scarlett felt her eyes roll, her stare pointed towards the other girl knowingly. “ please, yeah right, ” she spoke, “ i’m just wanting to know if my path to hell is still smooth sailing, andi, you gotta give me something here. ”
andi looked a little anxiously over one shoulder and leant a little bit closer. “I’ve told you,” she hissed. “you don’t want to know - and I wouldn’t want to look. what if it says you get hit by a truck tomorrow! not,” she added, hastily knocking twice on the wooden table, “that it does. I haven’t looked, though, so I wouldn’t know.”
☆ ━ ━“look, my vlogs have become really popular as of late. the viewers seem to like the quirky residents of brattleboro,” he explained,moving his camera away from his own face and back onto hers. “if i’m going to gain TEN THOUSAND subscribers in the next year, i need to record even the most mundane of instances.” he widens his eyes and nods rapidly, his whole body moving along with his head. “wait, holy shit, would you throw coffee in my face? that’d be a perfect candid shot!”
"are you serious?” andi said, looking marginally interested. she waved a hand. “not about the subscribers, I couldn’t give less of a shit about that -- but will you seriously let me throw coffee in your face? that sounds like my idea of a fun time.”
bridgette’s grin was almost sinister as she stepped closer, her pastel pink fingernails tapping an aggravating rhythm against the table andi sat at. she didn’t care that she was invading her personal space; it was all a matter of power play for her. “i’m just trying to be nice.” she replied, “you should watch how you speak to people; i’d hate for you to regret speaking to me like that or something…” she shrugged her shoulders cheerfully, “besides, looks like all the other seats are taken, i suppose i’ll be sitting with you.” she perched herself on the chair opposite andi before the girl could even utter a word of protest and lifted her soy latte to her lips, disguising her subtle smirk.
andi’s eyes flickered up towards the other girls’ face, momentarily unsettled. there was a vibe here that she definitely didn’t like -- and she hated being threatened. she moved backwards, her chair scraping on the floor. “alright, psycho,” she said, rolling her eyes. “steady on. you’ll take someone’s eyes out with those things.” she nodded to bridgette’s nails and determinedly looked back to her phone, but the other girl’s presence rankled and distracted her. she heaved a great sigh. “god -- do you have to be here? what does a girl have to do to be alone in this fucking town.”
“ such a delight, truly, ” a serious tone to her voice that didn’t match the smile on her face. “ any future thing you’re using whatnots to avoid ? ” her question was casual, knowing full well andi would not budge and tell her crap but - scarlett was never one to give up.
andi immediately threw up her hands. “oh, no, no way. you know I don’t look at that shit.” she looked sulky. “anyway,” she muttered, knowing full well she looked exactly what she was: in denial, “it’s not real. it doesn’t mean anything.”
scarlett smiled at her success in getting the other girl to smile herself, notching a win for herself mentally. “ perfect ! ” she said delightfully, “ been busy, i guess ? working and whatnot. more of whatnot. can you believe i actually missed you ? ”
“definitely more whatnot than busy,” said Andi, wincing at the thought of all the essays she had piling up. She took a sip of her coffee and grimaced. It was almost cold. “I can believe it,” she said, sticking out her tongue. “I’m a delight.”
☆ ━ ━ “that totally isn’t a UNIVERSAL symbol for ‘don’t talk to me,’” cj grumbled, holding his camera so that it was angled towards her. “coffee is usually the drink that people get TOGETHER when they do want to talk.” he turned the camera around, pointing it towards himself. “there we have it, folks, her logic is flawed.”
“oh, man, are you seriously filming me?” andi groaned. “please, I’m not even properly caffeinated. I tell you what, you keep going and we can do a viral video called ‘annoying youtuber gets lukewarm coffee thrown in his face.’“
with his shift at the funeral parlour over, cliff let out a heavy sigh as he exited the building. it had been a ( L O N G ) day, and he almost resembled one of the dead himself, but it wasn’t without reward. in his hand he clasped a brooch; his suit pocket already containing two bedazzled rings. he had no idea how much they were worth, but he’d soon find out. he tossed the brooch in his hand as he walked, his eyes admiring how it shone in the fading daylight, when he felt himself BUMP into somebody. “watch where you’re walkin’” he spat out, lifting his head to glare at the stranger with icy blue eyes.
“watch it yourself!” andi replied automatically, bristling at the stranger’s tone. her mon had always said that her temper would get her into trouble some day, if she picked a fight with the wrong person, but she still hadn’t learned to keep her damn mouth shut. brushing herself off, she scowled at the taller man. “you don’t own the sidewalk, man.”
scarlett crossed her legs as she settled comfortably in her seat, hand pushing her hair back over her shoulder as she did so. smiling at her favorite fortune teller, scarlett nodded to her, “ oh, no need to compliment me - well, unless you insist. ” scarlett fiddled with the sugar packets on the table, “ so, how’s things going ? terrible, i hope. ”
andi hid a smile behind the rim of her coffee cup - she did have a reputation to uphold, after-all. “much worse since you came over,” she said, conversationally, and then she couldn’t help it, and grinned at her friend. “I haven’t seen you in forever.”
