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xreachfortheskylarx · 5 years

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[ MUSE #64 ] ●● is that MEG DONNELLY? no, that’s just SKYLAR OAKLEY, the 16 year old FEMALE who is a HS JUNIOR. some say they’re detached & oversensitive, but their family and friends will swear they’re cooperative & loyal. when i think of them, i think of pastel notebooks, fairy lights strung expertly on the walls, and warm drinks clutched in cold hands. i wonder if their family know that SHE is hiding that she was part of a group that bullied others at her last school. ●● (C && GMT && SHE/HER)

So Skylar here is based off an old muse of mine, and is a certified mess tbh. Even she doesn’t understand herself, literally this gifset right here. If anyone wants to plot, just hit that heart or slide into my dms. Now onto explaining my little messy muse.

Her full name is Skylar Noelle Oakley, though she will answer to Skye. (ooc I was listening to the bring it on musical soundtrack when coming up with a name)

Born 25th December 2002 – Hence the middle name Noelle. For the first few years of her life, Skylar was every parent’s dream. She was a shy, reserved kid who never made a fuss over anything.

When the normally well-behaved child started day-dreaming during class, she claimed that she’d already finished the work and was bored, something that began to happen more often than not, which lead to her skipping a grade, something she loved initially but ended up being the route of most of her problems growing up.

Once she hit her teenage years, the need to fit in became so much more important to her, and she felt she was already at a disadvantage being the youngest of her classmates. And to a thirteen year old Skylar that meant one thing – acting like the popular crowd to fit in with them. It didn’t happen overnight, but eventually she began to find her place within the popular clique blatantly ignoring whatever guilt she felt for leaving her actual friends behind. What was a little guilt, if your life was what every movie and tv show aimed at teenagers said you should want?

Skylar wasn’t stupid – even if she now acted like she was - and she knew that while her new friends had many people who claimed to like them, most of the school seemed to hate them, and with good reason. They’d constantly pick on others about every little thing, and she’d stand off at the side not participating while they mocked others, but doing nothing to stop it either. Everything in her was screaming at her to do what was right, but she couldn’t let go of the life she’d built – one where she wasn’t just that weird kid who reminded the teacher they hadn’t given out homework.

That was until the past summer where she was at a party with her new group of friends, and her old friends happened to be there too. Almost like some kind of late initiation, her new friends prompted her to be the one to mock her old friends, to point out they didn’t belong there and should go home. And despite knowing she should tell her new friends they could go to hell – she complied with what she wanted, watching as her old friend’s gazes turned to ones of hatred. It’s a moment she regrets, and she’s certain she always will, but one she knows she can’t take back.

When the news came out that her family was moving, Skylar was… Not happy to say the least. Her life may not be perfect, but she had everything that she wanted. She had a spot on the cheer team, a large group of friends (okay frenemies but same difference), invites to the best parties and she was not amused at the prospect of giving that up. There were definitely a few ‘I hate you’s’ hurled her parent’s way, before she calmed down and offered an incredibly lacklustre apology.

Now she knows she has a chance to start over. To go back to being the bright girl with a good future ahead of her, and not the dumb blonde people stereotyped her as before – the only problem is, she isn’t ready to let go of her ‘ideal’ life. This time she figures she can do better – fit in with the right crowd, but not partake in being the reason behind anyone else’s pain. It won’t be easy, but she reasons she’s smart enough to find the balance with some time. After all, the world loves a pretty face more than a brilliant mind.

Never leaves home without a hairband or ribbon in her hair, a la early gossip girl!Blair.

Connection ideas

Other cheerleaders: One of the first things she did upon arriving in Ashcroft was try out for cheer, and she’d try to be as friendly as she could to fit in.

Best friend: Someone she genuinely clicked with, and doesn’t feel the need to constantly pretend or look over shoulder around them.

Frenemies: Because… She’d had a few probably.

Sceptic: Someone who doesn’t quite buy into the dumb blonde thing and keeps calling her out.

Mentor: Someone who’s older and trying to shove her towards the right path in life.

Mentee: Someone she sees about to follow the same path as her, and she wants to talk them out of it. Or just someone she thinks is too nice for their own good and wants to shield them from everything.

Shoulder to lean on: They don’t always have to be friends, but one day they found themselves opening up to each other and now they’re just… there when the other needs to talk.

Enemies: They just… Do not get along at all, and they haven’t really tried to.

Sugar and salt: these two on paper seem like they’d be a mess, they have very little in common – but somehow they managed to bond and become surprisingly good friends. they’re not sure how they work, but they do and that’s all that matters.

Pamper buddy: time at the spa, movie nights with facemasks, going to the salon or beauty parlour… these two spend most of their time treating themselves and hold no guilt about it.

Platonic soulmate: because who says your soulmate has to be romantic?

Friends with benefits: Because who needs feelings?

Accidental crush: Whichever muse never set out to actually like the other but it happened, and now it’s weird.

Co-workers: She got a part-time job as a waitress, so anyone who would work at the restaurant with her.

Online friends: They could know each other or not, maybe they used alias and have no clue they’re now in the same town, she would have definitely been nicer online than irl.

The unneeded tutor: She could ace her classes if she wanted, but her teachers don’t seem to think so and paired these two up together and she’s not the most receptive considering she knows she doesn’t need it and it’s a complete waste of both their time.

#ashcroftintro.

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