuse, self-destructive behavior, sexism, sexuality and more. Inspired by the movie Thirteen. Please avoid if you don’t enjoy reading these themes.
Note: I’m new to all of this so please bear with me!😭 Also know that I don’t condone to any of this, if you see or know a child is being abused please say something!
⟡ DEMO (TBA) ⟢ FORUM (TBA) ⟡ INTROS (TBA)
Step into a life of a teenager, trying to survive along with their three siblings, and with the court system trying to pull you all apart—you must not let them.
You always felt that you’ve been cursed since birth.
You and your siblings being taken away from your parents when you were twelve by child services due to child abuse and domestic violence really put a traumatic impact on your innocence and child like imagination. And thanks to the court systems and such you and your siblings weren’t split apart—imagine what could have happened if they did…
Moving from place to place and home to home has really put a weight on you, but that’s not the real issue. The real issue is them, your foster “parents” and they are something you can’t really get rid of either. Finally settling in your new home, California Los Angeles, you really thought everything would get better. I mean you just started becoming a teenager lucky number thirteen, by now life should be better right?
No.
In fact it got much worse.
Your older brother stopped coming home more, your sister started bringing a new boyfriend home every week because something obviously went wrong and she won’t tell you, and then there’s your younger brother who doesn’t even know what’s truly going on.
The world along with your body is changing every second.
Your now in the 8th grade where there is significant physical changes and emotions all over the place, your starting to notice things that weren’t as important then they were as before and the main focus is to fit in.
Completely shut down and make your own decisions because you feel like you’re old enough.
Make your foster parents life a living hell, and deal with your siblings.
Deal with running away, drama, fights, teen heartbreak, late-night parties, peer pressure, self-discovery, court systems, small teen romance, and parental relations along with family dysfunction…yea it’s a lot.
Will you be able to keep yourself from breaking?
✦ CUSTODY is highly inspired by the movie Thirteen but will have no spoilers! ✦
Full character customization (with wide-ranging effects on story and gameplay): pick your gender, height, build, personality, and sexuality.
Choose your background such as race and backstory.
Choose your aesthetic and how your bedroom looks.
Choose how you react with your older siblings (such as being clingy, avoidant, dependent, innocent, quiet and more).
Be a parent figure for your younger sibling or let the older ones do the work.
The choices you make affect how others around you look at you.
Customize your foster parents by choosing them to be FM, FF, or MM.
Choose to trust your foster parents or don’t it’s your choice. (You don’t have a choice)
Make your foster parents frustrated by being a rebellious teen or obedient.
Choose the family pet (Cat, dog, parrot, or bunny).
Try to fit in with the other kids in the neighborhood by choosing to do drugs, skip school, or dress more “revealing”. (That’s if you fall into the peer pressure)
Create friendships or be a loner.
Have a small crush, full time relationship (by choosing between 3 love interests)
Create a reputation for yourself in the 8th grade.
Avoid being split apart from your family by behaving or misbehave.
Child services checks in every time once a month (choose how to react when you see them).
⟡ MAIN CHARACTERS ⟢
The Older Brother: Sylas ⟡ he/him, 18 ⟢ The ordinary rebellious teenage boy who literally doesn’t give a shit about you or anyone else in that matter. Sylas who was born first already knows how it all goes, he told you many times how child services had almost taken him away before you was even born, and to be honest it almost sounds like he brags about it. Highly reserved and keeps to himself in his room or is either never home. You wondered why he never tried to save himself and run away. Maybe it’s because you and the rest of his siblings are his last hope in this hell hole.
Personality: confident, rebellious, short tempered, and charismatic. He likes dark humor and is not afraid to tell you how stupid you look.
Appearance: 6’3 in height with chin length dyed black messy wavy hair that he somehow makes looks good, with tanned like skin which is weird since he never leaves his room, and dark brown eyes along with his angel bite piercing, tongue piercing, eyebrow piercing on the left, and ear piercings. He wears a black band t-shirt from the 90’s that he stole from a thrift store and wears baggy grey ripped jeans with a black belt that has silver rhinestones with a skull along with black sneakers. He also has a full tattoo of angel wings on his back, rumor says it’s because it was his nickname back at his old “job” when he was 17.
Your Only Sister: Darcelle ⟡ she/her, 16 ⟢ Darcelle always gotten the spiteful looks from mom every time she was either getting ready for school or just to go hang out with her friends. It was obvious that she was jealous of her, even dad would give her unusual stares. Darcelle was one of the prettiest girls in her whole school and neighborhood, and I mean everyone loved her but that didn’t take her time away from you and the rest of her siblings. She would always take you out along with your younger brother when things in the house got really bad. Now..she doesn’t do that anymore. Maybe there’s something more going on than you realize.
Personality: sharp and quick-witted, she holds confidence on the outside but in the inside she’s emotionally unstable. She treats you and your siblings entirely different than she treats everyone else.
