Enemies of the Heir, Beware

[derinxsahinreis]

(CEMRE BAYSEL, FEMALE, SHE/HER) Oh, is that DERIN SAHIN-REIS? I heard the TWENTY EIGHT-year-old is PERSUASIVE. But don’t let that pretty face fool you, they are also DEVIOUS. Makes sense seeing how they are a AQUISITIONS EXPERT in the SOCIETY gang. (LEILA)

|| CONNECTIONS || FAMILY || TASKS || HOME || PINTREST ||

STATS

FULL NAME: Derin Zehra Şahin Reis

PRONUNCIATION: Dare-in

NICKNAME(S): Rin

AGE: Twenty-Eight

GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis Woman, She/Her

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: Brown

HEIGHT: 5′5″

DATE OF BIRTH: January 9th

ZODIAC SIGN: Capicorn

OCCUPATION: Art Aquationist

HOMETOWN: Staten Island, NY

BACKGROUND

From the moment she first picked up a crayon, Derin saw the world in color, and her early years were marked by a relentless passion for creativity. She filled every corner with vivid, expressive drawings—even the walls, which earned her more than a few scoldings. Yet, her artistic inclinations set her apart. Where her sister Dilan blossomed under their father’s disciplined guidance, flourishing into a graceful dancer, Derin rebelled against every constraint. Dance lessons were a disaster—she stomped through every class, pleading to go home. Eventually, her parents conceded, perhaps knowing that it was a battle they’d lose. It was one of the only victories Derin would ever get.

That was one of the few fights she actually won with her parents. Her father had a picture-perfect image of what his daughters should be, and she shattered it at every turn. Teenage Derin would sneak out with Dilan, experiment with drugs, party, and bring girls home under the guise of “sleepovers” until her parents caught her in a not-so-innocent moment. Where Dilan could bat her big brown eyes and melt her parents’ hearts, Derin was the one they constantly had to keep an eye on.

When it came time for college, Derin seized the chance to break free. She headed to UCLA to study fine arts—anything to get as far away from her family as possible. Life in LA was a dream: she poured herself into her art, spent her nights exploring the city, and did it all on her father’s Amex. But it wasn’t long before he called her back home, claiming it was time to “grow up” and help the family. She struck a deal to finish school, though it meant using her artistic skills to aid in their gang’s schemes. Her brief escape ended there, but she got what she could out of it. After college, Derin got a taste of freedom again, traveling to Europe, painting murals in the streets, and studying at every museum she could sneak into. It felt like she could finally live her life on her terms, if only for a while.

Growing up, her relationship with her sister was close, her built-in best friend. So close in age, Derin and Dilan had always been there for each other, sharing secrets and sneaking out together. Dilan was more of a free spirit, easygoing to what her parents said, still facing the same pressure. One day, in a moment of frustration, not wanting to have to hear her sister complain, she’d ignored Dilan’s calls, not knowing her mother was now gone.

While home she was pushed into working for the gang, not given a choice, but Dilan was finally being left alone, a free pass. When she started to revolt she was shackled into an arranged marriage to a horrid man. After a few weeks, she saw the red flags. Not wanting to be chained to a wife-beater for the rest of her life, she had him killed. Knowing that his daughter would be hard to tame, he called in the big guns, forcing her to marry his right-hand man's son. That guilt never really went away from missing time with her mom, and neither did her anger at how differently they’d been treated once everything went down. Derin was fated into a lovely marriage and to be controlled at every moment and Dilan was free to dance and do as she pleased.

Reyan Reis was every girl's dream, but Derin's. He was big strong, sexy but a total arrogant asshole - in her opinion. He had simple directions to control his new wife. The wedding was rushed and she was shackled to a man she could not stand out of spite. Derin was able to get some remnants of her old life back after a year and a half. Taking her hubby with her, she set off to travel the world gathering expensive pieces for the gang to obtain. Being a great forger herself she often worked on perfect copies to switch out while they got away with the real piece.

