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Raindale University For Witches [+18]

Brook Feng | BB/Rook | 19 yrs | Lesbian | FC: Nora Lum, EC5578 @sassy1085 Specialization: Elemental magic, Fire Camille Thibodeaux | Cam | 20 yrs | Lesbian | FC: ?????, No Colored Dialogue @blackdragon Specialization: Curses x x Karina Dovankov | Rina | 21 yrs | Bi-curious | FC: Barbara Palvin, 6ecff6 @Allycat Specialization: Elemental magic, Water & Ice Nadia Petrova | N/A | 20 yrs | Hetero | FC: Sarah Luxenberg, 80A91D @CosmicComet Specialization: Elemental magic, Fire Marcus Layfield | Mark | 21 yrs | Gay | FC: Jacob Artist, 87CEEB @BleedingLover Specialization: Potions Alistair Sterling | Caius | 20 yrs | Pan | FC: Max Lloyd-Jones, 0f52ba @TootsiePop Specialization: Enchantment, Animation Alaric Sterling | N/A | 20 yrs | Hetero | FC: Luke Hemmings, 6A5ACD @Allycat Specialization: Destruction magic Anastasia Sterling | Ana | 20 yrs | Hetero | FC: Brittany Snow, EB595D @TootsiePop Specialization: Undecided Imani Lowe | N/A | 21 yrs | Bisexual | FC: Nathalie Emmanuel, CD7466 @MissCapnCrunch Specialization: Herbalism Evanora Liang | Nora | 22 yrs | Hetero | FC: Alice Lee, BDA0CB @GrayPayday Specialization: Divination Maxwell Johnston | Max | 22 yrs | Hetero | FC: Vinnie Woolston, ADFF2F @Sanity43217 Specialization: Necromancy Ozymandias Marinos | Ozzy | 21 yrs | Pan | FC: Steven R. McQueen, 98FB98 @Altered Tundra Specialization: Elemental magic, Earth Johida Naser | Jo | 19 yrs | Lesbian | FC: Ruby Rose, 7bCDC8 @DTHar Specialization: Potions Dana Allbright | N/A | 22 yrs | Bisexual | FC: Blue Smith, 7EA7D8 @Gisk Specialization: Elemental magic, Earth Wyatt Hawthorne | N/A | 22 yrs | Hetero | FC: Jeremy Sumpter, FF4500 @Helo Specialization: White magic, Healing x x Meredith Odile | N/A | 24 yrs | Bisexual | FC: ?????, FFFACD @QueenNugget Specialization: Necromancy, Communing with the Dead x

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Foyer

REBOOT COMING SOON. INVITE ONLY.

Note: Seems to be a misunderstanding of whether the scene is happening outside, or inside. It was originally outside, but I am changing it to be inside by a booth.

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He got it. They wanted him to stop being a little bitch. But fuck, why was everyone up his ass about it? He wasn't imposing his sorrow on them, and it came as fast as it went! Get off his dick. He doubted any of them knew what real, hardcore heartbreak was anyways, so really, they would never understand how he was feeling. Still, their concern was appreciated, even if it was slightly annoying. He didn't even remember making it inside In-N-Out, having gone from picnic table to booth, but here he was sitting inside, with his food in front of him, glaring at the 'open relationship' couple. Yes, his bluetooth was still connected to his car, playing Aces' radio.

"You have lettuce in your teeth."

Cosmo with his charming, hot, Yessi-can't-stop-getting-wet-for-him self had to point out a flaw that everyone would love to poke fun of. Rather than, y'know, offer him a toothpick or something, EVERYONE decided to make a scene of it by intensely looking at his pearly whites. Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer.

Don't even get him started with his Valentine! Chris, who slid next to Aleks, just took one of his fries to add insult to injury, didn't he? First he was bailing, and now this. With his brown gaze, AJ watched his best friend tauntingly chew his food. Didn't he just buy his own? That was HIS fry!

There was a light clap sound against AJ's face. Yessi... just threw a fry at him. That was HIS fry too.

He will ignore that, for now.

They were all vultures. “What’s up with that face, you thinkin’ bout how you gonna miss me, baby?” Betrayal. That's all AJ felt when he stared at that dark haired, smooth skin, eyeliner wearing prick. Holding his tongue, because he was too busy trying to get the lettuce out of his teeth, he kept his thoughts to himself, which for AJ's impulsive and reactive self, it wasn't like him. But he had more pressing matters at hand. His teeth.

