I'm only happy when it's complicated

Rydell "Ry" Beasoleil. 28 years-old. Gaia Cove native. Big sister, tattoo artist at Ink And Needles. All around mess.

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Name: Rydell “Ry” Amara Beausoleil Gender pronouns: she/her Age: 28 Occupation: Tattoo artist, Ink And Needles Hometown: Gaia Cove, Virginia Amount of time on the island: 28 years Face Claim: Elizabeth Gillies

Bio: (Triggers: Teen pregnancy, alcohol and drug use, self-esteem issues )

Rydell was born to a seventeen year-old mother who was completely unprepared to be a parent- let alone to do it alone. Who Rydell’s father is? Well, that has always been a mystery to her, one her mother never dared to share the answer to. As a small child the used to ask question upon question about who her father was, where he was- anything she could think of. But her mother had always remained tightlipped and so Ry has never known anything about the man who fathered her- not his name, what he looked like- or even if he is one of the residents Gaia Cove. Knowing that she could be passing by her father and members of her family every day without being aware ate away at the girl for a good portion of her childhood. While her mother did the best that she could raising Ry and Rydell’s younger brother- also without a father- she couldn’t stop from wondering about the family she never knew. But the wondering led to questions that she simply couldn’t find an answer to, questions about why her father wasn’t in her life. Had he known about her? Did he care? And if he did know? Why wasn’t he in her life? What had been so bad about her that he had decided to keep away from his own daughter? Eventually those questions became a bitter poison inside of the girl’s brain and heart. While still very close to her mother and younger half-brother the girl built a wall around her heart to keep her safe from the rest of the world. Putting up a wall was far easier than letting people in. If she didn’t let people get close to her then she couldn’t get hurt. And she would get hurt. Because it couldn’t have been more clear that there had to be something wrong with her. If there wasn’t? Then her father probably would have been in her life at least a little bit. Over the years Rydell became a bitter, cold person. Most people would consider her cruel or rude; most people didn’t enjoy her company. She had a select group of people that she was still close to, both her mother and brother being a part of that small group. For years the only real socialization that she had was when she was out partying, falling far too easily into drinking too much and using drugs and sex to escape the pain inside of her. But the people she spent time with weren’t people she considered friends- and even the friends that she had for years? She doesn’t really call them her friends either. These days Rydell spends as little time around people outside of her small social circle as she can unless she needs some vague human contact. Most of the time she can be found at the local tattoo parlor where she works as an artist, with her small family or at one of the local bars. She’s been trying to reform her ways a little bit and while she still drinks probably far too much and goes out far too often she doesn’t get sloppy like she used to. And she’s been giving the whole celibacy thing a try for the last few months. But as broken as she is on the inside- and as cold as she acts on the outside- Ry is forever looking for affection and validation outside of what she receives from her mother and brother. It just happens to be very ironic that any time anyone seems to be getting close to her? She pushes them away.

Rydell is played by Jay

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greatalara​:

  “well that’s why i’m updating the place… there’s going to be a proper book section here along with stones. although i’ve started thinking of moving it online too, just for the buy-able things nothing crazy obviously.” she wasn’t really sure why she was ranting to ry, it felt like centuries since they’d last spoken. in fact she was very confused as to all the people in the area why rydell fucking beausoleil was still around, the woman all but screamed big city - fast cars - move over kate middelton rydell was out and about.  “you haven’t found someone to mess up your routine or maybe started… doing knitting?” she questioned with a slight brow raise, she found herself having to bite her inner cheek to not laugh at the mere thought of rydell knitting.

A big part of Rydell wanted to argue that moving part of the business online was stupid- but perhaps that was because she was naturally argumentative. A lot of the world had taken to doing their shopping online, after all. It was the new generation of commerce. It wasn’t as noticeable at times on the island though simply because almost anything you could need was either in walking distance or a simple ferry ride away. Perhaps that was what a lot of people liked about the island. It was simpler. But for Ry? It was simply boring. “Better hire someone to set up the shop site then. If it doesn’t look good? People don’t tend to buy.” Stupid as it was. “And just who would I give enough attention to that they’d disrupt my routine? In case you forgot, people on this island are mostly boring.” Or at least as a general rule. Some were interesting for a moment when they did something stupid but the interest quickly faded. “And the day I knit is the day I have my little brother take me out back and put me out of my misery. I’m bored not sixty.” Pausing for a moment the brunette shrugged. “I do spend time with someone but not in the way you mean. There’s this guy I talk to at the bar. Give him shit really. Guy is attached to his ex-wife like a lovesick puppy and won’t just fucking admit he’s still in love with her- but she’s attached to him right back. They’re both idiots and pathetic to watch so I give him shit for it.” Was Cole already around when Alara was last there? She wasn’t sure. When things mostly stayed the same things had a tendency to run together.