Married life did not treat her well. Their marriage was in name only. Reyan took specific orders from her father and forced Derin to follow the rules. This oppressive lifestyle had her resenting the freedom her sister escaped with and overall resenting her. Their relationship is now strained as a result. With war upon the society and orders by Daddy, Derin has now landed at home, forced back into the light of the father she hates and the siblings she avoids all while having to pretend she is happily in love with the man she wants to murder (for no good reason.) But while she may be pretending to live the grandest life ever, the oppressive hold has only taught her how to be sneaky and more devious than ever while carrying the largest chip on her shoulder she could manage.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

Husband - she hates him

Best Friend

Hookups

[reyanxxreis]

"Derin, can you fucking walk, please." Reyan fought to keep the anger out of his voice, but he was frustrated as he continued to pull her and listen to her questions. He knew she was drunk. It was obvious, but he needed her to pull herself together enough to listen. "We are leaving. We can discuss this at home." He didn't need her breaking down in front of him. Whatever happened was not her problem, and he didn't want her to stop and look when he wasn't sure where the danger was.

[derinxsahinreis]

Derin's head snapped towards him, it wasn't often he got snappy with her, very rarely when he cursed. But today was shit and now he knew details of her private life, as did the rest of the damn city. "So-sorry." She mumbled as she tightened her grip on him and gave in to his direction. "What-what about Dilan." She said as she followed him, wanting to get out of there as fast as they could. She spotted the car as they got out of the fairgrounds.

[dilansahin]

iMessage: Dil

Derin: dad was waiting for me at home. Derin: I'd hide out for a little Dilan: that's what i was afraid of Dilan: i'm going to stay at jason's

[derinxsahinreis]

Derin: [read]

[reyanxxreis]

Reyan had wanted to enjoy the rest of the carnival, but the night was ruined when he heard the explosion. Debris fell around him as he started to look for Derin. He knew he should look for anyone that needed help, but finding her was his priority. He saw someone knock her down, and he pushed his way through the crowd to grab her. "Derin, come on." His hand gripped her and he pulled her to her feet and toward safety. "Stop looking. Move. We have to get out of here."

[derinxsahinreis]

"What-what is going on?" She said as she looked at him through the daze. She was obnoxiously drunk and everything was spinning now. "What about that, where... the people." She said as she resisted his guidance. Her heart rate started to skyrocket as she dug her grip tighter into his hold. "Where... why.. Rey, I'm scared." She admitted through the chaos and screams that filled the chilly air. "Am I okay? Are you?" She questioned still lagging behind and not quite grasping the urgency of them getting out of there."

[bloodcoatbrock]

Edmund really couldn't help the small scoff that escaped him at Derin's words as she joined him at the table. He didn't care in the slightest what she did in her own time, nor what was going on between her and her husband, because that was far beyond the scope of the relationship that they had. "You really think I was gonna bring that up?" He asked with an incredulous laugh, shaking his head. "Nah. Believe me, I'm in no position to judge you, okay? No position to judge at all." After a brief pause, he exhaled a sigh and nodded his head. "So, you're right; let's just talk about the next issue. I've got a couple of the stories done already. I've brought you some print outs to read and...yeah." He concluded with a shrug and a chuckle. "I dunno, I don't feel like I need to tell you what to do at this point. Your ideas for illustrations to go with these stories are probably gonna be better than anything I could come up with and ask you to do for them." It was high praise, but it was also simply true. Edmund wasn't completely hopeless when it came to visuals, was in fact probably better than average at it, but he wasn't gifted at it in the way Derin was.

[derinxsahinreis]

Derin let out an exhale as she removed her sunglasses, "I kinda hoped not, but you'd be the seventh today." She said as she let them sit on the table, "I would like to preface that I'm in an arranged marriage and my husband sleeps around too. Basically because we don't sleep with each other." Derin did not like being judged, and she knew this would put a lot of heat on her and Sahin's name. "I just hate everyone looking at me." She threw in there with an awkward laugh. "Anyways... I'm excited to read them, I love your work. It was one of the reasons she reached out to him. "I'm sure I can come up with something good. I think our latest post was my favorite though, it's gonna be hard to top that, but I feel I won't be leaving my house for a while after this shit so I'll have plenty of time to cook."

