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SCARLETT MARINA DOHERTY thirty-one personal shopper “‘be a goddess among men,’ they told her. ‘no,’ she smiled. ‘i’ll be a queen among gods.’”

[90smovies]

[codyxstone-blog]

@scarlettdoherty

[scarlettdoherty]

codyxstone:

Well, in that case, thanks…I guess?

Fourteen years…yeah, not a lot has changed. There’s a little more sand in Florida, since Hurricane Irma, but that’s probably about it. Maybe it’s time you go back there and see it for yourself. You forget that I lived there for several years. I’ve done it all before. And I don’t really go there to ‘experience the exciting night life’, I go there to make movies for snot-nosed, ungrateful children so that I can buy nice things. Honestly, the work is never-ending. We’re so busy when I’m down there that I couldn’t go out if I wanted to.

Do you want Disney to have me arrested and executed for giving spoilers? They have eyes and ears everywhere. In fact how do I know you’re not a spy? Forget it. You can wait for the teaser trailer, like everyone else.

Go back to California? I’d rather get a bad haircut. At least it’s not as traumatic and I can fix it with accessories. Sorry, I still have a hard time believing you have fun. That’s my mistake. Next time I won’t drop you off at Old Farts Anonymous. For someone that works in an industry to make people happy you sure are a grump.

Oh please, I don’t have the time to be a spy or the energy to be a spy. Ask the next typical, cliche 5’11” blonde you see walking down the street if she’s a spy. I swear I’ll keep it a secret. Chances are I won’t even see it anyway so might as well just tell me now. Think of me as a focus group of one.

[scarlettdoherty]

earthtoskys:

Skylar laughed at her reaction. “Before Portland I was… I was someone else.” He said, rubbing at the forming stubble on his jaw. “And, well Danny was one of my last hook ups before I decided tthat be a celibate weirdo for a year.” He thought for a moment longer, trying to have this make sense to Scarlett. “I’m reinvinting myself. I don’t need to do anything for this guy, because honestly, I’m pretty sure I already have him. The tongue piercing started out as some stupid thing he’d talked me into, but I honestly really liked it. I like how It looks on me.”

“I do love you, mom.” Skylar said in a teasing tone. He pulled the glass up to his lips, a wide smile playing at his lips as he downed the last of his drink. He reached over and rested the empty glass down. “I don’t want anything professional though. I mean, yeah I want something more than this…” Skylar trailed off, his fingers twisting around the ends of his hair. “But I don’t want to be a real adult. I just want to make music, I think that it’s really the only thing that I’m actually good at. And,” he took a deep breath, very sure that Scarlett wouldn’t report him, “I’m not even technically a citizen here. So, it’s not like I could even get a normal job, even if I really wanted one.”

A low and irritated grumbled left Scarlett while her eyes focused on his piercing. She hated it. She detested it. It creeped her out a little. Yet she wasn’t going to stuff her hand in his mouth and yanked it out of his tongue. At least not tonight.

Awaiting for his answer, she followed his hand and played with the ends of his hair--which he needed to get done. Perhaps she could call her regular salon and set up an appointment for him. The Keith Urban look was too tragic. Once he replied, Scarlett looked to Skylar with a small smile, intrigued with his answer. Making music involves so much passion and emotion, and really she didn’t know that Skylar could produce as such. “Sweetie, the couple who raised me for most of my life weren’t citizens here and frankly I couldn’t give less than a single damn if someone is a citizen or not.” She poured each of them another glass. “But I’ve known you how long and didn’t know you want to make music. Play me something.”

[betterthankanyebitch]

[scarlettdoherty]

codyxstone:

Yeah. Totally. That’s why you immediately resort to name-calling. Because you’re the calmest person ever. My bad.

I wouldn’t know. I make a point of not hanging around them enough. Well, depends how long it’s been you’ve been there, but probably not much, honestly. I never really get a chance to do much sight-seeing, beyond the studio parking lot honestly. Not this time. We were just going through the final screening process. Seeing what’s working, what needs to be scrapped…it’s about as exciting as it sounds. I’ll be glad when we’re all wrapped up, that’s all I can say.

Think of asshole as a... term of endearment. Especially just for you. Because you’re a special asshole.

Almost fourteen years, god. Just thinking about that leaves me needing an aspirin. Maybe a Prozac. What’s the point in working in different cities if you don’t experience the exciting night life? Meet people. Network. Do all that shit. Be a social butterfly, Cody. I know you can do it.

