#curse:intro

[kachw-blog]

that’s lincoln mccaffee walking down the street, the thirty five year old, who looks like jensen ackles! here in apple peak, they work as a racing coach. some say he acts like lightning mcqueen from cars, since he can be charismatic, but also a little bit cocky. 

trigger warning: car crashes, cheating / infidelity 

background. 

lincoln has racing in his blood. its enough said. born to a father who was more often on the tracks (with whatever woman he could find) than at home, it was only natural for him to pick up a passion his sweet old dad left him. of course, his mother didn’t approve -- scared that he’d end up just like the man she eventually left when link moved out of the house -- that didn’t stop him from sneaking out at night and stealing the family car and going on a little spin, too fast and too reckless. but there was nothing better in life than feeling the way the engine purred beneath you. lincoln didn’t wanna end up a drunk nascar driver like his dad. he wanted to shoot big. 

and that’s exactly what happened. at 22 years old, he was already racing in the big leagues -- international races, big brand sponsors, girls who flew to your side, you name it. it was the life. everything was moving too fast and lincoln, now dubbed lincoln “lightning” mccaffee, had no plans of slowing down. the big trophy seemed only an arm’s reach away and he knew none of his rivals could match up -- an old man and a guy who always came second place? it was definitely in the bag. 

until he disappeared. it wasn’t necessarily his fault -- it was always the liquors fault, he would say! he took a drive, not quite sure when, not quite sure how fast (but fast enough to thank god that he was still alive today) and all he could remember of that night was the trashed road and the smoke rising from his car. next thing he knew, he was awake, in a cell, being stared at by a bunch of strangers with angry looks on his face. 

turns out, people don’t necessarily like it when you decide to tear up their road in the middle of the night and crash into their ‘welcome to...’ sign. big head and big ego, link really did think all he needed for a ‘get out of jail free’ card was to say his name. but he was sorely wrong. months spent in that little town out in the dessert, trying to mend their road taught him something -- from what was once an egotistical, self-absorbed rookie came forth a man of equal ambition who learned a thing or two about humility. he left -- went on to win the cup of his dreams but every so often does he go back to that little town which he considered home. 

link continued to race on for a few more years, still maintaining his top position. he was happy, living life to the fullest. collecting more and more cups on his trophy cabinet than there were in the kitchen. and then came the day it all changed. one wrong bump, one wrong turn, he didn’t know -- all link remembered of that day was how the car rolled and his head lolled back and next thing he knew he was in the hospital. the months came and went and they were all a blur from hospital to home. 

however, all he knew was what the doctors had told him. his leg -- fractured in every way possible. he would be able to walk, definitely, but his reflexes were gone and there was no safe way he would be able to get into a racing car again. one more accident and who knows what would happen. that was the start of the darkest period in his life. 

he moved back to that little town somewhere in the dessert, surrounded by friends. but they knew he wasn’t the same. nights spent in the same bar, downing as much as he could. lincoln couldn’t shake it off. his dream, his passion, ripped from the seams at the prime of his life and there was nothing he could do but limp around the town hoping to find something he could do. 

he still attended his physiotherapy classes, of course, and slowly but surely did he get better. nonetheless, it wasn’t until he saw himself in the mirror one day did he decide that enough was enough. if there was no way he could get back on the tracks, then there had to be something else he could do. to make a long story short, knowing “lightning” mccaffee was opening spots for an apprentice was a pretty big deal and that’s how he went from the track to the pit crew, coaching up and coming rookies. 

wanted connections.

umm??? friends??? children???? enemies??? *_rivals_*???? please give my boy everything!!! 

personality. 

+ positive: ambitious; easy going; charismatic;

+ negative: impatient; arrogant; nostalgic; 

[ghcstpvppy]

          * &. that’s zelda-rose scarington walking down the street, the nineteen year old, who looks like kiernan shipka. here in apple peak, they work as a housekeeper at sleepy hollow inn. some say she acts like Z E R O from the nightmare before christmas, since she can be jovial, but also a little bit disconnected.              SO BASICALLY THIS IS BABEY. okay check it out it’s navi applying w/ a muse from her fav disney movie.... weird....... shoulda applied 4 her first.........BT ANYWAY shame on me for takin up not only two caos fcs but also the love interests but I LOVE MY KIDS N NOBODY CAN STOP ME so HA. more abt ghost bby under the cut !!

so yeah she’s jackson’s lil sis n grew up iDOLIZING him like,,,,,, she just thot. he was so cool. n nice. n strong. n yeah she loves her brother more than anything and STILL DOES!!! which is why on most mornings until noon she’s an intern at city hall until goin to work !!

growin up she was always kinda like... the kid who didn’t rly know what was goin on half the time but she always wanted to help ppl n make em happy?? n it led to her being rly concerned over her loved ones n protective of them for that reason

she also always wanted to make ppl smile!! n was always into decorations n that stuff.

and take care of ppl too.

and.... honestly kinda wanted to take care of people even when. it was all lost. and believe it or not she wanted to work in a funeral home as a means of taking care of the dead before being laid to rest.

like she always visits the cemetery on the weekends to water and replace flowers on the graves. nobody asks her to. she just does it. 

BUT HER MAIN THING IS.... she’s always happy but kinda... disconnected from everything?? this is sorta her past life manifesting in a more metaphorical way than literal - she’s like a ghost in the sense that she always seems to be floating or on another plane of existence even tho she’s always rly happy and engaging

she always looks like she’s in another world tbh

she’s a housekeeper mainly bc cleaning stuff doesn’t bother her and also u get to decorate the inn’s rooms w/ cute holiday stuff which is FUN. she’s the one that makes the cute ghost things like u see in the disney channel resort rooms during halloween n also puts up the decorations and stuff. 

it’s the little things!!!!!!

