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A coach at Beachwood High and also a former girlfriend of Perdita, Blake's missing sister.

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A coach at Beachwood High and also a former girlfriend boyfriend of Perdita, Blake's missing sister.
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* MultiethnicName: Millie is a name of English origin and diminitive of various names and Pereira is a surname of Portuguese origin.

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* MultiethnicName: Millie is a name of English origin and diminitive of various names and Pereira is a surname of Portuguese origin.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Sure, he’s a homophobic, hypocritical prick, but [[spoiler:he wouldn’t resort to murder.]]
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Struggles with this because she feels that people have promoted her to being the queen bee, a position she never wanted and feels inadequate stepping into Gabbie’s shoes. Blake is able to point out people look to her for leadership because of their own grief and she’s actually doing a good job.

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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: TheChainsOfCommanding: Struggles with this because she feels that people have promoted her to being the queen bee, a position she never wanted and feels inadequate stepping into Gabbie’s shoes. Blake is able to point out people look to her for leadership because of their own grief and she’s actually doing a good job.
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* DrJerk: What else would you call a homophobic doctor who kicks his daughter out of home for being gay?
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Struggles with this because she feels that people have promoted her to being the queen bee, a position she never wanted and feels inadequate stepping into Gabbie’s shoes.

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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Struggles with this because she feels that people have promoted her to being the queen bee, a position she never wanted and feels inadequate stepping into Gabbie’s shoes.
shoes. Blake is able to point out people look to her for leadership because of their own grief and she’s actually doing a good job.
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* WomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Struggles with this because she feels that people have promoted her to being the queen bee, a position she never wanted and feels inadequate stepping into Gabbie’s shoes.

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* WomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Struggles with this because she feels that people have promoted her to being the queen bee, a position she never wanted and feels inadequate stepping into Gabbie’s shoes.
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*WomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Struggles with this because she feels that people have promoted her to being the queen bee, a position she never wanted and feels inadequate stepping into Gabbie’s shoes.
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Beechwood High's popular and beloved chemistry teacher.

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Beechwood Beachwood High's popular and beloved chemistry teacher.
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* RedHerring: Over the course of the investigation, the team keeps coming back to him, and they didn't immediately trust his alibi that he was in jail at the time of the murder. It is only in chapter 15 that the team realizes that the killer is actually [[spoiler:his sister April]].

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* RedHerring: Over the course of the investigation, the team keeps coming back to him, and they didn't immediately trust his alibi that he was in jail at the time of the murder. It is only in chapter Chapter 15 that the team realizes that the killer is actually [[spoiler:his sister April]].
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Her ultimately unresolved investigation into Beachwood's corruption hinted towards this.

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* TownWithADarkSecret: Her ultimately unresolved investigation into Beachwood's corruption hinted towards this.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Her ultimately unresolved investigation into Beechwood's corruption hinted towards this.

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* TownWithADarkSecret: Her ultimately unresolved investigation into Beechwood's Beachwood's corruption hinted towards this.
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* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:What she was in with Gabbie. The secrecy was more for her sake than Gabbie's, because while Beechwood as a whole isn't very homophobic, her family definitely was.]]

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* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:What she was in with Gabbie. The secrecy was more for her sake than Gabbie's, because while Beechwood Beachwood as a whole isn't very homophobic, her family definitely was.]]
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* ClosetGay: [[spoiler:He's secretly gay, to the disapproval of his parents. Likely why he was willing to help Joanna and Gabbie with their relationship, having a clue how much strike Joanna's homophobic family would've caused her.]]

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* ClosetGay: [[spoiler:He's secretly gay, to the disapproval of his parents. Likely why he was willing to help Joanna and Gabbie with their relationship, having a clue how much strike strife Joanna's homophobic family would've caused her.]]

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A team of students at Beachwood High.

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A team of students at Beachwood High.
High who band together to investigate the death of Gabbie Navarro after the police [[PoliceAreUseless refuse to take it seriously]].



* DefrostingIceKing: He's extremely standoffish to others in the earlier parts of the book, but warms up to them overtime.

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* DefrostingIceKing: He's extremely standoffish to others in the earlier parts of the book, but warms up to them overtime.
overtime. Justified with all the trauma he's gone through and the (decontextualized) things he's heard about Tyler, whom he is most hostile to at first.




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* OutOfContextEavesdropping: Tyler's initially subject to suspicion when early in the book, Blake snoops on his phone and sees a message implying he held violent rage towards Gabbie. The innocent context of the message exchange is revealed later.



* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:What she was in with Gabbie. The secrecy was more for her sake than Gabbie's, because while Beechwood as a whole isn't very homophobic, her family definitely was.]]




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* FakeRelationship / SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:She was in a fake relationship with Tyler as a cover for her secret relationship with Joanna.]]
* MinorWithFakeID: She was involved with Stevie's fake ID business.



The popular and beloved chemistry teacher.

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The Beechwood High's popular and beloved chemistry teacher.



