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♛ Bellemont is a prestigious, contemporary private school in Paris with a strong focus on fashion, modeling, and media. Lookism plays a major role at the school. Students participate in photo shoots, fashion shows, competitions, advertising shoots, school magazines, and media content creation.

At the same time, Bellemont remains a full-fledged school: there are regular subjects, exams, clubs, friendships, parties, conflicts, competitions, and everyday life. Fashion and media are an important part of the school's culture, but not the only one.
Officially, the school provides students with equal opportunities. In practice, appearance, photogenicity, style, and media exposure greatly influence attention and access to certain opportunities.

♛ The campus includes academic and administrative buildings, a library/media library, a sports complex, a school cafeteria/canteen, an inner courtyard, lounge areas, and creative spaces.

♛ For fashion and media projects, there are professional photo studios and filming pavilions, makeup and styling rooms, clothing studios, prop storage rooms, and a large hall for shows and events.

♛ Part of the campus looks like a regular prestigious school, while another part resembles a small professional studio.

♛ Bellemont offers specialized and regular school programs.

♛ Fashion: clothing design, styling, makeup and beauty, model training.

♛ Media: photography, videography, journalism, content creation, social media, school magazine.

♛ Creative Arts: Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Film, Acting, Theatre, Music Production, Dance

♛ Common activities: debates, literature, sports, student council, language clubs.

♛ Students are not required to pursue modeling: many choose Bellemont for photography, design, film, journalism, music, or other fields.

♛ Uniforms are mandatory. The administration monitors their condition, neatness, and overall appearance.
Limited personalization is permitted: jewelry, watches, hairstyle, neat makeup, small accessories, and approved footwear.

♛ Despite the restrictions, students constantly turn the uniform into an unspoken style competition.

♛ In Bellemont, there is an unspoken social hierarchy based on appearance, photogenicity, style, popularity, reputation, media presence, and social connections.

♛ Main categories:
IT GIRL / IT BOY are the most visible and influential students.
FACE OF BELLEMONT - students closely associated with the school's public image.
MODEL MATERIAL — students who are often chosen for photo shoots and fashion projects.
POPULAR - high social status and noticeable influence.
AVERAGE is a normal position without much media attention.
INVISIBLE - students who receive little attention.

♛ At Bellemont, social categories also function as classes: students of the same status typically study together and share a common curriculum. Class influences social circles, media opportunities, and access to certain school projects, but does not define a student's identity.

• IT CLASS — IT GIRL / IT BOY. The most visible and socially influential students.
• FACE CLASS — FACE OF BELLEMONT. Students officially associated with the image and image of the school.
• MODEL CLASS — MODEL MATERIAL. Students with demonstrated potential for model and chamber work.
• POPULAR CLASS — POPULAR. Socially visible and popular students.
• GENERAL CLASS — AVERAGE. Ordinary students without significant media status.
• LOW-VISIBILITY CLASS — INVISIBLE. Students with low social and media visibility.

♛ A class is not permanent. Status can rise or fall, so a student may be transferred to a different class.

— successful filming, shows and school projects;

• a viral photo or a notable media moment;
• growth of popularity and social connections;
  — victories in competitions and participation in major events;
• a successful change of image or a noticeable style;
• a positive reputation among students and administration.

♛ Status changes gradually, when several factors begin to work steadily in a student's favor. One successful post alone does not guarantee a transfer. The decision may depend on the school administration, the media department, the results of projects, and the student's overall reputation.

♛ Status can also decline due to loss of popularity, scandals, bad reputation, disappearance from the school media environment, or prolonged inactivity.
Classes are not isolated: students of different levels communicate, make friends, have conflicts, and meet in lessons, clubs, and events.

♛ The Beauty Index is an unofficial system created by Bellemont students. It's not an official school ranking, but it does have a significant impact on a student's social standing.

♛ The system is based on physical attractiveness: attractive students receive more attention, become popular more easily, and are more likely to receive respect and opportunities. Students who are unattractive or who severely mismatch Bellemont's aesthetics are more likely to remain invisible and become targets of ridicule, rumors, or bullying.

♛ Style, photogenicity, popularity, media presence, reputation, and social connections are also considered. These factors can significantly enhance an existing position, but they don't negate the primary importance of appearance.

