Katherine Elise

23 || Illistrator || Socialite || London born

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Text 2 Store Brand Dr Seuss

Liza: You were right all along. It has to be animals.

Liza: Before you block my number because you think I'm a total bitch, at least let me bring you these stupid books. They might give you some kind of inspiration at least.

Liza: Or they won't. I really don't care.

Liza: The point is, I asked someone, not important who, and you had the right idea. So, truce.

Kat: I'm not going to block your number. I think you're unnecessarily rude a lot of the time, but i'm not going to block your number. Then I'd be the one being rude.

Kat: ....you asked someone for me? Thank you, that's really sweet Liza...I really appriciate it. Of course bring them over.

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I don’t want to be THAT PERSON but I have got Stella if anyone fancies interacting with her....I answered a couple of open starters but i’m wondering if they didn’t show up? I dunno. But i’d love to do some more stuff with her haha, cos so far she’s only spoken to Eliza! :P

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atlasbell:

Atlas smiled at her retort and shrugged his shoulders. “How do you know that’s not my usual stomping ground? That I’m not there every day and you’re the anomaly?” He gave her a quick wink and laughed. “I don’t think you’re stalking me,” he said eventually. “Because you’re much too terrible at it to even call it ‘stalking’.” Atlas dropped his eyes from hers and looked at the scar on his hand. “Oh you know how my sister is, I can’t even buy avocado without her teasing me about it.” He said, affection evident in his tone. He knew he should get off the topic of family, considering hers was why he left. Snapback-skateboard-Atlas had other plans. He cleared his throat, but regardless his voice still broke when he asked the question. “How’re your parents?” His gazed pulled back up to hers and he pursed his lips, knowing he was an idiot.

When the boy winked Katherine’s heart fluttered inside her chest, how could he be so calm, so cool all the time when she was a basket case. Maybe that was the problem between them, not her family or social standing, but the fact that she was just…wrong. “Too terrible to call it stalking? But it’s not stalking, i’m not stalking you!” Katherine argued with a small smile, shaking her head slightly, scratching just above her eyebrow. She knew it was true, but still she couldn’t keep a straight face. His family were so different from hers, mainly in the fact that she’d never be cutting her own avocado anyway. Someone else would do it for her. “Well, your sister clearly doesn’t know how yummy it is, she should try it.” The question about her parents made the girl pause, press her lips together, force a smile. “They’re very well, they still live back in London for most of the year, but I think they’re coming up here in a couple of days so we can all do Christmas as normal in the country house. They say hi.” She lied.

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eliza-is-alive-za:

Something about Katherine calling her by name softened the girls defense. She threw her hands up, letting them fall gracelessly to her sides. “Fine. It’s let go.” She huffed. Eliza was just about to walk away when those last words stopped her in her tracks. Turning around sharply, she raised an eyebrow, cocking her head slightly as she took a few steps towards the other girl. “Excuse me? You think I’m the one scared to be myself? If I recall correctly, Katherine, you were the one that couldn’t even admit that it was okay to not be perfect. You still can’t admit that to yourself or anyone else around you. You think I’m scared?” She smiled, stopping a foot or so away. “What does that make you, then?”

It was almost like a brick was somewhat lifted off the tiny girls chest when the blonde agreed to let it go, but the relief was short lived. It was her fault, if she hadn’t gotten angry and pushed at the blonde then maybe they could have finished their coffee in peace. Well, Kat could have finished her tea, not coffee, but it was really no different. Her mind was scrambled now, there was no turning back. As Eliza came closer to her, smiling in an incredibly unnerving manner, Katherine’s throat contracted, she swallowed, gritting her teeth in an attempt to stand her ground when all she wanted to do was run away in a flood of tears. Taking a shaky breath she kept her eyes locked on the other woman, speaking in a low voice. “It makes me terrified, I can admit that, can you? Because that’s bravery.”