Appearance: 5’5 in height with long length brown wavy hair with dyed blonde highlights and amber eyes along with pierced ears that holds gold hoop earrings. She wears makeup which you don’t understand why since she looks beautiful with or without it. She has tanned skin just like your older brother but with moles all over her body. She wears a red lace crop top and jean shorts with long white socks with red stripes at the top along with red adidas. She likes the color red which is obvious, her nails are also painted red with gold highlights.
Naive Younger Brother: Ollie or Oliver ⟡ he/him, 7 ⟢ You can’t blame him from being naive, I mean he’s only seven but even you knew what was really going on by the age of five. You guess that happens when neglecting parents choose to live through their youngest child. Your older brother always told you that Ollie wouldn’t survive in a world like this and should just hurry up and put him down before something worst gets to him first, he was quickly put to silence by your sister. What ever happens you will make sure nothing ever happens to Ollie, not while you’re still here.
Personality: shy, quiet, dependent, he has a hard time looking at people in the eyes and always hovers around you when he doesn’t have his toys to play with.
Appearance: 3’9 in height with short messy dark blonde wavy hair with brown eyes and tanned skin with freckles all over. He has a small scar near his eyebrow ever since he fell from climbing a tree, you can trust that he never climbed a tree ever again. He wears a normal dark green hoodie with a picture of a dinosaur on the front and long jean shorts with brown sneakers and white socks. He carries his stuffed bear that’s nearly falling apart every wear he goes.
⟡ ROMANCES ⟢
The Handsome Stoner: Scott or Smokey ⟡ he/him, 13 race: white ⟢
He’s known all around town as the stoner kid. He is usually seen behind stores or with his group of friends near the abandoned mall. He’s popular with the girls and rumors say with the boys as well, but when it comes to teachers and police officers not so much. He was the first to talk to you on the first day of school, he gave you some pointers of what you should and shouldn’t do, which was no help at all but you didn’t tell him that. You will always know if he’s near when you smell that huge aroma of marijuana.
Personality: easygoing, creative, openminded, and empathetic. Smokey will always have your back and even more if you offer him a blunt, if you smoke ofc! He once told you that his first blunt was when he was 8, it was offered to him by his older brother which he talks about all the time. When that stupid redhead tried beating you up along with his friends, Smokey came to the rescue earning himself a purple eye and a free new Pokémon card deck which is his second favorite thing besides weed. He said he never had a fear of death since everyone dies, but his true fear was never being able to be high again.
Appearance: 5’3 in height with shoulder length dirty blonde hair, fair skin with light freckles, and hazel eyes with a silver eyebrow piercing on his right and a single silver peace piercing on his left ear. He has a secret tattoo of a weed plant on his shoulder. He wears a brown hoodie with a white peace logo on the front and dark grey sweatpants with floral patterns, green converses, and a grey beanie. He also wears a sliver ring on his middle finger that he got from a corner store near the bowling alley.
The Eccentric Goth: Thatcher ⟡ he/him, 13 race: asian & white ⟢
He’s known as the weird kid who sits in the center of the classroom, never focused and is always drawing on his desk which of course isn’t allowed but he doesn’t care. In fact this kid is the epitome of not giving a care in the world. He comes from a well off family known as the Tanaka family. An asian family who basically owns three businesses throughout California Los Angeles. You at first thought he was strange but when you get to know him he’s actually kind, well kind enough to let you talk to him, and very snarky. He is very kingly which you can find annoying at times. It makes it hard to make any other friends, even just asking to be split apart for a few times causes him to become distant. Overall he is petty—
Personality: quiet, sarcastic, and possessive. Thatcher doesn’t talk much but is a very good listener or you think he’s listening. Thatcher always looks like he’s disconnected from the world always staring off into space, but once you say his name his attention is once again fully on you. You noticed sometimes when he’s not in school he’s at the skating park with his other depressive friend group, you soon found out he’s the leader of that group after meeting some of the members. One thing that’s super creepy was when you noticed how dark his eyes become when you forgot to text him one day. He never commented on it but he did completely ignore you the full day of school and then the next day and the day after that- You wonder what his problem is. He never talks about his parents which is to be expected since he doesn’t really talk at all, but when you visit on the weekends to stay at his (mansion) house you notice the lack of parents.
Appearance: 5’5 in height with short wavy black hair dyed with dark purple highlights styled in micro fringes, pale skin white with a few moles over his face and deep black obsidian eyes along with piercings such as a septum, nose, eyebrow (on the right), angel bites, lip, tongue, and multiple ear piercings. How did his parents allow him to have all these piercings and Darcelle wouldn’t let you even have one is completely beyond unfair. His body is skinny with an athletic build. He wears a dark purple t-shirt with chrome designs along with a black sweater that also has skull designs and black fur on the rim of the hoodie, dark jeans with a black blinged belt and chains hanging from the sides, has multiple silver cross necklaces and wears huge leather platform boots with belt buckles on them. He has multiple silver chrome rings on his fingers and his nails are painted black. Overall his outfit is very expensive-
The Free-spirited Chic: Fay or Faith ⟡ she/her, 13 race: black ⟢ TBA