WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Jeremy Lindall. Call him Jeremy, and goddamnit, you’d better not call him Jerry. It sounds stupid!

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
Tired, bored eyes, kind of like a dead fish. Other than that, he looks pretty much average in every way. Somehow, despite his hair being kind of short, it still looks almost unmanageably messy.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
Well, it probably wouldn’t be great… He’d seem pretty lazy, bored, and almost kind of standoffish. He also tends to see himself in a pretty negative light, and kind of useless. A pretty good fisherman and cook though, so you know, there are some merits to his continued existence…

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
Jeremy’s a Duskwick native, born and raised. He mostly enjoys spending time by the lake, where things seem… well, peaceful.
Or at least they used to.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
His two best friends, Adrian Clark and Hannah Washburne, as well as his older sister and legal guardian, Eleanor Lindall. Without them, he wouldn’t be the wonderful, charming person he is today! Yeah yeah, hilarious, I know. Still, there's no way he'll actually tell them how much he cares about them.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
He’s very new to it, but he’s currently working as a chef in one of the local restaurants. As for strengths, well, apart from the cooking and fishing things, he really couldn’t give you an answer. Maybe his hilarious, ever present snark? His actual strengths though… There are a couple of those worth mentioning. For one, he’s far better at improvising than he cares to admit, even to himself! Along with that, despite his tendency to deny it, he can find himself getting pretty fired up once he actually finds something he cares about, and it gets difficult to stifle his determination once it gets to that point. Finally, thanks to his sister’s insistence on learning, he’s fairly good with a gun, as well as martial arts. Usually, he’d probably have seen it as a waste of time, but Ellie decided that, if all the crazies would have access to firearms, he should at least learn how to defend himself as well. Actually, the martial arts kind of was his idea. He… He watches a lot of anime…
And before anyone brings it up, yes, he knows his strengths, weaknesses and overall general personality seem like the perfect, toxic cocktail that usually ends up making a school shooter, but no. He's not. And he's tired of old classmates making the damn joke!

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
What, apart from the general fear of death? Well, he’s terrified of heavy mist, after getting lost in a large, empty field during a day that was full of it. The fact that he’d just watched the movie ‘The Mist’ right before didn’t help much. Also ghosts. Just… Fucking ghosts. For flaws, he really is pretty lazy most of the time, and it's rare for him to actually get interested in a lot of things. For him to put in the effort to even pretend to be interested is pretty rare. There's also the fact that, while it doesn't come up too often, Jeremy has absolutely no artistic talent. This is odd, considering he draws a lot. In fact, it's also probably the only way his nature as an optimist comes out, and he rarely writes anything by hand without a few badly drawn little doodles did their way onto the paper, to the endless amusement of anyone he leaves a note to. He only really has one secret, and that's… well… He's actually so grateful to his friends and sister, to the point that he can't even say it because after this long it would be too embarrassing. Also that he's actually an optimist, even if he never acts like it. And the ghosts thing, but that's not quite as much of a secret considering most people know about it already.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
I don't know, how about some goddamn peace and quiet!
But nah, in all seriousness, he really wants to find out what happened to Adrian, because OOPS OH NO SPOILERS he totally disappeared. Funny enough, thats actually also what he really needs, so hey, at least his priorities line up properly!

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Wow, kinda putting him on the spot, aren't you? Maybe… Summoning. Yeah, probably that. Summoning familiars, weapons, stuff that he uses in everyday life, whatever he needs so he doesn't have to get up all the time. Or portals. That could help too.

WHY ARE THEY HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
He lives there, and he hates it because now there are a bunch of idiots running around filming themselves shouting and exploring old buildings with their phones. And they always do it in vertical! So, you know, he kinda hopes they disappear… Just a little…

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
Maybe he'd stop being so aloof and lazy, open up to some of the goddamn bloggers who keep showing up all over town… Hell, maybe he'll even make some friends! And he'll show everyone how much of a badass he is too, so that'll be fun.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
Well, Adrian, his second oldest and best friend in the whole goddamn world has disappeared, so he's also kind of invested in discovering what the hell is going on. Maybe he'll even make some new friends in the process.

Darcy Faith Shepherd

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
"Name’s Darcy. A bit of an odd name for a girl, I know. My mother would have these strange obsessions when she was pregnant with me and my siblings. Pride and Prejudice with me. Phantom of the Opera with my sister, Christine. Wuthering Heights for my brother who has the strangest name of all... but he just goes by Heath now." She laughs and takes a small sip of her coffee. A brief silence hangs in the air as a smile tints her lips. You can tell that she has distracted herself with memories and decide to simply call her by her name.

