The Residents

[Jennifer Thompson]

Renee Talbot

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Age/Grade: 18/UNCW Freshman

Renee Joy Talbot was born on June 29, 1991, to Jason and Marilyn Talbot in Greensboro, North Carolina. The couple had been told they could never have children, which was something that saddened both of them immensely. However, one day Marilyn found out she was pregnant with a baby girl and the two of them were beyond happy. Renee was the only child the family had and the Talbots never spent a day less than happy and loving after she was born.

Renee grew to love the flute, and she has become quite talented at playing it. She wants to become a professional flautist when she gets older, but she also wants another job to fall back on if that fails, and that job would be teaching. Probably math teaching, because she's always been oddly good with numbers. Her place in school growing up was with the band and math geeks, but since graduating high school, she has tried to fit in more. She dresses less geeky than she used to sometimes.

She has decided to go to college at UNCW because it's a good school and she had always liked Wilmington when she'd gone there for summer camp in the past. She has now been there since the school year started, but she's been a little below the radar, so to speak. Not very noticeable.

Reason for attending/talent: COLLEGE. YAY.

Anything Else? That summer camp she went to was totally the same one as Braden and Kyle?! But she has yet to see any of her camp buddies around. Wilmginton's big, you know. So is UNCW. Also, this biography is horrible.

[Jeremy Andrews]

Bryce Armer

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Age/Grade: 18/UNCW Freshman

Bryce Armer was born eighteen years ago to Theresa and Jay Armer in Miami, Florida. He was their first and only child, and he was the definition of spoiled brat. From the time he was a little boy his parents gave him everything he could have wanted and more. And he still kept asking for more.

From the time he started middle school, he was all about girls. He dated tons of them, and when he got into high school he was kind of known as a player. He dated girls for a certain amount of time, and then he dumped him. That's just how it was. He was really popular, and everyone loved him. Despite the fact that he was such a douchebag, all the girls wanted to date him.

After he graduated from high school, he decided to head to North Carolina and attend UNCW. It was pretty far from home, and he wanted to get away. He loved his parents, but he didn't want to stay with them anymore or be close to home. So he packed up and moved into the dorms. He still gets money from his parents, and at the moment they haven't cut him off so all he really does is go to school (sometimes) and party. Go him, right?!

Reason for attending/talent: He's in college, what?!

Anything Else? He's definitely a charmer. He knows how to make pretty much any girl swoon with his awesome smile.

[Laci Andrews]

Evan Walcott

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Age/Grade: 18/Senior

Evan Walcott is an eighteen year old basketball star. He's been playing basketball since he could walk. As a matter of fact, his first steps were taken to one of those little trashcan basketball goal things, and he dropped his baby bottle through it. So it was no shock to his family when he got a letter from Clayton Academy asking him to come join their basketball team. The letter came the summer after his freshman year of high school, but he ignored it. He didn't want to leave any of his friends, and he didn't want to start all over. He never told anyone that, though. He said that if he left, the team at his old high school would crumble. So he stayed. Until now.

The summer before his senior year of high school, he decided that he wanted a change. So he got his parents to call the school and find out if they were still interested in having him. The school agreed, because they hadn't had a player quite as good as him in awhile, and he packed up and headed out to Wilmington to attend the school.

When he got to the school, he quickly made friends. He was still a big man on campus, and he liked that. He had always been your typical jock. He knew that he was good looking, and he knew that he was well liked. He had a charming smile and he could charm pretty much any girl at all.

Reason for attending/talent: Athlete - Basketball (Original, no?)

Anything Else? He's from California. And his parents names are Donna and Eric.

[Jeremy Andrews]

Bailey Campbell

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Age/Grade: 16/Junior

It is not easy growing up in a house full of boys.. just ask Bailey. With three older brothers, it wasn't exactly easy to be the only girl minus her mom. But Bailey eventually grew into it after being thrust into the life of boys and boyish things. Her family grew up in a small town in Ohio and they were always pretty close knit, so it's not like it was the least bit easy to avoid being a little tom boy. From the ages of five to fiften, Bailey avoided all things girly. She hated flowers and bows and dresses. She didn't understand the point. Plus, when she wore dresses, she couldn't go out and play baseball or hockey or any of that fun stuff. Her parents tried and tried to make her girly but.. it just didn't work. They'd buy her dresses and fill her closet with frilly things and she'd just go into her brothers' bedrooms and steal their clothes. And usually, they hung on her body like a sheet. She never cared, though.

