St. Paul’s High School, Senior Orchestra (16-18 year olds, 20 students)
Dr. Maureen Gail Haskins
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Linus Edward Renton - flute
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Kinsley Erica “Kel” Lewis - violin
- Uiara Marisol Noronha - tuba
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Blake Prosper Longworth - saxophone (orchestra) / bass guitar (band)
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Miriam " Miri " Sophie Haddon - harp
- Lindy Anastasia Hanford - trumpet
- Rhett Elias McCullough - clarinet
The next student is a pianist who’s known for being dexterous and performing multiple solos. She’s also the other friend of the now fairly infamous Tommy Overro-Lakeley and antisocial Saph Whitam - which has led to some ostracision within this school thanks to crossovers in social groups and general perceptions. This has led her to further bury herself in playing at her highest level - wanting nothing more than to pursue music as a career - and while never a social butterfly, she’s adapted some of Saph’s standoffish tendencies to help cope with the isolation. At home she tends to spend a lot of time by herself too - her parents run a successful delivery company that eats up a lot of her time; while her brother is significantly older than her, having just turned thirty and is a busy orthodontist - which is spent composing her own music, surfing through early 2000s reality TV and training her pet ferrets, Schmidt and Waldo, to complete their maze runs. She tries to be understanding of this - and her folks are loving people who spend as much time with her as possible - but can’t deny she does wish they’d be there for her more, especially with all that’s blown up recently .
At 5’5", she’s slender and carries herself with poise - something she learned from ballet classes that never left her, even if she no longer dances. She was adopted from Orhei, Moldova when she was three and has a flawless complexion that she takes pride in, accentuating her sharp features with sleek, point edged makeup. Her hazel brown hair is cut just beneath her shoulders and she has honey coloured eyes that are complimented nicely by the gold necklace she always wears - having received it as a sixteenth birthday present from Ferdie, her brother. Her aesthetic is preppy with a dash of 90s influence, namely the film Jawbreaker, as she prefers dressing in certain colour sets with matching accessories; and is seldom not in kitten heels. The tiny purses she carries create a lot of gossip - namely as no-one understands how she copes carrying so much stuff about.
She has a close friend within the orchestra who used to also hang around with Tommy, but they chose to distance themselves following the bullying and she knows they feel she should likewise step back; however years of friendship and her understanding of Tommy’s mentality mean this is hard for her. There are also rumors about the nature of her and Saph’s relationship - which she refuses to comment on either way - but they are in fact romantically involved, albeit tends to be on-off depending on how they’re both feeling. The complexities of people fascinate her thanks to these circumstances - admitting privately that she thinks she might love Saph, which is difficult thanks to how closed off the other girl tends to be - however dislikes making herself vulnerable, even when speaking to her therapist. She wants to escape the stereotypes of adopted children, having seen her brother succeed (and he came from an incredibly unhappy home), but often feels she’s failing in her conduct and is prone to being hard on herself about this. Still, she hates complaining, as her friends predicaments feel much worse to her, and she has experienced invalidation before from an ex-friend who could be very melodramatic.
Being bilingual - speaking Spanish and English - she has plans on visiting her birth country to explore her heritage more and try to figure out what she wants next in life alongside her music, but knows the matter of which friends will accompany her on this trip could cause quite the fallout…
Thomasina Claudette Overro-Lakeley is credited to @moonwriteen 
Summary
The first student in this class comes from a wealthy background and has been attending voice lessons since she was eight in hopes of becoming an opera singer. She took this class to gain points and attend a prestigious college focused on music and humanities. She’s severly withdrawn in class. She never contributes to the discussion and endlessly doodles on the side of her notebook. In spite of that she has a lot of insight and opinions which shows in her carefully reasearched assigments and willingness to ask Mr. Nesta for sources to read after class. He wants her to express opinions more freely but she is strongly convinced that there is no point in that, as her worldview would immediately be dismissed because she was born into privilege.
