there’s an air of stillness around her , a visible bubble of silence that surrounds aella no matter where she goes . shattered easily , it regenerates as quickly as it’s gone & there are too many moment where she can take a step back & blink ; takes it all in , where she is , who she’s with , where to go , what to do . an overactive mind , augusta used to say – edmund used to call it a skill . the launch party calls for neither , & aella is still in the middle of a crowd with a small bubble of quiet . noise drowned out , music tuned down so she can only hear the sound of her breathing – & her hand flies out suddenly , grabbing the person nearest her as a tray of drinks come crashing down in front of them . instinct , as her eyes follow seconds after grabbing their wrist . ❛ oops ! ❜ she squeaks , letting go & smoothing out her dress . ❛ sorry , the duchess always reminds me not to touch anyone i’m not supposed to – but i’d rather get yelled at than that poor waitress . ❜ a laugh , as disingenuous as it is genuine . ❛ can’t have anyone yelling at a server yet , right ? ❜
los angeles was quite the change from home, the night was only starting and yet winnie found herself feeling utterly out of place. she’d dressed her nicest, short skirt and all that, doing her best to make an impression but it was as though she’d came straight from outer space and was trying to appear like one of the humans. she felt like that a lot, like an outsider looking in.
she sipped at the alcohol beverage that had been forced into her hand upon arrival and pulled a face, scrunching her nose up at the sharp tingling that coated her tongue. it reminded her of secondary school parties where she certainly wasn’t suppose to be drinking but the appeal of rebelling was too strong.
“you think they’ll see me as silly if i ask for plain orange juice?” winnie asked the person beside her, giving them a quick glance up and down as though she were checking they’d be interested in talking to her at all. she wasn’t usually so nervous, the change in atmosphere had just frazzled her confidence. “though i suppose it’s not that bad, being the only sober person doesn’t sound much fun either, does it?”
social butterfly , emerged from her cocoon to fly as a monarch & still , aella sits at a bar like a commoner . hues trained on the television behind the bartender , observing as it rolls tapes & profiles of the all - star cast . the modern day elite , young starlets & hopefuls of an industry their grandparents couldn’t even dream of . she’s nothing compared to the talented figures in gold around her – she’s no talent sprouting from her fingertips & no big , wide dream floating around in her mind . aella is but a woman , she’s no more than a crown wearing , child bearing woman , trapped in a monarchy that’s overtaken by misfortune .
the blonde beside her asks a question , startling aella out of her focused glare & while she’s no klutz , she’s aware of the eyes on them – the cameras that are sure to be rolling – so her hand jerks as she jumps , spilling water on aella’s white garment . not to worry , it’s not something she’ll ever wear again – money is water for her after all . ❛ oh , shoot . ❜ she says , feigning distress as she reaches for a pile of napkins . aella shoots a rehearsed smile to winnie , kind – dashed with embarrassment . ❛ but , uh , don’t worry . nobody really cares who drinks what anyway – as long as you’re not throwing back ten beers in a row . ❜
IT’S A FAMILIAR SIGHT, a glass of.. something is in her hand as she pushes through the crowd. molly was familiar with launch parties, attending a few for moral support, for the most part. but for something that she was starring in ?? it was something to wrap her head around, but nothing a few drinks couldn’t help along. she finds a small space at one of the edges of the roof, taking a comforting sip of the overly-sweet drink. she’s so entangled in her thoughts, she hardly notices her fellow co-star, nearby. “ hey, you. ” she turns to them, leaning her back against the ledge. “ some shindig, huh ?? ”
starlight shines upon the femme , clad in a dress that’s both showy & appropriate all at once . aella isn’t a stranger to parties thrown in her honor – her mock coronation , every birthday party ever , her adoption anniversaries ? she blinks stardust out of her eyes , fingers elegantly clasped around the stem of a glass of champagne that she technically , isn’t allowed to have . nobility – though isolating & laced with poisoned barbs – has its perks & one of them is not letting anyone tell her what she legally can & cannot have . ❛ you scared me ! ❜ aella jumps at amalia’s presence , torn from her quiet alliance with the silence with a signature giggle . ❛ i didn’t know we were that important – no , i’m kidding , i always knew we were that important . ❜
hello ! i’m cc & i simply have no brain ! currently stuck in a head empty , no thoughts mood – idk how i always have muse for new muses , but here i am anyway with aella , who – basic rundown , cause this is so fucking long , is the only daughter of the duke & duchess of sutherland ( i ? am not english but i am reaching , call me out ) & as the sole heir , has adopted the title of marchioness of stafford but has decided to just spend her days as a conniving socialite until she’s ultimately married off . but , if you’d like to plot , please like this & i’ll be on my zippity way over .
