Lulu Martinez

Personal Assistant to the Royals of Ostcliff

[girlblest-blog]

She tilted her head back to look up into the sky, and it truly seemed to her like a day where nothing would go wrong. “I hope not. What with winter finally leaving… I thought we were finally getting a bit of good weather.” Alice made a face. “I like- I like the rain, but I’m terrified of storms. Isn’t very good for the violin, too. Excessive moisture, sudden drop in temperature…”

Lulu’s words made her feel slightly chilled, but she nodded. Stories, rumors, worries, they were whispered at night among everyone in the servants’ quarters; and though Alice didn’t believe the majority of them, Ostcliffe wore around its shoulders a strange aura. 

“It’s as if- it’s as if the castle is holding its breath.”

[lulumartinezrp]

Lulu hadn’t looked into how far off the ship had run into the storm, but thunderstorms meant all royal events were either postponed or moved into the castle; that meant less walking for her.

“I guess I just like how it restricts the workflow.” She laughed. “Especially the bad storms. The Queen’s hair frizzes in the humidity.” She said, in bad stage whisper.

“That’s an interesting way to put it.” Lulu said, as her hair whipped with the ocean breeze. The castle breathing, the walls oozing and listening and scheming. “Maybe we’re wrong to antrhopomorphize the castle like this.”

[mirrxrings]

Madeline narrowed her eyes, a little mad this was going so easily, without a touch of the melodrama that should would have liked. Still, she pulled out a scrap of paper, writing down the account number the money should go into. “Send it here. And you could stand to throw in a tip for the bartenders. They had to deal with her getting slightly belligerent when being cut off.”

[lulumartinezrp]

When it came to the Queen and her job Lulu was all business. She couldn’t risk messing this up for a cheap laugh. That and Cleo had quickly lost her charm, the older woman’s antics now getting on her nerves more than anything.

“Belligerent? She would have been thrown out on her ass if she was belligerent in this place, no? Unless there’s a lax in security? Or MAYBE you need some extra cash from the castle to keep afloat.” She said. Lulu couldn’t help the dig.

[girlblest-blog]

“Oh, I wouldn’t… I’m too jumpy to do such a thing like that.” Alice laughed a little before putting on a sober expression. “Running late? I do hope Her Majesty the Queen won’t be- won’t be too upset about that.” She crossed her arms up over her chest loosely. “I did. Sometimes this place- this place gets to me. I don’t know what, exactly. But I find a walk always helps me out.”

[lulumartinezrp]

Lulu shrugged “She can get mad all she wants, she can’t control the weather. I wonder if that storm the ship was caught in is heading our way?” She said, the sky an endless blue, white voluminous clouds dotting the horizon.

“Bad mojo, for sure.” Lulu said, glancing over her shoulder at the large walls that surrounded the castle. “I mean besides the backstabbing and lies, that place has racked up it’s share of death and tragedy. Sometimes I think it oozes from the walls. Probably why it’s always so cold in there.” She said, rambling, the dark talk of suicide having brought out a darker side to her joking. “It should be knocked down.” She said, before she caught herself.

[duchess-charlotte]

“What’s important is that I make sure you don’t die alone. Those are always the saddest stories. The women with dozens of cats who grow old and alone.” That wasn’t something she wanted to see for her friend.

“So you do like him! I knew it!” Now she was determined to get them together no matter what. Damn the rules the queen had set up. She didn’t need to know. It didn’t concern her after all.

“I promise I won’t do this in the castle. I’ll take you for a shopping trip and we’ll do it then. New clothes. A new hair style. I’ll have a professional teach you how to do your makeup. You’ll look fabulous.”

[lulumartinezrp]

“You know with the divorce rate the way it is, we’re all liable to die alone.” She grumbled. “Besides, I’m allergic to cats.” She said narrowing her eyes, and holding back a a smile.

“Get it off your chest. Go ahead, it doesn’t matter, cause one: I’ll deny it to his face, and two: I will never date him.” She said, heart beating more than she’d like at the conversation.

“One day.” She told herself taking in a deep breath. “One day, and I’ll come back to you my rumpled pants suits.” 

[fourdrink-amy-blog]

requested by @atheistj

[duchess-charlotte]

“You are so boring! Acting like an old couple way before your age! Why would you do that? The honeymoon phase is the best in any relationship. Who doesn’t like to make out all the time?” She joked.

Noticing the woman’s blush, she smirked. “I think that smirk tells me differently. You like Klaus! Just admit it!” From the few interactions she had had with the man he did seem pretty nice. He would be good for Lulu. At this point /anyone/ would be good for Lulu. That woman really needed to get out and meet someone.

“A makeover isn’t going to make you look clownish. You’ll look beautiful. I promise. Please?” She pouted, trying to get her friend to agree to this.