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eliza-is-alive-za:

Eliza bit her bottom lip as she waited for the fact that she was joking to click in the other girls mind, the laughter she’d been holding back escaping her the second it happened. “I would love to see your cat, especially on the off chance that it will speak to me and tell me all of your families deep, dark, villainous secrets.” She teased, wiggling her eyebrows. Hearing Katherine speak so highly of her mother stirred something in Eliza each time, though each time that happened she pushed the feeling away before it even barely had time to exist. To her, family was overrated, but she wasn’t going to say that out loud and make anyone think she actually was born without a soul. She perked up at Kat’s apparent excitement at seeing her other works, her expression lighting up in an instant. “That’s awesome! I mean..that’s cool, maybe I can bring them with me and come back some time. Or, y’know, whatever.” She shrugged, trying not to give the impression that she was half as happy as she was about it.

“I’m so sorry…sometimes I’m a bit…well you know…” She pointed to her head with a rueful look on her face, the truth was the medication she had to take to keep her calm made her a little slower than she’d like. In fact it got to the point where some people didn’t even believe she’d ever been to law school, because she just didn’t seem like the ‘type’ from the way she behaved now. It was a constant additional embarrassment to Kat. “Hmm, she hasn’t spoken yet but I guess there is always a first for something, right?” The girl giggled, wandering around a little to try and find the small black bundle of fur. Betsy was still a kitten, add on top of that that she was munchkin cat the little thing managed to get into the smallest of spaces. “Betsy, come here sweetie, someone wants to give you a cuddle.” She cooed, making kissing noises as she peered under the sofa. Glancing over her shoulder as the other woman lit up she couldn’t help but smile, that was a feeling she knew all too well, when someone showed interest in your art it was the highest kind of compliment. “I’d love that, you’re welcome any time of course. I work a lot from home so I’m always around.” She beamed, finally finding the cat under the armchair. “Ah! There you are baby!”

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moon-mcdonnell:

Hearing her apology, Moon pressed his lips together shook his head. “No, it’s fine. It’s not like you knew and most people are spending this time of the year with family and friends. I just don’t happen to be one of them.” Thinking about it now, he was reminded of just how depressing this time of the year was. Maybe he would go back to Cork for Christmas. Spend it at Star’s burial sight. At least then he would be spending it with someone. Even if they were long dead.

Lifting his cup, Moon dared another cautious sip, glad to feel it had finally cooled enough to be tolerable. “Yeah, she did,” he agreed with a nod. “Pure and clean? That’s pretty cool too. Well, if it helps I think she just told me that to sugarcoat it.” He knew neither he nor his sister were planned and despite their mother loving them both dearly, he knew they had only made things harder for her. She could barely feed one mouth much less three. Complimenting her work, Moon smiled. “It’s not nothing. You have a lot of talent. Even if it’s just a doodle.”

Katherine looked at him for a second with something similar to pity in her eyes before speaking, once more without thinking. “So who do you spend your Christmas with then if it’s not your family?” The idea of not spending Christmas at home was so alien to her she couldn’t help but wonder out loud. Something inside her twanged with sadness as she looked at his face, wanting to help him in some way but not knowing how she could. Or how he even needed help since he seemed to be playing his cards so close to his chest 

Nodding her head she took her own sip, letting out a small giggle. “Sugarcoated or not it’s still adorable. Makes me wish I’d been given a more...whimsical name. We were all given very english names. My brother is Alexander and my sister is Imogen. Even my middle name is boring! Most interesting thing i’ve ever been called is....well Kitty or Kat.” She was rambling but didn’t even notice, something about the boy in front of her made her more than happy to chat away freely. It felt like he wasn’t the kind to judge. Glancing down at her drawing again she felt a flush of flattery creep up her neck when he complimented her talent, always thrilled to hear things like that. “Well...thank you! I love drawing, it makes me happy so...what do you do?”

