( RICKY WHITTLE. 38. CISMALE. HE/HIM. ) in texas, ADONIS PRINCE is more commonly known as DONNIE. they’ve been living in straton for THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS and are currently an AN ACTIVIST/EX-REAPER. some say they are UNGRATEFUL & SHAMELESS but i’m more inclined to believe those that say they’re IDEALISTIC & DETERMINED. if you walk by their house, you can sometimes hear 100 by THE GAME playing from their window. ( cigar ashes, a tattoo of an ex’s lip print, another shattered windshield. ) [ skully. 27. est. she/her ]
tw: abduction, assault
— adonis 'donnie' prince | community activist & poet
timeline
— born in 1981
— granted acceptance & scholarship to university of texas at austin '98
— dropped out of high school '98. joined the reapers in '99
— 17 months in jail for assault '02 - '03, his first offense, taking sole credit for a crime he did not commit in order for a higher up member of the Reapers with a record to avoid decades of lockup. though many of the members protested against this, he certainly earned a lot of respect from them being such a low-ranking and young member.
— opened mother's restaurant Birdy's Kitchen '05 with money he received in gratitude from this member, and also with his own acquired money.
— imprisoned from '10-'18 for the abduction of his girlfriend calabria vidal & also possessing illegal weapons. in reality, they were returning from doing a hit together. the weapons were irresponsibly in the backseat. the cops behind them flashed their lights. adonis led a high speed chase before getting out of the car and pulling bria out alongside with him, a gun held to her head. there was an incriminating weapon or two in the back. he played the part of a maniacal, obsessive boyfriend & forced her into the role of a victimized girlfriend. this is why she has been free for the last eight years.
— released from prison in '18. for once, he lived for himself. adonis went by his first full name for once, moving to new york city and living amongst poets like the ones he had wanted to be in school. he enrolled in community college courses and got back in touch with that old academic side of him that he had abandoned in high school. a lot of his pieces have been published here and there, under multiple different aliases. he was afraid that if he uses his own name, the world would judge him for the crimes on his record & cast him aside.
—it's '20 & Adonis has now returned to texas. it is now his goal to embrace his past, for it is the only way that he can move forward. in doing so, he hopes to inform young gang members and wanna-bes of how that kind of lifestyle can cause permanent damage not only your community, victims, not only to your enemies, those you love, but to your complete essence as a whole.
— he also has some unfinished business with the former love of his life.
family
— single mother & nowhere father. his mother formerly worked as a prostitue before she got 'saved' and then worked blue collar jobs like housekeeping and waiting tables. he knew she still dabbled in her old occupation when things got hard, but he pretended not to notice to protect her dignity
— his mother insists that adonis is biracial and that his father is from ireland, or one of those european countries with the strange accents. it always made adonis laugh. he was pretty certain that, if anything, his father was Booker from the bar. he believes the man who signed his birth certificate were probably some sucker tourist infatuated with his mom. she had that effect on men back in the day.
— unbeknownst to him, the man Joaquin actually is his father, and he has a sibling named Maeson who is in his very gang. they both have their father's eyes.