Seemed like the only person who shared a mutual understanding of his sour mood was Mandy, who too wasn't in the highest of spirits. It probably made him a shitty friend for not inquiring about whatever damage was scraping at her mind today, but he'd like to think she appreciated the peace of their car ride here and the calm of them two sitting together in silence, eating, until everyone started trailing in a conga line. At least she wasn't teasing him like these–

..."Fix him before I get the nerve to demonstrate this roundhouse kick I've been practicing." BIIIIIIIIITCH. Glowering, AJ darted his eyes at Yessi with a expression that read: Try me. Don't think because she's a girl he wouldn't whoop her ass! She's lucky she got a pretty face that Aleks loves to touch or AJ wouldn't refrain himself from giving slaps! He didn't need fixing.

"Hello guys! How are we? Urgh. I'm starving. Time for a Double-Double!"

His attitude went up an octave when Monica came in with her welcoming, no-judgement face. Such a babe. Any guy, or girl, would be lucky to tap that! Of course, after AJ makes sure they were in her league, because god knows she was out of theirs. He kept his lips closed but did give her a wide smile, desperately wanting to grin and show his teeth. He might need to go to the counter and ask for something to pick this food out.

❝I’ll come with you.❞ Mandy sprang into action, following Monica to the register. Don't go! The two people that kept the scale balanced abandoned ship and left AJ with the three stooges. Okay, maybe this was his chance to get up and deal with it too.

^Clap. With dead, narrowed eyes, the fuming gearhead brought his attention toward Aleks' hand immediately after he felt another fry hit his face. Specifically his jaw. No, he was in no mood to have quick reflexes and who would assume all three of them would utilize the fries on this table? He should've known better! They were making 'lets eat AJ's fries or throw it at his face' a trend. Greasy ass fries on his face. Dumb.

"I raised you to have better table manners, God damn it." The ticking bomb in AJ was nearly reaching its climax.

Unfortunately, the explosion was bound to happen, but toward a member who had just rolled in and was completely in the dark of anything that's been going on. “I’m MIA for one party and suddenly you all start acting out?”

"OH FUCK OFF!"

AJ stood up, looking at Matt like he was gonna' punch him. Pushing out of the booth, he turned back and like a baby giving a tantrum grabbed a handful of fries and tossed it at Aleks, Chris, and Yessi, "Here! Have all the fries!" And that's when Mandy and Monica returned.

Turning on his heel, AJ stormed to the counter. While he was making his way, bitter about a layer of things by now, he tsked, "Someone call Ellie and Parker. If they ain't here in ten, we're leaving their asses." Looking at the sheepish teen behind the register, AJ barked, "I need a fucking toothpick." When she quickly, and nervously, found and gave a couple to him, he went off to the bathroom to make sure this stupid piece of lettuce made its exit.

After a moment of staring at himself in the mirror, showcasing his teeth widely, making sure no food could be found, he tossed the toothpick in the trash, put another in his mouth to chew on, and opened his phone to check his notifications. He went to a name that he hadn't opened in about a week, since she downright declined his offer to join him and his friends on a road trip.

The text thread seemed to look like all he did was spam her, and got nothing in return.

To: Tinkerbell ^{@Dirty Pretty Lies}
r u with Sami?

AJ

He knew the chances of her actually replying were low, but he'd be salty if she turned him down for SAMI's road trip. What did the Island of Misfit toys have that he didn't?! Wasn't he her BEST FRIEND?!

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Raindale University For Witches [+18]

@BleedingLover@Allycat Done.

Alistair Caius Sterling

_{Alistair Caius Sterling}

Call him Caius. He wants to be known by his middle name. There's already a 'great' Alistair Eldridge, who was a master of time. He'd be the first Caius if he obtains great fame.

20.

Male.

Submissive and compliant.

Predominately, Scottish & English, with a tad bit of Russian.

Tell me. Why is it that some people are dealt with a winning hand and then you have those that have cards you wish to discard but can't? At least not right now. To the public eye, being a Sterling is a blessing. We have potential and a potent lineage. We have fame and we have our family's fortune. To hate those things would make us ungrateful, wouldn't it? So, let's be grateful.