[derinxsahinreis]

iMessage: Dil

Derin: dad was waiting for me at home. Derin: I'd hide out for a little

[derinxsahinreis]

Location: Addicted to the bean Status: Closed @emptyreveries

Derin took a seat across from Edmund. She wouldn't consider him a close friend, per se but he was more than what she allowed herself to have. She stumbled across his magazine not to long ago and reached out to do some illustrations. It was something to keep her busy, something other than drinking wine and reading smutty books on the couch at home. She pushed her big sunglasses up her nose, "Listen, I don't really want to talk about it. I cheated on my husband, boo hoo. Let's talk about this next issue."

[rcsesnoir]

@sinnerssquarestart

LOCATION: the alibi, late night. FOR: open! ( 0/3 )

ELIAS IS WELL AWARE that there will be hell to pay in the aftermath of valentine's day. with miray and lorenzo's secrets being uncovered -- he was well aware that neither needed protection, but he was certainly keeping his ear on the ground. he and freddie now had to be even more careful than they already were. perhaps it good for the crimsons that he works in a rather public setting -- he hears and sees everything. and while most would know this, some of the richest in the city pay little attention. what certainly makes it easier is that the bar is desolate, leaving no need for him to strain to hear every word. he can't help but notice someone alone on his coworker's side of the bar, and that his coworker has vacated. likely to eat. thus, he finds himself making his way over with a gentle smile on his face. their glass is empty. " need a refill? " he questions, crossing his arms over his chest. " or are we wrapping up for the night? "

[derinxsahinreis]

The Sahin's were about appearance over everything. The fact that Derin's father was waiting for her and Reyan when they got him last night was enough to know she was fucked. He wouldn't send them away this time, that would be to easy, it would be giving her what she wanted. "Refill, make it a double." She knew she was fucked, Lorenzo was in danger all over again but she would do what she had to to keep him safe from her father. "It's gonna be a long night."

[derinxsahinreis]

Locations: Not too close to the blast Status: Closed @reyanxxreis

The blast could be felt everywhere. With the area going dark, the deafening boom, and the copious amounts of alcohol in Derins body, she hit the floor. She wasn't sure if it was from the blast or from being pushed over, but she knew she was fucked. As she tried to push herself up, someone ran into her and pushed her down again. Suddenly a hand gripped at her arm and pulled her up and she clung to him tightly. "Rey-" Her body was shaking with fear already. She looked up and that's when she saw it, the smoke, the fire, and the Ferris wheel coming down. "Oh my god."

[romeowilson]

"You really think so hmm?" He asked, biting shyly at the corner of his lip. He knew it was her job to act overtly nice and attract customers right now obviously, but hearing the compliment was still enough to make him blush.

"I'm sure you're good at any thing you do." He said while nonchalantly checking her out and returning the flirty type of compliment. He grabbed the phone from her and was genuinely impressed, it showed all over his face. "Wow. These are amazing." He said honestly. "I need to commission you to do some art of me, if you do commissions." He handed her phone back and smirked at his thought. "I'm sure my roommates would be thrilled if I hung up a painting of me in the living room." He said with a chuckle.

[derinxsahinreis]

Her eyes noted the pinkish color of his flush, "Of course I do. A man like you could pull anything off." He was definitely easy on the eyes, that was for sure. And with the robbery earlier, there was no clear signs she was married. It was in name only of course and they didn't particularly like each other anyway.

"I like to think so." She said in a husky voice as she looked up at him with her big green eyes. "I do commissions. I'm sure they would love it. I can't paint you like one of those french girls. I'm sure there is much of you to paint."

[rearguardx]

Willem was certain he flinched, his grin breaking for a heartbeat before he schooled his expression into a wan smile. No need to trauma dump his past on unwary acquaintances, of course. That wasn’t what this carnival was about.