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val-valerie-valerian:

Valerian laughed, running a hand through his hair roughly, “Ahh. Yeah, see, I buy everything off the rack. I bought a suit- a proper, tailor made, fitted one, once. I’m gonna say that was… shit, six? Seven years ago? Doesn’t fit anymore. Too small in the thighs and the… middle…” He said, gesturing to his waistline, “I’ve put a little bit of junk in my trunk, if you know what I mean… Are you like… a duchess or… lady… something like that? I dun’t understand titles, we don’t have a monarchy in America.”

“Well...can’t you just get it re-altered around the areas you need it changing?” Kat asked as if the statement was an obvious one, when she dropped weight, and she did often, the girl wold just get all her bespoke dresses taken in so she could continue to wear them without arousing suspicion. Although when he mentioned putting on junk in his trunk she couldn’t help but giggle, one hand going over her mouth since she didn’t realize people actually said things like that in real life. “Oh well, i’m a Lady. Lady Katherine Victoria Elise, my father is a duke so i become a lady.” She explained with a smile. 

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atlasbell:

There were people that had been struck with lightning on several different occasions who had better luck than Atlas. To run into Kitty once was easy to brush off as a fluke, but for it to happen twice in such a short period of time, it was something else entirely. “Are you stalking me?” He asked her a teasing glint in his eye. At least this time he had been drinking, and he let that courage coast him through the conversation. “It’s too expensive and too dangerous to bring their bodies back down, so to get to the summit there’s a guy you have to actually climb over.” He said and reached over the bar, finding one of the rags used to wipe the bar and used it to clean off whatever substance had made Katherine wrinkle her nose before. “I could never,” he said with a shake of his head before returning the rag. “My sisters would never let me, Bebe doesn’t even let me cut avocados anymore,” he said and held his palm showing the shiny scar on his palm. 

If it hadn’t been followed by the teasing glint in his eye that the woman had long ago come to recognize then Katherine might have panicked that Atlas was seriously asking if she was stalking him, but after a split second she smiled, shaking her head as she let out a breath. “Stalking you? I think you’ll find that the last time we met you were the one who came across me, not the other way around.” The girl teased her ex right back, listening to him speak about the bodies while her eyes watched him clean up the spill, feeling like her chest might explode at any second. He just knew, he’d always known, when she’d needed help with something. Even the smallest of gestures showed that, apparently old habits die hard. Forcing her gaze to move back up to his hand she frowned at the scar that rose slightly there, reaching out with a finger to trace it gently. “Ouch, you need to be more careful when you’re trying to get your five a day clearly. Maybe you should try buying pre cut avocado from now on. You must be able to buy that somewhere, right?”

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My Stella starter isn’t showing up in the tags just yet so you can find it HERE if you fancy interacting with her :)

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val-valerie-valerian:

“No, it’s awful. I’ve… I’ve got these big ears that stick out really dumb if my hair isn’t covering them, and people are always trying to brush my hair back when I dress up… And finding a suit that actually fits me, off the rack- ha. Yeah, fucking right. Have to go to a tailor for that and get one custom made- no thanks. Though, I guess you probably don’t get anything off the rack, do you, princess?”

Her face was one of passive interest as he spoke, wondering if the fact her mind instantly handed her the answer of course not was some kind of comment on how hugely the two of their lives differed. Of course they did, she had mistaken him for homeless not thirty seconds ago, they couldn’t be more different if they tried. “Oh, well...I mean. Sometimes I do. It depends, on the event. For a black tie event though, no I don’t buy off the rack. I’m not a princess though, not technically.’ 

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atlasbell:

Head snapping to the side so quickly it was a wonder it hadn’t flown off his head. “Kitty,” he greeted as he cleared his throat. He shifted his body, the game now lost from his mind. “I hadn’t realized it was you,” he told her and coughed into a closed fist. Seeing her was a bittersweet, catch-22. On one hand, he got to see her, which was nice. On the other, he got to see her and remember what exactly had happened. Thinking over her words, Atlas nodded. “But before the snow starts,” he said slowly. “I read a whole article today, about the people that die while climbing Everest and have their bodies used as landmarks and I swear I cried.”