WC/PLOTS

rly just... friends. idc. friends. of any type. zero will befriend anyone she loves anyone. 

also ye ppl who call her zero bc zelda-rose is too fancy. she likes to b called zero!!!

LOCK SHOCK N BARREL.... just bc i think it’d be fun for them n zero to butt heads ( bonus if u use gavin, chance, tati, abbey, or adeline for any of them ) 

also more folks from halloweentown tbh!! the mayor!! that cld be one!!!!!

HOLIDAY PARTY PPL lets make....a s quad

also idk how to word this but... more characters who were also ghosts/zombies/undead in their past lives?? not that they’d KNOW but maybe they’d gravitate towards each other with similar feelings n stuff bc zero honestly kinda feels like she is a ghost half the time 

IM BRAIN FRIED ILL REPLY TO STUFF W/ HER TOMORROW BUT PLS SLAM THAT LIKE BUTTON 2 PLOT 

[ofperdita]

that’s perdita dalton walking down the street, the forty year old, who looks like emily blunt. here in apple peak, she works as an english teacher at apple peak high. some say she acts like perdita from 101 dalmatians, since she can be well-mannered & elegant, but also a little bit over-protective & stern.

hello here is local supermom perdita dalton, please love her ( pregnancy & kidnapping tw )

perdita was born perdita campbell-green ( my hc is that anita is her sister....so if anyone wanted to bring her in i’d cry ) she was born in london, but her family moved to the states for her father’s work when she was around ten

she had a very happy childhood!  she loves her family! 

for high school, she attended aphs and that’s where she meant pongo

she says it was love at first sight but he’ll always remind her how she turned him down the first two times he asked her out 

their post grad plans were to go apu together, and they did.  but everything was halted when she found out she was pregnant at the end of their freshman year

as if that wasn’t scary enough, they soon found out that they were going to have not one, but three babies ( they almost fainted )

they were terrified and had no idea what to do but they figured all they could do was try there best, so a few months later penny, patch, & pepper were born ( obvi, name change if we ever get the other triplets! )

it was a crazy time but they quickly realized how much they loved being parents, they became absolutely obsessed with their children and they love them more than anything in the wORLd okay

once the triplets got a little older & started at school, perdita went back to school herself to finish her degree

( kidnapping tw ) the scariest day of her life happened when was twenty-five, sitting at a park picnic table with her textbook and notes spread out in front of her while her six-year-old triplets were playing on the playground.  one moment, she looked up and couldn’t find any of them.  she became frantic, running around trying to find them when she suddenly heard screams and came running to find her children discarded on the sidewalk as a van drove away.  she’d never hugged anyone so tight in her life.

perdita blamed herself and almost dropped out of school a second time, fearing that it was too much and she would never sacrifice her children’s safety - but pongo convinced her not too, and she eventually earned degrees in english & education and became a teacher at the place she met the love of her life

her and pongo both knew they wanted more kids, but after working with so many different children at the school from all different walks of life, they decided they wanted to foster & adopt.  so that’s exactly what they did

they have fostered and taken in many children over the years, five they eventually adopted and seven were able to be returned to their families 

in total, they have eight children ( but fifteen in their hearts )

she became very over-protective after she almost lost her pups- perhaps sometimes a bit overbearing.  she always needs to know where her kids are and who they���re with.  she can’t imagine anything bad happening to any of them.  she’s a fantastic mother, but like everyone, she has her faults.  at the end of the day, the only thing she cares about in this world is her family.

[serlyon-blog]

that’s kate lyon walking down the street, the twenty-four year old, who looks like zoey deutch. here in apple peak, they work as an administrative assistant. some say she acts like lady kayley from quest for camelot, since she can be determined, but also a little bit recalcitrant. — carlie, twenty-two, est, she/her.

           hello pals ! i’m carlie and this is my lil babe kate / kayley ( honestly if you’ve seen the hidden quest for camelot i’ll be so happy and tbh a lil impressed. it’s not wildly popular and its rottentomatoes score is abysmal ) 

tw: death , trauma & anxiety

a lil info on kayley before i move on to her apple peak life ! so kayley is the daughter of sir lionel ( a relatively obscure knight of the round table , though he is related to lancelot so that’s cool ! ) who basically has always dreamed of being a knight like her father , completely ignores gender norms and social conventions of the time ( a true queen )  and has the opportunity to live her dream when she goes on a quest ( get it ? ) to retrieve excalibur and save camelot !

anyway , kate is the only child and was raised under the belief that she could be anything she wanted to be. this was reinforced heavily by her father , who was a police officer . watching him protect others always inspired her. she wanted to be brave just like her father was.

as a child, kate was always a very energetic and outdoorsy girl. she often played pretend, casting herself as the epic hero in all of her tales. more often than not, she’d return home with scraped knees and absolutely filthy play clothes. 

her father was tragically killed in the line of duty, breaking kate’s heart and vowing that she would make him proud . 

kate decided that the word can’t no longer existed , she subverted authority at every turn , except where her mother was concerned. kate’s mom began to sort of dictate kate’s steps , wanting her to remain safe and looked after

her mother’s trauma related to losing her husband was what prevented kate from applying for police academy. instead, she did the smart & safe thing and attended college , where she majored in history and read about all of history’s greatest heroes, hoping one day to become one of them. 