Besides that, she admits that she has major issues concerning envy and anger and is not extactly sure she would be able to keep her composure during heated discussion , as she often blows up at her 3 younger sisters over the smallest inconviniences. It particurarly infuriates her if they dare to borrow and then crease the dresses that she uses for singing performances - mostly cocktail dresses in darker colors such as crimson or dark purple, to which she often adds acessories associated with the rococo period , such as white gloves or excessively decorated wigs.
She tries to deal with her negative personality traits with the help of her therapist, Graham. She’s exceptionally envioius of her younger collegue - Bee Leavell , who got noticed by Kelso Pendry’s mother, an opera singer, due to her low voice in the contralto range. As a true crime fanatic, this girl made a facebook page in which she shared hateful memes and maliciously edited videos comparing Bee to Elizabeth Holmes - most notably, compared their deep voices and styles of clothing to each other. She accused Bee of using the same tactic as the infamous CEO allegedly did - namely faking her contralto . According to this girl, Bee would do that in order to charm small business owners into giving her discounts when she organized events for High Velocity or seniors at the nursing home. That page was found by the school administration and this girl got suspended for over 2 weeks for severe yet secretive bullying. The girl has since realised how much she messed up. She let her envy of Beatrice 's mentorship or natural range blind her own appreaciation of the professional help she gets from her own voice coach and her beautifully trained mezzo-soprano. While Beatrice and Kelso have largely forgiven her, the local community has not. She has become persona non grata in most of the school’s social circles and stopped using her beloved rococopunk aesthetic to stay unnoticed. She pretty much only has Mr. Nesta and two other close friends supporting her - one of them in this class.
Saph is credited to yours truly ^u^
Summary
The second student is Tommy’s close friend and a fellow outcast, with the two’s friendship baffling many up until the scandal surrounding Tommy. She’s considered a delinquent by many - including some teachers, although they won’t say it aloud - on account of skipping classes when she feels like it, smoking on school grounds and arguing frequently with anyone who gets on her nerves: which isn’t always a difficult thing. Unlike Tommy she’s considered more of a “typical” manifestation of her personality type, her father being in prison for armed robbery, mother having abandoned her two children shortly after his conviction and their legal guardian - their maternal granny, Yvonne Sallinger - often finds herself preoccupied with her younger grandchild and this girl’s brother, who’s fourteen and has severe ADHD that means he requires a lot of support. Although she claims she enjoys her independence, she’s prone to self-isolating and never speaks about her feelings openly, unless it’s an expression of annoyance or a desire to be alone. She attends counseling at school but is still struggling to open up - having dealt with a lot of trauma on account of retaining vivid memories of her parents turbulent relationship and substance abuse issues - however Mr. Nesta’s class is allowing her to process her feelings in unique ways she finds beneficial. Often she’ll find an excuse to hang around after class to chat with him, usually about seemingly mundane topics, but it’s his kindness and consistent listening ear that make so much difference to her.
At 5’10" she’s very slim and quick, being a talented hockey player - although her rebellious nature means she’s been banned from the school team more than once. Her style is serious 90s/early 2000s grunge (featuring cargo pants, mesh sleeved tops, maxi skirts and platform boots) and her fine, straight, hazel brown hair is often worn mostly loose - with an exception of the odd bandana or braiding to expose more of her features: being very pasty in her complexion and her dark green eyes are intense when met. She’s got her naval pierced alongside her septum and - although it’s usually hidden - a dragonfly tattoo over her right ribs, the origins of which are classified information. Aside from hockey and running, she enjoys photography - typically finding beauty in unusual, bleak places that she feels a personal connection to; or listening to podcasts about psychology and mental health. Occasionally she’ll hear from her mom - who’s exact whereabouts are unclear to the family - and this always worsens her behaviour and attitude, typically sparking her bunking periods or just being snappish and withdrawn. Tommy and their other closest friend suspect she’s dealing with depression - based on her habit of sometimes sleeping for hours, missing school thanks to this some days - and deep down she agrees, but doesn’t want to get diagnosed yet as she’s afraid of worrying her granny, who she feels deals with enough as it is. Although some consider her moody, gruff demeanor scary, she’s an excellent listener when needs be and does her best to support Tommy considering recent events - as while she doesn’t approve of what happened, she does understand her friends’ feelings, especially those based in anger.
