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Theo was surprised to be asked such a question. Usually when someone wants to use her to settle a debate, it’s about particular reactions or something. But she perked up at the thought of talking on such an interesting topic. “Well that would depend on who you ask, wouldn’t it? Certain accents align more with what we consider the Standard English dialect. Midwestern American accents and Received Pronunciation are seen as the standard among language elitists. Someone who speaks one of those might consider northerners in England and perhaps people with country accents to be less intelligent just because they do not speak as they do. Sure, there’s no basis for that, as accents and dialects have nothing to do with your intelligence, but some people do have that implicit bias. Short answer: does speaking a ‘standard accent’ make you inherently smarter? No. Does it make you sound smarter? Only if you ask an elitist. Trust me, even the most posh-accented people can be complete dumbasses.”

Evita’s eyes lit up when Theo started in. She expected nothing less, the other woman always gave her such intellectual comments and that was why she was grateful she had been the target of Evita’s random assault of question. “Precisely. Accents in general carry an idea of intelligence and only because it dates back to times when only the upper most parts of society received a proper education, which also meant learning the proper tongues. Back then having a certain accent certainly meant you were more intelligent than others, and only because you had access to the material to boost yourself up. Now that’s simply not the case, sure some accents are an exception, I grew up in Texas and the amount of times ‘seen’ was used for ‘saw’ was unreal. But whether I slur my words and drop my g’s or round my vowels has no bearing on my mind now.” She was engaged, that was to say the least. “Additionally, non-native English speaking people tend to have heavy accents when they speak English and get looked down upon for it. As if because English isn’t their first language they are automatically less intelligent than someone who is native to an English speaking country. As if other countries aren’t allowed to have higher intelligence rates simply on language alone.” Evita paused, she’d gone into a rant. The same rant she’d given her friend, and toeing the line between rant and healthy debating always was a bit difficult when she was worked up.

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“Would you mind helping me settle a debate?” Evita wasn’t shy, she’d talk to anyone. The poor unfortunate person nearest her was now subject to her questions, unless of course they told her to fuck off. “A friend of mine says that accents can make people sound smarter. I’m firmly on the stance that it’s entirely possible to have a British accent and still sound like an idiot. What do you think?” The friend was back home in Texas, and they remained strong on the belief that Evita’s only reason for attending a foreign university was for the accents.

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Shiloh really hated being inside. He also hated staying on or near campus, his apartment was small and hardly comfortable. That’s why it was easy to catch him all over campus doing pretty much anything. Homework, reading, playing guitar... Anything to get out of his apartment. This time he was just drinking a coffee and people watching, which is why he couldn’t help but chuckle when one of the people he had been watching grumbled in his direction. “Sorry, mate, think my breathing is just fine. Have you considered crawling back in bed with the way you look?” He said it lightly, because Shiloh had a boyish charm he used often. He rarely ever meant to be rude, and in this instance the playful twinkle in his eye gave away his tease.

OPEN STARTER.

Who the fuck went out drinking on a Monday night and woke up with a hangover from hell on Tuesday morning? Oh right, it was James Pond. People regularly told him that he had no brain cells and that was probably accurate but right now he was beginning to realise the truth. He had already thrown up five times that morning and there was still a headache pounding at his skull which was making him grimace every time someone even LOOKED at him. “Can you keep it down over there?” he said with a yawn as he stretched across two chairs and closed his eyes for a second. “You’re breathing too loudly.”

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Sierra was a pretty frequent flyer at most of the coffee or tea shops nearby. Caffeine was absolutely something she craved hourly, but she was trying to kick the habit of expressos and instead venture into teas. After ordering, she scooted back from the counter, trying to stay out of the way. She didn’t mean to crowd up on someone else, and when the other began to speak her eyes widened a bit. She was just surprised the other had so much to say. “I bet you could find a niche little group into that, though I’ve gotta say a Shakespearian musical would have to be tastefully done to get my interest....” But she trailed off, biting her lip a bit in thought. “Scratch that, make it completely modern and you’d have my full interest.” If Hamilton were any indicator, modern twists were all the rage. “Don’t apologize, you just totally caught me off guard. I was just trying to get out of the way while I was waiting on my order. And that idea was worth being caught off guard by.”

OPEN STARTER.