“I have a daughter-” He hedged, choosing his words carefully. “-but she couldn’t come today. Though I’ve been going around with some of my friends’ kids.” He thought of Sophia and Maddie and couldn’t help the way his expression softened, his tone turning fond. “How about you? After your shift here, are you going around with anyone?”

[derinxsahinreis]

"Oh, cute." She said with a soft smile, but the sadness was present on her face. She wanted kids and a family. She always pictured her life bas eing happy, finding that someone, getting married, and having kids. But it didn't play out like that. She found that someone and then was forced to marry another, Reyan. One of the leaders. "No kids for me. Likely won't be any regardless of my father's requests." She rolled her eyes at the thought. "I'm sure my husband is around here somewhere waiting for me."

[rcsesnoir]

FRANKLY, IN A TIME when adeline was far from calm -- she found a distinct amount of comfort in laying eyes on her people. while the woman found herself growing distinctly closer with reyan, she always enjoyed derin's company and wanted nothing more than to see the young woman happy. thus, adeline broke out into a smile as she sat down in front of derin. " unicorn? and why's that? because i'm magestic? " the woman hummed out of genuine curiousity. frankly, she thought she was more of a cat. it was a rare show of ego from the otherwise reserved and self-assured woman. " i just wanted to check in on you, my dear. all is well? "

[derinxsahinreis]

Adeline was one of those members of the society who cared about everyone. Derin found it annoying most days because she spent her time trying to hate everyone around. She did not want to be part of this organization in the slightest. "Yeah, sure we can go with that." She said plainly, no sense of emotion in her voice. She wished they would just leave her alone and stick to talking with Reyan. "I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

[rearguardx]

The agreement between their two gangs was a tentative one, at best - the sheer nature of their world meant that any one small gesture, a single misspoken word could shatter the relative partnership between both groups in a heartbeat. He knew - an irrefutable truth - that Derin didn't trust him, and rightfully so. Regardless, he could find no urge to hold her at arm's length, distrust still not his first instinct ( in spite of everything. ) "Cartoon." Willem said decisively, gratefully taking the larger chair she offered. "Wouldn't want to risk scaring the kids." He thought, smile achingly soft, of his own daughter, Sophia and Maddie.

[derinxsahinreis]

After Reyan was shot, he had been a stickler for safety. He was accompanying her tonight so she felt a bit more at ease and her bodyguard was lurking in the shadows. And if that failed, Lorenzo was here. Even when she should have been on edge that didn't stop her from drinking. "Ah yes, the children would be scared, I got you," she said with a soft smile as she started to put the orange paint on his face. "Are you here with kids?" Maybe he had a child or nieces or nephews.

[morningsmisty-deactivated202512]

"I figured you'd say something like that." She'd put a lot of thought into her outfit, after all. She did love dressing up and putting in an effort when it came to appearances. "Heart freckles? Okay, yeah. I think that'd be pretty cute and they'd compliment the whole look."

[derinxsahinreis]

"Oh for sure, it would be everything," Derin said with a smile, she was happy to do it and was excited. "You'd be the first tonight so if it comes out nice maybe others will want it." She said as she envisioned the idea she had in her head before dipping her brush into paint.

[rcsesnoir]

DRUNK OR SOBER, LORENZO is always completely enamored by her. that much remains the same. he can't lie, his brows had furrowed whn he had noticed it was empty. he had thought he was imagining things. if people couldn't already tell by his decision to cut all distractions out of his life -- it would be clear that there was only one woman for him in the look on his face. hungry. not a single person turned his head. he couldn't help but wonder how long they had -- no matter how little, he would take what he could get. even if he was constantly searching for a way to get her all to himself -- he knew he had to be smart.

a hand comes to rest on her shoulder for a moment, the touch risky but sustaining. eyes turn to scan the crowd before he notices the surrounding woods. theres that, if they want to put some distance between themselves and everyone else. " that outfit has me wanting to do a lot more than just kiss you. " he whispers in her ear, hoping it looks like no more than two friends sharing a secret. " there's behind one of the outer buildings... and the woods. take your pick. "

[derinxsahinreis]

She knows people are watching but she doesn't care. Somehow whenever he was around all sense of reason left her mind. "I was hoping you'd say that. I promise you, you will like what I have on under much better." She looks up at him with heat in her eyes. She loved this man with everything she had, she was obsessed with him in a way that she just needed him whenever she could get her hand on him.

