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Break, break, break. On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter. The thoughts that arise in me.

[grxndvoile]

❝ loved by odessa — grand voile ( french for mainsail ). a dependant blog for ciderpointhq.

⚽  — aminata "nata" sarr

sales attendant, football striker, fallen from grace ↪ intro — musings — vanity — pinterest — wanted connections

🎶 — avani venkatesan

music producer, only child, trust issues ↪ intro — musings — vanity — pinterest — wanted connections

🌿 — lucy driscoll

librarian, child of 80's popstars, fear of the unknown ↪ intro — musings — vanity — pinterest — wanted connections

⚓ — riley preston

shipwright, big brother, emotional wreck ↪ intro — musings — vanity — pinterest — wanted connections

🪐 —  saul crawley

physics phd student, theatre tech crew, looking for meaning ↪ intro — musings — vanity — pinterest — wanted connections

🌺 — kara alpert

swimming instructor, absent sister, learning from grief ↪ intro — musings — vanity — pinterest — wanted connections

[grxndvoile]

closed   !!   —   for   @wildestdrexms   (   august   ) 📍  tommyland

🌺      "if you can do a handstand i'll buy the next two rounds." kara's been watching the acrobats for the last twenty minutes before her brother eventually caught up with her. "or the next three if you can do a cartwheel like those guys."

[grxndvoile]

closed   !!  —   for   @wildestdrexms  (   frankie   ) 📍  tommyland

⚓ "help me pick." he holds out the temporary tattoos in his hand, splayed out like a pack of cards. "the anchor feels very on the nose... the fox looks good." the last time riley remembers playing around was temporary tattoos was when he used to put them on his littlest sister. it all felt very reminiscent.

[yourcinluv]

riley .☘︎ ݁˖ ⋆.˚ tommyland, face paint station / @grxndvoile

“i think you need a dolphin," she say, voice flat as usual despite the playful grin that pulls wide. hand lifts to hover over the right side of her face. “right here. maybe even a mermaid. burnette or ginger, d'you think?”

[grxndvoile]

"i say both." riley nods, solid, with certainty. he'd look completely off balance if one side of his face in painted, and the other side wasn't, in his mind. "what do you want? starfish? seahorse?"

[earlyblues]

“i  haven't  met  his  parents.  he's  your  best  friend,  not  mine  !”  in  fact,  her  and  kenji  mostly  knew  each  other  in  passing.  back  in  school,  their  schedules  were  equally  busy  between  their  extra  curricular  activities  that  they  were  hardly  ever  in  the  same  room.  “FREED  FROM  THE  RUMOR  MILL  …”  she  repeats,  trying  the  phrase  on  for  size.  “so  you're  telling  me  with  one  hundred  percent  certainty  you'll  get  through  this  party  without  any  hiccups  ?”  a  pause.  “SHOULD  WE  PUT  MONEY  ON  IT  ?”

[grxndvoile]

⚓ "lovely people — but i'm terrified of them." riley didn't know what it was like to have strict parents, in fact his were quite the opposite. to be fair, there was precedent enough for venus to be skeptical of his ability to stay out of trouble. it seemed to gravitate him more than he'd like. but he also liked the idea of making some money out of it. "thirty dollars says i make it out of this party without any drama, fights, or conflict."

[grxndvoile]

closed   !!  —   for   @k1tschs  (   vada   ) 📍  tommyland

⚓      "vada!" riley beams, he's several drinks down and settling into his time-honoured love of parties. ten years of being a stay-home-brother-carer in his teens unleashed an adult that couldn't wait to discover the world of drinking. no one knew that transition in riley's life better than vada. "how good is kenj's party planning?" he motions around them with pride, knowing this was all his best friends planning.

[cidercalls]

Closed: Saul Crawley ( @grxndvoile ) @ Coastal Coffees

With the limited free time she had between lesson planning, yoga, and keeping her plants alive, there were a handful of people she befriended outside of work in her first few months in town. Saul was one of those special folks. Incredibly brilliant and refreshing to be around in the midst of his inquisitive nature. A PhD program in physics was no easy feat. She couldn't even begin to wrap her mind around it, but she could listen to people talk about their passions and interests all day. "What's going on in that head of yours today? You're quieter than usual."

[grxndvoile]

🪐 saul lifts his gaze up towards adriana, briefly obstructed by the coffee in his hands. he didn't have that many friends as perceptive as her, as much as he tried to keep his facial expressions free of his thoughts. yet sometimes he found it difficult to hide it from the woman sitting across from him. which was probably a good thing, he was less likely to let whatever was plaguing him fester if someone else acknowledged it first. "i'm always quiet." he notes, allowing a small curve to threaten in the corner of his mouth. "oh, you know. family stuff. big impending reunions don't inspire much excitement out of me."

[pastlifc]

"i  don't  know  ?  washed  up  child  star  syndrome  ?"  he  chuckles,  trying  to  laugh  it  off  because  the  last  thing  he  wants  to  do  is  get  emotional  at  riley's  birthday  party.  if  he  thinks  about  all  the  places  he  went  wrong,  he  worries  he  might  go  down  a  hole  he  can't  climb  out  of.  throws  her  a  dopey  smirk  as  he  pours  a  LONG  SHOT  into  a  solo  cup,  topping  it  off  with  a  splash  of  sprite.  "i  would  never  dream  of  it,  luce.  what's  the  book  of  the  month  ?"

[grxndvoile]

🌿 "you're not washed up!" she's almost defensive about it, despite julian's faults she rarely ever let them taint her view on him. it doesn't quite dawn on her he's trying to laugh off the topic due its nature. as he reaches for his cup again, lucy's expression softens. "the before the coffee gets cold series. heard of it?"