I thank whomever considers them a god among men for giving me a father that locked me in a trunk as a punishment to get over my claustrophobia and in return gave me a fear of drowning because I was left outside in the rain and the trunk slowly filled up to the rim. I would've died if it wasn't for the maid. I was only five. I want to thank such god, or goddess, for giving me a mother, who blames me for Alexander's death when she was the one that told me to give him this 'new' medicine. He had a seizure and choked on his own vomit. But, the story that is told is he had a sickness that escalated that night. I was only eleven.

Somewhere deep in my stone cold heart, I wanted to be a mama's boy and yet she grew obsessed with bringing Alex back. Now my brother's soul is intertwined with a music box in the morning room. I want to thank them for giving me a fuck up of a twin brother that I actually can't help but care about. His bruises became my own, even if our parents knew I wouldn't disobey with such recklessness. I want to thank them, for a kind, sickeningly sweet, twin sister that is bound to get corrupted at this school and be the biggest pain in my ass. With thanks, I will hurt someone if they lay a finger on her. She is the last piece of light this forsaken family has. Imagine something happen to a heart so pure who is in a vessel with such amazing power beyond her comprehension? Yeah, I don't want to imagine it either.

I do not need anyone's pity or sympathy. I do not need to be liked. Oh, don't worry. I won't give you a reason to hate me, unless you deserve it. I prefer keeping my friends close and my enemies closer. I know my worth and yes, I am better than you because I believe I am. It starts with that belief that gets us anywhere. Why do you think my family is so high and mighty? Because they cared about people? That's not how you become known and it's that lesson I will keep as my motto. My family is nothing when it comes to my own name. I will become a powerful warlock. Not as THEIR legacy, but as Caius. When that day comes, just deserts will be served.

It's only a matter of time.

↑ Persuasive
↑ Polished
↑ Resourceful
↑ Competitive
↓ Arrogant
↓ Deceptive
↓ Calculating
↓ Vindictive

✴ Working out.
✴ Exploring and having a better idea of his surroundings than his peers.
✴ Practicing magic, regardless of its legality.
✴ Listening to Leona's music, although from afar since she isn't confidant in her abilities. This year will be different for her since she is joining both the choir and concert band, due to their father 'making' her.
✴ Dueling Alaric to make him better.
✴ Fencing.

↑ Swordsmanship.
↑ Barbecuing.
↑ Strategy games, like chess and poker.
↑ Calligraphy and recording daily logs, in hopes it will become history.
↑ World building via sketches.
↓ Piercings. Yeah, his twin brother annoys him.
↓ Disorder. Don't touch anything in his area in the shared barrack bedroom.
↓ Glamorized romance stories.
↓ Body odor.

↑ To be legendary, like the great warlocks and witches. At all cost.
↑ For his parents to have horrible, unspeakable deaths, with a lot of suffering.
↑ Starting a movement and obtaining followers to change the laws of the magical community.
↓ Drowning.
↓ He may never admit it, but if his twins died he'd be devastated.
↓ Gaining a weakness in the form of a soulmate.

Second

✴ Curses (Advanced Class)
✴ Astral Projection (Advanced Class)
✴ Destruction Magic (Advanced Class)
✴ Foreign Magics

✴ Student Newspaper - Copy Editor
✴ Dueling club
✴ Architecture club - what? He has a thing for designing and building.

Enchantment, specifically Animation. He is capable of manipulating objects and giving them 'life'. His secondary specialization is illusion magic. For those that have seen him fight, he has obtained the nickname 'puppeteer' because the field is his stage and no one knows what he will do to fuck with them. Behind closed doors, he is studying the dark arts, which is where his true interest lies. Right now he is studying blood magic. It's only a matter of time he will learn to control... others.

↑ Even with his intense brooding, Caius is charismatic and extremely likable when not set off.
↑ Clever. His first year he aced with flying colors and even if people do not want to give it to him, they can't help but have begrudging respect. He is tremendously diligent and scholarly.
↑ Contrary to common belief, he isn't hated and he isn't always an asshole. Occasionally, he actually is kind as well as merciless, and not just for show.
↑ His pride is his biggest drive. He is not a fool, nor easily defeated.
↓ His twins.
↓ His mistakes. Believe it or not, they may help him grow, but not after it eats him up alive.
↓ Not all powerful and can be defeated with a matter of chance and smarts.
↓ His hatred toward his parents.

