vices & virtues

mullen falls is a town just like any other. settled in central massachusetts, the sleepy little suburb has less than 6,000 residents who call the typical new england town ‘home’. but terror is starting to grip the northeast - murders, seemingly with inspiration taken from a book most consider holier than all else, have been occuring all around the area. some choose to see only the bliss small town life can provide. others, however, can see it for what it is : a pit of despair, violence and depravity the likes of which people haven’t seen in decades.

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current plot : the vices murderer ( march 22ndt, 2022. ) current task : losing my religion ( march 4th, 2022 ) current player count : 5 / 16

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is this still active??

yes! things have unfortunately been a little slow, without new members to help motivate people to come online more often, but i believe most members are still interested in the storyline and expanding it.

we may end up tweaking a few things in the coming days to see if that helps us fill out the ranks, but we’re determined to see this through!!

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quick update ; 

this week, we’ll be posting our second task for characters to take part in ! details will be released on friday evening, so stay tuned !  don’t forget that tomorrow is wednesday, aka meme day here at vitiaetvirtutes!  next week we’ll be releasing some more information regarding the background of the vices murderer, and we hope to have some acceptances and new characters in the next few days!  as always, our ask box is open for questions, and we hope everyone’s having a great week!  ♡

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it’s wednesday, which means it’s meme day here at vices & virtues ! 

you can find a plethora of reblogged memes to reblog onto your own character blog on our inspo blog, located here and separated into two different tags - starters, for interaction based memes, and dev, for headcanons and developmental questions for your muses ! 

remember to spread the asks as you receive them - anyone who wants to participate must have their ask box enabled, though anonymous being on is up to the individual player. 

feel free to spam the dash with all your answers at once, or hoard them for future uses when muse strikes or to help keep the dash move when it’s a quiet day - use the starters as interaction starters, or simply write small drabbles / self paras with them! the choice is yours and this is meant to be an interactive weekly event to help inspire activity and muse. in the future, we may have specific focuses on meme days - categories or even our own, original & unique memes ! - but for now, go crazy with whatever fits your muse the most.  

as always, if you have any questions, send them our way, but we hope you have fun with this activity this and every wednesday going forward !

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who would you like to see more : chase sui wonders or brianne howey ?

i’d never heard of her before, but absolutely chase sui wonders!!

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Who would be more wanted Bae Suzy or Aslihan Malbora???

that's a tough call ! either of them would be incredible additions to our group; i'll let the crew respond in the replies if they have a preference but if i had to choose right now, i'd put just the slightest edge towards aslihan malbora !

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Would Sydney Sweeney or Alexa Demie be accepted?

sydney sweeney is unfortunately only 24, so she won't be able to join our cast for awhile, but alexa demie is 31 and definitely welcome here! we'd love to see her ♡

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Can we apply for two character at the same time

absolutely! just copy the 'in character' portion of the application and you can submit both in the same app. remember that at least one character does need to be a POC, and diversity in other methods is also highly encouraged!

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↳ cha eunwoo fc.

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                        file ; seonho jones -

name / seonho jones age / twenty seven birthdate / february 28th, 1995 occupation / uber driver / construction worker / maintenance worker, works a lot of odd-end jobs to make ends meet ♱ vice / pride virtue / kindness

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cw: brief mentions of abandonment, death (brain aneurysm), degenerative cognitive illness (Alzheimer’s)

seonho was born the eldest child to two immigrant parents. his biological father walked out on seonho, his mother, and two of his younger siblings when he was five years old and seonho has always believed that they were better off without him. after being homeless and hopping through halfways houses after the abandonment, his mother remarried three years later and had three more children with seonho’s stepfather, who would become the only dad that seonho acknowledges in his life. his stepfather adopted the three eldest children and they all took on his last name.

early on in his childhood, seonho fell in love with music, singing along with every disney movie and musical. while he was initially clumsy on his feet, his mother fondly nicknaming him bambi, he was determined to learn how to dance. he had a talented ear for music, picking up musical instruments and mastering them with an ease. his mother and stepfather encouraged his passion as best they could, ensuring that they budgeted well enough to afford sending seonho to his music lessons. while performing at the city market in kansas city, he was scouted by an entertainment agency at the age of thirteen. however, he was still a trainee when he flew back home and prematurely ended his contract deal due to his stepfather dying suddenly of a ruptured brain aneurysm. as the oldest child, he assumed a great deal of responsibility in the household. he earned money any way that he could to help keep the household, mowing lawns during the summer and working manual labor in the evenings.