after graduating , she took a position as an administrative assistant for the apple peak police department. it felt like the closest thing she could get to ( for now ) to walking adjacent to her father’s footsteps. 

kate is now pursuing her master’s degree in medieval studies

personality & trivia 

kate is probably the most headstrong person you’ll ever meet. don’t tell her that she can’t do something. just don’t do it. she’s so brave and willing to sacrifice everything for the people and causes that she cares about , perhaps a little recklessly , as she does have the tendency for recklessness. she has the tendency to idealize people , and see the best in them even when they might not deserve it. she speaks without thinking , mostly too loudly , but truly she has a good heart. kindness and compassion and a hope for a humanity lie at the very core of her being. 

she’s prone to a lot of anxiety , particularly about the future.

hyperfixates a lot !!

loves animals ( i forgot to mention this but she grew up kind of on a farm ) 

not great at relationships , but she really tries. ( she’s just kind of a bi mess tbh ) 

possibly connections 

role model / mentor

friends ( she needs them , and fully believes that she’s terrible at making them ) 

colleagues

roomates

exes

uh,,,,,,anything tbh? 

[fairrestofall-blog]

that’s Noelle Engel walking down the street, the twenty-five year old, who looks like Adelaide Kane. here in apple peak, they are a child social worker. some say she act(s) like Snow White from Snow White, since she can be maternal, but also a little bit overly trusting. — Ari, 24, EST She/her.

Meet Snow White

Trigger Warnings for: Child Abuse, Violence 

It was the earliest years of Noelle’s life that were the happiest, and she credits these memories with her ability to hang onto brighter thoughts, and dream of a better future. Her mother and father lived in a modest home and doted on their only child. She remembers her mother’s soft voice, her father’s kind eyes. She remembers not having a care in the world. 

When she was only seven, her mother died and though her father still lived, he seemed to be little more than a ghost. Noelle learned how to cook for herself, clean and get herself on the bus to school. To tuck herself into bed and read a story to herself when her father stayed in his armchair in the living room, staring at nothing for days on end. 

When she was ten, concerned teachers contacted child services, who interviewed her and found her to be a victim of severe neglect. They removed her from the home and placed her in foster care. Her father seemed to be indifferent to the separation, and she never saw him again. 

Bouncing from one house to another, Noelle learned an array of useful skills: how to look after small children who were scared in their new environment; how to knit blankets and mend clothes; how to take food and stretch it, and turn scraps into a nourishing meal; how to clean a house from top to bottom, how to sing nightmares away. 

She aged out of the system, and found herself unsure of her future. But no matter what path she tried, she always found herself thinking of her own social worker, a smiling woman who had once told her everything was going to be alright, and it had. So upon finishing undergrad, she enrolled in a program to help children just like her. 

After receiving her training in Apple Peak, Noelle has decided to remain here for work. She is happy with the woman she’s become, but she still finds bits of restlessness in her, wishing for a family of her own. 

And speaking of restlessness, there’s the issue of those daydreams. Memories, she’d call them, if they weren’t impossible. There are three: an overwhelming castle that overlooks a fine garden; a man sobbing, clutching a knife to his chest; an apple, innocent as anything, hanging in front of her. They began weeks ago, and don’t seem to be slowing down. Noelle is not sure what she should do. For some reason, the thought of confiding in anyone about these thoughts makes her feel worried, though she hasn’t the faintest idea what for...

[janette-porter]

that’s JANETTE PORTER walking down the street, the twenty two year old, who looks like zendaya here in apple peak, they are a/work as a fine arts and conservation student/ part time zookeeper. some say she acts like jane porter from Tarzan, she can be intelligent, but also a little bit eccentric.

 she is the breeze dancing through the field. she is like a sunflower, bursting with brightness and always running towards the sun . a golden hour, drown in her fiery hues. she is the rain drenched windows, the smell of books, hands covered in ink, she will stain you with her presence, joyous and unforgettable.  

heya, the names cordelia and I am an almost degree holder in event planning(two more weeks, give me that paper.) i live in a constant state of exhaustion and drink more coffee then i should but ya know gotta do what ya gotta do. i’m just counting down the days until i move to walt disney world. i love a good plot so lets plot!

meet janette an english rose with a quirky personality 

janette is the only daughter of professor porter and she loves her father dearly. her mother passed away when she was very young and doesn’t remember her all that much. 

she and her father lived in england for a while, before they started traveling. they explored the jungles and terrains, fighting for people and animals

from the time she was little though her father odd like her instilled in her an ambitious attitude, ready to stand up despite her own fears.

growing up she picked up a pencil and started drawing and never stopped. while traveling she documented their trip with all her drawings

janette is weird. she’s quirky and eccentric, she speaks fast, rambles and trips over her words but she’s genuine, loves easily and is soft

she can be outspoken if she chooses, protesting and bright.

enthusiastic is a word lots of people would use to describe her. 

she works at the zoo as well as double major’s in fine arts and conservation. 

janette loves her jobs, getting to spend the day with the animals, drawing them and talking to them.

janette isn’t really that sure what she wants to do but she knows she wants to travel again.

this is my quirky, adorable child. if anyone picks up tarzan and wants to incorporate a plot where they met while she was traveling i am 100% down. if anyone just wants to plot in general i love to plot, come at me. 