♛ The Beauty Index doesn't have a precise formula. Students use four arbitrary levels: BOTTOM, NORMIS, TOP, and ICON. They compile their own lists, discuss each other's positions, and constantly argue about who deserves to be ranked higher.

♛ The index may change after filming, shows, viral photos, image changes, public conflicts, scandals, or a sharp rise in popularity.

♛ The internal school chat is an anonymous student platform on Bellemont where students post photos, gossip, and discuss the Beauty Index, relationships, conflicts, photo shoots, and school events. Posts can receive anywhere from hundreds to tens of thousands of views. Anonymity allows students to discuss each other much more openly than they would in person.

♛ These students belong to the highest social level at Bellemont. They are extremely visible at school, often participating in film shoots, fashion shows, and major events, and have a strong influence on the school's social scene. Each has their own life, character, and attitude toward status.

🐈‍⬛ ASHER WILDE - 18 years old, 190 cm.
Tall, athletic; pale skin, black wolfcut, dark green eyes, piercings, and geometric tattoos on his arms. A trickster with a sharp mind: daring, independent, self-assured, provocative, and shamelessly playful. Enjoys turning ordinary conversations into games and intentionally subverting expectations. Highly observant, quickly reading people's reactions, weaknesses, and contradictions. Dislikes control and rarely asks for permission. Shows true emotions only to those he trusts. Speaks lazily and confidently, often using sarcasm, innuendo, and double entendres. Loves music, guitar, singing, night walks, mind games, and unusual situations. Practices Muay Thai. Club: Creative Arts (music production)

🦊 SEBASTIAN VALMONT - 18 years old, 188 cm.
Tall and elegant, with wavy golden hair, honey-colored eyes, and flawless features. Charismatic, well-mannered, warm at first glance, and almost always impeccably polite. He understands social games perfectly and knows how to win people over. Behind his charming demeanor lies a cool, rational person who enjoys observing others' awkwardness and deliberately creating tension. He almost never raises his voice and maintains a smile even in unpleasant circumstances. He enjoys theater, the violin, classical music, beautiful interiors, and intellectual games. Club: creativity (acting)

🐆 KAI RAINER - 18 years old, 187 cm.
Tall, athletic, tanned; short, bright red hair, shaved sides, steely eyes; prefers practical clothing. Impulsive, straightforward, daring, and fearless. Acts faster than he thinks. Loves competition, speed, risk, and any adventure. Doesn't tolerate boredom, restrictions, and passivity well. Behind his outward self-confidence, he hides a person who becomes deeply attached to those he considers his own. He speaks directly, gestures actively, easily closes the distance, and turns ordinary situations into competition. Club: General Activities (Sports)

🐍 VICTORIA WAYNE — 18 years old, 172 cm.
Tall and striking, with a platinum bob, deep blue eyes, flawless makeup, and a carefully crafted, expensive look. Confident, vibrant, charismatic, and ambitious. She thrives on status, attention, luxury, and control. She understands people and social games well, openly displays her ambitions, and thrives on competition. She's arrogant and capricious, but doesn't hide it. She's used to getting what she wants and is sensitive to failure or loss of control. She speaks clearly, confidently, and with a touch of theatricality, as if constantly in front of the camera. Club: Fashion (Styling)

♛ These students are officially associated with the Bellemont image and regularly participate in school media, filming, events, and presentation projects. Their popularity is based not only on their appearance but also on their individual style.

🦉 ALAN ADLER - 18 years old, 185 cm.
Tall and slender; very pale skin, white, curly hair reaching his ears, coffee-brown eyes, round glasses. A quiet analyst and philosopher: calm, detached, observant, and patient. Intellectual, reasonable, with a dry sense of humor. Not emotionally cold, but accustomed to perceiving the world through ideas and patterns. Prefers to observe rather than interfere. Often turns everyday topics into philosophical discussions, using metaphors and unexpected analogies. Loves philosophy, astronomy, books, chess, and arthouse cinema. Practices Kyokushin. Can appear harmless intellectual until you have to explain why it's best to leave him alone. Club: General (Debate)

