(Characters to be added as they are introduced)
Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, James lives with his mother who works as a social worker. Being an only child and a latch key kid, he’s developed a strong internal monologue and has a hard time communicating with others. High strung and easily irritated, James has a hard time resigning himself to the world around him and tends to lash out in increasingly ridiculous ways. He’s an iconoclast by nature, but tends to be more purposeful about it than other people his age, actually putting it to good use rather than just rebelling for the sake of it. He thus doesn’t feel the need to prove himself to certain groups or society at large. While he loves art and would love nothing more than to make it his vocation, he also has a great love of music and formed The Filthy F@#$ing Fairies with his best friend Aiyeese. His guitar and song-writing skills are questionable at best, but he has more than enough spirit and drive to see the band through.
Born to a Persian mother and an African-American father, Aiyeese frequently finds herself between worlds. Although she enjoys beat poetry, she’s never been much one for hip-hop unlike other black students at her school. Instead she enjoys mostly rock and folk music, and has written some very sensitive solo material on acoustic. She’s been best friends with James for quite a while, and has as much of a crazy streak as he does (although hers is more mannered). Since her father is frequently un-employed, she gets a bit sensitive when people complain about trivial issues, something James does frequently. Despite this there’s a mutual respect and understanding between the two of them. Together they formed The Filthy F@#$ing Fairies, being the core instrumentalists and songwriters. Although Aiyeese is much more talented than James at playing and composing, she admits there’s an edge he brings that’d be missed if he were gone. At the same time, James would be quick admit the band would go to shit without her talents.
A little younger than James and Aiyeese but no less brash, Shira is the kind of girl who knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to go for it. Being a full head shorter than most of her friends she’s learned to climb a few hills to get what she wants. Despite having only recently turned sixteen she’s blossomed early and is rather in-your-face when it comes to sex. Part of this could be attributed to being raised by her well-meaning but slightly lecherous father, which may explain her female chauvanist tendencies. Having had no luck with boys so far, Shira’s decided to give girls a try and is in a playfully sadistic relationship with Koriko, which lets her get some pent-up energy out. She vied hard to be vocalist for The Filthy F@#$ing Fairies, and she currently dukes it out with James for control over the band. Though while James and Aiyeese have the talent, Shira has the drive, so this may be one instance where her pushiness could prove useful.
Little is known about Koriko or her family life, and those around her haven’t found much reason to pry. What is known is that she defies most gothic stereotypes by being very cheerful, bubbly, and out-going. She also defies a lot of Japanese-American stereotypes by being very tall and full-figured. Either way almost everyone likes her even when they don’t know what to make of her. She’s currently in a relationship with Shira and frequently plays slave to her GF’s mistress. Such things don’t seem out of the ordinary to her though, and she views such incidents rather innocently. Makes you wonder what truly goes on at home if that’s the case.
A fan girl in the truest sense of the word, Shizuko isn’t even the girl’s real name. She’s not even from Japan, her family having moved to Chicago from the Adirondacks. But she calls her birth name her “gaijin slave name” so she refuses to be called anything else. Shiz-chan buries herself in everything otaku, owning tons of anime and drawing tons of fan comics. East isn’t her only forte though, there’s plenty in the West she enjoys as well. She’s written a large amount of Batman/Superman slash fics, something that horrifies James to no end. In fact a good amount of what she does horrifies James, but he hates to admit he finds her behavior rather compelling. Despite writing tons of slash fic, Shiz-chan is actually rather nervous when it comes to dating in real life and seems more comfortable in other people’s realities than her own.
Nobody’s quite sure what to make of Lee, who’s kind of appointed himself as James’ lapdog. His father runs a vintage game store, but from the way Lee describes it you’d think he was some kind of mad scientist, since he claims he rigged a Missile Command game to launch actual nuclear missiles (”the Pentagon has no sense of irony” he claims). While normally friendly, if a bit off, Lee apparently reaches heightened and manic states of being when even given a bit of caffeine. The fact he’s seen carrying whole liters of Mountain Dew in his book bag makes moments like this all too frequent, and has been known to defy gravity to the bewilderment of his classmates. James is naturally at a loss for Lee’s state of being, but he provides a forward-thinking dash of Chaos to help his life move forward.
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