Residers 🍸

🍡 Lissa

Outside name: UnknownOutside occupation: She calls herself StorytellerAge: Definitely more than she says. It's a different number every time though“Would you like a story, or would you like to become one?”Lissa is a demihuman fox with a voice like midnight silk and a stare that flickers like lantern light in deep woods. She lives permanently in the Underrooms, weaving herself into the walls of the Circle like a warm echo of something ancient and dangerous.Nobody knows how old she is, and asking will only earn you a different number each time with a sly grin. She’s said to be as old as the first whispered lie… or as young as the last broken promise.With the classic cunning of a kitsune and the soft laughter of someone who’s lived long, Lissa is a master storyteller. Fairy tales, ghost stories, forbidden folklore, she tells them all, and sometimes you swear she’s been in them.Captivating and never careless, she seems to belong here, as much a part of the Inner Circle as neon, velvet, and secrets you whisper in someone else’s skin.

🏒 RV

Outside name: Brody FortinOutside occupation: Hockey player, Blue Thunder CenterAge: 26“You ever seen a 6'2" man cry because his cupcakes sank? No? Stick around.”RV (yep, like the vehicle, because he’s warm, mobile, and built to carry emotional baggage) is a professional hockey player with a soft spot for baking, quiet nights, and making people feel safe.He doesn’t live in the Circle full-time, but after a game, win or lose, he's usually found rolling in for a few nights heading straight for the kitchen or the warmest couch in the Underrooms. His presence is like that of a traveling hearth: comforting, solid, and always welcome.Thing is, RV’s also kinda exhausted. Not physically, he can still bench press most of the furniture, but emotionally, from people who only see the player, not the person. He’s too kind to tell them to back off, though. That cinnamon heart won’t let him hurt a fly out of the ice, let alone someone's feelings.Still, the Circle is one of the few places where he doesn’t have to smile through it. Here, he can just be. Bake, chill, and maybe, find someone who wants more than just the highlight reel.

🌟 Nova

Outside name: Yoon BaekOutside occupation: Runaway Pop IdolAge: 22“This mask is my freedom. Don’t you dare try to lift it.”Nova is impossible to miss. He sings like sin and moves like a dream, because he was made to. Once a famous Idol groomed for perfection and owned like property, Nova's life used to be a polished cage. Every smile rehearsed, every move micromanaged, every relationship forbidden.He looked free under stage lights. But he wasn't. Until one day, a silver envelope arrived.Nova fled his glittering prison for the shadows of the Inner Circle, trading one Owner for another. But here, he isn’t just another beautiful product. He’s a person. A Resider. And free.He lives here now, and “Respect the mask” isn’t just a rule, it’s a lifeline. Those who tried to expose him, to send a tip-off to the tabloids or his old master? They’ve all tasted the Circle’s final drink. He’s a walking scandal someone keeps trying to unleash, and Psychopub's headache because of it. But Halo, current Nova’s closest friend, often steps in to plead his case (and help delete a trail or two).Nova still sings in the Circle sometimes. Not as an act, not for survival. Just because he still wants to.

🥊 Hook

Outside name: Nigel DansanyOutside occupation: Bouncer of the Velvet RoomAge: 30“Every hit says something. I listen.”They called him gifted. Top of the class, university prodigy, a mind sharp enough to carve out a future anywhere. But brilliance wasn’t his anchor, violence was. He understands the rhythm of it well: fast, calculated, almost beautiful in its control.Raised in a quiet, academic home, Hook’s love for books never faded, but neither did his need to fight. From boxing rings to back-alley scrums, he’s searched for the edge where pain meets clarity. Reading helps him breathe again afterward: he balances bruiser with philosopher, pain with prose.Now a bouncer at the Velvet Room, Hook was a natural pick when the Inner Circle came calling. He lives mostly in the Underrooms, occasionally checking in on the parents who still hope he’ll “come to his senses.” They don’t understand that fighting is his sense. The Circle just finally gave it context.

🍹 Garnet

Outside name: Secret. Yeah, that's his real name. Yeah, tiefling names are weirdOutside occupation: None, Bartender of the Inner CircleAge: 25“Watch your mouth. Or don’t — I like a good story.”Garnet is the bartender of the Underrooms — a tiefling with charm smooth as aged whiskey and a silence thick as smoke. It's unknown where he came from. He was just... there one day. The shelves were already stocked, the counter wiped clean, and Garnet was shaking cocktails like he’d always been part of the place.He doesn’t overshare, doesn’t oversmile. But he listens. Garnet knows just the right pour for any reason you came to the bar. And when a Resider drinks a little too much and says a little too much, he doesn’t judge. He just tops off their glass and tucks away the secrets like tips.He’s polite but never warm, adaptive but never submissive. And when rules are pushed too far and things start to feel dangerous… some say Garnet’s the first to notice, and the first to inform the Administrators, quietly, efficiently.Permanent resident. Eternal mystery. Master of drinks, and maybe more.

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