#grimrosehqs.intro

[slowshcw]

[ anya chalotra | cis woman | she / her | twenty eight ] —— welcome to grimrose, reena dixon-daubney. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a local who has been in town for twenty years, especially since you spend most of your days as a veterinarian at the grimrose veterinary clinic? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little overbearing more than you are vivacious… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of big yellow taxi by joni mitchell and waking up at 5 am every morning, constant need to be doing something, animal hair strewn every piece of clothing, pushing yourself beyond your limit, the search for something you don’t want to find, not letting go.… hope to see you around, ree.

STATS

full name — reena

nickname(s) —ree

name meaning — gem; joyous song

age — twenty eight

date of birth — september 22nd 1968

religion — atheist

sexuality — bisexual

education level — university (bachelors in zoology, doctorate in veterinary sciences)

family — david dixon-daubney (father), shawna dixon-daubney (mother), daniel dixon-daubney (younger brother).

finances — stable. her job pays quite well, and she’s got a lot saved up.

spoken languages — english

BACKSTORY

born to two teenagers freshly out of high school, it was no surprise when reena was put up for adoption. they couldn’t afford to look after her; they could barely afford to go to college. she was half a year old when the dixon-daubneys adopted her, seemingly incapable of having children themselves. her brother 3d would come as a surprise a few years later. and, she couldn’t be happier with her family, even if they are a group of oddballs. but, the curious creature that she is, she sometime does wonder what happened to her birth parents.

reena was eight when they all packed up their bags and moved to grimrose. her parents were fascinated with the town due to it’s history and folklore, but she couldn’t understand why. young reena wasn’t very keen on change, and to put it frankly, she thought the move was plain stinky. but, after a slight struggle, she quickly blended into life there.

the grims. she’d only lived in grimrose a year when she’d allegedly witnessed it. the creature couldn’t stop talking about it for years. to this day, she remembers the night vividly. the chill seeping into her bones as she walked home, the shift in the air as she turned the corner and the fear that settled into the back of her throat. that’s when she saw it. it’s massive figure looming compared to the small child. it’s deep red eyes, and the growl it emitted. everything she’d heard flooded her mind, she was certain she was cursed.

it would be an understatement to say she was paranoid. and, whilst her parents tried their best to convince her she wasn’t the subject to a curse to calm her nerves, it didn’t quite work. but, she thought, if she tried her best and pushed herself, she could outrun it. she’d like a motor engine that wouldn’t stop. she didn’t want to waste a single second being stationary. it also kicked started her lifelong interest in zoology.

she’d always loved animals, in all shapes and sizes. she’d wanted to be a marine biologist at a very young age. followed by a wildlife expert. and then, a zookeeper (which led her to volunteer at a wildlife park for a year before college). but finally, she settled on being a veterinarian. and despite changing her mind constantly, she was determined she wanted a career with animals and that’s what she strived to do.

she studied zoology at college in massachusetts, followed by veterinary sciences. to save money and to stay close to her family, she lived at home during this for the most part and drove each day. it was only around a 50 minute drive. once she came back, she got a job at the veterinary clinic at home. and has worked there ever since.

she loves her family a lot, but her brother frustrates her to no end and she just can’t wrap it around her head that he would just want to do ’nothing worthwhile’ with his time. she knows she can be a bit hard on him sometimes, but she only wants the best for him and for him to push himself a bit.

EXTRAS

has a dog and a cat. both of which she adopted from shelters. moose is an older mastiff that she adopted two years ago. and, caesar is her black cat she she adopted four years ago. her pet gecko, beanie, recently passed. rip beanie.

for the sake of her own sanity, she’s kind of determined to prove that the thing she saw was just a big dog. or a new species of dog that had yet to be discovered. she kinda of doesn’t want to know, but also has to know.

very science orientated and very big into cryptozoology. she believes there’s an explanation for most things. bigfoot to her is just an undiscovered species. she has a harder time believing in ghosts than anything else.

is a vegetarian, and has been for about 12 years.

very anti government. one of those kind of people that whilst she’d love to discover bigfoot, would be then scared about what the government would do to one.

MUN NOTE

it’s very late right now and i have a bangin headache and am feeling slightly dazed so i don’t know if this makes any sense, but i hope it does. but thank you for reading. if you want to plot, just give this a like, or pop me a message! and i’ll also be doing some messaging tomorrow when i get up. <3

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[hvrbingers]

[ quintessa swindell | non-binary | they/he | twenty-five ] ——   welcome to grimrose, hunter king. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a newcomer who has been in town for one year, especially since you spend most of your days as a firefighter/paramedic at grimrose firehouse? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little impulsive more than you are loyal… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of (i just) died in your arms by cutting crew and flirting on the edge between life and death, finding comfort in chaos, not knowing who you are anymore but trying to find it, and missing a person so much you pretend it doesn’t exist, hope to see you around, hunter.

full name — hunter king nickname(s) — hunny ( only by their brother and it’s to annoy him )  name meaning — one who hunts, pursuer age — twenty-five date of birth — november 3rd place of birth — bronx, nyc current location — grimrose, nh gender — non-binary pronouns — they/he sexual orientation — bisexual religion — atheist  occupation — paramedic/firefighter  education level — paramedic school  family — roscoe king ( father, estranged ), marianne tinley ( mother, estranged ), jordan king ( brother ) finances — could be better spoken languages — english, spanish  voiceclaim — quintessa swindell powers — oxikinesis , the power to manipulate oxygen 

inspos: rue bennett ( euphoria ) , tk strand ( 911 lone star ) , meredith grey ( greys anatomy ), jo march ( little women ), amy antsler ( booksmart ), jeremy gilbert ( the vampire diaries ), crystal ( marvel, 616 ), willow rosenberg ( buffy the vampire slayer ), steve harrington ( stranger things ), hayley marshall ( the originals ), nick miller ( new girl ), ian gallagher ( shameless ), sarah ( palm springs ), shawn hunter ( boy meets world )

tws: parental negligence, npc character death on the job non descriptive

hunter was raised by their aunt and brother, and new york city was their playground. it wasn’t a magical childhood by any means but it was so because their brother tried to make it one for them. they are thick as thieves in every sense, trying their best to make a bad situation good, and most often did. 

their parents weren’t meant to be parents, it was just their unfortunate draw of the cards, but sometimes they’d send a postcard to where their parents ended up, but after a while they stopped coming, and phone calls would get shorter and shorter, but you can’t miss something that you never had. 

