it was nearing midnight and vanessa had decided that she deserved to take a little trip to town. she used her phone’s flashlight to light her path as she neared the exit of the camp, slowing down as she started to hear noises behind her. she whipped around to determine the source and nearly jumped when the flashlight landed right on someone’s face. “ jeez! ” once realizing that she had just run into another student, she put a hand to her chest in relief and lowered the light. “ give a girl a warning next time. ” // @hollisopens
" HOCKEY — “ he corrects, ” and it doesn’t, really. well, sorta. WHATEVER. “ it’s a mild objection as far as that goes ; it doesn’t matter in the end what he plays, just that it isn’t hollis’ new golden sport of SOCCER. why did he ever leave the east coast ?? he half-heartedly scrubs at a bit of dried on cheese before dropping it back into the tub to ’ soak. ’ gaze rises to meet nessa’s, ” c'mon, you know it’s only going to get worse the longer they sit here and then we might actually be here until morning. “
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“ hockey? i could’ve sworn it was baseball, but alright. ” the comment is mostly made to herself. “ but don’t you guys usually do something like this? ” she attempts to mimic a hockey player by making a motion similar to sweeping. “ that’s totally an arm thing. don’t play with me. ” there’s a slight curl of her lip at the suggestion to keep working. “ okay? then we hide some of them and leave it for someone else to find. taking a break is a right, and i didn’t sign up for any of this. ”
the mountain of dishes seems ENDLESS. caz doesn’t even bother to look over his shoulder to see the remaining piles, but he does hear the telltale rattle as someone sets more down and he heaves a sigh. this hadn’t exactly been in the cheerly invite to the camp he’d received, but he should’ve known some things are simply TOO GOOD to be true ( should’ve taken more heeds to the risk versus the reward ). he makes a face at the next plate he grabs before dunking it into the tub of warm soapy water. the sun is slinking lower to the horizon, the low angle sending golden light through the windows. another heavy sigh. “ please tell it me ends EVENTUALLY. ”
“ oh, that’s it. i’m going on break, ” she declares as soon as the next set of plates is brought in. she ditches the plate she was in the middle of washing and wipes her hands dry. they had been washing dishes for what seemed like an eternity, and she had had enough. she hoists herself up onto the counter and allows her legs to dangle over the edge. “ this is just insulting. can’t they make dishwashing part of their training or something? ” she inspects her fingers, which are slightly wrinkled from all the water. “ i mean, look at you. you play baseball or whatever, a sport that actually involves arms, and you’re tired. that has to count for something. ”
Practices havent even started yet and he was already working, why did he have to get to work before anyone else? He was sat in the little office that would be his prison for the next few weeks and went over training schedules, meal plans, and tried to get the pounding of his head to stop, the hangover creeping up on him. Ian took a deep breath in and let the words on the page blur to utter nonsense. Thats when he heard footsteps, he tried to stop the eyeroll from being visible, but who knows if they saw it. “you havent been to a single day of training yet… please dont tell me youre hurt already” he asked, the words leaving his lips before he actually looked up to see the person in the doorway.
@hollisopens
she momentarily stopped in her tracks. vanessa was on a mission to find a safe space to escape her duties, so she had hoped that the room would’ve been unoccupied. thinking quickly, she faked a limp as she further entered the office. “ yeah, i hurt my ankle during my, uh, morning jog. am i supposed to call you nurse? ” she hadn’t yet finished memorizing everyone’s assigned positions. “ so i guess i’ll just stay in here. i won’t be able to do much for a couple days -- minimum. ” slumping into the nearest available chair, she started to make herself comfortable. “ don’t forget to write that last part down. ”
[ china anne mcclain . 20 . cis female . she/her ] just saw VANESSA COLEMAN dragging their suitcase up the steps to CABIN 2D . good luck living with HER , i hear that that they’re MEDDLESOME , CHILDISH , CLEVER & OUTSPOKEN . Apparently they’re a VOLUNTEER. let’s hope the upcoming season doesn’t affect their JUNIOR year of COMPUTER SCIENCE.
yoooo it’s rae again! more info about vanessa under the cut <3
brief background - feel free to skip ( drug mention tw )
born to on-again, off-again high school sweethearts in california. she lived with her mom and maternal grandparents until her parents were ready to move into another place when she was two. they married shortly after that, and her dad started dealing to better provide for the family.
growing up, school came very easy to her. she felt ostracized by her classmates, which made her pretty shy around them. this led to her becoming quite the teacher’s pet. she spent many recesses hanging out with teachers or reading.
it was in early middle school that she became extremely interested in STEM. her school didn’t have a great program, but she did a lot of outside research and studying to build her skills in its various subjects.
once she hit high school, she was granted a scholarship to attend a prestigious private high school in her state. she had already come out of her shell a lot by then, but she realized she didn’t have to only be “the smart one” anymore. she became more talkative and silly, no longer feeling pressured to act a certain way.
around sophomore year, a warrant was made for her dad’s arrest over multiple charges. he disappeared. vanessa and her mom had no idea where he was, until he contacted them two years later. to this day, they both have to pretend they’ve had no correspondence with him, even though her mom is still in regular contact with him. vanessa refuses to be a part of it. she’s still angry about the way he left them hanging with no initial explanation.
at school, she just pretended the situation wasn’t happening. whenever someone tried to ask her about it, she’d change the subject or do something to make them want to leave her alone. she started acting out and pulling pranks as a source of entertainment.
when it finally became time to start applying to colleges, she had her sights set on hollis. it took a lot of coercing ( and a teeny bit of blackmail ) to get good recommendation letters from some of her teachers, but she managed to conjure up a glowing application and get accepted.
present
doing pretty well academically, but she’s had a couple run-ins with the disciplinary committee due to her petty pranks and occasional rule breaking. picture vandalizing school statues, setting the computers in the library to play “goofy goober” all at once, stupid stuff like that. basically the school decided that compulsory volunteering at the knight camp was a suitable punishment for whatever antics she was involved with last year.
she prefers football, so she’s kinda annoyed that she has to spend the summer at a soccer camp. she’s trying to make the most of it tho and treat it like a personal paid vacation. catch her trying to shirk as many responsibilities as possible.
think stiles stilinski, penelope garcia, and mariana foster. smart as a whip, doesn’t think much before she speaks, and much more curious than she should be. she’s nosy asl and loves to find out other people’s business. she’ll often go out of her way to try to help someone, even if they specifically ask her not to.
thinks she’s the funniest, coolest, most awesome person anyone could ever meet, but she’s a dork tbh.
wanted connections
fellow jokester friends: they pull pranks, make tiktoks together, and constantly tag each other in worthless memes. probably even tried to start a youtube channel at one point but that flopped.
study buddies, classmates, project partners, etc: it’s mad stressful to be in a project w vanessa bc she tends to do all her work last-minute. they could’ve become friends or ended up resenting her for that.
frenemies: people that vanessa probably annoys but they keep her around for whatever reason anyway.
close friends/best friends: she can be friends with all types of people.
rival: for whatever reason, these two are constantly at some type of war with each other.
one-sided crushes, friendlt exes, unfriendly exes, people from childhood, high school friends,
sorry for all that y’all and excuse any typos! i told myself that i had to really think this out if i wanted to bring someone new lmao but pls like this or message me if you’d like to plot! i’m pretty open to most connections. she’s a lot friendlier than rashad ;)