Caius is aware of his surroundings and can see through lies, especially with his long term relationship with his bat, Princess, who helps him master his intuition and instincts. He met her in the Manor's attic.

Princess

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Raindale University For Witches [+18]

@Allycat@BleedingLover 1 Sterling done, 1 more to go.

Anastasia Leona Sterling

_{Anastasia Leona Sterling}

✿ Ana by those outside her family's manor, Leona only by family. She is named after her grandmother, Anastasia Marisol Sterling, The Vindicator, and her late great grandmother, Leona Blythe Sterling, Lady Divine. While her grandmother pursued law to protect witches and warlock, her great grandmother was a once-in-a-lifetime Shaman, who was the best in the practice of medicine. There has yet to be someone as great as Divine in healing poor, ill, and damaged souls. Ever since their great grandmother passed away, they decided to call Little Ana by her middle name, as a form of slow grieving.

✿ 20

✿ Female

✿ She thinks her preference is male, which very well could be. Her love life is non-existent! Even if she was bi-curious, her family is severely homophobic and would not allow her, or her siblings, to marry someone of the same sex.

✿ Scottish, Russian, and fairly recently, English descent.

✿ Leona Blythe Sterling, a practitioner in medicine, Lady Divine, who immigrated from Scotland. As for their great grandfather on their mother's side, he went missing a long time ago. He is the reason they have Russian blood but Leona never talked about him.
✿ The Blackwoods (her father's side). Most notable is her grandfather, Conrad Blackwood, The Hangman. Consider him an executioner of sorts in the wizardry world, and her uncles, twins of her father, Victor & Grayson, both 'happily' married with children. Victor Blackwood is a detective in both the mortal and wizardry world, while Grayson Blackwood is Editor-in-Chief of UK's The Sun, and in parallel, for fellow witches and wizards, The Moon Star. Neither have a title of endearment, but they are influential faces.
✿ Anastasia Marisol Sterling & Alasdair Roderick Sterling. Grandparents on her mother's side. Anastasia, The Vindicator, is a retired defense attorney and was a good one at that. While their grandfather is still an innovative man in the art of Alchemy. Rarely seen because he is either traveling or hidden in plain sight.
✿ Elspeth Shona Sterling & Harvey Edward Blackwood. Parents. As a gift to keep their mother from growing bored, Alasdair helped his child start a little shop of charms, toys, and Wiccan supplies, called Wishbone. To the humans, she is simply a medium that can tell them their fortunes and sells them fake supernatural related things, but to her people, she is known as The Toymaker and can be considered a master of sorts in the art of creation, for better or for worse. Ever since the youngest Sterling died, there have been rumors that she may undergo unethical practices. Fortunately, she is protected by her loveless marriage to her husband. Harvey Blackwood is the reason they have influence in England. He has a bigger name in the human world than in the wizardry world, but in his eyes, both go hand-in-hand. Because of his mark to the political celebrities in the human world, no wizards and witches dare to overstep their boundaries with him, and his family. Harvey believes he has a minor position in the British Government, but the reality is, he is a cherished asset for the Secret Services, the CIA, and ultimately, the Queen. As of recently, he hasn't been home. He's been on confidential business, leaving his wife to take care of the home front, which he doesn't necessarily trust. Let's just say Elspeth has some personality defects. So, of course, the home is left to her parents instead.
✿ Her older twins, Alistair and Alaric, and her late younger brother, Alexander.

✿ Perfection is what defines this family. The ambition in the veins of a Sterling and a Blackwood would be defined as inhumane, at times. Behind the curtain, Little Ana's family is far from perfect, and honestly? Downright insane. Her father is a sociopath and her mother... is scarily mad and probably should be sent to an asylum. Before Alexander came into the picture and gave Elspeth and Harvey some kind of love and heart, the Sterling triplets experienced mental and emotional abuse so that they can become the best they can be. Their parents' methods backfired with two, Ana and Alaric, while seemingly succeeded with flying colors with one, Alistair. While Alaric went through phases of on-and-off rebellion, Anastasia curled into herself, obtaining a severe case of social anxiety with anyone that isn't family and an unfortunate disorder of non-stop long nightmares.

