play nerve ; {all districts} | on-going

wanted character: gavin hale
character expansion: You know what it's like to shine but never bright enough? Stars that compliment that navy sky but no one's ever wished upon them. No, it's all comets and meteors, brilliance that demands attention and well, you don't. You're a follower, through and through, daydreaming about how great you could be and never putting forth the effort. I'm sure you'd be top of your class... if you'd studied harder or maybe you'd have gotten the lead in the play if you'd actually bothered to memorize all the lines. You're a slave to your own mediocrity, a parasite basking in the greatness of others. Oh, but you're a pretty funny guy so I'm sure that makes up for it.

He's too good for you, you know that right? It'd be easier to resent him for it if he didn't love you so fucking much. One year past washing out of High school and he's still the star quarterback, with that smile that has everyone forgetting their own name. And yours. You've been together since you were kids and it's gone beyond love. You're not even sure if you do, if you ever have, but you sure as hell don't know who you are without him.

He signed you up because he wants to see you happy, because he remembers every sweet little moment you've shared and the fucking guilt is about to eat you alive.

But we can't think about that now. There's nothing about Gavin Hale that would have caught a producer's eye so now you have to figure out what the fuck your dumbass told them. Focus on your strengths, you're quiet but perceptive. A little shy but smart enough to know when to say the right thing.

You can become all they need you to be, hell maybe you'll even like him better.

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Sub-Par Poetic Bullshit Aside:
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-I like the idea of unlived potential, someone who doesn't believe he can be better (or is constantly making excuses for the fact that he is not) but is eventually forced to be.
-Think streetsmart, perceptive, high wis for sure
-Genuinely a good guy its just that he doesn't stand out, not quite an npc but would like get as much screen time as the gay friend in riverdale
-Kinda awkward but in a charming way
-Am totally planning to play of a stagnating / maybe codependent relationship with boyfriend I mean you gave me the crumbs I'm running with it. Like imagine living all your life with someone and now you're not only trying to figure out who you really are without him but also trying to pretend to be the person he told everyone you are! It's great!
-In love vs not wanting to be lonely, which is Gavin? He'll tell you when he decides
-Has so much fucking yearning to be seen? Like its this visceral, terrible feeling that's eating him from the inside out. A monster, maybe, but one he'd do anything to sate.
-Also he's fucking short. And a twink.
-Doesn't deserve rights.

endgame ideas: Honestly if he survives, I want to go for something bittersweet. The chances of this relationship not being ruined during the course of this game is like near 100, but there's also some positive change in being forced into these kinds of situations right? Sink or swim and well, I'd like to think Gavin is resourceful enough to swim. He can find some confidence and maybe even start to crave the spotlight he's given. And if that comes with a hollow, sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach because you know they only love who you're pretending to be, that's even better!

And if he doesn't make it? Well, shit, are we really surprised he couldn't live up to his potential?
do you consent to the possibility of your character's death?:

wanted character: Ferdinand Peverell
character expansion:

There's no enough hours in a day.

He's on his sixth Motel Energy Drink and nothing makes sense. The envelope staring back at him with the words of acceptance glittering in a neon color. All day, he's been at his computer typing away at a new formula for the machinery his boss wanted to make to send to the capitol- something about a machine to replace the lowly avoxes or something, he really wasn't paying attention. Another sip of caffeine to keep his eyes open as the envelope stares at him with a heavy weight of bigger, better, and more interesting things for his future.

Most kids his age would be partying with alcohol in their blood and a pretty girl on their arm, but not him. Ferdinand always had something in his hands, moving his fingers in time with ease. Where alcohol should be at his age, ice cream and energy drinks resided. A free cone every day at four on the dot, enough time to head there and let his mind continue on it's never ending conquest of Three. The girl behind the counter, Stefanie or something, always had his cone ready when he came in. Mint chip with a chocolate dipped cone, a customer service smile on her lips as she would hand it over and accept his money. Silently, they'd talk about work, pass pleasantries and every day his brain wouldn't shut off.