“Hey.” The girl replied with her own awkward wave this time, hand moving back and forth for a second before she placed it back down on the bar once more. The top was slightly sticky, making her nose wrinkle a little, but she tried not to let it show. Instead putting all her attention on Atlas. “I know, I could tell by the look in your eyes when you finally did. That’s surprise if ever i’ve seen it.” She laughed softly, eyes cast down for a moment as she tried to gather herself, not give away how much this was paining her by the look in her eyes. “They use their bodies as landmarks on the side of Everest? Wow, gosh that really is sad. I don’t know how anyone could do something like that. Climb it i mean. That’s just....you would have to be really brave. You could do it though, if you wanted to.” She couldn’t help but blurt that out, even if she wasn’t really in a position to be paying him compliments like that. 

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eliza-is-alive-za:

Eliza nodded, looking around the room they were in. “Well, I didn’t see any fluffy but evil white cats, swiveling chairs, or doors disguised as bookshelves. So I guess I have to take your word for it…for now.” She joked, tossing a faux suspicious look in as she said those last two words. “Your mom weirdly sounds like what I would aspire to be if being a lovely person didn’t sound so overrated to me.” The girl remarked, voice and expression both aloof as if saying those types of things was completely normal. She had taken note of the admiration in Katherine’s voice and that fact gave her a strange feeling that she wasn’t quite familiar with, but she knew it felt an awful lot like sadness. Maybe jealousy. She shook it off, deciding it not worth her time to feel the feeling at all, much less figure out what it was. She smiled at the other girls comment about her photos. “Maybe I could show you some other ones eventually. That is, if you like the ones of yourself.” 

“Ohh well she doesn’t live here with me most of the year.” Katherine replied in a total deadpan way, not even putting two and two together that it was a joke although a seconds later she caught on meaning she let out a sheepish laugh. “Oh gosh, you’re joking aren’t you? I mean, i’m not joking she doesn’t actually live here most of the year, but she doens’t have a fluffy white cat either. I have a fluffy black one if you want to see though?” The woman offered with a bright smile, glancing around to see if she could catch sight of Betsy skittering around somewhere. “My mother is amazing, which makes sense seeing as she’s spent her whole life perfecting how to be amazing. And then the bit that was left over teaching the rest of us how to do it as well.” Although it seemed like Eliza was staring to open up to her which was a nice feeling, bringing anouther smile onto Kat’s face, nodding her head enthusiastically. “I would love that! I’m sure you’ve done a great job so i’d love to see them anytime. Thank you!”

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eliza-is-alive-za:

“I’m sorry, do you not remember that you started this? You’re the one that shot down my talents because my biggest supporters aren’t an army of toddlers!” Eliza retorted, resisting the urge to turn a small, petty argument into a full on brawl. Her hands became fists for a fraction of a second before she relaxed them, taking a deep breath. “Where does being nice get anyone, huh? It’s a weakness. I can damn near guarantee you that no one gets anywhere without being pushed to do so, and I doubt anyone that wants to push you to better yourself is always going to be nice about it.” She asserted, turning towards her a last time. “Get. Used. To. It.”

“Look I just....I don’t want to talk about this anymore. Please just...let it go. Let it go Eliza alright?” Her voice raised a little bit towards the end of the plea, chewing the inside of her cheek a second later. She knew it would start bleeding soon but since it was inside her mouth no one was going to be able to see, it wasn’t technically a breach in the outside perfection. “Why does it have to be a weakness? Why can’t you just be nice to people and not have it be some kind of personality flaw. I thought I just had you confused when we first met, you actually turned out to be quite nice except I was wrong about that as well. You’re actually just scared, you’re scared and rude. You are scared to be yourself so you’re rude to everyone around you because you think it makes you look tough but it doesn’t. It just makes you look more scared.” 