Come on... you’re not going to give me anymore detail? Nothing? Not even for me? At least give me the plot so I’ll decide if I wanna watch it in theaters or not.

[scarlettdoherty]

earthtoskys:

Skylar couldn’t help but roll his eyes a little bit. “Scarlett, you’re talking to someone who has a dick tattooed on his inner thigh, and anyway-“ Skylar paused long enough to take out the piercing, holding the jewelry out to his friend. “See? No more piercing. This is the least permanent thing on my body.” Skylar explained before putting the thing back in. Once everything was back in place he spoke again. “I didn’t do it because of a boy, I mean, it helps with the whole thing but I actually sort of like it. Makes me feel cool and interesting.” There were a lot of things he did for silly reasons, but he was never the type to regret much. Though he was always very anxious, Skylar could be very reckless. “Come on, Scarlett, don’t go mom on me.” He tugged his legs on the couch as he turned to face her, pressing a playful kiss to her cheek. “I’ve got a normal job, and I’m just fine in the position I’m in right, you don’t need to worry.”

Everyday she learned something new about Skylar and everything he did before they met. If they had met years ago, she would bet money that he wouldn’t have gotten the dick tattoo. Scarlett dramatically shuddered at the sight of the removal and replacement of the piercing, grabbing her wine glass and downing the rest of her drink. “I’m gonna need something stronger than this,” she remarked, setting the glass down on her coaster. Doing her best to listen to Skylar’s explanation, she sat back and watched him intently. “Sweetie,” she placed her hand on his shoulder, “you are already very cool and very interesting and you don’t need a weird ass piercing to prove that. Or to impress another guy.” And it took everything in her to not utter the cliche for him to be himself.

“Don’t call me mom,” she groaned, rubbing her temples, though she forced whatever grin threatening to show down. “I’m already turning 32--and to remind me that I’m old enough to be a mother is going to give me wrinkles.” Her frown transformed into a smile at his affectionate gesture. “You looove me,” she teased.

Scarlett turned to face him more and crossed her legs in the pretzel position. “But don’t you want to do something more? Something bigger than yourself?”

[scarlettdoherty]

codyxstone:

It was just an example, Scarlett, calm down. Besides…have you seen some of the people who live here? I don’t think having blue hair is going to make me stand out all that much. I’m not gullible, I know full well what she was doing. But she was also stoned out of her tree. She kept offering me gummie bears and laughing hysterically at pictures of her own grandchildren. Call me crazy, but I wasn’t really that into it. 

Okay, asshole, first of all, never, ever tell me to calm down. Joking or not. I’m calm. I am the calmest person. I’m good. I am so relaxed right now.

Stoned out of her tree? Don’t tell me the Californians say that now. Has that much changed since I left? Please tell me Oakland is still cool. So you don’t like elderly stoners. It really narrows down the dating pool for you. How was your trip though? Were you productive and in charge? Did you make like Bruce Springsteen and be The Boss?

[scarlettdoherty]

codyxstone:

It’s more like me trying to be optimistic after the crap that was supposed to wash out after one use did not. Oh really? Cause maybe you should tell that to Madonna. She’s like a hundred-and-eighteen and still rocks colored highlights. Or the woman who sat next to me on the plane who told me it looked like cotton candy, and proceeded to try and touch the whole flight.

Madonna is clearly still stuck in the 80s and it’s actually quite pathetic. Don’t take a page out of her book. Portland begs you. There’s a very high chance that the woman was flirting with you and wanting to join the mile high club, but good on you for not catching that. Unfortunately you might be a little more gullible than I thought for someone that works in the movie industry.

[earthtoskys-blog]

Skylar couldn’t help but give a somewhat muffled laugh when she grabbed his face. He reached up, pulling her hands from his face. “Uh, well…” Skylar thought for a moment. “The guy I spent New Years with pierced my tongue a few weeks ago.” He gave a little shrug. Skylar didn’t know how to talk about these things. “He’s got a lot of piercings, and I wanted to try the whole sexual body mods thing.” His hand went to push through his hair, feeling like a scolded child. He couldn’t tell if she hated it or not.

[scarlettdoherty]

“You don’t get a professional job with a tongue piercing, Sky,” she chastised, completely ignoring how much she sounded like her mom. Scarlett only had her ears pierced and wouldn’t dare let a inked needle anywhere near her body. “And you certainly don’t do something because of a guy. Especially when all that shit is temporary and piercings can be forever.”

