[CHAR] The Road Trip of a life time!!!

[Hawklyte]

Name-Benjamin O'Conner

Nickname- Ben, Benny, Benji

Age-19

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Why your taking the trip of a lifetime-Benny is taking the trip to California to participate in the Qualifying round of the LA X Games.

Personality-Benji is all about having fun and open about what he's thinking. He likes to try and find the next biggest jump or gap or grind he can find. He does occasionally get sad and quite from time to time and distances himself from everyone, but he'll bounce back trying to jump the staircase at the bank. He never loses his temper unless someone is bugging his friends or family.

Backstory-Bejamin O'Conner has gone to the South City school district all his life. Never was a Straight A kid. He graduated with all B's and C's. He had a decent childhood. He lived with his father and step mother. He never knew his mother. She left when he was a toddler. She never tried to get a hold of him so he gave up on her. He had a loving Father who wanted him to follow his Skating career. His step mother was always drunk and never approved of anything he did. He would often run away and stay with friends while his father worked nights.

Favorite Music Genre- Punk Rock, Grunge, Blues Rock, Hip Hop.

[Cyndyr]

Claire Vanzetti

"Maybe it's not my weekend, but it's gonna be my year."

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Full Name: Claire Vanzetti
Nickname(s): None. Is known online as "The Narrator".
Gender: Female
Birthday: May 14th (Taurus)
Age: 18

Description: Claire is a short girl standing at five feet with short black hair and dark brown eyes. She does not have any specific accessories and usually avoids makeup (unless she is partaking in a debate and/or on camera) which often allows for the heavy bags and dark circles beneath her eyes to be seen. While in a casual atmosphere, Claire chooses to wear baggy clothing with over-sized men's shoes to match - she has a preference for men's clothing overall. Due to nearsightedness, Claire is often seen wearing prescription glasses, but does have contacts that she wears on rare occasions such as formal events and/or dates.

Reason: She is looking for "original" content to publish to her channel.
Favorite Music Genre(s): Indie, Alternative, and some Metal.

Personality: Often seen as a bitter and somewhat cynical girl, Claire is rarely seen without a cup of coffee in her hand. Far from an early riser, Claire prefers to be active during the night and is often somewhat lethargic when approaching life with an exception for schoolwork. Although she is heavily opinionated and was somewhat of a leader for South City High School's debate team, Claire can appear surprisingly apathetic at times. While apathy and cynicism may be the most common traits in Claire's demeanor, she can be quite passionate about her interests, hot-headed and even helpful to people should she decide that she likes them enough. If there is one trait that Claire has never found in a person that she likes it would be the tendency to cause drama - she despises petty issues above all else and will make sure to make that clearly known through eloquent speech if it is ever needed.

Biography: Claire is the youngest of four siblings and was often restricted throughout her childhood as a result. Not being able to leave the block until thirteen years old and not given a cellphone until sixteen years old, Claire often felt trapped by her overbearing family. These feelings would be worsened due to the poor relationship between her workaholic parents and outgoing older siblings who she often felt distant with. Perhaps this would be a cause for her lack of ambition in regards to life, but it is most likely an excuse that she has used for the first eighteen years of her life to avoid joining the workforce, playing sports, or doing extracurricular activities outside of debate. While at South City High School, Claire was considered to be "a star" among the school's debate team and practically lived for debate after finding a certain love for it while on the internet. It was through making videos and podcasts discussing her personal opinions on the internet that also caused her to develop even just the slightest bit of fame. It's a shame that this fame will be short-lived, however, if she is unable to find original content soon enough. Luckily, she has just agreed to go on a road trip that may very well change her entire life. . .

[Polaris North]

Name: Leonardo Westerian
Nickname: Leo
Age: 18

Why your taking the trip of a lifetime: He just wants to have fun with the others and to make a lot of memories. Though, it seems that he also wants to take a bunch of pictures for his photography blog.

Personality: To a lot of people, Leo's an outgoing and fun-loving person. He is often referred to as a ball of energy. He doesn't seem to let anything get him down - even the reality of the world, which he is completely aware of, isn't enough to bring him down. He's quick to bounce back from sadness, should it come to that, and continue to be his cheerful and optimistic self. He's willing to try a lot of new things if it sounds fun but his interest doesn't stick too easily. Aside from photography, he has no other hobbies to turn to.

He seems to have a need to constantly have someone by his side as he finds himself feeling lonely only after a short while away from any contact with others. He easily gets lonely, and when he gets lonely, that's when he gets depressed. He also finds talking about his problems very difficult as he doesn't want anyone to know that he has problems. To him, he feels like it is a responsibility to be a beacon of positive energy for other people.

