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Several teenaged delinquents, all from different backgrounds with different crimes, have been sent to a "correctional facility" where they are to be whipped back into shape and sent home to wherever they came from, whether it be a huge mansion or to a dirty alleyway. But when they arrive, they find the place to be nothing like they expected, not at all…

You may have up to three characters each.
No smut please. Nothing even vaguely suggested will be tolerated here.
Swearing is fine, so is gore and general violent behavior.
No Mary Sues. Don't be overpowered and don't try to warp the plot around your characters.
No one-liners.
No magic or powers, or at least not yet.
andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)'s rules
Have fun!

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Deleted user

Name: Riley "Embers" Darcy
Age: 16
Gender: Trans man
Orientation: Gay
Appearance: Embers is a short, black-haired man with a pale, ashy pallor and almost golden eyes of a light, pale brown. His hair is tied in a braid that falls to the small of his back, and he has a sharp face and even sharper eyes that burn into you until everything is gone.
Personality: Dedicated, unhinged, and ready to destroy everything in his path. Embers is the burning type, which makes it no surprise that he's an arsonist. Embers wants revenge, and he wants it badly, even if he has to burn down the world to do it.
Brief Backstory: Embers came from a poor family, and was always an expert at fanning the flames. When he ultimately destroyed his home, he decided to destroy the physical location as well, burning the apartment complex to a crisp-and getting away with it, too. He was picked up by a local gang who was impressed with him, but at the murder of the leader, someone had to take the fall. The second-in-command, "Grief Bringer" Barnes, blamed it on Embers, so Embers had to skip town. But, he burned down the gang's headquarters first, killing all except Barnes. The fire spread across the city, and fast. Now, Embers is in this "correctional" program for life.
Likes: Arson, fire, and flame-related things in general. They are his life, in short.
Dislikes: People, crowds, Barnes, being stuck.
Fears: Losing what he calls his "internal fire", or his anger.
Theme Song: Fire by Barns Courtney
Other: Idk

Name: Mary Swift
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Orientation: Straight
Appearance: Mary has dark brown skin, brown-almost-black eyes, and the faintest of freckles. She has an impish persona, sneaky and looking like she's gleefully plotting your demise. Her black curly hair is dyed a bright green at the tips, and her face and nose are soft and rounded.
Personality: Sane enough, but with the unshakeable urge to take. She'll take whatever she wants with no remorse, no matter who it hurts.
Brief Backstory: She's a thief, plain and simple. She just wants, for no reason in particular. What she wants, she gets, and if she doesn't get it she'll work even harder to take it. She got caught robbing a jewelry store and was arrested.
Likes: Taking things, baked goods, rats, reptiles, ferrets, and small, strange animals.
Dislikes: Similarly to Embers, she hates people.
Fears: Seemingly nothing, but really it's being trapped.
Theme Song: A Sadness Runs Through Him by The Hoosiers.
Other: Idk.

@redwood eco

Name: Maritza "Miss Rebellia" Strife
Age: 17
Gender: Cisgender female
Orientation: Asexual biromantic
Appearance: Maritza is a pale, small-shouldered girl with an apparent passion for making her parents upset. (as going to be discussed in her backstory) Maritza's family always keeps the colour-scheme of black, white, and gold for their clothes. Maritza, never being a fan of both conformity and her family, tries to step outside the lines as much as possible. Her hair reaches unevenly down to her shoulders due to when she cut it out of rebellion. Naturally, it is black, though some streaks are dyed periwinkle. Her eyes are the colour of blue chrysanthemum, and they are wide, hopeful, and at the same time, uneasy-looking. Though this tends to change when she's fired-up. She wears as many colours outside the standard three as possible, and wears all of her clothes disorderly.
Personality: Obnoxious, loud, charismatic and certainly outgoing. Almost nothing can extinguish the absolutely raging storm that is her passion and determination. If she doesn't get the answer she wishes for, she'll more than likely start a ruckus or argument over it. Hardly knows when to back down, and if she does know when to, she won't anyways. In other words, hard-headed. She is quite quick to anger when faced with someone or something she doesn't like, sometimes resorting to violence for it to be ceased.
Brief Backstory: Maritza comes from a wealthy family that owns a quite successful business. Her father, Jeritza Strife III, grew worried for the future of Maritza as it seemed with each day her anger and rebellious nature was getting more intense. One night, while her family was asleep, she snuck out and led her followers to destroy multiple homes and shops. Some went up in flames, others just were wrecked with weapons or objects they had. Later on, a pipe she had left on the scene by accident was traced back to her. People speculate her being in the "correctional facility" forever, due to the fact that she led a whole town to be in shambles.
Likes: Fire, getting her way, mass destruction, yelling, people who match her passion/ideals
Dislikes: her family, strict rules, polyester, pigeons
Fears: Gorillas, being in air vents, being tied up
Theme Song: Headstrong by Trapt/Riot by Three Days Grace
Other: Her nickname isn't what she goes by on a daily basis, but rather a nickname given to her by her followers, as they were unaware of her true identity.

