Full Name: Lilith Price
Nickname: Lily/Lil
Birthday: 29th November
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
Spoken Languages: English
Birthplace: Chicago, Illnois
Relationship status: Single
02/ PHYSICAL TRAITS
Hair Color/Style: Split dye (black & blonde currently, but it’s ever changing), shoulder length with really choppy bangs
Eye Color: Brown
Face Claim: Melanie Martinez
Height: 5′2
Tattoos: A ton of tiny, meaningless ones she just got so that people would ask her about them and so she would get to come up with a lie about the meaning each time
Piercings: A few in her ears, a stud in her tongue
Unique Attributes: Always wears wildly coloured lipsticks (bubblegum blue is a current favourite)
03 / PERSONALITY TRAITS/TYPES
Positive Traits: Intelligent, Easily Amused, Confident
Negative Traits: Pessimistic, Unpredictable, Arrogant, Careless
Hobbies/Interests: Aside from exy and reading the news? Candy Crush. She pays for lives and plays it anytime, anywhere.
Insecurities: Fears she’s not interesting enough and that she’ll get cast aside for someone better than her
Quirks/Eccentricities: Likes to mimic things people said to her to see if they call her out for it and could talk for America in general. Also finds it literally impossible not to do something to it’s fullest extent. (Go Big or Go Home.)
MBTI Type: ESTJ-A
Enneagram Type: The Acheiver
Moral Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Temperament: Sanguine
04 / FAMILY & HOME
Immediate Family: Her parents, Beth and Julian Price
How do they feel about their family?: Although she hasn’t spoken to either of them since the trial, the resentment she carries for them has been around since long before then. She does feel a little bit guilty about ruining her father’s career, but mostly she was upset about how they didn’t seem to understand it’s their fault she ended up that way.
How does their family feel about them?: They think she’s a spoiled brat who fell off the rails and disgraced their family.
Pets: No pets. Lilith couldn’t be trusted to look after anything.
Where do they live?: In the dorms, currently, though she’s definitely in need of more permanent residence.
Description of their home: Her family home was pretty big, but still had a sense of homeliness to it. As both of her parents had to travel to away games often and as Lilith isn’t the type to sit and clean, it was clear it had been lived in, but they never let it get to far. They don’t have it particularly over-decorated due to the time spent away, but what is there is completely luxury-based.
Description of their bedroom: Lilith has a couple of newspaper clippings up beside her bed, all small things about her becoming a fox. Mostly it’s motivation to get back into the news, but there’s also something like pride there. Her bed is rarely made, and her clothes are generally strewn all over it from the morning when she absolutely took way-too-long picking her outfit.
05/ THIS OR THAT
Introvert or Extrovert? Extrovert
Optimist or Pessimist? Pessimist
Leader or Follower? Leader
Confident or Self-Conscious? Confident
Cautious or Careless? Careless
Passionate or Apathetic? Apathetic about everything that doesn’t involve her
Book Smarts or Street Smarts? Book-Smarts
Compliments or Insults? Insults!! Don’t get on her bad side or she will cut deep!! 0:
06 / FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Clothing Style/Outfit: Anything colourful and well-fitted
Favorite Bands/Songs/Type of Music: Listens mostly to preset work-out playlists and EDEN. There’s no in between.
Favorite Movies: Make anything remotely romantic and she’ll watch it.
Favorite Books: Lil’s a real sucker for a good romance book, too
Favorite Foods/Drinks: She lives off of tea.
Favorite Sports/Sports Teams: If you ask her, she’ll bitterly tell you it’s the Trojans. Then she’ll bitterly tell you she had an offer she turned down from them. Neither of those things are true and she’s lowkey so greatful for the foxes.
Favorite Time of Day: 3am for its surrealism
Favorite Weather/Season: Winter for the Snow
Favorite Animal: “Kirby.”
Full Name: Akira Sato
Nickname: None. At least, none that he actually likes.
Birthday: November 12
Gender: Cis-Male
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Spoken Languages: English & Japanese
Birthplace: New York, New York
Relationship Status: Single
02/ PHYSICAL TRAITS
Hair Color/Style: Black hair, pretty close cut, and styled eternally in ‘I woke up this way’ messy chic.
Eye Color: Brown
Face Claim: Sen Mitsuji
Height: 6′5″
Tattoos: None
Piercings: None
Unique Attributes: Akira has track marks on his arms, which he hides under long sleeves, no matter the weather. He left pinky finger is a little crooked. He broke it as a kid.
03 / PERSONALITY TRAITS/TYPES
Positive Traits: Passionate, Charismatic, Personable
Negative Traits: Secretive, Restrained, Private
Hobbies/Interests: Exy. It’s honestly the only thing Akira puts his all and then some into. What little down time Akira has outside of school and Exy is usually filled with food and sleeping. When he does take time off he likes to read and he’s not half bad at most racing games. He’s got a base interest in cars, not enough to really consider it a hobby but he’s not shy about approaching a stranger to talk specs if he sees a car he particularly likes.
Insecurities: Anything that reminds him of his days in LA. Doesn’t matter if it’s about his early days or his TV career just thinking about it makes Akira start second guess himself. He knows he made the wrong choice back then, but he’s unsure if it has set the tone for what he wants to do now. Everybody outside of his family and his team seem to think he’ll never be anything more than Justin Kimura. And on his darker days he can’t help but wonder if maybe this Exy dream of his was over the minute he said yes to that damn movie.
