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thrashfm · 3 months ago

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open thread @palmviewstarters location: callisto's secondhand.

bowie likes to think of herself as somewhat of a functioning adult person. she knows that, generally speaking, most people her age are supposed to have their lives somewhat put-together by now: steady job, casual social life, couple of cats and a place of your own. or at least that’s what those stupid teen tv shows liked to sell to their audience. but nothing in their life has been normal, so it’s only obvious that they wouldn’t be able to follow through that line. still they felt left behind, always trying to catch up to their peers. it was already humiliating enough that they only learned how to do their laundry without staining all their shirts a month ago, budgeting was starting to seem more complicated than anticipated. bowie was used to giving jameson a portion of whatever they made in order to help in what they could, but now that they lived on their own, they were having a hard time keeping up with things. rent was paid, which was great, but she huffs in frustration as she realizes her favorite pair of jeans was starting to rip in places they shouldn’t.

so, she fishes what little money she can find in between her backpack and her messy bedroom, and travels to callisto’s in hopes of finding something good within her budget. blue eyes scan the place, the clothes, the price tags quickly — she’s became a pro at thrifting at this point — and in between some skirts, bowie finds just what they’re looking for. they walk over and their hand reaches out to it, until slimy fingers come in faster and snatch it away from their grasp. they look towards the person, corner of their lips twitching ever so slightly. “hey, uh, so i saw that first. from over there. so, if you don’t mind handling it back to me.” they slowly say, trying to sound as polite as they could.

#no need to match length! i was just giving some background x #❛ ⠀ bowie prescott ⠀ 、 ⠀interactions ⠀ .#palmviewstarter

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thrashfm · 3 months ago

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❛ you can always reject your father but you cannot escape your mother’s blood. you’ll scream and try to wash it off of your fingers, but you’ll never escape what you’re made up of. ❜

BOWIE PRESCOTT is a twenty-five year old, resident of palmview grove who currently resides in mango bay lofts with roommates and works as a maintenance staff @ highwater arcade & freelancer artist. bowie’s gender is genderqueer, their sexuality is bisexual and they use she/they pronouns. they’re single, owner of a bearded dragon named joey ramone, and they always smell of cherry perfume with a lingering taste of nicotine.

FULL NAME: bowie rose prescott. FAMILY: jameson prescott ( older half-brother; wanted connection ); tba prescott ( older half-sibling; wanted connection ). PETS: joey ramone, bearded dragon. AGE: twenty-five. DATE OF BIRTH: november 25th. ZODIAC: sagittarius. GENDER & SEXUAL ORIENTATION: genderqueer, bisexual. OCCUPATION: maintenance staff @ highwater arcade

about bowie. triggers: child neglect, abandonment, sickness (brief mention of cancer), addiction.

bowie was born to elise prescott, a woman who lived her life to the fullest without a single care in the world. even after her children were born, nothing stopped her from being a free spirit. elise left her smalltown of sisters, oregon at the age of seventeen, when she drove away on her then boyfriend’s bike and didn’t look back despite the yells of her worried mother. she already had a son then, jameson, who was only a year old when he was left to his grandma’s cares. elise was essentially what you would call a groupie — going from one state to another with a band or a new pack of friends that liked the look of her. she was a sight to behold with her bright red hair and a baller to have around. until she fell pregnant again. on the road, it was hard to keep up with the time and before she knew, she was pregnant with her second child. but it wasn’t bowie’s time yet. elise made do and had her baby on the road, another one who would be raised without a father figure around.

the years went by as she had the help of friends and random people. that was until she fell pregnant again. she knew she wouldn’t be able to take care of two kids on her own and so, regretfully, she decided to return to her hometown. with a huge belly and a two year old holding her hand, her mother could not bring herself to turn her daughter away. that ended up being the reason behind her parents’ divorce, since elise’s father did not approve of the situation their daughter had put them through. but bowie’s grandma was too nice for her own good and elise found herself a home to bring her third child into the world.