Mom would say it's because he's always been go go go since birth. His need to get things done and work on the next greatest thing always building up day by day. Ferdinand Peverell might be the boy genius of Three, hired at the youngest age every recorded and conquered his job and Three with ease, but he never got to be a teenager. A single party is all he's ever been to and that one party had led to his distaste in parties. His love life was nonexistent, even though he's flirted with many prospects, but no one would take up space in his head. Instead where teenagers thought of love and boys and girls, his head was filled with blueprints and copper wires and circuit boards. Codes beneath his fingers and another Motel Energy Drink down his throat, as the envelope rests against the background of black and green light.

The idea had come out of his boredom. The desire to do something big- life altering. Ferdinand is the smartest guy in all of three, conquered it in just eighteen years, but here he was, staring at his ticket to something bigger than Three and possibly less deadly than the games. The capitol had always been in the back of his head. Reaching the top was all he ever dreamed of as a kid. Technology had to be much more advanced, built by Three's own hands. He wanted to see the center of the technology built for the powerful.

Eccentric is what his mom called him, every moment when he had complained about not having friends. An uneasiness to everything he does. A step well planned out, but not in the right direction for people to understand him. In school, no one batted an eye at him. Always called him names like goblin or gremlin or hermit from the way he holed up in the labs, hands shaking on his thirteenth Motel Energy Drink, until he was working on the first code he could get his hands on. His mom would call, like the worried woman she was, and he'd tell her the same thing every day in school.

"I forgot the time, sorry mom."

Nowadays, she just smiles at him, rolls her eyes, and lets him work into the dead of the night. Hell, he's got enough money for his own place, but his mom insisted on him staying home and there was no fighting with his mom. The envelope rests heavy on the keyboard keys before he lets out a breath. Finally, opening it completely, knowing it's an acceptance. Why would anyone send a denial letter, especially when every teen and young adult signed up. Why was he accepted?- is still the question that rings through his head late into the day.

Either way, he'd conquer this game just like he conquered Three.

After all, there was nothing else better to do.

Not enough hours in the day to complete all of his thoughts.

Plus, Ferdinand could use a vacation, even if it's a game in the capitol.

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List Time!

-Ferdinand is very excitable guy who drinks too much energy drinks because sleep is for the weak (also maybe because he thinks too much, but he'd never tell someone that)
-Loves any tech that he can get his hands on and has mastered anything anyone's given to him
-Struggles with overthinking what people think about him, to the point of him hating any sort of social event. ("Who needs people when you can create people to entertain you!")
-Shut in as a kid, the type who took science fairs wayyyyyyy too seriously and got upset when some snotty kid won it with a volcano
-Mother's boy, even if he swears he's not and is cool. (He's totally not cool)
-Needs to have something to do in his hands at all times or he will tremble
-Has a bad sweet tooth, but also 100% stuck to going to the ice cream place because he likes having a set in stone schedule for at least something.
-Is the person keeping Motel Energy Drink TM running (Energy drink based off of Motel Hunt, super sweet, but definitely has a nice kick of sourness to it)
-Probably a Capricorn, but I haven't thought too hard about this
-The type of person to have major crushes on people, but insistently ignore them. ("Crushes just aren't worth the time or thought process.")
-Bored in Three. Needs something more exciting. ("The monotony of Three is so boring.")
-Entered on the idea of getting away and seeing somewhere new with no regards towards the consequences of leaving.
-Socially awkward, but he definitely gives it a try, especially to the ice cream girl who's name he can never remember.
-Likes to know what makes people tick and will not stand down from challenges.
-Considers himself a chill guy, when really if anyone saw into his head it'd be a jumble of thoughts and anxiety

endgame ideas:

Okay, so for Ferdinand, I definitely like the idea of him playing along with the game for a bit, but having his own side quest of his own to figure out the system for dares. Probably try to hack the fuck out of the competition and give his opponents difficult dares (difficult in his mind lbr). Personally also feel like Ferdinand is going to be the underdog for a lot of these dares as the boy is not experienced in much, except tech/science/being alone. Would love for him to end up having to handle social situations he's never been in. He's looking for a new world and something bigger and better than Three. He wants to conquer the Capitol. I definitely think he could have an interesting story in the sense of wanting to win, but not for the money, but the chance to stay in the capitol. (Though let's be real, he'll end up being thought of as a killer and get shot by Dars' character lol )

do you consent to the possibility of your character's death?: Always

wanted character: miracle danner

character expansion: Until now, her life was a shade of grey. As the 'miracle' girl, she was expected to live up to the ridiculous name and become something impossible: a perfect woman with perfect manners. But how could she live up to that standard when her father contradicts the standard? Men are allowed to betray tradition, yet miracle drowns in a list of responsibilities. Eat this, wear that, jog every morning, do these stretches - it's all rusty clockwork and she's so fucking bored. She wants to walk a path of excitement. That's when the partying started - climbing through the windows at night and raving in the warehouses. What could her mother do, take her fancy purse away? Who needs it.