When Bailey was around fourteen years old, two of her brothers, Bryan and Braden, went off to North Carolina after getting accepted to Clayton Academy. And basically, Bailey was heartbroken. They emailed all the time though and made sure to keep in touch. And they did. But one thing Bailey didn't tell them was that she'd secretly put in an application too. And after waiting and waiting and waiting, she got accepted. So Bailey took that and ran with it. She just arrived and she hasn't even told her brothers. Because she wanted to surprise them. Oh, and she's grown up a lot since she last saw them? Like, she grew boobs and started wearing makeup and earings on occasion. She's living in the dorms but she never really goes to class because she's a ~free spirit. She likes ridiculous things like cat figurines and snow globes and she's always been the type to take care of cats that she finds in the neighborhood. She lives off of junk like Captain Crunch and swears that Javier Bardem is the hottest man on the planet. Oh, and she's pretty much the female reincarnation of her brother Braden.

Reason For Attending: Artist/Athlete. Chyeaah.
Anything Else? SHES REALLY AWESOME, UNLIKE THIS BIO, ILH.

[Aiden Thompson]

Noah Jones

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Age/Grade: 16/Junior

Born on February 27, 1993 in Keller, Texas, Noah Jones was the youngest in a set of twins. His older brother Tyler is six minutes older than him, and he has a sister, Sarah, who is three years older than him. As a kid, he and his brother got into a lot of trouble due to them being the epitome of young boys, and the two were pretty close. Noah’s mom died in a car accident when he was five years old. He was too young at the time to really grasp what had happened.

Noah’s hobby of choice was something very different than the rest of his family’s: football. He started with peewee leagues as soon as he could. Both he and Tyler were always on the same team until his brother dropped out. Noah kept going with it though, and he played throughout middle school. He already had some recognition at Clayton Academy due to his sister attending there, so he was offered a scholarship to attend after he had finished middle school. He and his sister were pretty close, and he loved football, so he took the chance and attended.

At Clayton, he’s done pretty well. He’s gotten good grades, officially rebelling against the typical dumb jock stereotype. He’s a pretty nice guy, so it’s easy for him to make friends, and the fact that he’s a football player also makes that easy for him. The thing is, under the tough football player persona he sometimes puts on, he’s a pretty insecure guy. The only person that knows about this, aside from his brother and sister, is Tina Hall. The two of them dated their sophomore year, but things fell apart. It was during the beginning of the year, and with her in the play and him on the team, they never could really work things out. He may still have feelings for her. Who knows.

Reason for attending/talent: Athlete: football

[Laci Andrews]

Kylie Archibald

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Age/Grade: 16/Junior

Kylie Tara Archibald was born in Upper East Side Manhattan to Blair and Nathaniel Archibald. She was the couples only child, and she was very loved. She was a very happy little girl, always bubbly and ready to go out and do something fun with her friends.

From the time she was little, Kyle was very interested in cheerleading. She was one of those super cute little league cheerleaders when she was young, and once she got older and into middle school, she was very quick to join the squad. She was a really good cheerleader, and she absolutely loved doing it. She got an invitation to Clayton thanks to her talent on the mat, and she immediately grabbed at the chance.

Another thing about Kyle is that she loves to sing. She's always been very talented. She loves to sing in the car on her way somewhere, and when she was a little girl she used to perform for her friends and family. Her parents always felt like music was in her blood.

Reason for attending/talent: Athlete: cheerleader

[Jeremy Andrews]

Garrett Sloane

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Age/Grade: 17/Junior

Garrett Sloane was born in Clayton, North Carolina seventeen years ago. His parents Melissa and Keith were two high school sweethearts who, oh snap, got pregnant in high school. It was a silly mistake but the two of them decided to keep their baby. Melissa thought it would be cool to pull the whole Gilmore Girls thing and Keith was pretty whipped loyal, so he agreed to stay with her/take care of their future baby. When Keith's parents found out, they shipped him off to military school for him to get the remainder of his education. He graduated from military school and Melissa graduated from regular school and then they got married so they could have a regularly functioning family.

When Garrett was a little kid, he didn't really have much. His mom worked at a little coffee shop down the street from their tiny, one bedroom house and his father was in the military so he didn't really see him much. Garrett kind of just learned to appreciate the simpler things in life. He didn't complain much and took everything with a grain of salt, appreciating everything he had and everything he was given from the start. To say he was a southern gentleman would be putting it lightly. And he stayed that way from first grade to eleventh. Sure, he was still a normal teenage guy but he also came with a pretty old fashioned way of thinking, dressing, etc.

