[cis woman and she/her] Welcome to Aurora Bay, [MIRIAM SPYROU]! I couldn’t help but notice you look an awful lot like [MIKA ABDALLA]. You must be the [TWENTY SIX] year old [BOAT DRIVER AT AIR BUBBLES SCUBA DIVING CLUB / CATER BARTENDER]. Word is you’re [VENTURESOME] but can also be a bit [UNPREDICTABLE] and your favorite song is [MONEY, MONEY, MONEY BY ABBA]. I also heard you’ll be staying in [FISHER'S COVE]. I’m sure you’ll love it!
BIOGRAPHY INCLUDES: death
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BASIC INFORMATION !
FULL NAME: Miriam Lara Spyrou
NICKNAME(S): Miri, Lara, Spyrou
AGE: Twenty Six
GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis Woman & She/Her
SEXUAL & ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Bisexual & Biromantic
BIRTH PLACE: Thessaloniki, Greece
BIRTHDAY: 21 November
ZODIAC: Scorpio
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single
HEIGHT: 5'4"
OCCUPATION: Boat Tour Driver at Air Bubbles Scuba Diving Club / Cater Bartender
EDUCATION: High School
NEIGHBORHOOD: Fisher's Cove
LENGTH OF TIME IN TOWN: March 2026
PARENTS: Isaak Spyrou (Father) — Living, Lara Spyrou (Mother) — Living
SIBLINGS: Raya Spyrou (Younger Sister) — Living, Apollinaire Spyrou (Older Brother) — Living
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English, Greek, Arabic
PETS: None
BIOGRAPHY !
Miriam Lara Spyrou was born in the middle of a storm and maybe that was a warning to her parents how much of a storm their middle child would be. Isaak and Lara met in college when Lara came to Greece for college. They were nothing more than partners in biology for a semester, parted ways at the end and thought they'd never see each other on the vast campus. But the following semester they ended up in a literature class together. And then the next semester they were in a math class together. And finally they ended up at the same summer break destination. They started hanging out and that was the end of that and the rest was history. They married at twenty six, Lara getting work in a college in the bursar office of the college in Issak's hometown. Isaak got a job as a marine biologist. Their first son was born two years after their marriage. Then Miriam came two years later and finally a year and a half later Raya. Unlike her two siblings, Miriam was a whirlwind, never sitting still for even a second. Neither of her parents could keep up with her.
She was five years old when her father first took her out on a boat. He wanted to show her his work, but Miriam was more fascinated by the boat than she was the fish. He took her on a sail boat shortly after and Miriam became incredibly curious about how it worked. From then on, she was fascinated by watching the different boats on the water, waiting for the day she could finally learn herself. Her parents weren't going to encourage that, but thankfully Miriam's grandfather used to sail for fun. If nothing else, she was a stubborn child. Her mom tried to move her fascination to something academic rather than sports, but Miriam wasn't interested. She played volleyball in middle school and high school, focusing all her spare time into fixing up a boat with her grandfather. He promised her when they fixed it up, he'd teach her to sail.
Coming from a very academic family, Miriam was expected to do well in school and she did... for the most part. She wasn't academic minded like her brother or a quiet observer like her sister, she argued with her teachers and was loud most of the time. She watched as her older brother graduated and went off to college, her sister skipping a grade and became her classmate. But Miriam had her own skills she was good at and she was determined to make it work When she was sixteen, she and her grandfather finished the boat and he took her out on the ocean for the first time. He taught her to sail and she loved it so much that she begged her parents to let her join a competitive sailing team. And from then on her life was complete.
Miriam met a girl in her sailing club when she turned eighteen who she quickly fell in love with. She and Katina could be found on the water most of the time, training together. The two of them were talented enough that they were talented enough that they were close enough to competing in the Olympics, but they got into an argument and broke up—Katina took off to America. Heartbroken, Miriam didn't know what to do with her life. Sailing had been her everything and she'd let a relationship get in the way of her career, making such a critical mistake in trusting Katina . Only six months later did her grandfather get sick and passed away. He gave her the boat and Miriam took off on the water. She sailed from Greece and kept going. At first she was looking for Katina. She still followed the other social media and could see the woman's trail, but then she started to remember how much she loved sailing. Three weeks into her trip, she started blogging her trip on YouTube and people started following her. Although she never intended to make a following on it, she was enjoying the positive attention.