Quirks/Eccentricities: He picks his nails. Constantly. It’s worse when he’s nervous. Been a habit of his ever since he was a kid. Guy hasn’t had any nails in ages. Akira has a habit of trying to pay for all the things. Take the team out to dinner, he’ll want to pick up the tab. He’s offered to pay for the team’s air travel on numerous occasions. Wymack, has refused. Other than that Akira is pretty frugal with his money. Not because he wants to save it, but mostly because he doesn’t want to flaunt it, lest it remind him or anyone around him how he earned it. The only lavish thing Akira owns outside of his wardrobe is his car. That Volvo is is baby.
MBTI Type: ESFJ
Enneagram Type: The Achiever (Type 3)
Moral Alignment: Neutral Good
Temperament: Sanguine
04 / FAMILY & HOME
Immediate Family: Kathrine Monroe (Mother), Ken Sato (Father), Naomi Sato (Sister, 17), Mai Sato (Sister, 15)
How do they feel about their family?: Akira loves his family. He’s always loved them, even on the days they get on his nerves. If his family needed him he’d fly up to New York at the next available opportunity. He’s always been a very family oriented sort of guy. And his sisters? Super protective. Especially nowadays. The people that break their hearts will rue the day. He thinks of his sisters, albeit younger than him, some of his best friends. He talks to them often. He likes flying home on school holidays to spend time with them and always has seats saved for them at his games, even if they can’t always attend. Things with his parents since getting out of rehab have been good, not great, but good. He can feel them watching him with bated breath and a big part of his drive these days is that he hopes that some day they’ll be able to relax. He’s always been close to Mai and nothing between them has changed much. He probably texts her the most out of the two. She wants to play Exy too, already enrolled in intramural teams as a backliner. Things with Naomi have been tense since rehab. He’s not sure why but he’s giving her the space she needs.
How does their family feel about them?: His parents worry about him. They’re constantly watching him, worried he’ll start to slip back down the slope the barely managed to pull him up. They love him and the love the life he’s creating for himself out at Palmetto. They’re his number one supporters. (Mai stole his home jersey once so she could wear it to school for pride day. He let her keep it, much to Wymack’s dismay. Orange jerseys are expensive.) His mother worries he pushes himself too hard but she’s never brought this up with him. She feels so long as he isn’t hurting himself again what can it hurt? Mai adores him. She’s picked up exy because of him and she loves going to his games when she’s allowed to. Naomi loves him, is glad he’s okay, but she’s a little miffed he opted to leave the LA scene. With a brother like Akira Sato she was popular and she loved it. His fall from glory and perpetual disappearance from the world was a big hit to Naomi’s school cred and she’s not quite been able to forgive him for it yet.
Pets: None. Dad is allergic to anything with fur. Although Akira has always wanted a dog.
Where do they live?: New York, New York
Description of their home: Very modern. Very lived in. His dad has always been a fan of white and black, sleek edges, exposed support structures, and glossy surfaces. Their apartment is full of that kind of thing. His mother, however, tries her best to soften all those edges with colors and patterns. The walls have family photos all over them and a few random pieces from his mom’s family home. Most flat surfaces not covered in the usual clutter of five person family life, are filled with color decorations. Origami flowers in neon in a vase on the rarely used fireplace. Carnival glass bowls filled with sweet smelling potpourri. Akira’s room reflects his mother’s tastes. He painted the walls blue years ago and the walls are plastered with exy posters and band posters. His sister’s rooms are more modern but they like color just as much as their mother. It’s a weird style but it works for the Satos. A strange kind of mishmash of Japanese and American life.
Description of their bedroom: Akira’s room is painted this light sort of blue. He painted it himself so up near the ceiling there are a few spots of white. But you can hardly see the color of the walls anymore. Exy posters, band posters, and a handful of car posters are plastered all over his room. The only surface not covered by posters is the back of his door. Which is pocket marked and scuffed from all the times he’s kicked it closed or bounced a ball off of it. His bed is shoved against the wall across from the door, barely giving the door enough room to open. There’s a dresser shoved next to his closet. The closet is for exy gear, the dresser for actual clothes. The floor is a light hardwood but it’s clearly been well worn and abused. It is, however, clean. The top of his dress is littered with all sorts of things. Mostly books and extra racket strings. Charging cables. It acts as kind of a catch all for shit in his pockets. He doesn’t have a desk, just a CD/DVD rack in a corner. Dusty. He hasn’t lived in the room much lately but it’s always got this lived in kind of vibe. The bed is rarely made, the clothes hamper has a shirt draped over the edge. An old pair of tennis shoes is half exposed under the bed. His bedding is boring, solid colored and no pattern but there is a misshapen pillow at the head of his bed that’s the most garish collection of colors and patterns. Naomi made it for him in Home Economics class for him.
05/ THIS OR THAT
Introvert or Extrovert? Depends on who he’s with. Although e tends to be pretty extroverted.
Optimist or Pessimist? Optimist. Most days.