* ClosetGay: [[spoiler:He's secretly gay, to the disapproval of his parents. Likely why he was willing to help Joanna and Gabbie with their relationship, having a clue how much strike Joanna's homophobic family would've caused her.]]



* MeaningfulName: Her name means "loss" in Italian, and she has been missing for four years.



* MeaningfulName: Her name means "loss" in Italian, and she has been missing for four years.
* TownWithADarkSecret: She seemed to be investigating this before she disappeared.

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* MeaningfulName: Her name means "loss" in Italian, and she has been missing for four years.
* TownWithADarkSecret: She seemed to be investigating this before she disappeared.
Her ultimately unresolved investigation into Beechwood's corruption hinted towards this.


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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:He has no involvement in Gabbie's murder despite a significant amount of evidence suggesting as much, including him being in the privileged position of having access to the drug found in Gabbie's system.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Blake's sister Perdita's name means "loss" in Italian, and she has been missing for four years.

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* MeaningfulName: Blake's sister Perdita's Her name means "loss" in Italian, and she has been missing for four years.
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A coach at Beechwood High and also a former girlfriend of Perdita, Blake's missing sister.

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A coach at Beechwood Beachwood High and also a former girlfriend of Perdita, Blake's missing sister.
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* HateSink: He is a notorious bully in Beachwood High who, among other things, [[spoiler:attempted to rape Stevie while she was a freshman and he was a sophomore]].

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* HateSink: He is He's a notorious bully in Beachwood High who, among other things, [[spoiler:attempted to rape Stevie while she was a freshman and he was a sophomore]].
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An old friend of Blake's and Gabbie's who joins your group.

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An old friend of Blake's and Gabbie's who joins your the main group.
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The playable character of this story, a private detective.

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The playable character protagonist of this story, a private detective.



An old friend of yours and Gabbie's who joins your group.

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An old friend of yours Blake's and Gabbie's who joins your group.
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* HateSink: He's a homophobic jerkass who [[spoiler:secretly cheats on his wife while trying to maintain the image of a perfect, happy family]].

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* HateSink: He's a homophobic jerkass who [[spoiler:secretly [[spoiler:who secretly cheats on his wife while trying to maintain the image of a perfect, happy family]].
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* HateSink: He's a homophobic jerkass who [[spoiler:secretly cheats on his wife while trying to maintain the image of a perfect,happy family]].

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* HateSink: He's a homophobic jerkass who [[spoiler:secretly cheats on his wife while trying to maintain the image of a perfect,happy perfect, happy family]].

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* KidDetective

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* KidDetectiveKidDetective: Blake is a high school student and has been investigating mysteries at a young age before investigating Gabbie's murder.
* MiddleNameBasis: "Blake" is actually the protagonist's default middle name, which they go by. Their full name is Valentine "Blake" Stone.



* AlliterativeName: '''S'''tevie '''S'''un.



* FakeRelationship: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Gabbie pretended to be in a relationship with him, as a cover for her genuine relationship with Joanna. Tyler himself was unwise to this, but agreed out of gratitude towards Gabbie for how she helped him in the past.]]

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* FakeRelationship: [[spoiler:It's It's revealed that Gabbie pretended to be in a relationship with him, as [[spoiler:as a cover for her genuine relationship with Joanna. Joanna]]. Tyler himself was unwise to this, but agreed out of gratitude towards Gabbie for how she helped him in the past.]]
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* HairTriggerTemper: Tyler is very quick to anger and tends to become physically violent when he feels threatened.




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* MultiethnicName: Millie is a name of English origin and diminitive of various names and Pereira is a surname of Portuguese origin.



* NeverFoundTheBody: She went missing four years ago and was presumed dead by everyone except Blake, who believes she could still be alive.
* MeaningfulName: Blake's sister Perdita's name means "loss" in Italian, and she has been missing for four years.



* HateSink

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* HateSinkHappyMarriageCharade: Joanna's parents set up an image of a HappilyMarried couple in public, but they often argue in private. [[spoiler:Indeed, Dr. Morgan has been cheating on his wife with a teacher.]]
* HateSink: He's a homophobic jerkass who [[spoiler:secretly cheats on his wife while trying to maintain the image of a perfect,happy family]].
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* SiblingYinYang: She initially comes off as the good girl to Brett's bad boy. {{spoiler:Subverted when she's revealed to be Gabbie's killer.]]

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* SiblingYinYang: She initially comes off as the good girl to Brett's bad boy. {{spoiler:Subverted [[spoiler:Subverted when she's revealed to be Gabbie's killer.]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: He is a notorious bully in Beachwood High who, among other things, [[spoiler:attempted to rape Stevie while she was a freshman and he was a sophomore]].