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
"The red hair doesn't give me away? I would blend in with everyone else, otherwise." Her red hair is fading around dark brown roots. To the untrained eye, it looks like it may have been professionally done; however, Darcy has no shame in admitting that she did the job herself with a $3 box of hair color from Walmart. It compliments her tan skin and green eyes.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
“I like to think of myself as put-together, confident, and relaxed. I want to be the person that people feel comfortable talking to.” She shrugs as she tucks a stray strand of hair back behind her ear. “I suppose you can say that I am a ‘fake it til you make it’ kind of girl.” A stranger would probably see Darcy as relaxed, but definitely not confident or put-together. It would become clear very quickly that she gets lost in her own thoughts quite often.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
“Duskwick - born and raised! You know, it’s a bit silly. Growing up all I wanted to do was leave this town. I thought it was the worst place in the world. Once I graduated high school, I set out to college. God, I thought I was grown and knew everything!” Darcy laughs and it takes a moment for her to compose herself. When she looks back at you, there are tears in her eyes and you’re not sure if they are from laughing too much or… something else. “I just moved back here last week.”

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
“Definitely my family. Christine and Heath keep me grounded. If only our parents could see us now - They wouldn’t believe that we actually get along now!”

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
“I’m an aspiring author, artist, and model.” She laughs and takes another sip of her coffee, “If we’re being honest, though… I’m not sure what I want to do with my life. I’m taking a bit of a break from being a go-getter. Trying to slow down and just enjoy things. I take things one day at a time. When I’m ready to plan again, I will… but not right now.” Darcy knows her own limitations and is able to step back from situations and think them through. She’s not known for rushing headlong into a scenario without thinking about it first. Friends used to call her the “voice of reason”.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
Silence greets you with this question. The grip around her wam mug tightens as she watches pedestrians outside the coffee house window. If you happened to look into her diary, you would see a plethora of pages that carry words of self-doubt. She’s afraid of letting her family and herself down. She’s afraid of being forgotten. She’s afraid of being wrong. Her laughter and jokes are safety blankets for a girl who is deeply insecure. It would kill her if her family found out that failing her last college semester is the reason behind her return home.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
“I want to be successful - to make my family proud.” From your brief time talking with her, it appears that Darcy may need to think of herself first and foremost before anyone else. You can’t pour from an empty cup.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
“Going back in time would be useful, I think. Or maybe to see the future? To be honest, I’ve never even thought about it. Flying might be pretty cool…”

WHY ARE THEY HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
“Rumors? What rumors? I haven’t been back very long so i guess I haven’t had a chance to hear anything yet. Why? Did something happen?”

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
I would like to see Darcy become more confident. She spends a lot of her time thinking about how she is representing her family and whether or not she is letting them down. To see her break away from that and start putting herself first a little bit would be excellent. This would also mean becoming honest with herself about what she has done and why she has done it.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
At some point in the beginning of the RP, I would like for Christina to go missing. Both girls would be spending time out on the town and suddenly Christina is nowhere to be seen. Finding her would be a main goal of course but in the search for Christina, Darcy finds herself.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Gary Riley

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
Gary is quite tall, standing at six foot five, with dark blond hair and green-grey eyes. He has a light, slightly tanned skin tone, and is of a slightly-above-average build. He rarely smiles, and when he does it may come across as slightly unnerving. That said, he is still relatively handsome.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
A stranger's first impression would be that Gary is quite serious. Get to know him and you will discover that he also has a sense of humor, though he may occasionally display some rudeness as well. This isn't too far from how Gary sees himself, though he prefers to think of himself as honest rather than rude. He also possesses strong principles and a healthy sense of skepticism.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
Gary grew up in a larger town not too far from Duswick, and eventually moved to one of the nearby cities to pursue a career in journalism. Despite this, he is still most at home in a suburban setting.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
Gary... doesn't actually have anyone. His parents are dead, he has a brother that he only occasionally speaks to. He is on good terms with his roommate back home, but he isn't sure they could be considered friends. He maintains a professional relationship with his boss and coworkers.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
Gary is a journalist, and as a result he does not live an overly wealthy lifestyle. He is highly perceptive and observant (when it comes to people or his surroundings), proficient in hand-to-hand combat, surprisingly dextrous, well-versed in history, and quite well-read in lore relating to supernatural creatures (he doesn't actually believe in them, he simply enjoys the genre). He is also an excellent writer, and has been trying to work on a novel in his spare time.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
Gary's worst fear would be heights: he simply does not cope well on high ground. In terms of flaws, while he can maintain a two-way conversation easily enough, he is not particularly charming or good at winning people to his side. His bluntness can sometimes offend people as well. He is also somewhat resentful towards his job; particularly how online journalism has become more concerned with clickbait and ad revenue instead of actually providing clear unbiased information. It is possible that he has a minor case of depression.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
What Gary wants most is to leave his mark on the world, and he intends to that through his articles and his writing. What he needs is to do so in a way that he enjoys, and also find something other than his job that gives his life meaning.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
The ability to conjure portals which allow him to traverse great distances.