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val-valerie-valerian:

“Well, yeah. I mean- Aldi is German. Did you not know that?” Valerian let out a small laugh, shaking it off. “Oh… That uh… That kinda sounds like it sucks, honestly. Or maybe it’s cool? I don’t know. It sounds like a lot of dressing up- and I hate dressing up. I feel like a flying monkey in a suit…”

“Aldi is german?” She shook her head slowly, of course it must be obvious to anyone currently looking at Kat’s face that she’d had no idea that was the case at all. “No, no I didn’t know that. You don’t like dressing up?” Now she was surprised for a different reason, there was few things in life she enjoyed more than getting to put on a pretty dress like a princess. She was very girly in that way, but then again suits didn’t hold too much interest to her. “Oh come on, i’m sure you look very dashing in a suit!”

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moon-mcdonnell:

Sitting across from the young woman, Moon began to feel a little out of place. Unlike him, she seemed rather put together. Her tone was polite and proper and though she looked a little sickly -no doubt due to her rather thin frame- she looked like she very much had her shit together. The male looked down at his tea, cupping it between his hands to enjoy the warmth it provided until she spoke again. Though he kept the smile on his face, it dimmed considerably at the mention of his family. He followed her glance down to his feet before taking a quick look at hers. Unlike him, she seemed to have had done a considerable amount of shopping before finally coming to rest. Normally, she would have been an excellent target, but she had a kind smile. Not someone he would want to steal from. Looking back to her, he shook his head. “Not that impressive.. I don’t have anyone to shop for so it makes it kind of easy.” No family and no friends. It made for lonely holidays, but at least he saved money on gift shopping.

Introducing himself, Moon smiled softly. “It’s my birth name. My mother loved night sky so much she chose to name me after the moon. Said I was a bit of brightness in the dark.” Speaking, he looked down at his cup again and wished he could take a sip from it without burning himself. He needed something to do other than hold on to it. He didn’t like talking of his mother and though she hadn’t named him and him alone, it hurt far too much to mention Star. While losing his mother had proven to be more painful than he could verbalize, losing his twin hurt far worse. He felt like he was missing half of himself. Half a soul trying like hell to keep going. Sometimes he wondered why he bothered. “-I like your drawing, ” he said suddenly as he noticed it on the table. He needed a change of subject more than he needed air. “It’s really impressive.”

Katherine scratched the back of her neck with her perfectly polished nails as she kept her eyes and soft smile trained on the man sitting across from her. Although upon hearing he had no one to buy presents for Kat instantly felt terrible for asking such a short sighted question, if she’d bothered to let her brain catch up with her mouth before she opened it then she might have realized that her words weren’t the most tactical. The girl just assumed around this time everyone else was showering their loved ones with gifts too, not even considering that was a very dim outlook on the rest of the world. “I’m so sorry, I should have thought before speaking, I just...” She trailed off, pressing her lips together gently as if she was just rubbing her lipstick more evenly across them when in reality she was attempting to stop any more stupid words to come out of her mouth. 

Nodding her head gently she attempted to gather herself again so they could continue their conversation, although her eyes were slightly sharper now. Trying to take him in, watch her step, not say anything else that could be considered too rude. “It’s a very interesting name, your mother had good taste that’s for sure. It’s a sweet story behind it as well. The most interesting meaning about my name is pure, clean. Not really as romantic as being the light in the dark.” The left side of her mouth pulled up gently, glancing down at her drink as she pushed it from one hand to the other silently. Not hard enough to spill, just to keep her hands busy. Her eyes snapped across to the sketchbook as he complimented it’s contains, surprise in her eyes. “Oh! Thank you, it’s just...I was just doodling to pass the time. It’s nothing.” 

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I’m (hoping) to be bringing in my new Phoebe Tonkin FC baby if i’m accepted, so if anyone would want a connection or plotting or anything HMU. I’m around, cos i’m at work but i have NOTHING to do. So i’m just sat at my desk on my laptop haha. Let me know!