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* {{Jerkass}}: HateSink: He is a notorious bully in Beachwood High who, among other things, [[spoiler:attempted to rape Stevie while she was a freshman and he was a sophomore]].sophomore]].
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* {{Jerkass}}

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* {{Jerkass}}
{{Jerkass}}: He is a notorious bully in Beachwood High who, among other things, [[spoiler:attempted to rape Stevie while she was a freshman and he was a sophomore]].
* RedHerring: Over the course of the investigation, the team keeps coming back to him, and they didn't immediately trust his alibi that he was in jail at the time of the murder. It is only in chapter 15 that the team realizes that the killer is actually [[spoiler:his sister April]].




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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She initially comes off as the NiceGirl to her jerkass brother, but in Chapter 15, she is revealed to not only be Gabbie's killer, but she did it as payback for Brett's imprisonment, which shows that she's actually as bad as her brother.]]
* RevengeMyopia: [[spoiler:The reason she killed Gabbie was because the latter got Brett imprisoned ''for crimes he committed''.]]
* SiblingYinYang: She initially comes off as the good girl to Brett's bad boy. {{spoiler:Subverted when she's revealed to be Gabbie's killer.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: The many spoiler tags here aren't for nothing.



* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Presumably due to the sequel being canceled, neither we nor Blake ever learn what happeend to here.]]

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Character sheet for the VisualNovel VisualNovel/MurderAtHomecoming, a part of VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay.

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Character sheet for the VisualNovel VisualNovel/MurderAtHomecoming, a part of story in VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay.

'''Warning''': '''WARNING''': Spoilers tropes ahead.




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* KidDetective
* PrivateDetective




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* DefrostingIceKing: He's extremely standoffish to others in the earlier parts of the book, but warms up to them overtime.




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* MinorWithFakeID: She runs a fake ID business.




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* FakeRelationship: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Gabbie pretended to be in a relationship with him, as a cover for her genuine relationship with Joanna. Tyler himself was unwise to this, but agreed out of gratitude towards Gabbie for how she helped him in the past.]]



* ClosetGay: [[spoiler:Highly justified as her parents are extremely homophobic, having attempted to send her to what was in essence [[CureYourGays legal conversion therapy]].]]




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* {{Jerkass}}




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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:She didn't mean to kill Gabbie and only drugged her with the intent of manipulating her into embarrassing herself. Subverted in that she refused to help her out of the pool as she drowned, which she acknowledges to not be much better.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:As the one who murdered Gabbie and instigates the final conflict during the night of Winter Formal, she is the main antagonist of this book.]]




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* CoolTeacher: He's quite popular and liked at the school, and with how kind and accommodating to students he's mentioned to be, it's easy to see why.
* HotTeacher: He's also seen as quite attractive by some of his students.
* NiceGuy: In general, but this is also proven quite strongly towards the end of the book when he [[spoiler:holds no animosity towards the main characters for nearly ruining his life by getting him arrested on a false accusation of sexual assault, and returns to teaching to Beachwood high in spite of the damage done to his name]].
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:Evidence arises indicating that he was in a romantic relationship with Gabbie. Averted when the evidence turns out to all be a misunderstanding.]]




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* TakingUpTheMantle: In the final scene, it is revealed that he attempted to follow through on Perdita's investigations by reading her diary, but failed to make any progress. He gives Blake the diary before leaving.



The missing sister of the MC.

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The missing older sister of Blake who disappeared years ago.
* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Presumably due to
the MC.
sequel being canceled, neither we nor Blake ever learn what happeend to here.]]
* LegallyDead: Despite the lack of a body, the Stone family eventually held a funeral for her and erected a gravestone dedicated to her.
* TownWithADarkSecret: She seemed to be investigating this before she disappeared.

!Dr. Morgan
The father of Joanna Morgan.
* CureYourGays: What he sent Joanna to.
* HateSink
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:All his talk of family values is rendered hypocritical when he's caught cheating on his wife with a school staff member ''inside the school''.]]
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Character sheet for the VisualNovel VisualNovel/MurderAtHomecoming, a part of VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay.

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[[folder: Main Cast (main character and love interests)]]

A team of students at Beachwood High.

!Blake (Main Character)
The playable character of this story, a private detective.

!Donovan Navarro
The twin brother of the murder victim of this case.

!Stevie Sun
An old friend of yours and Gabbie's who joins your group.

!Tyler Woods
Gabbie's boyfriend and track team star.

!Joanna Morgan
An old friend of Gabbie's.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Other Characters]]
!Gabbie Navarro
The victim of this story, the discovery of her drowned and drugged corpse during Homecoming kicks the events of this story into motion.

!Brett Morris
A troublemaker around school who has an old feud with Gabbie.

!April Morris
Brett's significantly better-adjusted younger sister.

!Joshua Lewis
The popular and beloved chemistry teacher.

!Jeremy Walters
A coach at Beechwood High and also a former girlfriend of Perdita, Blake's missing sister.

!Claudia Rhodes
Gabbie's best friend.

!Millie Pereira
The school mascot and an old friend of Blake.

!Toby Meyer
Head of the AV club and the subject of Millie's crush.

!Perdita Stone
The missing sister of the MC.

[[/folder]]

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