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kian andrew mathis . beat up playing cards with odd symbols etched in black sharpie against dulled red backs splayed out on cracked & darkened wooden floorboards that smell of moss & sink heart - poundingly low when walked across with too heavy a foot , the slam of a hole - ridden back screen door of a house after a late evening screaming match , just to sit down in the middle of a field full of laundry hanging & the sound of cicadas & crickets harmonizing in the dark blue distance – pounding a fist on the ground under bloodshot eyes , & a body full of tattoos meant to harden the skin underneath that sings relieved songs above rigid - seeming muscles when it’s touched – every once in a blue moon – by love rather than malice .
rumor . his family – his mother , father & younger sister -- ditched town when kian was sixteen because they thought he was possessed & would hurt them .
out of character . aubs , twenty - one , she / her , est , & i would live & die for andy dufresne from shawshank redemption . i watch speed racer ( 2008 ) unironically & it’s one of my favorite films of all time , barbie in the nutcracker is unequivocally the best barbie film & i’ll take that statement with me to my mf grave , & sam giddings & josh washington deserve it all . idk what ‘ it ’ entails but . . . they deserve it .
✷ * ˚ 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 / 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤 . ˚ *
nickname . ki .
character inspiration . stanley barber ( i am not okay with this ) , billy russo ( the punisher ) , poe dameron ( star wars -- except i would never ruin his character like d*sney & co did so jot that down ) , chris chambers / teddy duchamp lovechild ( stand by me ) , will hunting ( good will hunting ) , & kirby reed ( scream franchise ) .
age . twenty - five .
pronouns . he & him .
orientation . bisexual .
occupation . mechanic at pineview mechanical .
frequents . wheel - a - while roller rink . his family used to frequent the rink . he’s an expert rollerblader who goes to the rink to get lost in the nightlife & music scene . kian’s infamous for picking up dates there & never following through .
tattoos . he has tattoos all over his body -- up & down both arms , a few scattered along his legs , a tree facing upward along the right of his torso , and wings against his shoulder blades .
face claim . jordan fisher .
zodiac . gemini sun , leo moon , & aries rising .
alignment . chaotic neutral .
hogwarts house . ravenclaw .
demeanor . he’s incredibly independent & is angrily forthright whenever he feels like he needs to protect himself . you’ll usually find him smirking from across a room or smiling to himself -- minding his own business & enjoying his own company . he treats every room like he owns the place ; a bit of a jay gatsby meets tom buchanan type , sans the simping . he’s the type to down a drink , give someone a smile , & when they don’t return the sentiment he’s quick to throw the smile away , replace it with a bored expression , & throw the glass over his shoulder so he can get back to what he was doing before someone tried to ruin his mood ( which is always secretly poor to begin with -- he just pretends he’s happy because he doesn’t understand what real happiness that doesn’t rely on acceptance feels like anymore , so he’s gonna have to suffer ig ! LKSMDFL ) .
positive traits . beguiling / charming , indulgent , & quick - witted .
negative traits . trenchant / sharp - edged , irritable , & selfish .
phobias . enclosed spaces & being locked inside rooms , his limbs being tied together ( being cuffed to something , etc ) & being unable to move , not being able to remember things , & feeling like he’s about to be cornered .
drug use . frequently . he has experimented with plenty of things in the past , but secretly only does it because he feels like he remembers things / his childhood better when he’s high .
alcohol use . on occasion & in small increments . he drinks socially , but doesn’t enjoy getting plastered . he hates losing gaps of time & tends to panic in morning - after situations post - blackout .
diet . average but chaotic . he eats as clean as someone with a lack of money & time possibly can . he’s infamous for eating out , getting takeout , stopping at diners for a pick - up meal , flirting with waitresses while he waits , etc . but eating oats in the a.m. & keeping things simple with a salad by noon isn’t too off base for him .
birthplace . radisson , alberta , canada .
has he experienced strange radisson happenings ? absolutely . he considers himself a strange radisson happening , but he’ll get instantly irritable if someone tries to make smalltalk about anything like that -- talking about radisson transparently brings back memories & makes him anxious , which is a mood that turns sour far too quickly & seamlessly in kian’s book .
family .