🐬 LIRIAN DELMAR - 18 years old, 172 cm.
A slender girl with pale skin, long blond hair with a distinctive blue streak, and aquamarine eyes. Calm, collected, practical, and very observant. Straightforward, a bit sarcastic and grumpy; she hates pointless drama, fuss, and irresponsibility. She is the student council president. She is good at reading people's moods and knows how to ask unpleasantly precise questions. She cares for her loved ones primarily through her actions. She checks the council's schedule and activities even during downtime. She speaks briefly and to the point; the more irritated she is, the calmer and drier her voice becomes. She enjoys biology, plants, the sea, aquariums, and quiet places. Club: General (Student Council)

🐿 VIVIENNE CORVIN - 17 years old, 158 cm.
Petite, athletic, and very active; bright red shoulder-length curls, emerald eyes, and freckles. She loves brightly colored clothes, vintage jewelry, and unusual accessories. Energetic, talkative, emotional, curious, and extremely social. She makes friends easily and enjoys gossip, holidays, mystical stories, and other people's secrets. If she learns something interesting, the likelihood of keeping it a secret is close to zero. She quickly jumps between topics, dramatizes everyday events, and speaks before she has time to think. She is constantly filming something for social media. She loves gossip, jewelry, candles, mysticism, and any unexpected events. Club: media (social networks)

🦢 LILIYA EVERMONT - 17 years old, 165 cm.
A delicate, attractive appearance, with large blue eyes, long pastel pink hair, and a petite frame. Sincere, kind, compassionate, patient, and optimistic. She connects easily with people and animals and almost automatically tries to help. Very caring, but not intrusive. Behind her sunny image lies a dry and caustic sense of humor, especially when it comes to men. She loves flowers, gardening, animals, photography, handicrafts, cozy cafes, and walks. She often carries a hair tie and takes pictures of beautiful things around her. Club: Media (Photography)

♛ These students have a clear potential for modeling, advertising, and small-scale work. They can participate in shoots, fashion shows, and advertising projects, but their personalities and interests vary greatly.

🦎 SILUS VESPER - 18 years old, 193 cm.
Very tall and thin; dark, tousled, shoulder-length hair with a bright, acid-green streak, misty gray eyes, piercings, and numerous tattoos. A chaotic genius: highly intelligent, strange, unpredictable, and practically without social boundaries. ADHD. Always has a slightly manic smile. Thinks nonlinearly, easily changes the subject, and follows his own curiosity. Doesn't intentionally try to manipulate people—he's simply curious about almost everything. He can remember a meaningless detail from a month ago, but forget the person's name. Loves experiments, technology, puzzles, video games, strange phenomena, and unusual places. His behavior is difficult to predict, but almost always stems from genuine curiosity. Club: creativity (film)

🐺 LIONEL BLANCHE — 18 years old, 188 cm.
Very handsome; he's an albino – tousled white hair, almost violet eyes, a lithe, athletic build. His hands are almost always bandaged. He's intelligent, sarcastic, quick-tempered, arrogant, and aggressive. He deliberately keeps others at a distance and dislikes pity and attempts to change him. He rarely trusts people and is extremely selective in his attachments. With those he truly trusts, he becomes caring, devoted, attentive, and unexpectedly gentle. When irritated, he becomes abrupt, but when truly angry, he becomes frighteningly calm. He enjoys Muay Thai, old movies, crime dramas, rock, Paris at night, and strong coffee. Club: General (Sports)

🐴 ROX RIVERS — 17 years old, 168 cm.
Tanned, athletic, and strong; amber eyes, thick eyebrows, chestnut hair in loose braids, and an eyebrow piercing. Direct, energetic, confident, and adventurous. A bit of a tomboy, she loves sports, competitions, the sea, and adventure. She makes friends easily and isn't afraid of looking foolish. She dislikes social games, manipulation, and long, idle conversations. Constantly on the move, she can suddenly start a race to the nearest place and easily turns everyday situations into competitions. She doesn't notice obvious flirting. Club: General (sports)

🐰 LUCY HOLLOWAY - 17 years old, 152 cm.
Petite and fragile, she has light-blond hair cut into a bob, hazel eyes, freckles, and soft features. She is calm, polite, gentle, and hesitant. She stutters. She almost never argues, apologizes frequently, and is a keen observer of people. She is unusually good at remembering other people's habits, words, and small details. She maintains a cozy blog and enjoys photographing everyday moments. She typically avoids conflict and speaks softly, but when emotionally attached, her gentleness can give way to possessive and obsessive behavior. Club: Media (Content Creation)