Caffeine, caffeine, caffeine. GOD, Stevie was dying for her fifth cup of coffee of the day and it wasn’t even midday yet. Maybe staying up all night to figure out what the next show her drama group would be putting on at the theatre was a terrible idea – especially as she still hadn’t figured it out yet – but this was just her life, honestly. She was sat in her favourite seat in the cafe, looking over various different scripts as she felt someone approach her. Without even looking up, she instantly burst into a explosion of words. “Do you think the people in this university are into Shakespeare? Or maybe musicals are more of interest? I’m just trying to pull in more people, you know? OOH, what if I did both? Musicals and Shakespeare combined.” She dragged her hand across the air in front of her as though highlighting an invisible floating title before dropping her hand and finally looking at the person who approached her. “Sorry, I’ve been up all night trying to figure this shit out. Did you need anything?”

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( alexis ren, 20, cis female ) Welcome to Bainbridge University, SIERRA VANDERBILT ! SHE is in her FIRST year studying DANCE, and is from NEW YORK CITY, NY. They are known for being CREATIVE, PLAYFUL, RECKLESS, and FICKLE. ( m, 25, cst, she/her )

BASICS;

name: sierra elizabeth vanderbilt. birth: 12/21. zodiac: sagittarius. age: 20. home: nyc.

gender: cis female. pronouns: she/her. sexuality: bisexual.

major: dance. year: first.

PERSONALITY;

this girl is wild & crazy. she’s reckless for the sake of doing something fun, careless when it comes to rules or anything of the sort, and creative when it comes to thinking of anything thrilling to do.

she’s easy to befriend, as long as you entertain her in any way or lend into her reckless side it’s hard to get rid of her. knows no boundaries though and tends to sit on people’s laps at random when she gets close enough to them.

it’s hard to pin her down, she very easily bounces from idea to idea, or person to person. but in reality it’s just because she’s got so much energy she has no idea how to focus it.

not to slut shame, but she would be that girl to sleep with someone for better grades. she hasn’t, but girl sleeps around a lot and if she gets something out of it? even better. she has no shame either, so again, slut shaming wouldn’t work on her.

HISTORY & FAMILY;

sierra’s dad is a criminal (oop) he runs one of the largest import & export businesses in nyc and 100% smuggles anything in for the right price.

however, he refuses to let sierra see the worse sides of his business. he see’s her as innocent and treats her as such. she’s his angel.

sierra hates that, but it also means she’s spoiled rotten and given whatever she wants so really, why fight it?

she’s always been a headache for her father, her reckless nature getting her in trouble. this is actually how she ended up at bainbridge. after being arrested for underaged drinking at a club in nyc her father’s last resort was to send her away for school. the only plus is that she still has her trust fund and he let her choose her major.

school really isn’t her thing, she’s not book smart, but thankfully she’s been in dance classes since she could walk so that part is down. realistically if she wanted to, she could probably get brought on to any ballet company. however sierra doesn’t have the discipline for that so here she is, never taking a thing seriously.

WCS;

friends: broad term, really anyone she gets along with and who likes to be around her.

fwb: current or past

“targets”: people she has been flirting with but it’s never gone further. maybe it will, maybe it never will.

frenemies: bound to be people who don’t like her, but for some reason they at least fake niceness.

enemies: outright don’t like her or she doesn’t like them and they make it known.

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( jordan fisher, 26, cis male ) Welcome to Bainbridge University, SHILOH GREENE ! HE is in his FOURTH year studying POLITICAL SCIENCE & FOREIGN RELATIONS, and is from LONDON. They are known for being CHARMING, FRIENDLY, NONCOMMITTAL, and BOYISH. ( m, 25, cst, she/her )

BASICS;

name: shiloh marcus greene. birth: 10/28. zodiac: scorpio. age: 26. home: london.

gender: cis male. pronouns: he/him. sexuality: heterosexual.

major: political science & foreign relations (double major). year: fourth & final.

languages spoken: english, french, german & learning mandarin chinese.

