And a quiet murder in a cottage hundreds of years ago.
The sins of the past and the present have come back to haunt.
It's not everyday that such a quaint, urban town such as Delphinium gets any crimes. So when a student from your school suddenly goes missing in the middle of the day, alarm bells have struck in the residents. However, some say the poor boy just ran away to escape this dying town of the growing olds and the shrinking youths and is quickly brushed off to wanting to run off to live in the capital city of Rosedale.
That isn't enough of a reason for some, however.
Having become a witness to a hushed secret, you're dragged into the rabbit hole of buried trauma, generational sins, and lies that are yet to be exposed. The deeper you go, the more you find the secrets of the people thought you knew so intimately. From uncovering the past sins of a discarded Magus and her Familiar, to the lost boy you barely knew, to the friends and loved ones you've made and met in this hellish journey, the hole only continues deeper, and deeper with every little string you unravel.
Are you sane enough to get out when you've reached the far end? Or will its madness consume you to the silence of knowledge you shouldn't have known?
Cheers to The Elites is an urban fantasy, mystery, thriller, supernatural, slice of life IF that will be written in Twine. The story takes place in the fictional country of Rosedale in the modern age, and is rated 18+ for heavy topics such as: abuse (emotional, psychological, implied physical), violence, blood, graphic gore (specifically botanical body horror, general body horror, mutilation, & dismemberment), mentions & use of alcohol, mentions & talks of death, self-harm & self-destructive tendencies, mentions, talks & attempts of suicide, unhealthy coping mechanisms, instances of bullying, religious trauma, hate crimes
• Customizable MC—appearance, sexuality, pronouns, and all that jazz!
• Learn magic? Maybe? If the Vice President allows it?
• Find out the secrets the Student Council and the academy holds
• Romance 1 of the 7 RO’s—3 females, 4 males—or form platonic bonds with all of them!
• Get your very own Familiar!
• Choose your history with two of the RO’s
• Leave highschool with a bang
->Important canon bits
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• Weylyn Rutherford the President (18, M, Demisexual Demiromantic)
The good boy next door. He’s your neighbor in the local neighborhood you both live in. A kind and patient guy that helps around your family every once in a while with a smile on his face. Not as smart or athletic as the Vice President or the Treasurer, but he’s trying his best. Weylyn tends to disappear randomly a day or two each month, and comes back like nothing happened with an excuse that he’s just visiting a relative. Yeah, totally explains why his eyes seem to glow a bit brighter for a few days.
“Ah, jeez, you didn’t have to do that. You’re going to make me blush!”
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• Fleur Heartstein the Vice President (17, F, Bisexual Greyromantic)
A rich heiress to a family owned bank, she’s the epitome of the “Top of My School” game. Always with high academic achievements and grades, multi-talented, boys and girls swooning over her left and right; she is the girl everyone either dreams or envies. Despite her popularity in the school, her demeanor screams of a distant figure that’s only praised for what she is. Calm, cold, quiet, people like her are known to hide and say so much more under the surface. Is that blood and petals in her coughs?
“I’m surprised you even want to talk, let alone to me.”
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• Zephyrine “Zeph” Vel Delle the Secretary (17, F, Pansexual Panromantic)
The ever excitable and cheery Secretary of the Council. The one to bring the fun and excitement on a bleak or boring day. One for makeup and fashion, she’s the gal who’ll ask if you can let her paint your nails or test a new eyeshadow she bought on you. She’s everyone’s best friend, if you may. Despite the giddy and somewhat airheadedness in the way she appears, there is a side you've yet to see from her. And you don't know if you can handle it.
"Oh, look at that, we're holding hands! Does that mean we're dating now?"
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• Eliseo De Loughrey the Treasurer (18, M, Bisexual Aroflux)
The bad boy of the Student Council, an irony for being part of a paragon of the Lumintoile perfect student. Often found smoking in the old classrooms of the 7th floor or flirting with some random girl or guy in the campus. A smug demeanor, and known to tease, any annoyance towards him is usually gone by sweet words and a smile. Open with everything in his life, even the unnecessary bits, is he as transparent as he seems?
"You're a little adorable thing, aren't you?"
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• Cooper Lockhart the ??? (17, M, Aceflux Biromantic)
Someone from outside of Lumintoile. Not much is known about him, but the fact that Fleur's seen with him all the time outside of school. He doesn't look like anyone you've seen around the neighborhood. With an attention span that is always drifting off somewhere and with a hyperactive attitude, it's a wonder Fleur sticks with him. Maybe he's some foreigner friend visiting, or maybe something more sinister is afoot.
"Aww, come 'ere and let me bless you with hugs!”
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• Ophelia Edevane the batchmate (18, F, Greysexual Panromantic)
A new friend you met through Zephyrine. She's an unusual one from the next classroom over. Head stuck in fantasy books, she longs for something well... magical to happen in her life. Gullible and easily awestruck, an academic to the unknown and mysterious. A researcher if you may, always getting her head into dangerous things just to learn them. Though it's a bit alarming at how calm she is about it all. It could be a façade, for all you know.
"Oh, there you are! Come on, I want to check something out with you!"
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• Jasiel "Jas" Lèmieux the revered (18, M, Greysexual Panromantic)
An apprehensive and distrusting young man in your grade. Related to two of the staff in the local church in the middle of town, he's a bit revered and respected by everyone. He can be a bit harsh with his words, and tends to show disgust as his main—and, perhaps, only—mood. Despite acting distant to those who try to get close to him, you can't help but notice the guilt in the way his eyes would gaze over to the church that's so revered in this town. However, if you ask about his siblings or about the church his family handles, he'll refuse to talk about either of them.
"I didn't do it. I swear I didn't. You believe me, right?"
• Murphy Heartstein (16, M)
One of Fleur’s adoptive younger brothers in the 10th grade. A socialite and fairly popular in his grade. Part of the school’s basketball team, and often found playing basketball during lunch.
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• Ziyad “Z” Heartstein (16, M)
Murphy’s twin brother and the slightly lesser known brother. Just as quiet as his older sister, and often found in the library either reading or playing chess with Fleur.
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• Chiffon (31, M)
The butler of the Heartstein family. He’s an aloof and frank man, always seen picking up and dropping off the Heartsteins via limo.
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• Artorias (43, M)
Your grade's beloved Biology professor. A jovial man with a permanent reassuring smile on his face, and yet there is an undecipherable grief in those gray eyes of his.
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• Asael & Katriel Lèmieux (33 & 28, M & F)
Jasiel's older siblings who work in the local church with Asael being a head priest and Katriel being the financial head. They both look like kind people as far as you can tell.
