❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { DERYA ARSLAN } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { SHE } is? they kind of look like { HANDE ERCEL } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { 26 } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { one year }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { BLAIR CORNELIA WALDORF } from { GOSSIP GIRL }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { ARSLAN COUTURE } as a { MODEL/DESIGNER/SOCIALITE }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { FEMME FATALE } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { MANIPULATIVE } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { AMBITIOUS } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { 3 BEDROOMS } residence beside me over in { PELICAN STREET / # 243 }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!
tw: mental illness, insecurity, manipulation
Heiress to Arslan Couture, she was brought up to value hard work and hard play. With her mother being an inspiration and her role model from a very young age, she mimicked her mother's every move, religiously following everything she preached, for a while. Life as always been some kind of dream, a picture perfect family rising even higher among those in the fashion industry. Of course Derya got spoiled rotten. Fancy dinners, the newest fashion and layers upon layers of paper thin money at such a young age. She knew about the power of manipulation, about how easy it was for her parents to cave to a stubborn child, demanding child, ready to explore the world on her own, to make her shut it with just the right amount of cash, the right toy, the most sparkly jewelry. Rotten to the core, like an apple, she enjoyed the attention and ability to guide others, bend them to her will, albeit by being all but good.
Scandalous teenage years followed, with money opening more doors than she can shut, forcing Derya into situations she herself hadn't anticipated. Sabotaging a rival with blackmail turned her mother's own show on its head, with paparazzi gaining access to data linked to the scandal, and the bitter revelation of her rival's tax fraud. Nothing an affair with a politician couldn't fix, but Derya revealed that, too. One stab too much. Rightfully, it blew up in her face.
She vanished for six months without a trace, instead of addressing the allegations, Derya returned being so much more deadly. To control the narrative, Derya decided not to let herself get carried away. So when she she revealed snippets of a very swift, steamy relationship every now and then on Instagram, with public appearances including screaming matches and them making up again, paparazzi quickly moved on from one scandal, to focus on something that'd sell soo much better: Derya's love affair with her rival's man, ready to lose a fortune, his reputation, to be with her.
A public stunt, laced with poison. She'd have him follow her like a dog, with herself hiding her own insecurities behind each new smile, each new snapshot, each new design. She'd have to control herself, the masses, to eventually take over Arslan Couture.
more orchestrated scandals (all alleged) include:
a politician's engagement collapsing 48 hours after being seen leaving a private dinner with her.
once changed Arslan Couture's seating chart, just to reassign a new hierarchy
Derya broke down at a photoshoot after finding out her boyfriend cheated on her, causing her to struggle through the shoot
once hired a private detective to spy on
Derya attended a private investors’ dinner and the final funding decision shifted within 24 hours without any public explanation.
she allegedly rewatches old footage of her on certain events, just to look at her composure and mannerisms, hoping to learn and change.
once left a party with a married man, the scandal spread like a wildfire, resulting in him divorcing and leaving palmview grove shortly after. Nobody knows what happened, exactly.
