it's affection, always

remei herrera, 26, catalonian

[mvlmo]

nicola peltz & jack falahee manip

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[beaufort-a]

“You could say the old Andrew is back.” He muttered to no one in particular. “Which means… drinks are on me, yeah?” After Catherine’s wedding, he’d taken some time to himself. He’d been a wreck, and was still a wreck to tell the truth. But here he was, determined to move on and become who he felt he was meant to be. 

@hshqstarters​

[rcmcih]

remei turned to look at the prince and her brows rose high on her forehead. “ do we... do we know each other ? i don’t... ” 

[rcmcih]

chanyovng​:

He flashed the woman a smile, feeling – and looking, no doubt– awkward as he let a stranger check his teeth. After a while, Chanyoung cleared his throat and said, “Thank you for indulging my silly request. I just wanted to be sure. I would have checked my phone, but it’s dead, unfortunately.” Just a couple of nights in and he was already warranting silly looks from old women, and asking strangers to check his teeth. “I’m Chanyoung, by the way.” 

“ it’s not silly, don’t worry. it’s why girls keep a compact mirror with them, ” she told him with a light and breezy laugh — anything to relieve them of the awkwardness that had surrounded them. “ a dead cellphone at a party ? you don’t like these things very much, do you ? ” there was only one way to empty a battery. “ remei herrera, nice to meet you. ”

[chanyovng-deactivated20210406]

“Excuse me,” he said, momentarily focusing his attention from the dancing couples to lower his head slightly to speak in a volume that only the person that was of closest proximity could hear. “Have I got something on my face? Or my teeth? I think that woman over there–” he gestured vaguely “–just looked at me funny, but I can’t be too sure.” He was suddenly feeling a little self-conscious about the piece of hors d'oeuvres he’d just eaten. 

@hshqstarters​

[rcmcih]

remei turned to look at the stranger, blinking slightly. the question, or rather its straightforwardness and the shameless manner he delivered it, threw her off. “ oh, uhm... ” she squinted. “ can you smile for me ? i didn’t see anything but i didn’t really... well, i don’t stare at people’s teeth, i– ” she brushed a lock of her hair behind her ear. “ so yes, could you smile ? ” 

[sophiestuart]

Sophie had assumed not everything would go smoothly for her at the reception, but she hadn’t expected to be caught in the crosshairs of her mother, the Archbishop, and multiple ex-girlfriends all at once. She dashed out of the ballroom and just around a corner, stopping to remove her heels but freezing when she realized there was someone else at the foot of the stairs. “Ah, hello, I was just….escaping.” For fuck’s sake, Sophie. “Er, taking a break, I mean.”

@hshqstarters​

[rcmcih]

the footsteps echoed in the hall and as they reached remei, she looked up. she would have stood up from her spot on the fourth stair but the princess already had a direct line of vision to her... it would have been moot. an amused smile spread onto her face and she shook her head. “ escaping sounds like a good idea, honestly. ” the ballroom had already drained remei of her energy. “ it’s pretty quiet here if you want to rest your feet for a second. the marble’s quite cold so it soothes your feet if you were stupid like me and wore heels. ”

[rcmcih]

remei herrera at the wedding of theodor and catherine

[ryananthony88]

[rcmcih]

onasnchz​:

“Yes, I guess that’s true. They couldn’t be normal if they tried.” Ona had grown up with some luxury, but nothing compared to what the royals were used to. She could get by with very little. Looking at her friend, she shrugged her shoulders. “It is what it is for now, hopefully things get better soon. Someone needs to teach the French a lesson.” It needed to be sooner rather than later. “Coffee sounds great. So, what have you been up to since we last saw each other?”

“ i don’t really pity them but... well, i think it’s a bit terrible. they’ve never experience a normal simple life. i don’t know how they survive under the magnifying glass. it would drive me insane. ” she shuddered at the thought. “ things are changing ! i think this german intervention will be good. i’m sure andorra will be able to negotiate a good deal when a peace pact is being put together. ” if france was humiliated, they’d have no other chance but to agree to every term. “ i’ve been just working. i had this project i needed to wrap up. the hands on part of it is done so the past few weeks i’ve been just sitting at home, idle. i’m not much of a help when it comes to the bureaucratic stuff that goes into these projects. if everything goes well, the clinical tests start by next year. ”

[rcmcih]

onasnchz​:

“Isn’t it? I feel really out of place, but at least you’re here. We can have each other to lean on,” Ona said, a smile on her facial features. There seemed to only be a handful of people who didn’t have royal titles. “I’ll try not to, but I can’t make any promises. With the situation going on in my home country, everything feels personal.” 