during those years, his music was all the more dear to him, filling the gaping holes in his chest that were created from his dream continually slipping through his fingers. shortly before seonho graduated from high school, his mother was diagnosed with early onset alzheimer’s and when it came to the point that his mother could no longer properly take care of them or herself, she was sent to a longterm care facility. seonho filed for guardianship of his siblings and eventually became the conservator of his mother’s well-being, relocating his family to mullen falls thereafter.

seonho turns down all offers for financial help, insisting that he provide for his family and ensure that each of his siblings focuses on their studies, graduates from school, and are afforded opportunities that he did not have. even if that means he has to work a slew of jobs in order to make ends meet.

                            ↳ seonho jones ( cha eunwoo )

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                                    the vices murderer.                                                      plot one.

it started with one murder back in 2014; a body, found in maine with a small, handmade cross found a few yards away. another one, found in 2017 in the woods of new york, the cross made out of paper this time. later that year, it was vermont, with the wooden cross laid on a page from the bible. the new hampshire murder, not found until 2020, had a specific passage highlighted. and now, the latest - a mullen falls native, found only twenty miles away, with all the now familiar pieces falling into place to leave only one explanation:  there’s a serial killer loose in new england.  most people around town have merely read this news and moved on - after all, it could never happen to them. but there are others who are more curious - after all, the fbi has set up shop in the local police department, deciding that mullen falls is ground zero. there’s more to the story that can’t be announced, and a handful of residents who are now on a suspect list that only those involved in the investigation know about.  that doesn’t stop the talk around town, though.  the vices murderer, as they’re being called by the press now, could be anyone. like the owner of the vices bar - patty o’hare? or the local pastor, james foley? even beloved mayor, patrick hart is on the list - and of course, the local ‘bad boy’ whose been in and out of prison his whole life, eddie morgan, the top of most peoples list, not to mention several others. it seems like mullen falls is a town divided, for the first time in its history. half are obsessed, focusing only on the mystery that lays before them. the other half refuse to speak of it, to acknowledge it, to let it ruin their small slice of heaven. mullen falls is a safe place to live, after all, where people have called ‘home’ for centuries. and one little serial murder isn’t going to keep them from living their own lives. 

plot one - the vices murderer. 

as of now, the group is officially open for interactions ! 

feel free to start posting starters and interactions of all kinds - while we are a para based roleplay, don’t forget that interactions like text messages, short threads, and even ‘dash chats’ ( text posts with no exposition, etc. ‘old style roleplaying’ ) are all allowed! 

don’t forget to check out our first task - losing my religion - to dive into your muses take on religion and religious identities. 

ensure you’re following everyone, and read through the welcome page for all the correct tags! 

we’re excited to finally open our group, and look forward to growing it and building a story with every one of you! 

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                           file ; oliver terrence wood -

name / oliver terrence wood age / twenty six birthdate / march 18th, 1996 occupation / harry’s hardware & unofficial handyman  ♱ vice / pride / superbia virtue / good works / operatio

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born march 18, 1996 to nurse and single mother diane terrence in atlanta, georgia, oliver terrence wood has no middle name. his mother meant well, giving him both her last name and his father’s but the absence of that customary second name has always left him feeling a little out of place; like everyone could see there was the smallest hole in his story, a sliver of a missing piece.

his father was never a secret; when oliver was old enough to ask for him, his mom told him the truth: “yes, you have a dad but after he gave me you, he had to go live far away and he can’t come back.” as a child, it made perfect sense; after all, they only went to the toy store once a month and it was a whole hour away by grandma’s house. so dad must live really, really far. and then once oliver was older, it just didn’t matter much. he didn’t need a father. he had all the love and support he could possibly need he needed from his mom and her parents.

it was his grandfather who encouraged oliver’s love of the outdoors. it started young, picking peaches in the backyard, and progressed to camping and hunting trips as oliver grew. while hunting was never his favorite activity, he became quite skilled with a bow; preferring it over the rifles and shotguns others used. but really, it was all about the weekends he’d spend under the stars, listening to his grandfather tell the stories of the constellations. about how his grandmother would dutifully teach him about every weed, flower, and plant he would bring to her; even when he made her a bouquet of dandelions and poison ivy.