hunter was always a very active child, could never sit in one place too long, and it would later bite him in the ass during high school, making friends with the wrong people and doing reckless things that would land them in trouble, but their brother would always bail them out no matter what it was. 

when you live your life in the fast lane it’s easy to get caught in it, but by the time they graduated high school ( barely ), it was time to make some choices. the best thing that hunter ever did was become a paramedic, they were smart enough to do it, but no one else believed in them too which drove them to be the best. 

long gone were the days of recklessness, and traded for a uniform that fit them nicely in nyc. their partner joined when they did and everything was going just fine. it was like the other could think about what the other was going to do without saying anything, they had balanced each other out in ways that hunter would never understand–they were each other’s best friends and person. and if there had been feelings there, well, hunter would never say it. 

life is easier as a young adult, their brother was just starting to become someone and hunter was finally making enough money to get a place of their own, and those bad decisions that used to haunt them as a teenager weren’t as bad, and whenever their parents would come unannounced it didn’t put them in a spiral that it used when they came around. 

a lot of that changed during a bad call, the details are blurry to hunter, they’ve blocked a lot of it out to protect themselves but their partner died on the job, and there’s just a small inkling that they could have prevented it. it would lead hunter into a spiral of ‘what ifs’ that they could never fix or leave behind even if they tried. 

they spent that first year without their partner deteriorating but doing their best, whatever partner they were given never lasted long, hunter had always been an easy person to get along with but after the fact something had fundamentally changed within them. they found it hard to trust people, and more importantly, trust themselves, they thought about quitting but then that would prove what all his old teachers had thought about him, so he had stayed in the job. it didn’t help that his partner’s family always reached out to ask if hunter was okay when all they wanted to do was isolate themselves. 

a lot of that changed about a year ago, when they got a postcard from a town that their father grew up in with nothing else. it had been a couple of years since hunter had heard from their father, and despite how things were going back in nyc they knew that they needed to follow their gut. 

this is how they find themselves in grimrose now, working at the fire station, still as a paramedic, with a new partner, and a power that they don’t understand that can make or break someone. 

headcanons: 

generally hunter is easy to get along with, but they have a lot of regrets 

with their powers it truly is make or break, it’s dangerous and could make hunter the luckiest paramedic or feels like a curse, but they don’t even realize that yet 

hunter changed their name before high school and their brother jordan was very accepting of it, they are very close and probably rely on each other too much. 

very much into snakes & reptiles, owns a mexican black kingsnake and will talk your ear off about it 

lowkey a slut, truly trying to fill the void in anyway but like it’s fine they’re hot i cannot blame them 

despite their powers – they’ve always been a good paramedic, they take a lot of cases and patients to heart, it’s a tough job with little pay but they think that it’s worth it 

honestly probably just needs a hug

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[metaphysiical]

[ joe keery | cis man | he/him | thirty ] ——   welcome to grimrose, plantagenet davenport. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a local who has been in town for twenty years, especially since you spend most of your days as a mechanic at grimrose auto repair? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little destructive more than you are assertive… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of basket case by green day and run down gas stations with fifty cent soda machines that somehow still work, worn out chuck taylors with a hole where the big toe is, and the constant belief in murphy’s law. hope to see you around, tadge.

pinterest | inspos: ray hall (panic), lip gallagher (shameless), ryan atwood (the oc), conrad fisher (the summer i turned pretty), hunter strawberry (hot summer nights), daemon targaryen (house of the dragon).

full name — plantagenet wayne davenport nickname(s) — tadge name meaning — a gardener, plant, or young tree age — thirty date of birth — may 18th place of birth — hood river, oregon current location — grimrose, new hampshire gender — cis man pronouns — he / him religion — atheist occupation — mechanic at grimrose auto repair education level — high school diploma residence — the leftover davenport legacy, in the paradise cove trailer park family — joseph davenport, grandfather, deceased & wayne davenport, father, imprisoned. travis davenport, younger half-brother & pam wilson, half-brothers mom. finances — as he would say, that’s none of your business spoken languages — english faceclaim / voiceclaim — joe keery

tw: alcoholism, mentions of neglect/abuse, prison 

tadge davenport comes from a long line of criminals and trailer trash — and is more than happy to be the public bearer of that proud heritage. having been told his whole life that he is going nowhere, tadge’s strength comes in a nihilistic form — no future means no fear of what’s coming. he believes nothing good will ever happen to him.

his father was cuffed on his tenth birthday and he hasn’t seen him since. being sent off out of state will do that to you. tadge has heard the rumors of what his father may or may not have done to deserve life without parole, but he doesn’t seem to care. tadge grew up with his grandfather as his legal guardian and, right after his father’s arrest, he picked everything up and moved across the usa to a brand new town with cheap land. 

tadge’s grandfather, big joe, was a drunk, of course, and not a nice one at that. thankfully, the old man croaked just a few days before tadge turned the legal age of eighteen, and the trailer the two lived at since they moved to town became his.

surprisingly, tadge did graduate high school, but hasn’t gone on any further. instead, he serves as a mechanic at the local auto repair, as well as overseeing some of his late grandfather’s business: davenport junk yard. made during the first few years they lived in grimrose, the junk yard was tadge’s very own playground. in high school, he began his work on his bike using old shit he found in the yard — the same bike he’s working on still to this day.

around 5 years ago, tadge finally decided to make a band with his buddy’s after messing around with his guitar with them. with more of an alternative rock vibe, 'lovers rock’ is enjoyed by a few people, and mostly so by tourists just looking for some extra entertainment. tadge doesn’t much care how popular they are, as long as they stop getting kicked out of the limited venues that grimrose has to offer.

headcanons — tw: prison, smoking

tadge is an older brother — which is still weird for him even after 5 years. and you’d think... how in the fuck does he have a half-brother when his mom is nowhere to be found and his dad is imprisoned ?? somehow, pam wilson ( a woman obsessed with wayne davenport ) found a way during a visit. tadge doesn’t like to think about it.

tadge’s biggest vice is smoking. he’s constantly stopping by any corner store he can find for a new pack. 

there truly are no secrets as to why his hair is so big other than saving money by not getting it cut. he once let pam cut his hair after she moved in with infant travis, and tadge nearly made travis into an orphan just like him.

#╰ * 𝐓𝐀𝐃𝐆𝐄. : intro. ⧽ sometimes my mind plays tricks on me . #grimrosehqs.intro

[believinginpink]

[ grace van dien | cis woman | she/her/hers | twenty-four ] ——   welcome to grimrose, cassiopeia moore. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a local who has been in town for fifteen years, especially since you spend most of your days as an employee at the clearing: museum of cryptids and curiosities? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little eccentric more than you are kind… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of you spin me round by dead or alive and ink stained fingers, loose papers in a bag, excitement bubbling over, an old blue bicycle, lattes, believing anything, sunsets over the water. hope to see you around, cassie.