[yellowri0]

that’s GLORIA “RIO” SANCHEZ walking down the street, the twenty year old, who looks like georgie flores. here in apple peak, they work in physiotherapy. some say she act(s) like cruz ramirez from cars 3, since she can be optimistic, but also a little clumsy.

omg its ya GIIIRRRRRLLLL !!! there are so many words under the cut im so sorry

exterior!

rio’s parents died when she was very young, and she got into the foster system after her extended family realised they didn’t have the resources to take care of her. rio didn’t mind at all, she always felt like the odd-one out in her family anyway, and she wasn’t given much notice save for a few pats on the head

there was always something that didn’t work out with her foster families. maybe they just couldn’t take care of her anymore, maybe she wasn’t the right fit, maybe it just got too much -- but from about 9 years old until she was eighteen, she moved from foster family to foster family

rio gained a love for the colour yellow after one of her foster mothers gave her this yellow coat to wear so she could always spot her in a crowd. bc rio was always zooming around, excited to see something, moving way too fast

and then rio gained a love for driving bc of another set of foster parents who took her to the town drag-race a lot and got her into NASCAR basically and she also helped the father tinker with the old model cars

but with everything, rio just wanted to see how fast she could do. she learned how to do EVERYTHING on wheels since she wasn’t permitted to drive yet

when she was 13, she got stuck with a negligent foster family. she began to feel invisible again and useless and worthless, so when the older kids at school offered to teach her to drive (she wouldn’t stop talking about it) she JUMPED at the opportunity

they taught her the basics and it was like second-nature for rio, she practised with those kids every day after school. then it turned out that they were just training her to help them with a string of robberies around town. she went through with a few of them, especially since they stuffed jewellery and money in her hands like “here see this is a good thing you get all this stuff”

but she couldn’t handle all the violence that went with it. eventually, she told the police -- and she was let off with a warning.

“good kid, and a devil behind the wheel”

the foster family gave her up, and she moved to a bigger home, where she was even less noticed. but she found a friend. someone who finally believed in her, and together they built up their dreams for their own lives. she made even more friends. she befriended the librarian at school by stacking books back on the shelves and cleaning messes. the librarian helped her do her research. 

how could she drive fast cars for a living? how could she become a real racer?

and in all that research, she found out about: lincoln mccaffee. a rookie back then, but going faster than anyone she’d ever seen. the guy was breaking records! rio wanted to be exactly like him. so the librarian helped her. she found out how to ge ther license, what age she had to be, how she could get her start -- all the local races, all the jobs she could do while she was still 14. 

she started working to save money to get her first car, and to get into racing school. and she did it !! by the time she was 17, she got all the licenses she’d needed, she’d done the hours on the tracks she’d paid all her money for, she’d woken up in the early hours of the morning just so she’d have time --

because even then she still felt invisible. no one saw her, no one cared for her, no one thought she could do it. 

and then it was finally time to do her first race. and there in the pit, waiting to get into her car, looking around at everyone else around her -- hard-faced, weathered, completely unlike the soft, baby-face everyone else told her she had. the tall guys who looked at her like maybe she was lost. the girls who pulled similar faces, rolling her eyes or ignoring her. 

rio ditched the race. it was a rally, and just before the gates closed, she hopped into her car and drove away. she dealt with the penalties. she dealt with the shame. and try as she would -- she still couldn’t do it.

so she forgot all about racing. she converted her beloved car into something more common, though the yellow paint-work still stayed the same. she focused on graduating, and she did so with honours. she got out of the group home as soon as she was 18. she chose physiotherapy as a career. and when she realised she could get out of studying even faster -- she decided she was happy with being a physiotherapist assistant. 

the only job offered to her after graduation was in some small town in maine, so she moved all her stuff to go there.

she....currently doesn’t have a place to stay. she had a monthly pass to stay in the fancy hotel, and then that ran out, so now she’s looking for a motel or somewhere cheaper rip.

so she’s been here only a few weeks!

interior!

THE MOTIVATIONAL COACH EVERYONE NEEDS IN THEIR LIFE

god she’s so bright and sunny and she 100% is like this bc she wants to be the kind of person she needed when she was younger

she babbles and is a motormouth

nervous laughter, blushing bc she probably said smth weird, and has a lot of quirks

severe self-esteem issues that she’s constantly battling every day. she KNOWS she’s amazing and beautiful and smart and talented, she just needs to remember. and she likes to remind everyone else too !!

racing is still in her heart and soul. she took her little car with her all the way to apple peak. has 100% lived in her car.

and yeah !!!!!!

plot ideas!

foster system connections from the pAAAST

ppl who work at the rec centre !! 

she does a lot of the group therapy work, and when the main physio is busy, she takes over the individual sessions, or if someone is comfortable with her, etc. she also helps teach yoga classes sometimes

CLIENTS !!!!

SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A ROOMMATE, she will also be your personal chaffeur

someone who motivates her/helps her get into racing again

she’s a big foodie and beer girl so like anyone who’s seen her in any food places like “omg arent u always here” the answer is always yes

tho she doesn’t rly go into stinky pete’s bc she doesnt think she can handle it there dhbvkerhjb

drinks at home and sings karaoke and cries watching pixar/disney movies

yes she does cry so much watching cars 3

ANYTHING PLS !!!

[pixiidusted]

that’s gwendolyne 'windy' bard walking down the street, the  twenty-three year old, who looks like courtney eaton. here in apple peak, they are a student majoring in english literature while working as a copywriter. some say she acts like wendy darling from peter pan, since she can be adventurous, but also a little bit absentminded 

Here’s a little bio of my baby girl.