Aurora Bay was supposed to be a stop. She was planning on keeping her trip going, but why not stop in town and taking a break? Miriam got a job at the Scuba Club, bartending on the side at Sea Foam. She's trying to live her life, remind herself why she started sailing in the first place—because of her love of boats, being on the water, and enjoying the waves. Miriam might be taking a break from her sailing journey, but she takes her boat out quite often on shorter trips, uploading the videos for those curious about her adventures. While she does miss home sometimes, she absolutely knows that her family understands and who knows... maybe she'll convince them to move to Aurora Bay.
"that sounds an exciting life." layla rations. she knows the freedom that came from being able to pick up roots and moving on, she had her own version of that except she was moving around the country within a car. living in a house boat feels a lot more whimsical than sleeping in a car sometimes. "where have you been able to live with your boat?"
"Or something," she laughed. It was not that exciting anymore. Obviously, she liked to sail, but that barely mattered. Picking up and moving across the globe was a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was exciting to some degree. "At the docks in Fisher's Cove. It's kind of annoying because I don't have a car, so I have to get Ubers."
"Greece? How on earth did you end up here?" He'd never been out of the country. Never owned a passport. It seemed an incredibly foreign concept. He had only gone to a few other states on the West Coast, and that was the limit of his travel. "No problem," he nodded in return to her personal preference to order for herself. "I'm Dante," he said, extending his hand out. "What is your drink of choice, just out of curiosity?" Perhaps another time in the future he could spot her.
Honestly, that was a complicated question. "Mostly a breakup. Mostly getting away from my family." She shrugged. That was close enough to the truth. Miriam didn't feel like lying. Living in this town was sort of nice. "Also a bit for work." Another truth. Sailing was her job, even if the boat gig was to get her some money while she wasn't sailing. "If you're like those guys, the boat bitch that wouldn't take my number. But you can call me Miriam." She glanced at her drink. "If I'm choosing something non alcoholic, water. I'm boring. I do like an Aperol Spritz or Ouzito though I haven't found anywhere here that does them like they make them back home. I like a rum and coke."
"Boring, sure, but it sounds like an important job?" It's not as though she could see herself swimming with sharks or whatever it is that marine biologists do. "Storms? Pirates? Icebergs? At the very least... doesn't it get kind of lonely out there?" @miriamspyrou
"Both of my parents have academic jobs." Miriam was the only member of her family that hadn't wanted to do anything in the academic world, much to her parent's dismay. "Well if the storm is bad enough, I check into a hotel. There's nothing for a pirate to care about aboard my ship. They mostly care about bigger ships with things to steal. And lonely sure, that's why I'm here."
“ well I don’t mean using a look you wear in your day to day life for a gala “ Arkin replied with a bit of laughter coming out in his tone of voice. “ I meant more like using over a dress for a party for like new years or something like that. I wear so much black people don’t realize what I’ve worn before “ Arkin admitted giving her a small teasing smile. “ obviously yes. What were you looking for event wise?” He asked out of curiosity. @miriamspyrou
“I don’t really wear black. Gets too hot in the sun.” Miriam preferred lighter colors, pinks and blues and whites. They worked better on for her work. She wasn’t really one for fancy events anyways. The more comfortable her clothing the better. “Nothing in particular. A few summer dresses mostly. I have a lot of shorts.” She missed wearing dresses though it just didn’t make sense on a boat. “What about you?”
Gillian perked up at the boat offer, grinning at her, "Oh hell yeah, I'd be down! With the bracelet that is. I don't wanna get sick all over your deck." She joked, scrunching up her nose even as she laughed, "The irony too is that my boyfriend is practically a fish. He works on the beach and is practically in the water 24/7." Gilly explained, her smile softening just at the mere thought of Asher. "Yeah! Like I said, Halloween is big. People plan their costumes months in advance. There's prizes, it's a whole thing and a lot of fun." She stopped talking about this podunk little town though when Miriam said where she was from. "Greece? Like Greece Greece? Holy shit!" Gilly laughed, taking a step closer. "I've never even been on a plane. I barely even have a passport! That's wild. What made you come here of all places?"
“Honestly, I’m sure worse shit has happened on my deck.” It had but she wouldn’t go into detail. “This town looks so quaint from the sea. I’d be curious to see what it looks like from above.” Probably nothing special, yet she still was interested. “But yeah, lemme know when you want to. I can probably look at the weather and figure out a good day. Something not so windy.” That would also help too. “That’s cool. Maybe I should start planning too.” Even though it was months away. “Yeah, Greece Greece. But not like... Athens." She did grew up in a city that a bunch of people did know of. Why she was here was complicated. "Honestly? I needed a change of scenery. My ex and I got into a fight cause I did something stupid and I’m trying to figure out where she went. But I need a break from sailing.” Last Miriam knew she was at some ocean town in California, but it didn’t look like LA.
