"Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse." — Margaret Atwood, 2000
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Andy Rutledge - Departed Son - Risen
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"Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse." — Margaret Atwood, 2000
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ANDY RUTLEDGE
NINETEEN | DEPARTED SON | AQUARIUS
#6A8477 // JOEY POLLARI
C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N
In the desert town of Blanco, rumors that a local was involved in a deadly car accident on the I-15 quickly spread. At first, they were only rumors, and everyone assumed that it was someone from down the hill. Until the body arrived at the coroner office and was identified as Andy Rutledge, the recent graduate of Golden Valley High. That news was devastating to everyone, especially to the friends and family of Andy. He was known for being determined to do whatever it took to improve his situation. His main goal was to leave for the City of Angeles to become the first to graduate for college.
And once he did that and started earning enough money, Andy wanted to buy his family their own home instead of spending their lives paying a landlord to live in that apartment. Of course, that dream was shattered on June 7th, 2003.
Andy planned on heading down the hill to be interviewed by some potential roommates while hunting for a job. He said his goodbyes to family and friends before departing. Before he drove off in his first car, Andy told them that he will call them once he got to his destination in Los Angeles. However, he never got the chance. It took fifteen hours before his family learned of his death and accident. According to witnesses, another driver suddenly braked, which caused Andy to swerve into the railing. His car was totaled entirely while the body remained good enough condition to have an open-casket funeral.
The funeral was held at McCaa Memorial Cemetery, where his body remained to this day.
And once he did that and started earning enough money, Andy wanted to buy his family their own home instead of spending their lives paying a landlord to live in that apartment. Of course, that dream was shattered on June 7th, 2003.
Andy planned on heading down the hill to be interviewed by some potential roommates while hunting for a job. He said his goodbyes to family and friends before departing. Before he drove off in his first car, Andy told them that he will call them once he got to his destination in Los Angeles. However, he never got the chance. It took fifteen hours before his family learned of his death and accident. According to witnesses, another driver suddenly braked, which caused Andy to swerve into the railing. His car was totaled entirely while the body remained good enough condition to have an open-casket funeral.
The funeral was held at McCaa Memorial Cemetery, where his body remained to this day.
O T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N
Andy dreamed of being a zookeeper but ultimately settled on being an architect.
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Caiden Rutledge
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R E L A T I O N S T O A N D Y
Caiden Rutledge was the younger brother of Andy's. At the time of Andy's death, Caiden was five years old. As such the two didn't have long to be together in this world. But what little time they had together was good. Caiden looked up to his older brother and his older sister more fondly than he did to his parents. Caiden saw what Andy was, knew what his dreams were, and began developing those dreams for himself as well. A happy bright child because he had an excellent role model of an older brother.
Life is never fair though and tends to enjoy stealing the dreams away from the less fortunate. Andy's dreams weren't the only ones ripped to shreds by that fateful crash. The family all dealt with the death differently. Caiden withdrew into himself. He didn't see any of his family as someone to go and cry to so all of his grief became internalized. Nowadays, all he has to go on in regards to Andy is his vague memory of his brother and the years of the aftermath of issues his family went through. If he was honest he wished his family could forget about Andy. Maybe then they could recover and move on. For now, his family wallows in their various forms of grief and Caiden watches them fall further and further.
Life is never fair though and tends to enjoy stealing the dreams away from the less fortunate. Andy's dreams weren't the only ones ripped to shreds by that fateful crash. The family all dealt with the death differently. Caiden withdrew into himself. He didn't see any of his family as someone to go and cry to so all of his grief became internalized. Nowadays, all he has to go on in regards to Andy is his vague memory of his brother and the years of the aftermath of issues his family went through. If he was honest he wished his family could forget about Andy. Maybe then they could recover and move on. For now, his family wallows in their various forms of grief and Caiden watches them fall further and further.
C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N
Caiden Rutledge. While his father was considered the town drunkard, brother the town's lost youth, sister the {fill in upon her sheet being posted}, and mother the town's example of denying the reality one is in; Caiden is the local punk who doesn't care about what anyone thinks about him. But that is just what he wants people to believe. Generally yes, most of the people in this town don't concern him unless they are a fan. He merely acts out and causes problems hoping that one of his parents will notice and get their butt in gear, moving on. His school years weren't good. Bullied as an elementary student. Became a bully in middle school. Then in high school, he started a band with some other delinquents at the school. All the while, staying with his dad who didn't seem to care. The old man was to busy doing nothing.
