hedonistic

you have been weight in the balance and found wanting malcolm beaumont, maxine klein, suzy harding, esme sharpe, chase begay

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chase was startled when the bus came to a quick halt, feeling himself almost lurch out of his seat as it pulled forward and stopped like it had some extreme importance. he thought they had arrived until he looked out the dirty bus window, recognizing the campus set up and that he had stood in this exact spot hours ago while being picked up to be on this bus. his eyebrows furrowed in confusion at the sight, pulling out his phone to check the time. the bright light blinded him but he got his answer with how late it was, but more questions as to why there seemed to be no service.

he followed the others off the bus at the drivers command, watching as he left with the same swiftness and urgency as he dropped them off with. the man seemed like a reckless driver, he wondered how he even got his license and how his driving didn’t wake him up earlier. he checked his phone once more to see if he had any texts, and his phone was surprisingly...dry. even with the late hour he would have expected something considering his home screen was never not without a notification. he opened it to check anyway, surprised to find that none of his texts were sending to his friends.

he stood as he checked his phone making no immediate guide to move and resign himself to his bed and await for answers tomorrow, instead checking his email expecting something about the field trip and what they were doing back. everything seemed fine, the weather was perfect and if there was some bump in the road surely it would have woken him up, or the driver would have at least told them why they were back. if that gave no answers hopefully his email would, but neither did that.

“hey, do any of you guys have an email or know anything about why we’re back? i’m kind of clueless right now.” chase didn’t feel right going to sleep without an answer, he didn’t feel right about anything going on right now in fact. everything just seemed...off.

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esme stretched with her legs fully on the seat of the bus, ensuring no one would even think of sitting next to her on the long bus ride to wherever the fuck they were going. in all honesty she didn’t really care, only signing up because one of her professors said it would count as extra credit if anyone went and she needed some new scenery and people than she was used to on the campus. she was someone who couldn’t stay in one place for too long, making the whole four years one college thing make her skin itch as she felt desperate to get out. she wanted so badly to just disappear some days and come back a week later, and if she didn’t have responsibilities she would have. not that she usually cared, but she also didn’t want to waste all the money going into this shit. 

she woke up startled with her head banging against the hard wall of the bus as they made an abrupt stop, cradling her head and letting out a loud hiss at the pain. that was just the thing to wake her up on the wrong side of the bed, except she didn’t even get the pleasure to sleep in a bed, and now she was more annoyed then she would’ve been otherwise. she got up with a huff, quickly making a rude comment to the driver as she got off for his shitty driving and the possible concussion he inflicted on her. 

she stood out in the open campus, dead in the night, with her arms crossed as she looked around the tiny group of students that seemed like zombies with how tired they were. she didn’t care about the field trip being cancelled, if anything she cared more about if she would still get her damn extra credit for even making it on the trip.

“so, does anyone know what the fuck is going on or...?” she questioned, wanting at least an answer before she resigned herself back to her dorm and forced a fake nice email to her professor regarding the whole situation.

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malcolm didn’t even want to go on this bullshit trip, he was forced onto it and paid onto it through his father. even if he applied they never would’ve accepted him, his reputation and impulsive behavior making him the poster boy of everything the school didn’t want to be represented. he never even filled out the application, because when daddy throws enough money at it why would he need to? it was better to come and waste some of his time then deal with his fathers wrath, he had dealt with that enough and knew he would deal with more in the future, so might as well give himself a break from it for now.

he was dreading the trip, knowing he had to be on a bus was one thing but seeing who was on the bus with him was even worse. no one worth noting, the only one he recognized was one he wished he didn’t, and he ignored immediately as he resigned himself to a seat alone in the very last row.

when they pulled up to the school it seemed like a miracle, he didn’t have to go on the trip and didn’t have to deal with the consequences of not going either. it seemed finally the world was going his way, but of course it couldn’t be so simple, it could never be so simple.

he strutted off the bus with swagger, wide awake and excited to get back to his regular life, already thinking of the things he was going to miss this weekend and now got to be apart of. back to your regularly scheduled viewing, his mind read as he practically bounced off the bus, stretching his arms out. “well i don’t know about you guys but i sure as hell am glad that’s done with. i can not wait to sleep in my own bed and hope that shitty bus didn’t fuck up my back too much.” he bitched.

