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rhea/20/from italy

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ofgabricl:

“If you’re feeling panicky, you know you can always come and see me for awhile. Or Barbs,” he began. “Might calm you if you see a familiar face, you know … that’s not your family.” Gabriel could understand the way Rhea had felt, it wasn’t as if they had a choice about being here. Even if they wanted to leave, there wasn’t a possible exit plan. “Nice? Maybe the surroundings, but everything else…” he scoffed, shaking his head. “I think the people here are idiots. Well, most of them. They’re treating this place like its a vacation, and forgetting the fact that people want us…” Was dead an appropriate word, or even the right word? “injured, I guess.”

“Thank you, that really means a lot.” As much as Rhea chose to spend time alone, she did need to see familiar faces. Maybe it was better to reach out to people sometimes-- and maybe she wasn’t being a bother to other people. “I think the ocean is nice...” she mumbled, looking away for a split second. “It calms me down,” she added. “I don’t know, I think they’re scared. Maybe they’re using the island as a distraction. Instead of worrying about what’s gonna happen.” Rhea liked to run away from her problems, but talking about it helped. “Because if someone wants to hurt us, that’s kinda hard to forget. I can’t stop thinking about it.” 

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barbiebraganca:

“To be honest if someone ever told me they were going to put the royals of everywhere to live together with their staff in one place where they just couldn’t leave for indeterminate time, I would say they were insane and this would never work.” Barbie said, shaking her head. “That’s true.”

“I’d react the same way. It still doesn’t seem possible, even if we’ve been living like this for a while now. I still worry that everything’s gonna backfire at some point.” And it technically already did in Shanghai. “I don’t know... sometimes I feel like this isn’t real life.” 

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ofgabricl:

“Well, I think its just being here… you know?” he replied. “I don’t like feeling trapped in a strange place, it almost makes me feel claustrophobic.” Gabriel liked the idea that he could run away back home - if it all got too much, he could take the flight approach and escape, even just for awhile. Now, that option was completely wiped, and he had nothing to do but sit and wait for whatever threat to be over. “Very difficult, isn’t it - adjusting?”

“I feel claustrophobic too-- sometimes. And I get panicky because there’s nothing I can do about it.” It was hard not to feel stuck when there was no way of leaving a place. Rhea now felt like she took for granted how easily accessible home was for her. “This island is really nice, but I can’t help but keep worrying about what’s to come,” she said with a sigh. “Very difficult,” Rhea agreed. “But possible. We got this,” she said lightheartedly, trying her best to smile. 

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barbiebraganca:

“Same here, dear, same here.” Barbie agreed with her, nodding her head. Beaches were Barbara’s favourite places whenever she went, it was no surprise for anyone. She just loved the warm weather and salty water and tanning. “Yep, they did a lot of wrongs until they got to the right. Though Shanghai wasn’t all wrong, I kind of miss the mall.”

“They put us all in a unique situation though, so I’m sure they didn’t really know how things would turn out at first.” This was all still so new to her, even after all this time. “Shanghai had a great shopping selection,” she agreed. “It’s nice that we can live in all different types of places.” 

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ofgabricl:

It didn’t take the prince long to realise he was letting his mood get the best of him to one of the wrong people, and with that he gave the slightest hint of an apologetic stare towards Rhea - it was all he could muster. “Sorry, Rhea. I’m just… having a bad day.” If that were the truth then everyday would be a bad day. “Hi.” he finally replied. “Are you alright?”

“No worries, I understand.” It made sense for everyone to be in a bad mood; she wasn’t doing all that well herself. It was just difficult to admit. “Do you wanna talk about it?” He probably didn’t, but she wanted to offer anyways. “Yeah-- yeah, I’m alright,” she quickly replied. “Just adjusting.” 

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barbiebraganca:

“They do. Nando is really having the time of his life.” Barbie joked, poiting to her brother swimming exactly in the pool she told him not to go just a few minutes before. Should she just go and take him out of there or trust his swimming skills? Well, he didn’t look like he was going to drown anytime soon so she decided to trust him. “I mean, the plaza was great but damn, why didn’t whoever organizes where we’re going think of an island before?”

