[OOC] Everbrook: A Teenage Mystery RP

[Garden Gnome]

I'm interested in this. You guys still looking for more?

[DruSM157]

I'm interested in this. You guys still looking for more?

@Garden Gnome

Yup! Still open!

[mickilennial]

Yup! Still open!

@DruSM157

go back to bed

[DruSM157]

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go back to bed

@Inkarnate

Medicine seems to wear off every morning around 5 AM for some reason

[skidcrow]

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Medicine seems to wear off every morning around 5 AM for some reason

@DruSM157

go back to bed

[DruSM157]

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go back to bed

@dhawan

I have to work now! D:

[DruSM157]

Hate to double post, but I want to make sure folks see this:

Couple of world-building things I've updated and will update post 1 with:

1. Town is called Everbrook Maine. It's a small rural town about an hour from Portland.

2. Town has very little crime. Almost no violent crime at all. It has the lowest crime rate in the state, but an abnormally high accident rate which spikes once every 10 years.

3. The town is one of the oldest in the state, being founded by settlers in 1735. It was taken after a bloody encounter with the native peoples, and there's a history of whitewashing this away.

4. If you have ideas for places in the town from businesses to the police station to your own ideas for weird occurrences; please PM me some info so we can work it out. Or message me on discord. Either's fine.

I'll start messaging folks about their sheets soon, but my ultimate goal is to have a cast of 8 characters (Will included in that 8). There's a specific reason for the number that will go along with the plot. Awesome! Please please please feel free to ask questions here or PM me any time. Seriously, I'm stuck at home and I have to work from home now. I have nothing better to do!

[Akayaofthemoon]

@DruSM157

I just have history to finish up and then I will submit mine. I am stuck at home but I still can work so it’s been pretty busy this week. Hoping to finish profile at lunchtime or it will have to be after work. I am so sorry for the delay! :)

[DruSM157]

@DruSM157

I just have history to finish up and then I will submit mine. I am stuck at home but I still can work so it’s been pretty busy this week. Hoping to finish profile at lunchtime or it will have to be after work. I am so sorry for the delay! :)

@Akayaofthemoon

It's totally fine! There's no rush on this! : )

[Carlyle]

Talked to @DruSM157 and he said it's alright, so I'mma post it here.

Asélie Cadieux

Name

Asélie Cadieux

Age

Sixteen

Place of Residence

115 Applen Avenue

Personality Traits

Some might see Asélie as someone who is brash and obnoxious. Others might see her as one of the "cool kids" of Everbook High. Both viewpoints have some truth to them.

Delinquent: Asélie has always been quite the troublemaker since before the move to Everbrook. She's the type to freely skip school, ride her skateboard where she isn't allowed, and maybe smoke a little weed on the side. You only have one childhood; there isn't a need to be boggled down by rules yet.

Outspoken: Kind of a hot head, Asélie doesn't mince her words and says whatever is on her mind. This often leads to her getting into arguments and fights, some of which have been physical.

Family History/Backstory

The Cadieux family were planned to be a temporary addition to Everbrook, Maine, having moved to the city from Montreal, Canada following Étienne Cadieux's promotion to oversee company investments within the state. Whilst her father saw it as a chance to do good for his nuisance-causing daughter, Asélie, on the other hand, saw it as betrayal. Sure, her parents may have been getting complaints about her skateboarding and loud music, but Montreal was all Asélie knew. Her popularity, friends and connections—she'd have to give it all up in favor for a no-name city where she had nothing.

Begrudgingly, Asélie accepted the move, but the damage had already been done, furthering the divide between parent and child. Abusing her status as the new "foreign kid", Asélie began to lash out at her parents in the only way she knew—staying out past curfew, partying with her classmates, and being a general terror to the neighborhood—until her father's work or her parents brought them back to Montreal. It never did.

Now, almost three years later, Asélie is running out of steam, and in turn growing acquiescent with her new life as her father seems to continuously find work to do. She would still much prefer going back to Montreal, but perhaps it wouldn't hurt to give Everbrook a chance.

Other Info

• Asélie's mother tongue is French, with English as a second language. No matter what language Asélie speaks, however, she still has a distinct Quebec accent.
• Unlike most teenagers, Asélie does not have a driver's license as she hasn't gone through the steps a foreigner would need in order to drive in the US. Nothing compares to riding a skateboard against the wind, anyway.

[DruSM157]

Some new city locations that will be added to the main OOC post as well. Just some more things to look at/reference if you're interested in the larger part of the town.

Cider Park

Cider Park is located near the center of town, across from St. Peter's Church, the oldest building in Everbrook. The park is open from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, but teenagers have always hung out after hours. The park is also infamous, as the 8 suicide victims of 2010 were all found in the deeper woods of the park.

St. Peter's Church

The oldest building in Everbrook, dating back to the city's founding in 1735. The church has been renovated multiple times and is a central part of the community (at least the religious side of it).

Neilson's Mine

Maine has mines! An old silver mine turned tourist destination, spelunkers have explored the place since it officially closed in 1940, after 8 miners were found dead during a gas leak. The main chambers are open to the public, but deeper into the mines has been cordoned off for public safety.