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there’s aella huntington - keene ! though on their socials they go by @365aella . i heard she is originally from london , england , but made the big move to los angeles to join TWENTIES . you haven’t heard about it ? well , apparently their dream is to marry someone that pisses off her parents & enjoy a life as a trophy wife , but they have no chance unless they quit being so avaricious & devious . that said , those behind the scenes have said they can be loquacious & spellbinding too. guess we’ll have to watch and find out ! ━ & overflowing glasses of bubbly champagne to hide welled up tears in solemn eyes , toes digging into the sand whilst angry tears fall into the earth , hiding behind an air of ditz to pretend she isn’t calculating someone’s downfall & exchanging secrets as a form of payment ; learning that enigmas are worth much more than gold . ( park chaewon , cis female , she / her )
𝓲. 𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 .
birth name : bomi kim
current name : aella huntington - keene
nickname(s) : bomi – to close loved ones only , marchioness ,
age : twenty
gender / pronouns : cis gendered female / she / her / hers
orientation : bisexual / biromantic
hometown : london , england
faceclaim : park chaewon ( gowon of loona )
fun facts : genuinely has a collection of crowns – just like – a closet full of crowns , just genuinely feels like a Beacon of Death but she doesn’t even talk about it , swears up & down she was almost casted in riverdale ( for what ? that’s not impressive , aella ) , is an oxford graduate actually but also ? just doesn’t mention it , fully believed in mermaids until like two years ago , aella just smells like the sea & that’s just how it be , really good at knitting & knits those huge blankets when stressed but doesn’t give them away so just has a closet full of blankets ? – & speaking of closets , aella just has like fifteen closets .
aesthetic : overflowing glasses of bubbly champagne to hide welled up tears in solemn eyes , toes digging into the sand whilst angry tears fall into the earth , hiding behind an air of ditz to pretend she isn’t calculating someone’s downfall , exchanging secrets as a form of payment ; learning that enigmas are worth much more than gold , her own personal graveyard with everyone she’s ever loved who’s left her too early , searching for the love she’s never been shown only to force it out when she finds it & baby blue tulle covering a silk dress worth hundreds of thousands of dollars .
playlist : she says by eve owen , to die for by sam smith , kings & queens by ava max , wicked game by grace carter .
𝓲𝓲. 𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕝𝕖 .
trigger warning : death .
happiness is worth more than riches , the kims have unlocked that simple secret in their lifetimes . butler to a family of nobility , jason kim met mary hwang while working for the huntington - keenes & got married within months of meeting each other . ‘ when you know , you know ’ they said & in a year , they had bomi . the huntington - keenes were ecstatic for the kims , loving bomi as their own – the kims are family , an arm away from nobility . when tragedy strikes one month after bomi’s birth & the huntington - keene estate is burned to the ground with her parents inside , bomi is taken in by the duke & duchess . their youngest child , she’s renamed aella & welcomed in by a family of nobility . she’s not nobility by blood , but they raise her as one , her siblings ( twins , the sole children of the duke & duchess ) treat her as their own blood . she gets a crown & gets the opportunity to rub shoulders with royal blood ; even if some don’t look at her as true nobility . the huntington - keenes are always the first to stand up for her if she’s looked down upon , reminding the world that aella is nobility & she is one of them . as the youngest , nearly a decade younger than the twins – edmund & augusta – aella is , babied . stuffed in courtesy classes & given passes every time she turns into trouble , it takes a while for her to fully grasp that she is royalty ; nobility while running in the halls of buckingham palace , but one day spent with augusta , she learns from lady augusta huntington - keene that women have a crucial role in court . while edmund will assume the title of duke , she & augusta will marry up , become duchesses in their own right & sent to fight dirty . secrets are worth more than gold , women are the deadliest soldiers . aella will always wonder what augusta uncovered after her marriage , because while on her way to a gala with edmund , the twins of sutherland were killed in a horrific accident .
the funeral is closed casket , aella stands with her parents with a stone cold face as the cameras take photos . the twins are buried together ( ‘ at least they died together ’ one tabloid says – the reporter is fired in seconds ) while aella , at fourteen is gifted a courtesy title of marchioness . marquess edmund of stafford has died & now she is the sole heir . it’s a title aella never wanted , now thrust into the place of her brother as her parents teach her twenty - five years worth of information to catch her up to his pace . gone are the gentle souls who’ve always crooned in her ear & held her in their arms before nighttime . the horrific , terrifying deaths of their children are enough to transform the duke & duchess into empty shells of who they used to be . the palace transforms from day to night , curtains closed as monsters roam the halls , leaving aella to twist from sweet , adopted - into - nobility lady of the house , into lethal marchioness . augusta teaches her even from beyond the grave , diary locked words reminding aella of her role as a woman of nobility . play the role , laugh at the jokes , gain their secrets , report back to the duke . there’s a shift when aella turns sixteen , hardened by the deaths in her life – parents , siblings – she gains a quick reputation that’s quite the opposite of her . ditzy , bubble brained , a bit lost , in over her head in the world of royalty . but underneath the duke , they’ve taken down enemies & corporations , simply because of a misunderstanding or a misconstrued look . aella is deadly , but so is the duke & at nineteen after a slight mishap in the ruining of someone’s career , she is threatened by him – reminded that she is not nobility by blood .