Basics:

Full Name: Cassiopeia Moore

Nickname(s): Cassie, Cass

Name Meaning:  She who chooses to excel

Age: 24

Date of Birth: July 2nd, 1974

Place of Birth: Portland, Maine

Currently Living: Grimrose, New Hampshire

Gender: Cis woman

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Sexual Orientation: Tragically heterosexual

Religion: Agnostic

Job: Employee at The Clearing: Museum of Cryptids and Curiosities

Educational Level: Bachelors in History and a minor in English

Family: Cooper James “CJ” Moore (Father, estranged), Lyra Moore née Darren (Mother, estranged), Maia Moore (Twin sister, deceased)

Finances: Remarkably solid

Languages: English, French, Latin

Inspired By:

Fox Mulder (The X-Files), Sumire Yoshizawa (Persona 5 Royal), Donna Hayward (Twin Peaks), Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter), Dipper and Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls), Sasha (The Magnus Archives), Bev Marsh (IT), Miles Upshur (Outlast), Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy 7), Abigail Roberts (Red Dead Redemption series), Padmé Amidala (Star Wars).

Personality:

Positives: Kind, driven, honest, vivacious

Negatives: Eccentric, reserved, guilty, gullible

MBTI: INFP

Enneagram: 9w1

Temperament: Sanguine

Encountering Cassiopeia

You came to Grimrose for the beach and stayed an extra week for the stories of the place. You never considered yourself to be interested in the tales Grimrose was peddling to people like you, but there was only so much to do here. Eventually, that museum in The Outskirts had to visited. You didn’t expect to meet a contained explosion of pink there, though. Her makeup was perfectly done and she looked like someone managed to bring a Barbie to life. How someone like that was working in a place like this, you had no idea. She was cute though. Figured you might as well shoot your shot, leave this little place with the story of a summer fling.

When the group she was helping left and she shuttled them on her way with a wave of manicured fingers, she turned to a notebook, stuffed with loose papers in black ink, the same ink that stained her hands. She held that book like it held the secrets of the world, like it was a lover. You messed with your hair, trying to look artfully disheveled. “Hey,” you greeted as you walked over. “What’re you working on? Your next great novel?”

She turned to you with a smile. “I’m charting historical Bigfoot sightings and then cross referencing them with UFO sightings! I think the Grays that I’ve been seeing might be related to a previously unknown species of ape-like creatures that we think are Bigfoots! We’ll see if there’s any relation to my theory that the Jersey Devil is a more mutated Chupacabra!”

It seems you made a mistake.

#grimrosehqs.intro #bubblegum: about #bubblegum: muse

[bloomingchavez]

[ danny ramirez | cismale | he/him | 28 ] ——   welcome to grimrose, diego chavez. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a newcomer who has been in town for two months, especially since you spend most of your days as a florist? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little withdrawn more than you are playful… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of pornography by the cure and winding ivy vines, little green sprouts in winter soil, soft waves hitting a rocky shoreline. hope to see you around, diego.

full name: diego emilio chavez nickname(s): d, chavez name meaning: supplanter age: twenty-eight date of birth: january 20 , 1968 place of birth: san francisco, california current location: grimrose, new hampshire gender: cisman sexuality: bisexual pronouns: he/him religion: agnostic occupation: florist education level: high school financial status: keeping afloat; he can rent a small, two-bedroom home in grimrose without much struggle spoken languages: spanish (first language), english piercings: right ear lobe tattoos: peonies on his outside right thigh, a small oak leaf on his left wrist/outer forearm

musings & headcanons

diego has come to grimrose to get answers about his father, who is mostly a complete mystery to him as he died before diego was born. all he has of him is some yellowing photos and newspaper clippings his mom had stored away after his father died.

his mom is a native mexican immigrant while his father was half white, half columbian, with his family being in the us for several generations.

diego has phutrakinesis - the ability to manipulate the seeds of plants. diego's ability started showing in his young teen years, and caused him a bit of trouble when he got angry. since then, he’s learned to control it if only to hide it. he feels lucky that he at least has a high interest in plants and biology, as his ability has helped him greatly with his career.

it was easy for him to start a successful career as a florist; school never spoke to him that much, so he didn't choose to go to university and become a biologist, or whatever his school guidance counsellor insisted he would thrive at. flowers, and making things pretty, interested him so much more.

born in san fransisco and raised in monterey, coming to sleepy, rainy new hampshire is a big shift for him, but he’s glad to still be along a coast. for as much as plant life calls to him, the water does, too.

some people would describe him as shy, but in reality he's not quick to trust and is more of a withdrawn personality. however, put him in the right situation and he'd be the loudest person in the room.

diego is also a massive flirt when he wants to be - and he's good at it, too. he likes to have fun and always says life is too short not to.

[tw mentions of aids] diego is bisexual and with a mexican catholic mother, it took him a while to unpack those feelings - and a lot of trips into the city. given the slough of deaths throughout the last decade, he’s been feeling a lot more conflicted because of all the grief; he’s lost so many friends. grimrose kind of gives him a new start, along with everything else.

digeo has always wanted siblings - being an only child to a single mother was so isolating.

he's always wanted to learn an instrument and play in a band. he doesn't know if he'll ever get to be in a band, but he's been saving for a guitar.

it was hard to leave his mom back on the west coast, but he needed a change of pace. the grief started to become too much to bare; it was like he was seeing ghosts everywhere. but with the mystery of his father on his hands, he's wondering if he maybe should've gone to mexico instead, to live with his tito who taught him how to ride a motorcycle at 15, and his favourite abuela.

there's a dark part of him that wonders if he'll ever be able to love again. he doesn't like to think too much about his last partner...maybe he's just trying to run away.

& more to come!