Backstory: Leo was born to a father who is an oil tycoon and a mother who is a contractor. He also has an older brother named Lester whom he was once very close to. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Anything he wanted, he could get. They were rich after all. That's why he was able to look back at his childhood very fondly. He had caring parents and a good older brother. Of course, all good things must come to an end. When Lester had failed to meet their father's expectations of him taking on the family business, heated arguments ensued every night at dinner. His mother tried to quell the heat as long as she can but they would always end up parting ways before anyone could finish properly. Lester had also fallen to drug abuse which only furthered their father's anger for him. Lester was soon put in jail but his father refused to bail him out.

In the span of this time, Leo couldn't open up to his parents that he also didn't want to be a businessman or anything like that. He wanted to try his hand at professional photography or maybe even medicine! But he would end up like Lester so he kept photography as only a hobby and promised his parents, mostly to his father really, that he would take up business management. At the start of high school, he had started up a blog that was just filled with photos of the places he went to, which was a lot considering his family often went out, and it garnered quite a bit of followers. He now diligently posts new photos every time he goes to someplace interesting.

Favorite Music Genre: Doesn't seem to have a preferred type of music

Others:
- He's an aromantic asexual person who usually acts like a wingman for both girls and boys
- He's willing to drive for most of the trip

[Zaxter996]

Name: Zachary Ainsworth
Nickname: Zac
Age: 18
Gender: Male

Why you're taking the trip of a lifetime:
He was accepted to Cal State LA to study music, and wants to try to get into the music scene there, and is also looking forward to the trip, hoping to get plenty of inspiration and experience from it.

Personality:
Zac is a very chilled and laid back guy. He can come across as fairly introverted but once he feels comfortable with someone he is very outgoing. He is always happy to meet new people and talk about music or video games, or almost anything. He enjoys listening even more than he does talking. He likes to feel helpful and useful, and is always there for his friends, or almost anyone really. He always tries to be on everyone's good side and is trusting to a fault. As a lot of creative people are, he is prone to unexpected bouts of depression that can last anywhere from an hour to a week. This can often leave him bedridden for days on end. He also often puts other people's happiness and well being above his own. There are also short times where he will keep to himself due to thinking that he is just a bother to everyone around him. He often gets over it quickly, but it is always there at the back of his mind. He tries to be calm and collected, but is often quick to overreact and over think most things. Even the tiniest issue can turn into a horrible world altering disaster in his mind if he lets it. Zac is very opinionated, and often struggles to find the line between assertive and and aggressive when it comes to arguments, especially when it's something he's passionate about. Secretly, he is a hopeless romantic. He often keeps it hidden to avoid getting hurt, but it's there, and he can't wait to find someone to finally share that side of him with.

Background:
Not much to say about Zac's childhood. He grew up in a supportive family of musicians, and started learning guitar at a very early age. He never showed much of an interest in anything other than music, and his parents were always supportive of that, considering that was there passion as well. Throughout High School he dealt with depression fairly severely, but made it through with the help of his family and music.

Favourite Music Genres:
Pop-Punk
Emo
Many different kinds of metal/hardcore
Grunge

Other:
-He is a multi-instrumentalist, having at least a fundamental grasp of many different instruments.
-Will listen to almost any style of music, but don't expect him to enjoy country or most mainstream pop/hip-hop.
-He loves writing, songs and stories, though doesn't do it nearly as much as he plays music.

[GoodLuckTuck]

Above is their graduation picture, because they wouldn't take any shit about wearing a tux or a dress.

Name

Rowan Rylatt

Nickname

Row

Age

Has just turned 18 at beginning

Gender

Non-binary (they/them)

Trip Reason

Rowan thought that maybe this could help them find where they want to go in life

Personality

Rowan is a really down-to-earth kind of person; they're always real about how shitty life is or isn't, and just a generally chill person to hang around. They stick up for people and they're really passionate about diversity. They were admitted into school a little young but were still allowed into school.
Rowan can become sour if one person hurts another, physically or verbally. Under pressure, they will have a panic attack. Before a conversation, they look like an okay person to approach; a little scary, but obviously kind and a person who would listen to you.

Backstory

Rowan grew up in a household that weirdly accepted them for being non-binary; their parents kind of ignored the fact that they weren't what they were assigned at birth. The reason for that being strange is because they have two dads. Over the years, they figured out that the reason their dads ignored it was because they wanted something like their child being a different gender to be normal.