Before the start of his Junior year, Caiden was fed up with it. Ever since he has stayed in the garage of one of his friends. Which coincidentally is the same garage in which his band meets every weekend to practice. Despite the disdain that this group of punks receives from the town, the group was quite talented and had found a common passion that gave each of them a drive to be more than just the driftless of the town. After high school, college wasn't even a thought in Caiden's mind. Becoming a great musician was his goal and was a dream he found for himself which had no ties to his family. Sure, he still found himself going out of his way to check on his relatives. Deep down inside he wished the best for them. He wished to reconnect with them. He wished for his family to be whole again. But, if he left the town the likelihood of this happening would be slim to none. Dream or wish. Family or friends. Caiden constantly battled with himself on which to choose. He wanted both but as his brother's passing had proved many years ago, life will not let you have what you wanted.
Before the start of his Junior year, Caiden was fed up with it. Ever since he has stayed in the garage of one of his friends. Which coincidentally is the same garage in which his band meets every weekend to practice. Despite the disdain that this group of punks receives from the town, the group was quite talented and had found a common passion that gave each of them a drive to be more than just the driftless of the town. After high school, college wasn't even a thought in Caiden's mind. Becoming a great musician was his goal and was a dream he found for himself which had no ties to his family. Sure, he still found himself going out of his way to check on his relatives. Deep down inside he wished the best for them. He wished to reconnect with them. He wished for his family to be whole again. But, if he left the town the likelihood of this happening would be slim to none. Dream or wish. Family or friends. Caiden constantly battled with himself on which to choose. He wanted both but as his brother's passing had proved many years ago, life will not let you have what you wanted.
O T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N
Despite how he feels about everything, Caiden visits Andy's grave every month. He makes sure that the grave is well maintained in case one of his family comes by.
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Leia Rutledge
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R E L A T I O N S T O A N D Y
Leia was the eldest and with only a small gap between her and Andy there was a connection sibling’s shared.
But Leia never felt like she was going to be able to get out, so when Andy had the opportunity to do so, helped him achieve that in every possible way she could. With his death, a large shadow loomed over the already neurotic and introverted young woman with her falling into bad habits. Much like her father she fell into her worse impulses with alcohol in conjunction with her neurosis getting worse by the minute. Leia’s social aversion led to her to making sure she did not form any lasting or significant friendships.
As for the memory of Andy, well, she didn’t forget. Unlike her father, Leia has visited the grave twice a year since it happened; once on his birthday and once on the anniversary of his death. Despite becoming more closed off emotionally, she didn’t feel like it was right to pretend he never existed. Perhaps a lot of this was due to the bond they had as brother and sister. She was responsible, smart, a bit of a mess, but she still remembers her senior year quite well. Andy was fifteen-years-old then. Couldn’t drive. Didn’t know much of how to survive. Better times. The know-it-all big sister. She taught him everything she could while she worked herself to death at her part-time job. Life was so unfair sometimes.
But Leia never felt like she was going to be able to get out, so when Andy had the opportunity to do so, helped him achieve that in every possible way she could. With his death, a large shadow loomed over the already neurotic and introverted young woman with her falling into bad habits. Much like her father she fell into her worse impulses with alcohol in conjunction with her neurosis getting worse by the minute. Leia’s social aversion led to her to making sure she did not form any lasting or significant friendships.
As for the memory of Andy, well, she didn’t forget. Unlike her father, Leia has visited the grave twice a year since it happened; once on his birthday and once on the anniversary of his death. Despite becoming more closed off emotionally, she didn’t feel like it was right to pretend he never existed. Perhaps a lot of this was due to the bond they had as brother and sister. She was responsible, smart, a bit of a mess, but she still remembers her senior year quite well. Andy was fifteen-years-old then. Couldn’t drive. Didn’t know much of how to survive. Better times. The know-it-all big sister. She taught him everything she could while she worked herself to death at her part-time job. Life was so unfair sometimes.
C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N
Born in the middle of the night on the 3rd of December in 1980, Leia has always been a bit of the bookish geek variety.
Years after the loss of Andy has caused a lot of Leia’s spiritedness to dull, though she has gotten more impatient and short-tempered. Maybe it’s the alcohol or the lingering memory of what-ifs and should-haves, but Leia isn’t exactly the spitting image of her namesake or even how those she dated in high school remembered her most. There’s an aversion to long term relationships—her daughter can attest to this much as pretty much every man interested in Leia has ended up out of the door in less than a year at a time. Leia feels trapped in her own head, like the universe is telling her because she lost her brother in a terrible accident she doesn’t and won’t commit to anybody long-term. On the other end with her own daughter she’s over-protective, constantly worried and paranoid. It’s a weird duality of sorts, but she was already neurotic before she lost her brother, so it’s not a complete stretch.