#DIEGO CHAVEZ 𖥸 INTRO 𖥸 [i bloom; i glow] #grimrosehqs.intro

[xwutheringx]

[Andrew Koji | Cisgender Male | He/Him | 30 ] —— welcome to grimrose, Ren Yamada. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a local who has been in town for 8 years , especially since you spend most of your days as unemployed/socialite? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little self destructive more than you are charming… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of Hazy Sahde of Winter by the Bangles and shiny watches, expensive alcohol, and late nights, . hope to see you around, Ren

Stats

Full Name: Ren Julian Yamada

Nickname: N/A

Birthday: October 31

Hometown: San Francisco, California

Gender: cisgender male

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Bisexual

Occupation: Unemployed/Socialite

Family: Sharon Reed-Yamada (mother), Akira Yamada, Rei Yamada( sister)

Relationship Status: Its complicated

Financial status: Rich

Length of time in town: 8 years

about

(Tw: drug abuse and death)

Born in San Francisco,California to an incredibly wealthy couple. Their financial history in the city goes back a hundred years but was not without its struggles. By the time Ren was born however, it seemed as though his father Akira owned a third of the city due to their business being tied in property management.

Ren was expected to take over the family business when he turned 21 but Ren had a much more wild and reckless side to him that didn’t align with what his father had wanted. All through his teenage years Ren had a tendency to get into a lot of fights and spend all night partying while bringing drama to the family name. His father tried his best to curb his habits but by the time Ren got involved in drugs, it became clear he needed more professional help.

Most of his reckless behavior came out of fear of ruining his families company. He didn’t want to be in charge and the pressure had gotten to him to the point he was trying to ruin his own reputation so that his father would give it to his sister Rei. However his father didn’t lose faith in Ren and made a deal with him. Either he tried to get his life in order or he would be cut off entirely from the family financially.

As much as Ren didn’t want to admit to it, he had become incredibly financially dependent on his families wealth and didn’t want to lose it. He also knew deep down he did need help and agreed to the terms, which included rehab and counseling and to start spending time with a family friend who seemed like she would have been a much better influence on him then who he had been previously spending time with

It took a lot of work but eventually Ren got clean and sober and was working to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. He’d even fallen in love with the family friend and proposed to her after getting to know one another. It seemed like everything was too good to be true and somehow deep down, Ren knew it was.

His fathers heart attack and subsequent death had shook Ren to his core and a letter that had been left in his name telling Ren his father had always believed in him had only sent him further down a spiral of mourning. The life he had worked so hard to build because of his father had completely unraveled and he was back at square one again. He relapsed and fallen back into bad habits, his engagement fell apart, despite being still in love with her and his family seemed wary of his position in the company. It all lead to Ren leaving a note to his sister telling her she was in charge now and taking his trust and what he could pack in his card and leaving San Francisco

To say people were angry would be an understatement. He burnt so many bridges with his family that he knew it was wise to not go back for a while. After some light travel, Ren eventually settled into Grimrose due to its strange nature and the fact it didn’t seem like a place anyone would come looking for him at. And no one has in the right years he’s been there and spent his money living in luxury away from city life. Ren also has a habit of throwing his money at whatever new thing pops up in the strange tourist attraction that needs financial backing. However he does find the sudden influx of residents to be suspicious and also a little annoying.

When it comes to Rens sobriety, some days are better than others. While he hasn’t done any drugs in a while, his alcoholism tends to get him into some complicated situations and it’s only a matter of time before people in his past find out where he is again.

#grimrosehqs.intro #Ren #about

[lcveruind]

[ ana de armas | cisfemale | she/her | thirty ] ——   welcome to grimrose, CAMILIA PÉREZ. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a NEWCOMER who has been in town for ONE YEAR, especially since you spend most of your days as an EDITOR & JOURNALIST AT GRIMROSE POST? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little REPRESSED more than you are ALLOCENTRIC but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY by THE VERVE and a worn out beanie, ink stained fingernails with coffee stained sleeves, dark circles and a heavy heart, a corner full of stacked journals, nostalgia everytime she sees her now daughter, hope to see you around, MILA.

full name: camilia pérez 

age: thirty

dob: april 2nd

place of birth: roswell, new mexico

current location: grimrose, new hampshire

gender: cis-female

sexuality: bisexual

pronouns: she/her

religion: it’s complicated

occupation: editor journalist at grimrose post

finances: comfortable

spoken languages: english can read spanish

pinterest & connections

& the story so far

Raised by a single-father because her mother left them when she was only 5. Camilia’s father was always the hardest worker in the room and instilled the sense that hard work means everything into young camilia’s brain. 

She learned rather quickly how to take care of herself due to the long hours her father worked, and spent most of her time studying or her nose in books to get her out of her town. Her father constantly telling her she needed to do better than what he did. 

Got a full ride scholarship to a college in chicago and milia had her bags packed and was out of new mexico faster than you could blink. 

In college she finally felt like she was on the right track to being who she was meant to be especially when she met winnie. The girl was quite literally camilia’s better half and without her mila had no idea where she’d be. Winnie got her out of her head and brought her into the world, taught her to look at life through ‘the glass is half-full’ glasses. 

Through winnie mila met danny and jesse and while winnie & danny’s attempts at trying to match the latter and her up didn’t work they were like a family and that was enough for mila besides relationships definitely scared the girl. 

After graduating, Mila immediately took a job in Chicago as an investigative journalist. She stayed for a year before moving toNew York to work at New York Times. Her life was solely her work until winnie called to tell her she was expecting. Over the moon for her friends she couldn’t have been happier. promising that she’d always be there for her friend's child, and after meeting little iris camilia knew she hadn’t lied.

TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH Life was going great and then the dreaded call came that her best friends had passed. Her whole world changed overnight. Resigning from the times and packing her bags to move to grimrose, new hampshire to be a parent. Camilia picked up a job at the local newspaper and while it wasn’t as fancy as her old job it’s slow and steady which is maybe what she needs.

other facts !

super career motivated, but is trying really hard to take a step back and not let it consume her world. 

She comes off stoic but wears her heart on her sleeve. 

definitely a big pessimist at heart even if she’s currently a ‘glass half-full’ person. 

Hasn’t actually begun to grieve her friend's death & is throwing all of her focus into iris so she is definitely overdo for a big cry. 

Was obsessed with ufo’s and aliens when she was younger because of where she grew up. 

will be your biggest cheerleader if you need one.

Has always dreamed of being an author & has a novel in the works, but is terrified of actually publishing it. 

the idea of having a family terrified her, but now that she's doing it she's still mortified that she will screw it all up.

camilia volunteers at the animal shelter to get her daily dose of serotonin and is very very tempted to adopt a kitten. 

burns water, absolutely cannot cook to save her life so anytime she hosts she orders food beforehand. no one’s caught on to her act.