“I could probably sit by the beach all day in an ideal world.” Rhea wanted to keep busy, though. With the recent events, she couldn’t let her thoughts run wild and would prefer to stay distracted. “Right? That’s what I was thinking. An island is way more secluded than a city anyways, so it seems a lot safer. Oh well, they tried.” 

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ofgabricl:

“You better be looking at me because you’re about to say something, and you’re not just staring.” The male stated, his tone as irritated as his expression. With another drag from his cigarette, Gabriel lifted his shades as to get a better view of the person stood in front of him. “Yes?”

“Huh?” Rhea was startled by Gabriel’s tone, realizing that he probably wanted to be left alone. She shouldn’t be going around bothering people anyways. “I was just... stopping by to say hi,” she said, realizing how dumb that sounded. Rhea just wanted to talk to a familiar face. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you.” 

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barbiebraganca:

Barbie let out a little chuckle at Rhea’s confession. “Ok, my phone is ready. And yes, this time you’ll get your credits.” the blonde joked and now turned to her son, still too interested on his book to notice Rhea there. “Salutala, Daniel, non essere scortese.” she told him that looked at her, finally understanding what she said and then looking at the brunette. ‘Ciao, Rhea.’ the boy said and Barbara gave a satisfied smile. “Right? Nothing better than a warm weather to help us go through the happenings.”

Rhea gave Daniel a warm smile, slightly amused by how invested he was in his book. She was like that at a young age, always reading even when there were guests at the house. “Hello Daniel,” she replied, smiling again. “The kids must love the pool,” she said, turning back to Barbie. “Agreed. Hopefully its been lifting the moods of everyone.” Of course, it could take more than nice weather for that. 

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barbiebraganca:

Barbara only noticed it was Rhea who she had approached once the other spoke, the sun making it harder for her to distinguish who was who by the body shape. She should’ve brought a sunglass or done like her son and got one from someone else. Gabriel was definitely gonna get mad when he found out Daniel kind of stole his sunglasses. That’s my boy. “Thanks, Rherhe.” the blonde sat up on the sun lounger so she could talk to Rhea without squinting eyes because of the sun. “I know, right? Send me the photo and I swear I’ll give you the photo credits this time.” the princess joked, chuckling. “Sit down.”

Shaking her head at the nickname, Rhea sat cross-legged next to Barbie and showed her the photo. “Will do. I accidentally took like a billion pictures though, and I’m sending them all,” she said with a laugh before sending the spam-worthy amount of photos. “You’re finally gonna give me the photo credits I deserve?” she joked back. “It’s about time...” Rhea looked away and gazed over at the pool. “It’s nice to be around so much water again,” she thought out loud before looking back at her friend. 

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kyungwon-rhee:

kyung won nodded. “about the same, haha. doing all this work helps a little, when my friends aren’t around.” they paused just as they reached for another sheet. “which, now that you’re here, i’m feeling doubly better.” kyung won beamed at her. “i have good news for you.”

“i like to keep busy too, just so it feels less like we’re stranded on an island,” she let out a soft laugh. rhea was happy to have more jobs to do. “aw, shucks,” she said jokingly, looking down at her feet. “i’m always here if you need to feel doubly better,” rhea said, looking back up at them. “good news? what kind of good news?” 

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barbiebraganca:

‘Can I go to the adults pool?’ Barbara heard Fernando’s question and had to control herself not to fall for her brother’s cute face and sweet voice. Not today, boy. “No.” she answered firmly. But being a Bragança it was obvious he wouldn’t give up that fast so that was when he asked. ‘Do you remember when I won that swimming competition?’ and she had to control not to laugh. “The answer’s still no.” and so the boy walked towards the more shallow pool. Barbie laid down on the sun lounger right next to the one Daniel was, wearing Gabriel’s sunglasses. She took the magazine she brought with her and started reading it and when she decided to check on her son, or as the world knew, her other brother, Barbie noticed him pretending to be reading his coloring book like she was doing and let out a loud laugh. “Hey.” she called out for the person that was passing by. “Can you take a photo of us, please?”