WHY ARE THEY HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
He was sent to investigate the odd rumours and paranormal sightings, in order to write an article on them. He doesn't believe in them personally, but it was a chance to get out of the city, and for all he knew there might be something else at play within the small town.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
Become more open-minded to the paranormal, and also become bit more light-hearted and easy-going. Also, find someone he can form an attachment to - whether it's a romance or a friendship.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
I would like for him to be briefly possessed by some sort of spirit. The spirit does not necessarily have to be malevolent, and I would prefer that it does not make him do anything dark or overly-violent. Gary has always viewed his mind as a safe place he could retreat to; the idea that something can invade it could have quite an effect on him.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Her name is Jillian Christine Sanders, but Jill will do just fine, thank you. She’d also be perfectly happy if you didn’t call her anything at all. She’s trying so hard not to be noticed, and frankly, it’s just rude to ruin her efforts.

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
If you listen very, very carefully, you might hear the sound of muttered swearing… And there, you’ve found our Jill. She doesn’t like crowds, never mind that they’re usually the best ticket to blending into a place.

Beyond that, you might look for a ducked brunette head and somewhat pointy shoulders (as much from bad posture as a lean build).

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
A stranger’s impression would depend largely on how they met. Left to her own devices, Jill comes off as quiet and bad at small talk. To waitstaff and retail workers, she’s polite, because she knows too well how much those jobs suck. To a guy who tries to get a little too chatty on the bus? Tired and crabby and, goddamn, would it kill you to smile? (To which Jill will snarl that she has not smiled in one thousand years, and she will not be starting now. Alternative replies include, "Yes, it likely will.")

As for how Jill sees herself? Jill is a goddamn marshmallow, and she knows it. She even likes it—she likes herself best when she’s being helpful, when she sees someone having a hard time and somehow does or says the right thing to make their life a little easier. But her self-esteem isn’t high. She has no illusions about her looks—when your primary method of travel is bus and your wardrobe consists mostly of old t-shirts, jeans, and flannel, you aren’t looking to catch anybody’s eye—nor about her people skills, which are severely rusty.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
Jill’s family is originally from Virginia, but she grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania. This means there’s very little Southern in her, but it’ll occasionally come out when she’s agitated—you’ll notice a sharp increase in the use of words like “y’all” and “hell.”

Right now, Jill doesn’t really feel at home anywhere. There are moments of peace—looking out a bus window as the countryside passes by; sitting in the corner of a café when she’s stayed in a place long enough to become a regular—but her last memory of home is hiking down Pennsylvania backroads with her best friend, Bobby, taking pictures of old barns and crumbling sheds and pretending neither of them had anywhere to be.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
There’s really only one person Jill misses: Bobby. He would probably have hit the road with her, had she asked, which is why she didn’t tell him what she was doing until the day she showed up at his house and said she needed a ride to the train station. He hasn't forgiven her for it, though that doesn't stop him from calling to check in—and swearing at her voicemail when she doesn't pick up.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
Jill’s profession is currently whatever job someone will give her, though she prefers things that don’t require her to interact with people all that much—if she’s in a grocery store, she’d like to be the stocker; if she’s in a restaurant, she’d like to be on dish duty. She supplements whatever (likely part-time) job she can get with online freelance work.

As far as practical skills go, she’s good at reading and retaining information, and she’s handier with a pocket sewing kit than you might expect. She views thoroughness as one of her strengths, and it is, though it can also be a weakness. (See below.) She’s also better with people than she sometimes gives herself credit for.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
It’s not a fear, really, but Jill does not like to be touched. She’d rather be the one initiating contact, and most of the time, that’s only for one of two things: to someone in trouble, it’s a hand to help them up; to someone causing trouble, a good shove that she hopes will be enough.