#grimrosehqs.intro #this is late & might be slightly incoherent so i apologize #tw;death mention #tw;death #intro

[gilparry]

[ dylan arnold | cis man | he/him | twenty-seven ] ——   welcome to grimrose, gilbert rhys parry. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a newcomer who has been in town for one month, especially since you spend most of your days as an assistant manager at radioshack and part-time archivist at town hall? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little critical more than you are thoughtful… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of how soon is now? by the smiths and secondhand flannels with patches on the elbows, a worn leather messenger bag, and the soft whispering call of the forest... hope to see you around, gil.

PINTEREST | PLAYLIST | inspos: haku (spirited away), kat stratford (10 things i hate about you), andy dufresne (shawshank redemption), marco alisdair (the night circus), gene forrester (a separate peace), alice quinn (the magicians)

full name — gilbert rhys parry nickname(s) — gil, previously rhys name meaning — bright promise age — twenty-seven date of birth — july 3rd place of birth — ossipee, new hampshire current location — grimrose, new hampshire religion — atheist with agnostic tendencies sexuality — bisexual education level — believe it or not... but this guy's got a law degree residence — old-home-turned-apartment-building in the evergreen forest neighborhood family — jim parry (father) and margaret parry (mother). he knows his mom has a sister somewhere out there, possibly in vermont, but they cut ties when gil was just a toddler. so maybe he has an uncle or cousins too, but he's never felt the urge to go out and look for them. finances — right now he is the most financially comfortable he's been in his entire life. he quit his job at a law firm a few months ago, so he's still sitting on some savings from that gig. not rich, but not living in the kind of poverty he grew up with. spoken languages — english ability — cebrukineses (the ability to manipulate the brain and its functions)

overview. (tw: child abuse)

gilbert was born to jim and margaret parry in ossipee, new hampshire. growing up, he lived in a trailer in a mobile home park a hop, skip, and a jump from ossipee lake. looking far back enough, he can remember the three of them sitting down for dinner; his mom pushing his dad's hair out of his eyes with a wide smile; a shiny, tinsel-laden christmas tree in the corner; and a small terrier mix named rocky at his feet. what they had was meager, but gil didn't notice yet. he could remember a time when they felt like a real family, and maybe that's what made everything that followed so much harder. after a series of layoffs at the factory jim worked at, there was a long period of unemployment. gil was too young to remember much of what exactly happened during that time, but what he knew was that nothing was ever the same. dinner became a game of scrounging for whatever was in the kitchen. his mom's eyes never crinkled up with a smile. no holiday decorations. his dog was gone. and his dad started to hit him.

always a smart boy and a hard worker, gil managed to secure himself a scholarship to a private school in nearby wolfeboro. the problem was that the scholarship was only partial. he took on a few part-time jobs (working in the warehouse of a tractor supply company, as a stocker at the circle k, and dog walking) to make up the difference. the more time he worked the less time he had to spend in his family's trailer, so he found he didn't have much to complain about other than the constant exhaustion and social alienation. all was going pretty well until his dad found out just how much money gil was making. what followed was their biggest fight yet (though whether or not you could call it a fight when gil never retaliated, well...). huddled in the corner, near the front door of the trailer, gil watched as his dad lifted his fist. he squeezed his eyes closed and waited for the impact. it never came. all he hear was a loud, resounding thud, and the sound of his dad cursing. upon opening his eyes, gil saw his dad's fist connected with the wall. what he didn't know is that he made that happen. :o

fast-forward and one of gil's coworkers rented him a room above his garage for a small rent price, where gil ended up living to finish out his senior year. come fall, he attended boston college (full ride, baby!), and then after that, he turned his eye toward law school (boston college again -- go eagles!). his time in college, socially, was marked by a lot of lies and ducking around the truth about his family and past. he didn't want his new classmates to see him as gil parry: trailer trash. gil parry: poor. gil parry: victim. so he made stuff up until it became too much. all hopes of having a stable friend group in college came to a crashing halt at the beginning of junior year. he ghosted them all. but that's fine. he was certain he was never very good at being a friend anyway.

after law school, gil got a job at a law firm in providence, rhode island. there, he worked in corporate law. very quickly, he became what many of his fellow law school grads called a "corporate lackey" and it was about as soul-sucking as you can imagine -- nevermind the ethics of constantly finding yourself defending and working for corporations, who have no real care in the world for how they damage society and the environment. basically, gil was due for an existential crisis, and twenty-seven years old and with all the things he worked his whole life for and dreamed about and kept him going through the worst of it... well, that ended up being the perfect time to have it.

in a rare show of impulse, gil quit after a nasty case. he didn't like his job. he didn't like his colleagues. and he didn't even like providence. he had once sworn he'd never return to new hampshire, but he couldn't get it out of his head. he started having weird dreams. he's dreamt of trees and faces in them. sounds and voices. one voice sounds like his mother, who he hasn't spoken to in a decade. and they're whispering so softly that he can't make out what they're saying, but he has this feeling deep in his gut. and it keeps waking him up and telling him to go outside. to go north. to go into the woods. he packed up his shit in his apartment and drove his shoddy station wagon until he ran out of gas. and then he was in grimrose. it felt like a sign (though he very rarely believed in those -- though that will quickly change).

he's been in grimrose for a month and he was only able to stomach unemployment for three days. as the vigilant and no-nonsense dude that he is, he quickly found work. radioshack was hiring an assistant manager and though they were skeptical about why a guy with his qualifications wanted the job, he got it. and more recently, he managed to wrangle a job helping out with some archival work at town hall. it'd take up a good chunk of his weekends but since he spent most of his life with multiple jobs, the lack of time off doesn't bother him too much. actually, being motionless might kill him. like a shark. and it's better to work and think about work and nothing else than try to look too hard at whatever the hell he's actually doing with his life.

personality.

first and foremost: intj kinngggg

anyway, gil is logical and pragmatic and intelligent and a bit cynical. he values independence and self-reliance to a truly coocoo degree and because things that should've come freely and easily at home growing up were always treated as a transaction or as something he should feel bad about. he usually does not and will not accept help from anyone, because that means he owes them something in return and he'd rather chew his own hand off than be indebted to someone.

constantly fighting this internal war of like sheer, utter, mind-numbing contempt for people from places of privilege and arrogance while also desperate to be part of their world.

introverted overall ig, he's always like ~observing people and learning a lot about how he wants to be perceived by what he sees and then wants to make a good first impression so no one can ever guess he feels like he doesn't belong/is white trash. secret internal mean streak and i hate to be a millennial about this but def a slytherin.

but to say something kind about him, i'll say he's cautious and he makes deliberate efforts to be kinder and more understanding and more patient. he's just trying his darndest. xoxo

misc headcanons.

