𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝.

𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗂 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍

[drcamflasher]

𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 (𝐧.) — real love 'til they leave it at your house.

luca '𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑛' giovanni — costa d'angelo. twenty7. he/him.

── .✦ 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐬: kyle schiebe (ladybird), revengeseekerz (jane remover), ferris bueller (ferris bueller's day off), neal caffrey (white collar)

penned by 𝐥𝐞𝐞 — twenty5+. any pronouns. est for @ciderpointhq.

── .✦ please 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 interact unless you are a part of the group.

[grxndvoile]

⚽ nata shouldn't be smoking, a nasty habit that looked very bad on an athlete. well, she's uncertain if she still has a job in that regard. but the press was still talking about her as if she was. the smoke dangling from between her index and middle finger, the only thing keeping her warm apart from the flimsy jacket that might as well have been made from papier-mâché. she turns to look in the direction of the voice, honestly, having zero interest in conversing with anyone tonight. "if i give you one will you leave me alone?"

[drcamflasher]

honestly?  “  no.  ”  said  with  a  shit-eating  grin,  as  per  usual.  he  wasn't  known  to  leave  people  alone,  more  famous  for  being  a  nuisance.  he  noticed  her  pulling  the  jacket  closer  over  her  shoulders,  and  took  off  his  own  leather  jacket  and  draped  it  over  her  shoulders  wordlessly.  “  why'd  you  come  out  if  you  didn't  want  to  talk  to  anyone?  ”  a  fair  question  –  luca  thought  so,  at  least.

[rainbowxsouls]

Open for: All! @ciderstarters

Location: Sweet Tooth

Tabby perused the aisles slowly, a careful eye taking in her options. If they were going to make a candy charcuterie board for their next movie night, it had to be perfect. They'd gotten a chocolate and a sweet gummy, but now they needed a sour. They were so focused on weighing the merits of different kinds, that they didn't even notice that their stroller - the one holding their pet skunk, Flora - had bumped into someone. "Oh shoot, I'm sorry! I was off in my own little world and I didn't mean to bump you. Are you okay?" They quickly said, making sure they hadn't hurt the other person, though they doubted it. "Actually, can you help me out? It's an important candy question! Sour gummy worms or sour rainbow strips? I'm stuck."

[drcamflasher]

concern  seemed  to  vanish  immediately  and  disappeared  into  candy  talk,  though  luca  felt  less  hurt  than  confused  about  what  seemed  to  be  a  skunk  in  a  pram.  “  what's  an  important  candy  question  ?  ”  heavy  on  the  air  quotes.  but  okay,  he'll  bite.  “  gummy  worms,  i  guess.  do  i  get  a  prize  now  ?  ”  no  wonder  everyone  thought  he  was  an  asshole.

[offkeykisses]

STATUS: open to all @ciderstarters LOCATION: Lois and Found

Fingers cautiously reached for what they were sure many would describe as a 'creepy' doll only to fall short before they actually touch the object. "Do you think it was loved?" The earnest question came with a pair of brown eyes landing on the nearest person to them. "Or do you think the previous owner got rid of it while spring cleaning to clear their space of negative energy?"

[drcamflasher]

that  thing  definitely  freaked  him  out,  but  elvira  didn't  need  to  know  that.  besides,  luca  had  a  reputation  to  maintain.  he  didn't  have  time  to  be  getting  freaked  out  by  dolls.  instead,  the  question  was  met  with  a  scoff.  “  what  sort  of  negative  energy  ?  ”  whether  or  not  he  secretly  believed  in  the  supernatural  was  irrelevant.  why  would  other  people ?  “  ghosts  ?  ”  spooky  spirit  fingers  made  sarcastically  as  he  said  it.

[drcamflasher]

do you hear FLASH IN THE PAN BY JANE REMOVER playing? oh, that must be LUCA GIOVANNI breezing by. i don’t know if you recognize them, but they look like COSTA D'ANGELO to me. i heard that HE has been in town for A MONTH, which is crazy considering they are TWENTY7 years old. yeah, they live over on ELECTRIC AVENUE, and i heard that they work as a MUSIC PRODUCER ( OUT OF TOWN ). i love that they remind me of HOURS FIDDLING WITH A SINGLE ABLETON SETTING, BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES USING CHOCOLATE SYRUP FOR BLOOD, and A CROOKED SMILE THAT ALWAYS PROJECTS CONFIDENCE but … ugh, their playlist is so weird. why is YOU'RE SO VAIN n the queue?

