* well , if anyone else is awake at this ungodly hour , i’m sorry to you since this terrible intro will probably go through quite a bit of much needed change before sunrise . smh ... three to seven business hours late to opening and this is what i serve ? a n*ce steaming plate of nothing ! but if i hadn’t forced myself to rush through this i s2g it would’ve taken me another week to get this fully prepared for your viewing pleasure . anyway , i’m lauren and despite my not so fashionably late entrance , i’m so excited to be here writing w all of you !
( delilah belle hamlin , 23 , cis woman , she / her ) * fun fact about me ? okay , let’s see . . . i can memorize the choreography of most , if not all , tik tok dances after watching them through only twice or thrice . crazy , right ? i’m bondi d'aramitz , i live in the sprawling , and stark white floridian - style villa with open verandas on sunrise drive here in key biscayne , & not to brag , but my family’s worth around $1.2 billion . pretty decent for hoteliers , huh ? we’ve been around for some time , but in town , everyone’s always associated me with the thoroughbreds ; but it’s not like that’s my whole identity , or anything . while filming for key biscayne , it was surprising when i’d get dragged on twitter for being “ censorious , capricious , & opportunistic , ” but the cameras don’t see everything , & my real fans know that i’m nothing but sincere , bodacious , & imaginative . i’m not too bothered by it though , because since the series ended , i’ve created a line of luxury swimwear to be sold in the boutiques of my father’s luxury hotels . follow me on instagram @bondeye to keep up .
* ⎛ 𝐨𝐧𝐞 : 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 ⎠
𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 : bondi cerise d’aramitz . 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 : she had been conceived on a yacht anchored right off the coast of bondi beach , henry and taryn had always found it far more amusing than most . 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉 : february 17th , 1997 . 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕 : aquarius sun , leo moon , pisces ascendant ( did i base half of her personality off of this ? the answer is unfortunately yes . ) 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 : sydney , australia . 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 : key biscayne , florida . 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 : bisexual ╱ biromantic . 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 : fluent in english and french , conversational in swedish and german . 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 : heiress ( or rather impending ruination ) to a hotel empire and some brand of expensive champagne that wasn’t popular enough for her to pretend to care about it , socialite , sustainable swimwear designer , and self - proclaimed yacht enthusiast ( so long as it was anchored off the coast of mediterranean europe ) . 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 : henry d’aramitz ( 56 ) , a “ self - made ” luxury hotelier with a penchant for all that glitters , but not necessarily all that is gold ( as his slew of greatly unimpressive wives might’ve suggested ) . hailing from a middle class family of seven adopted children from corsica , france , his hedonism and proclivity to borderline gaudy extravagance ( a side effect of his unruly and expensive blood ties ) concocted an irreplicable brand modeled after the 1920′s art deco , all gold glass , dark mahogany and animal - printed armchairs ( the chatwal in new york vibez but on a global scale ) . money - hungry and boyishly charming , henry successfully sought to create a gilded legacy for himself from long forgotten humble beginnings ( if you could truly call it that considering the arbane grape vineyard the cast out and reclaimed champagne heir had inherited at the impressionable age of nineteen ) . taryn d’aramitz née hobbes ( deceased ) , the descendant of one of old hollywood’s biggest stars and an oil tycoon with money older than even his great grandparents spilling from pockets , was a study in creating the perfect societal darling gone terribly ( or perhaps greatly ) awry — prudence learned and long forgotten , the hobbes prayed to a god that taryn herself had spurned that she would relearn the old , timeless traditions they had sought so greatly to teach her . instead the debutante gone rouge continued to cause quite the uproar in proper society with her blatant refusal to conform to expectations and her announcement that she had converted to buddhism following a two year - long sabbatical in thailand . after the decision to donate over half her trust fund to green cross international and the reef check foundation , and her ultimate ( though not permanent ) disownment , she took off in the night once again to pursue the study environmental sciences in sydney , australia where her love affair with henry d’aramitz came to its fateful start and tragic end eleven years after the birth of their one and only daughter . greta d’aramitz née hobbes ( 39 ) was sycophantic and a bit too pretty for her own good ( all thanks to husband #1 , renowned plastic surgeon to the stars , and his hyaluronic acid and botulinum toxin ) , greta traded in that ... measly ... 6 carats for henry d’aramitz’ garish 10 carat rock and his equally as gaudy hotel empire . king midas and damodice , the ruling coalition of d’aramitz’s carefully curated brand of old world glamour . but some women simply weren’t meant to be mothers , and greta came far too close to topping that list — a beautiful but empty beast , with a thick and tumorous resentment towards her late sister’s child ( after all she’d taken her freedom , refused to share what little remained of her husband’s adoration , and to top it all off , she’d been left with nothing but a few worry wrinkles to show for it . it was enough to turn anyone cold ) . 𝒎𝒚𝒆𝒓 - 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 : the adventurer , isfp . 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔 : censorious , flippant , eccentric , indolent , supercilious , self-centered , opportunistic , capricious , bodacious , sincere , persuasive , charming , critical , wily , devoted , exuberant , idealistic , self - assured , impulsive , and imaginative .
