Full of Wonder

[payton-decena]

Deb's prom look by clo-hall featuring 14 karat gold earrings

[payton-decena]

Organized Chaos | Payton & Open

[ereninthenight-blog]

Eren had been on a long break from her volunteering at the Homeless Shelter’s stall. Some guy had taken her place for a couple hours and she wasn’t sure what to do with herself, she’d taken a bus to where most of the people seemed to be going. There was a lot going on- stalls and bars and restaurants were open all over the street, going for miles and linking different places together. She was actually rather enjoying the day. That was until she was reminded of her Immortality.

There were children running around one of the stalls, going crazy and behaving like.. well, like kids. It hit her suddenly that she’d never have that. She wasn’t going to have a family with children all over the place. 

Her daze was apparently very noticeable because she was snapped out by a short blonde girl talking to her, offering her a place in all of it. She wasn’t sure what to say. “No, I.. I don’t think so. I don’t want to intrude” 

[payton-decena]

While waiting for the stranger to answer Payton returned to being a busy body, one of the smaller kids tugging on her dress until being picked up, Payton shifting so that the little boy rested on her hip and she still had one arm free. Free being the operative word, as she was still occupied with tying ribbons and squeezing paint bottles, but now there was an extra  pair of sticky hands trying to help her with the jobs.

“Oh, you wouldn’t be intruding!” Payton disagreed with a shake of her head, glancing at the kids around her “everyone is welcome here, aren’t they kids?!” they chorused their agreements, and she ushered her over with a wave “come on, there’s an artist inside all of us!”

[payton-decena]

Organized Chaos | Payton & Open

[ishkavitae]

Ermaynia Day. Parker had always loved this Semi-Holiday, it felt like a break. People were nice to each other, there was always food on sale and families ran around happier than ever. Parker had been walking around one of the main streets when she noticed a group of kids playing with paint and sticks. She also spotted a girl in a flower dress trying to wrangle the kids up and trying to get them to work on their little project.

Parker stuck her hands in her pockets and walked over. “This all looks like so much fun.” She said with a laugh. “Would you like some help?” She asked pointing at the goop of purple in the girls hair. 

[payton-decena]

While the young woman meandered over Payton got back to work, continuing her constant circle around the children and their creative whims, effortlessly dodging around their little bodies with half an eye still on the new comer. “We’re having so much fun, aren’t we kids?” She called out, smile widening when they chorused back their agreements.

When her new purple streak is brought back to her attention Payton laughs, grabbing a paper towel to squeeze out the majority of the paint. It didn’t take out the purple stain, but that didn’t much matter to her. “Always happy to have another pair of hands on board” she shot the girl a grateful grin, wiping her paint stained hands down her dress before offering one out to shake “names Payton, welcome to the craft zone”

[theflorawitch-blog]

Such a Klutz || Celebrian x Open

[theflorawitch-blog]

Celebrian smiled thankfully and finally stood up with all of her papers in order, more or less. “Thank you. Can I buy you a coffee?” She tilted her head questioningly, hoping the woman would accept her gratitude.

[payton-decena]

Payton scans the area around them, checking for any missed papers before she stands “Oh it’s alright! I just had a coffee actually, so maybe a had chocolate instead? Don’t wanna get too hyped up”

[ofwingsandfury]

“Well it’s lovely to meet you Payton.” She told her with a genuine smile. “Rowan’s definitely in my top five favorite people.” Renni revealed with a small chuckle. “What do you study in college?”

[payton-decena]

“Lovely to meet you too, Renni” Payton returns brightly “I take gender studies, health and social care, and childcare and education studies”

[mistakenpandora-blog]

What Happened? | Panda x Open

[payton-decena]

Pandora let out a heavy sigh. She couldn’t possibly understand how Payton had felt like she’s lost something. she had always been their parent’s favorite. She was told that the youngest always was, but that didn’t make it suck any less.

 “I wanted to be a part of your life years ago, and none of you would include me.” She was pretty angry at this point, but before she had time to let Payton reply, the bus appeared and came to a sharp halt infront of the stop. She wasn’t going to stand out here and argue for another half hour while waiting for the next one. “Come on.” Pandora said sharply, stepping up through the open door and pulling out her travel I.D. 

Losing such a doting mother had been tough- it still was. What made it harder was watching her two older sisters slowly slip away from her too, Aaliyah into her mothers’ old role on the council and and Pandora into her snowballing fame. It scared Payton sometimes, to think that she might be losing her entire family. When Pandora points out her past mistakes she opens her mouth to apologize, but is hushed by the appearance of the bus. With a huff Payton climbs on board, quickly flashing her travel ID to the driver.

