the entire history of human desire takes about seventy minutes to tell. unfortunately, we donât have that kind of time. forget the D R A G O N, leave the (gun) on the table, this has nothing to do with happiness. letâs jump ahead to the moment of epiphany, in gold light, as the camera pans to where the action is, lakeside and backlit, and it all falls into frame, close enough to see the blue rings of my E Y E S as i say something ugly.
david stops laughing for a brief moment before continuing his tale.  â can you tell me how to explain to my thirteen year old daughter that she needs to stop playing the baby shark song because i find it hilarious? i think she does it to torture me, honestly. iâve raised a meme queen. â
âwhyâs your thirteen year old daughter even listening to that?â the male exhales a cloud of smoke, sighing slightly. âyâknow, callie is a wonderful girl. so full of promise and intelligence. sometimes i worry youâre leading her down the wrong and lazy path, david.â rico stares at him with a disappointment thatâs only matched and surpassed by the tone of his voice.
â with my mouth, tongue and vocal chords. iâm sure you know how the making of a sound works, right? â green eyes are trained on the little creature as peter sweeps it off the ground.  â he looks like a gremlin, pete. iâm all for building your babyâs confidence but thatâs impossible. in this society? in this economy? wow. rico would be proud of me for using that one in a sentence. â he scoffs at the scene before stepping quietly on a clean spot and snatching the broom. heâs done cleaning in no time, having the broken glass packed and ready to go to the trash.  â got any beer? i donât feel like going out again. â
âi have a surgical scalpel in this house ready for use, david. thread carefully.â the male adverts, setting the dog gently atop of his couch and turning to help out with the glass and dried up beer scattered on the floor. âweâre big believers of inner beauty in this household and hugo has heaps of it.â once they are done, peter grabs a couple of beers in the fridge, tosses one back to the older male. âhowâs callie? doing alright? tell her next time we can go out for bowling and ice cream.â
COOPER: that looks pretty bad, damn.
COOPER: what did you do? punch a truck.
COOPER: Iâm no doctor, but I hear ibuprofen is good for that. if you want to go au naturel, green tea and turmeric are also good!Â
ALEX: i fist fought the entire fast & furious franchise. the whole eight movies
ALEX: how do yâall know so much about plants??? are the people of this town just really into essential oils? are they all the crazy essential oils aunt???
ALEX: iâll just take the ibuprofen, i guess
âhow do i stay the cool teacher while telling him heâs an idiot?â she asked with a half smile, her tone sarcastic. to be quite honesty, emily meant it whole heartedly. teacher was her passion, but it became hard at times. she taught kids that were in the middle of the most important years of their lives.Â
âtell him that as a teacher you found it refreshing, but as a mom heâs let you down greatly and youâll never recover.â pete suggests, chuckling a little. truth be told, he has no idea how to handle kids, and thatâs because he deals with them on a daily basis in the hospital and his nieces and nephews. mostly, he just hopes and prays theyâll warm up to him. unlike adults, they were much kinder at the awkward man who made balloons out of sterile gloves. âis it hard? teaching your kids? âcause itâs one thing to call out someoneâs kid for being an idiot, and another yâknow, to call out yours. or at least thatâs what my mom used to say.â
ELLE: i miss ur dad and iâm snitching that u said he was gross
ELLE: i mean⊠maybe but then again no thanks, expand ur horizons
ELLE: right here bitch donât fret. bought a mango strain. i wanna feel tropical
ALEX: oh fuck u. i love my dad. i was calling u gross
ALEX: my horizon is that ass girl. can i holla at you??