gil has an innate green thumb. when you walk into his apartment, you’ll see rows of pots and plants by the windows. it started when an ex-girlfriend gifted him a little cactus in college; it was a low-maintenance plant, but he found that his instincts when it came to the care and upkeep of it came very easily. he quickly expanded his collection of small plants until his roommate voiced a complaint.

he's a big fan of art rock (talking heads, kate bush, brian eno, etc.) and usually has his cassette player and headphones in his bag.

three words: human garbage disposal. if you're not finishing that plate of food, and you make a point to say it's just gonna get thrown out, have no fear... gil is gonna gobble up those scraps. sandwich crust, pickles, a half-eaten side of fries. they're all fair game.

ummmm and that's it. sorry for writing so much. if you made it this far, i'm sending you a virtual kiss to your forehead. :-*

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[fakecmpire]

smoke tricks. eating leftover takeout directly out of the fridge. dancing around in your underpants. making up constellations. giving your clothes the sniff test. the alleged car. never accomplishing anything because you’re too scared to try. socks with holes in the toes. stealing every sweater you’ve ever been lent. art for art’s sake. lazy summer afternoons. a collage of posters and concert tickets. staying up all night talking. saturday morning cartoons. pizza with all the toppings.

statistics.

full name:  daniel dixon-daubney nickname(s):  3D, danny name meaning:  god is my judge age:  twenty-five date of birth:  june 29th star sign:  cancer place of birth: winona, minnesota current location: grimrose, new hampshire gender:  trans-male pronouns:  he/him sexual orientation:  pansexual religion:  agnostic occupation:  employee at the clearing family:  david dixon-daubney (father, nick offerman), shawna dixon-daubney (mother, katheryn hahn), older sister (tbd) education level: high school living arrangements:  a terrible apartment in edgewater oasis, which he shares with koda financial status:  uhhhh well it could be a lot worse, all things considered spoken languages:  english

inspirations.

shaggy rogers (scooby doo) pete “the plug” conlan (dimension 20: the unsleeping city) fred frederickson (big hero six) lip gallagher (shameless) todd chavez (bojack horseman) jason mendoza (the good place) jake peralta (brooklyn nine-nine)

biography.

Born in Minnesota, 3D and his family moved to Grimrose when he was five years old, just in time for him to start at a local kindergarten and get really integrated with the community.

The town had a reputation in certain circles, one that was of great interest to 3D’s parents, Shawna and David. The pair have been fascinated by cryptids and other supernatural phenomena their whole lives, and have dedicated a lot of time to the pursuit and study of said phenomena - they actually met in college, each on separate trips to Oregon hoping to catch sight of Bigfoot.

Shawna and David perhaps aren’t the sort of people you’d immediately associate with a place like The Clearing. They’re both bermuda-shorts-wearing, fanny-pack-owning, glasses-on-a-string-around-the-neck types, aggressively midwestern and unfailingly mild-mannered and kind. Still, they built their little haven from the ground up, and it’s become a must-see on the local tourist trail. 3D loves them and is proud of them, even though they’re extremely cringe.

3D has worked at The Clearing for most of his life, in the way children of a family business tend to do. It’s not as if he’s ever worked particularly hard, mind - he’s just part of the furniture, at this point, and doesn’t have much drive to change that. He did personally design some of the weird merch they sell, though.

His older sister is kind of a go-getter, and even though there’s love there, their opposite personalities sometimes cause tension. 3D has never really aspired to do anything, and has never even really left town - he’s got a lot of ideas, but no drive to see them through.

Mostly, 3D’s got a reputation for being kind of a burnout, and he’s decided he’s okay with that. If he was supposed to be doing something else with his life, surely there’d’ve been a sign by now?

other things. (drugs tw)

3D was daniel’s nickname before he transitioned - he had to pick himself a new first name beginning with ‘d’ to maintain his branding.

he really likes to paint, and has done a pretty bitchin’ mural on his bedroom wall (sorry to his landlord)

in theory, he has a car - in reality, he has a pile of scrap metal that vaguely resembles a car. it’s an old mustang that he bought with the half-baked idea of taking a road trip someday.

he's a pretty good bass player, but he could probably be a great bass player if he actually bothered to practice.

he’s been supplementing his income by selling weed since junior year of high school. somehow he still never has any money (it might be to do with the fact that he smokes as much as he sells).

he has the high score on the ms. pacman machine at the local arcade. initials ddd.

this is his favourite hat.

#3d: about #grimrosehqs.intro #okay I lied you can have 3d now

[tcmpcrtrap]

[ zoey deutch | cisgender woman | she/her| twenty-eight ] ——   welcome to grimrose, BEVERLY HARDY it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a LOCAL who has been in town for FOUR YEARS, especially since you spend most of your days as a HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little SULLEN more than you are GUTSY… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of I WON’T BACK DOWN by TOM PETTY and dandelions growing on the cracks of a busy street; big glasses sliding down your nose; the swirls of poured creamer in a cup of coffee; fairy lights twinkling in the dark, floating above a pillow fort; overdue library books; dog-eared picture books; Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders. hope to see you around, BEV. —— [ west, thirty-one, they/them, mst ]

inspo

kara ‘starbuck’ thrace (battlestar galactica), lorelai gilmore (gilmore girls), meredith grey (grey’s anatomy), fiona gallagher (shameless)

details

full name: beverly gisele hardy nickname(s): bev age: twenty-eight date of birth: november 28 place of birth: montreal, quebec place of birth: grimrose, new hampshire gender: cisgender woman pronouns: she / her religion: agnostic occupation: english teacher at elen p. grimrose high school education level: bachelor of arts in english lit, teacher certification residence: paradise cove trailer park family: albert hardy (father, gone), céline hardy-boucher (mother), charlene hardy (sister, deceased), and alice hardy (niece). spoken languages: english and french faceclaim / voiceclaim: zoey deutch

BIOGRAPHY cw: death of a sibling, death by a car crash

Grimrose is all she has ever known, probably won’t have a taste of the world unless things drastically change. Outside of the french she speaks at home, there’s not much she remembers of her childhood in her hometown of Quebec. No, the stars all point to the trailer park she is raised in, like some sort of prison she’s tied down to— it’s one of those truths you don’t speak out loud and would rather hide in the deepest corners of your heart, leaving it to fester in the dark.

The early years are full of rooms enveloped in darkness, interrupted only by the dim light of a cigarette hanging precariously off her mother’s mouth. Her voice, with misery clinging onto her every word, calls out to her in wails and warns her never to fall in love. Her father had left just before she was born, skipping town with all the family’s savings in one hand and his wife’s heart in the other. A deep depression claws onto her mother’s spirit, prompting her older sister (only three years her senior) to step in as the resident parent. 