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coleinstein​:

  “ah you can talk and say as much as you want rydell but i happen to know you have a heart of gold – what size it is beneath all the badass-ness i have no clue, but it’s there.” he responded with soft chuckles slipping out. honestly rydell could throw swords at him and cole was pretty set to take it like a slug monster, absorb it all and spit out more ‘dumb shit’ she was sure to call it.  a spit fire the short girl was.  “they say love is a rocky road and just like the ice cream i like to take my time with it. why haven’t you been busying yourself with people?”

“Do you even remember who you’re talking to?” More often than not when she called him an idiot it was just a part of her personality. And she maintained he was an idiot when it came to his ex-wife. But in moments like that she truly did question his intelligence. People would call Rydell a lot of things but a person with a heart of gold? That wasn’t one of them. Truth be told they called her anything but that. Or at the very least they rarely called her anything complimentary. “So, you mean you want to twiddle your thumbs until you’re both either old and gray and have wasted your whole lives or until she finds someone else and gets remarried. Got it.” With an indifferent shrug she took a sip of her drink. “And who would I waste my time with? Not like people on this island are that interesting.”

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greatalara​:

   “no one is disputing you ry.” she responded with an almost ‘obviously’ aspect with her words. for a moment she finished her little task, knowing ry wouldn’t exactly need help as other guests do. eventually alara had to face her old ‘friend’,  the very honest and blunt rydell. she never really changed. “i don’t mind, it gives me something to do in these mindless moments… how have you been though? you obviously didn’t come to give me just business advice. and even if you were i’m sure you could come up with something better than ‘keep these out of kids reach’.”

“If this is all you have to do half the time then it seems like you’re going to have to find a way to get more people in here when we’re not in tourist season. This just seems…boring and monotonous.” The truth was that was the problem with some of the businesses on the island. Once the summer season was over and tourists weren’t making their way to the tiny island community some businesses faltered and lost a lot of their foot traffic. Other businesses clearly were frequented by locals but Ry wasn’t sure how many people from the island were actually interested in a so-called psychic reading. She wasn’t even sure most of them believed in such things. Especially when it came to the more religious members of their tiny community. “Nothing really changes for me,” she answered after a moment. “I go to work, go to the bar, go home. I’m sure you remember how mind-numbingly dull this town can be even if you did leave for a while.”

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coleinstein​:

  he offered her a sheepish smile, brows lifting at the words of the woman. an interesting one rydell was, nothing really like the other ones were in the area. they were special in their generation, cole would like to think there was a deserve group considering the lot of them all. even if they all weren’t sunshine bundles. “well at least we are a duo at that yeah?” he dropped finally, the softest of chuckles slipped out. 

“A duo of halt-wits that can’t seem to get it together but hey, if you want to be excited about that? Knock yourself out, spanky. Just proves my point.” The brunette rolled her eyes taking a sip of her drink and considering leaving it at just that. It wasn’t like pointing out that Cole and Santana were a couple of idiots would do any good. And it wasn’t like she thought that deep down some part of them didn’t know they were stupid. But she couldn’t resist pointing it out. “How long are you and Santana going to keep dancing around each other like a bunch of complete morons? Or is it that you enjoy pining after your ex-wife like a pathetic lovesick puppy without saying anything?”

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Girl, Interrupted (1999) dir. James Mangold

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greatalara​:​

  she was organizing the decks the lovely highschoolers decided to mix up that were on display,  as much as she would like to lock the doors when school is out some of those kids would waste every penny in the place for crystals. others, little shits who could convince alara to homeschool athena purely to avoid people like that. her gaze flashed up for a brief second when the door faintly ringed, indicating someone entered. “welcome.” greeting before she moved to put the organized cards away. when the guest spoke she almost faltered in her steps. ry, a special love and hate for the girl she grew up with. what a bitch she thought for not visiting her. “people believe jared leto is a messiah… people believe anything.”