Ever since Garrett was a little kid, he was always throwing some sort of sporty ball around. Usually, though, his choice was a football. He found an old, deflated one in his backyard one day and from there on out, no other sport existed. He'd toss it around with his dad on the rare occasion he was come and could usually be found running around the backyard, acting like he was a pro football player. Yeah, it was pretty darn adorable, ngl. So of course he continued that and blah blah blah he became a big football start and got accepted to Clayton his freshman year where he's a big football star!!!!

Reason for attending/talent: Football

[Jeremy Andrews]

Jacob Spencer

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Age/Grade: 17 / Senior

Jacob Michael Spencer was born on December 18, 1992 in Orlando, Florida. His parents, Shawn and Jules, were both members of the Orlando Police Department, and his family life was pretty stable. He was one of the youngest children his parents had. He has an older sister named Carrie, who’s three years older, and an older brother named Harrison who is about six years older than he is. Jacob also has a twin brother named Vincent, who is obviously the same age as he is.

From the time Jacob was a little boy, he was interested in music. He would always sing along to the radio in the car, and he was more than content to just sit and listen to music for hours on end. When he was ten his parents bought him his first guitar because he'd been talking about wanting one. He began taking lessons, and he got really good. He joined a couple of bands in high school, acting as both lead guitar and the vocalist. His voice was just as awesome as his playing. The summer before his freshman year of high school, he got a letter asking him to attend Clayton Academy in Wilmington. Since his brother was in Wilmington, he was more than happy to accept the opportunity. So he packed his stuff and got on a plane to Wilmington, North Carolina.

When he got to Clayton, Jake transitioned really well. He made a lot of friends, and he was liked by pretty much everyone. He was always a really likable guy, and so it wasn't very shocking that this happened. On one of his first days of school, he met INSERT RILEY'S NAME HERE. The two of them hit it off immediately, and they became the absolute best of friends. He talked to her about everything, and he trusted her more than he did anyone that wasn't in his family. About three months ago, he started dating a junior at Clayton. He liked her a lot at first, and he still does. However, she's not exactly great girlfriend material. They fight a lot, but he cares about her. So he's trying to keep things civil, because he doesn't want to break up with her.

Reason for Attending: Musician

[Aiden Thompson]

Jacob Anderson, Jr.

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Age/Grade: 15/Sophomore

Jake and Melissa gave birth to Jacob Phillip Anderson, Jr. on November 22, 1993 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He has an older sister, named Taylor, who is a couple years older than him. Growing up, his parents weren’t incredibly rich, but they were able to give their two children a comfortable lifestyle.

Jacob was pretty low maintenance around the house. He wasn’t into trendy fashion designer clothes, and he was never one to want the most expensive new hip cool things that he could show off to his huge massive amounts of friends. Instead, he grew up, completely content with his comic books and his video games. That was it. Constant video gaming and comic book reading led to a very simple lifestyle, one that got him in zero trouble, but it also caused a lacking in the friendship area.

Having almost no friends and a lot of time to himself, Jacob had a lot of time to study, and because of that, he was a genius. He’s gotten the highest grade in every single class he’s ever taken. Because of that, he was invited to attend Clayton Academy before his freshman year. He wasn’t offered a scholarship though, and his family wasn’t able to pay for it. But after two years of saving up, they have the funds, and he’s going to start at Clayton in the fall.

Reason for attending/talent: Intellect

[Aiden Thompson]

Leah Kaiser

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Age/Grade: 16/Junior

Leah Christina Kaiser was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was the youngest of eight children in her family, all three of her older siblings being a couple years older than she was. They had all already graduated high school by the time she started it. She was definitely overlooked by her parents growing up because they already had seven other kids to deal with. Her parents had nothing to worry about though. She was and still is your typical good girl.

She's also a bit of a loner. Being so looked over during her childhood, one might think she'd rebel and go out into the wee hours of the morning, but she chose to lay low and keep to herself instead. She didn't want to be an extra hassle for her parents to have to deal with. It helped that she was really smart as a kid, so as she got older, she'd just cuddle up into a ball on her bed with a good book and read it from front to back.

Middle school was an absolute breeze for her. She had one good friend, but they mostly just whispered to each other in classes and ate lunch with one another. Most of her outside of school time was spent behind a book, whether it be for school or for fun. Being from Wilmington, it was easy for Clayton Academy to spot her. She was invited before her freshman year, and she accepted it.