Leader or Follower? Leader
Confident or Self-Conscious? Confident
Cautious or Careless? Cautious
Passionate or Apathetic? Passionate
Book Smarts or Street Smarts? Book Smart
Compliments or Insults? Compliments
06 / FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Blue, but he’s pretty partial to orange these days.
Favorite Clothing Style/Outfit: Casual. Akira rarely puts much thought into what he’s wearing unless he’s making a rare public appearance or is going someplace that requires something a little more fancy than his usual stuff.
Favorite Bands/Songs/Type of Music: Akira likes most all music. He’s really fond of instrumental things however. The only music he can’t stand is country.
Favorite Movies: Akira really likes The First Court but saying that makes him feel conceited. He usually goes with Beeltejuice or The Incredibles.
Favorite Books: Akira doesn’t really have a favorite book as an adult that’s not sports related. As a kid though he did read the Harry Potter books at least three times through.
Favorite Foods/Drinks: Akira loves a good cheese burger and fries. Top that off with a cherry coke and you’ve got the trifecta of Akira’s idea of a good cheat day.
Favorite Sports/Sports Teams: Akira loves exy and only exy. He follows the pro teams pretty closely but the one who has the most of his attention by far is the Japanese team. They’re his favorite, for numerous reasons.
Favorite Time of Day: Late afternoon
Favorite Weather/Season: Fall, cold enough for a jacket but no cold enough for a heavy one. He’s pretty fond of a light drizzling rain too.
Favorite Animal: Elephants
FULL NAME: Olivia Anaya Finch
NICKNAME: Liv, or Anaya by her mother.
BIRTHDAY: January 3rd
GENDER: Cis female
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Undetermined. (She got no clue)
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Capricorn
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English and Punjabi
BIRTHPLACE: Concord, NH
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Perpetually single.
02/ PHYSICAL TRAITS
HAIR COLOR/STYLE: Dark brown, cut shoulder length
EYE COLOR: Brown
FACE CLAIM: Naomi Scott
HEIGHT: 5′6″
TATTOOS: None
PIERCINGS: First holes in both ears.
UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES: Has multiple large birthmarks on her back and around her abdomen.
03 / PERSONALITY TRAITS/TYPES
POSITIVE TRAITS: Disciplined, well mannered, ambitious, loyal, tactful.
NEGATIVE TRAITS: Detached, meek, gullible, single minded, maladjusted.
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Exy. Thassit.
INSECURITIES: That she isn’t capable of making/trusting her own decisions. That she isn’t good at making friends, or getting along with her peers. That people will always see her as a victim.
QUIRKS/ECCENTRICITIES: Gnaws at her lip constantly, prefers to sit on the floor over furniture when she can, still doesn’t know how to drive.
MBTI TYPE: ISFJ
ENNEAGRAM TYPE: The Achiever
MORAL ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good
TEMPERAMENT: Phlegmatic
04 / FAMILY & HOME
IMMEDIATE FAMILY: Oliver Finch and Aadhya Sodhi.
HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THEIR FAMILY?: Olivia loves her mother, but only sees her semi regularly since she left her dad. Her feelings for her dad are complicated. She loves him, and for most of her life, he was one real companion. Still, it wasn’t easy growing up with his high expectations of her. She sometimes felt like less of a daughter and more of a dream.
HOW DOES THEIR FAMILY FEEL ABOUT THEM?: Her mother loves her, but doesn’t understand her. She’s not heavily involved in her life, and hasn’t been for some years now. She tried to get in contact with Liv a lot during the whole debacle at Penn State, but Olivia wasn’t willing to talk about it. Olivia was her father’s entire world, ever since his career ended. Her leaving Penn State for Palmetto felt like the ultimate betrayal from her, and he hasn’t talked to her in months now.
PETS: She had a lizard when she was seven. She named him Benny.
WHERE DO THEY LIVE?: South Carolina. She has yet to figure out if she has a home to go back to after the school year ends.
DESCRIPTION OF THEIR HOME: More than comfortably sized for two. The furniture is minimalist, but what they do have is good quality.
DESCRIPTION OF THEIR BEDROOM: Her home bedroom is cozy. The walls are lined with posters she tacked up in middle school. Thea Muldani, mostly, but a few other Exy players she looked up to. Her desk, bare from her departure, is usually a cluttered mess of notes and books and papers, similar to her father’s desk in his study.
05/ THIS OR THAT
INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT? Introvert
OPTIMIST OR PESSIMIST? Optimist
LEADER OR FOLLOWER? Follower
CONFIDENT OR SELF-CONSCIOUS? Self-Conscious
CAUTIOUS OR CARELESS? Cautious
PASSIONATE OR APATHETIC? Passionate
BOOK SMARTS OR STREET SMARTS? Book smarts
COMPLIMENTS OR INSULTS? Compliments
06 / FAVORITES
FAVORITE COLOR: Green.
FAVORITE CLOTHING STYLE/OUTFIT: Practical. She wears what’s comfortable above all else. Tank tops, loose shirts, yoga pants.
FAVORITE BANDS/SONGS/TYPE OF MUSIC: She likes most things that come on the radio, top 40 stuff.
FAVORITE MOVIES: Her favorite movie is the Iron Giant.