Alexander's death was probably the worst thing that could happen to the family because when the triplets thought they had a moment of peace, it swiftly ended with a flick of someone's fingers. Little Ana has various ways to escape the barren halls of the Manor. One being gardening, creating beautiful bouquets, reading books on herbalism, potionmaking, and natural magic, and just getting lost with the innate factions of Green Magic. The other being music, which she, in comparison to her siblings, is a prodigy due to her ability to speed read and pick up things easily. She knows how to play the harp and has an angelic singing voice, even if she can only sing to herself. Not even her brothers have watched her sing, at least that she is aware of.

Her relationship with her mother is the reason why she can barely function in society and would rather hide in a secret garden than have to talk to people. Her mother, who at one time glorified their father and his image, projected her failed goals towards her daughter. She wanted Lil' Ana to be the perfect socialite, more so than she could ever be, getting invited to all the parties, eventually marrying into a big named family. Something that would make Harvey happy. To see that her pursuits and parenting failed, only caused the abuse to escalate. That is until her grandparents decided to move to the Manor and with that, their mother became a different person, as if she had multiple personality disorder.

To say that Lil' Ana is relieved for another year at Raindale is an understatement. As a legacy to her parents, it was only natural for her and her brothers to follow suit, but if Ana spoke about why she loved Raindale so much, it was because she wasn't home. She is able to put her fear of people aside to simply get away from her mother. Part of her blames her father's absence during critical times for her mother's abuse and Alexander's death. Part of her believes there is good in her family and that they're just... dysfunctional. She doesn't know what to believe, but she does know that school is where she wants to be.

↑ Endearing - A believer in the good. That's always a beautiful thing in a dark world.
↑ Talented - A prodigy at heart.
↑ Generous - She would give up her dinner if it meant someone else fulfilled their hunger.
↑ Hardworking - Discipline. In order to be good at anything, you have to study, study, study!
↓ Gullible - Sweet people, like actual sweet people, could believe anything.
↓ Neuroticism - If you haven't noticed by now, Ana has an unstable emotional state.
↓ Private - If she doesn't trust you, don't expect her to share anything personal.
↓ Perfectionist - she will start a potion over if something is slightly off. She can spend hours on homework.

✿ Gardening (Non Magic)
✿ Playing the harp (Non Magic)
✿ Collecting dolls (Non Magic/ may consider trying dollmaking)
✿ Reading/Studying (Non Magic/Magic)
✿ Documenting her dreams (Non Magic/Magic - unbeknownst to her, her dreams is a magical ability she has yet to realize she has)

↑ The library, the garden, and the greenhouse.
↑ Afternoon tea parties with her dolls, and sometimes her brothers.
↑ Classical music.
↑ Meditation and aromatherapy.
↓ Death.
↓ Parties.
↓ Public speaking.
↓ Damaged books.

↑ Dreams of days of nothing, where she can lay on a bed of grass in the most beautiful garden ever known to men.
↑ Dreams of figuring out what she wants to pursue in life. Should she become a healer like her great grandmother? Or should she simply create a world away from all the terrible things?
↑ Dreams of bringing Alexander back.
↓ Fears losing her brothers as her security blanket, in and outside the Manor.
↓ Fears being a joke to strangers. Does not want to be humiliated.
↓ Thunder.

✿ Second

✿ Mythical Creatures
✿ Soul Restoration
✿ Resurrection (Advanced Class) - by teacher request. Rare for a second year to be in this class.
✿ Beginner's class to Curses. Completely out of her comfort zone.

She's taken Potions and Herbalism her first year. Teachers permit her, among other skilled students, to use the greenhouse and the lab when she wants to keep the practice strong.

✿ Her father said she has to join clubs to make her resume look good... so she will trying Choir and Concert Band. She wished there was a Gardening Club, that club wouldn't require her to perform in the public!

✿ Even if her interests revolve around geokinesis, alchemy, herbalism, and potionmaking, the only reason she gardens well is by practice and not because of magic. Her strengths, which all her teachers are trying to give her more exposure to, are in white magic, the ability to heal, and mental magic, from Telekinesis to Therionology. She may pursue white magic, like her great grandmother. For now, her specialization is undecided.

