Monsterhearts - Newton, MA

Introduction

Arborgrove Academy. An elite private college preparatory school in Newton, Massachusetts, the richest city in New England. Senior year has just begun, and a flurry of activity kicks off the new school year. Between scholarship applications, rigorous academics, and a sleuth of club activities and social events, this will certainly be a year to remember. For some of you, this will be your time to shine and burn bright, while others may want to keep their heads low. Regardless, the amount of pressure you each face to succeed and perform well is immense, given your school's reputation. On top of everything else, it doesn't help that you also have to juggle with being a monster...

Main Cast

Cassandra Fitton, Vampire

Victor Masters, Queen

Lilith Gardner, Hollow

Tatianna Ortiz, Fae

Cole Macguire, Ghoul

NPC Actors

• Ms. Violet Teller: Photography teacher and also in charge of homeroom for the PCs

• Professor Sarah Gardner: Teaches theology and ancient history, Lilith's 'mother', belongs to a secretive cabal of alchemists

• Fletcher Macguire: Cole's father, works as a lawyer for a firm based in Boston, and separates his time between there and the Newton practice in a bid to become partner

• Audrey Macguire: Cole's mom, left when Fletcher kept putting his career above their family

• Jessica Macguire: Cole's sister, visits regularly in the summer, taking advantage of the home's ideal summer location with her friends, controlling and bossy

• Chester Blake: Arborgrove student who went missing a year ago, has a park named after him

• Minuete: French maid who works for Cassandra, aspires to become a vampire or extend her age through drinking Cassandra's blood

• William Wallace: Cassandra's Father in Darkness, her sire

• Mr. Ortiz: Tatianna's father, partner at a law firm in Connecticut, wants his daughter to go to Harvard and follow in his footsteps

Key Locations

• Arborgrove Academy: A boarding school that preps students for attending Ivy League universities. They have a 9% acceptance rate, exorbitant tuition (offering few scholarships), and well-connected alumni, many of whom have graduated from said Ivy League universities. They offer a wide selection of classes and clubs not often found in public schools, and class size ranges between 10-20 students.

• Mary Immaculate of Lourdes: Almost 50% of Newton is Catholic, and many Arborgrove students attend this illustrious church.

• Crystal Lake: Crystal Lake is a 33-acre natural lake located in Newton Centre. Its shores, although mostly lined by private homes, host two small parks, a designated swimming area, and a bathhouse. People come here to swim, fish, boat, and ice skate in the winter. Shoreline paths and sidewalks allow for peaceful walks around three sides of the lake.

• Echo Bridge: Echo Bridge is a notable 19th century masonry arch bride spanning the Charles River between Needham to Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts. From the bridge you can view some of the old mill buildings, but most of the gorge remains naturally overgrown. It has two viewing locations, the pedestrian walk on the top of the bridge and the platform underneath where visitors can hear echoes. You can see white water, a waterfall, and the hemlock-lined gorge.

• Hammond Pond Reservation: Hammond Pond Reservation is a wooded reservation with a large, scenic pond located in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton. It is a natural forest with wooded trails and large geographical formations which are popular for rock climbing.

• The Trinity: A closed-down and derelict chapel on the edge of town. Lilith was made here - she suspects the cabal needed holy ground for the ritual, although she doesn't know the details - and sometimes comes here to hang out in the quiet. Lately teens have occasionally been using it for parties, or homeless folks squat for a few days before the police move them out again.

• Fitton Library: Cassandra believes the library may have been founded in her name, though the name could be a coincidence. Stone building with tall east tower, spiral staircases, stained glass windows, and old wooden shelves filled with books. Quiet and peaceful, filled with many forgotten corners within the building.

• Chester Blake Skate Park: Dedicated to a student who disappeared, the park is between the overpass that swings out from the Academy and a short way from the bay of Crystal lake, behind a small copse. Cole has a lot of memories of there, although it's lost some of the appeal since the Change. He likes it when it's quiet - he was no great skater but the acoustics on a cold night are amazing.

• The Rose Theater: The old theater was a cornerstone of the town's old arts district in its heyday. Thanks to a mysteriously abandoned restoration project in the mid-nineties, the theater's elegant, sculptured facade looks nearly as good as it did all those years ago when it was new. Inside though, it's dark, damp in places, and in disrepair. They say it's haunted; they say that on certain nights at a certain hour, you can hear applause from inside coming in effusive bursts. They may not be wrong.

House Rules

• Changed sex moves to intimacy moves: basically, they can be triggered from any acts of intimacy whether it be physical (does not necessarily have to be sex), mental, or emotional.

Links

Original Recruitment Thread
OOC Thread