FAVORITE BOOKS: War and Peace
FAVORITE FOODS/DRINKS: She loves fish, specifically salmon or tuna. She loves fruit smoothies. Her favorite is mango pineapple.
FAVORITE SPORTS/SPORTS TEAMS: Exy. Her favorite team is the Ravens.
FAVORITE WEATHER/SEASON: She loves everything about summer.
FAVORITE ANIMAL: Iguana.
Full Name: Paxton Taylor Ridley
Nickname: Pax
Birthday: October 19th
Gender: Agender
Sexual Orientation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i mean idk... pax probably doesn’t even know either
Astrological Sign: Libra
Spoken Languages: English, French
Birthplace: LaPlace, Louisiana
Relationship status: Single
02/ PHYSICAL TRAITS
Hair Color/Style: Short, light brown
Eye Color: Blue
Face Claim: Max Schneider
Height: 5′7″
Tattoos: None
Piercings: None
Unique Attributes: Scars
03 / PERSONALITY TRAITS/TYPES
Positive Traits: Agreeable, Calm, Enthusiastic, Hardworking, Passionate
Negative Traits: Determined, Predictable, Progressive, Overly Careful, Over Emotional,
Hobbies/Interests: Exy -- that’s it. Pax has no other hobbies
Insecurities: Getting hurt on court, Not being respected by the people they care about
Quirks/Eccentricities: Rambling, Pushing up glasses, Always has coffee, Watching ESPN on their phone during class
MBTI Type: INFJ (The Advocate)
Enneagram Type: Type 4 (The Individualist)
Moral Alignment: Pax is the most chaotic good character ever
Temperament: Phlegmatic
04 / FAMILY & HOME
Immediate Family: Carl (Father), Eileen (Mother), Emma (Sister) & Luana (Sister in-law)
How do they feel about their family?: Pax doesn’t talk to their parents anymore. It just isn’t going to happen at this point. They’ve made their decision to not accept Pax and while that does hurt, Pax would rather be healthy than be in a negative head space. Their sister is a different story. While Paxton doesn’t trust Emma all the way, they’re beginning to become closer to her. They do really love Luana though.
How does their family feel about them?: Pax’s parents hate them. Emma cares about Pax and is ashamed of the way she treated them when she was younger.
Pets: Pax has a goldfish named Luna.
Where do they live?: Palmetto, SC
Description of their home: Pax’s home is Fox Tower.
Description of their bedroom: Their room is covered in posters of their favorite Exy players. Other than that, it’s plain. Pax likes to keep their room H E L L A clean. It’s a thing, if Pax is in a bad mood, they clean. Meaning it’s always clean -- especially this year.
05/ THIS OR THAT
Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert.
Optimist or Pessimist? Both. When it comes to themself, a pessimist, but optimist when around everyone else.
Leader or Follower? Depends on the situation.
Confident or Self-Conscious? Self-Conscious
Cautious or Careless? Both.
Passionate or Apathetic? Passionate.
Book Smarts or Street Smarts? Hahahahaha. Neither.
Compliments or Insults? Compliments.
06 / FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Clothing Style/Outfit: Pax will wear anything, but they mainly end up wearing a white shirt with jeans. Very plain, very ‘I don’t stand out.’
Favorite Bands/Songs/Type of Music: Pax likes pop music, but also instrumental versions of pop songs. They’ll listen to anything except country.
Favorite Movies: Pax has a variety of different movies that they’d consider their favorite, but a favorite is Howl.
Favorite Books: Harry Potter series.
Favorite Foods/Drinks: Water, Sports drinks ( ie: gatorade )
Favorite Sports/Sports Teams: Obviously, Exy. Trojans Foxes, Pax follows Exy players rather than just a team.
Favorite Time of Day: Morning.
Favorite Weather/Season: Spring.
Favorite Animal: It’s a tie between foxes and elephants.
Full Name: Isadora Fallon Larkin Elbert
Nickname: Dora
Birthday: 26th December
Gender: CIS Female
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Spoken Languages: English
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Relationship status: Single forever
02/ PHYSICAL TRAITS
Hair Color/Style: Black, curly
Eye Color: Brown
Face Claim: Aisha Dee
Height: 5’ 5”
Tattoos: None
Piercings: Just her ears
Unique Attributes: Her baby face
03 / PERSONALITY TRAITS/TYPES
Positive Traits: Balanced, Freethinking, Hardworking, Innovative, Practical
Negative Traits: Aggressive, Blunt, Dependent, Negativistic, Sarcastic
Hobbies/Interests: Cheerleading, Math, Earth Sciences
Insecurities: Her past is her biggest insecurity. It used to not be, but now it is.
Quirks/Eccentricities: She enjoys exercising for fun. She collects rocks and has a giant collection in her room. She also presses flowers.
MBTI Type: ENTP
Enneagram Type: The Challenger
Moral Alignment: Chaotic Good
Temperament: Melancholic
04 / FAMILY & HOME
Immediate Family: Jones & Coralee Larkin (birth parents), Richard Larkin (brother), Geoff & Nicholas Elbert
How do they feel about their family?: Isadora has mixed feelings about her birth family. She loved her father growing up, but part of her wonders if he was a bad person since her mother killed him. She honestly thinks that there must have been something else going on there. She misses her brother, but they haven’t spoken in so long that she doesn’t think about him often. She does love her adoptive parents though. They’ve done a lot for her and made sure she’s happy.