when oliver was 11, his grandfather died in a fishing accident on a lake. an aging man, alone on his boat who slipped and hit his head on the prow before falling into the dark waters. oliver stood on the pier with his mom and grandmother while they searched for his body. he’s been afraid of the unknown depths ever since.

they thought he caught pneumonia, standing on that lake looking for his grandfather, but the cough never really went away. soon after, he was diagnosed with bronchiectasis and given an albuterol inhaler and a pamphlet explaining that what he had was very much not pneumonia. something that would never go away. it didn’t hold him back much. being outdoors was still allowed, even encouraged; anything that strengthened his lungs and kept his airways open. hydration and nutrition were already important to him as a nature lover and the fact that those kinds of healthy habits helped manage his flare ups was simply a bonus.

when his grandmother died five years later, loneliness started to creep in as oliver’s already small family dwindled down to him and his mother, just the two of them. she tried to encourage him to include friends into his family but high school was proving to be a very different experience for him than he could see his peers going through. dating and sex, he just didn’t understand. yes, he thought jenny was pretty. he thought marc was too. but he didn’t really want to date them and he definitely didn’t get hard in class thinking about fucking them. thank god for the internet; he would have never been able to parse asexuality out on his own, especially when he realized his romantic interests seemed polar opposite of his sexual interests. still, understanding himself was one thing; exploring it in high school was another. so he just didn’t.

it was easier in college. he figured a lot more out. he thought he’d be a nurse like his mom but realized he hated the classes. he dropped out and found a better fit in being a paramedic. he could exist in the crisis of the moment but was also able to leave it at the emergency room doors, handled by those much better equipped for long term care. he became certified in first aid and cpr on his way to joining an emt program when his mother suddenly died during an incident on her shift in the er.

feeling more alone than ever, oliver made a decision that had been 20 years in the making - it was time to find his father. tracking him down had been easier than he expected but like most myths, william wood was disappointing in person. while oliver hadn’t been looking for a parent, he’d hoped that he’d feel at least something towards the man. he could see that their eyes were shaped the same but other than that, it was like meeting a stranger. which he was. and oliver was nothing to him but a secret.

but the secret had met it’s end and eventually oliver met his sisters: merrick, a few month younger, and holly, a few months older. those girls, they weren’t strangers. it was awkward for all of them but when they stood next to each other, they could all see it. they were the same, connected and important to each other. somehow instantly close even if they needed the time to build their relationship from the ground up.

they were the reason he stayed in mullen falls for so long, the reason he started putting down roots again. he wanted to know where his family was, wanted to be near them. his mother has always told him “people need other people” and that was especially true for him after he met his people.

he’s needed them more than ever after the attack in the woods. he doesn’t remember it much. he remembers camping on his own over a long weekend. it was the last night and he’d been preparing to go back the next morning. something hit his head and pain crippled him and somehow there were hands around his throat and over his mouth. that’s all he knows, all he remembers. someone tried to kill him and then left him for dead.

he hasn’t been the same since that. he still can’t quite fill in the blanks. he knows state police found him in his jeep, stalled in the middle of a road as he bled out in the front seat. he doesn’t know how he got there. he knows that he was in surgery for hours, losing a kidney and crashing twice. he doesn’t know how he survived. he knows that he has night terrors that he can’t shake, leaving him trembling and gasping and choking on his own breath. he doesn’t know if they mean anything.

he’s changed. everyone knows it. and there’s nothing he can do about it.

                              ↳ oliver terrence wood ( alexander calvert )

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                            file ; harlan west -

name / harlan raleigh west age / twenty six birthdate / october 2nd, 1996 occupation / fbi agent / criminal, cyber, response and services branch ♱ vice / wrath virtue / fortitude

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the first thirteen years of harlan’s life would have been pulled straight from the brushstrokes of a norman rockwell painting.  with a set of loving parents, mathias and kendra west, and a happy middle class home harlan was raised in the suburbs of buffalo, new york.  harlan was free to be a curious and adventurous child as he spent equal amounts of time diving into stacks of books at the local library and playing various sports.  however that idyllic suburban life came to a screeching halt the winter kendra west went missing.  harlan was fourteen and it was unlike his mother not to make it to one of his wrestling matches.  as he returned home to an empty house he pushed away his feelings of fear and convinced himself she was just in rochester visiting his aunt and uncle like she did every other week.  it wasn’t until his father returned home and he seemed just as confused that panic started to set in.  