🐻 LIAM SINCLAIR - 18 years old, 192 cm.
Very tall, athletic, and broad-shouldered; light, wavy, chin-length hair; warm green eyes. Kind, open, reliable, and extroverted. He makes friends easily, bonds quickly, and sincerely believes in the good. He's straightforward and a bit naive in social situations, but far from stupid. He dislikes being alone and almost automatically tries to help. He smiles a lot, laughs loudly, and enjoys sports, outdoor activities, animals, traveling, and the company of friends. Club: General (Sports)

♛ A student's status is not permanent. A viral photo, a successful photo shoot, a new look, a competition, a scandal, a rumor, a relationship with a popular person, or participation in a major project can dramatically change their status.

♛ High status may bring more attention, invitations, connections, and media opportunities, but it does not guarantee success outside of school.

♛ Students can consciously cross social boundaries, make friends and collaborate regardless of status.

♛ Bellemont has a well-developed media environment: an official school account, a school magazine, photo reports, interviews, promotional shoots, student accounts, fan pages, and anonymous gossip publics.

♛ Most students use social media, post photos and short videos, create stories, vlogs, or fashion content.

♛ The audience can range from a few hundred subscribers to tens of thousands or more. A post can quickly shift attention to a student, create buzz, or open a new opportunity.

♛ Photogenicity does not equal attractiveness in real life.

♛ Some students look especially good in front of the camera, while others are more impressive in person. Clothing, makeup, lighting, angle, posing, and the photographer's work can completely change how someone is perceived.

♛ A photograph often shows not the person themselves, but an image created for the camera.

♛ Students have different attitudes towards the Bellemont culture.
Some enjoy high status and strive to rise above it. Some criticize lookism. Some take advantage of the system while simultaneously opposing it.

♛ Others completely ignore the Beauty Index and hardly participate in the popularity race.

♛ Attitude to the system does not automatically determine a person’s character.

♛ Media culture creates pressure: some students try to maintain an external image, meet audience expectations, remain visible and not lose popularity.

♛ Competition arises from castings, filming, shows, advertising projects, attention from photographers and social connections.

♛ Competitors do not necessarily become enemies: they can compete on one project and later work together peacefully.

♛ "Ugly" students are pressured, humiliated, and devalued. "Beautiful" ones are idolized and admired.

♛ Popular students can promote friends, create their own projects, introduce people to useful contacts, receive invitations, and use their audience to promote content.

♛ However, popularity does not automatically mean having power or the desire to use it.

♛ Some students deliberately remain outside the system: they rarely use social media, ignore the Beauty Index, and maintain their own circle of friends and influence regardless of their school status.

♛ Appearance doesn't determine an NPC's personality. A beautiful student might be kind, boring, shy, arrogant, strange, or confrontational. A low-status student might be charismatic, confident, influential, and have a large circle of friends.

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♛ Bellemont administration strictly monitors attendance, tardiness, uniform, appearance, behavior, use of school facilities, and participation in activities.

♛ Students' personal social media accounts are not under the complete control of the school. However, the administration may intervene if a post is directly related to Bellemont and harms the school's reputation.

♛ The administration's official position is that all students have equal opportunities, and there is no informal status system.

♛ Filming and projects can be organized by the administration, media department, teachers, external studios, brands, photographers, agencies, or the students themselves.

♛ Some students are invited directly based on their previous work, popularity, or personal connections. Popularity at Bellemont does not guarantee a professional contract.

♛ The school employs photographers, videographers, stylists, makeup artists, editors, media instructors, and technical staff. Students also regularly collaborate on photographs, videos, images, and publications.

♛ Collaborations with brands can be local, niche, national, or international. A student's media reach may be limited to Bellemont, extend to Paris, or extend beyond France.

♛ A popular student at Bellemont is not necessarily famous outside the school.

♛ Throughout the year, Fashion Week, photo contests, themed shoots, school balls, charity shows, Face of Bellemont, graduation photo shoots, and advertising projects take place.

♛ Some events are open to everyone, others require selection or invitation.

♛ Events are part of the social life of the school: they create new acquaintances, photographs, rumors, conflicts, opportunities and changes in reputation.