How does their family feel about them?: Her adoptive parents love her. She doesn’t know what her brother and mother think about her, since she hasn’t talked to them in so long. Part of her believes that her brother’s forgotten all about her.
Pets: Her dads have a pet dog, but Isadora doesn’t have a pet.
Where do they live?: The Vixen Den
Description of their home: Her home in Michigan is a three bedroom house. It’s two stories high, with a basement. It’s got modern feel to it. Her bedroom is in the back of the house.
Description of their bedroom: Both at the Vixen Den and in Michigan, Isadora’s room is covered in posters. She’s got a giant periodic table on the wall and other scientific posters. Her room is neat and clean, everything has a place. On every spare surface, there are rock samples everywhere.
05/ THIS OR THAT
Introvert or Extrovert? Extrovert
Optimist or Pessimist? Pessimist
Leader or Follower? Follower
Confident or Self-Conscious? Both
Cautious or Careless? Cautious
Passionate or Apathetic? Passionate
Book Smarts or Street Smarts? Book Smarts
Compliments or Insults? Insults
06 / FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Clothing Style/Outfit: She likes comfortable clothing. She wears a lot of sweaters and geometric patterns. She loves pairing heels with jeans. She also doesn’t wear a lot of jewelry.
Favorite Bands/Songs/Type of Music: She mostly listens to pop, but her favorite band is the Strumbellas.
Favorite Movies: Her favorite movie is Clueless, unless someone asks what her favorite movie is and then she says Vegucated.
Favorite Books: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Favorite Foods/Drinks: She mostly eats raw food, but her favorite food is brussel sprouts with a balsamic vinegar reduction sauce. Her favorite drink is apple juice.
Favorite Sports/Sports Teams: She doesn’t follow sports closely enough to have a favorite sports team.
Favorite Time of Day: Early morning. Isadora gets up at 5 AM every morning.
Favorite Weather/Season: Isadora likes fall the best because she enjoys the leaves. She tolerates winter, and hates summer. Her favorite weather is that weird overcast, but still sunny feeling that always happens in the fall time.
Favorite Animal: Pig
This was not his first rodeo. Adam tossed himself on the couch lazily, the air leaving his lungs in a loud, impatient huff with the force of the couch against his own weight. Frustrated, he leaned his head back against the top of the stiff cushion so that the skin around his throat was tight, arms lifted over either side of the wood frame so that his shoulders and ears were almost perfectly aligned. The position made breathing difficult. The lighting was different than he used to. Fluorescent, long tubed bulbs hung up above so that he could see them even through his eyelids that were now shut. It was to be expected. It would likely be deemed inappropriate for a school, despite what level of education, to put students and staff in such a dim quarters alone. The two small floor lamps that had settled in each corner of his ‘usual’ office were unconventional. “They are meant to relax you.” They told him but they never did. If anything they put helped coax his boredom into allowing him to fall asleep.
“So, Adam.” Betsy was across the room, too far to be on the pillow covered armchair that sat only three feet in front of him. With another sigh he replied. “What?” It was bored this time. He didn’t even open his eyes as she rustled around what he assumed to be her desk. His eyes flickered behind their lids, the lights above annoying him, causing him to stir internally.
“Would you like some hot chocolate?”
The features on his face contorted before he even reopened his eyes, his expression both judgmental and questioning. It didn’t falter as he lifted his head to look at her. It was middle of summer, the heat outside more concentrated than any drink she could possibly offer but even then, why anyone would want it when sweat coated every crevice of their skin baffled him. Beyond that, Adam struggled with the idea that hot cocoa could win anyone over, never mind people like him. “No?” He replied as if her question were absurd but she didn’t reply. Instead, she put down the mug and set herself in front of him, wiggling slightly as if the pillow behind her were in the way. The two stared at each other a moment; Betsy smiling from behind the light reflecting off of her glasses and Adam glaring from under his brows before she spoke again.
“So tell me a bit about yourself?” Adam sighed again impatiently, his neck pressing hard to the left and then again the right. He hated shrinks.
Adams first therapy session happened shortly after his first freak out, the big one, as he called it. It was the day his mother started taking him seriously, the day his fits became something of a tool rather than an obscene gesture, not that it wasn’t still the later. They were all the same. Adam had cycled between several before his mother was forced to realize it was Adam that was the issue rather than the work of each individual medical professional. He had to admit, he gave them some credit. It took much longer to crack most of them than he would have dreamed to expect. He largely credited that to their training as it was always suggested Adam see child therapists rather than adult given his unwillingness to participate in treatment. It was degrading, sitting in a room filled with emotion smiley face charts and tiny chairs meant for people half his size. The coffee tables were always either littered with child literature or small toys that purpose was solely distracting kids enough that they didn’t get bored and make a run for it and while the atmosphere here was different, Betsy wasn’t going to be. All these shrinks were the same. They were meant to be patient, understanding but they were still human. They could only take so much before they cracked.
