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Rainbow Bubbles

Only Slightly dead

Katie

Tucci

Pisces

LIkes:

  • DND

  • Ghost Hunting

  • Swords

disLIkes:

  • Dead Parents

  • Minding Her Business

  • Forethought

Playlist

A 6'1 transfemme former school athlete, Katie prefers a goth sense of style, confounding metal songs, and LARPing. She's a firm believer in the supernatural, which both benefits and kneecaps her in certain regards, especially pertaining to the haunted house she has just moved into. She's the fiery, quick to judge counterpart to her twin brother Seth, who was mellow even before the depression he's grappling with in the wake of their parents' death.

Trans
Bisexual
Katie Tucci
Spoilers

Seth

Tucci

Pisces

LIkes:

  • Sad Music

  • Freddie Mercury

  • His Piano

disLIkes:

  • Dead Parents

  • His Ex-Boyfriend

  • People

Playlist

Also 6'1 and also a former school athlete, Seth is troubled and depressed in the wake of the loss of his parents and an HIV+ diagnosis (passed along by someone he should have been able to trust). He doesn't play his instruments the way he used to, even the antique piano he inherited from his mom, preferring to sleep and stay locked inside his bedroom. He does not believe in ghosts, which is, of course, why he ended up being the one most haunted by one.

Man Loving Man
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Ben(jamin)

McMahon

Taurus

LIkes:

  • His Truck

  • His Dogs

  • His House

disLIkes:

  • "Ghosts"

  • Disrespect

  • People

Playlist

About the size of a small barge, Ben is a disabled former marine whose past is unspoken of. He is the long-lost older brother of Katie and Seth, their collective mother having given him up for adoption when she was sixteen. Several years ago, he purchased a dilapidated house in Echo Creek and has been renovating it since. He's unsure how to handle being the guardian to two seventeen-year-olds, but he's trying his best. He does not believe in the supernatural, but does believe in respecting old shit.

Aromantic
Pansexual
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Jesse

Graves

Leo

LIkes:

  • Smashing Teacups

  • Bright Colors

  • Seth

disLIkes:

  • Memories

  • Clocks

  • Being Stuck

Playlist

A ghost that only Seth can see, Jesse has been attached to Ben's house for seven years. In an effort to get attention, he breaks whatever he can, particularly mugs and teacups. Now that he has Seth's attention, he's been learning more about the century he's woken up in. He's learned that he likes the idea of hair dye and punk clothes. He's not sure why he's missing one shoe, or why he can remember his mother and nothing else.

Man Loving Man
Jesse Graves

Avery

Messenger

Sagittarius

LIkes:

  • Mosaics

  • Treasure Hunting

  • Polyamory

disLIkes:

  • Malicious Spirits

  • Coven Politics

  • Irresponsible Witchcraft

Witch and son to a witch, Avery helps work at his mom's metaphysical shop in Echo Creek proper. (Hint: it's actual witch stuff). He's an artist who loves taking found objects from around the mountain and making them into art, from beer cans to antique bottles. He's been in a relationship with his girlfriend Hayley for quite some time, but they have their collective eyes on a certain  sword-collecting mischief maker.

Pansexual
Avery Messenger

Evelyn

Messenger

Virgo

LIkes:

  • Good Tea

  • Native Plants

  • Purple

disLIkes:

  • Malicious Spirits

  • Coven Politics

  • Irresponsible Witchcraft

Descended from a long line of witches, Evelyn runs the metaphysical shop in town. She also happens to be Ben's best friend, something that happened because she decided not to leave him alone -- that house of his has always had weird energy, and it's only getting weirder. She's also a widow and single mother to her son, Avery. Mama Bear is understating the situation.

