If you were to walk into this house with no knowledge of this town and its recent events you would think nothing was wrong just a bunch of crazy adults and wannabe adults having a good time. She wouldn't admit it to his face but Mike can throw a good party. For even one night people were able to just breathe. Veronica was dancing and drinking, she really wanted to drink so much she didn't know where she was. “Don't worry, it's my own bottle.” She said to the person coming her way.
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in response, shayna held up her own bottle—dom perignon—and took a swig. “mine isn’t,” she admitted, a shameless shrug accompanying her words. she’d swiped it, earlier in the night. but shay found it much easier to chug vodka straight from the bottle than champagne. what did that say about her? she was too inebriated to mull it over. “what’cha drinking?” she questioned, tennesee twang creeping its way back into her dialect. it’s what happened when she got drunk, as she’d nearly lost her accent during her time in new york. a purposeful effort, of course, as she never wanted to be seen as the small town girl. “wanna trade? too much champagne always gives me a headache.”
Location: Mike’s House Party
Open: @hidehillstart·
“How long until the police show up knockin’ at the door then?” Asa raised a single brow to the other after taking a sip from the bottle in his hand. “Like, surely they know about it and they’re not letting this go on past curfew right? That would be mad.” He laughed. He was waiting for the bang at the door to happen any time now because although the party was fun.. there was still a killer on the loose. “I better get these drinks down my neck fast before the party police show up.”
“the cops around here aren’t, like, competent. you know that right?” she questioned, almost offhand as she barely turned to the other while she spoke. she was distracted, unscrewing the cap to a bottle that she’d swiped from the bar. “we used to get wasted every weekend and all the cops would do when they busted the parties was write our names down.” a scoff, as she pressed the bottle to her pursed lips and took a rather large swallow. she paused for a beat, then said, “if they do show up, what’s your escape plan?” shay eyed him, finally focusing her full attention. “like, are you a cut and run kind of guy? hide? try to fight a cop? depending on how drunk i get, that may be my move.”
✦ ALICIA VIKANDER, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER ✦ SHAYNA “SHAY” STEEN the THIRTY-TWO year old has been in Hidehill for RETURNED 1 WEEK AGO (BUT GREW UP HERE) and was a CHILDHOOD FRIEND to Jade Parker, the missing person . Whispers on the streets are that the JOURNALIST who lives in HIDE SQUARE. She is said to be INTELLIGENT and GUARDED but I guess we’ll find out for ourselves. { MIN, 21+, EST, SHE/THEY. }
background
from hidehill originally. her parents are p shitty but also wealthy. so shay was never coddled or given much besides material things. rich girl probzzz <3 anyways her parents are known in town bc they’re v well-off and connected
childhood friends with jade. they drifted apart, but they had a lot of core formative memories 2gether n stayed in touch here and there. shay knows the family & all
she left hidehill after high school, thot she was on to bigger and better things. went to college in new york and got a job writing for the new york times
she’s a journalist with ethically questionable means of getting stories
thrives? under pressure. idk if it’s really thriving because she’s a hot mess
ivs black coffee. a heavy smoker...smokes when she’s stressed. she is very stressed, all the time. her body is like pls...give me a vegetable.
shay isn’t ...like... a good person. but she’s also not a bad or malicious person. she’s jst very one-track minded, ambitious, reckless, mercurial...take ur pick. has a habit of fucking people over. she was raised in a pressure cooker 2 b very competitive, the best of the best, ya know? a lot of pressure frm all angles by her parents who also weren't the best moral role models tbh
constantly searching for something to fill an emptiness inside of her (hint: it’s depression). and in this search, she often does impulsive, selfish shit. she actually doesn’t really know how to appropriately deal with emotions AT ALL. she’s slept with friends’ boyfriends. she’s led people on bc she didn’t know what she rly wanted. she’s a frequent ghoster. girl is a clusterfuck at times i shan’t lie
ok so what brings her back to hidehill?
she actually came back into town upon hearing abt jade’s death but i’m sure a lot of people think she’s only back bc she smells a story. and maaaaybe on some level she does. esp since her career is kiiinda dead atm bc of...
the scandal ! so she worked for the times, right? n was a hot shot journalist. she slept with a source for a big scoop bt he gave her some embellished info which she ran in her story. the ensuing scandal led to her firing for “ethical violations” bc not only did she run a rly big story that turned out to be mostly false bt she also slept with her source to get it. her editor also got fired for running the embellished story. this jst happened recently so ofc ppl are assuming she came back home to revitalize her career with a big story. shay’s used to stares around town
other than being a hot mess, she’s v chill and down to clown at all times because she’s always up at 2 am anyway so why not a late night adventure? she’s sarcastic, chill, blunt, and shameless. a total heavy drinker bt mayb not in a party way more like a sad girl alone at the bar way
wanted
a bestie for the restie
jade’s fam who shay hung out with as kids
childhood friends
first love
old enemies/rivals
high school friends she lost touch with
an ex she fucked over heinously
ex friends
family friends
one night stands
drinking buds
lovers
haters
anything angsty since i live for drama and thrive off negativity <3