[lulumartinezrp]

She laughed shaking her head. Lulu knew she’d never been conventional, but hearing it from someone who was royalty really made her feel abnormal. “It’s not that important, my lady.” She said, with a shrug.

“Oh, shush! What do you know? I’ll admit it when you pry intimacy from my cold dead heart.” She said, eyes wandering back to her tablet. There was a notification that the magician was on his way. “Besides, what would the Queen say. Isn’t there some kinda ‘no fraternization’ policies in place. Workplace romances are usually bad business.” She said, realizing she was digging herself deeper in a Klaus like hole. “I won’t date him.” She finished.

She groaned. “If I do this, I need it to be outside of the castle. I don’t want the people I work with to know I’m doing this.” They’d never let her live it down, that’s for sure. The Queen probably worst of all.  

[girlblest-blog]

“Probably.” Then she shook her head at herself, a slow grin creeping over her mouth.

“I sound like some suicidal… miserable… crazy person. Don’t even know what I’m saying–” Alice drew back a foot or two from the water, as if it were some monster that would grab her ankles and drag her under. “Are you delivering- are you delivering a message to someone outside of the castle?”

[lulumartinezrp]

Lulu couldn’t disagree with the young woman. “You certainly sound like someone who should be pulled away from the edge of the dock.” She chuckled, going over to sit by Alice.

“No. I’m just waiting on a shipment of something or other. But they seem to be running late, which means so will I be.” She sighed a little irritated. “Did you need a little break from all that.” She just shrugged a gesture over her shoulder.

[duchess-charlotte]

“That sounds so boring! Please tell me you at least kissed him? Hugged him?” Had this girl really been that much of a prude in high school? Boring!

“Pantsuits Monthly? I’m guessing you’ve been on the cover at least a dozen times.” Had to be with the number of pantsuits that she wore. “They must make better pantsuits than the ones you wear. I’ll look into it for you,” She joked.

“The love of your life has been beside you all along? Who is it? That guard who found us in the tunnels?” She teased. “You can’t say no to the makeover. It’s my treat. Do you really want to hurt my feelings?”

[lulumartinezrp]

“There was no time for kissing while we were holding rousing demonstrations about income inequality.” She laughed, stopping short before she talked too much about her past. “We were just too busy pretending to be adults, that we quickly skipped to the old married couple stage without all the fun middle stuff.” She said, with a contented sigh. She’d run away from him too after her parents had died. 

She shook her head, laughing. The last thing she cared about was her appearance, always running late for one thing or another. Her morning routine just gave her enough time to make sure she matched her clothes.

“I jokingly meant you, but god not Klaus! The Queen’s dog is closer to the love of my life than that gangly idiot is!” She said harshly to hide another blush. 

She liked the man, finding his dumb, sincere naivety a wonderful change from the cutthroat plotting of everyone else in the castle. But she included herself in that cutthroat plotting so it would never work out. She knew she would eventually use him, hurt him, if it came down to it. He deserved better.

She sighed with a side eye at her friend. “A makeover is only gonna make me look clownish. And then I’ll be able to host one of these kiddy days without having to even look for a clown.” She said, but her tone was relenting as Charlotte insisted.

[girlblest-blog]

She recognized the voice, and turned to face Lulu very, very slowly.

“Jump.” Alice said this in the most casual way possible. “I doubt they do, though…”

[lulumartinezrp]

“Ah! Well...” She said trying to think of a response to the very morbid line of thinking. 

“I think once you’ve gotten to that point your shoes might be the last thing on your mind. I really wouldn’t know though...” She trailed off, knowing she was too much of a coward to ever take her own life, no matter how dark things could get.

[ladycamillebelcourt-blog]

“Tone down the sass. It doesn’t look half as good on you as it does on me.” Isabelle smirked hoping that her lack of an argument meant that the rest of the morning was going to go relatively smoothly, of course she was going to see more drugs in her system for that to work.

[lulumartinezrp]

It really was early if she was talking back to Isabelle. Usually with some coffee she wouldn’t risk it, so she took the slap on the wrist.

“Alright, well as long as we get enough of a counter online presence you’re mother’ll be happy and we can all be happy too.” She said, forcing a smile. Or at least she wouldn’t be yelled at which most of the time equated to happiness.

[duchess-charlotte]

“Are you telling me that you didn’t at least have one boyfriend when you were in school? I find that hard to believe,” She laughed.

“You don’t have a mousy demeanor. You just don’t know how to do your hair or makeup,” Charlotte looked over her outfit. “Or how to dress apparently. Do you know anything about looks or fashion?”

She smirked at her blush, knowing that she was right. It had been a long time since Lulu had had sex or even been on a date. “Well I’m here to help you with this ‘lack of love life’ of yours. My new goal in life is to get you laid.”