Currently, Leia is trying to carry on, ignoring everything that she’s able to. She lives on her own as a single mother in a rent-to-own situation as she tends to things at the local bar to make her living.
Years after the loss of Andy has caused a lot of Leia’s spiritedness to dull, though she has gotten more impatient and short-tempered. Maybe it’s the alcohol or the lingering memory of what-ifs and should-haves, but Leia isn’t exactly the spitting image of her namesake or even how those she dated in high school remembered her most. There’s an aversion to long term relationships—her daughter can attest to this much as pretty much every man interested in Leia has ended up out of the door in less than a year at a time. Leia feels trapped in her own head, like the universe is telling her because she lost her brother in a terrible accident she doesn’t and won’t commit to anybody long-term. On the other end with her own daughter she’s over-protective, constantly worried and paranoid. It’s a weird duality of sorts, but she was already neurotic before she lost her brother, so it’s not a complete stretch.
Currently, Leia is trying to carry on, ignoring everything that she’s able to. She lives on her own as a single mother in a rent-to-own situation as she tends to things at the local bar to make her living.
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Luka Beaulieu
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#00A693 // Emily Hampshire
R E L A T I O N S T O A N D Y
Luka first met and became best friends with Andy, when they had to sit next to each other in Ms.Miranda's kindergarten class. They fought over a broken green crayon that they both wanted to use, and bonded over chocolate chip cookies that Luka's mother made. When they had gotten older they had joked about how silly that they became friends over crayons and cookies. Since, that fateful day in kindergarten all the way to high school. It was rare for one to be see without the other, at Luka's family cafe or house they would study, projects, and eat. When they were at Andy's apartment, they played a lot of games or go to the park near the school. Almost all of her childhood memories include Andy and his family, there wasn't really any secrets between the two.
When they got to high school, they no longer stuck to each other like glue. But they were still best friends, they would still spend a lot of time together around their school schedule and extracurricular activities. Even when Andy got a girlfriend, their friendship stayed strong. Even though they would argue and fight every time Andy acted like a over protective brother when other guys started to take notice of how pretty Luka was when she actually put a effort into her appearance.
When they got to high school, they no longer stuck to each other like glue. But they were still best friends, they would still spend a lot of time together around their school schedule and extracurricular activities. Even when Andy got a girlfriend, their friendship stayed strong. Even though they would argue and fight every time Andy acted like a over protective brother when other guys started to take notice of how pretty Luka was when she actually put a effort into her appearance.
Luka Beaulieu
17 Years Ago | Age: 19
C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N
Luka had gone to Los Angeles a couple weeks after graduating from Golden Valley High, she had gotten a full ride scholarship To attend the university of Los Angeles. Her parents were so proud of her, especially since she was doing a dual major of hospitality and culinary. One day she had gone to a party, instead of it ending where she would go back to the school dorm safe and sound things ended a little differently for her that night. She woke up in the emergency room with police officers and nurses trying to calm her down telling her that she was sexually assaulted. When she first found out, she couldn’t believe it saying that they must be mistaken. But she knew that it’s true because she was in so much pain and she could only remember bits and pieces even though she was drugged.
When they had asked her if she wanted to call anyone, She immediately called her parents and her best friend. She still remembers their faces when they came to the hospital room panicked, scared that both her dad and Andy looked mad about what had happened. After the police and the nurses and doctors cleared her to go home.
She’s stuck close to her parents and Andy, she even got a couple months off of school being told that when she was ready she could come back anytime. She ended up spending most of his free time with Andy who kept trying to cheer her up to make her feel better even apologizing that he wasn’t there to keep it from happening. During the time of her being back home and spending a lot of her time the first two weeks with Andy and her parents.
She tried to give him space, so that he could have more time with his girlfriend. Andy told her to knock it off. It wasn't cool. It was just making him more worried about her. When Andy was leaving to go to Los Angeles to look at an apartment she told him she wasn’t scared anymore that she would be going back to school, even asking him to take her with him next time. When Andy’s family came to tell her that he died in a car crash, and she couldn’t believe it, It wasn’t till Luka was putting flowers on his casket that it really hit her. She tried to be there for Andy’s family and for his girlfriend, but most of the time they pushed her away. Even though they have pushed away she tried even if they didn’t want to, she should still try to talk to them great, especially when on weekends that she would go to Andy’s grave to leave flowers or plants or just sit there and talk to him.