andrew & deanna “ dee ” mathis : kian’s mother & father . they were kind , but religious to the point where it became a fault & paranoid people who attempted to keep kian extremely sheltered growing up . when kian began acting up in school , getting in fights , getting into it with his parents & inciting household scuffles , his parents began to fear for their son . things only grew worse when kian contracted appendicitis when he was sixteen & grew pale & sickly with the same attitude , but wasn’t audibly in pain . he can’t remember much that happened at home during his childhood / early teen years , but he knows he has the scars to prove that he eventually had surgery to remove his appendix . the most he can recall is being in bed a lot , being angry often , being spiteful & fiery whenever he could squeeze the sentiment in , not wanting to go to church , getting his first tattoo when he was fifteen & making sure it was visible just to spite his parents , etc . kian ran away from home after a large family fight that ended in what he remembers as a scuffle where his father pinned him on the floor & screamed for him to calm down while he urged his wife to take kian’s sister & wait in the car . funnily enough , kian recalls , during this memory , feeling completely calm & content beneath his father . the warring dichotomy between what he remembers feeling & how he remembers his father reacting haunts him to this day . when they left , kian was able to emancipate himself & prove that he was able to take care of himself instead of being forced into a foster home .
younger sibling whomst i might add a wanted connection for so i won’t name them : kian’s younger sibling probably was closer to kian than their parents were , but they ended up leaving town initially with their parents -- either by force or willfully , he never found out . kian being kian , though , attributed it all to his family ditching him without a second thought & hasn’t taken a moment to actively miss them since .
education . went to public school his entire life & left alberta about seven years ago to go to study theology for two years , only to wind up back in radisson , where he studied auto mechanics through a trades program & now works on cars for a living .
languages . english , asl , & spanish .
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hey! this is my son mort who until really recently was pretty hopeful he’d have a normal life
some facts:
33 , cis man , he/him
his parents immigrated to canada a few years before he was born and he’s lived in radisson his entire life. he’s never wanted to leave.
he worked at pink cadillacs throughout being a teenager and bought it from the previous owner when he retired - definitely for less than the price would have been if anyone else had wanted it
he’s been married to clem for a long time and they were v much in love until her insistence that strange things were happening began upsetting his dream of a very normal life
his hip got messed up in the accident and he has been attending physical therapy ever since - it is the only type of therapy he is willing to go to
he’s a very outdoorsy, diy kind of guy. he built a lot of the furniture in their home and does a lot of repairs around the diner. if you need something fixed quickly or don’t feel like dealing w contractors, he’s your guy!
he got a dog in the months that clem was gone, she’s a mutt and her name is magda. they go on a lot of walks together
v importantly: before the crash, mort never saw anything weird and he didn’t believe clem about anything that she saw. however, since he got out of the hospital he’s been having more unnerving and frightening experiences. he can’t admit to himself that she might have been right all along, but that only leaves him w the possibility that he is losing it
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river boyet mercado . empty church pews underneath heavy moonlit stained glass – save for one disheveled head of brown curls bent down in furrowed prayer at the front , careful attentiveness as bread dough is molded by bruised & calloused hands – masked as care & kindness behind attentive eyes & soothing smiles – but always bordering on insistent distraction from something unspoken , & the sound of a strained gasp accompanied by the stillness of a room after being awoken from a noiseless , boundless nightmare .
rumor . his mother is currently serving life in prison for murdering her husband & attempting to murder her fourteen - year - old son .
out of character . aubs , twenty - one , she / her , est , & i would live & die for andy dufresne from shawshank redemption . i watch speed racer ( 2008 ) unironically & it’s one of my favorite films of all time , barbie in the nutcracker is unequivocally the best barbie film & i’ll take that statement with me to my mf grave , & sam giddings & josh washington deserve it all . idk what ‘ it ’ entails but . . . they deserve it .
✷ * ˚ 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 / 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤 . ˚ *
nickname . riv .
character inspiration . frank castle ( the punisher ) , charlie ( perks of being a wallflower ) , billy loomis ( scream franchise ) , ben hanscom / richie tozier / stanley uris lovechild ( it ) , gordie lachance ( stand by me ) , theodore ( her ) , eduardo saverin ( the social network ) , & andy dufresne ( shawshank redemption ) .
age . thirty - six .
pronouns . he & him .
orientation . bisexual .
occupation . baker at golden grain bakery .
frequents . silver fox motel . he frequents the motel for wholeheartedly sentient & selfish reasons . the town’s ambience has him in its clenched fist , & he knows he’s incapable of moving permanently in any capacity . however , whenever he needs rest because he’s feeling the insomnia hit particularly hard ( thanks to his record with sleep paralysis & trauma / ptsd surrounding being in a homely environment as an adult when his last real childhood memory of his own home is one that feels horror movie - esque ) .
