Character Relationship Map: MDMA

Characters

• Angie (played by Annie Q. Riegel) — protagonist

  Angie is a college student from a family struggling financially. After her father tells her to transfer colleges to save money, she decides to earn money herself. Introduced to MDMA at a party, she re...

• Jeanine (played by Francesca Eastwood) — protagonist

  Jeanine is Angie's roommate at college and comes from a wealthy family. She introduces Angie to a more carefree social life, but also warns her that Bree's mother could report Angie for taking the chi...

• Tommy (played by Scott Keiji Takeda) — supporting

  Tommy is someone Angie spends time with during the holidays, when she cannot afford to fly home and Jeanine has left for Christmas. His birthday brings another night of drinking and partying. When Tom...

• Bree (played by Aalyrah Caldwell) — supporting

  Bree is a young girl living with an unstable, neglectful mother. Angie becomes concerned when she sees Bree is hungry and afraid, takes her out for food and ice cream, and brings her to stay with her....

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Angie → Tommy (Social Caring Companion) — Angie spends time with Tommy during a difficult holiday period and looks after him when he becomes unwell.

  Angie spends time with Tommy during the holidays, and when he becomes unwell after his birthday party, she helps him.

• Angie → Bree (Alliance Protective Caregiver) — Angie tries to protect Bree from an unsafe home situation, despite the risk of being reported for taking the child without permission.

  Angie is concerned that Bree is hungry and afraid, takes her out for food and ice cream, and brings her to stay with her.

• Angie → Jeanine (Social Roommates And Friends) — Jeanine offers Angie companionship and access to a more carefree college social life, but challenges Angie's decision to keep Bree with her.

  Angie meets Jeanine at college, where they become roommates. Jeanine shares a more carefree social life with Angie and warns her about the risks of ta...

Story Analysis

A financially strained college student is pulled between making money through ecstasy, protecting a vulnerable child, and sustaining her relationships.

Plot Progression

1. A Costly College Start — Angie leaves home for an expensive college and meets her roommate Jeanine. Financial pressure persists as Angie is drawn into college parties.
2. The Ecstasy Business — Angie encounters ecstasy and becomes involved in producing and selling it. Discoveries about its source and high selling price make her question the fairness of the arrangement.
3. Angie Takes Bree In — Angie sees that Bree is hungry and afraid, takes her out for food and ice cream, and brings her to stay. Jeanine warns her about the risk and urges her to involve authorities, but Angie believes Bree...
4. A Holiday Confrontation — Unable to afford a trip home, Angie remains for the holidays while Jeanine leaves. After spending Tommy's birthday with him and helping when he becomes unwell, Angie confronts the person handling ecst...