“ look at this. this is me coming up to you anyways. if i’m coming up to you anyways, that means i don’t care, and i’m still going to talk to you. got it ? ”
andi wrinkled her nose. “so stubborn,” she said, sighing and moving her books off the table between them to give the other girl enough to sit, as a peace offering.
“ well, let me direct you to my finger - middle one, to be exact. coffee is the last thing you should be using for happiness - or whatever. i, on the other hand, am perfect in that regards. ”
andi rolled her eyes massively. nothing she said, however rude, got rid of scarlett, though, and deep down she was grateful for it. “of course,” she said sarcastically, “I forgot, you’re perfect all-round. thank you for blessing me with your presence.”
bridgette scoffed, her perfectly-plucked eyebrows raised. “manners don’t cost a thing.” she retorted with pursed lips. was this girl brought up or dragged up? “anyway – i just wanted to say you’re sat in MY seat. it’s okay though, not a problem. i just thought you should know. for next time.” her smile was sickly sweet and t e e t h y, but the look in her eyes was a lot more menacing.
this girl was exactly the sort that rubbed andi up the wrong way; spoiled, rude, and with the sort of good looks that probably always got her her own way. she hated the sweetness with which she spoke; it felt cloying, fake, and was exactly the way not to get andi to move. “what a shame,” she said dryly. “oh well, I don’t care, g’bye now!” she waved up at her, faux-cheerfully, before returning to her phone screen.
arabella sits in silence , already used to her friend’s personality . ❛ have a bad day already ? it’s not even noon yet . ❜
“any time before noon is bad if I’m awake,” andi grumbled, but in truth she felt a little guilty for snapping; bella was always so sweet. it just highlighted the ways in which andi was not. she wrapped her hands around the coffee cup and scowled. “I don’t know how you’re always so bright and chirpy.”
the eldest daughter of three, helena andromache west was given a name to suit her parents occupations. her father is a professor of history, and her mother an archeologist; together, they somehow managed to make the past reality, infiltrating every corner of the west family home. andromache would wake in the morning with dust in her lungs, and go to bed at night under a blanket of books.
nothing in brattleboro is ever what it seems, and andi’s parents were no different. buried in among the sophocles and homer were ancient tombs, falling apart - magic, fortune telling, demon summoning, ghost-hunting. andi always rejected them as nonsense, but even she couldn’t deny the pull she had towards the little shop in the alley behind her grandmother’s house in nyc, the one she found herself entering when they wre in the big city on holiday, unaware, entranced.
her first pack of cards came from there, but they weren’t her last; now she finds it easy to tell fortunes using just about anything. she can lose herself in the dusty screen of her college laptop, or in the window of a starbucks, and images will jump out at her. she can pause a game of ring of fire, scoop up the cards, shuffle, and pull an ace. she closes her eyes and sees them: the wheel of fortune, the lovers, the tower. she’s a quiet person, observant, rude, uncaring of what others think of her, but sometimes she gets a hazy look in her eye, and when she does, it’s better to give her a wide berth, in case you find out something about yourself you’re not ready to hear...
WEALTH —
$ financial : wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty
✚ medical : fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged / non applicable
✪ class or caste : upper / middle / working / street trash / slave / unsure
✔ education : qualified / unqualified / studying / other
✖ criminal record : yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no /
FAMILY —
◓ marital status : married happily / married unhappily / engaged or betrothed / partnered / single / divorced / separated
◒ children : has a child or children / has no children / wants children / verse dependent
◑ relationship with family : close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings /
◔ affiliation : orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parents / not applicable
TRAITS + TENDENCIES —
♦ extroverted / introverted / in between
♦ disorganized / organized / in between
♦ close-minded / open-minded / in between
♦ calm / anxious / in between
♦ disagreeable / agreeable / in between
♦ cautious / reckless / in between
♦ patient / impatient / in between
♦ outspoken / reserved / in between
♦ leader / follower / in between
♦ empathetic / unempathetic / in between
♦ optimistic / pessimistic / in between
♦ traditional / modern / in between
♦ hard-working / lazy / in between
♦ cultured / uncultured / in between / unknown
♦ loyal / disloyal / unknown
♦ faithful / unfaithful / unknown
BELIEFS —
★ faith : monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic / it’s complicated
☆ belief in divine right to rule: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care
✮ belief in an afterlife : yes / no / don’t know / don’t care
✯ belief in the supernatural : yes / no / undecided
❀ philosophical : yes / no
SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION —
❤ sexuality : heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual
❥ sex : sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favourable / naive and clueless
♥ romance : romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable / naive and clueless
❣ sexually : adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious / destructive
☕ drinking alcohol : never / sometimes / frequently / to excess
☁ smoking : trying to quit / never / sometimes / frequently / to excess
✿ other narcotics : never / sometimes / frequently / to excess
♣ gambling : never / sometimes / frequently / to excess
THE MUN —
eliza / 21 / gmt: hi guys! I’m a classicist, I live in London, and I am so open to any kinds of plots you have no idea. also I am never on time and I’m meant to be working at 6:30am tomorrow yet here I am, roleplaying, which is all you ever need to know about me.