[invlsiblestring]

" maybe they know i can take a punch. figure there's no point in trying. " he's been in more scraps than he cares to count. since the day he was born, his entire life has been one big fight for survival. the only thing he truly fears is the idea of his siblings feeling as hopeless as he always has. everything he's done until this point, good and bad, has been so they don't have to. he lets out a low chuckle. " i can't even say i don't respect it, 'cause i do. sometimes you have to fight dirty. but now i'm expecting it, so jokes on you. "

[grxndvoile]

⚽ "cockiness only makes you put your guard down, at least that's what i've heard." a sly upturn forms in the corner of nata's lips, she knows she's no better in that department. the insinuation she'd ever lose a fight was something she couldn't allow herself to fathom. "oh yeah? might be in a week... month... a year. who knows."

[nsevens]

Christopher Briney for Samuel Adams Boston Lager

[yourcinluv]

she props her elbow up on her knee, leaning her head into her open palm as she studies her friend. slowly, “i think a lot of people are scared of that." lord knew she was. less so, these days. “but i also think you're building something good here, riles. i don't know how else to tell you that.” 

[grxndvoile]

⚓ "i know that." riley's head drops, "if i didn't, i would be feeling so stressed about losing it all." once his parentified responsibilities scaled back, riley finally had the chance to be more of a present person in his friends lives. he was able to party, date, go on a trip for a first time. but it also left his afraid of when the good times would end. "i don't know... i miss maeve — that's triggered all of this." pulling himself away from the person he was so co-dependant with for the first time in a decade was nothing short of painful, he still didn't know how to cope.

[k1tschs]

unsure  of  what  to  expect,  she  feels  a  little  relieved  when  kara  invites  her  in,  her  grin  widening.  "  love  that  for  me,  "  she  says,  stepping  inside  with  ease.  once  she  sets  the  bag  down  on  the  table,  she  glances  over  at  kara  as  she  takes  out  the  food.  "  were  you  at  the  open  mic  night?  i  didn’t  see  you  at  my  set.  "

[grxndvoile]

🌺 kara lets vada settle herself into the room, and tries her to best to push the heavy feeling off her shoulders. she's not sure why this is bothering her, she herself had never let anything happen with vada. it's probably not worth digging into, anyway. "of course i was there!" she clasps her hands together, striding over, "you didn't see me in the crowd. the set was great, as usual."

[tiidepools]

closed   starter     for     avani   venkatesan!   @grxndvoile

❛  so…  discover  anyone  new  at  the  music  festival?  ❜   said  with  smiles  as  he  sat  down  opposite  her,  placing  their  drinks  between  them.   ❛  i  heard  there  were  big  things  happening  over  on  stage  a.  ❜   which  he  was,  to  an  extent,  aware  of,  but  when  he  arrived  to  watch  ruby  valentine,  he  couldn't  help  but  feel  like  he'd  missed  out  on  something  bigger.   

outside coastal coffees     /     day time

[grxndvoile]

🎶 "not scouting, observing." winston, that is. studying how he presented himself on stage now he didn't the have the benefit of a singing group with him. "my latest 'punishment' i've been saddled with for speaking out of turn at work."

[earlyblues]

“and  how  could  he  have  grown  up  more  sheltered  than  the  amish  with  you  as  a  friend  ?  it  sounds  like  you  weren't  taking  your  BEST  FRIEND  DUTIES  very  seriously  !”  because  venus  knows  well  enough  the  stuff  riley  was  getting  into  as  a  teenager.  “well  now  i  know  you're  lying,  because  people  talk  about  you  all  the  time.”

[grxndvoile]

"i think you're imagining me way more rebellious than i really was." yes, riley had his moments of being a fancy teenager, but his home responcibilities did keep him in check for the most part. "also have you met his parents? — i was terrified."

"ah pssh — that was months ago!" riley swipes away the notion with his hand, he hadn't been the talk of the town since he got his shiner back in halloween. "my name has been freed from the rumour mill as of late."

[earlyblues]

LOCATION:  penny  park  (  @grxndvoile  )

“rumor  has  it  another  birthday  party  is  coming  …  a  pretty  big  one,  too  …  worried  you'll  fade  into  oblivion  ?”  she  teases  as  they  walk.  “or  will  you  find  another  way  to  get  people  talking  about  you  ?”

[grxndvoile]

⚓ "venus, it's my best friends debut as a party planner." riley mocks an expression of shock, hand to his heart. "this guy grew up more sheltered than the amish, i hope he throws the biggest rager we've ever had. he deserves it!" it seems momentarily lost on who the party was really for, but he's sure he'll remember eventually. "my life's too boring to gossip about anyway."

[newdcys]

lily: you basically just agreed with me riles lily: i was a girl in STEM. it was beautiful and you ruined my fun lily: exactly. nice segue because i am talented in social conversations lily: pretty good actually is a fake answer. try again lily: emotionally dependent on a red muppet at four years old and now look at you

[grxndvoile]

riley: no, i said you're a little weird. riley: oh please, we saved you from losing a finger that day. riley: it's the answer you're getting, nosey. riley: elmo taught me more about emotional resilience than our parents ever did, rip little red king.

[grxndvoile]

closed   !!  —   for   @invlsiblestring   (   ace   ) 📍  ace's room

🎶      "that's enough preening, narcissus." avani lifts her arm up, lightly whacking her friend on his own. she'd ordered the uber to the bar, whilst perched on her seat, they needed to be outside in two minutes before she was charged a late fee.