#roseford.intro

[petulantbois]

*·˚ ༘♡﹙ ryan potter, trans male, he/him ﹚— look who it is! it’s BASIL ABELSON, the TWENTY-FIVE year old PODCASTER hanging around AROMA HOUSE. i’ve heard they can be quite WITHDRAWN & IRRESPONSIBLE, but the residents swear they’re really CHARISMATIC & DEDICATED. they remind most people of SECRETS WHISPERED BETWEEN FRIENDS, A MAP WITH RED STRING CONNECTING THE DOTS & LONG NIGHTS IN THE ARCHIVES, and i think i can see why.

backstory.

growing up, if you had told basil that he would end up living in a small town in georgia, he would have never believed you. until he was sixteen, he had never known the world beyond the streets of nyc and he was truly a child of the city --- nothing compared to the crowded buses or the constant background noise, at least in his mind.

it was his mother that whisked them away to georgia, following a job offer that allowed them to take a step up in the world and that would provide all of the kids with lower tuition fees when the time to go to college rolled around. the increased pay combined with the fact that basil’s father was approved for a transfer had the family packing their bags and moving into a nice house in athens.

staying at home and going to the university of georgia on reduced tuition was as much of a no brainer as avoiding all of the classes that his parents taught now that his father was also a professor, even before the fact that it would be free after his scholarships. a few hours at the local electronics store every week for a pocket money and boom, basil was free to spend at least some of his time partying, so long as he kept his gpa up enough to keep his scholarships.

and he did party, dancing and drinking his way through all of the school’s parties including those held on greek row. by the time graduation came around, basil and his green hair were regularly spotted hanging out at frat houses --- and he would later report on the charity work and re-education programs taking place while also reminding students about the organization’s somewhat slimy underbelly.

but he couldn’t have picked a worse time to study journalism --- the industry is dying, jobs vanishing and leaving even experienced journalists struggling. so he moved to a small town, got a shitty apartment and a slightly less shitty job while starting to research under-reported cases and posting videos online. slowly the video series morphed into a moderately popular podcast and that morphed into two; one of which he made with someone else. 

trivia.

truly believes that there are power structures in the world that keep us from knowing things - sometimes for our own good and sometimes not. spends a lot of his work life trying to uncover the stories that are being suppressed, and in real life just tries to take in news from as many reliable sources as he can --- it’s important to have the full picture.

drinks probably too much coffee, starting with a cup every morning and then three more cups on average before he cuts himself off a few hours before bed. still manages to keep a fairly consistent sleep schedule, though some would argue that he doesn’t get enough sleep. and to that he says, “so what if my sleep schedule is 3am to 9am every day? that’s a solid sleep schedule.” 

despite what he does for a living, he doesn’t like the idea of being known. neither of his podcasts have merch revolving around him and he doesn’t ever want to hold meet & greets or live shows. there’s a comfort in being relatively unknown that he doesn’t want to lose. 

drives a motorcycle, hopes it makes him look hot and mysterious. 

[xdclacruz]

*·˚ ༘♡﹙ cindy kimberly, cis female, she/her ﹚— look who it is! it’s XIMENA DE LA CRUZ, the TWENTY-ONE year old BARTENDER hanging around PABLO’S PUB. i’ve heard they can be quite FRIVOLOUS & RASH, but the residents swear they’re really EFFERVESCENT & AMICABLE. they remind most people of CARPOOL KARAOKE SESSIONS, LATE NIGHT DANCE PARTIES, GRAINY PHOTO BOOTH PICS, and i think i can see why. (marci, 21, she/her, est)

hi everyone ! i’m marci and i’m super excited to finally present ximena to you all. i’m awful when it comes to writing intros so please bare with me lol. if you like what you see, feel free to like this post or message me so we can get to plotting !

stats !

FULL NAME ― ximena sofia de la cruz NICKNAMES ― xime BIRTHDATE ― october 25th, 1998 AGE ― twenty one old ZODIAC ― scorpio GENDER ― cis female PRONOUNS ― she/her ORIENTATION ― closeted pansexual

click here to view her full stats page !

background !

bullet points to get my point across because if not, i’ll never finish this lol

ximena was born into the de la cruz family in 1998 when the family resided in cali, colombia and she is the youngest of two, her older brother being only a few years older than her

the de la cruz family immigrated to roseford, georgia when ximena was six years old in search of opportunities to make more money and receive better education

this move was especially tough on ximena, who struggled being away from her friends and adapting to a new culture. luckily, her limited grasp on the english language allowed her to communicate with her peers enough to make a couple friends during her first year in the US

after a few years, the family finally settled into their new home and had been living comfortably until a few weeks after ximena’s tenth birthday their father just up and left

it was a shock to their small family when they came home one day to see all of the patriarch’s belongings gone. all he left behind was a note stating he didn’t want to be contacted

ximena’s mother and brother both felt angry and resentful towards him while ximena felt as if she was at fault for her father’s sudden absence

fortunately for her, her older brother stepped up to the plate and began to look for work to help their mom out. he became the father figure ximena wanted desperately despite it not being the same

once they settled into their new normal, ximena stayed focused on her studies determined to get a full ride to the university of her dreams

it wasn’t easy considering the psychological effect her father’s abandonment had on her in combination with english being her second language, but she managed and by the end of her high school career found herself traveling cross country to attend USC

despite having been a great student while in high school, ximena struggled to keep that same attitude while attending university

los angeles provided an assortment of distractions that kept her from putting all of her focus into her education. she got mixed up with the wrong LA crowd and her grades suffered for it

her sophomore year she ended up dropping out and quickly turned to the onlyfans platform to make quick cash in an attempt to prolong her stay in LA. however, that didn’t last for long and she was soon forced to return to roseford

now that she’s back, ximena is working as a bartender at pablo’s pub in addition to continuing her side hustle (in secret) to make as much money as she possibly can in order to be ready for whatever her next step is

extras !

