The Fox

The Plot:
Oakridge is a relatively peaceful town stuck in the picturesque Montana wilderness. Even though it has a reputation as a "nothing ever happens here" sort of town, there is one exception. Every year, on the second week of October, a group of students disappear from the local high school. It's almost as if they have just vanished into thin air. Only one man knows where they have gone.

This man refers to himself as The Fox. He is an extraordinarily intelligent, yet borderline psychopathic, man who is rarely ever seen in Oakridge. No one knows who he is, no one speaks to him. The Fox is behind the disappearances.

You see, Oakridge is a very boring place. The Fox can't handle boring, but he can't handle leaving Oakridge either. So every year, on the second week of October, he kidnaps a group of students from the local high school and takes them to an hidden, abandoned warehouse not even six miles out of the town.

In this warehouse, The Fox gives his captives an interesting scenario: two weeks to get out alive. The only catch is The Fox will be hunting them the entire time.

The Characters:
All characters are students who attend Oakridge High School and who will be kidnapped by The Fox. None of them are well acquainted with each other, even though they are all in the same grade (12th). Stencils at end of post.

The Fox is sort of based off the hunter in The Most Dangerous Game (can't for the life of me remember the guys name though). He appreciates the hunt, and won't end it early. At the end of two weeks, he'll forget all about the thrill of the hunt and there will be no possibility of further escape. He will not continue hunting students who make it back within view of Oakridge.

The Rules:

1) Obey all YWS rules
2) Only you can kill off your own character
3) I don't want this storybook to be all about death/murder. It should be focused on escaping even with the odds undeniably against them.
4) Keep any romance pg-13
5) No one plays The Fox
6) You can't just escape in the first few posts. This is a story with a plot and immediate escape makes for a terrible story.
7) Post or your character will be killed off. Plain and simple.

Character Stencils:

Name:
Age: (only varies slightly, remember they are all in the 12th grade)
Appearance:
Personality:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
History: (really on a need-to-know basis. if it pertains to the story, put it in)
Other:

P.S. No superhuman characters, and let's try to keep the girl:guy ratio rather even please.

Name: Casey Cline

Age: 17

Appearance: Short, only about 5'1" and has black hair that ends at her shoulders. She has straight bangs across her forhead. Casey wears thin rimmed glasses and only a little makeup every now and again. Has an eccentric sense of style but rarely puts it into use and typically can be found in solid color t-shirts and dark blue jeans (never skinny jeans, she hates them). Wears one necklace all the time and would die before she lost it.

Her necklace: http://www.evesaddiction.com/images/450/nlz10514.jpg

Personality: As eccentric as her under-used fashion sense. Casey has a small group of friends (the group of kids in her honors classes) and plays the bass guitar and the violin (better at the violin, but prefers the bass guitar). She enjoys climbing trees and making a fool of herself. Casey also writes a lot of really deep poetry, but has never told anyone.

Strengths: climbing, playing bass guitar, playing the violin, writing poetry, quick thinking

Weaknesses: controlling what comes out of her mouth (often says what she's thinking when she doesn't mean to actually say it), has just about zero skills when it comes to fighting, is a bit clutzy at times.

History: not much to report except for her extensive background in rock climbing from many a summer spent with her father in the mountains. Her parents are divorced and she lives with her mother in Oakridge most of the year while she lives with her father in the mountains in the summers.

Other: Up for love if such an occasion would arise.

claimageeeeeeee

I deffinately am going to post on here really soon. Just gotta get something for my sisters b day. Ill probably make a character file tomorrow.

I'll join...save me a spot

PS
can one of us be the FOx???

Name: Griffin "Griff" Elliot

Age: 19

Appearance: He is about 5'9", he is skinny but not scrawny, he's muscular in the way that you wouldn't at first notice. Griff has ice blue eyes. He often wears dark wash jeans and t's, usually plain but occasionally they have a cool pattern on them. He does own a leather jacket but rarely wears it, let's not get too cliche! He also has a killer smile.

Personality: Griff is a smart ass. He's brilliant but he's been held back because he really enjoys watching his step dad get red in the face over his grades. He doesn't say much, but he is not a sulker. Griff likes mellow music, and has a tattoo on his left shoulder, nothing big, just a solid black peace sign. Nobody knows about it. Sometimes, if he gets really angry he'll have a smoke.