-  Gwen or Windy is short for Gwendolyne, which means a fair, white ring. It is a name given to her by her parents with all the intentions of having it influence her character when growing up, but it has gone a bit opposite. - Wendy is not a delicate flower that her parents, especially her father, wanted her to be. She's not a perfect lady, more suiting of a 19th century rather than the year 2018, but rather a gentle soul filled with wonder and imagination, which she uses to the fullest. She often daydreams and forgets about stuff, rather running around the forest with the fireflies than studying and looking for a stable job.

-  She is working as a copywriter – a person who creates short jingles, catchy ad lines and the ideas for promotion for small businesses, especially the online ones. She only works from her home office that's set in her room at her parents' home. To get in touch with her one must find her website DarlingAds and fill a special form. She only works on commissions as a free lancer, not wanting to get forced to work for a project she doesn't like. - But her biggest wish is to become a published writer. It is not possible as of yet, due to her inability to focus for long enough on one story and it's characters. Her head is filled with ideas, one better than the other, and she can spill fantasy at a blink of an eye, but she is not able to pour it onto paper and finish her longer projects.

-  The Darling family came from England some years ago, but nobody really remember when it was. Nobody also questions that fact, because the family has beautiful, Queen-like accents and an overall pose of a posh family. But they are not such. Wendy's father George is a banker in a private sector, dealing with the rich of the world, but he himself, along with his beautiful wife Mary and their three children are middle class at best. At least as middle class as it can be in the 21st century. He has always pushed his loved ones to perfection, a one a bit outdated too. None of the children could slump when sitting or leave the table without permission. None could play in dirty clothes and none could laugh with their teeth showing. 

-  She has started telling stories around the time that John was born, since she liked to be the one to put him to sleep. However, her wish to become a writer started after the birth of her second brother Micheal, when she was already a bit older and could understand that using her imagination for a professional life was a good idea. In high school she tried to learn as much about creative writing as possible, but it wasn't easy since her attention span is a bit short.

– Wendy is a perfect babysitter. She loves kids of all ages and is amazing with them. Very responsible too. Her brothers are the best proof of that, as she has always been the one to insist to put them to bed or watch over them when their parents went out. Except for their early life, when they used to play sword fights and pirates, there never were any causalities of their behaviour. It is thanks to them that she's able to tell so many stories, because of the countless nights when the boys refused to fall asleep without a yet another story.

 – She oozes confidence. At first sight, she's one of those accomplished young girls, who can get everything she wants, have a world fall at her feet. But in truth Wendy is scared. She's not a perfect girl that here father wanted her to be, she's not the best writer that she wanted herself to be and she doesn't think she's the best friend possible. Adulthood scares her to death and she dreads the moment when she'll have to move out of her parents' house.

– Except for her one true passion, which is creative writing, Wendy was always a good student. She had a tendency to daydream and forget to listen to her teachers, but could always work diligently to catch up with the material. However, despite her good grades, she was not the most liked student, mostly because of her lack of attention. But she couldn't do much about it.

WANTED CONECTIONS: - Peter Pan (a childhood best friend or someone who had shown up during her teen years. A complete opposite, someone whom her father doasn't approve off. - Michael and John. -

[prcmiised-blog]

hi guys!!! i’m olie and i will be playing the love of my life, chelina --- or in this life, emelina aka lina. she got like two seconds of screen time in the live action movie and honestly, i love her so much... can’t mess up a characterization if there never really was one, amirite lads?????

that’s emelina 'lina' zaragoza walking down the street, the twenty-one year old, who looks like adria arjona. here in apple peak, they are a college student ( public relations & international studies ) and front desk clerk at the sleepy hollow inn. some say she acts like princess chelina of zaragoza from cinderella (2015), since she can be confident, but also a little bit secretive. — olie, 20, est, she/her. 

THE STORY

her parents are puerto rican but they built up the True American Dream and moved to NYC where they eventually became very well off ( the product of hard work and a lot of dreams ). EMELINA was born in the bright lights of new york city and to a pressure cooker household created by her parents. they wanted everything for their daughter that they had not been given, but sometimes too much can be, well, too much.

lina felt the pressure to be perfect very early in her life : perfect grades, perfect friends, perfect appearance, perfect life. she never felt the need to act out against these pressures, not because she was scared but because she knew nothing else. normality was not something she knew --- and it wasn’t like she was being neglected; she was more than adequately, clothed, fed, and given a handsome monthly allowance ( so long as it was spent on reasonable things ).

when she turned sixteen, the family picked up from NYC and moved to apple peak to better her father’s career --- though lina would always be unsure as to why a lawyer would do better in a significantly smaller town than new york city. 

she’s been in apple peak ever since: attending the high school and then the university. ( another thing that baffled her: why her parents insisted on her staying instead of pursuing some posh ivy league ).

MISC

PERSONALITY: lina comes across as a very confident and put together woman with an edge of arrogance who has a clear direction with her life. she can also come across as a little intimidating when she needs to. while it’s not all a lie, really -- some of it is a front. she wants to make her parents proud of her and believes that with their pride her happiness will come too. maybe deep down at her very core she’s a little unsure as to what she really wants and is a little lonely. she doesn’t really let anyone in because she doesn’t feel the need to.

she definitely doesn’t need to be working at the inn --- her parents are paying for college and would give her any money she needs. however, she was drawn to the place and the people that run through it --- she likes talking to them, getting to know them a little bit. her parents were initially against her position there ( how will the people react if they see a zaragoza working the counter at some inn? ), but the general reaction was the opposite so they backed off.

fluent in english and spanish.

i also lowkey want to headcanon that her parents and kit/prince charming’s parents have been trying to like,,,, push them together for a little while now ( and it’s grown into an unlikely platonic friendship of sorts ) as two large influencing families in the community but ofc that’s not set in stone until we get one!

her alignment is neutral. she’s not a hero and not a villain --- she believes strongly that she serves herself ( even if she can’t quite realize that maybe what she thinks she wants is only because of her parents ).