[scarlettdoherty]

dayum--dani:

Dani relaxed back into the seat as Scarlett turned some music on, humming along quitely before she pointed out that she needed Dani’s address. “Oh, right sorry. It’s just a left turn at the light then the next right”

Scarlett let out a frustrated huff and turned down the radio when they came to a red light before the turn. “Look, sweetie,” she started. And while a lot of the time using the pet name wasn’t meant to be pretentious, her tone this time had made it so. “I get you’ve got this whole sweet, shy girl thing going on. And it’s cute. Only sometimes though. It’s not cute when you’re being rude to someone who helped you with your groceries and is giving you a ride home so you don’t have to hurt your pretty little feet. This is the real world, honey. Make conversation. I’m not a fucking Uber driver that you ignore.”

[codyxstone-blog]

Sorry I’ve been so quiet around here. I’ve been in California for the last couple weeks, for the test screening for a film that you will all hear more about closer to next winter. Hence the blue highlights in my hair, which I’ve decided I quite like, despite the judgmental stares I got at the airport. I think it’s going to become my new thing for 2018. Did I miss anything fun and exciting here?

[scarlettdoherty]

Blue highlights? The bold get bolder. Though I have to admit it’s a little too youthful. Not even the eighteen year olds nowadays are putting colored streaks in their hair.

[scarlettdoherty]

earthtoskys:

Skylar couldn’t help but blush, an almost anxious laugh. “Definitely more.” He replied, his finger tracing over the rim of his glass. “more a few times over.” He added giving her a look. New Years for Skylar had been very pornographic, and excessive. Danny seemed to be the subject of a lot of Skylar’s thoughts, and it was hard for him not to talk about him to Scarlett because he honestly told her everything. “I got to use this,” He stuck his tongue out, revealing the piercing that Danny had talked him into.

“Starting the new year out in the only way a person should.” Skylar commended. That sounded like the Scarlett he knew. He was starting to worry that she’d changed on him out of nowhere. “Obviously you don’t know me, Mom. Before recently, I never knew their names.” He returned the eyebrow wiggle before giving her a small laugh.

It was safe to say they were close enough for Scarlett to beam proudly at his trysts, only hoping he was being careful and smart with who he gave himself to. Without thinking of herself as a hypocrite. 

Anything Skylar said after he stuck his tongue out was muffled out because she could not believe her eyes. Shaking her head, she needed to be certain that her mind was not playing games with her. Scarlett gripped his face with her palm underneath his chin, pressing his cheeks so his tongue could come out again. “What the fuck? When the hell did you get that? How did I miss that? Am I losing it? Fuck, I’m getting old. Sky, sweetie, what in the world prompted you to get a tongue piercing?”

[scarlettdoherty]

connections&plot ideas －★

[ if you’re looking for a plot or a connection with scarlett that’s something more than just romantic, look under the read more and you can either like this or message me. i don’t bite, i promise. we can talk something out! this can also be applied to characters she already has a friendship/connection with and even those she hasn’t interacted with! and if there’s any other connections/plot ideas you have, don’t be afraid to bring it up! ]

CLIENT －－ Scarlett is a personal shopper and she works with dozens of people every week. Some of these clients she’s maintained relationships with over the course of her thirteen years of living in Portland. Also, always expanded her clientele, she recruits up to three new clients every month. As a personal shopper, she knows where are all the sales and deals are in local, high-end boutiques and the location of the best designer thrift stores. Whether someone is on a budget, needs help styling their wardrobe or doesn’t have the time to shop, that’s where she comes in. Along with this, she’s also a personal stylist and will be able to style her clients in the most flattering pieces. She mainly works with women but is open to helping men, also. The flat rate and hourly rate are usually very high but with conversation and learning about her client, sometimes she’s flexible. (Can be applied to more than one OC!)

GOOD NEIGHBOR －－ Scarlett lives Downtown in a big condo all by herself. She likes to know the people she lives around so when someone new moves in she would often drop by and give them a bottle of wine. They could hit it off and find good company with one another, finding that they go together to “block parties” and gossip with each other about strange people that live next to them. This neighbor could have just moved in or they have known each other for quite some time.

NOT-SO-GOOD NEIGHBOR －－ Admittedly, Scarlett is not the easiest person in the world to talk to, because of her big mouth and sometimes crude statements. This person could be someone that she just does not get along with. For some reason, they hate one another. Because just as it is in real life, not everyone can interact with each other like it’s sunshine and rainbows. This will be fun for witty banter. 

ONE NIGHT STAND －－ At one point, this person and Scarlett slept together and never pursued anything further than that. Though, when they are together they have great chemistry and are often mistaken for a couple, which they quickly dismiss so they can chase after someone else for their hook up later that evening.

