full name — Dakota Perry
faceclaim — Madison Iseman
gender & pronouns — Female & She/Her
sexuality — Straight (As far as she knows)
age & birthday — 25 & October 2nd, 2000
Zodiac — Libra ☼ , Pisces ☾, Aries ↑
occupation — Stagehand @ The Stone Pony & Musician
hometown — Lexington, NE
living — Meadowlark Apts.
~Biographical Stuff~
Dakota grew up in Lexington, Nebraska to Caleb and Holly Perry.
Caleb became a Pastor at one of their local churches well before Dakota could clock a first memory. Holly a bible study teacher at the one and only private elementary school in town.
Childhood was made up of weekly church sermons, Wednesday & Sundays a given - TV was allowed, but only select channels and previewed wholly first by Caleb and Holly.
As children Dakota and her older brother Deacon— the golden child of sorts, would spend most the waking hours (outside Catholic school ofc) running a muck around town. Getting hands dirty in the sprawling farm lands until dinner time.
It wasn't until Dakota turned thirteen that she met her BFF India in home room at the only middle school in town (unfortunate for Caleb and Holly, it was public).
The two became inseparable and through their teachings and practices tolerated the fast friendship — India a product of one of the few "liberals" in town.
To say India and her family broadened Dakota's horizons is an understatement, as they grew up together, Dakota was submerged in a new culture and visa versa.
The later years of youth group when she started writing and performing — already knowing how to read music for playing piano for her fathers church all these years — here she discovered poetry and lyricism, guitar and band set up.
At eighteen her parents found out she had sex with her then bf (name so very unimportant lskdmf) and ended up kicking her out of the house, no sex before marriage and all that. So Dakota lived for the rest of the summer with India's family until India was headed to NYU.
Two weeks after and a sense of wearing out her welcome and restlessness on her end Dakota up and left to crash with India in her dorm for two weeks.
When that wasn't obviously sustainable (another wearing of a welcome, especially for newb roommate - though she was cool) Like fate knew when to hit her over her head, Dakota picked a "roadie wanted for traveling band" tag posted on one of the student bulletin boards on the campus.
Two days later she was on the road with Cody and the Drum Eaters.
Life of a roadie was exciting for sure, exhausting, scary, all of the above. That tour lasted a little over half the year taking her along the east coast and down south places she'd never thought possible just a couple weeks prior.
Ofc it's never all rainbows and sunshine — Dakota ended up in a relationship with one of the band members that was much older than her. That relationship alone opened her world yet again until the honeymoon ended the moment the tour did.
A new opportunity arose — woman to woman and few and far between in the roadie world, she landed another touring gig with a bigger band, (think The 1975 sound) High Shoulder.
A little more widespread than Cody's, Dakota got to travel if only even for hours at the time the west coast. In true fashion and maybe the Libra/Pisces combo she fell for the lead singer Adam.
When in middle of nowhere Arizona she got a call telling her of an opening at The Stone Pony in New Jersey — reality was she knew the tour was ending soon and she'd have nothing lined up and she sure wasn't going to go back to Nebraska, New York was out of the question, India now with a handful of roommates all her own— Asbury and the Stone Pony being the iconic venue it was felt right.
to add to the kismet of it all, it happened to the be the small jersey town her cousin on her dad's side, @alex-perry that she always liked was now located. She had to do it.
Dakota's been in Asbury now a year and a half working as a stagehand at The Stone Pony, writing her own music, playing around town at coffee shops and open mic nights. Making ends meet by dog walking with Rover and odd jobs to supplement the days nothing going on at The Stone Pony.
~Random Stuff~
is currently in the midst of learning the drums —it's been the most challenging instrument so far and she can be found at the stone pony on off hours using one of their sets.
she has three tattoos, a cross on her middle finger, a matching set on her forearm for her best friend India, and her bf's name Adam on her ribcage (tragic I know)
does dabble in drugs, mostly psychedelics and vapes despite all warnings.
loves drinks with a fizz, almost always is drinking energy drinks and coffee.
hasn't fully caught up with pop culture and media that she missed growing up, always a learning curve. Currently into Glee, Parks and Rec, and Sons of Anarchy - (taking forever, its like going on 4 years now trying to get through)
~Possible Connections~
roommate - always can do roommates, good times.
fellow roadies from the past - or really anyone she'd come across on the road/in the touring world. anything's possible.
someone from NY/with her bestie - wasn't a long stint but she's been back to visit a lot especially now. Someone maybe that lives with her BFF that something went down with.
Nebraska folk - not likely but NEVER KNOW
Church goers - Dakota's got a lot of religious trauma to sort through, she's not fully left the church or the beliefs engrained in her. So someone in that realm perhaps.
an ex of her current bf Adam? Why not, some drama. Someone Adam's cheating with. (He's gaslighter a-hole to the max so) who says he's not doing it to someone else too?
Legit down for anything, if there’s ideas toss them out. On dash chem is my favorite and just love winging it too! I’ll fill this all out more as time goes on for sure!
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