"The woods." She whispers back at him, with less chance of getting caught and a little more exciting. "Come on big boy, see if you can keep up." She said as she pushed away from him and started heading for the dark brush.

[romeowilson]

Romeo's eyes lit up as the two laughed together. It had been a while since he'd had some effortless fun and genuine conversation with anyone, so already this carnival felt like a blessing in disguise. "I don't know-" He paused with a laugh. "I'm starting to have second thought on if a unicorn would suit me." He joked while looking at his own face in the mirror at the station.

"Oh no, of course." He waved off her thanking him. He was certain it was the type of compliment she received all the time, and was nothing new, but despite that he couldn't help himself from saying it. "Oh you do actual paintings too?" He asked curiously. "You got any pics?" He asked, propping himself up here and making himself more comfortable. He pulled out his own phone to show her some of the paintings he'd done in college, all landscape and animals, they were good but truly nothing to write home about; despite that he was excited to share this common interest with the girl in front of him.

[derinxsahinreis]

Derin tilted her head to the side, "I'm sure you could pull it off. You seem like the type that can pull anything off." She said as she took him in. Yeah, she was married but barely. Was it wrong to be checking him out? Not to her at least. And with the robbery early in the night and her wedding ring being stolen off her hand, no one really questioned her status.

She gave a small nod, "IK do. I like to think I'm pretty good at it." Exceptional really. "But I prefer drawing. I think it's what I'm best at." She said as she pulled out her phone, loaded up her art Instagram page, and handed it over to him. It had various pictures of some of her projects. She liked people, those were her things. Painting portraits in different styles. Most of her drawings were of Eye's though, the window of the soul. She took his phone and scanned threw his work as well. "You are pretty good too." She said softly as she looked back up at him.

[rcsesnoir]

@derinxsahinreis

LOCATION: near the kissing booth. FOR: derin sahin-reis.

LORENZO HADN'T COME TO this event with the intention of getting drunk. in all reality -- he never really intended to get drunk anywhere. it was always his preference to stay alert, stay grounded. prepared for whatever could come his way. but, no matter how many times he laid eyes on the scene — he would never get over seeing her with him. her husband. he’s so drunk, he can’t even admit it to himself. he’s well aware aspen has her shift right now, and while the man he was before would have gone to indulge in the kissing booth, he can’t bring himself to. he stands there, obscured by a nearby pillar — the fight inside him requiring him to use it for stability. does he even have the right to be angry? had he been sober, he would have said yes. but, in his inebriation, the lines were blurrier than an abstract oil painting.

how does she know where to find him? is that how tightly wound their souls truly are? a thousand questions are spinning through his mind as he turns — and she’s there. eyes dancing between him and the kissing booth not that far away, where aspen sits.

“ derin…. “ he whispers. he wants to scream, but the words don’t come out. “ you look beautiful. “ hell, she defies beautiful. in his heart, he’s the luckiest man in the world. that is, until his eyes linger for just a second to long on her finger. it’s then he’s remind that his life is a modern tragedy that only shakespeare could come up with.

[derinxsahinreis]

When it came to social situations, Derin had a tendency to hit the bottle too much. Granted she was always drinking a bit, it should be considered a problem...if anyone really noticed. But right now the night was still early and she had a light buzz going. While she should have been keeping an eye out for her safety, she was too busy trying to push all worries out of her head. It didn't take her long to ditch her husband after spending some time with him and now she was on the hunt for him, her true Valentine. Lorenzo

She watches as his eyes drop to her finger, her bare finger. SOme little bitch stole her wedding right firing off her hand. She let her eyes drop down to her hand, the light tan line still hinting there was something missing. "I was hoping this outfit would catch your eye." She said with a soft smile as she closed the distance between them. "Lets go somewhere private. I want to kiss you."