1999. born to born-and-bred new englanders who always minded their p's and q's, made sure to eat dinner together as a family, and showed off their kids like they were the fucking von trapps. as the first-born, mr. and mrs. giovanni lavished luca like he was the sun in the sky. even as his five other siblings came in, it didn't stop his mom from whispering to luca that he would always be her bambino.

2017. it also didn't stop mr. giovanni from gambling all their money away and taking out credit cards in luca's name as soon as he turned 18 to pay for their lavish lifestyle. it wasn't until he tried to apply for financial aid for college was luca told that he had too many outstanding credit card loans to qualify for any additional student loans. without the opportunity to go to college, and more debt in his name than he knew what to do with, luca knew he had to take big swings.

a love of the craft, is what it was. luca wanted to go to film school to figure out how all his favorite movies came to be, and how he could make them happen himself. being your own director was a big swing, yes, but a little harder to pull off without a big budget behind you. it didn't stop luca from carrying a camcorder with him and trying to document his life. maybe he'd be able to create something out of it? what was the harm?

2018. he had always loved experimental music, had messed around in ableton throughout high school and shift-pitched his voice to make slowed-down reverb covers of popular songs before it was the trend. that was a little easier to start without any financial footing, and it wasn't hard to go on fiverr and beg people to pay you scraps so you can clean up their vocals.

2020. it was slow-going without a professional studio . . . until the pandemic hit. now luca's skill with home equipment helped him, not hindered him. luca grained traction on soundcloud under the handle dirgio, short for director giovanni, a nod to his previous dreams. people were lining up to work with him, and he started making something of a cult following. people loved his signature style, splicing together the most unique samples ranging from pokemon battle cries to 50s doo-wop bands.

2023: as soon as he had a net worth in the positives and managed to pay down all the debt his dad had racked up for him, guess who comes knocking on his door after years demanding he contribute money to the family? luca was having none of it. he packed up his things, moved to nashville, and signed to an in-house producing studio. things were good . . . at first.

2025. two years later, luca felt washed up, and not just because everyone kept telling him he was. he had reached a point in the last two years where he had felt like his music couldn't be more uninspired if he wanted it to. despite working with some of the biggest names in the industry (yes, it's true he was a consultant on midnight sun), people were getting sick of dirgio's oversaturation.

2026. it was a hail mary. he returned to new england, a small town that he hoped his parents would never find him in (though he texted his siblings his address in case they needed him) and prayed he could find inspiration again.

[drcamflasher]

ext.  the  taproom  parking  lot status  :  open.

down  to  his  last  cigarette,  luca  thought  it  would  be  fine  if  he  smoked  before  he  went  inside  and  bought  another  pack  the  next  morning  .  .  .  until  he  got  caught  up  in  a  conversation  about  how  singers  who  use  autotune  can't  sing.  and  then  he  needed  a  smoke  immediately.  “  hey,  ”  he  said  to  the  only  other  person  loitering  outside  the  bar.  “  trade  you  a  smoke  for  a  shot  ?  ”  luca  had  money,  but  he  was  itching  for  a  hit  of  nicotine  right  now  that  alcohol  didn't  hit.

[grxndvoile]

open   !!   —   for   anyone   (   feel free to assume connections   ) 📍  grand royale

🎶      "so — you gunna come and dance with me or what? because you're absolutely not going stand there in the corner all night." it was still early, and annoyingly all the dj was playing was gen-z tiktok music, she was growing very tired of waiting for the vibe to shift in the room. so she didn't blame the other person for holding back, at least, not for too long.

@ciderstarters

[drcamflasher]

what  was  wrong  with  drinking  against  the  wall  and  ignoring  everyone  else?  he  didn't  think  there  was anything.  avani  disagreed.  now  luca  was  here,  having  to  listen  to  dogshit  music  that  he  was  sure  he  could  out-produce  if  given  enough  time.  “  you  hear  the  shit  they're  playing,  avi  ?  ”  said  with  a  smirk.  “  we  could  make  better  shit  than  this  in  our  sleep.  ”  a  music  producer  finding  his  way  into  a  shell  of  a  music  town  -  who  knew  luca  would  meet  someone  in  kind?  he  needed  to  do  something  to  regain  his  muse,  though,  to  get  him  back  in  the  good  graces  of  the  record  label  and  the  public  eye,  and  if  cider  point  was  what  he  needed,  well  .  .  .  luca  had  to  start  somewhere,  didn't  he?