Suzanna Mae Poots

September 7th, 2006

Female

"Fuck off."

Emilia Jones

ED1C24

• Agitated
• Exhausted
• Grumpy
• Sarcastic
• Temperamental

Suzie hates the story of how she found herself stuck in Moon River.

Twenty-six years ago, her father had went out on a college road trip with his friends. As they crossed into Moon River, they soon found themselves stuck in town after some car trouble. Given that it would take time to fix, the group decided to grab a bite to eat at Rodney's while mechanics worked on the car. Coincidentally, it had been one of the days her mother was scheduled to work, and her father found himself swept off his feet. Though they moved on not long after, he couldn't forget her face, and eventually uprooted his entire future in search of the woman he had fallen in love with that day.

As stupid as it sounds, it worked out for them in the end. The two got married, settled down, and had kids—"Dumb and Dumber" (Jacob and Tucker), her two older brothers, and later Suzie. She wishes it didn't work out as easily as it had did.

Call it teenage woes, but Suzie despises almost every aspect of her life. She hates being stuck in a no-name town. She hates her parents breathing down her neck, even more so because they both work at the local high school as a teacher-counselor combo. She hates her blockhead brothers for always starting things and being a general nuisance. The only thing Suzie ever looked forward to was her yearly school breaks, where she could travel to her grandparents in Oregon and help her grandfather with his fishing hauls. At least there she could feel respected—useful, even—and be able to get away from all the bullshit she had to deal with at home.

Unfortunately, 2023 had other plans for Suzie. Her grandfather had a sudden stroke, which led to his passing. The person she cared the most for had been ripped away, and Suzie has been crushed ever since. She's mad at the world, and isn't afraid to let others know it now that her parents made the choice to keep her home this summer break rather than let her say her goodbyes.

• Fishing in general
• Garbage, low budget movies
• Music (Sunami, Hatebreed, etc.)
• Retro arcade games, such as MK
• Rodeo (Frontier Days, Cody Nite, etc.)

Ariel Akira Ogata

June 6th, 2007

Male

Bisexual

Alexander Sho Lubba

A187BE

Though Ari is not arrogant, he does believe that the people of Moon River are ignorant and uncultured, and this is a bias that he will have to overcome. He has a sharp and philosophical mind, but though he tries to be a good person, mixed messages from his father's culture, his mother's religion, and the norms and laws of a secular nation have somewhat muddled his concept of what 'good' even means. Having faced his fair share of prejudice and microaggressions, Ari is wary of others, choosing to judge them silently before determining if he can trust them with his respect and friendship. Having been distanced from his old friends, Ari is dealing with a profound sense of loneliness. Raised with discipline and self-control as his primary virtues, Ari may be too mature for his own good, and finds it difficult to indulge in the normal but impulsive joys of youth.

Ari was born and raised in California's Bay Area. His father, Gai Ogata, is a highly-educated Japanese immigrant who worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under the US Department of Energy, who was relocated to Wyoming to contribute to a major geothermal energy project. His mother, Francine Ogata nee Meyer, is primarily a homemaker, although she does offer private piano lessons. Ari's father often has to spend whole weeks working away from home, so Ari spends most of his at-home time with his mother. Ari only moved to Moon River last year and had a miserable time trying to fit in, having to transition from an urban life to a rural one, from a cosmopolis to a hole in the ground. The idea had crossed his mind to just suck it up and focus on his studies until he could graduate and enter a prestigious college in a major city where he could engage with like-minded colleagues, but the thought of two years without any friends seemed too depressing, so he would try again this coming school year to socialize more and build connections with his peers.