She is afraid that she will never find her place, that the urge to move on and on and on will continue until she either gives up or runs out of money.

She absolutely hates it, but she’s nervous around large dogs, thanks to an ex-boyfriend’s German Shepherd. Equally hard to admit is that she’s also nervous around strange men, thanks to aforementioned ex-boyfriend.

Some of her flaws are obvious: she’s prickly, and sometimes she puts her foot in her mouth when she’s too overwhelmed to think before she speaks. She can be quick to judge whether she does or does not like someone, sometimes based on things that are not their fault. She is very thorough when caught up in a project and will sometimes throw herself into something to avoid dealing with other issues.

She’s a private person, so many of her secrets are inconsequential—it may take a while to figure out what books she likes, what her favorite color is, etc., but that’s mostly because you’ve got to get her to talk first.

Her main secret, however, is this: even though it’s irrational, she’s afraid she’s going to roll into a town one of these days and find Stephen and that damn dog waiting for her.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
What Jill wants is to be at peace. What she needs is to learn that home is what you make it, and the first part of feeling at home is learning to live with yourself. (She also desperately needs some more friends.)

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Unsurprisingly, Jill would very much enjoy the ability to become invisible. Or rather, she’d be relieved by the ability to become invisible. If we’re talking just for funsies? The ability to teleport, or maybe step through time.

WHY ARE THEY HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
Honestly? She needed to move on, the ticket was relatively cheap, and a small town with an interesting history will sometimes keep her occupied for a while. She likes delving into local lore and feeling a part of a place, even if only for a little while.

The rumors prickle at the curious part of her that devours thrift-store paperbacks with old-school fantasy covers, but discomfit the part of her that feels like she already spends too much time in liminal spaces. Her life doesn’t need those kinds of complications… Probably.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
I’d love to see Jill develop some steady and affirming relationships with the people around her—and to learn that she can have friends while remaining her prickly, awkward self, rather than having to twist into someone she’s afraid she can’t be.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
Watch this space for further developments! Though either Bobby or Stephen making their way to Duskwick would be an interesting catalyst, in very different ways. And depending on how the magic here works, some weirdness could go down if she only thinks she's seeing them…

Also, look, if someone's going to form an unlikely friendship with some weird spirit creature…it's Jill.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
João Reis. His main online name is Zoro. In professional contexts he prefers Mister Reis since Americans can't pronounce his name properly.

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
He's the 30-something white guy in the overpriced black and white business suit wearing Google Glasses and sporting shoulder-length black hair. Outside of work, he wears computer game themed T-shirts and black skinny jeans.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
Most people are a bit confused seeing a sharply dressed man wearing Google Glasses. Is he a fancy classical pianist? A lawyer? An IT director? Whatever the case, he seems friendly and carries himself with confidence.

João sees himself as a sleek, hardworking go-getter and alpha male. He is immensely proud of his accomplishments and exorbitant salary. But he's just as much a hardcore competitive gamer as an urban professional. He also fancies himself as the epitome of a rational being.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
He was raised in a gated community just outside Minneapolis, but for most of his adult life he has spent just as much time in airport lounges as in whatever skyrise apartment he's currently living at. He still considers Minneapolis to be his hometown, but is comfortable in any metropolitan area.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
His parents and siblings come in first place, closely followed by his gamer friend and former college roommate, Eddy "Seph" Green. Until recently he was engaged to be married to one of the Senior Partners at his firm, but things took a turn for the worst and it's unlikely they'll ever get back together again. He still keeps in touch with one of his first girlfriends, who is one of the few people he feels comfortable talking to without his facade of competence.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
João works for Reed Westland Consulting, which is a municipal management consulting firm serving hundreds of clients throughout the world. His specialty is organizing advertising campaigns to attract businesses to relocate to a city, but he sometimes does tourism campaigns as well. He graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a degree in political science, and was awarded an MBA from Columbia University. He is a very driven and competitive individual who is able to stay focused on a single task and get things done. Sometimes part of getting things done involves crossing lines and dabbling in moral grey areas, something João can do without feeling too guilty about it.

