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ARIELLE AURORA LANDIN
- looks like: Astrid Berges-Frisbey
- age: 17
- height: 5'5"
- physical appearance: thin, bird-like; very angular heart-shaped face with freckles; wide lips
- style: casual, slightly tomboy-ish; jeans/leggings; loose tops and sweaters; ankle boots and keds; always wears her mother's pearl earrings and one of her necklaces
- hobbies/interests: photography, theatre, poetry/writing, reading
- defining gestures/movements: fidgets with jewelry and/or bites lips to the point of blood when nervous; slouches constantly
- pet peeves: societal flaws; ignorant people; fakeness; people who seem to have everything; crappy writing and/or contrived drama; bad coffee; people who make excuses for her parents' death (e.g. God has a plan for them)
- quirks/eccentricities: doodles on anything when bored; loves tea; dependent on coffee in morning; very tactile with those she's comfortable with; almost always late; can't eat in front of strangers or while others are watching; speaks French
- fears/phobias: metathesiophobia (fear of change); fear of hurting others; fear of opening up and making things worse; fear of losing everyone
- fondest memory: her parents and her laughing in the bed of their old pickup truck, eating ice cream
- insecurities/guilts: eating disorder; guilt over losing her parents
NICHOLAS "NICK" AEGIS RIGAS
- looks like: Andreas Sandby
- age: 17
- height: 6'1"
- physical appearance: lean but muscular; square face; strong shoulders; birthmark on right side of neck; small scar over right eyebrow from cleating accident
- style: simple but slightly punk and nerdy; jeans, converse, graphic/band t-shirts and flannels
- hobbies/interests: coding, designing websites/HTML things, watching movies, reading
- defining gestures/movements: fidgety; cannot stay still for long periods of time unless "in the zone"; cracks knuckles/back/neck, taps foot when nervous
- pet peeves: people who stop in the middle of the hallway; people who don't consider others; people who cut in lines; people who watch the movies instead of reading the books
- quirks/eccentricities: can quote almost any movie; knows a lot of useless trivia; corrects others' grammar; whistles a lot; occasionally speaks archaically; almost always punctual
- fears/phobias: not being able to help/save someone he loves.
- fondest memory: playing with Arielle when he was younger
- insecurities/guilts: that he's not living up to his parents' standards; his diabetes (hates the extra attention he gets for it)
YOU ARE READING
The Absurdity of Fairy Tales
Teen FictionArielle Landin hasn't believed in fairy tales since her parents died four years ago. No matter how hard she wishes otherwise, all the pixie dust in Neverland can't bring them back. Her happily-ever-after was a hospital bed. The magic? An eating diso...