the next few years of harlan’s life was a whirlwind of local media prying into his family’s life and painted his father as a main suspect even well after the authorities cleared his name.  it came as no surprise when mathias decided to move his son to the opposite coast putting some distance between him and all the trauma that tormented them both.  on the outside harlan tried to appear as a typical teenager, he didn’t want to give anybody the opportunity to use his past to hurt him.  he made good grades and continued playing sports but every ounce of his free time was poured into following every minuscule lead in his mother’s case.  harlan even went as far as staying with his family in new york over his summer vacations.  however all those leads drove him to nothing but dead ends, except all his effort hadn’t been for naught. 

turns out harlan’s intuition and persistence lead him down a completely different rabbit hole and on his quest to find answers about his mother he helped unravel an unrelated series of disappearances in the buffalo area.  in the subsequent books and media created about the solving of the case his identity was always kept under wraps, but he always kept in touch with the detectives he worked most closely with.  one even became a mentor of sorts when harlan showed interest in joining the bureau.  

in the coming years harlan earned dual degrees in criminal justice and computer science before working for two years as a crime analyst gaining his necessary work experience to apply to bureau.  when his time at the academy came to an end he stayed in virginia working in the criminal, cyber, response, and services branch.  while he was initially unhappy with remaining in virginia he was ultimately happy that he did because the life of the young agent would soon change forever but this time for the better.  

he met merrick wood in a dimly lit bar when they were the only two people paying any attention to the court proceeding of a murder trial instead of the variety of sports games playing on the other TVs.  a night of talking turned into a first date and within a year the pair were married.  initially they were going to hold off on starting a family but life had other plans and before long their son theo entered the world.  when merrick suggested the move to massachusetts to be closer to her sister he knew there was no other choice.  he knew how important it was to keep family close.  harlan was able to transfer to the worcester office and occasionally making the trip into boston when necessary.  

                               ↳ harlan west ( dylan arnold )

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                             file ; merrick west ( neé wood ) -

name / merrick anne west ( neé wood ) age / twenty five birthdate / september 22nd, 1997 occupation / freelance writer and stay at home mother  ♱ vice / greed  virtue / justice

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merrick anne wood, the second daughter to billy and whitney wood, was always the wild child. while her older sister, holly, was always prim, proper and burying herself in books, merrick was a child who preferred adventure and getting her hands dirty. on the large plot of land their home was built on, the two could explore - usually together - coming up with elaborate games to occupy themselves for hours.

where holly went, merrick followed. whether it was dance, gymnastics, or eventually cheer, merrick was always closely behind her sister. what she lacked in her academic talents ( not for lack of brains, just a mere lack of ambition or desire ) she made up for in her social life - the wood house became the house all the teenagers in their small town resided in, the cabinets always fully stocked with favorites and a parade of various kids roaming around - sometimes when the girls themselves weren’t even there.

but first love came between them; merrick, always taking what she shouldn’t, found her crush on her sister’s best friend was requited. and while she knew her sister also harbored a crush, she didn’t care. she was young, naive, and believed in the importance of love above all else.

it was how she got her heart broken over and over again. while their ending was a crash and burn, the worst part of it was how deeply she realized she had hurt her sister. despite her own feelings, she made a vow never to come between holly and anyone else ever again - her sister was the only one who could understand the depth of what they were going through, how despite their very privileged lives, things were boiling under the surface.

in the end, it was holly who convinced merrick to go to college - it was never in the plan for her, but a degree from nyu and a few years in a big city taught merrick more than she could have ever imagined. but she craved the quiet complacency of suburbia - the late night drives with no one else around, the sunset fading over the roofs of the street she was on. moving back to riverside was out of the question; after finding out about two of her fathers illegitimate children he’d had while married to her mother, she wanted nothing more to do with him. instead of finding a job or a place to call home after graduation, she bounced around from city to city, never able to truly feel like they were home. it was during a stint in virginia that she met harlan - someone who could understand the dark depths of society, of herself - but still was happy, bright, positive. she fell in love immediately, and the feeling was mutual - they were married within a year, and while they had decided to wait before having kids, they were pregnant by the time merrick hit 24.

now, she’s got an infant on her hip, a sister she moved next door to so she could see her as often as possible, and a husband who commutes to boston so they can have their happy home in the suburbs. work has been pushed off the table for merrick for now - she freelances, when she can and wants to, but her primarily focus is their son, theo. merrick has always wanted a happily ever after - now she just has to live it. 

                                ↳ merrick wood ( kathryn newton )

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welcome to mullen falls !

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