ALEX: fancy. just donât forget your sunscreen, babe
TAYLOR: well, ainât that stupid but hey ! now youâll learnÂ
TAYLOR: anytime? what about now? doorâs unlocked and iâm just chillingÂ
TAYLOR:Â you might get more than a single kiss, at this rateÂ
TAYLOR: also, not quite southern hospitality but monaco royalty** donât get it twisted, we just know how to keep our guests entertained ;)Â
ALEX: oooo yes maâam teach me a lesson
ALEX: damn okay let me just collect my jaw n iâll be right over
ALEX: oh, be still my beating heart
ALEX: yes!!! ofc. terribly sorry your grace. your honor. my queen? shit, i shouldâve watched the tudors to know how to deal with these situations
ALEX: thank you very much, but very counterproductive for business
ALEX: i mean, if he deals on the side, then i guess
ALEX: aw thanks thatâs so nice. i canât remember the last time i plucked them tbh
riley: howâd ya do that klutz
riley: iâm both jealous and aroused that youâre ambidextrous ⊠i can only write with both hands ! iâm not worthy !Â
riley: iâm fresh out of weed if thatâs the herb youâre looking for :~(
riley: i DO have alcohol and donuts though âŠâŠ so âŠâŠ thereâs thatÂ
ALEX: tryna fist fight my fears n anxieties. and they won
ALEX: aroused??? tell me more abt that. its useful when you gotta clip ur nails
ALEX: damn. i canât catch a break today
ALEX: mmmmm, i guess i can fuck with donuts and alcohol. depends on the filling tho. i only accept jelly donuts
â listen, pedro â all iâm saying is that your dog spooked the shit out of me. i wasnât expecting to see him in all his glory when i walked in here and now thatâs why we have to go out to buy another six pack of beers. it was you who put us in this predicament. â he said, raising his hands as he justified the mess on his feet. â itâs your fault, not mine. now go get a mop⊠a broom⊠something to pick up this mess. â
âthatâs so goddamn rude, how can you even say that?â peterâs quick to sweep hugo up into his arms, making sure the small dog doesnât step on any leftover broken bottle pieces. he coos at the thing, holding it close to his chest. âdavid doesnât mean that, cutie. youâre the most beautiful dog in the world, and heâs just a bigheaded dork.â turning to david once again, shielding the dog from him, peter nods towards the broom. âhelp yourself, you heathen.â
ELLE:Â you need to stop thinking about kitties and start putting in WORK
ELLE: ok delete this please iâm disturbed
ELLE: i have some arnica, menthol and ice packs. come thru? iâll help you
ALEX: you weirdly sound like my dad. thats fucking gross
ALEX: but u thought about it, bitch
ALEX: thatâs cute but like, where are the drugs mom??
TAYLOR: how the fuck did you even manage to do that, you clumsy thingÂ
TAYLOR: now weâre talking đ though i demand a demo before approving on how well that left hand can workÂ
TAYLOR: all iâve got for you is an ice bag and a kiss to take away the pain, you choose your medicineÂ
ALEX: i went training without gloves ¯\_(ă)_/ÂŻ ainât got time for that, chief
ALEX: a demo? well, gee golly maâam, anytime
ALEX: mmmm. iâll take the kiss, you can keep the ice bag. god, i love southern hospitality
ALEX: fucking sprained my hand tonight while training. i love being an idiot
ALEX: not to worry, women of lakeview. my left hand is working just fine đđ
ALEX: no, but rlly. it hurts like a motherfucker. got any medically miraculous herbs on ya?
buying groceries seemed like the last thing rico would be caught dead doing. and yet, through a series of unfortunate and unrelated events, he found himself deciding which yam was ripest -------- of course, abhorring the thought of eating a yam that wasnât deep fried. âcareful with that.â he looks at the woman above the rim of his glasses, a reading prescription because itâs impossible to decipher the price tag without them. âthe way youâre slapping that watermelon is a personal injury lawsuit waiting to happen.â he puts the yam back to its place. today is definitely not the day heâll be switching to a healthier diet, heâs decided. âyou can always put a little bit of sugar on it, yâknow. god, your kid really loves that song, doesnât he?â
âmy kids had a book report due last night - â she began, as if this story was going to be one of the most interesting ever told. the brunette had a tone of both disbelief, but also humor. it was hard to make some of this stuff up. â - and one of them forgot to delete, uh - â she paused, showing the other the paper that she had printed out. apparently it was a tactic to see how much space was supposed to be used. the entire song âsorryâ by beyonce was the last two pages of the essay. emily immediately began to laugh, teeth biting onto her bottom lip as she waited for the other to catch on.