She needed change, a way to shake things up. The parties are nice, the boys and girls are even better, the big personality is fun and allows her to reach out of her comfort zone. The drugs are a bit too hardcore, but she's a miracle, right? She can handle anything. Every scrap of attention is a delicious morsel, reminding her that she can always have more. It's everything her mother wouldn't give her. It's everything her father gives to his other children. Her mind became a fog. A different sort of clockwork started - avoid mom, sneak out, get drunk...

Then the invitation came.

She thought once again, as friends cheered and men egged her on, it's time to shake things up. A way to leave the district and escape her family duties? Sign her up!

After all, it must be a miracle for a district eight girl to make it to the capitol spotlight.

endgame ideas: it'd be ironic/amazing if she either made it super far by a 'miracle' then lost or died when everyone least expected it. or she could barely make it "by a miracle" while getting scarred, maimed, messed up, etc. Or both! Maybe she gets a rep of 'oh yeah, she can do anything' and she does just that - anything, with a false demeanor of confidence while she does it.

do you consent to the possibility of your character's death?: sure!

wanted character: give keira or ill die
character expansion: wip
endgame ideas: wip wip because my brain hurts I just did physics homework
do you consent to the possibility of your character's death?:kill me daddy

wanted character: Jesse Hatfield
character expansion:

Its common for him to feel like nothing is ever going to change on the farm huh? Jesse had grown up in ten, but he felt like it was the smallest place on earth. He was used to the small town vibe, even if it meant that he was far from it. He knew how massive ten was, and the farm that he lived on was probably bigger then most peoples houses in other districts. His parents claimed they worked for it, but that is only half true. They were handed down the farm, just like Jesse would be one day too.

He spent lots of time in the town square when he wasnt in charge of the sheep that day. Most of the time it was just to people watch, or help people with odd tasks that might need doing. A handyman to many, and also a real charmer. His parents always taught him to be kind to others, even if it wasnt correct. Ripred forbid Jesse act out for no reason, that would just not do. He had a reputation for being easy on the eyes, and quite eloquent when most people in the district had a hard time with reading and writing. Jesse could thank his mother for that, someone that came from a family that fancied the way words worked. Educated enough to at least give her own children to ability to make it just a little bit farther than most.

Some people always asked why he spent his free time in the town square and not doing other things, and truth be told, he didnt want to answer that. He was so used to his life, that he felt like if he muttered the words he was bored, he would cause some bad vibes and ruin something for his family. He was the oldest of his siblings, which meant, you guessed it, he was destined to take over the farm when his parents got too old to run it. Jesse had never expressed his boredom with farming, or herding for that matter, because he had just been too nice for it.

Realistically, he wanted something more exciting.

He didnt think it would come actually, a day in the town square that had been like any other. He was helping a stranger that he had never met before with moving some packs of fertilizer. When he was all done, he gave a smile that he had been known for. And then someone walked up to him and asked him a couple questions. Name, what part of town he lived in, hopes and dreams. Jesse didnt think too much of it, but little did he know that this conversation would affect his way of being.

He got an invitation delivered to him by hand. He looked down and saw a chance to give him something different to live for, and how rude of him would it be to not take that chance.

endgame ideas: The boy that always has a hard time saying no. easy on the eyes, probably made to do dares that involve him taking off his clothes. Hes not a shy man, but he was raised to be slightly modest. Kind to everyone, flirtatious with everyone, but has never crossed that line before. Thinks of the world in sepia tones, and maybe a pop of red or green. Dares that would broaden his horizons would be good, dares that would test his strength (physically or mentally) would also do him well. Anything that would go against his calm and kind nature would probably set something off in him. Hes definitely the type to try to save everyone, or help everyone if he can. Have two reserves I could use for this (or other faces, we can talk about that if you would like <3.)

do you consent to the possibility of your character's death?: yes mahma