It wasn’t till 2 months after Andy’s death that she realised that she was pregnant. She was vomiting a lot and gained alot of weight. She originally thought she had the flu, because she didn’t look pregnant. When the Doctor told her that she was pregnant, she passed out in shock. Her parents' reactions were mixed when she told them. Her mom was excited to have a grandchild. But saddened at the reminder of how the baby came to be. While her dad was mad and upset that she was going to have her rapist’s child. But to her it didn’t matter, because she had already decided to keep and love the baby.
In the months to come, When she started to show that she was pregnant. She would hear whispers whenever she would come home to Blanco on the weekends. At first she ignored them, But when The Rutledges started to approach asking if the baby was Andy’s that she wished hadn’t ignored them. She tried to tell them the baby wasn't Andys but they kept asking.
She tried to stay away for the rest of her pregnancy, Her parents even willing to come to Los Angeles when she gave birth to he beautiful baby girl Haiden Andy Beaulieu. Even though her best friend couldn’t be here to be part of her daughter’s life he could still be a part of her life by name and in stories, is what Luka thought when she wrote Andy has her baby’s middle name. Since then, she has graduated from University of Los Angeles. She still continues to visit Andy’s grave when she goes to see her parents, but mostly she stays in Los Angeles to keep her and her daughter out of the Blanco rumor pool. Especially since she still gets questions about her daughter’s father or told that Haiden looks so much like Andy, which makes her roll her eyes in response before she states that “Andy isn’t her father!”
But with her parents being in their sixties now it's getting harder for them to manage Beaulieu Cafe, as much as she dreads living full time in Blanco. She absolutely hates the idea of her family’s cafe being closed, So she decided to slow her discomfort and annoyance to move back to Blanco. She is just glad her daughter doesn’t mind moving to Blanco, considering this is her senior year and all. She is glad to have a level head and responsible kid, now if only The Rutledges and the rest of Blanco would open their eyes and stopping seeing her daughter as Andy’s child.
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NICHOLAS RUTLEDGE
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R E L A T I O N S T O A N D Y
Nicholas was an avid supporter of Andy's dreams, not just for his goal to reach college but teaching his son to stand and fight for what he wished for. Sure he may have prioritised his son's well being over that of his other kids once or twice, but it was the dream Andy had that inspired his father to help as much as he could- and while they weren't as close as they could have been, Nicholas still tried.. maybe a bit too much sometimes.
He didn't always understand his children, no that was more his wife's speciality. Rather than taking them to a movie or an arcade for fun, a day out would be a family trip to the local pub for a meal and conversation with strangers- a typical day could be taken over with a moment of impulse, and the kids would often be forced out of whatever they were doing to travel miles for a family walk, or to be taken to the park for a game of footie they were all too tired to enjoy. While he could be straining at times without really understanding there were other views than his own, Nicholas truly cared about each and every one of his children, and loved Andy all the same.
He didn't always understand his children, no that was more his wife's speciality. Rather than taking them to a movie or an arcade for fun, a day out would be a family trip to the local pub for a meal and conversation with strangers- a typical day could be taken over with a moment of impulse, and the kids would often be forced out of whatever they were doing to travel miles for a family walk, or to be taken to the park for a game of footie they were all too tired to enjoy. While he could be straining at times without really understanding there were other views than his own, Nicholas truly cared about each and every one of his children, and loved Andy all the same.
C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N
The town of Blanco would rather remember the tragedy of Andy, and what was lost over what remained in the wake. A family broken, their bonds strained and severed as they each continue aimlessly through life- dreams warped and struggles brought into their lives. The father, the new fool of town, the drinker, the mourner. Peace never came to the man past the vigil of his departed son, he now lives aimless and forgotten in the walls of his own home lost in memories of what used to be.
No longer did the man bother to charm and cheer as he used to, the glow of humility and life was extinguished.
Too close to retirement age to earn a decent living, Nicholas prefers the company of television and unemployment benefits to that of his family or old friends, the latter he now sees rarer than ever. The man has lost what little he had left, his hopes and dreams he placed on his son died along with him. While others picked themselves up and move along with their lives, Nicholas was left behind. The connection he had with his long time wife had shrivelled, and she left him to make her own mark on the world. The children who once adored him, only saw the empty husk of a broken man now- angry and bitter and all the raging emotions in-between.
Still living in the apartment he brought his kids up in, Nicholas may not know it but he waits for a change to save him.
O T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N
Nicholas hasn't visited Andy's grave since the funeral.
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