He's also an accomplished gamer. He's set several speed run records on various SNES and PS1 games, and used to play in a top ranked WoW clan and compete in Star Craft tournaments. Other skills include calligraphy and playing the violin.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
His greatest fear is that everyone will find out that he's not nearly as good at everything as he lets on. He goes out of his way to project an image of a flawless professional and hardcore gamer, and while he is undisputably great at both things he is happy to let others assume he is even better than he actually is. He is also worried that someday his colleagues will discover that he has a drug problem or that he is actually the gamer known as Zoro, an identity he takes great lengths to keep separate from his professional life. As part of his alpha male lifestyle he never feels satisfied with just one woman at a time, resulting in his current disastrous relationship with his ex-fiance and coworker as well as scores of previous girlfriends. More generally, he is a bit of a machiavellian manipulator and deciever, although seldom an outright jerk. He is frequently stressed out and turns to drugs and booze to deal with this problem, resulting in a repeating cycle of drug binges followed by days or weeks of going cold turkey before giving in again.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
What he wants most is to start his own family and find more time to devote to gaming, but he is also still deeply concerned with advancing his career. He really wishes he had a decent-sized gang of very close friends he could form deep everlasting bonds with, like what happens in a typical JRPG. What he really needs is a nice long vacation away from work and competitive gaming.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Mind control!

WHY ARE THEY HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
João came to Duskwick on a job. It turns out the strange rumors have really hurt business, aside from those catering to youtubers and paranormal investigators anyway, and so the town sought out the services of Reed Westland Consulting in order to come up with ways to restore their image and convince businesses to come back. João would normally never accept a measly paying assignment to a small town like this, but he needed an excuse to get away from the office for awhile due to serious relationship problems with one of the firm's senior partners who was also until recently João's fiance. He was also intrigued at the bizarre rumors, and felt it would be fun to try to disprove all those crazy conspiracy theorists during his stay.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
I'm picturing a "City slicker ends up humbling himself and appreciating small town values" arc, as well as possibly finding a gang of awesome friends or falling in love.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
Zoro (João's gamer name) attends a LAN party held in a creepy mansion so he can put the locals in their place and show off his mad skills. But then the power goes out. There's a generator outside... but it's night. Those strange stories were just small town superstitions that shouldn't concern the mighty Zoro, right?

A visiting youtuber posted a video purpotedly showing a local woman being mauled and eaten by a tiger. Now it's João's job to spin the story into a reason why Duskwick is a such a great place to do business.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
"David. David Sawyer."

HOW ARE YOU BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
"I uh...always carry my camera on a strap around my neck. I've also got a brown leather satchel that has my other essentials, lenses and water and whatnot."

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING YOU? HOW DO SEE YOURSELF?
"I... I'm not sure, I've never been asked this question before. I guess I'm a sort of...calm person? I like to socialise with others, y'know, talk about stuff we like and whatnot, but I'm not much of an outgoing type. I can talk for long hours about subjects we both like, but don't expect me to start the conversation myself. If a stranger first meets me, I guess they'll see the gruff, worn exterior and think I'm some sorta guy who's seen a lot, and frankly they wouldn't be wrong. But I'm just a man that did his job until the job made me quit."

WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHERE DO YOU FEEL AT HOME?
"I was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a pair of loving, doting parents that never thought I'd grow up to be a journalist. I feel most at home behind the lens of my camera, capturing pictures and telling stories through still images. To be able to show someone the story of a life, or the emotions in a scene through pictures...that's the greatest pleasure."

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE?
"Gee, I've never been asked that question before. Truth be told, there weren't a lot of people in my life after my folks passed on and I got into journalism as a career. I would probably say... Jeffrey Nolan, my editor. He was like a brother to me, up until I resigned. We still talk regularly and I like to send him the best snaps of my overseas trips from time to time."

WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE YOUR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
"I am a photographer. Former journalist and international correspondent for a big Boston news agency. I've been around the world, covering many different stories, about war, famine, pestilence and death, and of life, love, prosperity and glory. I spent the last twenty or so years of my life writing stories to go with the pictures I've taken and the things that I've seen and experienced for myself. My strengths, they probably lie in observation, analysis and creativity. I know how to handle a camera, how to frame a shot. How to read people, watching for their emotional tells, knowing when is the perfect moment to push the shutter and capture a frame for eternity. I know how to write well enough to encapsulate a story, to tell the reader what is going on with a specific picture, yet leaving enough gaps for them to fill in the blanks."

