Schedule
Chapter 1
Chapter 2s
Chapter 3s
July 17 – Break
August 21 – Break
Chapter 4s
September 4 - Suddenly sick D:
October 2 – Vacation
October 9 – Vacation
November 27 – Break
Chapter 5s
December 4 (my birthday!) – Break
January 29 - Break
Check back later for the more complete schedule!
Characters
Beagsley
-He's Tony's new dog, meant for Bob as a wedding present, but Tony was late and Bob died.
-Brown
-White
-Not a beagle.
Colby
-Traveled around the world as a wildlife photographer for Nat Geo and other organizations
-Has 12K followers on Instagram using photos he can't sell.
-Always had a thing for Margie, but also for Quinn, and Sunny. Wouldn't have said no to Malia or anyone really, but he respected them all too much to do anything about it. He was happy in the friendzone, hoping it'd be a short stay before they realized just how nice of a guy he was. Everyone saw through him.
-Average height but looks short
-Black
-Stocky
-Beard
-Glasses
Damion
-Studied Heterotic Supersymmetry
-Tony owes him money and he won't shut up about it, but he's always hated Tony out of jealousy. He could never understand what Quinn saw in him.
-Worked at CERN where his group saw measurements indicating a new fundamental force, but there was no funding and the experiments were never replicated.
-Currently he's a physics professor with ambition that leaves him often frustrated.
-His BMI reading (ideal) is very important to him.
-Average height
-White
-Would like you to know he's stronger than you'd expect from a physicist.
Glenn
-As a kid, he discovered neighbor's corpse. That boy visited him shortly after graduation telling him everything would be okay, and the next day, his parents died.
-Twin brother to Sunny
-She forced him to come and relax since he hasn't seen anyone in years.
-Seeing her reminds him of their parents and all the pain of those days when she was busy with medical school in New York, leaving him to care for the inn. He couldn't sell it.
-He and Tony were fuck buddies during college, but Tony's drug use turned him off. After he got cleaned up recently, Glenn considered giving him another few nights.
-Average height
-Black
-Still fit
-Glasses
-Has a tramp stamp that he swears was a bet but he doesn't remember who bet him.
Hunter
-Lives off his family's wealth, but he's always looking for independence so he plays the lottery and gets involved with pyramid schemes.
-He and Rosie used to go around together casually and things ended amicably, but he hasn't seen her since college.
-Took up skydiving to get over his fear of heights, but once his chute almost didn't open. Someone packed it poorly and it got tangled upon deployment, but luckily the reserve worked fine.
-Tall
-White
-Preppy Ken-doll but in a handsome way
Jimmy
-Police Officer
-Arrested Glenn because the evidence of his parents' deaths pointed to a possible murder and he immediately took over their successful inn. It seemed suspect. And the evidence never quite cleared him, but Jimmy eventually let him free.
-Shortly after, he dated Sunny, his long time crush. Things were mostly great but they were both too busy. He didn't have time to take her out places. She hardly had time to cook breakfasts. They weren't a good match at that time in their lives.
-Currently married with two kids, two dogs, but he's very happy to see Sunny again. Tell her that things aren't particularly great in his relationship. He's even been kicked out of his home.
-Tall
-White
-Burly
-Recently grew a beard
Malia
-She only came because Sunny asked her to. Casually. Like it'd be nice, but not the best thing ever, but that she did miss Malia. And it was on the phone so she could hear it all, too. Didn't even have to read into the hundred possible tones.
-After university she moved to New Mexico, too hot for any of her friends to visit. If Sunny was going east, she was going west.
-Tony and her had their own language going, opinions told in glances, jokes where the punchline went unsaid because they were already laughing. Mostly she just liked when he got serious because whatever he said felt amazing, like she'd remember it forever.
-Good with throwing knives
-Hates, hates, HATES Jimmy but he doesn't even get why.
-Really trying not to be an asshole, but can't always help it. Anxiety makes her irritable.
-Short
-Hawaiian
-Hates that everyone has to comment on how cute she is
Margie
-Former architect that quit due to stress. She now lives at an art commune.
-Likes visiting Sunny in the city for brunch once or twice a year.
-Distantly related to Tony but the records are a bit skewed on his side of the family. They tend to die young and so many marriages and divorces muddy direct connections up a bit.
-Played in the orchestra with Jimmy in college.
-Firmly believes her good fortune is a result of karma, and her aunt's had supernatural experiences. She's still waiting on her own.
-Shops in the boys section.
-Average height
-White
-Wiry
Quinn
-Has a doctorate in biology
-Works as a park ranger on Orcas Islands where she lives alone and collects cute mugs with animals on them.
-She and Tony used to date. There was something wild in him that attracted her, but also that ultimately ended the relationship. It's been 10 years since she's seen him or anyone else here.
-Played lacrosse with Sunny in college and loves to reminisce about her best goals and best hits.
-As a child, she and her sister used to play make-believe where they'd pretend they were talking to the animals. The squirrel in the tree. The deer wandering by. Her sister was pretending. Sometimes Quinn wasn't. But after he sister died, she never heard the animals again.
-Average height
-Korean
-Full face
-Athletic
Roger
-Last time he saw anyone was at the community theater production of the sequel to Annie where he played Oliver Warbucks, the lead. Rosie and Margie came. Hunter bought a ticket to the show but he was in Wyoming that week.
-Sometimes Margie comes into the diner where he works as a short-order cook. He always wishes he could talk more.
-In a relationship with a Brit, Tessa, and things are just great. They live together now. She's an actuary.
-Average height
-White
-Pierced eyebrow
Rosie
-After college, she bummed around Europe, but didn't even think to visit Damion in Switzerland.
-It's great catching up with people. She has so many stories to tell them and wants to hear about all the real adulting they're doing. She's hoping that maybe one of them would like to join her for some private adulting, even. She's not picky who.
-She really pushed to be part of this adventure after catching wind of it and it hurt that she wasn't immediately invited to the group message. Margie swore she added Rosie but must have hit the wrong button or something.
-Keeps a live journal still, with the tone generally the same as her teen days. Also writes fan fiction on it.
-Tall
-White
-Pink hair
-Thinks she's quite the looker and many would agree.
Sunny
-Twin sister to Glenn
-Doctor in New York
-Regularly meets for coffee with anyone visiting and she has a lot of medical conferences around the country where she can stop by old friends and old flames.
-Her romantic relationship with Malia was complicated. She saw Mal slowly destroying herself and taking Sunny with her and she had to pull eject, but sometimes, when a patient has died, when she's too drunk, she sometimes texts Malia.
-Tall for a woman
-Black
-Thick
-Wears reading glasses
Tony
-Had a problem with cocaine back in college. And after college. Until a year ago actually, when he got a dog for Bob as a wedding gift, but he thought buying a puppy meant he got the dog immediately. He didn't realize he had to wait two months. By then, Bob had died in a car accident and Tony kept the dog. Beagsley maybe saved his life.
-The eternal goof, Tony swore up and down Main Street that he had a way of making life perfect. It helped him clean up. Hunter and Damion got curious, but he'd only tell them if they came on the trip. He never got to give the punchline: the best way to lead a happy life is to work hard.
-Tony never felt like he fit in. He was always sort of funny looking in high school and awkward and he found that at parties, if he indulged, all those worries went away. Malia saw him, however temporarily, overcome the same fears she had, so maybe that was why she opened up to him.
-Tall
-White
-Heavier since college days but still a bit scrawny
-Dead