He raised a brow questioningly at her, his expression now taking a mocking twist. “What? You don’t already have all the information you need?” He knew very well they sent his file over and it seemed Betsy knew what he was going on about. If she didn’t she took a good guess at it. “I’d like to hear your side of things.” It seemed Adam found this humorous, his eyes rolling with a dark chuckle. Once the moment passed he let his head fall back to its original place, another bored sigh escaping him. Skrinks hated that sigh. Adam had to keep himself from smirking at the possibility of frustrating her. The wave of his hand told her to continue.
“How was your summer?”
“Fine.”
“How do you like Palmetto?”
“I don’t.”
“Why is that?”
He was letting the questions come in too fast. At this rate he was going to walk out before his time was up and so he gave another impatient sigh and slumped further into the couch, his muscles straining not to tense under his frustration. He was glad he was only going to have to do two of these; though Wymack already threatened to force Adam into more. It was part of his conditions you see. As long as Adam behaved Wymack would stay off his ass but as it was, Adam was only half assing his end and so Wymack was already taking on ammo, Betsy being the first round.
It occurred to him how easy it would be just to tell her about how he spent his summer at the party house Armani’s mother bought him so that they would stop trashing hers. How instead of taking pleasure in shutting her out he could find it in the reaction he got when he told her of the blacked out haze he had remained in for the past two months, racing jet skis and back flipping off of houses. He didn’t have to talk about Palmetto, he had been to enough of these pow wows that he knew any truth would make her giddy with success. Part of him wanted to give in to it, to just make his own life easier. Still, something closer to the surface, a desire to make everyone else around him miserable was just that, closer to the surface.
“Next.” The internal battle he fought happened solely in his chest, his mind never even getting the chance to examine it closely enough to even know what weapons either side held. Betsy considered his reply for a moment before deciding pressing further wasn’t going to make any progress. Maybe she wasn’t a complete waste of space.
“Well then, why don’t you tell me something. Anything. It can be about your family or your friends, something you like.” Adam had a feeling her list was a bit bigger so he sat up, the eye contact he now reconnected cutting her off there.
“I’m angry.” He stated plainly, his expression going blank, the muscles in his face slacking so that his eyebrows hung low, covering the upper half of his vision. “Probably because my dad cheated on my mom and my mom left him and my dad picked his new girlfriend over me.” He watched her, his eyes steady on the center point of her face while she seemed to contemplate this. “That’s what they told you, the other psychiatrists?” Adam raised a brow giving off the impression he was impressed. “Wow, you’re slick doc.” He mused falsely. She seemed to catch onto this as well.
“I don’t think their wrong but I don’t think they are entirely right either.” He realized now he seemed to be digging himself a hole in his attempts at taunting. Mentally, he starting kicking himself in the ass. “Well your guess is better than mine, I’m sure.” He dismissed, his fingers lifting to his mouth so that he could chew at the skin on the side of his thumb. He pretended this was interesting, his eyes lowering to watch his knuckles shift back and forth beneath his nose. He wanted to look at the clock but knew better. He wouldn’t give her another discussion point.
They went on like this for the remainder of the 30 minutes. Betsy would ask a question and Adam would evade it as much as possible and it seemed the more he evaded the more personal her questions got. In all his years, a shrink had never fought back quite as hard as Betsy Johnson but it seemed Betsy was out for an answer one way or another. By the end, she seemed satisfied enough with his lack of outbursts. Coach Wymack obviously told her to feel him out. He wished he could feel some kind of triumph in his succeeding but instead, he was annoyed.
Betsy’s smile was still holding at the end and Adam questioned how her face wasn’t twitching like a cracked out bird. The only comfort he had was in the fact he was done with her for another half a year.
“Well, I hope I’ll see you again soon.” She mused and he grimaced, mumbling something along the lines of ‘I don’t’ and something that was best assumed to be an obscene phrase under breath. Betsy pretended not to hear this but his fellow Fox gave him a dirty look as they walked past each other, switching places. He shook his head, bumping their shoulder on the way past. “Poor bastard.” He mumbled again as if to pity them and swiftly left the room, making sure not to cause any further contact on his way out.
Full Name: Brandon Shaw
Nickname: N/A
Birthday: May 16th
Gender: Cis Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Astrological Sign: Taurus (Taurus III, The Week Of The Natural)
Spoken Languages: English
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Relationship status: Single
02/ PHYSICAL TRAITS
Hair Color/Style: Dark, kept close-cropped to his head.
Eye Color: Brown
Face Claim: Keith Powers
Height: 6′2″
Tattoos: None
Piercings: None
Unique Attributes: Brandon has fading surgical scars on his right leg from multiple surgeries after his injury, which occasionally still bothers him. He often lists his weight onto his left side, now, but then has to force himself to correct it, before he injures his other leg. While he attempts to be impassive, any nervousness or anxiety he feels can be detected in his hands, which will fidget while the rest of him is still. Has other assorted scars/marks from living a fairly colorful life.
03 / PERSONALITY TRAITS/TYPES
Positive Traits: Hard-working, enduring, loyal, respectful
Negative Traits: Anxious, indecisive, self-pitying, shy
Hobbies/Interests: Obviously: Exy. He also took up swimming during his recovery, as it was low-impact, and enjoys the serenity of the PSU pool in the early mornings before practice, plus the competitive edge that comes from trying to beat his own best times.
