Maya Schopoenboer is a Dutch student from Brabant who struggles with ADD, severe social anxiety, loneliness, and making friends. Although she often comes across as cynical, awkward, and withdrawn, much of her behavior stems from insecurity and a fear of social rejection. Maya lives with her adoptive sisters, Coco and Mymy. Coco frequently tries to help her become more social, while Mymy’s chaotic personality often overwhelms her. Maya despises Coco due to being so popular and is not fond of Mymy. Physically, Maya has dark hair, green eyes, and is usually seen wearing a red hoodie and black leggings. She is 5’6”.

Born in South Africa yet adopted into a Dutch family in the Netherlands, Coco Potgieter-Schoppenboer is friendly, outgoing, optimistic, and highly social. She plays the drums in the band “Running in the 60’s”. Coco is compassionate, energetic, and family-oriented. She deeply values her relationships with her bandmembers and sisters and is protective over them. Despite her cheerful and supportive nature, Coco can be somewhat naïve and overly literal. Coco is a fair skinned girl with long blonde hair and brown eyes who also appears to be taller than her other sisters. she is dressed in a yellow jumper, a white jabot tie, a beige skirt, tights and yellow and beige boots. She is 5’8”.

Vera is a pessimistic, burnt-out history teacher with sarcastic attitude, apparent loneliness, and deadpan reactions. Vera is fair skinned, has eye bags and forehead wrinkles, medium length purple hair and grey eyes. For her clothing she wears a long blue trenchcoat with dark grey buttons and a light grey collar, under which she wears a white dress shirt, largely covered up by a red scarf. She also wears black leggings, and on her feet she wears brown leather boots with grey and maroon accents. She is 5’10”.

Yfke de Vries is from Friesland, known for her ditzy, chaotic personality and constant intoxication. She has blonde hair in a messy high bun with curtain bangs and pink-faded curled side strands. She wears an oversized pink sweater, a yellow polka-dot skirt, Friesland-patterned pants, purple leg warmers, and green-and-black boots. She plays synth keyboard in “Running in the 60’s” and loves Arizona green tea. Yfke is frequently in detention and is known for selling suspicious goods and hanging around other “high heads.” She treats drug use as recreation rather than coping. She doesn’t talk much due to being too high. She is 6’2”.

Zoey Flores is a Spanish-born, Netherlands-raised introvert who is observant, sarcastic, blunt, and deeply thoughtful. She plays bass in “Running in the 60’s” because she prefers staying out of the spotlight. She’s a bookworm who prefers a small circle of friends. Zoey is most comfortable around Yfke, as they can quietly coexist. She has olive skin, short wavy brown hair, black eyeliner, and a pastel, casual style with a big black scarf always wrapped around her neck. She is 5’5”, and semi-verbal, but is genuinely pleasant once you get to know her.

Cleo Venetiaan is a friendly, confident, optimistic, and social girl from Curaçao who lives in the Netherlands. She plays guitar and sings in the band “Running in the 60’s.” She is laid-back and pragmatic, often jokingly smacking her bandmates for acting stupid, while being caring toward her girlfriends. Cleo has a gothic style, with dark skin, black-to-orange ombré hair, dark brown eyes, and crucifix eyeliner under each eye. She wears a “Ç” necklace honoring Willemstad, along with a black V-neck shirt, pants, and boots. She is 5’9”.

Kiki is a teenage girl with pale skin, long black hair, and light blue eyes who has a strong obsession with pirates. Kiki is a pale teenage girl with long black hair and light blue eyes. She wears a pirate-themed outfit consisting of a red bandana, gold hoop earring and skull medallion, striped long-sleeve shirt, red midi skirt, and black boots. and runs the school’s pirate club, “Kiki’s Piraten Club.” She is described as a “Somali pirate-to-be.” and is a Scottish immigrant. Kiki and Mymy are frenemies who often argue over whether the VOC or pirates are better, as well as whether Kapitein Koek or Jack Sparrow would make a better boyfriend. She is 5’6”.

Cato has short cream-colored hair with straight bangs, fair skin, blue eyes, freckles, and a distinctive gold and red headband featuring the Amsterdam coat of arms. She is arrogant, girly, and laid-back. Cato is a supporter of the football club AFC Ajax, from Amsterdam. She wears a white pearl necklace, light blue denim jacket, a white V-neck T-shirt with what looks like two crossed white hockey sticks placed on a split colored shield with red on the left side and black on the right side. She has grey pants and white shoes. She is part of a trio friend group with Bert and Mymy. She is 5’7”.

Bert is a teenage boy with pale skin, light brown hair, and black eyes. He usually wears a blue sweater vest with red stripes, a white collar, and yellow overalls. He follows the Dutch Economie en Maatschappij (Economics and Society) study profile and is known for his sometimes “zesty” personality. Bert is part of a trio friend group with Cato and Mymy. He is 5’6”.