1. you know who [SERAPHINE CURRY] wants to see around new york? [UTP] their [CHILDHOOD CRUSH] who is [19-23] years old. [YOU DON’T HAVE TO] contact them at [oceansviolin] ( drowning tw / heavily inspired by the little mermaid. following someone who would have fallen into the water/got pulled out to sea and eventually saved and resuscitated by seraphine. although seraphine developed a crush, she kept this mostly to herself and rarely tried to contact the other person. ) [ INSPO. ]
2. you know who [SERAPHINE CURRY] wants to see around new york? [UTP] their [SLOW BURN ROMANCE] who is [19-23] years old. [YOU DON’T HAVE TO] contact them at [oceansviolin] ( very much a seen as ‘fated’ couple that just seem to fit together seamlessly. the yang to seraphine’s ying, most likely, seraphine’s muse for her current strain of art work so expect a lot of fuckn drawing. ) [ INSPO. ]
3. you know who [SERAPHINE CURRY] wants to see around new york? [UTP] their [ROOMMATE] who is [19-23] years old. [YOU DON’T HAVE TO] contact them at [oceansviolin] ( roommate and probable best friend ; the one person who has common sense and shares like 4 braincells with seraphine. constantly up to the dumbest shit, and often ends up being seraphine’s cultural interpreter and has to put up with someone who doesn’t know how to wash dishes or what a mcdonalds is. ) [ INSPO. ]
“i’ve gotta go to a meeting today,” hugo began, talking aloud but clearly interested in getting the opinion of the person beside him. it was an important thing, this wretched meeting, and as charming as the little dancer could be, he sometimes hated having to put on his serious ‘lawyer face’. it could be terribly boring. “tell me – does this look nice, but like i’m still serious?”
“ you look like you eat numbers for breakfast. “ seraphine commented, teal eyes narrowed slightly as she tried to phrase her thoughts as politely as possible. sure, she had enough experience with formal wear, but it was her artistic nature that she was using to guide her opinion. a second later seraphine tilted her head, “ it’s a bit too put together. you know -- all work no play ? perhaps a different tie ? oh, or just loosen your shirt an inch ? some air ! some breath into your outfit will suit you better, i think. “
“ you know, i’m really thinking that i’m getting the hang of this you know. “ seraphine stated, the smile on her lips playing softly, “ has anyone ever told you what a great teacher you are, link ? “
Seraphine really appreciated any help family friends offered to her on the surface world ; perhaps she was over her head, incredibly naive about how everything worked up here. But even when she felt like she couldn’t handle it, she felt that if she conveyed that to anyone, she would suddenly undermine all of the work she campaigned for for the past year. So it became not uncommon for the teal haired young woman to come knock at roy’s door, a small bag in her hand, and with a slight heave in her breath.
‘ i really don’t mean to intrude; but could i stay here for an hour…. Twenty four even? ‘
seraphine had been staring at the menu for around 5 minutes now ; trying to make heads and tails from the italian looking names scattered on the board above the barista’s. embarrassingly, she had to keep motioning for others to go in front of her, trying to piece together what people were ordering. she glanced over to the woman next to her, her tone hesitant as she began, ‘ so do you have -- any recommendations on the menu ? ‘
⎣ simay barlas, cis female, she/her ⎤I just saw [ SERAPHINE CURRY ] walking around new york they’re [ TWENTY ONE ] years old and they’re the child of [ ARTHUR CURRY & MERA ]. Their abilities are [ ATLANTEAN PHYSIOLOGY & AQUATIC ANIMAL MIMICRY ] and they are working as a [ VIOLINIST & PAINTER ]. at their best they’re [ CREATIVE & ELEGANT ] but at their worst they can be [ SNOOTY & FICKLE ].
seraphine curry – most commonly called sera, sara, or sela amongst friends. people always reach for sera, but sela always considered it far too close to her mothers name, that she would always introduce herself as SELA – but she still lets people pick whatever name they please for her. of course ; this is just amongst friends. in royal situations, she would still always go by seraphine.
sela is currently working as an independent painter, and auditioning for orchestra positions as first violin.
sela is the youngest in the curry family, and thus, had the least royal pressure put on her. she was expected to you know, at least follow the rules somewhat, but she was somewhat free to pursue any career that she wanted to do
she was still; very protected. although she could do whatever she wanted, the where was heavily questionable. her family was protective, and she wasn’t the most skilled defender, she wasn’t allowed to go to the surface without a team of escorts as a child, and even underwater she was always monitored.