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maxine tended to be a bit of an over achiever, a teachers pet, even she recognized it as her own flaw. she knew it could come off annoying the way she raised her hand at every question, corrected other students, and stayed after class to speak to the teacher even more. she didn’t really care what the others thought though, she had good reason to be doing so. she wasn’t going to sit back and pretend like she didn’t know the answer for the sake of her reputation, her reputation was the least of her problems and something she couldn’t care less about. she was here to get a good education and do something more to help the world, not to impress anyone here.

so her over achieving self of course signed up for the opportunity to get away and learn more with some hands on experience. it was good to get as many new views and experiences as possible, open your mind some more (even though she tended to refuse to when she had her mind made up on something). still she applied, and was lucky enough to get in, which she hoped came from herself and not in hopes her family would donate even more money to the school.

she was especially excited to have isla on the trip too, the two of them would be connected by the hip through it all, sticking together as the only two people with confirmed brain cells on the trip. maxine had a short fuse, was easily irritated by others and seeing the group of people there she already knew many of them would irritate her, so she was glad to have at least one person she knew, liked, and could confide in.

she didn’t even get the chance to be annoyed with them though because they were back before she knew it, back before they could even get to where they were destined. soon she awoke to the campus once more, few lights still lit up for the students coming back to their dorms late from a party or a one night stand, but the campus was as dead as expected so late at night. she sighed in annoyance at the bus drivers announcement that the trip was cancelled, too tired to question why, assuming there would be an email about it in the morning. “this fucking sucks.” she announces to no one in particular, but knows the rest of them could agree.

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despite her habit of rambling on a bit too much, suzy never had any friends. probably because of said reason, thought she didn’t fully understand why. she knew she could be a little annoying sometimes because of it, but it festered out of a mixture of nerves and desperation to connect with someone. not that she didn’t mind being alone, she was completely content being on her own, sometimes preferring it. she liked getting dinner and a movie by herself, wandering around campus and the surrounding areas with only her thoughts to keep her company, but that didn’t mean she wanted to be completely alone. 

she had signed up for the field trip in hopes of making some new friends, and an excuse to get out. one thing that sucked about college life was that you tended to be isolated, if you had no car the college campus was all you were able to explore and she felt claustrophobic. she was very much a homebody, someone who wanted to settle down in a quaint apartment with a few cats and have a place to call her home, but she needed to go out too. she needed parts of nature to get lost in, fields of grass and flowers to let her fingers brush against as the wind blew through her hair. she needed more than what the college campus had to offer, so going on a field trip seemed like the perfect opportunity.

she never got that chance though, as the bus lurched forward waking her up from her slumber, and her high hopes of seeing a new location shattered as her eyes adjusted and saw only the campus she was so accustomed to once more. she was confused, didn’t understand what had happened and why they were back. she could hear mumbling from someone, maybe the driver or other students, but with her mind still half asleep she couldn’t comprehend what they were saying, just following the other students off the bus instead.

she rubbed her eyes trying to force herself awake, feeling groggy and like she could almost fall asleep on the ground right here. she didn’t even want to turn her phone on and check the time because the bright light would sting her eyes too much. instead she forced her body forward, tapping on the person in front of her for their attention. “excuse me, what’s going on?” she questioned. 

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the hedonist

► basics;

Full Name: chase antonio begay Age: twenty Sexual Orientation: bisexual Relationship Status: single Major: history

► physical;

Faceclaim: gavin leatherwood Eye Color: brown Hair Color: brown Height: 5′8

► personality;

Positive Traits: jovial, logical, gregarious Negative Traits: faithless, disloyal, egotistical

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the tempest

► basics;

Full Name: esme esther sharpe Age: nineteen Sexual Orientation: bisexual  Relationship Status: single Major: psychology

► physical;

Faceclaim: eliza scanlen Eye Color: hazel-green Hair Color: blonde Height: 5′4

► personality;

Positive Traits: thrilling, adaptable, independent Negative Traits: manipulative, machiavellian, selfish

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the ingenue

► basics;

Full Name: suzanne margaret harding Age: nineteen Sexual Orientation: heterosexual Relationship Status: single Major: anthropology

► physical;

Faceclaim: madelaine petsch Eye Color: brown Hair Color: red Height: 5′3

► personality;

Positive Traits: humane, amiable, charismatic Negative Traits: naive, loquacious, gullible

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the activist

► basics;

Full Name: maxine charlotte klein  Age: nineteen Sexual Orientation: bisexual Relationship Status: single Major: political science

► physical;

Faceclaim: diana silvers Eye Color: brown Hair Color: brown Height: 5′7

► personality;

Positive Traits: loyal, passionate, modest Negative Traits: judgmental, entitled, stubborn

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the red herring

► basics;

Full Name: malcolm benjamin beaumont Age: twenty-two Sexual Orientation: bi-curious Relationship Status: single Major: business

► physical;

Faceclaim: joe keery Eye Color: brown Hair Color: brown Height: 5′11

► personality;

Positive Traits: enticing, that’s it he has no positive traits tbh Negative Traits: unhinged, melodramatic, spoiled