bowie came out of the womb kicking and screaming. red cheeked and blue eyed, she was “already angry with life”, as her grandma would joke. but something in elise changed after her third baby. it seemed as though the light in her had dimmed and she became even more neglectful than before. bowie’s grandma tried her best to help as much as she could during the first year of her life, even though the old age had started to catch up to her. and a twelve year old jameson had to step up in order to care of his siblings. he didn’t understand much but he saw how much his grandma struggled, and did what he could. elise started to vanish for hours, then days, and then weeks. to the point where jameson started to believe that she would just leave them again — as he never expected her to stay in the first place.

the fights started to happen, as their grandma got sicker and begged her daughter to stick around and take care of her children. elise didn’t have the patience and found herself a trailer to be away from the constant nagging. she took bowie with her but left the other two with her mom. bowie would be at the mercy of neighbors whenever her mom would vanish, but no one ever had the courage to call cps on the situation because elise would just cry and promise to be better for her daughter. which she never did. she only worsened. the years went by as elise dragged herself deeper into her hole, becoming addicted to pills and alcohol. bowie’s grandma wasn’t able to help anymore and when bowie turned three, the old woman passed away of cancer. the children were thrown into elise’s hands once more and jameson became the main caregiver of his siblings. he started to work early on, saving up the money to give them something better than their current situation. and years later, when he turned eighteen, he took bowie and their sibling away from elise and found them a place to live.

bowie was raised by her siblings after that and though she was given the best in the situation they were on, she still grew up a bitter teen. and a troublemaker, too. she didn’t know any better, the feeling of being rejected by her own mother before she was even out of the womb had settled deep into her. she knew well, as her mother liked to remember them, that they were never wanted. the three of them were only a mere consequence of her actions. and bowie became resentful and somewhat reclusive because of that. she feared that it would be noticeable and that if people ever got too close, they’d learn the things that her mother knew from the start — she just wasn’t worthy of love at all.

bowie had always been an artist and her brother knew how much she liked to paint, especially abandoned buildings and walls she shouldn’t, so he tried to get her to focus on that. maybe major in art after school and when that wasn’t enough to keep her out of trouble, he got her a part-time job at the auto-shop he worked at. that helped bowie find that they hated cars. the smell of oil didn’t please them in the least and so they decided to venture to other things.

bowie’s older brother watched as they started to sink deeper into a hole of self-destruction and knew he had to act fast to avoid losing her. that’s when a business opportunity rose for him in palmview grove, and without a second thought, the siblings took what they could with them and seized this chance for a fresh new start. jameson became the owner of a small, rundown car repair shop and bowie started to try and fit into this new town.

bowie then went from a rebel who liked to pick fights just to feel something and push others away by seeming more dangerous than they actually were to a more controlled, almost-functional human being. a fresh new start away from the toxic mother that brought them into the world was just what they needed. but it isn’t to say that they aren’t a complete delinquent anymore, as they still like to tag walls and take part in casual vandalism, but at least she isn’t coming home with a broken nose or bloody knuckles. and that’s more than enough for jameson.

currently, at the age of twenty-five, bowie has managed to secure a job at the arcade in town as a member of their maintenance staff and occasionally does freelancing art projects to help pay the bills. they have recently moved out of their older brother’s place and shares an apartment with roommates. their middle sibling went on their own way but the three are still incredibly close. they don’t keep in touch with their mother, but bowie occasionally texts a neighbor to make sure the woman still hasn’t kicked the bucket.

though she’s seriously withdrawn and often keeps to herself with a serious case of Resting Bitch Face, she has a caring nature, often taking wounded and abandoned animals home, nurturing them back to health and finding them a forever home. and she’s the owner of a bearded dragon, named joey ramone, who’s her joy in life.

#❛ ⠀ bowie prescott ⠀ 、 ⠀about ⠀ .#❛ ⠀ bowie prescott ⠀ 、 ⠀isms ⠀ .#palmviewintro

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