“ humbling but you’ll feel a bit superior to them as well... ” there was no kind way to say what she was thinking so remei faltered momentarily. “ because they are incredibly entitled at the end of the day. it’s terrible how removed from reality these people can get. ” and that was coming from remei, a person who had lived her whole life in opulence. “ i’m... i’m sorry things haven’t gotten much better. ” and how she had failed to cut all of her french friends out of her life. guilt made her stomach twist. “ let’s get you a coffee ! ” 

[onasnchz]

“I still don’t know how I feel about being here yet. Everyone else is literally royalty, and then there’s us,” Ona said to Remei with a quiet laugh. “What do you think of this place? Be honest with me, because I’d love to hear your thoughts.” 

@rcmcih​

[rcmcih]

“ then there’s us, ” remei echoed, a small smile coming to play on her lips. “ it’s not as terrible as it could be. it just... it’s humbling. ” remei felt even more tight-lipped around royals than around normal people. they were a group of people who would make you feel inferior just for saying something unarguably normal. “ just don’t try to take the things they say personally. it’s easy to feel angry or frustrated. ”

[rcmcih]

mimivon​:

“Ugh, it’s been such a long morning that if I might actually accept it. –They gave my suite away,” she omitted to mention that it was because she’d been gone for six months, “so I’ve been waiting here for a new one for ages, and I haven’t even been offered a coffee.” She also omitted to mention that was because they were all busy readying the new suite to her exacting standards. “Shall we grab another in the restaurant? They won’t be ready to check you in for a while anyway, they’re re-carpeting the corridor outside my new rooms.”

“Ah, I actually did know you’d be returning,” Mimi admitted, “I snuck a look at the guest book when the receptionist’s back was turned. –I saw that Macklemore is arriving this afternoon.” And Chico. But Mimi didn’t say that. It would be - as her new therapist(s) put it - ‘unkind’ She just looped an arm through Remei’s and led her toward the hotel restaurant “And apparently Kid Rock is up on the seventh floor, if we get bored.”

“ i already have a room. i called ahead. it’s smaller than yours– ” she didn’t need to see mimi’s room to know that. mimi’s room would be bigger. “ –so they probably took twenty minutes to clean it. ” if it had even needed cleaning, that was. “ but i’ll have coffee, gladly. i need to be able to stay up until seven pm or i’ll never fix my inner clock. ” re-carpeting. remei wished it was a joke but she had a small inclining that it wasn’t. she didn’t dare to ask for a confirmation.

“ so while we were separated, you became 007, hmm ? ” remei asked with a laugh. “ that’s an invasion of privacy but i’ll look the other way this time. ” her arm looped naturally with mimi’s. it’s as if nothing has changed the past two years. “ too bad eminem is not with them. i wouldn’t have minded a signature. celebrities lose some of their shine when you’re constantly surrounded by the people who grace the covers of magazines. ” she looked pointedly at mimi. “ which is the latest magazine you were on the cover of ? tabloids don’t count. ” 

[frvnccis]

“ I DIDN’T THINK YOU’D COME. ” his proposition had been more of a plead than anything else  —  that unlikely remei saying yes had seemed to him. then again, remei ever speaking to him again had seemed unlikely just two months ago. “ it’s good to see you. ” [ @rcmcih​ ]

[rcmcih]

remei didn’t reply immediately. it would have been a lie to say she had thought the same, after all she had taken the first opportunity to see him. alive. “ you too. ” he looked skinnier. he looked like he hadn’t seen the sun in days. he was missing a quality that made him, well, him. maybe this was the difference between prince françois and chico. the difference in ebullience. “ i- ” where to begin ? “ i’m sorry about the things i said. ”

[hshmimi-deactivated20221231]

She arrived unannounced, a hurricane in high heels carrying a whole village of secretaries and stylists and matching luggage sets in her cyclone. She blew in through a door opened by a valet and tore through the hotel, leaving chaos in her wake. –Yapping dogs, angry bodyguards, gawping guests, bus boys crushed under the weight of her bags…While she was gone the hotel rented out her rooms - Mimi darkens, clouds over, at that - but they promise an even better view and to waive the pet fee (several thousand, in a hotel this fancy and with so many lapdogs!) and she brightens. While the harried hoteliers hurry to ready her rooms and her stressed staff are swept up in preparing them, Mimi settles in a plush ladies chair by reception and pulls out a glossy magazine. –The eye of the storm around her. 

