Shawn

SUMMARY

Shawn Herring is the senior class president at Oceanside High School and you have a plan to become the President of the United States one day. The first step in your plan is to be awarded Homecoming Couple of the Year with Andy, who you have been dating since the beginning of Junior year. Seeing as Andy is the most popular kid in school, and you two are totally the “it” couple of Oceanside High, you are basically guaranteed to win!

Life is good at the top, but you understand the work it takes to stay there. You are focused, driven, smart, and maybe a little bit high strung.

Secretly, you are a medium with the ability to channel spirits from beyond the grave. But, that is not something you do on a regular basis. In fact, you wear an enchanted cross that protects you from being possessed without your consent.

YOUR HISTORY WITH RAIN

In middle school, you were best friends with Sean, who now goes by the name Rain. The two of you were known as “Shawn Squared” and you did basically everything together, including sleepovers at each others' houses. At one such sleepover, Rain dared you to do a seance.

During the seance, you became possessed by someone calling themselves “Puck.” You don’t remember anything while you were possessed, but Rain said they talked to Puck for hours that night.

Rain asked you to channel Puck every time you hung out after that. You never remembered what happened while you were possessed, and Rain stopped sharing many details about their conversations. After a while, it felt like Rain was only using you to channel Puck.

When you confronted Rain about it, they became super angry and you got into a huge fight. You haven’t been friends with Rain ever since.

YOUR CROSS

After your fight with Rain, you stopped channeling Puck on purpose. But, after noticing large gaps in your memory, you realized that Puck was still possessing your body on occasion. You sought the help of your priest, Father Stratford, who gave you a large silver cross to wear. He said, the cross was once worn by one of your distant relatives, Red Herring, and that, as long as you wore the cross, Puck cannot possess you.

You wear it at all times, and it keeps you protected from Puck, but you have never told anyone that’s the reason why you wear it. If people found out a demon could possess you, you would never be elected Homecoming Couple of the Year and certainly not President of the United States! It’s better that people just think you are kind of religious or that it’s a family heirloom, or something.

NOTE: Wear a large silver cross to Andy’s party. A homemade prop is okay, but make sure you have something. A long and slender cross works best, one that someone could stab a heart with (if you know what I mean).

BEFORE THE PARTY

If Andy contacts you, tell them yes, you are definitely planning to wear you cross to their party. Remind Andy that you’ve talked about this with them already. It’s a very important family heirloom!

If Jamie contacts you, tell Jamie that public safety is your number concern, but you’d like to wait until after Spirit Week before messaging anything out about Y2K. After all, it is not a problem until next year, right? 

If Rain contacts you, be suspicious, but don't let Rain know you are being suspicious of them. Respond back with something overly friendly. 

If Ryan contacts you, tell Ryan that you will be happy to help promote the talent show, but not until after Spirit Week, because everyone should be focused on the upcoming Salmon Bay Homecoming Regatta. Remind Ryan that Mr. Opus has been missing for months now and is likely dead anyway. Suggest Ryan changes the name to something that better reflects the reality of the situation, like the “Mr. Opus Memorial Talent Show.”