tattoos . n / a .
face claim . bob morley .
zodiac . aries sun , pisces moon , & sagittarius rising .
alignment . lawful good .
hogwarts house . hufflepuff .
demeanor . he’s an incredibly smiley person . his gut instinct is charitableness & kindness , so he often acts humbly / selflessly first & thinks later . you’ll often find him speaking softly , letting others talk over him , telling jokes only when it’s his turn to speak , being wooed by people the moment they so much as ring the bell walking in & offer them a sugary good morning , etc . he’s a fool for love who won’t let himself have it because he’s worried it’ll never be real , people switch up too fast , etc . however , he’s simultaneously a mess when it comes to his warring avoidant & protective personality traits . he’s the kind of person who will be as soft - spoken but forward as he can possibly be during a conversation in order to avoid conflict , but the moment he senses he’s losing he’ll hold on even tighter & transition into the overprotective river who doesn’t want anybody to set foot inside what he thinks is his business & will go to extremes to make sure someone he loves is safe -- even if that means walling them in & making them resent him . he doesn’t understand what it means to balance his need to keep people safe & his will to keep himself comfortable by inciting a small conflict in an attempt to stay out of a bigger one .
positive traits . vigilant / protective , soft - spoken , & selfless .
negative traits . aversive / avoidant , mendacious , & fickle .
phobias . the dark , daunting changes & shifts in moods that go unspoken of , dreams wherein he’s unable to scream , large / over - sized safes , & dead silence that lacks any kind of white noise ( he enjoys sleeping at the motel because he’s more apt to hear cars driving by , doors closing , sinks turning on , etc ) .
drug use . rarely . he was never the type of kid who jumped at the thought of experimenting , & that tendency to say no trailed into his life as an adult . he was always concerned with not being a nuisance to anyone , which included making sure he was always fully capable of working & not getting caught up in how addicted he knows he’ll get to being under the influence .
alcohol use . rarely . see above for an explanation !
diet . poor but consistent . river spends as little time at home as possible , so his diet largely consists of food he bakes or diner runs . he’s the type of diner regular who sits at the same booth every time , orders the same thing for dinner every night , is way too kind to his waitstaff , & overtips everyone who had a part in serving him . he loves waffles & prefers sweet tea . he could easily be a southern dime if canadian blood wasn’t already coursing through his kindly veins .
physical or mental disabilities . he had to have a left - side brain tumor that was impacting his ability to hear removed as a kid ( it was removed when he was seventeen ) , & has been slowly but progressively regaining his hearing in his left ear ever since ; although he only experiences a mild form of his previous auditory function difficulties , he still signs at work or in front of people who know him -- especially when standing at a distance from someone , & ptsd stemming from his mother’s outburst when he was fourteen .
birthplace . radisson , alberta , canada .
has he experienced strange radisson happenings ? he’ll tell you all day that he hasn’t , but he definitely has .
family .
christopher & cora mercado : the mercado family was , at no point in time , picturesque . the mercado family loved each other , absolutely , but river’s parents were still both the type who’d go around in circles with each other in public -- all the while ignoring their son as he walked in front of them . his mother was in no way stable , but river was far too young to understand what exactly her violent outbursts entailed . to river , his father was always the collected one . they often left river home alone . one night when river was fourteen , he woke up ( after his parents had been gone all day ) to his father shaking him awake ( his left side -- his particularly bad ear , especially at the time ) & rushing him to get up & be quiet . as far as river could tell , his father was on the phone with the police waiting for an in - person response but keeping the line busy . his father left the room for a moment to check to see if the coast to the car was clear & river never saw him again afterward . sharp scuffling ensued behind the door , & there was no moment of hesitation after the scuffling dulled before there was an insistent banging on river’s door . the only thing that saved him , at the end of the night , was river’s fight - or - flight response to lock his bedroom door . the police arrived about an hour later & found mrs. mercado rampaging blindly around the house , mr. mercado stabbed to death in the kitchen , & river mercado hiding under his bed covering his ears . river never went to visit his mother in prison , & still hasn’t spoken to her since .
education . he went to public school in radisson for the duration of his early youth & has worked at the bakery since he was fifteen -- a year after being placed in a foster home . by the time river was eighteen , he was living in a small house on his own & hasn’t left his bakery -- diner -- home routine since .
languages . english , asl , & tagalog .
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