âi mean. those are some serious bars.â pete raises an eyebrow, brown eyes focused on the attempt of an essay before him. he smiles a little, handing it back to the other. âhowever, iâm pretty sure they donât condone plagiarism in academia, so i guess theyâll have to write something else.â broad shoulders shrug slightly. âreally. depends on the teacher. some of them donât even read through this stuff. i know my history teacher in eighth grade didnât. i couldâve fed him rod serlingâs monologue and he wouldnât notice.â
â  oscar isaac.  cismale.  he/him.  â  â   đđđđđ§đđđš  welcomes  enrico garrastazu  with  open  arms.  the forty year  old  finance consultant has  been  living  here  for  three years,  give  or  take.  on  a  good  day,  they  seem  the  shrewd  &  pleasant type,  but  their  testy  & brusque  tendencies  shine  through  when  there  are  no  taxis  into  the  city.
going 3 for 3 cause i donât know what iâm doing please help me this is a cry for help pls donât ignore it and also oscar isaac am i right??? what a fucking mans
here he is omg the biggest douche in the fucking universe. god i love him
so enrico, rico for short yk, is the only one of my characters who doesnât have a middle name cause his parents were too damn busy working their ass off to actually think of another name for the kid
rico is..... sort of a conundrum i think. his childhood was extremely poor, like e x t r e m e l y. his parents sold lunch to buy dinner kinda deal. and lemme tell you rico HATED growing up like that. esp bc he had to share with three older siblings and he just didnât understand why his parents kept making babies when all they had to eat was flour and one egg yk
so yeah you can say he hates poverty, wishes people never had to go through it, the whole nine yards. but rico had something that his siblings didnât have and it was drive. he had a smart mind for business and money, and the drive to never go through a situation like that ever again
while his parents and siblings worked, rico went the extra mile. he worked his ass off even as a kid, and poured every single dime of his money that wasnât going to food and basic living necessities into studying. he saved up for books, went to night school, and in ricoâs mind the only thing that would save him from repeating his parentâs mistake was education
turns out he was right and though he had to put in a lot more effort than the rest of the kids his age, enrico was brilliant. gifted w a logical mind thatâs very quick with numbers, rico passed every single challenge in his academic life with flying colors
because of his hunger when it came to learning and business, he was noticed by quite a few higher ups in the places he worked, admiring the way he made money multiply, making himself well off ( compared to his previous situation ) and his bosses even richer
in his early twenties, rico decided that this is what he should be doing for a living. obviously he had a talent for making money, and that was a talent that a lot of people - but mostly himself would benefit from
by his thirties, enricoâs bank account was so impressive that many would say he didnât have to work another day in his life, but a workaholic at heart and also eternally afraid of the mark that his childhood left, enrico buried himself into work more deeply
his personality is a bit unsavory to many. heâs v cynical and has quite the acid humor, but he means well yk. he believes capitalism is the worst thing to ever happen to mankind but heâs making money off it so he just makes sure to give back as much as he gets. and tho he doesnât flaunt his charity work bc in his opinion thats a ridiculous thing to brag about, he does a lot for people in need
very confident and always thinks heâs right. heâs rlly stubborn n believes hes the smartest person in the room but,,,,, that aint it chief
always well groomed and always clean shaven bc he knows appearances mean a lot in the world of business
works as a consultant for other businesses trying to get off the ground and make sound financial decisions, heâs the guy you go to if u need help w ur tax deduction
before he came to lakeview he lived in washington and then for a while in germany and now heâs back after a sour divorce yk, bc heâs romantically a mess and canât make a relationship work cause heâs too focused on work and on being the latino warren buffett
drinks a lot and smokes a lot and he thought he would be dead by his forties bc of the amount of salt he puts into his food but so far so good
needs reading glasses so he always has them tucked away in his jacket pocket yk, an old gentleman
wears a lot of turtlenecks under suits bc fashion is his passion
a ridiculous man but whether you like it or not heâll always give you his unbiased opinion
believes heâs the best thing that happened to america since sliced bread
his pinterest board
if you would like to plot w this idiot pls like this post or alternatively, kiss me thru the phone n my people will get in touch w ur ppl. gracias n adios
â  zoĂ« kravitz.  cisfemale.  she/her.  â  â   đđđđđ§đđđš  welcomes  alexandra palmer  with  open  arms.  the thirty two year  old  mechanic has  been  living  here  for  seventeen years,  give  or  take.  on  a  good  day,  they  seem  the  affable  &  tactile type,  but  their  sullen  & distant  tendencies  shine  through  when  there  are  no  taxis  into  the  city.