Name: Raila "Maid" Beckett
Age: 16
Gender: Cisgender male
Orientation: Homosexual
Appearance: Raila has smoky grey hair that is always in some style, usually an up-do. Small frame and rectangular body shape, but certainly nowhere near weak. Pale skin that easily sunburns and soft, pink cheeks. Small features that gives him a very youthful and feminine face. Always wears some type of uniform that matches the colour scheme of the Strife family.
Personality: Static and stoic, hardly ever will Raila enjoy a conversation he takes part in. He won't push anyone away necessarily, though getting close to him doesn't equate to friendliness. He won't push you away, but he won't let you in. He has quite the knack for cutting down views he sees to be illogical, or answering questions swiftly. The one thing that would ever break him is the pressure to help his family, or the feeling that he let them down.
Brief Backstory: Raila's family was always quite poor and had a history of lame people. When Raila was born, they felt as though they had a new sense of hope for finance, and sent him to work as a "maid" under the Strife family. They sort of sold him off as a girl, so that he would get the position, and in turn, money. Each year that he stayed, he grew to hate the position and the family more and more. That, and the fact that all profit he made he never got to keep. One day, he finally snapped and pushed Maritza's mother, Gwendolyn Strife, down a long flight of stairs, causing several of her bones to fracture or break. He was confronted about it, and his pay was cut. He resorted to stealing to get his family income still. Eventually it was tied back to him, and before sending him away, he was asked if he regretted it. Promptly, he responded that regret was nothing more than a waste of time.
Likes: Cats, studying, reading, quietly observing nature, dramatic instrumental music.
Dislikes: Loud people, crying people, really bright lights, the smell of coffee.
Fears: Not being able to repress his own emotions.
Theme Song: Gold Rush by Death Cab for Cutie
Other: His name is pronounced Rye-luh. If one is uncertain on his name, he will tell them to refer to him as Maid until he feels as though he can trust them.

Hope it's okay that my characters have some ties to one another. If not, I could always rework Raila's story no problems. And in general, hope they're alright.

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Also, @redwood , I really liked how you tied your character's stories into each other! It really works for this, since character drama will be a big essential for the plot.

@larcenistarsonist group

Name: Shea Garner
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Orientation: Bisexual
Appearance: Thick, straight, chestnut hair that falls to the small of her back. She has large, violet eyes and an impish smirk. She has slightly tanned skin and a large scar stretching across the majority of the left side of her face. Has a small, pointy nose and thin, brown eyebrows. She usually wears hoodies, jeans, and ratty high-tops.
Personality: Shea is chaotic and flies by her own rules. She's independent, snarky, and needs a speed bump between her mind and her mouth. She's fun loving and reckless with no regard for her own personal safety. She is confident and proud. She would rather die than ask anyone for help or express emotions. Pretty fearless, unafraid to die.
Brief Backstory: Her birth parents died in a freak accident and she fell into a coma. While she was in a coma, her brother died. When she woke up, she was an orphan with nowhere to go. She bounced around foster homes, but she never liked any of them, so she just decided to run off and be homeless. Shea was an angry child, blaming the world for her problems. She decided to express this with vandalism. She spray painted murals all over abandoned subways, destroyed buildings, and occasionally set something on fire.
Likes: Nighttime, riding her motorcycle, the color purple, cooking, chaos, bats, vandalizing stuff, spray-painting, knives
Dislikes: The sun, the color red, rules, puns, people in power
Fears: Losing control, finding another family just to lose them again
Theme Song: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC or Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time - Panic! at the Disco
Other: She's in the 'program' for vandalism and starting way too many fights

@Althalosian-is-the-father book

Personality: Sane enough, but with the unshakeable urge to take. She'll take whatever she wants with no remorse, no matter who it hurts.
Brief Backstory: She's a kleptomaniac, plain and simple. She just wants, for no reason in particular. What she wants, she gets, and if she doesn't get it she'll work even harder to take it. She got caught robbing a jewelry store and was arrested.
Likes: Taking things, baked goods, rats, reptiles, ferrets, and small, strange animals.

So. Sorry to rain on your parade. But this is pretty inaccurate based on the research I did for a kleptomaniac character I did a while back. I might be wrong. But based on my research, kleptomaniacs are often ashamed of their condition, and wish they could stop. Often they take things they don’t even have interest in/have no value to them.
I’m not here to talk down to you or anything, or to say that you can’t play your character like this in an Rp. But I do advise you to consider what I’ve said as well as doing your own research if you are to write a kleptomaniac. Once again, I’m not trying to be a hardass. But as you know, it is our responsibility to write responsibly, especially when it comes to mental health and all sorts of representation.