[lulumartinezrp]

“I... well... there was this one guy, but we never did anything... It just was sweet stuff or else my parents would have killed him, I’m sure.” She said, with a small smile. Better times; when things had seemed really simple.

“Ouch. Now that hurt, my lady.” She said, feigning at being insulted. “You mean you don’t subscribe to Pantsuits Monthly?” She joked. “By their standards I’m the epitome of chic!” She said with a flourish.

“Oh, no no no. Let’s not play into any more American nineties movie cliches. First it’ll be a makeover, then next thing you know we’ll be playing Kiss Me whilst you suddenly realize the love of your life was right beside you all along!” She said crossing her eyes and giving Charlotte a goofy smile.

[ladycamillebelcourt-blog]

“I was coked off my ass. How was I supposed to pay attention?” She laughed, enjoying causing the woman stress a little too much.

Isabelle looked down at her phone as it beeped to see what her twitter had been changed to. “Wow. That’s so lame. Do you have to change everything I write on Twitter? It’s not like anybody actually buys that bullshit.”

[lulumartinezrp]

“Coked off my ass.” She repeated, as she made a note of it, eyes wide.

“Oh I’m sorry, I forgot last night was knitting with grandma Harrington. I’ll change it.” She said, sarcastically. 

“It’s called plausible deniability and I’m just doing my job, your highness.” She said, not wanting to argue with the young woman. Because one: she would never win and two: it was too early for this kind of thing.

[girlblest-blog]

Alice was seated at the edge of the dock with one knee drawn up to her chest and the other leg just dangling below her, toes barely touching the water. Her socks and shoes were neatly put off to one side, and she leaned back just a little bit on her hands to steady herself. A small breeze blew through the area, but despite the fact that it was still winter, it wasn’t freezing. Alice didn’t move when she heard the footsteps slowly approaching from the back, and refused to turn around even as she spoke to them.

“How many people do you think take time to stop and remove their shoes before they actually do it?”

[lulumartinezrp]

Lulu was down at the docks, checking that some precious cargo was getting in on time. There had been a strong storm in the atlantic, and the last reports from the captain was that there may be some damage. 

She glanced at her watch before looking back out along the horizon. There wasn’t much to do but wait and see when the ship came in. 

A woman was sitting along one of the docks and Lulu meandered over to her. As she approached the question caught her off guard.

“Do it? Do what?” Lulu asked.

[ladycamillebelcourt-blog]

“The paps are everywhere, I don’t look for them any more on account of me not giving a shit but I may have noticed a couple of flashing lights focused in my direction.” Isabelle sigh. She had been hoping she could have made it to her bedroom without seeing anybody else. “You should probably work on sorting that out, just in case.”

[lulumartinezrp]

“Well, you can’t fault a girl in hoping for some awareness.” She said under her breath, turning to her Royal tablet with a sigh.

She threw open some social media accounts and quickly tweeted some rescheduled tweets that made it look like the Princess had tweeted about reading a book at the castle, the night before, instead of partying.

“Is there anything I should be looking for specifically?” She said, knowing it was a very probing question but she couldn’t help it. 

[duchess-charlotte]

“You’re abnormal? Since when? I thought you were perfectly normal,” She joked. Lulu was fun to tease.

“He’ll love you! Who wouldn’t? Guys like funny,” Charlotte pointed out. “Is that a blush I see? Are you embarrassed or something? When was your last date? My guess is a long time ago if you’re blushing. Now I need you set you up with him! If it’s been that long since you’ve been on a date I hate to think about the last time you’ve had sex.”

[lulumartinezrp]

“Ha!” She busted out a laugh. “If guys liked funny I would have been rolling in the peen, all through high school. Pardon my, french.” She said, behind a hand.

“Funny to guys is the same as saying someone has a great personality to avoid talking about their looks. I’ve come to terms with my mousy demeanor, my lady.” She said, flipping her ponytail this way and that.

She went a deeper shade of red, even though she should have seen this question coming. “You know I don’t need reminding of the disastrous thing that has been my love life. Don’t be so cruel.” She said looking away with a nervous chuckle.

[ladycamillebelcourt-blog]

“No I didn’t just get back in from last night. I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Isabelle laughed, smirking at the person she was talking to. 

[lulumartinezrp]

“And I wasn’t just dreaming about Cristiano Ronaldo.” She said with a yawn. She was not a morning person, let alone a ‘sun hasn’t even broken the horizon’ kinda person. But she’d told the guards to alert her if they spotted the young royal sneaking back into the castle.

“I’m up now so let’s make the best of it. Spot any familiar paparazzi on your tail, or do I need to scour the twiitersphere to do some counter strikes?” 

[misomeru]