Rowan has never known their birth parents and for a good reason, both of them are stereotypical convicts; smokers, drug and alcohol abusers, and wearing tattoos. Rowan was adopted quickly and has never known a moment without her dads, Austin and Brandon. The three of them originally lived in California (the San Fransisco area), but had to move to the Massachusetts (when Rowan was nine) for both Brandon's and Austin's work; Austin is a high-school teacher (at the school Rowan graduated from) and Brandon is a police officer.

Rowan never really had friends at school. They would talk to classmates, sure, but they mostly were by themself. They carried around a messenger bag which always has their Polaroid camera and their music player. They know most of the people at school, simply from just sitting, watching, and listening. They probably know most gossip about you or said by you.

Favorite Music Genre

Chillwave & Electropop

Extra

-They are attracted to females
-They are very free with what they say and aren't really afraid to hold back thoughts
-They don't drink soda; they mostly drink Arizona Green Tea if not water
-They secretly LOVE musicals

[The1Rolling1Boy]

Jackilynn Murphy

"Heh... Shaw Dude"

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Basics

Name
Jackylynn Malchance Murphy

Nickname
Jackie and LeapFrog

Age
17

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In Depth

Personality
She is like a modern tomboy hippie. Peace signs, Skulls, video games, and tie die skateboards, All the way! She also doesn't know what she is doing half the time and doesn't care about rules or anything

Backstory
Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure it's super dark and that will only grow as I bad more detail into it.

The Truth

It all starts, with her parents.
Her parents met at a bar in Summit. Her Mother, Margett, at the time was 16 years old and using her mother's ID and credit card to buy drinks, and her Father, Toby, was 32 and just getting out of a bad marriage, from there it was all good with playful flirting, bad jokes, and a game of pool. Their relationship blossomed and grew stronger as the 2 years went by and her mother was 18 so they decided to elope to New York. 6 months into marriage and just moving into a new apartment, they found out that her mother was pregnant, even though she didn't want to have a kid this early in their marriage but her father was excited about it and was happy to finally have a child, so after a long debate they decided to keep the child and name them Jackilynn or Jack after their favourite animal, Jackal.

Death is Normal
After 9 months and 17 days of finding out, her mother gives birth to Jacklynn but dies due to a wrong incision during her C-section. Her father was very depressed by the death of his young lover but kept his pride and strength to raise Jacklynn right. He walked her to elementary school and made sure to pick her up after work and her school activities and events on the dock, every day no matter what. He even was an active part in her School's PTA Meetings bringing sandwiches for everyone. When she turned 8 she started showing more and more interest in skateboarding after watching groups of high schoolers skate past the apartment's on the weekends, so her father saved up money and bought her, her first skateboard and helped her with painting the bottom of it and taught her how to ride it since he was a skateboarder back in his home town. During spring break, her and her father were out skateboarding together when a car was t-boned causing it to skid off the road hitting and killing her father after trying to protect her from the care.

Orphans and Fosters
After her father's death, she was quickly transferred into an orphanage in Manhatten since that was the closest one at the time. Thankfully she continued in her love in skateboarding and education in a low grade school up into her middle school years where she was adopted by a gay idian and black couple who put her into a private school because of this she found her signature look of dreads and Bell bottom pants since hippies had started popping up and her indian would technically fit into that stereotypical hippie category. The house that she lived in was actually a penthouse where she had her own bedroom and bathroom loft with an amazing view of manhatten, and because she was raised a free spirited child she would skateboard down the stair well in the building below her home which leads to a lot of complaints being filed but they can't do anything since she technically own half the building and the profits because her foster parents owned and ran the whole building. Sadly not all happy stories have a happy ending and this is not the ending of her story yet and it's nowhere near it. A group of bandits and terrorists broke into the Penthouse late at night killing everyone that stood in their way and stole everything, leading up to her foster parents death and her being an orphan again at age of 16, of course, she inherited a large sum of money since it was written in their will which made her a fairly rich teenager but couldn't live on her own yet because of state law.

Gone like the wind
Once back into the orphanage she was fast to put all of the money in her bank account and start planning her escape plan and to get out of this place as soon as possible. So after dropping out of high school and collecting all of her savings and the money from her bank account and putting it all on a credit card, she made her escape. The rest of her story is to be decided.

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Random

Birthday
February 29th

Zodiac


Why your taking the trip of a lifetime
She could use the chance to get out of that dead end town and see new places and skateboard around new terrain, plus in her words, "Get to see some radical new people."

Favorite Colour
Lime green and Pale Green

Favourite Animal
Pacman Frogs

Favourite Music Genre
Lo-Fi Hip Hop