↑↓ Pure heart - This can be both a strength and a weakness. While she likes to see the best in people, she may also be naive to those that are more bad than good.
↑ Adamant reader - Part of her escapist trait means she has picked up hobbies to 'runaway' from the negative of her family, without using any sort of magic. She has a better discipline to study compared to her brothers.
↑ Open-minded - Willing to explore subjects she isn't fully comfortable with doing.
↑ Passionate temperament - Everything she does, she puts full heart in.
↓ Mousey - Her charisma, for lack of a better term, sucks. She has a horrible stutter, more so with a large group of people, than one on ones, and lacks confidence in herself even if she's the smartest Sterling child.
↓ Clingy - Her brothers are her main reason she can cope at school.
↓ Directionally challenged - Misplaces herself, all the time.

✿ Only recently did she bind herself to an animal, not having an attachment with any creatures she met before this year. Her familiar is a fox pup, who she calls Arrow. He will help her develop her ability of finding the sharpest and smartest solutions to any problem, as well as guide her through tricky challenges that could change who she is as a person. He might be small, but there is something magical about him where he's wiser than his appearance lets.

Only she is aware that this isn't Arrow's true form, even if she hasn't seen him for what he is. He is over five hundred years old and unfortunately must redeem himself from his past crimes. Arrow is a cursed Ongaku Kitsune, trapped in a 'pup' body, that was drawn to the sound of her harp and voice. His abilities that surround music and sound are limited in this puny form.

Arrow

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Announcement!

Not full co-gm because I'm kind of lazy for that life right now, since I'm still getting another rp moving, but I am a little assistant and y'know, moral support. I'll help where I can, maybe some of the lame work she doesn't want to do like poke people to post, but idk if I can go full 100 percent co-gm mode. Ally is my fwiend and I can't just not help her after I convinced her to join the Guild. When I get more time on my hands, I may help with any plot she has in mind, but if any of you care to actually take stress off her hands, she would love co-gms/head witches that can commit more than me.

FOR NOW, hi, here's an easier way to annoy each other:

Discord link. She created the server, I added all the categories. If you have more categories to suggest, please suggest away.

Writers

@MissCapnCrunch@GrayPayday@QueenNugget@Sanity43217@sassy1085@Altered Tundra@BleedingLover@DTHar@blackdragon@Zoey White@Light the Dark

If I missed anyone, I'M SORRY.

_{NOW I GOTTA' STOP BEING A LAZY ASS AND MAKE MY CHARACTER(S)}

Due North (Gothic/Cosmic Horror + Mystery SoL)

Interested, Merlin :)

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@Allycat Ally when i get home, we can start brainstorming our sib idea. Sorry I've been a busy prat lol.

REBOOT COMING SOON. INVITE ONLY.

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x “Rise and shine my pets! It’s your girl Gwen Ace’s Morgan here, and you’re listening to Aces Asylum. Well, what’s new? Let me count it out for you. There was a hot as all hell party down on a yacht last night, for all the seniors who graduated this year. At the stroke of midnight they were all erased from the school database. Takes the school, what? Almost two weeks to do this shit? Whatever, that's beside the point. Four years of drama disappeared at the tap of an enter key. Your girl got to join the twenty thousand leagues under the sea club – Hey Chrys, how you feeling babe? Little tired and wet? Mmm. ...but, the most noteworthy thing was a few missing faces I must say. The Gearheads declined, yes, I repeat declined their invite to the last banger of the century. Found out from the lover that they crashed at AJ-motherfucking-Tyler’s crib, all ready to go, for what you may ask? Word on the line is they’re heading somewhere in the mountains doing lord knows what. Same goes for the island of misfit toys, led by that Latin cat down in Santa Monica, Sami-boy. You know the dude. I hope both crews are listening. Can you hear me babies? You got some long days ahead of you. The road goes ever onwards and it’s full of twists and turns with a secret around every corner. This one goes out to you all. Drive it Like You Stole it and don’t look back or hells favorite harlot may come-a-calling. This is Days of Thunder by The Midnight, here, on Ace’s Asylum.” Written by BrutalBx, Edited by TootsiePop

False, Gwen. It was approaching noon and the Gearheads hadn't left Los Angeles yet. The only mountain that could be seen was the Hollywood Sign. Before they could gallivant together towards the great beyond, AJ had to drop his sister, Molly, and her best friend, Summer Aspen, off at this camp called Aces High, two hours away. So while yes, the majority of them did stay at his place, AJ-motherfucking-Tyler had an earlier morning in comparison to them. Lucky bastards. He left those he trusted, his family of friends, to their own devices, at his humble abode.

