Note: I'll be reusing characters from Dear Anonymous, as they're considered to be in the same universe. The Video Game portion is hugely inspired by S4 League. Recommended 16+ for some sensitive and dark material Aside to that, slice-of-life school with potential romance and definitely some video game (and probably PvP) things. This is sort of a two in one story.. so I'll split it up in technicality whilst the characters can be part of one, the other, or both stories. [hider=Setting] The fictional town of Saucony, New Jersey. Based on the East Coast, the place has a lesser boardwalk of sorts which is a general place of hangouts for students after they finish going to the local academy. The academy has a college and a high-school portion, particularly to save on budget costs. College and High School students are usually split by their respective areas and divisions - although they share the same general lunch areas which there's three in total, with one major one. It's sometimes common to see the lines backed up at some areas due to the amount of sudden patrons coming to and fro class. Part of the student policy is that any student is forbidden from having romantic relations from another if they're part of different divisions (unless the High Schooler is at least eighteen). Saucony in turn could've been a sprawling metropolis were it not for it's horrible location from the neighboring backwater boonies which surround it (the next "city" so to say being about forty-five minutes away). As a result, Saucony has slowly expanded and even merged with some of the smaller towns, making them townships as a result. Saucony is a particularly wealthy city in turn, however. This is mainly because most of their business and work comes from the neighboring townships and smaller towns, although it's not the best place to work for some folk. If they had the balls for it, one could create a thriving business and monopolize the sector if they're cutthroat enough to fend off the bigger companies. If this Roleplay gains enough interest, I might make a map of Saucony, roads, significant places, and all. As well as a map of the multi-story academy. [/hider] [hider=Short summary (Starry Minds)] A club used for problem students and outcasts alike, the club has been derogatorily nicknamed "Starry Minds" by the general student body. The students in the club are not expected to get along, but in turn might make the best of friends in the club. Some of the attendees were not even assigned to the club, but may attend anyways as a sort of normal council or encouragement group. The attendees are mainly known to have one irrational problem along with a bevy of serious personal issues (with the latter being more common), ranging from social ineptitude to crippling depression. Attendees range from being targets of bullying, to those in dire need of social support - even if they refuse it. The aim of the club is mainly as a social experiment basis done by psychology students in the College section of Saucony Academy, studying if just a little intervention can go a long way for someone's life - and as a result, cause a drastic improvement in academics and work output. But could the experiment really work? Or could it risk being an artificial enemy of the students attending? [/hider] [hider=Short summary (Chronometricity)] The androgynous Asian-American student Kazumi (Known as Kazuma to all others) Izayoi draws a group of local students to work for them with a project backed by a pop artist and a MC R&B freelancer, the spoiled Lyndsey "L" Straitland and DJ Max. The team sets to creating a game that is widely enjoyed by the student body and is now a game of sorts that isn't only Saucony's top played MMO-Third Person Shooter, but is also a means of escape for some students. Clan wars are common as a feature permitted by Kazuma in order for players to settle their disputes by playing the game. The game is now presently in it's largest popularity scale since the introduction of it's Open Alpha, which now it's spread to even areas beyond Saucony. Backers were given the chance to design equipment and even areas of their own provided they shelled enough. In reality, however, Kazuma was preparing for the grandest e-heist ever pulled off in the manner of a grudge held against Lyndsey Straitland. What the development team does to the alleged betrayal is up to them as the game advances throughout the semesters held in the classes as they work to save their game, or add new features that Kazuma has hacked and updated into the very code of the game. [/hider] [hider=Character Profile Example: Celeste Welsh-Noire] [img]http://i.snag.gy/gZRYP.jpg[/img] [h2] [color=f49ac2]A metaphorical Snow White[/color] [/h2] Name: Celestine Dove (Welsh-)Noire Game Alias: Redroses-Whitesnow Physical Age: 14 Chronological Age: 16 Born: April 21st, 1999 Grade: High School Junior Story/Stories: Starry Minds (Major), Chronometricity (Supporting). Skin: Pale (Lacks Melanin due to having the trait of albinism). Eyes: A watered down blue, although opts to wear red colored contacts over them - despite the unnatural color chosen, she has no issue wearing them. Hair: White, if not platinum blonde. Irrational Issue: Fear of the sun. Serious Issues: Low self-esteem, nearly crippling depression. [hider=Biography] Born to Katherine Noire and a never-to-be-named Mister Welsh, a CEO of an expanding bakery chain throughout Saucony and beyond - Celeste has lived a dominantly pampered life in her mother's home following the divorce. Celeste remembers precious little of her time down south, and had grown a few years in Minnesota with her maternal grandparents and her mother before eventually moving to New Jersey: which resulted in nothing particularly southern being about the girl. She was often a target for bullying, so moving from place to place and transferring from school to school was often a thing until her mother finally landed a stable enough job to become a respected member of the city commerce. Celeste is rather well-treated within town, but is often still bullied for genes (amongst other things). People find it easy to make fun of her because of the lack of friends that she possesses, her first friend in turn was her older brother Jordan (whom in turn after the divorce became rather estranged from her). The bullying is a sore subject for Celeste, as it ranged from anywhere to the harshest of insults, to even multiple forms of abuse. She initially kept quiet about all of her issues with students because she was so intimidated to talk to anyone (likely from fearing retaliation from her bullies), although she eventually made her first friends despite her very timid and passive behavior. These friends were Allen Cross and Blair Lockeheart and have in turn, helped keep her company and give her advice during Middle and High School due to her lack of social interaction from being in a sheltered lifestyle. She's here in Saucony to have a more positive time than her previous moments in Elementary and early Middle Schools. [/hider] [hider=Personality] Timid and a nervous wreck to a sometimes exploitable fault, Celeste sometimes stutters and finds it hard to convey to others on how she really feels about situations at hand. She also apologizes for things that may not even be her fault, and can be easily intimidated into keeping quiet of the bullying done to her. This has partially changed this year, although she's more or less remained the same. To strangers, it's almost like she's mute by choice. To her friends on the other hand, she's drastically different. She's colorful and cheerful, usually possessing that of a smile onto her face that would speak extraordinary kindness. To most, they wouldn't suspect that she suffers from occasional severe depression which had used to be chronic (with the only one aware being Katherine). Of course, this sort of mindset gives Celeste unwanted attention. Dominantly with people either harassing her, or white knighting her to expect something in return. To those on the internet, she'd be termed as a "Precious Cinnamon Roll". To the Otakus, she'd be a "Moe". She'd rather prefer the former than the latter, personally. Speaking of Cinnamon Rolls, however: Celeste has a fondness for sweet foods, particularly pastries - although this is sometimes sated while ignoring the food triangle. Amongst her occasionally unhealthy eating habits and eccentric, gentle personality, Celeste is unstrikingly loyal to her friends: Which can reach far beyond the scope of what people could see as Celeste's limit as a person, where she'd stand up for others more than she could ever hope to stand up for herself. This means that any friendship she has could more or less be sentimental for her. As a last part, Celeste is super conscious about her body image, sometimes failing in upkeeping it. Although her friends have slowly worked on alleviating that sort of mind process in her. [/hider] [/hider] Any other questions, just feel free to DM me or whatever.