Jenna McAvoy [+]

Name: Jennifer "Jenna" McAvoy
Age: 27
Occupation: Private School English Teacher

Appearance: Jenna has shoulder length, wavy, dark brown hair, fair skin and green eyes. She's 5'6" and though she would say she is a bit overweight, she carries herself confidently enough that most people don't seem to notice. She wears cat-eye glasses and academic yet colorful clothes (think sweater-vests, pencil skirts and argyle socks).

Personality: Bookish yet bubbly. You could just as easily find her spending her evening nose deep in a leatherbound piece of classic literature as you would hanging out with the girls for a couple of drinks. While most enjoy her congenial attitude, others can get quickly annoyed with what might be viewed as toxic positivity. She is always the person encouraging others to see the silver lining or look on the bright side, and often finds herself being the mediator when there are conflicts in her life, whether they be socially or professionally. Although she is socially gregarious, Jenna has no true friends. In fact, she tends to people keep people at a distance hiding behind her overtly-chipper demeanor. The truth is, she struggles connecting with people and uses her smiling facade to coast through life and keep her mind off the disturbing thoughts that creep up on her every day like clockwork.

Background: Jenna grew up as what you might call trailer trash in poor area of Western Michigan. Her mother got pregnant at 17 and she knew nothing about her father because her mother didn't care to talk about him. In fact, her mother didn't really care to talk to Jenna about much at all. She mostly spent her days drinking and watching television. It was her grandmother, Pearl, that took care of her. At some point, one of Jenna's teachers told Pearl about Jenna's alarming behavior. She would turn in assignments with disturbing themes and imagery. Despite this, Pearl was also informed of Jenna's academic potential and it was Pearl that encouraged her to "blind the dark thoughts with a smile," and focus on creating a new life for herself after college. But, even with scholarships, college is expensive. Because of that, after she graduated and received her teaching credential, Jenna entered a program that would match her with a school anywhere in the country that needed teachers. She did not expect to be matched to Havenwood Preparatory Academy, a private school, but they had been having trouble hiring a new English teacher since their last one disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

The Touch: Jenna has always been plagued by intrusive disturbing thoughts of violence, death, and gore. She never acted on these thoughts, but they always crept their way in. Since moving to Havenwood a few years ago it has only gotten worse. Not only are the thoughts more frequent and persistent, but they are also more strange and surreal in nature.

Weaknesses: Jenna has only ever felt true human connection to her grandmother, who passed away while she was still in college. She has no contact with her mother, and the friends that she does have are surface level social companions at best. She is afraid that if she gets too close to someone that she might let the truth of her mind be revealed and be seen as a monster. Moreover, she is afraid that if she lets someone see the dark part of her mind that it might make it more real, and if it becomes more real then perhaps it could take over.

Motivations: Despite her fears of getting close to people emotionally, she has been taking small steps to put down roots in Havenwood and make good on her promise to her grandmother to create a good life for herself. Although it's been difficult, she's been trying to become closer friends with Maggie, one of the secretaries at Havenwood Prep, who she occasionally has drinks with after work. Maggie has even encouraged Jenna to start dating, although for one reason or another she finds some reason not to have a second date with any guy she's gone out with. Still, she's hopeful that with slow and steady steps that she can find some sort of life here in Havenwood. That is if the darkness doesn't claim her first.

@Kirah Thanks for letting me know! I have tried leaving it blank but it won't save, so I'll just leave it like that for now

How do i put someone as co gm? Seeming as chronic wanted to post before i did it.

So here is my idea for a character:

Juan Francisco Perico [+]

Name: Juan Francisco Perico
Nickname: Juanfra, Peri
Age: 29 (1975)
Occupation: Owner of the bodega (corner store) in town
Appearance: Juanfra is almost 6ft tall and has a rather strong build, owed to the physical nature of his work. He likes shaving his head bald, but keeps a nice full beard and has dark brown eyes. His go-to outfit is a pair of comfortable sneakers or boots, a pair of dark jeans and either a plain hoodie or sweater over a band or retro gaming shirt. Always wears his silver skull with green eyes earring, sometimes adds a cap or woollen hat depending on the weather. Has a small tattoo of a cute snake on his left wrist.

Personality: Juan is an optimistic and extroverted person who is usually cheery and very chatty. He likes striking up conversations with people in his bodega and is a good listener. However, he also tends to overanalysing what others in town might think of him and has difficulties forgiving people once they have wronged him. Juan is not easily angered and can take jokes just as much as he likes making them, but if you do push him too far he might end up exploding in your face.

Background: Juan is a 2nd generation immigrant to Mexican parents, born and raised in Santa Fe (NM). He had a sheltered and "normal" upbringing up until a tragedy struck his family when he was a senior in high school: His younger sister Laura went missing and was never found, which sadly also ended up tearing his family apart due to grief and anger. After the divorce, his dad stayed in Santa Fe while Juan and his mother moved to Havenwood to take care of his grandma Maria, who owed the bodega at that time. He started helping out there as his mom took over, as his grandma had gotten too old to manage it herself. This also meant he had to sacrifice his dreams to go to a large college and make something out of himself, but he accepted that to keep at least a part of his family together. Since then he has become the manager of the bodega to allow his mom to take of grandma full-time and has moved to a small but nice little apartment right above it. He has also made a few friends since moving here and does feel integrated in his nearby community, but is unsure if this is really the place he wants to spend the rest of his life. He dreams of one day leaving Havenwood and see as many parts of the world as possible, but is scared of what might happen to his family in his absence.

The Touch: Ever since they were children, Juan and his sister Laura have suffered from auditory hallucinations. They would hear voices speaking in soft whispers, but couldn't understand the words the majority of the time. More unsettling, every now and then the soothing whispers would be replaced with guttural sounds that seemed to be a song, and although they could make no sense of it, these songs felt soothing and familiar. As children they talked to their parents about this on multiple occasions, but no doctor could ever confirm anything to be wrong with the siblings. Eventually the pair stopped mentioning it to others, but would talk about it at length amongst them if the sounds got too intense or weird. After Laura disappeared, it became easier for Juan to understand the whispers, sometimes able to make out words or even sentences. Most of them end up being nonsensical listings of seemingly unrelated words.
Weaknesses: Juan's biggest weakness is that he can react emotional a lot of times he should be rational, and is prone to overreaction rather than taking things calmly. He is confident in his day to day, but can get down and have bouts of self-doubt when alone at night, plagued by questions regarding his future and if he is wasting his life in this town. The fact that his sister's disappearance was never solved has created a need to protect what remains of his family and a big hole he has never been able to fill despite his tries to distract himself with alcohol or the occasional drug.
Motivations: He hopes to be there for his family and protect them from anything happening to them. At the same time, he has dreams of one day visiting all the interesting places he has seen in books and movies, yearning for freedom and not feeling bound to a specific place or obligation.

Let me know what you think, excited for this!