hey whats up jake paulers. ron here once again, bc i have poor impulse control and i just love too many ppl to only pick one fc at the end of the day yk. so hereâs my second kid, alex. n honestly my big little lies ass is just head over heels w zoĂ« so its a win win. anyway, hereâs my gal
folks!!!!! *claps hands* ( im too into the kurtis conner intro im sorry ), this yee haw mf right here is alexandra katherine palmer and for the early fifteen years of her life she lived in tucson, arizona so u can say shes a certified yee yee cowgirl n all tha yk
family wise the girl hasnât had a grand ol time yk, her mom died when she was four due to cystic fibrosis and boy did it take a TOLL on her family fr. honestly tbh alexâs dad loved her mother so much and made sure that alex grew up loving the memory of her mom as much as he did
so yeah, maybe out of a need to occupy alexâs time with activities that encouraged a healthier life for her or out of fear that alex had inherited her momâs disease, the palmer papa made sure alex was always wrapped up in sports. swimming, cross country, basketball, nothing was too much for alexandra and she genuinely felt a deep connection w athletic activities. but the real winner out of all the modalities alex performed, the girl was an innate boxer
in fact, she became kind of a rising star. alex took up boxing at twelve years old and evolved quickly, her natural disposition and agility were a deadly match and three years later, alex was invited to join a professional boxing team in louisiana ( the reason why they came to lakeview ok )
ofc alex thrived and put a lot of wins under her belt, winning a few championships, even H O W E V E R, when alex was getting ready to go big and finally turning eighteen her dad, papa palmer, had a stroke :///
so she was left with a choice of closing her dadâs garage and going off to fight ppl everywhere professionally and leaving her dad to the care of nurses and the like, or staying w her dad and abandoning her dream of being the next million dollar baby
obvs you can tell which option she picked. bc of her childhood trauma of losing a parent, alex couldnât envision a living where she didnât stay and help out her dad. and though nowadays papa palmer is alive and well and kicking, the window of her success is already closed. but alex doesnât resent her dad for it tbh, if she had to make the choice ten times over, sheâd pick her dad
nowadays alex works in her familyâs garage and makes a living as a mechanic but she ocasionally still pumps out a few punches. sheâs also v protective of her father and couldnât bear if anything ever happened to him tbh ( can u imagine that??? a good dad?? me neither )
her personality is v hot n cold tbh shes v matter of fact and doesnât take any bullshit and at the same time shes v confident and extroverted bc of all the sports shes ever practiced and being good at them all yk it must b nice to not suck at coordination skills
yeehaw lesbian yk
has some trouble w relationships bc she always viewed her parents marriage as the be all end all of relationships and the fact that her dad hasnât remarried and how he says his mother n him were soulmates rlly gets to alex n its sad cause she cant believe sheâll find that in her life thus making her a lil cynical
however v flirty n will offer to pay drinks for pretty girls
kind of a sweetheart but has a hard time showing that cause she hates feeling vulnerable or some dumb shit like that so yk dont invite her to watch sad movies cause sheâll cry n then punch u bc u made her watch it
loves to fish bc shes outdoorsy n annoying
abs for fuckin days
oh def a stoner my dude, she loves to fix cars n smoke n listen to some swift lauryn hill yk how it is
wonât ever admit she has feelings ok the way sheâll show she cares about u is asking you for ur netflix password cause she considers that a familial gesture idk either