& aella is pissed off , understandably . her biggest insecurity brought to light by her own father , the one who she always thought was on her side . aella finds solace in her handmaiden – the girl gifted to her as a child , her only real friend & she loses her two days before her graduation from oxford . she’s found dead from a freak health accident & aella is left with the duke who refuses to see her as she is ( though , her lockscreen is still of her & her best friend ) . turned from a loving father who used to braid her hair & buy her any jeweled crown she wanted , into a ruthless duke who sits in an empty estate with nobody but an un loyal butler by his side . so aella graduates , ignores the wilting duchess as she takes off for the united states . all of her friends are doing it , noble women who’ve accepted their lives as just women , living as influencers & modern day title holders before their betrothals are announced . it takes barely months to gain traction , to hold a sizable following on social media because aella is likable – ditzy , fun loving , nobility that’s infiltrated england’s hierarchy with her bubbly attitude . friends with celebrities & other socialites , aella is at the heart of every scandalous drama that comes out – she’s the common factor that connects all the tea , but people just don’t see it , enamored by the crown , the title , the baby face . the producers know , a sixth sense for shit stirrers & dangerous secret holders , they contact her & aella knows it will piss off her parents – nobility sleazing it on a reality show ? producers make her promise drama , so she takes it , unaware of how dangerous it is to bare her soul to the world .
𝓲𝓲𝓲. 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 .
exterior . marked by tragedy , aella refuses to be seen by the publicness of her life . a public figure , her story is known by many – a sweet girl with dead parents , adopted into nobility only to lose her siblings , only to lose her best friend . she refuses to let them see her as sad & aella puts forth an image of kindness . a giver to charity , a lover of children , a sweet girl who’s a little slow in the head but always means well . aella is likable , she’s sweet & people think her authentic .
a social butterfly , one of her most well - known features is that aella seems to know everybody . they all know her , she’s mutuals with all the big names as well as the small influencers & she’s at the center of everything . the life of the party , the marchioness sheds her title even if her mannerisms are still noble . it’s obvious she’s nobility from her speech , her accent , how she sits at the dinner table – but aella’s the fun one , the trustworthy one because she’s never told you someone else’s secret , so why would she tell anyone yours ?
interior . sly , conniving & morally gray . her lips are sealed until they’re not . good at gaining trust from her charm & friendliness , aella is quick to garner secrets as payment for – anything . she lets go of them very rarely , holding them close to her in case anything just happens to go wrong & she needs ammunition – but behind the ditz & the kindness & the likability is who aella really is . incredibly angry , so fucking hurt , stuck in the process of grief . she’s incredibly smart , extraordinarily observant & a master of manipulation , but very few people know the real aella .
she holds anger in her palm like seawater & she’s an invincible liar . always caught in some sort of drama nowadays , though the spotlight’s never quite on her ( in other words , she’s not cancelled yet – in fact , they praise aella for being “scandal free” ) . for example , she’s the friend who was told by another friend to stop seeing the first friend – or , she’s the girl who saw her friend’s boyfriend’s hand on someone else’s ass . aella is connected , a finger dipped into everybody’s life even if aella happens to be one of the loneliest people she knows .
𝓲𝓿. 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 .
these are all most wanted !
skinny love , someone who knows aella as she truly is – angry & sad & just a fucking mess . we can plot this out & all the knitty gritty , but just some good ol’ angst where their hearts are together but they’re physically not & there’s a lot of pining & hurt uwu . think carla & samu from elite , percabeth in tlo , u know : spicy angst .
rich kid trio ( 0 / 2 ) , the one percent of the one percent , they knew each other before this simply because of wealth . where aella’s nobility , these muses either also are , or they’re simply super fuckin’ rich enough to interact with nobility & they’ve been friends for ever – they’ve had their ups & downs & they argue & fight but they always end up having each other’s backs .
drama / scandal partners , aka the ones that have been involved in drama before – probably because of her – but they’ve made it out with her still on their side & they laugh at it now like “ haha remember when that drama channel on youtube cancelled you ? haha bitch ! ”
current s / o & exes , the one that aella’s currently dating – probably to make her parents mad , probably to up views & gain followers , or maybe it’s real – & the exes that she’s had rumored flings w ( confirmed or not hehe ) . just give me all the angst please so we can hurt together & hurt each other ! love this for us !
everything else , another londoner where they hang out & her accent just unleashes , party buddies who get fucked up together , confidant who she goes to the beach w & cries with , hangover buds who just lay in bed together all day , will they - wont they where they tease viewers & fans , ex friends , current friends , anything & everything !
𝓿. 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 .
i’d love to get all these plots filled up , or any ones that you might have bc , lmk ! but if you’ve read this whole thing jesus , you’re amazing & i love u sm . please like this & i’ll come to u or lmk if u prefer disc & we can go there !
“Carla? She’s the daughter of a spanish grandee. You know Marquesado de Caleruega wines? That’s her mother, the Marchioness. Oh, and that one there: that’s Polo, her boyfriend since she was twelve”