– ximena is a much different person now than she was before she left roseford and it may be a shock to some of the people who she didn’t keep in touch with  – although she wouldn’t ever admit it, she feels pretty ashamed about dropping out and is upset she failed her mother and brother  – nobody in roseford is aware of her being an onlyfans content creator and will try her damn hardest to keep it that way (though we can plot and maybe y/m does know hmm..) – as for her sexuality, ximena has always been drawn to people’s personalities more than anything else, but never really acknowledges that she may like people beyond their gender. she often thinks about it, but struggles communicating it with anybody

connections !

click here to find my wanted connections page. please don’t feel limited to these though, we can come up with anything together !

[rosefordhq]

it’s  5pm  est,  and  you  know  what  that  means  —  we’re  officially  open  for  plotting  !  make  sure  to  follow  everyone  on  the  blogroll  over  here,  tag  your  intros  with  roseford.intro  for  everyone  to  see,  and  join  our  ooc  discord  if  you’d  like  !  happy  plotting,  everyone  !

[petulantbois]

*·˚ ༘♡﹙ george sear, demiboy, he/they ﹚— look who it is! it’s AARON ADAMS, the TWENTY year old PASTRY CHEF hanging around SWEET TOOTH BAKERY. i’ve heard they can be quite SELF-INDULGENT & WEAK-WILLED, but the residents swear they’re really LEVEL-HEADED & CARING. they remind most people of FRESH BAKED DESSERTS, MESSY COUNTERTOPS & COLORFUL THROW BLANKETS, and i think i can see why. 

backstory.

for the longest time, aaron lived with expectations of his parents --- and often exceeded them --- straight a’s turned into top of his class while most valuable player turned into varsity captain. and while he always managed to balance this with having fun and goofing off, he watched as his accomplishments became impossible standards for his siblings to live up to. it was three days before the deadline to submit his college applications that he decided to go completely off course --- he threw out the list of pre-approved ncaa schools and switched them for schools with culinary arts associate degree programs.

and then he stayed silent, hiding away acceptance letters, until his mother found one in the mail and asked him why savannah tech was sending him things. to say that they were disappointed wouldn’t be quiet right --- his parents were hurt and confused, angry at both aaron and themselves, hurt that he had felt as though he couldn’t go to them. they managed to talk it out, agreeing that it was for the best that he follow his own dreams rather than their dreams for him. 

and that’s how he found himself in savannah alternating between shifts at his job at the local target, classes at the community college & nights living it up with his classmates. the next two years were arguably the best in his life, a time of freedom and self-exploration, no longer stifled by his parents' expectations / presence he dove headfirst into any opportunity to learn something new about himself --- including many opportunities to make out with his classmates of all genders. it was over the summer, during pride, that he first heard the term non-binary and despite feeling like the term might fit him, it took several late nights of research before he said something.

the decision to come home was made easier by the available position at sweet tooth bakery but it was only meant to be temporary. in aaron’s mind, it went a little like this: move home, save money / develop recipes, open up a bakery somewhere else.

trivia.

the second thing that he does every morning, after going to the bathroom, is feed his sourdough starter and mix the discard into his daily face mask. he repeats this before bed, though his nighttime discard gets set aside for use in recipes. 

constantly having to give his neighbours / friends the extras of what he bakes and will show up to get together with a batch of a new recipe to be like ‘oh haha was just trying something new and wanted to share .... do you like it?” 

genuinely really good taking and giving constructive criticism --- knows the difference between being constructive and being rude and will toe the line in a fight --- but is not a fan of unasked for advice and will make that very clear from the moment you open your mouth.

has what is probably one of the ugliest cars in roseford, a honda civic hatchback that’s nearly 30 years old --- it’s covered in scuffs and dings, the left rear bumper was poorly spray painted to cover the rust and the black spray paint serves only to draw attention to the rough texture. the rest of the car is a faded lime green with a single strip of red where the paint has begun to chip off along the entire driver’s side --- the hood is covered in a mix of old and new bumper stickers in an attempt to cover the fact that it’s an entirely different color from the rest of the car and a stick figure family decorates the hatchback’s window. bought it for $500 and will tell anyone that asks that he’s never getting rid of it.

doesn’t eat a lot of meet & tends to stick to meatless options in restaurants --- it’s mainly a financial choice b/c he looks at prices of good meat and is like ‘sigh, that’s so expensive’ but on a moral level refuses to eat meat that isn’t sourced in a way that limits both the environmental impact & the suffering of the animals

has an obsession with soft blankets and novelty pillow covers - owns roughly 27 different throw blankets in a variety of colors, all of which have matching cushion covers - just has a giant tote in his closet of pillow covers and the line closet is half blankets.