"I live on a boat. I don't decorate. I would love to decorate for Halloween though, now that I know I can get cool decorations. Maybe I'll get a skeleton to drive the boat."
Tell me the lie you tell most often and who you’re actually trying to protect with it.
"Uhhhhh. Pass? I've never told a lie in my life. Except the one time I told my mom I did my homework and I copied it from a friend before school the next morning. So I guess that was protecting my mom."
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"You had a rowdy group of guys I saw boarding the boat. Did you bring them back to shore or let them squander for themselves?" he chuckles as he catches Miriam's eyes. Dante was on a walk with his dog, whom he found just a few days ago by the docks, when he saw the squad of bros who probably hit their peak days with their pastel shorts in their fraternity almost a decade ago. "Godspeed for dealing with those types. What are you drinking? I got you."
"Yeah, they all tried to flirt with me, but I just ignored it. I was clearly at work." Miriam was used to dealing with drunk people. "Fortunately, I'm pretty used to being around drunk people. You don't grow up in Greece around boats and not get used to drunk people on boats." Miriam liked being around boats more than she cared about the people who hung around them. "I can buy my own drink, but thank you for the offer." She wasn't going to take a drink from someone she didn't know.
"What exactly is on the boat tours of this place if you don't want to do the scuba part?" Ty asks while actively trying to glean that answer for himself. He turns the flier in his hand over to see if there was anything printed on the back to that effect, getting momentarily distracted by the picture next to the words.
"You know, I've never really asked. I just drive the boat. I go towards the lighthouse and honestly, that's about all I pay attention to." This town was so tiny and she really had no idea how people could run a tour business. "Maybe one day when I'm off we could go check it out." Miriam probably wouldn't go to work on her day off. Not that she needed the job.
“ well I don’t mean using a look you wear in your day to day life for a gala “ Arkin replied with a bit of laughter coming out in his tone of voice. “ I meant more like using over a dress for a party for like new years or something like that. I wear so much black people don’t realize what I’ve worn before “ Arkin admitted giving her a small teasing smile. “ obviously yes. What were you looking for event wise?” He asked out of curiosity. @miriamspyrou
"That's what I'm saying though, I don't have that kind of item in my closet." Miriam shrugged. She didn't have space for fancy clothing in her wardrobe. Plus, she didn't think that she'd wear it. She didn't know if she was going to stick around in this town for that long either. Miriam didn't know what there was to do in this town too. It seemed like a great place so far. "I left all my party dresses in Greece. Didn't expect to be going to a lot of them here." Miriam hummed at the question. "I don't know. Don't Americans celebrate basically everything?"
"Is he a marine biologist?" she asks, unsure if that's the right term. "Oh, I'm sorry." It's a genuine apology, though she resists reaching out to the younger woman. "So you're just out there all alone? Aren't you worried about what might happen?" @miriamspyrou
"He is," she nodded. "But like in a very boring way. He mostly worked with local people to make sure that the fish population was not overfished or whatever." Miriam didn't understand how he could have such a boring job. "Like what? The door locks just the same as any apartment." Nothing that happened to her in a boat couldn't happen to her in an apartment other than someone maybe stealing it.
"thats cool." layla had never been on a sail boat. "ah — caught the accent. that's a long distance to sail." she remembers her mother telling her how long it took to get from armenia to america on their boat, but layla imagines the speed of boats to be a lot faster now. "people do it, for sure. you just don't bump into people that live on boats that often."
Sailing was everything that Miriam was. She'd fallen in love with it the second her dad took her out on a boat. "Sure, I guess." Miriam was far from the youngest person to sail across the Atlantic and she wouldn't be the last. "That surprises me. I think it's a lot cheaper than renting an apartment or owning a house. And then hell if you get bored of being in the same place, you can leave."
layla's brain was far too interested in following the notion of the woman's place of residence, distracted from the reason she was parsing through clothes. "you live on a boat?" she steps away from the rack to bring miriam into view again, "like... you can sail anywhere kind of boat, or a predominately moored boat?"
Miriam realized that it was kind of strange to say that she lived on a boat since apparently that wasn't as normal around here. "Yeah, I mean I sailed it here." The woman shrugged. "Like I can sail anywhere kind of boat. I'm from Greece. Randomly just... showed up here. Kind of." She tilted her head to the side. "Is it not normal to live on a boat in this country?"