She glances up from an article on the benefits of ingesting diamonds, and calls out to someone, pulling them into her. “I expect my welcome party is starting soon?” @hshqstarters​

[rcmcih]

remei blinks at the familiar head of gold spun hair. “ mimi. ” she splutters the name before she is able to catch herself. stating the obvious never looks flattering. “ do you have one for me too ? ” remei asks, smiling softly, as if the question is innocent and genuine. “ i’ll give you the last drops of my latte as a welcome gift but i’ll warn you, it’s traveled all the way from the airport. ” she hasn’t spotted a bin yet, it’s the only reason for the paper cup is still in her hand. “ i didn’t know you’d be returning. long time no see. ”

[rcmcih]

                   MODERN HISTORY OF CATALONIA !

i’ll keep this brief ! we’ll be going over just 2015-2019 ! idk if it can be considered ‘history’ but...

APRIL 2016 - REFERENDUM

Catalonians vote in favour of secession. Spain accuses the state of selfishness. Catalonian nationalism grows stronger.

JUNE 2017 - BOMBING OF BARCELONA

Portugal and Italy bomb Barcelona as an act of war against Spain. The war that breaks out is another reason for Catalonians to demand independence. 

OCTOBER 2017 - FRANCE’S INTERVENTION

While Spain continues to fight Portugal and their ally France, Catalonian resistance begins to prepare for fighting. 

FEBRUARY 2018 - FIGHTING BEGINS

With the help of France, Catalonians begin fighting for their freedom. Spain, weakened by the international conflict, struggles to control the uprising. 

SEPTEMBER 2018 - PEACE TREATY

Portugal and Spain sign a peace treaty, which leaves Catalonians without much needed support. 

NOVEMBER 2018 - SPANISH FIRES

Fires ravage Northern Spain. Basque country, Léon... Duchies far away from Catalonia suffer greatly. Two days after the vicious fires have begun, a letter reaches the Spanish king: the fires will rage as long as Catalonia suffers under the king’s reign. 

JANUARY 2019 - NEGOTIATIONS 

Catalonian representatives begin negotiating for their independence. 

APRIL 2019 - INDEPENDENCE

Catalonia and Spain come to an agreement: Catalonia will become an independent state. However, Catalonia agrees to become a demilitarized zone and Catalonia agrees to pay war reparations. 

[rcmcih]

&&. ( remei diana herrera ), the ( 26 ) year old ( daughter ) of the president of ( catalonia ). she is often confused with ( bella hadid ). some say that she is ( two closed-off & clingy ), but she is actually ( resourceful & principled ). 

she is the daughter of the ( first ever ) president of catalonia. she is very patriotic. let that be made clear. her father was the man who made the catalonians’ dream a reality. it wasn’t an easy road to victory but with the help of like-minded people, an arsonist and whoever started the war between portugal and spain, guillem herrera got his people their independence. 

remei might be a patriot but she is quite different from her father. for one thing, she is the furthest thing from a politician. she speaks plainly and worries too much about the way she comes off. she overthinks. she doesn’t smile much, and she can’t fake emotions. so in short, she is absolutely hopeless at manipulating people. remei is closed-off and would rather die than have someone take a peek at her innermost thoughts. whenever she shares something about herself, she thinks she’s overshared. people don’t deserve to know that much about her.

remei is very principled. she cannot stand people who say one thing and do another. she has a set of morals and she follows them. she tries her best to be understanding but sometimes the wickedness of human nature just makes it impossible!

remei has a master’s degree in biomedical engineering. acquiring the degree took some effort since she got dragged into all sorts of political messes when her father was trying to accomplish his goal.

even though remei isn’t made for politics, her father asks for her help quite often because it so happens that her friends are all royals. she has isabela bourbon-anjou to thank for that. she befriended isabela, isa introduced her to one person, then another... remei makes a good friend because she listens. remei’s relationship with the bourbon-anjous has helped catalonia and spain to find a common ground in the aftermath of the conflict.

i’m gonna write the modern history asap so everyone’s on the same page about what went down 2017-2019 !! but anyways, heyyy, she’s back, i finally have a younger character, hmu <3

[rcmcih]

stcllvrccg‌:

Stella sighed, pulling her hair back into a ponytail. “Yes, this is bad and it will make the French less willing to work with us. But you don’t have to associate with the Resistance. We can release a statement. Saying you don’t condone violence on either side.” She was careful to just apply it to Remei. Stella was already too deep. 

“ well, to be fair, they were never going to work with us. ” either the andorrans worked for them or against them. remei shook her head. “ no, if you deny my involvement, it will definitely put a target on my back. they are already keeping an eye on me, especially because i went back to barcelona for a while. ” she wasn’t sure when she had gotten tangled up in the situation but it had happened. doing nothing would have felt wrong. “ the less i show up on their radar, the more i can do. ”

[rcmcih]

hey i’m gonna drop remei’s event threads so lmk if you want a new thread with her !! or if you wanna plot !!