Rhea loved the pool. She loved the water in general; it was something she missed while she was away from home. The water kept her calm, and it reminded her of the life she lead before the world went crazy. She liked to spend a good amount of her time swimming, especially when there weren’t very many people around. Other days she would sit by the ocean and read, or simply lay in the sand. The Farnese was about to leave the pool-- there was a lot of chatter going on today and it made her nervous, when she heard the familiar voice. Turning to her friend, she nodded. “You got it, boss,” she said, happily capturing the moment. “That’s pretty adorable,” Rhea said as she watched Barbie’s brother stare into the coloring book. “This would make for a good finsta post for sure,” she said in a mildly joking tone.

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kyungwon-rhee:

kyung won gave a one shoulder shrug. “it is easy in a place so beautiful, don’t you think? and remote.” they kissed her hand, then let it go, returning to the basket of laundry that awaited their attention. “how are you?” they much rather talk about rhea than their own troubles. plus, they didn’t want to bring down her mood if it was just starting to turn up.

“i do enjoy how peaceful everything seems around here,” she said, jokingly doing a small curtsy. “i’m alright-- you know, given the recent events,” she said as she watched kyung won tend to their laundry. “everything’s been a bit stressful, you know? but it’s okay. what about you?” 

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kyungwon-rhee:

kyung won took her hands. they spun together in a mini dance, flanked by clean white sheets. “me too! it was so good!” they let her go, taking one earbud out and pausing the music so they could hear her better. “plus, it feels really appropriate when we have to work out here.” from this vantage point, they could see the ocean. “i don’t even really mind that the driers aren’t working,” they said, cheerily.

rhea laughed as they spun around, her feet stumbling under her the whole time. “definitely appropriate,” she agreed, looking out to watch the ocean. “the water is beautiful-- it reminds me of home, just a little bit.” it wasn’t quite naples, but rhea liked to pretend. “so you’re settling in okay, then?” rhea wished that she had kyung won’s positive attitude in situations like these. 

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enzofarnese:

He glanced at her worried face, and could not help but to notice the maturity that she seemed to emit. She might have looked like the same girl who had left Naples for Shanghai but her being had changed in the past few months. “Things have a tendency to work out eventually,” he mused. It was an uncharacteristically optimistic thing to say for him but he felt the need to cheer her up a bit. “Everyone got out safely, that should count for something.”

“I think so too,” she agreed, letting herself smile. She knew that Enzo wanted to make her feel better, but maybe there was some truth to it too. “I was really scared though,” Rhea cringed. As if being afraid was some sort of weakness. “When everything happened, I was afraid that... something might’ve happened to you and Gaia. But we’re all okay-- everyone’s okay, and I’m so happy about that.” It did make her feel better, knowing that everyone was safe. 

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kyungwon-rhee:

it was fortunate that the island had such a bright sun and a beautiful breeze. with the circuit blown in the laundry room, they had to hang all the compound’s laundry out on improvised lines to dry. the other staff members had gone on break, so with music in their earbuds and a song on their lips, the work was easy. kyung won was by no means a singer, but with their fellow staff members and friends, they didn’t mind their lack of talent. it was fun even outside of karaoke parlors. 

they pinned a white sheet to the line, singing to themself, giving the odd twirl here and there. “this tradition is our mission and, moana, there’s so much to do! make way!” a figure appeared on the otherside of the sheet, they held out their arms to them, thinking they were a staff member, an invitation to dance. “don’t trip on the taro root, that’s all you need, we share everything we make, we joke and we weave our baskets, aha!”

rhea was finally starting to get used to her surroundings in shanghai when everyone had to get up and leave-- well, run away from their safe haven. so now she was back to feeling unsure and afraid. but all those worries seemed to slip away for a second when she heard her friend singing in the laundry room. laughing along to kyung won’s singing, rhea moved towards them. “i love moana. i watched it and cried the entire time,” she admitted with a light smile. 

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                                                  i will stay gentle                                              no matter what i endure                                                i am so much m o r e

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enzofarnese:

“The world?” he suggested before letting out a humourless chuckle. He leaned to his hand and looked at her, his eyes searched for signs of tiredness or worry — the latter he found. Worry for him, without a doubt. “I hadn’t realized how dangerous it is,” he eventually admits.

“Yeah...” She was afraid of what was to come out of everything that happened, making it hard to talk about it with anyone. So she simply avoided it all. “It’s really falling apart, isn’t it?” she wondered out loud, looking down at her hands. “But maybe we’ll all be okay-- in the end.” Her attempt at optimism wasn’t helpful; she knew that.