Bisexual
Evelyn Messenger

Hayley

Song

Libra

LIkes:

  • Rockhounding

  • Historical Garb

  • Nonfiction

disLIkes:

  • Littering

  • Having to Shower

  • Impractical Shoes

Small and compact, Haley's chosen passtimes include digging around for cool rocks and working at one of the local historical landmarks in Echo Creek as a tour guide. She also loves cooking, having been taught by her father. While she loves her hometown, she can't help but wonder what else is out there.

Bisexual
Hayley Song

Ernie

Hughes

Gemini

LIkes:

  • Reading

  • Black Coffee

  • Being Home

disLIkes:

  • Hospitals

  • War

  • Being Alone

Having lost part of his leg in WWII, Ernest "Ernie" Hughes returned home to the States to work at his family's bookshop in the heart of Echo Creek. Unfortunately, his queerness came to light, and he was sent to "recover" in a psychiatric hospital above the town, where he later passed away after "treatments" that involved electrocution.

Man Loving Man

John

Whitehead

Scorpio
Burned Hole

Emilia

Johnson

Capricorn

LIkes:

  • Fishing

  • Swimming

  • Harmonica

disLIkes:

  • Hospitals

  • Gendered Clothing

  • Being Alone

John grew up in a large, poor family on the outskirts of Echo Creek. He grew up wearing his brothers' clothing, even though he was not supposed to. This personal affect led to his hospitalization, where he eventually died by suicide.

John's Scribbles
Trans
Bisexual

LIkes:

  • Music & Radio

  • Dancing

  • Being Home

disLIkes:

  • Hospitals

  • Silence

  • Seriousness

An unusual resident of Echo Creek as a Black woman shopkeeper unmarried at 32, Emilia was a lover of everything to do with music. She fell in love with a woman and, upon being caught, was committed to a hospital to "cure her." She likes to listen to music with you.

Emilia's Locket
Lesbian
John's Harmonica
Ernie Hughes
Ernie's Book
John Whitehead
Emilia Johnson

Henry

Howard

Cancer

LIkes:

  • Math

  • Chess

  • Reading Books

disLIkes:

  • Hospitals

  • Secrets

  • Being Alone

The son of a miner, Henry taught himself to read and do math. Though he was poor, he enjoyed logic games, especially chess. By day, he tended bar at an inn. By night, he joined a chess club, where he met the love of his life, Gordon Tiller. They died in the hospital together.

Man Loving Man
Henry Howard

Gordon

Tiller

Sagittarius

LIkes:

  • His Appearance

  • Baseball

  • His Sons

disLIkes:

  • Hospitals

  • Uncleanliness

  • Being Away

The youngest of five siblings, Gordon apprenticed under his father to become a barber. He married the sister of a childhood friend, Darlene, and became a father to three boys. In his late thirties, he took up an affair with a man named Henry, with whom he died in the hospital. His son Jacob visits him to this day.

Bisexual
Gordon's Razor
Henry's White Knight
Henry's Black Knight
Gordon Tiller

Felicity

Koffman

Aries

LIkes:

  • Learning

  • Swimming

  • Soda Fountain

disLIkes:

  • Hospitals

  • Betrayals

  • The Doctor

Felicity's Doll

The youngest patient kept at the psychiatric hospital above Echo Creek, Felicity was the daughter of a school teacher and a preacher. Once spending Saturdays at the soda shop or swimming the the lake, Felicity was caught kissing her best friend, Jill, who turned her in. Felicity died by suicide after hospital staff confiscated her doll, Penny.

Lesbian
Felicity Koffman

LIkes:

  • Her children

  • God

  • Rules

disLIkes:

  • Hospitals

  • Guilt

  • Isolation

The mother of five children, Isobel was a devoted member of her church. She met a wonderful woman, Maria, when Maria began work on a mural for the church. They took up a secret romance, but Isobel confessed to her husband and was committed. The hospital was not equipped to handle actual medical concerns, and Isobel died of the flu. She is one of the most visited graves in Echo Creek Cemetery.

Bisexual

Isobel

Morales

Taurus
Isobel Morales
Isobel's Rosary
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