"After I resigned as a professional journalist, I took up photography as the next best thing. Nowadays I don't write stories for my pictures; I let them tell their own tales. My curiosity and drive to see and document the unknown has led me to many places in search of the unreal, the mysterious and the supernatural. I let my camera speak for me and capture the moments that words fail to describe. I've traveled the country over this last year or so, letting my curiosity guide me as I document the United States of America in pictures. It's been rather relaxing, really."

WHAT ARE YOUR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
"I have many. Years in the life as a journalist covering the worst that humanity has to offer has left me rather emotionally traumatised. Some therapists I've seen have diagnosed it as a milder form of PTSD, and I believe them. After all the work I've done in documenting the human story, how much can one mind take? I balk at loud noises, don't feel much pain or revulsion at viewing particularly gruesome things...saddening as it may be, I've had to fortify my mind against my own emotion at times purely so I could capture those of others. To show to the world what suffering exists."

"I keep many secrets. Stories that I cannot bear to tell because of how horrible they are. Whatever you imagine is the worst of humankind, I've seen it. Locked away behind closed doors, covered by tarpaulins and buried in the ground. And no matter how much I wish to share them with the rest of the waking world, to tell someone that these things exist and something needs to be done about them...I keep quiet. I know that, if these stories are told, the men behind them will come after me and the people I know and care about. They will stop at nothing to ensure that their private lives remain a secret."

WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST? WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED?
"I... I'm not sure. I honestly just want some rest. Being a photographer and not a journalist has done a lot to help ease my troubled mind, taking pictures of plants and animals and trees and the like. The creative mind in me desires the perfect shot with every photograph I take and that also helps me concentrate on the now, preventing my mind from drifting to the 'what ifs' and the things in my past that haunt me."

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
"Out of the blue, huh? Well, maybe the ability to freeze time? To be able to catch every shot, in the millisecond that it happens, without missing a single heartbeat or movement. To be able to frame the perfect shot without having to compromise on quality or be constrained by time."

WHY ARE YOU HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
"The rumours are the whole reason why I'm here. Ever since I took up photography, my natural curiosity drew me towards the supernatural alongside the perfectly natural and beautiful world we live in. The fact that the natural order of things is being disrupted in this town is the reason why I'm here. I want to document whatever it is that's causing these problems and make sure it's remembered in human history."

"Plus...I also have a personal reason. Jeffrey, my friend? I last heard from him here, in this town, investigating a lead regarding the rumours and the recent disappearances of townsfolk and visitors alike. His last call to me was two weeks ago, and frankly speaking, I don't think he'd go that long without at least sending me a text message. I have to find him, set the record straight, and make sure whatever forces took him are exposed to the world."

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOURSELF CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
"That's a...weird question to ask me. I guess what I'd like to see in myself is...the ability to feel? All these years haven't been the best on my psyche, but honestly I just wish I could feel again. To empathise and to actually be able to help the people I see. Being helpless behind the lens isn't something I take lightly, and for every missed opportunity and feeling of helplessness, I lose a bit of myself. I want to help people, not just with my pictures. I want to be able to take up something and actually help for once, not just by bringing stories to the light of day."

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOU.
"I, uh...that's an even weirder question to ask me. But, uh, I wouldn't mind finding a companion on my quest to set things straight. I've spent all my life alone, and the isolation's been getting to me lately. If I had someone by my side to lean on...that would be great, I imagine."

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Anything that starts with the letter 'C.' Today I'm Cheri. 'Sup. But actually I'm Ms. Cherelle Alicia Tanner if ya wanna gets all cordial. But once upon a time I was just simply a girl called 'CoCo.'

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
Ummm... yeah. New hairstyle. It's gotta be the bangs across my forehead. And yeah, that and my big, dark eyes too. People call them 'Spanish Eyes.' Wutevs. I like 'em. Oh. And I am a tall girlie... like 5'10 or 5'11?

But I don't dress like i wanna try to stand out if you really need to know. People on the run usually don't. But I guess the other thing that makes me stand out is that in this whitebread town, I'm kinda' this 'exotic looking' 20-something year old chick... which doesn't help my cover but still, yeah. So I'm part black, part asian of 2 types, part latina and yeah... half white. I'm pretty well built for someone who doesn't eat a lot... yeah your girlie here is hiding a lot of muscles. So I gots smaller than average boobs-- But! I'm nicely developed in the lower half. Thumpin' bass and legs that go on foreeeeeevah...! Lit af, boi!!

Anyways...

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?

