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La Casa de Kennish, Los Angeles, Wednesday
The presents to open on Bay's 19th birthday included a necklace passed down from Adriana and Regina; a box set of DVDs of Antonioni films from Daphne; a couple of funny t-shirts from Toby; and a gift certificate to Amazon from John and Regina, which was less sentimental than the other gifts but far more practical ( Read more... ) -
Bay's Cruddy Apartment, Los Angeles, Thursday Morning
Bay was automatically suspicious when she picked up her phone and saw a few dozen people from Kansas City had texted her overnight. It was a relief when she realized that -- unlike the last several times this had happened -- nobody was arrested, dead or getting a divorce ( Read more... ) -
Kennish House, Kansas City, Thursday Afternoon
Bay had gotten sucked into a massive round of Kennish-Vasquez family drama as soon as she got home and hadn't had much time to think about Fandom. Once the dust settled, Bay's biological father was dead; Daphne had flipped out and was practically smoking crack with some gang banger or something; and Bay knew her bio dad and his sister had both died ( Read more... ) -
Room 307, Thursday Afternoon
The night in Los Angeles had been uncomfortable. Nico and other-Victor had disappeared into a bedroom, and no one else felt like doing much beyond staring dumbly at the television. Xavin was the only one who seemed able to speak much, and she wasn't exactly a great conversationalist ( Read more... ) -
Vasquez House, Kansas City, Tuesday Evening
Dominic's quiet spring break at home hadn't exactly panned out the way he wanted it to. He'd volunteered to stay in Maryland a couple extra days to help Professor Ledarsky set up her work in a group exhibition in New York (and also get in some primo sucking up time, since he still needed that letter of recommendation). The exhibition had been a ( Read more... ) -
Room 307, Thursday Morning
Bay hadn't had a particularly memorable Wednesday. After First Aid class -- puppies! -- she'd gone to her art class on the mainland, bantered with Tank, and thought about how she'd ask Ledarsky for a letter of recommendation. She'd gotten hit with a bad headache during her trip home; it had been a relief to get back to her dorm room, take a couple ( Read more... ) -
Dominic Paolo Vasquez - Background and Such
Dominic (or Dom -- he doesn't care, either is fine) is quite a bit like Bay, except for that Y chromosome and chunks of his background. Like Bay, he's an artist, sarcastic, and relatively introverted. The main difference in terms of personality is that Dominic grew up in a much less privileged setting than Bay, and thus is less prone to acting like ( Read more... ) -
Room 307, Saturday Night
Trying to do the portrait assignment at Tank's frat house had turned out to be exactly as bad an idea as Bay had thought it would be to start with. There turned out to be a party going on, and Tank shoved a cup of punch into her hands and told her to chill while he took care of ... whatever people trying to pledge a frat took care of ( Read more... )