Everbrook Police Station

The local police station, whose architecture dates back to the 1910's. The town's small police force still works out of the old building. For anything more important than a drunk tank, convicts would have to be transferred to the county jail 30 miles away in Pembrooke.

Barrow County Community College

The local community college in the area rests on the mountainous side of the city limits, near the highway, and is the local community college for Everbrook and the surrounding communities. Formerly a private school in the late 1800s, it was renovated and turned into the local community college in 1977. Offering courses in nursing, accounting, education, and public administration, it is a far cry from any of the good universities in the larger cities. Still, it is home to Radio Everbrook, the local college radio station that plays the good hits.

Prescott Cider Mill

The mill has been a part of the town since 1736, making it the oldest industry standing in Everbrook. Still run by the Prescott Family, the oldest kind of old money around. If there's one place that exudes negative energy, it's the Mill. The only time it was closed was in 1960, when 8 workers were killed in an accident.

Crow's Bay Lighthouse

The old coastal lighthouse on the eastern edge of the city limits. It sports rocky beaches and a cold atmosphere.

Holbrook Mill

The Holbrook Mill was a large part of the town industry for sixty years before it closed in 1995. It's located on the edge of Courtland Street, as it was where many of the residents of the street worked in the '90s.

Raeburn Lodge

The old hunting lodge which closed in the '80s after the head of the Raeburn family was found alongside 7 other friends, all dead inside of the sitting room. It has been abandoned since.

[skidcrow]

The oldest building

@DruSM157

1735

@DruSM157

[Carlyle]

Everbrook's police station looking like something straight out of RE.

[Still Lake]

The Jock

Danny Norris

Name

Danny Norris

Age

17

Place of Residence

117 Turner Street

Personality Traits

Good-natured: Danny is, ultimately, a basically nice person who’d like to get along with just about everybody. He’d never put anyone down or try and make himself out to be superior to them, and he’s unflinchingly polite. At times, this overlaps with a kind of severe conflict aversion – though you’d never guess it from seeing him on the field, he hates interpersonal conflict more than anything, and will appease, acquiesce, or back away on anything just to get out of it.

Popular: Star wide receiver of the football team combined with his generally positive attitude means Danny’s a pretty well-liked guy. His family is respected around the town, and he gets along pretty well with the Everbrook High ‘in crowd’. Those on the social periphery might consider him ‘just another popular kid’, and in truth he could do more to curtail some of the bullying his peers engage in (see: adverse to conflict), but most would have neutral-to-positive feelings towards him.

Smarter than he looks: Danny’s not a leader, preferring to have someone else call the shots. It’d be wrong to assume that he’s a dumb jock, however – he’s a deep thinker, and he’s always paying attention. In school, he’s a middling student – he’d be better if he had more time to study, and math continually evades him, but his command of history and English are pretty good, and he’s got a decent mind for problem-solving.

Family History/Backstory

Danny’s lived in Everbrook his whole life. His parents met in Portland, and moved out to Everbrook to start a family. Now, his father is the chief of the local fire station, and his mother works as a public defender; they’ve been living in Everbrook for 20 years, and their active presence in the community as well as the nature of their jobs means that they’re well-regarded by the community as a whole. He has two siblings – an older brother, Jacob, who’s currently attending college in Massachusetts, and a younger sister, Anjelica, who’s entering her second year in middle school.

As soon as he was old enough, Danny tried out for the Everbrook High football team, and he’s risen to prominence as their star wide receiver. He’s already been approached by scouts from several colleges interested in giving him a scholarship to play for them – he’s got friends, a normal family life, prospects, hobbies. Seems like there’s nothing terribly strange coming up in his future.

Right?

Other Info

Has a driver’s license and his brother’s hand-me-down pickup truck. Works summers as a busboy at a family friend’s diner. Faceclaim is Marcus Sivyer.

[mickilennial]

Wouldn't Turner Street be more apt if your parents are in positions like Fire Chief and Public Defender? Seems like a pretty quintessential suburban family in good positions. Glad to see more sporty characters.

[Still Lake]

Wouldn't Turner Street be more apt if your parents are in positions like Fire Chief and Public Defender? Seems like a pretty quintessential suburban family in good positions. Glad to see more sporty characters.

@Inkarnate

Maybe? My understanding is that there's generally not a ton of money in public service - public defenders in particular work for peanuts, and with three kids, the family's probably financially secure, but not incredibly well off. It's possible I'm misinterpreting; if the GM suggests, I could change quite easily.

[DruSM157]

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Maybe? My understanding is that there's generally not a ton of money in public service - public defenders in particular work for peanuts, and with three kids, the family's probably financially secure, but not incredibly well off. It's possible I'm misinterpreting; if the GM suggests, I could change quite easily.

@Still Lake

The financial security right there screams middle class. Will's family probably makes less than Danny's; Will's dad is the manager of the local hardware store. So Turner would probably be best!

[Still Lake]

Turner Street it is, then!

[Lirriia]

[mickilennial]

The housing rates are also likely lower than that of Portland, Bangor, and Augusta. So a suburban property isn't as pricy as it is in the bigger cities.

I used to often visit in Maine. I get things.