BAR BUDDY －－ Goes to bars with Scarlett because they both love to have a good time and they just shoot the shit. These people don’t normally see each other outside of this time. 

FRENEMIES －－  This person and Scarlett are drawn to each other, in the most platonic way. But they don’t always necessarily like each other, but there’s a certain tolerance there. They tease one another and they don’t always agree, but there’s an understanding there.

[scarlettdoherty]

dayum--dani:

“Sorry” She murmured, letting the woman pull her hand away from her hair and to her side. “Thank you” She added softly as she slid into the car. Though the woman’s tone was harsh, Dani recognized something behind it, something that wasn’t malicious  or poor intentioned. 

“That works for me, whenever you’re free.” She nodded as she buckled her seatbelt 

Scarlett backed out the parking space and put the radio on a low volume, letting Barry White’s sultry tone subtly fill the vehicle. “Where am I going, honey? Gotta tell me. I’m not a mind reader. Give me a little something here.”

[scarlettdoherty]

earthtoskys:

“Never,” Skylar replied, a wide smile on his lips as he shrugged his hoodie off. He had missed Scarlett, being that she honestly was his closest friend. He accepted her for the wine mom that she was, while she attempted to accept him for the awkward man child he was. They worked out very well that way. He scooted over just a bit to give her a bit more room on the couch and crossed his legs, taking his glass and sipping it lightly. Christmas with Scarlett had been more than he’d ever expected really. He hadn’t gift shopped in so long, but getting Scarlett something seemed to be very important to him—he still wasn’t totally convinced that she’d even liked the gift or its second rate wrapping, but still it was all very nice. It felt nice to have a family.

“I did, more or less.” He replied, quickly occupying his mouth with his glass. His new years had certainly been something, and he’d not felt very inclined to tell Scarlett for fear of jinxing the whole thing. “Who’d you even kiss?” Skylar asked, not knowing of anyone that she might even want to commit to, in his experience she didn’t seem to want that on any level. But people always changed.

“So, more or less?” Scarlett egged on, comically wiggling her eyebrows, the details very important to her. She had found herself involved in Skylar’s life, more than she thought she ever would, and it only made sense for her to hear his experiences. Mainly to know if it was a positive experience for Skylar. It was a recurring theme, she noticed, that when she was with Skylar she constantly made it a point to ‘fix’ or ‘improve’ something. Whether it was his wardrobe, his eating habits, or even being more social on a holiday she was there to assure he was being his best self.

With a smirk curling at her lips, she shrugged as she sipped from her glass. “Does it matter who I kissed? Who I more than kissed? I’m not even sure I caught his name,” she mused, not seeing the detail as an issue.  “Which I don’t advise, ever,” she started, holding a finger up to him.

[scarlettdoherty]

“Don’t judge me for the fact that wine is the first thing I take out of my kitchen before actual food. As much as I love food.” Her mom would kill her for saying such a statement, and she relished in the thought of making her own mother squirm. She poured Skylar a small glass, remembering how he was a lightweight, while being very generous with her own. With the glasses in hand, she sashayed her way back into her living room and plopped down onto the couch right next to Skylar, holding the drink out to him. “After Christmas with you, life had been too crazy. Too busy.” Busy avoiding calls from her parents. “It’s just good to see your handsome face again.” Scarlett pinched Skylar’s cheeks and scrunched her face into a cheesy grin. “Please tell me you got a New Year’s kiss like I did.” 

@earthtoskys

[scarlettdoherty]

dayum--dani:

“I only take them when I really need to” She shrugged as if it was reasonable enough that she walked most everywhere else. “What? Really?” Dani raised her brows and tucked some hair behind her ear. “Sure, it couldn’t hurt to learn”

Scarlett found it hard to believe that a grown-ass woman didn’t find a more efficient method of transportation. One couldn’t simply walk everywhere, especially in a city as Portland. And especially if she used to live in New York. It didn’t make sense. It wasn’t realistic. She needed to help this girl before she started to sound even more ridiculous. 

“Sweetie, stop fidgeting with your hair; it’s irritating.” She grabbed the other’s hand and dropped it to her side. “You bet your ass it wouldn’t hurt to learn.” Perhaps it was how charitable she acted toward Skylar, but she found herself offering to help someone else now, far easier than she thought it would. “We’ll set up a time and play it by ear--see if it’s something I really want to do. I’m really busy, especially with the New Year, but we’ll figure something out. Now, get in the car.”