Strengths: Avoiding situations and sweet talking his way out of tough spots.

Weaknesses: when people talk down to him he gets super duper angry. He can't stand it when people condesend. He is also sensitive about people prying into his life. He likes everything just the way it is, him being in control. He's a control freak sometimes.

History: After his father beat him half to death when Griff was ten, his dad split town. The beating left Griff deaf in one ear but he learned how to defend himself very well. Also, he's up for love. If that's allowed...

*I claim a spot for a girl. Hey, can we be sure to have an even number of genders in this storybook since it sounds like a really good one. I just hate the overkill of one gender.(:*

I'd like to reserve a spot for myself

Name: Lydia Jayne
Age: 18
Appearance: Long black hair, brilliant green eyes, light brown complexion. 5'3" and slender.

Personality: On the quiet side. Usually seems very unimpressed and tranquil. Is often very jealous of others talents. Not to the point of obsession, but she still retains jealousy. Likes to keep that image of innocence. And has only had two boyfriends with whom she kept a very respectful and reserved relationship. Yet though she maintains the personality of a reserved young woman, her heart longs for more.

Strengths: Well read and mature for the most part. Responsible unless put in an extremely romantic situation. Very good at keeping secrets.

Weaknesses: Deathly afraid of guns and isn't a leader. Probably not being a leader weakens her strength against romantic entanglements. Like I said earlier, she's had only two boyfriends, but she's been involved with a few other guys. Though she's kept that part of her life in the dark.

History: grew up in a broken home and as a result usually seeks the approval of her peers. Lives with her mom, and rarely sees her dad. Has four younger siblings who are very undisciplined, make it hard for her to want to be home.

Other: Does not currently have a boyfriend and is up for love.

Haven't dicided if I'm gonna join yet or not but I wanted to say his name is General Zaroff!

Thanks for joining everyone who has so far

foxfire: I don't really want anyone directly playing the Fox. It always seems to me that when someone directly plays the "bad guy" in a storybook like this is just doesn't work for various reasons. Plus whoever plays that person is very limited to when they can interact with people because it isn't likely anyone is going to voluntarily go talk to the bad guy. Sorry, but I don't want anyone to play the Fox. He will be controlled by everyone.

And yes, please please please keep the boy to girl ratio as even as possible.

Right now we have 2 female characters posted and 1 male.

We'll start once we get a good amount of characters.

Name: Pyke Danesbury
age: 18
appearance: short spiky hair, slightly brown skin, scar on his shoulder
personality: Very caring and gentle but he uses this gentle nature of his to hide his sly and somewhat sadistic side.
strenght: can charm anyone
weakness: is too weak and cannot participate in any physical events.
history: born out of wedlock, he was left by his father at an early age. His mother taught his some morals but he still bred anger to his father that led to his submissive sadistic nature.

Saves a spot!

Name: Kricket Zay

Age: 18

Appearance: 5'6", shoulder-length dark curls, bright green eyes, tan skin, curvy, butterfly tattoo on her wrist

Personality: Bubbly, sweet, and very sociable. She is in most of the clubs at school and she's had a lead role in every play and musical since her freshman year. She's very smart and hopes to go to U of M. She seems to be very innocent, but she's actually very opinionated and outspoken when she's angry.

Strength: She's a good leader and she keeps calm in tough situations (like this one).

Weakness: She has been known to rush into things without thinking out a plan. This has gotten her into serious trouble.

History: She had an abusive father and a mother that was too afaid to stand up to him. She ran away to her sister's house here in Oakridge about 5 years ago. Her parents never came after her. She doesn't really understand what it would be like to be in a good, loving family, even though she's super attached to her sister, Kylie.

Other: Up for love.

Mind if I join?

Name:
Holbrook, Alasdair

Age:
17

Appearance:


Alasdair is at a medium height of 5"7 usually dressed in black clothing or band tee-shirts. He wears glasses even though he has contacts because he doesn't like his eyes. They are a molten brown, incredibly light and clear, which a bit of a reddish tinge. He has a gorgeous smile, which is slightly crooked.