the first major, life defining moment is when she met – or more accurately saved – WC. someone floating in the mid deep water, maybe pulled out in a riptide or thrown overboard, on a stormy day. she was allowed to be there, but she knew she wasn’t allowed to take them back to the surface without telling someone. but they were pretty and she couldn’t help it.
immediately, she pulled them to shore, and stayed there watching them. to make sure they were okay. she jumped back into the ocean after they woke up, leaving nothing but her name and a promise to see them again. and she did, or rather, she looked for them at that beach daily == sometimes seeing them, but never saying anything, she wasn’t even supposed to be there. so she knew it was hopeless.
she carried this sadness with her, bottled up and held close to her chest, never letting go.
having no pressure to go in a royal direction, sela was very ‘adrift’ in her possibilities of what she could do. anything that she wanted to. however, whatever she did was met with astounding applause because she was the little BABY SISTER and they wanted to encourage her.
even when sela was dying for some criticism, she found that everything, including compliments came quite easy for her, and she couldn’t ever find a challenge under the waves.
it made her feel fed up, and stiffened, because she would never have someone be HONEST about whether she WAS ACTUALLY as good as they said or not. perhaps she was genuinely good, but she always felt that they were just saying that to make her feel better.
she went into art first, using water painting to make it seem as if the waves had fallen onto the page. she was claimed to be the new picasso, the second coming of leonardo da vinci, she was critically acclaimed, she was good, but MAYBE not to the level that art critics said she was.
she quickly stopped when she heard an art gallery above the waves wanted to do an exhibition of her work, and tried to find a NEW passion.
she picked up music, starting with composing, then the piano, finally settling on the VIOLIN. which she was talented at. much like her painting, she received critical acclaim with little work, and was soon in hounded for concerts.
and she promptly did what she’s discovered she’s ALSO very good at. dropping out. claiming a loss of muse. she couldn’t stand everything being handed to her because of her family.
she knew some friends, family, family friends, all gathering in new york -- so she took up a position as an artist in residence at a business -- just to argue to her parents that she could live by herself -- which she ended up secretly quitting so she could work freely at her own pace and do her own everything.
in short ; she’s a lesbian aquatic princess who is very ‘her own pace’ that has been baby’d and looked after most of her life and she’s somewhat disgruntled with it and also very unsure of anything about herself other than she like pretty theydies.
also here are a bunch of WC tht i will format some into for the taskbut they’re also just #here for now.
WC. someone floating in the water, maybe pulled out in a riptide or thrown overboard, on a stormy day. sela found them adrift in the deep sea. immediately, she pulled them to shore, and stayed there watching them. to make sure they were okay. she jumped back into the ocean after they woke up, leaving nothing but her name and a promise to see them again. and she did, or rather, she looked for them at that beach daily == sometimes seeing them, but never saying anything. just a one sided childhood crush that has A LOT OF POSSIBILITY TO BE CHANGED AROUND OR EDITED JUST THE IDEA OF HER SAVING SOME1 AND EVENTUALLY GETTING HER HEART BROKEN ABT IT … AS A KID. open to any gender, someone who is around the same age as sela. CAN ALSO BE COMBNED WITH THE NEXT WC THANK YOU.
WC. like the ying- to her -yang. the adrenaline in the roar of the wind that pushes the sea into the waves, would L O V E an end-game, soul mate-esque ship that is akin to sailor neptune/uranys where all aspects of their life seem to just connect. .. . and theyre just .. wow yeah GAY about it. would L O V E if this spun out of the previous wc – but i’m open to also them being SEPARATED ! this would would be for nb/female/female allignign nb thank u
WC. stans groupies, the people who love classical music ? i’m sure there’s like 1 at paragon.
WC. childhood friends, anyone associated w the sea or with the justice league, you get it !
WC. other royals … the kids who would run around balls in their fancy little gowns n ruin it for everyone else
WC. muses. would love some ppl that sela just .. paints, or writes music for, completely platonic just arts-y friends !
WC. book club ! maybe more leaning to a style of DARK-ACADEMIA, just ppl who read books, and maybe share their own poetry ? thank u !
WC. the friends / family friends who are a little . .. support group for her.