Hell, his parents didn't care. They were hardly home as is. His father was out, avoiding work and probably at a mod shop located at redacted, which was Mr. Tyler's hideout away from the high maintenance matriarch of the house. It be like that sometimes. His mother, on the other hand, had places to go, people to see, and couldn't bother taking the girls to camp. So of course, on the day AJ had planned to leave, he was forced to chauffeur his sister to summer camp. This bitch had her license and a restored and custom modified pink Cadillac, but no, all she ever did was bat her eyes to daddy, yap a lot to mommy, and AJ was screwed. Always forced to take her wherever she wanted because her ass was lazy.

Dumb.

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Time | 11:50 AM
Interacting with | Himself
and possibly his fellow Gearheads & Co near the end.
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That was so this morning, though. Now? Now, AJ was in the zone. His ass planted on one of the In-N-Out Burger tables outside, with his phone connected to the Bluetooth of his car, as he blared Aces' radio station (found on all her social media accounts). He needed good vibes. There was no time to think about Chris deciding his career was more important than him, that Yessi almost said 'fuck I can't go' because her car is limited to the amount of charging stations they might find, thanks Aleks for dragging her phat ass out, or worse, thinking about a preppy boy that was currently on a romantic getaway in Santorini, Greece.

Sigh.

His expression might've been distant, unfazed, his sunglasses hiding the emotion in his eyes, but his mind had already entered the dark place, his dark place, as he thought about the would've, could've, should'ves.

...If only he asked for closure rather than let that boy out of his sight to fall in love with another. What did he do exactly that made Jamie BREAK UP with him??! Was he fucking high? Is his skull so thick to cut things off with the best thing he's ever had? AJ taught Jamie everything he knows and he has no doubt Jamie does everything he learned to his rebound boyfriend behind closed doors. Without him, he wouldn't even know how to use his tongue!...

This. This was not good vibes at all. Grumbling to himself, AJ chomped on his double-double burger, while waiting for his crew to come out with their food. His internal feelings had already been triggered, and this song wasn't even depressing. He needed to do something to change the course of his thoughts.

...Unfortunately, to go ask for closure, answers, or a proper explanation, would be completely out of character. AJ had a swagger out of this world. On and off school grounds, he knew he was the shit. He was 'classy', bold, and did what he wanted. Then he met Jamie, fuck Jamie, and his front softened. Well, only for him.

Let's be real. After the break up, AJ was a mess and reacted poorly. Everything he did to his ex, and those that were close to his ex, was incredibly disrespectful. For example, kissing Jamie out of the blue in the hall, in front of his crush, now boyfriend, to cause a misunderstanding. Tongue deep, body pressed up against him, for the world to see, because Jamie WAS his.

Hey, it wasn't his fault Jamie was still into him and didn't push him away. Fucker needed to stop leading him on and giving him hope. To be honest? That made him feel good. The shattered and frightened look in both of their faces. Pure ecstasy. And yet, that moment was one of his biggest mistakes, and trust me, he has many. From that point on, Jamie realized he had to draw boundaries and push him away.

And he did...

Halfway through his burger, AJ placed it down on its wrapper and wiped his fingers on the napkin by his orange soda. His friends had spidey senses and would be out here slapping him silly if they saw him sulking. Shoving his phone in his left rear pocket, that was still attached to Bluetooth and playing the song, AJ stood up on the bench of the table, taking his drink with him. After a quick slurp, he bobbed his head to the beat and nonchalantly sang (with little to no regard to his surroundings):

"Love was a dream to have
Was a king-size bed
Was an escape plan
Was an open hand
Now it's a dog from hell
It's a dream you sell
It's an epitaph
It's photograph...."

He jumped off the bench and continued to sway and kick his legs to the song, because why the fuck not? Dancing was a good temporary fix to the creeping sadness that never seemed to leave him. Turning his heel, AJ gave a cheesy, goofy grin to see his friend(s) coming his way.