* ⎛ 𝐭𝐰𝐨 : 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 ⎠
a robe of sheer pink dusting marbled floors with ( faux ) fur lining , you , reduced to nothing more than the human embodiment of the sin sloth , studying pastel frescos from the comfort of your body debossed chaise lounge , a plump , pink ribboned persian cat near equal to you in languor , bottomless bellinis with a side of eggs benedict , the subliminal message of bosch’s garden of earthly delights etched into the grooves of your brain , melted ice cream dripping sticky pink down fingers adorned in diamonds and cartier love rings aplenty , overly glossed lips pressed firm against the cool glass of an ornate french mirror , your name scrawled like eloise’s in chanel rogue allure extatique 94 across the fogged window on the tippy - top floor , champagne coupes in lieu of flutes , and lips stained a faint pink from drunkenly eating an entire jar of maraschino cherries .
* ⎛ 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 : 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒔 ⎠
a monstrosity composed of the worst parts of greta hobbes and henry d’aramitz , bondi’s genetic composition contains very little of taryn’s good nature .
bondi d’aramitz had been borne of a champagne haze induced liaison on a yacht anchored off the coast of bondi beach . a bright , bold , gold - hued glimmer of a conception that would suit the consequence of it well .
her world was gilded , absolutely brilliant , but only when one peered at the precious and precocious girl through the frosted glass of the hotel’s window . to set foot inside the grand revolving door was to be spat out into a world tarnished by patina . it was all plush bathrobes monogrammed in gold , bottomless shirley temples with extra maraschino cherries , and the kind of fatherly adoration that every child dreamt of , but only when henry was actually there . otherwise , she found herself meandering through whatever penthouse they were currently occupying on padded kitten’s feet in an attempt to steer clear of her step - mother’s cold gaze and cutting remarks .
she’d always been a bit gluttonous in a way , it was a side effect of her indecision . she never left a store with less than an armful of bags , ordered several desserts off the menu just to sample them all , and never stayed in a relationship ( romantic or platonic ) for long before something shiner , newer caught her eye .
her father bought her the best education money could buy . from her expensive preparatory school beginnings to her stint at boarding school on the french countryside ( it made her look worldly ) , she excelled at school ( much to many’s suprise ) but had no real aspirations in life . with no acceptance letters ( perhaps there would have been plenty had she thought to apply ) and nothing impressive to add to her résumé other than being filthy rich , bondi fell right into the vacuous heiress trope with ease , much to her teachers and tutors’ dismay .
expresses love in a way that is very reminiscent of both henry and greta . she , like her father , could make even a fly feel as if her world revolves around it , and to an extent , her world does revolve around the current object of her fascination . she’ll shower friends and lovers alike in compliments and gifts aplenty , yearn to spend every waking moment with them . but she , like her step - mother , is fickle when it comes to her affections . they’re there one day and gone the next . and just like clockwork , the cycle begins again .
“She lacks the core of sureness, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on reflections of herself in others’ eyes. She does not dare to be herself.”
— Anaïs Nin, from Henry and June: the Unexpurgated Diary (1931-1932) of Anaïs Nin