PERSONALITY;

total goofball. seriously the fact that his major is anything serious surprises plenty of people. he likes to make people laugh, he likes to joke around, and he’s a flirty jerk sometimes. seeing people blush makes him laugh.

genuinely a good guy though, he has a heart of gold and he doesn’t want to hurt a soul. once you have him in your corner you have a friend for life. total hufflepuff.

the only flaw in his code is that relationships scare him. after watching his parents fall apart over and over again, he just fears giving that final piece of himself to someone. (only flaw, a term lightly used) 

HISTORY & FAMILY;

first thing’s first, he was practically raised by his older sister. she’s 10 years older than him and he was 100% a surprise baby.

his parents were married for all of five years, during which they had his older sister. over the course of the next 30 years they would fall back in with each other and fall out. one of these instances is how shiloh came to be. his parents were the farthest thing from a healthy relationship model, but it was never abusive. 

essentially, his parents just had no real concept of fidelity and one or the other always cheated which ended in them splitting for a while before coming back as if nothing happened and everything would change. spoiler alert, it never did. they finally stopped the cycle when his mother moved to america.

shiloh’s parents were never the most uppercrest of society, but his mother’s family is old and has a moderate amount of money because of it. he grew up comfortable, but never spoiled. he calls london his home because that is where his sister’s apartment is and he started “living” with her after he was 18. (quotes bc he travelled a lot from 18-22)

(tw: overdose mention) he’s a late bloomer to college. for a while all he wanted was to travel with his band and never have any real attachments to anything. however one of his band mates overdosed and after that shiloh had a realization that maybe that life wasn’t for him after all.

so this is why his major is such a surprise. shiloh still isn’t too sure what he wants to choose in his career path, but he wants to do something that can make a difference in the wold.

WCS;

friend group: literally anyone. it’d be cute if they were all buds, but if it’s just people he’s friends with but aren’t friends with each other that’s totally chill too

flirtations: he a flirt, nuff said

old friends/people from his past: not really in a bad way, but maybe just people who knew him before he basically 180 turned his life around.

old “fans”: just in general people who knew about his band (it was like an indie rock band, hardly made the tabloids but they played a lot locally)

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hello lovelies! i suck at intros so please excuse this mess, but first up is miss evita! pretty much all three of the characters i brought here are new-ish, so i honestly don’t have a whole lot on them but they’ll develop through interactions!

( sofia carson, 25, cis female ) Welcome to Bainbridge University, EVITA DIAZ ! SHE is in her FIFTH year studying MEDICINE, and is from SAN ANTONIO, TX. They are known for being SOCIABLE, CLEVER, UNTRUSTING, and ALOOF. ( m, 25, cst, she/her )

BASICS;

name: evita diaz. birth: 09/18. zodiac: virgo. age: 25. home: texas.

gender: cis female. pronouns: she/her. sexuality: pansexual.

major: medicine, plans to focus on general surgery. year: fifth & final.

languages spoken: spanish, english & italian.

schooling: private all girls boarding school in italy from the age of 13-18. 

undergrad: biology/pre-med @ the university of manchester.

PERSONALITY;

she’s pretty laid back, enjoys talking to people and getting to know them. however she isn’t very big on sharing her deepest secrets or talking much about her life. she’ll give someone the general strokes, but details aren’t often mentioned.

but she does love a good conversation, if you can engage her she’ll warm up somewhat. it takes a lot for her to trust someone, but it isn’t impossible for her to do. bc she’s been at school for 4 years now, she’s bound to be close to at least a few people.

HISTORY & FAMILY;

her father is not a man who has made his fortune by legal means. he’s a money launderer. evita knows what he does, but she chooses to ignore it. no point in focusing on something she can’t change.

because of this she did grow up well off, spoiled & given pretty much anything she wanted. but distant from her parents. it was no surprise when they sent her off to boarding school across the ocean.

she was born in san antonio, and that is where her father primarily lives by choice, but evita really doesn’t call anywhere “home.”

she’s the youngest of four, two older sisters and one brother. her brother works with  her father, and her sisters married off rich and hardly speak to the family. despite not being keen on the choice of career her brother has chosen, they are very close.

WCS;

best friend: the one person on campus she lets her walls down around and actually cares about deeply. probably someone who she got close with over the course of her first two years.

exes/fwb: she’s not good on relationships bc of how bad she is at trusting, so she’s bound to have a few exes, fwb or ex fwb.

academic rival: she’s a bit anal about her grades and being at the top of the class, this person gives her a run for her money and they often rotate between being better than one another.