“Look, I know I was awful, and I’m sorry” she mumbled, rushing to sit with her sister “I'm trying to change that, I’m trying to be better.” Payton rubbed a hand against her aching head, aware of the pressure behind her eyes and how reality just seems a little distant. She leaned back into her seat with a sigh “how far away did you say the hospital was again?” the blonde mumbled to her sister, blinking heavily.

[morganarobinandishkasinspoblog]

Bea x Open

[morganarobinandishkasinspoblog]

“Awesome.” Bea grinned. She was so glad that her life was actually running smoothly for once. “I’ll definitely text you!” She said just before her boss called her name from the back. “Have a good one, and pleasure doing business!” She said with a friendly wink before hopping off her stool and making her way to the back of the house.

[payton-decena]

Payton nods, giving Bea a cheery wave goodbye as she heads out the door, new purchases clutched in harm arms “talk to you later!”

[mistakenpandora-blog]

What Happened? | Panda x Open

[pandoratheteenageangel]

“Good idea.” Panda nodded, stepping back and checking over the floor to make sure no papers or otherwise has been missed. The floor seemed clean enough, so she returned her attention to her little sister, letting out a breath and the blonde’s excuse. That definitely wasn’t why they hadn’t spoken, but she didn’t mention that. 

“Well, if you’ve read it you know everything.” She tilted her head to one side, a simple smile plastered across her face. “It was just an interview, with regular questions that I had to answer.” 

[payton-decena]

At her comment Payton’s lips turned down a little “Please try, Panda” she sighs “haven’t we lost enough? I know for a while all three of us sort of buried ourselves in work because it was easy but… You’re my sister, I want you to be part of my life” Payton wasn’t particularly prone to emotional displays- she tended to do her best to brush away negative feelings, but sometimes people could only understand if you let them see how you truly felt.

The sadness didn’t linger too long on her face, however, with Payton quickly working to find a more positive way to wncourage Pandora to talk with her “and that article was only five questions long, there must be more going on with you than that”

[morganarobinandishkasinspoblog]

Bea x Open

[morganarobinandishkasinspoblog]

“Of course.” Bea said with a smile and walked over behind the counter. She pressed the space bar on her keyboard and brought her computer back to life. She received the book from Payton and scanned it with her scanner gun, bringing the total up on the screen.

She turned the screen for Payton to look at and took a seat on a stool. Bea brought her glasses down from the top of her head and sat them on her nose. “I hope to visit the Uni next week, hopefully i’ll see you.” She said with a smile.

[payton-decena]

Payton slid the money across the counter, gathering her second precious new book into her arms with the first one. Really she should probably start downloading ebooks, she had so many cluttering her apartment she could probably make a maze from them.  “Next week? yeah that’s no problem, my gender studies project should be all done by then too so I’ll have plenty of time!”

[breathofberry-blog]

“Ah, yes. Not yet, but she’s officially on probation. I did think about calling in a favor from the defense team to sort her out.. So to speak.” Mel had connections all over Ermaynia at this point, she could very easilyhave this sorted by the end of the week. 

[payton-decena]

“I’m glad to hear you didn’t do anything too drastic, I’d heard you were considering kicking her out and obviously Eli would have taken her in and the whole thing- sorry, I guess you’ve probably considered all of that.”

[theflorawitch-blog]

Such a Klutz || Celebrian x Open

Celebrian had just finished her half-calf latte at the café closest to her home in the center of Amstyne and was getting up to go.  She had been grading some of her students’ work while she sipped the coffee, and when she stood up, she bumped the table with her leg, sending masses of papers flying all over the floor. Ceelee winced and clenched her fists until the last paper was done fluttering along the ground. Her face turned bright red as she knelt down to gather them all up. Most of the people in the shop just stared at her for a while before turning back to their conversations, but a few people helped her a little. She just smiled nervously and thanked them. Then she saw a kind face in the store coming over to help as well. “Sorry about the mess,” she assumed the person worked in the coffee shop, but couldn’t be sure, “I’m such a klutz.”