[ericank3r]

that’s ERIC ANKER walking down the street, the twenty-four year old, who looks like bex taylor-klaus. here in apple peak, they are a fisherperson & videographer. some say they act like prince eric from the little mermaid, since they can be easygoing, but also a little bit directionless. 

its ya favourite sailor <33333333 i already love them so much and its 70% bc its bex taylor klaus jvhbskjfhr

pls remember eric is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns!

exteriors

the anker family are danish and old, they moved from europe to america in like the 18th century so they’re super old

they’re an important part of the fishing industry in apple peak

they also have a military history -- eric’s father was a lieutenant commander in the navy before retiring to be a fisherman

they were never really rich, they were more just ?? known by a lot of people ??

their commercial fishing business is small and largely family-owned, with a only a few employees and boats left

largely doing salmon tendering because it’s the simplest 

their house is like a big old lighthouse that used to be navy barracks, and it’s like SO OLD but none of them (including eric) really want to update it because it’s like the aesthetic.

so eric ends up doing most of the renovations

the entire family hoards stuff honestly

then about four years ago, eric’s father dies in a boat accident while out near the fisheries. 

eric’s mother begins to rely on eric, but eric sort of runs away for three years

eric took their father’s ship and just crossed oceans and went as many places as they could

didn’t really get to go around the world, just around the americas and canada. 

stayed in a few cities, did odd jobs

comes back to find their mother is thinking of selling the business and all the boats entirely. all that’s left of their family is the mother, eric, their old family-friend (griggs) and some loyal employees. 

eric doesn’t want to sell the business because it was their father’s whole life, but also doesn’t want to take on the business themselves. 

NEVERTHELESS, eric starts to work a few days a week, while their mother manages everything

eric doesn’t actually know what they want to do lmfao

they know they love exploring, they love experiencing as many things as possible, AND they love the sea.

but what is a career?? what’s a life??

ERIC’S BOAT! they practically live on it

mainly because the lighthouse is so far away from town, and they cbf going all the way with a car and then going on a boat, so they live on their boat most of the time

when the weather’s tough, or when eric gets sick of microwaveable food, it’s so easy to just ride the boat to their family’s personal dock and then just go up to the lighthouse

model of boat: beneteau oceanis 423

the name of the boat is “the vernian” -- named after jules verne

ERIC HAS MAX

over the three years that they were exploring, eric discovered that they really liked filming and making videos and also taking pictures. so right now while they’re working a few days on the boats, they also have a side-job as a videographer for functions (mainly it’s been birthdays and small celebrations)

doesn’t have an official business name or anything yet, they’ve been hired via word-of-mouth

but yeah filmmaking is their real passion, because it’s the best way to try and capture how they feel when they see the world <33

interiors

a SUPREME romantic, but will never outright admit it

very sarcastic, sort of light humour with people

for the people who would have known them since they were kids: their birth name was ‘eirin anker’, but for as long as they could remember, they’ve been telling people to just call them “eric” instead

ACTUALLY, they liked the name ‘eric’ after watching ‘the little mermaid’ as a kid. they just loved the idea of being that hero -- the one with a dog they loved, and the one who loved the sea and being on a boat

lowkey ended up fashioning their own life after prince eric

this is all very subtle tho, and not something they point out or like to talk about usually

max has been their dog for only a year, the family dog back then was named “geraldine”

hasn’t ALWAYS been happy with themselves tho

eric always had a tendency to just kind of run away from problems and disappearing

doesn’t really like schedules and being told what to do and having to adhere to a whole life’s plan. also doesn’t like confrontation and doesn’t know how to process all that

when they were younger and had difficulty figuring out their identity, they took their boat out and just stayed out on the sea

that’s their main way of dealing with things honestly

but three years at sea helped them gain some of that confidence

their solo sailing trip did a lot tbh, and a lot happened so i’ll probs elaborate on that during rping but aLSO PLOT BC OUR CHARACTERS COULD HAVE MET !!

the only thing they’ve ever been sure about is their identity. other than that ?? what is the future ??

very sensitive to people’s emotions and comfort levels

SOFT (TM) but also SASSY (TM)

just wants the world to be a more calm place

yet even with all this uncertainty and nervousness, eric can be a real stickler for being punctual lmfao. can’t control their future but believes they could at least be on time for things. 

MORNING PERSON

never gets motion sickness

possible plots!!

someone they met during the sailing trip! it was for 3 years, so from like late 2016 to early 2019? eric just got back january-ish

lovers, friends, enemies, pls

someone who works at the docks/near the beach, they would probably meet everyday

a barista they always get coffee from at the asscrack of dawn pls

restaurants, diners -- a waiter who always sees eric bc eric likes to eat a heavy meal once theyre back on land

someone wHO FISHES WITH THEM

need me that beachlife/boatlife 

[rozpunzel-blog]

that’s rozaline verheddert walking down the street, the twenty-year-old, who looks like olivia holt. here in apple peak, they are an art student some say she acts like rapunzel from tangled, since she can be sweet & optimistic, but also a little bit naïve & rebellious

hey there demons, it’s me  -- ya girl,  bringing you my girl roz! 

