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17 Years Old ❖ Drake ❖ No Legacy ❖ Junior
Much as they might try, Parker’s life would never quite conform to the same rags to riches narrative as his parents. They could buy a two bedroom bungalow, put him in public school, and refuse him the same stipend his friends were granted for movies and burgers, but context doesn’t always determine drive. To some degree, his parent’s intentions had been a success – they removed the opportunity for wealth-based laziness to take root in Parker’s mind. He was free from the greed they worried he would discover and instead learned the morals and benefits of the 99%. In theory, he was set to follow the same path as his power couple parents, work hard, make smart choices, make a name for himself. When he showed he was capable and came to them with a plan, they would be his first investors.
In practice, however, he proved thoroughly underwhelming to his parents. He achieved passing marks, but nothing to brag about. He participated in everything: sports, extracurriculars, and all kinds of studies, from language to computer science to choir and sculpture making to calculus, but as soon as the question was posed to him - “How are you going to really make something out of this?” - he lost interest. He volleyed between hobbies, proving himself a jack of all trades, master of none. When all was said and done, seventeen years left him with a broken Italian vocabulary, a grasp of introductory javascript, a few Broadway hits and a Christmas carol in his repertoire, and a certificate of participation from the Junior Varsity soccer team and the robotics club.
Knowing his second to last year of high school would set the stage for what universities wanted him, and invariably whether or not he would follow in his parent’s enterprising footsteps and make a legacy from his tired toolbox, they took to vastly different parenting methods. Instead of keeping him far from the lifestyle, they packed his things and sent him across the country to boarding school – a place where he would be surrounded by the same stakes and pressures he’d grown up unaffected by. If they could submerge him in the world he would soon join and make him see how vital his success was, maybe he would finally take hold to something and find passion in it.
With a car full of luggage and a box of video games in his arms, he arrived, blind to his parent’s intentions. Their disappointment permeated through the walls of his childhood home, but it was never verbalized, never solidified, so he never paid any mind to it. Bored with his own life of mediocrity, he took to the change of pace, figuring if nothing else, he would at least make the most out of his newfound independence and have a good time.
Despite the heavy pressure on his shoulders, the lack of communication between Parker and his family resulted in little negativity actually making its way to the teenager. This culminated into two stark veins of character in the boy. The first is his nature, easygoing to the core. When he asked questions, he was always content with the given answers. He doesn’t have high expectations for anyone or anything, including himself, making him less judgmental of all aspirations and walks of life, but resulting in a lack of motivation or ability to follow through with plans, intentions, or promises. He’s flighty, commitment free, and not willing to grapple with the gravity of most situations. If a serious incident arises, he’d be the first to make a light-hearted joke, even when inappropriate, or otherwise disappear entirely before the opportunity to be sucked in to the darkness takes hold.
His other side is a contrast - a deep, burning curiosity. He loves to get to know people, to learn about new things, to have experiences he’d never situate himself in hypothetically. His curiosity, however, can come off rude or abrasive, and if he manages to be charming enough to peak someone’s interest in him in turn, chances are his own sights will be turned to something else just as quickly.
Simply put, he has no deeper goals in place for himself that he’s aware of. It’s possible that his actions align with internal objectives in a very Freudian psychoanalytical way, but it’s equally as likely that he’s just a boy with no motivation or path, heading towards a future he hasn’t even considered yet. Will he come down to earth and face reality with enough time to make something of himself, or will he head deeper and deeper down a rabbit hole of his own creation until he finally hits a brick wall?
Face Claim: Tim Borrmann
Played by: Carly