Personality:
Alasdair is different, he has always been different. He says things that seem incredibly odd at first, though later on they will most likely be understood. He is socially inept, and has a self induced anxiety disorder. He is scared of people, he is scared of who they are or what they are, and that is why he doesn't have that many friends. But he is not quiet, when he has to say something, he says it. He is heavily pessimistic though, and stubborn so once he gets an idea in his head, it is near impossible to get it out.

When Alasdair was younger, he was diagnosed with Leukemia, and it was that which made him obtain his anxiety disorder. You will end up hearing about that in the history.

Alasdair does things that may seem odd to others, like he drinks his coffee with 14 sweeteners and 14 creams, so basically his coffee is like sweet milk with a tinge of coffee flavour. He speak in large words, and will keep to himself if he has to. He is not a born leader, though if something is going wrong, he would rise to the occasion.

Strengths:
He is very strategic, and excellent at games that have to do with strategy. He is an amazing artist and has a quick hand. He prefers to draw realism. He is not the best swimmer, but he can hold his breath under water for incredibly long periods of time, something which he had been able to do as a child.

He becomes determined easily, and once he sets his mind to doing something, he will do anything to finish it.

He is skilled at video games like Guitar hero or rock band. He is also amazing at networking on the computer. He has an eye for detail because he models little airplanes in his spare time.

Weaknesses:
He is not strong, fairly weak because of his rough childhood. He isn't that good at math and isn't very good at physical activity because he was bedridden for a long time. As said before, he has a fear of people, so it takes him a while to get used to being around others.

History:
When he was younger, he was diagnosed with Leukemia. For years, he was home schooled, and even at points fearing for his own life. He became a fan of the computer and video games, things he could do when he was at home. He was usually left home alone at points, he father a pilot in the air force and his mom a teacher at the local Elementary school. He never made any friends, keeping away from people, never stepping outside. The cancer nearly made him blind at one point hence the glasses. He ended up surviving the cancer, though the cancer cells were still in him, they were isolated and they wouldn't spread.

But because of this he was incredibly weak. He was certified by the government as fit to go to high school, but his mother didn't have the means to teach him his high school education. Alasdair was forced to go to high school.

Because he was isolated from people, he didn't know anyone, he was scared of them. These beings that he had not seen for except on television. They were so different. They were judgemental. He didn't like how he didn't know what they were thinking. And as he approached the cafeteria on he first day in the morning, he ended up just turning around and going home.

Alasdair only has one credit in school, that is physical education. And he only shows up to school once in a blue moon but will only end up going home. He is a mystery. He is bad at math, though he seems like a brilliant child. He knows that he will have no future the way he is going, and he is willing to take that road.

If he returned to school now, they would want to make him take a program to fill the gap in his education, but he is too proud to take it, so he stays home, plays on the computer and video games, hiding from the rest of the world.

Other:
He is up for love, and the day that these people get kidnapped is one of those days that he tries to go to school but only ends up turning around, and he hides out in the field.

~Incognito

Name: Dahlia Toma

Age: 17

Appearance: She's 5'5 with thick blue-black hair that goes to her waist. Her skin is pale Carmel colored, because she's half Indian. Her eyes are wide and green, thanks to her mother. She has an hour glass body shape, with good curves, although she'd like to have a little less.

Personality: Dahlia is a quiet soul. She hates to cry because it makes her feel weak when she wants to be strong. Dahlia tries no to get close to anyone because bad things happen to those she loves. She generally detests weakness, but it's emotional weakness she hates, not necessarily physical weakness.

Strengths: She can read other people's emotions and is able to tell when they're lying.

Weaknesses: She tries to detach herself emotionally, but instead, she always ends up feeling more than less. It always backfires.

History: Dahlia's mother died when she was three months old. Her father died when she was four. Her grandparents died when she was eight. Her best friend died when she was twelve. Now she lives with her uncle and her aunt, the only family she has left. They think that she's a curse, and make her live in the garage separate from the house. She gets bullied at school, but not by girls. The boys like to catch her alone in a library, to try and get close to her. When she tries to push them away, most of them get angry and degrade her. Sometimes, she feels like nothing, but she holds out the hope of one day leaving Oakridge and exploring the world.

Other: Up for love