BACKGROUND:

roz was adopted as a baby by a single mother

she grew up knowing nothing about her biological parents but was always taught that it didn’t matter, that her adoptive mother loved her more than anyone else ever could and ever would.

roz was homeschooled her entire life, and as such grew up very yes, ma’am and socially isolated.

however, she always wondered what life was like outside of her home: what other kids her age were doing and what the nearest big city was like. every time she found herself daydreaming about the city and the lives of those who lived there, she turned it into art that she hid from her mother.

this curiosity eventually led to roz gathering all of her courage to sneak out into the nearest city one night while her mother was away on a short business trip.

on this escapade, rozaline met someone who -- after much prodding by roz -- showed her the sights of the city. 

roz was immediately taken with the wonder and life the city presented and found herself particularly enthralled with the art she saw everywhere.

it was then that she knew that this was the life she wanted to start: one of freedom and art and on her own, and so she did!

this new life required her to sneak out once more, reclaiming the surname on her birth certificate that she was never allowed to talk about or track down, and run off to apple peak where she’s now an art student.

PERSONALITY:

roz!!!! she’s here for a good time, not a long time, alright? she may be pretty naïve to the way that the world works because of her eighteen years of isolation, but she still knows how to have a good time. 

sweet as sugar -- if there’s any one person to go to when you need to feel better about anything, it’s roz.

one of those people who would do absolutely anything for just about anyone.

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

best friend

muse

"hey talk me up to that person over there at the bar, and i’ll talk you up to that one!”

once again, much like with maggie, i’m down for absolutely anything so let’s talk about it!!! (alyssamar#5851 on discord heyo)

[rottenloves]

that’s meghan leos walking down the street, the twenty-four year old, who looks like bae suzy. here in apple peak, they work as an assistant in town hall. some say she acts like meg from hercules, since she can be outspoken, but also a little bit cynical. 

tw: infidelity; illness.

when meg was much younger, she adored fairytales -- particularly the romance of it all. the knights in shining armour, the damsels in distress, the beautifully grand weddings. she simply couldn’t get enough of it! a hopeless romantic since a young age, she had always admired the relationship her parents had: two hopelessly in love people who saw the world in each other and meg had sworn she would meet someone like that one day. 

until her father cheated on her mother. that’s when the dream was destroyed. it had been going on long enough for the other woman to have gotten pregnant and as soon as her mother had found out, she took the young meg and left to go stay with her parents. her mother was never the same after that, cynical of all men and untrusting of most people besides her daughter. meg, at the time still so naive, couldn’t understand why her father had left but she saw the effect it had on her mother and at that time, began questioning romance (a sprout of doubt in her mind). 

her mother wouldn’t let her have a boyfriend, scared that she would get hurt and turn out like her. but meg didn’t listen -- when she was 17, she met a boy just a year older than her and the two hit it off immediately. absolutely head over heels in love, meghan finally let the secret out to her mother about her relationship when she was of age and was just about to move in with her boyfriend (this broke her mother’s heart) 

but alas, it seemed the leos women’s luck with men just didn’t last. her boyfriend became terribly ill, bed-ridden in hospital for days that turned into weeks that turned into months. the financial strain it put the couple in was enough for meg to pull out loan after loan in order to pay the hospital bills (her boyfriend had no insurance). she was bled dry of her finances, barely able to feed herself at night, debt weighing heavily on her. 

her boyfriend made it out of the hospital alive, much to her relief -- and she thought things would start to look up (her finances, however, were still in a mess and he knew this) until she stumbled in on her boyfriend with one of the nurses at the hospital. needless to say that that was the day meg’s outlook on life took the turn for the worse. 

it didn’t take long for her to return back home to her mother, who was heartbroken that her daughter had turned into her: cynical of the world without a single shed of trust for anyone besides herself. but at least the leos women had each other and meg swore that she would never fall in love ever again. 

so she turned her back completely on the whole idea of romance, promising to never let her life be led on someone else’s leash. unfortunately, the debt was still heavy on her shoulders and meg couldn’t shake that off easily. so she moved to a different town -- apple peak -- for university, eventually finding a job as a town hall assistant where every pay check went back to her loan shark’s wallet. she’s trying to make a new life for herself now, independent and alone and away from anyone that may possibly hurt her. 

[ofqueensandhearts]

that’s Scarlet Tulgey walking down the street, the thirty six year old, who looks like Kate Siegel. here in apple peak, they are an APPD Detective. some say she acts like The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, since she can be effusive, but also a little bit unhinged. — Ari, 24, EST, She/her.

Meet The Queen of Hearts

Whooo boy okay so

Trigger warnings for: drug mention, violence 

Scarlet is furious with the whole situation (when is she not furious honestly). She was doing just fine ruling Wonderland, thank you ever so, and she didn’t need some second rate magic transforming her to a world that’s inferior in every way. 

So, she’s decided to make the best of a rather awful situation, biding her time until she can find some way to get. back. home. Of course, knowing that that pesky little flower Alice is running around helps. She’d love to kill her, oh wouldn’t that be a treat. She wants Alice to remember everything first though. Much more fun that way. 

If this wretched land doesn’t have royalty, Scarlet decided she would do the next best thing. She’s situated herself as one of those silly little knight-policemen, yes. From there she began a hearty campaign of blackmail and extortion, and some kidnapping when necessary. All to ensure that the chain of command essentially leads back to her. Police officers, city council, lawyers, judges, medical examiners...There are dozens of the Apple Peak elite either on her payroll or terrified that she’ll spill their secrets. And there are dozens of everyday criminals turned henchmen for her cause, as a way to avoid jailtime. 