Insecurities: That he’s washed up at the age of twenty-five, that he couldn’t make it as a player and he won’t make it as a coach, either, because he’s too bitter about what he lost. That he’s a burden on people like Wymack, Abby, and Betsy and they’re just too nice to tell him. And still, after all this time, that he’s hard to love, that no one wanted him as a kid and no one will want him now, especially when without Exy he’s not sure what he has to offer.
Quirks/Eccentricities:
MBTI Type: ISTP, “The Virtuoso”
Enneagram Type: Type Six, “The Loyalist”
Moral Alignment: Neutral Good
Temperament: Melancholic
04 / FAMILY & HOME
Immediate Family: Abandoned at birth, Brandon has no knowledge of his parents, and no wish to. For all intents and purposes, he considers Wymack as the closest thing he has to family, though he also has close relationships with Abby and Bee.
How do they feel about their family?: As a child, Brandon used to spend a lot of time thinking about his parents and inventing stories about them. But around the time that he decided, after too many disappointments, to stop longing for a permanent home and adoptive parents, he stopped thinking about his long-gone birth parents as well. Today, he doesn’t think about them at all.
How does their family feel about them?: He doesn’t know and doesn’t care, and since it’s not relevant to his story, it’s not something I’m interested in exploring.
Pets: None.
Where do they live?: Since coming back to Palmetto, Brandon has been living in Wymack’s apartment, sleeping on the pull-out couch in his living room. Though it isn’t an ideal situation, due to the size of Wymack’s apartment, Wymack hasn’t placed any pressure on Brandon to move out, and they’ve fallen into a comfortable routine in the space together. Finding his own apartment is one of Brandon’s goals for the year, but hasn’t made much progress towards it yet.
Description of their home: See above.
Description of their bedroom: Brandon came back to Palmetto with only a duffel bag full of the essentials. Everything else, such as the furniture he’d bought for his old apartment back in Kansas City, is in a Kansas City storage unit—making the trip back there to retrieve it all is another thing he abstractly plans on doing, once he’s found somewhere else to live. Because of that, and because his “bedroom” is technically the main living space of Wymack’s apartment, Brandon keeps it very neat, all his possessions organized and out of the way, and he makes his bed each morning.
05/ THIS OR THAT
Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert
Optimist or Pessimist? He shifts between the two, always with the aim of being an optimist, but he may more naturally be a pessimist.
Leader or Follower? Follower
Confident or Self-Conscious? Self-conscious
Cautious or Careless? He has moments of carelessness, the legacy of a boy who used to get his kicks stealing cars, but these days he’s far more cautious.
Passionate or Apathetic? Passionate
Book Smarts or Street Smarts? Street smarts
Compliments or Insults? Compliments
06 / FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Clothing Style/Outfit: Brandon’s a bit of a fashionista. Signing with the Kansas City Cyclones gave him a pretty good income, for a time, and he didn’t really know what to do with it, beyond rent for his apartment and the car he bought right after signing, and so he ended up spending it on clothes more than anything else. He’s got a lot of snapbacks, and a lot of sneakers. If he’s having a bad day, online shopping is a good way to treat himself.
Favorite Bands/Songs/Type of Music: He’ll nod his head along to just about anything, but if he’s in charge of the music it’s usually something with a solid beat. He’s still a pretty typical athlete: he likes pump-up jams that he can listen to in the gym.
Favorite Movies: Brandon loves movies and TV—there were some houses he lived in, growing up, where either was a privilege, and others where the TV was on at all times, just to give the boys something to sit down and focus on. His favorites are comedies/sitcoms, but he also likes popular action and superhero movies. He’s not too picky.
Favorite Books: Like movies, books where another thing intended to keep the boys quiet and well-behaved, and Brandon has fond memories of battered paperback copies of Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia and other kids/young adult books, even though he doesn’t read that much (besides Exy news) anymore.
Favorite Foods/Drinks: He tries to keep up with the nutrition plan he’d gotten from the Kansas City trainers, to eat like a professional athlete even if he isn’t really one anymore. His favorite meal would probably be a really big steak, and he also has a weakness for chocolate and really strong opinions on Gatorade flavors.
Favorite Sports/Sports Teams: The Foxes, of course, are his number one. He feels like he should still be rooting for the Cyclones, but he hasn’t been able to bring himself to watch a Cyclone game since he was watching them live from the team box, when they still thought that maybe he’d be able to come back. In fact, watching any professional games feels a little bit too raw, so he mostly sticks to college games, even though as a coach watching them feels like something he’s doing for work rather than enjoyment.
Favorite Time of Day: Since coming back to Palmetto, Brandon’s become a morning person, and he likes the morning routine he’s fallen into: he wakes up when Wymack does, and the two of them manage to make coffee and breakfast in complete, companionable silence, most mornings. Most mornings, he’ll usually go to the pool for an hour or so, get his own workout in before he has to show up for the Foxes’ morning training.
Favorite Weather/Season: Brandon learned to hate winter when he was living in an abandoned building with no electricity. He’d learned to hate sticky DC summers long before that. So spring or fall are both good for him, in-between seasons where he isn’t either boiling or freezing.
Favorite Animal: He’s got good memories of some of the foster homes he stayed in that had dogs, and he’d like to have one of his own someday.
