Introduction
Look into my eyes so you know what itβs like to live a life not knowing what a normal lifeβs like.
The contents of this role-play are based off of the movie Short Term 12.
The kids lash out; physical fights and verbal turmoil erupt daily. Emotional break downs, panicked fits, and nightmares occur often. The food is decent and the housing is just alright. This is a place of many rules, but no parents. This is a place where misfits, the forgotten, and the torn apart live. This is the short term housing for foster care kids.
Short Term 12 is part of a collection of temporary homes that houses children when they are being transferred from one home to the next. Though the process is supposed to take from two to six weeks, some have lived in Short Term 12 for over three years. It's not a luxury, and it's normal life, but to most it's a home and it's a family. Short Term 12 is the home that longer term kids end up, either for emotional reasons or for behavioral issues.
There are no parents, just a set of young adults who are called "companions". They are there to provide a safe, loving environment but nothing more. They are not to interpret tears, be a therapist, or a parent. They are supposed to be solid providers who create a fun an safe environment, and nothing much more.
But how are these young adults supposed to remain completely unemotionally attached when they do everything for this kids. They feed them, care for them, help them with their homework, play with them, and overall just love them like no else in their life. It's a hard balancing act for the companions, and it's even harder for the kids.
The general rules for companions:
1. If a child wants to leave, they are legally allowed to. But there is always someone at the gate who almost always talks them out of it
2. If a child is one foot outside of the property they are not legally allowed to touch the child, and therefore must follow behind or beside them
3. Is any kind of tantrum is to occur, two people are to lace their arms around the child's arms, and one person is to hold their feet down until the tantrum has passed
4. Companions are to encourage communication and talking about what's stuck up in these kids' heads
5. If any fights occur, there is to be prompt separation of the children, and punishment according to the situation
6. If there is any kind of emotional break down or outburst, the child is to go to the cool down room; an empty room with a sling back punching bag in the middle
Micah Fischer | FC: Bret McKenzie | Age 25 | Male | Been at Short Term 12 for 3+ years | keeps a journal of everything that happens at Short Term 12 | TAKEN by RPGRosa
Audrey Mackenzie | FC: Emma Stone | Age 22 | Female | Been at Short 12 for a little over a year | was raised by foster parents | TAKEN by Supertoastgirl
Companion 3 | FC: | Age 24-27 | Male | New to Short Term 12 | graduated med school but decided to work at 12 for unknown reasons | OPEN
Companion 4 | FC: | Age 22-25 | Female | Been at Short Term 12 for 2-3 years | took a gap year to work at 12 and never went back | OPEN
THE KIDS
The general rules for the kids:
1. There is no cussing, dirty language, or obscene gestures
2. There is no entering another room of the opposite sex without the consent of a companion and doors must remain open if approved
3. All residents must attend the community meeting every evening before dinner regardless of illness or otherwise
4. Cutters must have their doors open at all times, and they are subject to removal of door at any time
5. Positively no fighting, no bullying, and no name calling
6. All potentially dangerous objects are locked in a cabinet in the common room, they may be check out at any time
Mallory Karr | FC: Barbara Palvin | Age: 17 | Female | Been at 12 for a year a 3 months | reason in foster care: sexual abuse | TAKEN by RPGRosa
Boy 1 | FC: | Age: 15-17 | Male | Been at Short Term 12 for 8 months | reason in foster care: medical neglect | OPEN
Girl 2 | FC: | Age:16-17 | Female | Been at Short Term 12 for 3 years | reason in foster care: runaway | OPEN
Jamie Botwin | FC: Alexander Gould | Age: 16 | Male | Been at Short Term 12 for close to 2 years | reason in foster care: physical abuse | TAKEN by SkinChic
Girl 3 | FC: | Age: 15-17 | Female | Been at Short Term 12 for 6 months | reason in foster care: incarceration | RESERVED
Boy 3| FC: | Age: 15-17 | Male | Been at Short Term 12 for about 9 months | reason in foster care: abandonment | OPEN
Girl 4 | FC: | Age 14-16 | Female | Been at Short Term 12 for 4 months | reason in foster care: voluntarily placed | OPEN
Boy 4 | FC: | Age 15-17 | Male | Been at 12 for just a couple of weeks | reason in foster care: juvenile offender | OPEN
Character sheet:
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[brief explanation, please]
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[pay attention to the prompts provided!!]
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[[i]"Your character is a person...so make him/her realistic! Everyone knows someone who is super nice to everyone and seems to never have a flaw...but those perfect people always do. Flaws, of course, are subjective so it's the context in which a quality is used that makes it a problem.For example, one can be angry to the point where it makes him/her work harder for a goal OR one can be angry to the point where he/she just sits around unproductively and depressed without friends. Describe the qualities that you give to your characters. Make them human." - Saph[/i]
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[Around 2-3 paragraphs. One paragraph if the writing is strong enough.]
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Side note: If you don't see any kind of character that you like, please just ask if you can make something else. I'm open to ideas of having therapists, and other kinds of workers in the RP as well.
RULES:
1. This is a literate role play. That requires at least a good three or four paragraphs (400+ words) a post. If you can't do that, don't join.
2. Reservations are strictly 48 hours from the time you ask for it.
3. Don't just disappear, if you're going to be gone at least warn me.
4. Post often, I'm expecting at least a couple times a week. The VERY least.
5. Please have fun and don't be afraid to be creative.
6. I want there to be history and drama between the characters, create it!
7. Have fun, don't be rude/mean and all that jazz!
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Short Term 12
1, 2by supertoastgirl on Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:30 am
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Re: Short Term 12
Also, Cyber, you might want to retry to submit your character if you want.
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Also... Cyber I see nothing as well... I don't know what to tell you. I'll just wait, I guess.
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Cyber, I'll keep you posted.
RPGRosa, don't sweat it.
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Thank you supertoastgirl for asking me to join but I must decline for now. Please notify me if you have any other role-play ideas or simply want a private role-play.
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Also, P.S.:
"He always is noting things down into his journals, trying to document the situation from an unbiased view and then jotting his own reflective thoughts. "
Just pointing out what you must have missed when reading it over.
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And might I say, RPGRosa's character says nothing about the 'keeps records of everything that happens at Short Term'. That would be different for my character because it is vital to my character archetype.
Now the only thing that RPGRosa would have to do is change the time that she had been at Short Term 12. [which I must say, isn't the time you appointed for companion 1 or for Girl 1.]
Also, Toast, you know I don't disappoint, because you have seen my work in Camp Liberty.
I hope we get this sorted out.
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Though I don't want to scrap RPGRosa's character completely, I think that your idea, Cyber, is brilliant. Unfortunately, I read RPGRosa's character earlier today on my phone and just hadn't accepted yet. If you two wish to continue discussing which companion to take, feel free. But for now RGPRosa's character has been accepted as the male companion 1.
Sorry, CyberGlowfly, this was all my fault!
Re: Short Term 12
SPOILERS AHEAD
I was planning for my character to have no memory of his life before Short Term. Hence, he keeps the records because he doesn't want to lose his memory again.
Now, I don't want you to completely throw you character away, as that would be a waste of good writing. Maybe, you could possibly switch to companion three? (Which is also male.)