conspiracy theories galore she swears she saw an ufo while farming when she was a teenager
has a weird sense of humor but she means well
her pinterest board
okay so i still have one more intro to write but if youâd like to plot w my beautiful but ocasionally aggressive gay pls hmu or yell into the void n i will come to u. thats it arigato n sayonara
â theo james. cismale. he/him. â â đđđđđ§đđđš welcomes peter velasco with open arms. the thirty four year old doctor has been living here for thirty years, give or take. on a good day, they seem the droll & considerate type, but their drained & fastidious tendencies shine through when there are no taxis into the city.
hi hello iâm ron, iâm 23 years old and i have a basketball game tomorrowwww. do people even quote vines anymore ? anyways. hey guys. iâm from the gmt -3 timezone and iâve been away from roleplaying for a while so iâm john wick getting back in the game now even tho idek whats the aesthetic anymore . iâm old n wrinkly but iâm easily entertained by anything at all so iâm fairly easy to talk to . but, enough of my gay rambling . let us esketit
folks !!! *claps hands* i introduce you to peter maxwell velasco. new orleans born and bred, his parents have owned a family restaurant that has existed for over 200 years. its one of those yk, legendary joints kinda thing where everyone can have lunch after sunday mass
peter always wanted to be a doctor, yk. even tho his folks werent exactly well off, he did his best and made it through med school and we donât bring up his student debt ok. he pretends it vanished jus like what thanos did to the avengers
peter???? fuckin loves being a doctor my guy. its the only thing that makes sense to him. heâs in orthopedics and usually he gets ppl w broken arms n legs and its pretty regular but he ocasionally does some cool surgeries. the whole greys anatomy routine
a dork. a nerd if you well. heâs a sweetheart but v stressed and overworked but then again in this economy who isnât??? tho he gets along p well w his family n coworkers, peter just feel like something is missing??? weâll call it the idea that his parents put into his head that he was going to b extraordinary and now heâs here in his thirties and heâs just??? another ordinary guy trying to survive. he most likely wonât find out the cure for parkinsonâs or anything. heâs just. gonna live his life yk??
but yeah. heâs just an awkward, extremely tall guy ( my heart goes out for every short king out there jsyk ), who likes comfy sweaters and drinks a little too much coffee and never seems to relax yk
would go to war for dogs. he watched isle of dogs and it completely resonated w him god he would never let dogs get banished from this world ok. he has a dog n heâs a mutt ( half amazing and half terrific ) and heâs named hugo and heâs like eleven years old and blind and possibly very ugly to anyone BUT peter but thats just how it isÂ
a little bit troubled in the relationship department because though heâs easy enough to make conversation with heâs not very good at picking up flirting queues so he just likes someone and hopes they will notice him back and his idea of a date is just eating palak tofu and showing memes to each other ig.Â
oh hes a vegetarian. has been since he was ten years old which was around the time he first watched babe, yk the pig movie??? yeah, so that was his whole âim vegetarianâ realization moment. 1995 was the year of realizing things
when heâs very distressed he likes to lock himself into a room and listen to toto. if he was to get married he would probably walk the aisle to africa by toto
ocasionally not an idiot but most times definitely an idiot
nourishes a very deep and all encompassing love of twilight zone
heâs just a mess please just???? get him outta my sight i hate him