You gunna think I'm stuck up or that I'm super standoffish. I'll give you a half lidded stare, look you up and down, hold your gaze with a dead eyed, dark eyed stare, stare at your hand that you want shaken, then I'll make my signature 'disdaining clicking sound,' look annoyed and then ask: "Wha'choo want now...?"

I'm not stuck up. Okay, okay, okay, I admit I aaaaammmmmm kinda' sorta' a bitch sometimes, but what runaway, fugitive type can afford to NOT be a bitch... amirite...?! But I'm soooo not stuck up even though your girl here was a prototypical triple threat model/actress/singer at one point in their teen life? Yeah, I was thaaaaaat damned good and I could shake it like I was gunna take it too. Hah! Soooo not stuck up.... not anymore anyways. But I honestly just cannot be bothered to care about people no more! I need to put number one first as always. Okay so I miss my parents and my friends-- I would do anything for them-- but this life I lead now? I'm on my own and I can't be assed to care anymore...!

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
I'm your prototypical good girl from the 'hood that succumbed to peer pressure then turned to a life of crime and bad decisions. I was from some Inner City where crime rates were high and living was rough err' single day, natch. I had some of my family get gunned down. I witnessed two of my friends bleed out, twitching and convulsing, babbiing crazy shit before they finally stopped moving. They gots shot in a Mickie Dee's. We was just sitting there chatting it up, talkin' it up and then bang-bang-bang. Stray bullets and that's it. My girlies went down. Gun control wut when you in gangbanger central.

I feel at home on the run. No one tells me what to do and how to live. I would rather run than get shot by accident... but if I do gets shot, I deserve it.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
No one. Your girl CoCo is on the run. Don't need no one, don't care. Oops, I meant, Candy-- wait...! Naw, that ain't it. Cheri...! My name is Cheri right now...

My baby bro would see it though. 'Lando would see that my fake name Cherelle Alicia Tanner as abbreviated spells: CAT. It's so I remember my aliases easier. God, I miss him. You don't deserve that life. Damn and even more daaaaayam, man I should've gone on the straight and narrow, been a superstar, and moved him outta the 'hood. Oh, God please be okay Arlando... I miss you sooooooo much, baby bro...

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?

I am a Confidence Woman. And a thief. I make you believe that you need me then I take everything you own. I mark you, I read you, I get you in a false sense of security then I make you decide to scam yourself. I am an actress, a charming bitch, a fraud. I am sexy, I am worth being on your arm, I am something you desire but don't believe you deserve. I get into places most people shouldn't. I'm often hustling to get away after a hustle. But I can take care of myself too.

I pick up details and quick. I have excellent 5 senses and even better instinct. I am faster and stronger than you think. I will break your fingers and nose before I run... or I will just gun you down. I am a killer, I am focussed, and I am desperate. I have 227 g's in two separate bags and I will get away with them. I am a survivor and I will over come. I don't need you and I certainly don't feel sorry for you. CoCo out.

~The woman's actual strength is becoming icy steel in a raging inferno; she is calm, collected and yet commanding. She is heroic, unfazed and daring in dire and desperate times without realizing it.~

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
I cannot ever get caught. I have a quarter of a million dollars in cash with me. I can't lose it. I just can't...

I have to stop helping out random kids and animals; man, I sooooo need to focus and stick to the plan. I need to stop beating my self up and this self-loathing needs to stop; goddamn that voice that tells me to eat that bullet and make the pain all go away. I need to stop 'pulling the race card' against white people; I'm half white afterall. I need to stop letting assholes get under my skin; man, my bad attitude and mouth is gunna get me into a fight, I'mma put a hurting on someone reeeeal bad, and then comes the unwanted police attention. Then I go to jail till I die.

I need to get back to the Inner City. That's all I need to do. It's all my life is worth now. I need to pay for what I owe. I effed up royally and I need to get this money to pay for the surgery that will save my baby bro's life. Then I can finally make good, everyone and they'll be okay with me coming out of the closet and letting them know that I am... that me n' guys we... and that women for me they... yeah, they'll still gunna accept me, fo'sho...

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
I wanna finally stop running away. I wanna finally own up to what I've done. I WANNA MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY BABY BROTHER!!

~CoCo needs to come to grips with the truth. No matter how much money she accumulates by criminal or legit means her baby brother Arlando Charming Ellison is going to die.~

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I don't need to be no one except myself. That or Superman. Flying and super-invulnerability at minimum... but without the whole: USA! and TRUTH AND JUSTICE! bullsh-- acutally a tight flight suit would be slammin' on this bod... natch...!