On her third day of school there, she met Jacob Spencer. She thought he was pretty cute, and he sparked up a conversation with her. The two of them had some classes together, and they've grown to be best friends in the last two and half years. But that's not all that's been going on between them. Leah's been harboring a huge crush on him ever since that third day of her freshman year. She knows about it, and she tried to ignore it, but whenever she sees him with that girlfriend he has, she can't deny the jealousy. She's definitely not one to make any sort of move. She's not that bold of a person, and she doesn't want to ruin the only friendship he has with Jacob. Now, Leah's just sitting back and hoping things either fall into place or her feelings fizzle out for good.

Reason for attending/talent: Intellect

[Aiden Thompson]

Brandon Hunter

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Age/Grade: 17/Junior

Brandon Michael Hunter is from Knoxville, Tennessee. His two parents, Michael and Leigh Ann, owned a local grocery store, and they had a daughter, two years younger than Brandon, and they named her Becky. The four of them lived in a fairly small house, living far from luxuriously, but still comfortably. They were all incredibly close, Becky being one of Brandon's best friends, and leaving them was one of the reasons why coming to Clayton wasn't a given.

Brandon started singing when he was really young. As he got older, he started to play his own music. He tried piano lessons, guitar lessons, and even banjo lessons, but the first and the last never appealed much to him. He always liked the country music, which was a given, living in Tennessee, and he ended up taking up the guitar. He got good enough for his own purposes, and he even started writing some of his own songs.

He was never really showy though with his talent. He chose to play alone in his room rather then in school talent contests. He told people he did so because it was personal to him, but in reality it was because he had massive stage freight. He feared performing and people rejecting him. But the thing was, he had always dreamed of one day becoming a famous country singer. To tour the world and sing his heart out. One night, he had a long talk with his pastor, about life and the future. His pastor ended up giving him the courage to step into the spotlight.

Brandon had some close friends in school, but even they didn't even expect him to show up on stage at the talent show at the end of his freshman year. He ended up rocking the house, surprising everyone he knew. He also surprised the Clayton Academy person that was in the audience. He soon found an invitation in the mail to attend. That summer, he though over his choices. He could finish school in Knoxville, move to Nashville, and try to make in big there. Or, he could go to Clayton Academy, where, he found out after doing some research, Sarah Jones, Blake Jefferson, and Brady Matthews were all discovered. He decided the latter was his best bet, and he attended Clayton Academy his sophomore year, and is currently there for his junior year as well.

Reason for attending/talent: Singing

[Jennifer Thompson]

Bethany Betsan

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Age/Grade: 16/Junior

Bethany Adelina Isobel Lyana Betsan was born to Yered and Madalena Betsan - the King and Queen of the small country of Nediva - on February 23, 1993. If you hadn't figured it out from that, yes, she is the country's Princess. And if you hadn't figured this out either, she indeed never had to want for anything in her life. She lived in a palace where people would wait on her hand and foot. She had only the best education in the best schools in all of Europe, and she was loved and adored by her entire country. She was living the dream of practically every little girl in the entire world.

But as Bethany grew older, she began to want just a normal life. She didn't want to be surrounded by body guards or to be in the public eye. She wanted to be a teenager who could just have fun and have real friends. This just wasn't in the cards for the young Princess, however. Her father died of a heart attack only a few months ago, and as the sole heir to the throne, this meant she was up to bat to become Queen. She was only 16 years old and not even close to ready for the responsibility of ruling an entire country. It was too much pressure. Tack on the arranged marriage to the Prince of a neighboring nation that her mother had planned for her, and it just got worse.

The night before her wedding and coronation, she just couldn't take it anymore. She decided to run away, and she did so with the help of one particular servant that she had been close to ever since she was a young child. The woman's brother was a pilot who owned his own plane, and so she took Bethany to him and she fleed the country. Neither of them have breathed a word about what happened, and the entire country is understandbly upset over the fact that their Princess has gone missing.

Bethany has fled to America for several reasons: no Americans care enough about other countries to know who she is, the people who helped her flee have relatives there who have taken her in and are going to claim she's their adopted daughter, and she could have quite the average life in the good ol' USA for awhile... until she either decides to go back or is found out.

Her "parents" in Wilmington, North Carolina, enrolled her at Clayton Academy after her "adoption" and she is now a new student there.

Reason for attending/talent: Intellect

Anything Else? She speaks many languages fluently and has found it easy to speak with an American accent.