She dabbles in a bit of everything, forming her own kind of mafia that keeps a strict hierarchy, with calling cards that are....well...cards. 

Officially she’s a deep undercover detective, so as to keep the yet uncorrupted police officers from discovering her deal. 

Manners are extremely important to Scarlet. If you want to undergo criminal enterprise in Apple Peak, you had best ask her first. Drugs, weapons, murders, high scale theft. If you don’t ask, she’ll be insulted, and if you insult her, she’ll get a temper. You won’t like her temper very much. 

[megxmags-blog]

that’s margarita “maggie” kostas walking down the street, the twenty-two-year-old, who looks like willa holland. here in apple peak, she works as a bartender at the underworld. some say she acts like megara from hercules, since she can be quick-witted & industrious, but also a little bit argumentative & pessimistic

TW: for mentions of abandonment, allusions to abuse, cheating/infidelity

hello hello! my name is alyssa and im v excited to be here: this is my baby margarita, but yknow her friends call her maggie -- or they would if she had any friends -- and she’s ready to party. 

BACKGROUND:

maggie was born margarita kostas to her mother penelope and an unknown father, a man that left penelope shortly after learning of her pregnancy. this was the first in a long line of disappointing relationships in maggie’s life.

as she grew up, maggie watched her mother make the same continuous mistakes with men who treated the both of them terribly, and though she desperately wanted to make herself different from her mother, apples do not fall far from their trees.

though she had some fleeting and unsuccessful relationships in high school, maggie’s own major heartbreak came at the young age of 18, when she found out that her boyfriend had been sneaking around with someone maggie would have considered her best friend. 

this betrayal left maggie broken hearted and looking for a way out, and so she found her way to main from chicago and thus to apple peak, where she has lived ever since.

while she bartends at the underworld -- she wasn’t sure what had drawn her to the nightclub, but it was the first place she went upon arrival -- maggie takes classes majoring in journalism and psychology during the day.

PERSONALITY:

it’s no surpise with maggie’s past that she is closed off, presenting nothing but pretty eyes and biting wit.

despite this front however, the few people that maggie has allowed into her life find that she cares deeply and recklessly.

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

underworld regular

closest friend

roommate (tbh i think this one could be super fun, and could possibly coincide with the closest friend if you'd like!)

classmate

honestly, anything you can think of, i’m down for! if you’d like to plot, please like this post and i’ll pop into your messages, or message me on discord alyssmar#5851 an

[hesa-tramp]

that’s TRUMAN TSAI walking down the street, the TWENTY-SIX-year-old, who looks like JORDAN CONNOR. here in apple peak, they are the OWNER OF ONE MANS JUNK. some say he acts like TRAMP from LADY AND THE TRAMP since he can be CHARMING but also a little bit RECKLESS.

here i am, once again!!! lol hi guys it’s alyssa here again with my chaotic boi truman (idk maybe i’ll call him tru? kinda love it tbh)

BACKGROUND:

tru has no memory or any knowledge of his biological family, he was named and brought home by them when he was born, but not even a week later they had dropped him off at a fire station safe haven with no information but a note that read: truman matthew. we’re sorry.

his surname tsai is an assumed name 

he bounced around from foster family, to group home, to foster family, to group home for the entirety of his childhood, never finding anything that fit 

he never allowed himself to stay in one home for too long

when he aged out of the system at eighteen he found himself the most alone and lost he’d ever been, and yet the happiest he’d ever felt

he had nowhere to go and lived out of a duffle bag for months with the limited cash he had from odd jobs he’d done

tru didn’t know where he was headed when he started taking rides from truckers eastbound, but he found himself in maine and drawn to apple peak

he was nineteen by the time he arrived, and though he still had nowhere to live, he decided to stay in town

he was flitting between park benches for the night and working at granny’s diner during the day until he had enough money to get a small apartment with someone

***this would be a great former roommate connection if someone is down!

since then things have obviously changed, and tru eventually moved out on his own and started a whole ass business that he was excited for 

he loves one mans junk tbh even when he doesn’t need to be there, he is.

PERSONALITY

tbh definition of chaotic neutral

very good guy, but my god is he reckless

buuuut he knows he can get away with almost anything with most people with a smirk and a good line

super protective over his little pack of people, which stems from group homes where he’d try and take care of the younger kids as much as he could before he left

***also would be down for these connections

CONNECTIONS

former roommates

his small pack mates

employees

drinking buddy

chaotic bros™️

[wcnderfully]

that’s alicia lim walking down the street, the twenty year old, who looks like kim lip. here in apple peak, they are a business major. some say she like alice from alice in wonderland, since the jshe can be clever, but also a little bit rebellious.

famiy is rich af

she’s never gone without

she’s also  b o r e d  af

everything in the lim household is perfectly ordered

except for alicia

“perfect isn’t interesting!!!1!”

she’s rlly smart

like, does well in school without even trying smart

which is good bc her head is always in the clouds

my girl just wants a lil adventure

business major at the university 

even though the thought of being stuck in a corporate office makes her want to jump off a cliff

bc it’s what her parents want

and like they’re paying for everything so

parents give her an allowance specifically so she doesn’t have to work

and can focus on school

pfffttttt

yeah like that happens

my bored lil bab got a part time job anyway

at bare necessities

her parents would literally die of shock/embarrassment if they found out

but alicia likes the thrill of it tbh

dances at night, goes to bed, wakes up early to go to an 8am lecture

does it all again

rlly she’s just looking for things to make her perfect lil life less perfect

she doesn’t remember wonderland, exactly

but she’s been having dreams about it lately

and she likes it