WHY ARE THEY HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
I'm only here to provide a service to a kind citzen; one less car. I'mma steal it and move on one town closer to my home town and Inner City.

Bad things happen to people. Weird things happen to people. Whether they good or bad, it don't matter. People take drugs, trip out, trip up and go missing. Take me for example. I'm sure there were posters of me back in my hometown. Probabaly think I'm some crack junkie hoe that ended up OD'ing and now dead and rotting in some gutter somewhere.

They even say they gots monsters here...? Believe me, I met some people just as scary as made up monsters. Ai'ight let me tell you somethin'... Monsters are real;
they just hide inside you. Listen, it's just some folk let them out more often and these folks are waaaaaay more willing to let the monsters loose upon others. They crave it.

But it's always the good people that can hide away the monsters the best. Yet those are the folks that always get hurt by monsters the most; and seems like the victims are always the innocent little ones. Makes me want to hunt down those people with willing monsters in them and put two bullets into their wicked, evil head and one bullet into their mean, unworthy heart.

The dragonflies are something pretty though, ain't they...?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?

~Basically the prototypical angry lone wolf turned hero... only to find out that no matter how powerful or wealthy she becomes: you cannot save everyone.~

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.

~She is gay. But she is Superhero level in-the-closet-gay. That needs to be addressed with a romantic arc with some nice girlie. Awkward, strung along, but defo in the adorkable cute range of romantic arc... natch...!~

Sorry it took a while. Here. Have a unashamedly fabulous and outspoken boy.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
"I'm Akira Lao. ITs Thai and Japanese, in case you are confused"

Akira Lao.

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
"Your angry that I wear this skirt better then you girl."
Bright and multicolored hair and a very punk look would draw your attention. Visual-Kei stuff, japanese rock accessories and a overtly feminine everything. In short, they stand out. Akria is Thai and Japanese, so his skin is a little darker and more tanned naturally. He is known to straight up crossdress when the mood strikes him. (Hint, ITs often.)

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
"Look. I don't care. You are wrong."

Cold, Standoffish and confrontational. Someone who can be almost a bit aggravating in their refusal to back down from a conflict, verbal or physical. They are very in your face and opinionated. Akira doesn’t see it that way, she just sees it as her duty to stand up for what she believes in.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
"This place is a fucking dumpsterfire"

They were born right there in town. But it never felt like home. He always felt she stood out as a kid, and her Parents didn’t make it any easier on him. He moved to LA after his brother got into a ugly fight with their dad about how he treated Akira. His mother had allready stopped talking to him by then. He doesn't have a place she feels at home, not LA, not Duskwick. He is a restless soul, forever drifting.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
"I have no one. I need, nobody"
It was their older brother, now they don't really have any people they consider close. Their parents refuses to acknowledge his existence.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
"Let me hook you up"

Akira is a social fixer of short. He worked as a bartender at one of Los Angeles most popular alt-rock hangouts and learned a lot about how to read people. After a while, he was moves to be a sort of a club host, hooking people up with all manners of things. From contacts, to less illicit goods.

Akira thinks his main strength lies with the way he can can handle anyone regardless of their attitude towards him.

His strength is really in making people listen to him, and actually steer them towards something more beneficial then what they initially wanted from him.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
"I am flawless..."

Akira is terrified of being alone. Especially now that his brother is dead. He goes to lengths to attract people to hang with him, something that has and will no doubt be exploited in the future. He has dreams of being lost in the woods, chasing a setting sun and being enveloped in cold, isolating darkness.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
"I..: I don't need anything."

They want to bury their brother. And get out of this damn ghost town. What they really need is somebody who actually care, and who will anchor them. People who isnt after his contacts, or a favor. Who enjoy him for him, who doesn’t look at him as if he was a leper or a object of fascination.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
"I just want to be to others, what my brother was to me"
To shine like the sun, to draw all eyes to him and make them fawn and fall for him.

WHY ARE THEY HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
"This place was ALWAYS wierd"
They are there to bury their brother, who was the only person who stood up for them and who was there for them as a kid.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
"I.. I don't know"

Grow more comfortable in himself and dealing with the loss of his brother, growing more mature and empathic as a result.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
"WHAT ARE YOU HIDING!?"
Finding out his parents know something about the entire situation, something they had kept hidden from him and that was directly involved with his brothers accident.