Full Name: Logan Isaiah Trask
Nickname: Logan
Birthday: April 22nd
Gender: Cis Male
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Astrological Sign: Aries-Taurus Cusp
Spoken Languages: English, horribly butchered Spanish that he’s getting around to polishing
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Relationship status: Single
02/ PHYSICAL TRAITS
Hair Color/Style: Brown/blonde/dirty blonde // natural tendency towards curling so he doesn’t really bother doing anything with them, no matter what they’ll look messy
Eye Color: Blue
Face Claim: Jeremy Allen White
Height: 5′8 (helps with speed and agility, he likes to believe)
Tattoos: Triangle tattoo on his chest. He’s thought of getting more but he knows there can be some unintended bias on people who have a lot of tattoos and he doesn’t want to lose opportunities for him and Cam just because of some ink. There are plans to get more in future though
Piercings: None
Unique Attributes: Slight bump on his nose when it was broken a while back during a high school exy game and wasn’t reset (by him) properly because he wanted to get back in the game quickly
03 / PERSONALITY TRAITS/TYPES
Positive Traits: Determined, hardworking, independent, frank, supportive, understanding, resourceful
Negative Traits: Impatient, temperamental, aggressive, rash, resentful, volatile
Hobbies/Interests: Exy with Cam, swimming, jogging/running, cooking (started as a means of survival but he’s found he does have a genuine interest in it)
Insecurities: General aimlessness/hopelessness of his future and the fear that he won’t have anything to do after Palmetto to keep him and Cam going, his height on some level and his appearance but he’s quick with the witty remarks if someone tries to point it out, typical boy problems where he has zero to no relationship history compared to anyone (even his own sister)
Quirks/Eccentricities: Ambidextrous, if anyone asks questions about his home life or his past that he feels is too personal, Logan will ignore them no matter what, pretending that they didn’t say anything or straight up walking away, good at memorizing phone numbers but bad at putting names to faces
MBTI Type: ISTP
Enneagram Type: Type 5: The Investigator
Moral Alignment: True Neutral
Temperament: Choleric
04 / FAMILY & HOME
Immediate Family: Cameron Trask (younger sister)
How do they feel about their family: There’s a lot of tension but it’s no understatement to say that he will do anything for her, she is everything for him and he can’t stand the possibility of losing her
How does their family feel about them: Logan wants to believe that Cam loves him unconditionally but he also knows that there has to be a limit with that and he’s likely very close to reaching it. He knows that he can’t keep letting her down by saying he’ll clean up his act one second and hitting the drinks the next, but there’s also a deeper issue within him that he refuses to acknowledge and it’s ultimately what’s causing all this. He can tell when they’re together that she’s just biting her lip when there’s really a lot she wants to say
Pets: None
Where do they live: Fox Tower is his home for now, Abby’s being a second home. After Palmetto, he’s not sure where to go or what’s going to happen and he doesn’t really want to dwell on it much just yet
Description of their home: He’s not his any of his roommates’ favorite, he knows that much, because he comes home late and sometimes loud and smelling strongly of alcohol, but other than that, he’s very unintrusive and keeps to his part of the dorm
Description of their bedroom: There’s a veneer of cleanliness with his things, but underneath that, he can be messy. He’s gotten used to cleaning up after himself because back in PA, there wasn’t really anyone else to do it for him but Cam and she was busy too
05/ THIS OR THAT
Introvert or Extrovert?
Optimist or Pessimist?
Leader or Follower?
Confident or Self-Conscious? Acts very confident, even coming off as arrogant at some point, but it’s clearly more of a defense mechanism than anything
Cautious or Careless? Cautious when it comes to Cam and the lives they’ve built that could just as easily come crashing down; careless when it comes to himself
Passionate or Apathetic? Used to be pretty passionate but now he clearly isn’t as much, or he is deep down but something is preventing him from being open about it
Book Smarts and Street Smarts? He balanced work, practice and school for a while before Palmetto happened to him so it’s fair to say he’s got a good head on his shoulders
Compliments and Insults? Depends on the situation. He can be very supportive of the people that he cares about, but the ones that he don’t? He’s critical and defensive
06 / FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Teal, Green
Favorite Clothing Style/Outfit: Anything comfortable really though usually he’s a tank tops, shorts kind of guy when he’s not doing anything
Favorite Bands/Songs/Type of Music: Gorillaz, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon. Classic Rock
Favorite Movies: Sucker for a good martial arts movie, he swears by Enter the Dragon and Drunken Master. Also psychological thrillers. Loves Stephen Chow and Star Wars
Favorite Books: London Fields, Catcher in the Rye, The Road, Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (he was pulled in by the story of Guts making people faint when Chuck does readings). He’s an indiscriminate reader and would give anything recommended to him a shot. Cam made him read Harry Potter and it’s not as bad as he thought it would be
Favorite Foods/Drinks: Tacos, buffalo wings, Jameson, beer, Sunny D
Favorite Sports/Sports Teams: Any team other than the Foxes jk Steelers and the Penguins. Watches boxing if its Pacquiao playing. Watches the Olympics for kicks
Favorite Time of Day: Early hours after midnight
Favorite Weather/Season: Fall, not too warm, not too cold
Favorite Animal: Did you know that red pandas belong in the raccoon family while giant pandas are in the bear family? He likes both