[payton-decena]

Payton had only stopped at the little cafe for a little pick me up after working on her gender studies project for most of the day, and had found herself whiling away some time sat in a window seat people watching.  It was only the sound of someone dropping a stack of papers that brought her back to reality, and Payton immediately rushed over to help, silently scorning those who just observed the poor woman. “Oh it’s no problem, really” she hushed, gathering papers into a neat stack “it happens to us all sometimes”

[payton-decena]

Organized Chaos | Payton & Open

Since school broke for a week to celebrate Ernaynia day Payton had decided to dedicate that time to helping Melody out with the kids arts and crafts stall, mingling with children from the centre and those who just lived in the city. She was twirling about in a floral dress that was already smudged with paint and glitter- not that she minded, it was an old dress- and helping the children finger paint and glue sticks together and basically anything else their little minds could conjure up. Payton paused for a moment to take in the scene, their happy faces and the shining sun, how blessed she felt to be someone that got to enrich the lives of the kids this way. How very angelic it all made her look. 

It wasn’t long before she was needed again, helping a young girl squeeze some red paint out of the tube and in the process finding herself with a bright purple splotch in her hair, curtsy of the girls mischievous brother. Payton considered scolding the kid, but the gaze of an onlooker caught her attention instead “It’s a lot more organized than it looks” she promises with a laugh, her new hair do forgotten “wanna join in?” despite this spectator being an adult Payton saw no reason not to invite them into the fun, she was having a blast herself.

[mistakenpandora-blog]

What Happened? | Panda x Open

[mistakenpandora-blog]

Pandora wasn’t listening. As soon as Aaliyah was mentioned, she just shut off entirely, crossing her arms and turning around to look out for the bus. She didn’t want to miss it. She understood where Payton was coming from, but it was so hard to tell her anything. She’d probably just go and tell Aaliyah and that.. that would be terrible. “What do you want to know?” She ask, still without looking at her little sister. If there was anything she didn’t want to share, she wouldn’t. 

[payton-decena]

“I don’t get it” Payton’s brow creased in confusion “why do you and Liyah have such a problem with each other? it baffled her always. They hadn’t been particularly close before their mothers’ passing, but the few times the three sisters had been together since tensions had rose quickly between the older two, with Payton stuck trying to play mediator. Figuring she wouldn’t get an answer, Payton moved on. “I just want to know how you are, Panda... How you’re coping, are you happy? What have you been up to? Bought any cool new stuff? Made any new friends, gone on any wild adventures? I’m not asking for state secrets here.”

[hotheadedpixie-deactivated20160]

“So it seems.” Amory smiled. “I suppose you’re right about that. Nothing to get too worked up over, huh? Still, people assume a lot of things by the way you dress. It’s silly, but it’s true.” 

[payton-decena]

“Oh of course they do, especially when you’re in the public eye- not that I am so much, mostly my sisters, but sometimes when I’m with them.. But yes I couldn’t agree more, it’s a bit sad honestly”

[breathofberry-blog]

“That’s why I suggested the bad room. The handle is too high for the younger ones to reach.” She pulled on a smile, shrugging off the offer slightly. “It’s always there if you want to go and take a break. Just let me know before you disappear.” 

[payton-decena]

Payton grinned “Aaahhh that’s very sneaky, I didn’t know that, I’ll deffinetly use it. While we’re on the topic of work, Leila told me about what Rachel did, the ciarette incident. Have you figured out how you’re handling that?”

[mistakenpandora-blog]

What Happened? | Panda x Open

[mistakenpandora-blog]

Pandora avoided eye contact with Payton, not willing to just let everything that happened go. She couldn’t. She wasn’t that person. She’d never met anyone who was, every one held onto something bad from their past. He effort, however, were not ignored. At least her sisters had read the article.. really, that’s all she had wanted from it. To be noticed, for them to pay attention for once. “It’s not like I can just say anything in a national magazine, though. There’s plenty of things happening, I just don’t feel like telling the world about them.” 

[payton-decena]

People might assume Payton was the forgive and forget type, but she wasn’t. She forgave but nothing was forgotten. It was disappointing that Pandora couldn’t seem to do either. “I’m not asking you to tell the world, I’m asking you to tell me” it wasn’t going to be easy, especially considering the strain on Aaliyah’s relationship with Pandora, but family meant a lot to Payton and she was determined to make things better. “we’re all three of us guilty here, and it’s going to be tough to get to know eachother again... But I need my sisters, alright?” she admitted reluctantly "you encourage me to pursue what I love and Aaliyah keeps me grounded”

[breathofberry-blog]

Melody could feel the pain Payton did. She knew what had happened and was all too aware of what it was like to lose someone close. “It’s good, that’s good. You know you can always study here, the back room is usually empty now anyway.” 

[payton-decena]

“Oh? Well that’s great, might give me a little extra free time” Payton grinned- it wasn’t that she resented volunteering at the centre at all, it just took up a lot of time.”though every time I’m here the kids always distract me- don’t know how much studying would actually get done”