“Well, people are stupid,” Ry mused rather easily, glancing at the mess that was the tarot card decks Alara was straightening out. “And they consider celebrities god. That’s nothing new. Its just more obvious in the modern world because people spew their stupidity all over social media.” Ry’s lack of affection when it came to people was nothing new. Everyone who knew her knew that she felt that way. She and people weren’t really a good mix more often than not. Still, despite that she moved over and grabbed some of the cards that were a messy pile and began looking through them, dropping them onto the pile with matching cards as she moved along. “Might not want to leave these out anymore if this is what the kids are going to do to them.”

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Rydell wasn’t exactly what most people called the most friendly of people. As a matter-of-fact, she really didn’t tend to have much in the way of friends. She was a bitter pill to swallow most of the time and the people that dealt with her called her a bitch more than anything else. But she was a bitch who had a pretty big mouth. Which meant she had absolutely no problem with saying just about anything to anyone. Filters weren’t a big part of who she was and never had been. So, it came as a surprise to no one who had spent just about any time with her that she would say just about anything that came to her mind. Especially if she had any alcohol in her system. And that was why when she happened to be at the bar with Santana’s ex? She couldn’t help herself. “You do know you and your ex are idiots,” she mused. “You are aware, right?” @coleinstein​

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The Arducs were a strange sort. Not in a bad way- but they had been strange in the way that when Rydell’s mother had been ‘blessed’ with being a single mother to two kids? They had sort of taken her family under their wing and made sure that the kids were taken care of. Not that they thought Ry’s mother couldn’t raise her kids. They had just wanted to be a support system for her. And so despite not really having much in the way of family outside of her mother and her younger half-brother? Ry grew up surrounded by the Arduc family. She couldn’t say she formed a super tight bond with them or anything- forming close bonds was too dangerous for her mentally- but they were as close to extended family as she could get. Then Alara had left the island which had been sort of strange but something she adjusted to. She was accustomed to people not being in her life. But then Alara came back with a kid and for a while Ry kept her distance. But eventually she decided that the least she could do was go and talk to her. Her family had been there for hers, after all. Stepping into The Great Divine the brunette glanced around for a moment, tapped her fingers along the counter. “Do people actually believe any of this?” she called out. @greatalara​

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dxn-bolton​:

“And this is why this town can sometimes be so boring. Of all the people I thought would be open for a new taste you were one of them, but I guess I was wrong.”  He looked and snorted “Look at you making warnings. I’m going to blow taste buds, and you are going to thank me later”

“My, my. And here I thought arrogance was your little brother’s thing,” Rydell teased, raising both eyebrows in question. Of course, they all knew Cassidy was a cocky asshole and acted like he could do no wrong. He was wrong, of course. Doing things right wasn’t Cassidy’s strong point. Perhaps it was mostly bullshit though. Ry had a pretty good indication that it was. It was something they had in common- slightly. She wasn’t exactly as arrogant as she pretended to be at times. She just hid that fact very, very well. “Alright, Danny Boy. Go ahead and hit me with what you got.”

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dxn-bolton​:

Where: Derry’s pub Who: Anyone

Daniel loved meeting people, and usually working at a pub was a great way to do it, but not in Gaia, in Gaia was a little more like always gathering around with childhood friends. Cause nobody left Gaia, he tried, but he came back and there he was. So for him every person that came in his father’s pub, was just a a familiar face. “Hey, I know you are going ask me the usual, but you know I have something new for you, what do you say?”

@gaia-starters​

“Do I look like a trusting person to you, Danny Boy?” Rydell was an acquired taste to say the least and the truth was that she didn’t like most people. And most people didn’t like her. And when it came to the Boltons? She had to admit that she didn’t really like Cassidy all that much. The two of them had a tendency to butt heads more often than not. But Danny? Well, even if she didn’t really admit it out loud? She actually liked him. It seemed most people like Daniel Bolton. She was no exception to that rule. “If I agree then this better be worth it, Danny. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”