tropes: hard-drinking party girl, rich bitch, the hedonist, proud beauty
likes: champagne, partying, short skirts, high heels, money, being up till 7am and going to sleep at 3pm, mirrors, rule-breaking, smoking, charlie xcx, socializing, singing, dancing, making friends, music, traveling, hosting parties, being known, licor
dislikes: know-it-alls, parents, talking about her feelings, romance, mornings, staying still, being quiet, being told what to do, boredom, licorice
fun facts: she technically went to school but tended to skip classes daily. she has two tattoos and cannot remember getting either of them. she does not consider herself to be particularly mean-spirited, but when you have had everything handed to you for all your life, can you really be a nice person? do you even know what "nice" is?
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a brief study of isa -
isadora byron ( yes, nikolas byron, the movie producer, is her father ) was born with a silver spoon, and she knows it. being the only child of her father´s fourth and current marriage, she has had full access to his money since the day she was born ( neither of her parents usually reside in kilmer, so the mansion is also basically hers. this does explain the multiple lavish parties she throws every year ). she used to have small roles in some of her father's movies when she was younger, but it was too much work for her liking, so she stopped doing that when she turned sixteen. even so, she loves the fact that people know who she is, and her ego is as big as she is beautiful ( her own words ). isadora can be pretty smart, but she is not unfamiliar to the fact that most people assume her to be stupid; she has used this to her advantage before. her biggest loves are luxury and excess, and her number one priority is always herself. even though she is a social butterfly, few people really know her, which is what she prefers.
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questions -
— if they’ve lived here their whole life, what has made them stay ?
isadora has everything here. she is a known face and feels like she can do whatever she wants anytime she wants to. she also considers herself to be the it girl of kilmer ( she might have a big ego probably maybe who knows ). this girl knows that leaving the place would include having to start from somewhere, and even if she has maaany advantages in life for that to be pretty easy for her, she feels no need to do so and does not want to take the risk. also, she has plenty of friends here ( and admirers she would add ), so even if it’s not her family, there are many people keeping her in kilmer as well. she does like to travel, but her home is here.
— does your muse have a job in kilmer’s cove ?
you could say she has two jobs or you could say she is unemployed and both would be equally right statements. she is a part-time model and part-time influencer, part-time because she doesn’t take any of these jobs seriously. i mean, the girl is rich, but she looooves money and is obsessed with herself so having those jobs were just a logical next step for her. she is a pretty good model but a shitty influencer; isa uses her social media as any normal person would, but accepts brand deals often without really caring what she is selling to her audience. she might have scammed people once or twice or ten times because of this. the only reason isa can have these means of money-making is because of who her father is, and being aware of this, she exploits the fact.
— does she believe in the supernatural ?
as smart as she can be sometimes, she is completely ignorant of this side of kilmer´s cove.
isadora woke up with a start, that vivid dream with the porcelain box still fresh in her memory. what. the. fuck. it had felt real, even more than reality did, if that was possible. her heart felt like it wanted to escape her body badly, accompanied by last night´s dinner. the girl quickly put on jeans and a t-shirt; she needed to leave her room right now. exactly fourteen minutes later, she burst out of her house, barefoot and with hair that looked like a rat´s nest. she had to be... anywhere but here.
so isadora walked. walked fast, hugging herself tightly and trying to calm her lungs down. after a hazy amount of time in this dissociative state - had it been 15 minutes ? or 45 ? - her legs decided to stop in front of a house. the most lovely house in all of kilmer.
this house was a home in all the ways that the byron mansion wasn’t. where the girl’s place was cold and empty, the landry residence was warm and incredibly full of life. oh how she used to wish as a child ( to the stars, or to whoever would listen ) for her last name to change so it would match her friend ziggy and her whole family´s. sometimes she still did.
her daydreaming stopped when she realized there was someone watering the plants right in front of her. isa smiled, and waved at otto.
isadora believed herself to be pretty good at reading people ( correct ! ), which is why she also thought she could be an amazing matchmaker if she wanted to ( not as correct ). so that was why she had set her mind on finding the perfect blind date for her friend. out of the kindness of her heart of course, but mostly because it is a really fun thing to do.
and that´s how she found herself seated in the cafe that day, uncharacteristically early ( which meant only ten minutes late ) and impatiently waiting for rohan to arrive. isa knew it would not be easy to sell her idea to them, which was why it had to be an in-person conversation, a simple text message would not do. but, sending one to see why they are late might be a good idea.
which is what she was about to do, when rohan finally entered the shop. " i thought you had actually stood me up ! " isadora joked from her seat, being a little bit too loud.
“ what are you - what are you lookin' for in the case ? ” manon's eyes were transfixed, magnetically tied to the commanding air of someone who easily knew what they were doing when it came to glitz and glamour. it was an important occasion — a milestone parents' anniversary, something that should be cherished, formed into a wearable talisman that immortalized their love forever - a very victorian line of thinking, but they sure got it right ! the unfortunate aspect is that manon had no where to begin, hence seeking out the aid of someone who could at least skew her in the right direction in place of the very busy charmed & co employee. “ sorry, i - i could ask for their help. ‘s not your job to do so. i think — i was just curious. you’re just wearin' a lot of n-nice jewelry, is all. i'm trying to get a present — my parents' anniversary. i don't know what's nice enough. ”
the self-proclaimed it girl delighted in receiving attention in most, if not all, cases, ( she would call it her life source when feeling particularly melodramatic ), but this was one of her favorite situations; being recognized as the fashion icon she very clearly was. oh, isadora was totally thrilled.
she immediately turned to look at this person with a genuine smile. “ you have an excellent eye for pretty things, you know ? and do not worry, there is absolutely no need to be apologetic, looking good might as well be my actual job ” the girl says that with a splash of sarcasm, even though she completely believes it to be true. “ now, what kind of present are we looking for ? sentimental, creative, practical, expensive ? ”
isa squints as she takes a real look at their face. “ hey, i think i might have seen you around. though i cannot recall a name for the life of me, what do i call you ? ”