Dysfunction pushes her to grow fast and awkward. She excels as a student, although it’s mostly on account of studying being the one and only aspect she feels she has control over and her only feasible ticket out of town. Making friends becomes a non-priority, perhaps because it is never easy, not when you’re strange, a little too honest, and wear hand-me-downs that are in dire need of fixing. Adulthood comes like a rushing train, hits her like one too. She succeeds in briefly abandoning her hometown for a better life in Pennsylvania, where she works tirelessly to become an English teacher with the hopes of traveling abroad for work. However, dreams of discovering the world are shattered when her dear sister is killed in a fatal car crash, leaving her to raise her four year-old niece. Even though she has a job already lined up, she is forced to go back to Grimrose and find the father of her niece, who was kept a mystery from the family.

HEADCANONS

Faithful radio listener. Always calls to request her favourite songs to make mixtapes. She enjoys creating mixtapes for different moods as well as sharing them with her friends. Will curate a playlist if requested or if she likes you enough.

She did excel academically in high school and later in university. Her studies were in large part paid for by various scholarships and grants.

Used to play the piano before her father ran away with the money to pay for her lessons. As a working adult, her first purchase for herself was a keyboard.

There’s five things she never leaves home without: house keys, walkman, a picture of her sister and niece together, a zippo lighter, and a pack of cigarettes. She doesn’t smoke, but she likes to light a cigarette once in a while because the smoke reminds her of home. Her mother is a chimney.

Her niece is currently eight years old and loves to go to the library.

She’s a terrible cook, most of her meals at home have been frozen at some point.

#grimrosehqs.intro #bev — ain't no easy way out.

[hvrbingers]

[ mimi keene | cis woman | she/her | twenty-five ] ——   welcome to grimrose, yasmina abadi. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a local who has been in town for twenty years, especially since you spend most of your days as a librarian and radio show host? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little distrusting more than you are loyal… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of fake plastic trees by radiohead and the dim lights of the trailer park, years of research of beings not of this earth, and loving mysteries so much she became one. hope to see you around, mina.

full name — yasmina abadi nickname(s) — mina, yas, abadi name meaning — jasmine flower age — twenty-five date of birth — february 19th place of birth — sugar hill, new hampshire  current location — grimrose, new hampshire gender — cis-woman pronouns — she/her sexual orientation — demisexual, queer religion — islam though non practicing / agnostic / it’s complicated occupation — librarian during the day, radioshow host for harbinger cross by night  education level — masters in library science, bachelors in ufology ( yes she did study this !! ) family — arham abadi, serafina lassiter finances — poor spoken languages — arabic, english, some farsi voiceclaim — mimi keene

inspos: velma dinkley (scooby-doo), boo (fleabag), cassie ainsworth (skins), eleven (stranger things), susan storm (fantastic four), waymand wang (everything everywhere all at once), topanga lawrence (boy meets world), willow rosenberg (buffy the vampire slayer), will byers (stranger things), rogue (x-men), alice cullen (twilight lol)

tw: mentions of alcohol abuse but non descriptive, neglectful parents

yasmina was raised by a single father that never really how to father. it hadn’t always been like that, she thinks, but it’s been so long she doesn’t really remember any differently. her mother pushed out of the family because of her dad. it’s just been the two of them, though as yasmina’s gotten older his health has been declining due to his inability of letting go and putting down the drinks. while yasmina is sympathetic that not many of his friends had made it out of the war she still misses her dad and who he used to be. 

before he became who he was now he had shared his love and interests of all things cryptids and aliens, wanting to believe that they were so much more than themselves. the two had so much in common when mina was a child, looking up at the stars and wondering why. though as mina grew up the more she had to become to provider for the two of them as her dad’s health was starting to decline and he had become more erratic. but she loved her father, it was them against the world, at least that was what he would say. 

they moved to grimrose when property was cheap, but they could only really afford the trailer park but to mina it had been a paradise as it said in the name. she remembers many trips to the forest looking for the entities that would haunt the town but would think that maybe they were misunderstood. not every spirit could truly ever be evil, they all had a story to tell. and if you were to ask her she would claim that she’s seen much of the folklore and absolutely revels in it.

high school wasn’t easy, it was hard to make friends but she excelled by staying late and finishing her homework and extracurricular activities, she managed to graduate a year early than her classmates which helped her in getting her masters degree to work at the library. she had packed up her car quickly after she graduated to take a trip around the states to all the hot spots that claimed to have been alien sightings and paranormal activity, during this small gap year she interviewed a lot of people of what they had seen and started to pick up where her father had left off on his book about ufology. she’s still writing this book to this day. 

not long after did she start the process of getting her radio show which is now called harbingers cross, it’s a late night show with not that many listeners but she goes into a deep dive of all the lore that grimrose has to offer, and while it’s not popular it’s very loved by those that do turn in! she frequently tries to get guests on and tell their stories about what they’ve seen in grimrose and does a lot of research into the folklore. the show is her passion project and her pride and joy. her main focus of her radioshow is to give skeptics and people that may not understand some perspective that while their town is different that doesn’t mean that it’s bad.

personality wise she’s a ride or die for anyone that’s close to her, will often make a big batch of whatever she’s cooking and bring it over to whoever that needs it. she can look mean ( due to her resting bitch face ) but she’s just quiet and has a lot of love to give.

headcanons: 

she found a stray kitten in the alleyway outside of greasy spoons diner, and decided to take it home and nurse it back to health since it was missing part of it’s leg. she named it bitty and its now a fully healthy cat and pretty much takes it with her everywhere. and i mean literally everywhere. if you’re at the library the cat will be roaming around near her or on her lap.

has performed seances and used a ouija board in the forest no less. not really terrified of much of the folklore honestly has a lot of empathy for all the entities and thinks maybe they could use a friend. 

lowkey wants to be possessed??? girl help??? 

she has a very deep connection to the ghosts that haunt grimrose, she claims she’s a little clairvoyant while that may or may not be true, i’m sure she’s invited plenty of ghosts and is probably haunted but like… who’s to say ya know

#grimrosehqs.intro

[metaphysiical]

[ chase sui wonders | cis woman | she/her | twenty-four ] ——   welcome to grimrose, erika liu. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a newcomer who has been in town for three months, especially since you spend most of your days as a traveling psychic/co-owner of cosmic balance? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little conniving more than you are seraphic… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of seven wonders by fleetwood mac and way too many tarot decks for one person, a crystal pendulum swinging in circles with no real answer, and ornate rings adorning every finger. hope to see you around, rikki.