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Fair point, I will edit and find a better term. For now, does "thief" and variants of the term suit you?

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Oh sure, totally. Just wanted to let you know so you could improve. Feel free to do the same for me.

You were really helpful, next time I need any critique on a mental health piece I'll go straight to you!

@MusicElle-is-here

Name: Kai "Phoenix" Crawford
Age: 18
Gender: cis male
Orientation: pansexual
Appearance: Kai has chin length, slightly wavy black hair and smooth bronze skin. He has long limbs and a lanky build, standing at a tall 6' 1". He has hazel eyes and a faint smattering of freckles on his nose, cheeks, and shoulders. Another characteristic feature of Kai is his lopsided, playboy smile. He has an aristocratic Roman nose and full lips. He has naturally arched, almost mischievous-looking eyebrows and the fingers of a piano player. Kai likes to dress up, wearing clothes in a more dark academia style with lots of plaid, blazers, and turtlenecks when it's weather appropriate. If he's wearing sweats, then something is wrong.
Personality: Kai is loud, brash, and reckless. He's flirty, jaunty, and irreverent. The difference between his personality and Elowen's is like night and day, with Kai being a jokester and seemingly an open book, whereas Elowen is a quieter enigma. Kai seems like the sort of character you'd expect to find in a correctional facility, at least personality-wise. He likes to con people out of their money and possessions, with a bit of a gambling addiction. He also has a tendency to play with people's emotions and is definitely a playboy, getting a thrill out of making people fall for him.
Brief Backstory: Kai and Elowen are half-siblings, but with their behavior people have often thought them twins, despite their obvious differences in appearance (with Elowen's petiteness and lighter coloring) because of the way they act. They are extremely protective of each other and keep their past as shrouded in mystery as they can, although it is known among the other delinquents that Kai got in trouble for theft and gambling, among other things. He managed to keep it a secret for a long time, because what money he lost he managed to steal back to get back another way, though that is more unclear exactly how. He was finally found out when a jealous ex-lover ratted him out to his father and step-mother. Kai hates his first name, only letting Elowen call him Kai. To everyone else, he goes by Phoenix for reasons unknown.
Likes: Flirting, jokes, gambling, money, anything he can do to get a thrill, books, attention.
Dislikes: Too much attention on Elowen, getting ignored, losing, boredom, being told what to do.
Fears: Something happening to Elowen, people finding out too much about Elowen, or catching actual feelings for someone.
Theme Song: Trouble- Cage the Elephant
Other:

Name: Elowen Crawford
Age: 16
Gender: cis female
Orientation: lesbian
Appearance: Elowen has long, flowing pale blonde hair, almost the exact opposite color from her half-brother's raven locks. She also has long limbs and a slender build, but on a much smaller frame, since she is only 5' 4" compared to her brother's 6' 1". She has the same faint smattering of freckles on her nose, cheeks, and shoulders as he does and a natural rosy tint to her pale cheeks. Elowen's complexion is also much lighter than her half-brother's, being a creamy ivory shade compared to his warm brown skin. They look almost nothing like each other, besides the long limbs, freckles, and the eyes. Once you look into Elowen's eyes, you can instantly see the family resemblance. She has the same eyes as him, both with a mischievous slant and long lashes. Elowen has high, arched eyebrows a shade or two darker than her hair and the same graceful piano player hands as her brother. She has a similar style of dark academic dress and fashion as well.
Personality: Elowen is much quieter than her brother, choosing to use less words and inflect more meaning into them. Her voice is deeper than her slight frame and calm demeanor would lead one to believe, laced with honey, so unlike the brash tenor of her half-brother's voice. Elowen is antisocial, disliking big groups and sometimes even small ones. Sometimes she appears to not even care for her own half-brother, with a curious, almost frightening, detachment. While it would appear at first that Kai is the one in charge in their duo, if one digs deeper it's clear that Elowen holds the power. While she seems almost sweet and innocent at first, there is an underlying darkness in her.
Brief Backstory: Most people don't know much about Elowen, despite she and Kai coming from the same family. She is the daughter of Kai's father and his step-mother, and the two of them are very protective of each other. Elowen likes to keep her history private, and one can only really get snippets from Kai if they get close to him, since he is more prone to letting things slip, but no one has the full picture. Some people may just assume that she was brought to the correctional facility because she helped her brother with the theft and gambling, but that's not entirely true. There are some things about her past that only Kai knows about, and even a bit that even he is unaware of.
Likes: Books, writing, knives, music, the outdoors.
Dislikes: Being contained, tight spaces, when Kai is being overbearing, anything happening to Kai.
Fears: Something happening to Kai, people knowing too much about her or digging too deep, dying.
Theme Song: Miss Murder- AFI
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are they okay? lmk if i need to add/fix anything