pinterest | inspos: topanga lawrence (boy meets world), gillian owens (practical magic), misty day (ahs: coven), juno macguff (juno), honey lemon (big hero 6).

full name — erika fern liu nickname(s) — rikki name meaning — forever powerful; sole ruler age — twenty-four date of birth — september 27th place of birth — tbd current location — grimrose, new hampshire gender — cis woman pronouns — she / her religion — spiritual/wiccan  occupation — traveling psychic & co-owner of cosmic balance education level — high school diploma residence — small flat above cosmic balance in main street shared with sawyer davis family — jed liu, father & kirsten powers, mother. spoken languages — english faceclaim / voiceclaim — chase sui wonders ability — the ability to manipulate probability

born in a bustling city with two loving parents at her side, rikki knew from the beginning that her family was far from your typical nuclear, white picked fence type of home life. if it was suitable at the time for a family of three ( four when rikki would steal sawyer from her own home ) to live in a van and travel the world without a care... they would’ve.

rikki’s parents were very lowkey. they trusted her with everything ( when they definitely shouldn’t have ) and she grew up to be a very independent kid turned teen turned young adult. however, as independent as she is, she needs sawyer by her side. always. the two basically grew up together — spending every moment together and even finding out their true interests and goals in life. thankfully, they aligned.

she grew up in a very spiritual home who treated each new and full moon as a brand new awakening in life. it only seemed fitting that rikki would grow up practicing and eventually decide to make a career out of it. her and sawyer then hit the road and never looked back, eventually settling down in grimrose. it was a weird feeling, but the two of them let the wheel take them there and then it felt like it would never turn around. little do the two know why ( or that their dads lived in mary’s cove fifty years ago ).

so far, rikki hasn’t even begun to notice her abilities — and that mostly stems from her line of work. being able to manipulate the probability of something happening, or not happening, is something she does almost every day. she believes in the practice, in the universe. how is she to tell she’s actually the one making the decisions all along ?

headcanons

rikki got her first tarot deck at the age of eight. she wishes she still had that same deck today, but her dog ate it in middle school so she got a new one. and another new one. and another.

rikki has always had a sense of good luck when it comes to every day things, but she has terrible luck with relationships. always burning through them until she gets tired and leaves. its great fun in her eyes.

never leave rikki alone with too much hair bleach. you’ve been warned.

#╰ * 𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐊𝐈. : intro. ⧽ i’ll never live to match the beauty again . #grimrosehqs.intro

[xwutheringx]

[ Joseph Quinn | Cisgender Male | He/Him | 26 ] —— welcome to grimrose, Jackson Cassidy. it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a newcomer who has been in town for 3 months, especially since you spend most of your days as a mechanic? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little erratic more than you are resiliant… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of Livin’ On The Edge of The Night by Iggy Pop and motorcycles, well worn boots, the woods at night, . hope to see you around, Cassidy. ——

Stats

Full Name: Jackson Cassidy

Nickname: Cassidy

Birthday: February 13

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Gender: Cisgender Male

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Heterosexual( Demisexual )

Occupation: Mechanic

Family: Emilia Jackson(mother), Samual Cassidy (father), Miles Cassidy((uncle)deceased), Jamie (foster brother), 1 wc (foster sister)

Relationship Status: single

Financial Status; working class, previously living off the grid for some time

Length of time in town: Three months

Ability: Electrokineses (The ability to control electricity and lightning )

About

(Tw:abuse, violence (in self defense))

Born in Chicago, Illinois to parents he knows very little about aside from the fact they were bad people and their names. They had lost custody of him when he was three due to being unfit parents and been taken by the state and placed in the hands of his uncle Miles. He remained in his custody until the age of 10 when his uncle died in a work related accident. After which, Jackson was then placed in foster care for the remainder of his childhood.

Was an overall good kid but had a knack for trouble. Had a tendency to act out in classes and get in trouble with authority figures;a behavior that he would eventually grow out of, but as a child some thing that caused him a lot of issues when it came to finding a permanent home after losing his uncle. it was clear the loss of his uncle hurt him a lot more then not really knowing who his parents were.

Was in and out of different foster homes for most of his teenage years. Many of them due to his own behavior issues, but also a few of them were incredibly harmful places and just as bad as it would’ve been had his parents still raised him. He did always manage to get out of these environments, but not unscathed.

Eventually Jackson had found a place that truly fit him with a family that had already adopted two other kids in their teen years. It seemed as though things truly changed for the better in his life and that he found a place he belonged with parents that seemed perfect for someone who had been through a lot in just a short time.  there was only one problem; his foster brother had been a nightmare and the newest in a series of abusive people entering his life. Only this time it was directed towards his foster sister.  Jackson had bonded so closely towards his sister that eventually there was a breaking point and the two foster brothers had a fight. Jackson thought he was protecting her but when the fight escalated and an accident happened; resulting in putting said brother in a coma, Jackson was horrified by what had happened; especially considering it seemed as though he had electrocuted the other man. It seemed to wild to be reality and fearing that no one would believe that it had been an accident; decided to pack what little he had and go out on his own. In the end it only made him look more guilty.

Jackson was 16 at the time of the incident and living out of his backpack and trying to lay low as he began to pick up odd jobs around the country to survive. All the while staying in contact with his foster sister to try to get updates about what happened and to stay close to the only person he felt was still family. He learned that his foster brother had woken up and was okay and that no one was going to press charges. But Jackson still felt like he didn’t fit in there and didn’t want to bring any more drama towards the foster parents that have been so kind to him.

Due to his way of living, Jackson had picked up a lot of useful skills work wise, but his social skills have dwindled as well. He mostly keeps to himself; worried that this unexplainable incident would have an encore. It’s made him in many ways incredibly shy and unable to cope in stressful situations. However if something is broken and in need of being fixed he’s who you go to. The odds are Jackson will have it done in record time.

He hasn’t noticed his ability coming out at all over the years, but knows the incident still weighs heavy on his shoulders because he still can’t explain it. Jackson has no idea however his strange ability has been helping him with some of his projects in recent months.

By the time he felt the pull to Grimrose something became abundantly clear. The parents he had grown up not wanting to ever find had left out a trail of places they had also lived and the pair had been born in the town long before Jackson was born. He isn’t sure if it’s fate or coincidence he’s moved to town. He’s been working as a mechanic since settling in to Grimrose and the pull he normally feels to keep moving is no longer in him.

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