i... i don't know what to say. thank you. ( vee verse 👀 )
A(STAR'S) DIALOGUE, accepting; @starpotentia1.
her lashes are weeping shimmer like diamond falls, cascading down in their silvery spiral to caress the cheek of Voxtek's very own rising star; smudged blue glitter, grittier on Charlie's hands, smears across Odile's shoulder under her delicately firm hold.
── the dust looks better, Velvette had demanded without nary a say in edgewise, though Charlie might've preferred longer sleeves or perhaps a satin glove, soft to the touch, gleaming like spilled oil, the rainbow edge's reflection in pools of street water. she endures her fashion choice's with a smile lingering on the edge of worry, enough to earn Velvette's ironclad scoffs and the purse of her lips. Get the fuck out of my sight. it went without saying, Charlie had upset her.
she stilts, wobbling, on the outskirts of another busy evening, busy day, a whirlwind of this and that and oh, how Charlie's head hurt from the weight on her scalp and the begrudging heels she'd slipped on at Valentino's behest; sharp things, custom made, '𝓥' emblemed on the side. it wouldn't do to piss two out of three off, and she really wanted to enjoy tonight! she did! she just ... she just made a fuck up, was a fuck up, a mistake, but really really if she kept her head up and made sure to dance with Velvette later it'd be okay! ... wouldn't it? Velvette was ignoring her, head tilted over her shoulder subtle enough to flash a glower at Charlie, and that - that. was. it was, okay, jeez what was with the fucking heating in here? a strangled fish on a hook, out of water, laid bare, is how she feels and she── she needs to get out of here, NOW.
harkens out a warbled apology, an excuse, a getaway and flurries out of prying eyes and grabbing hands, their laughter, their cold judgement, entirely too familiar. and she's out, she's out, with blurry eyes and a stiff chin ready to bear the burden and the weight of tears that sit on her precipice edged to fall. she wouldn't let them, she wasn't crying tonight, she couldn't fuck up anymore than she already, always did── first her parents, next her people, and now her... her friends, her... associates, the only people she had who... who cared.
she's in her heart and out of her mind with her forearm pressed to her head when she sees it, the rattling clacks of her heels stuttering to a stop in the situation that unfolds.
harassment wasn't uncommon here, in this cruel corner. believer of the well and best intentioned as she tried to be, tried as much as she could to suggest better alternatives to keep bullying in check. they'd promised if dismissively, and she hadn't seen much of it lately since she'd started asking for change. since she'd started stepping in as and when she could, even if a part of her privately wondered if... if the ill underbelly of these glittering joys were being hidden from her. blinded, to keep her docile. she had her suspicions, paranoia's they were; and here, in a blinding white and blocked off corridor with few escapes, she wonders if she was proven right.
jeering jabs, a wine like splashed over the front of Odile's dresswear, staining, ruining, cornering and crowding. and Charlie's watery reds turn to blazened fury, the snap of her fangs and the resounding chew out she gives, gleaming spark shot of her voice, enough to dissuade the group; not because it was her, never, she was a laughing stock in Voxtek's inner circle, no. association, who represented her, did the job for her. ──
❝ are you... okay? ❞ she murmurs soft, cradling the star in her dusted hands. a question without answer necessary, she very clearly wasn't. that makes two of us.
❝ here, ❞ she begins, untying and shrugging off the silk shawl draped around her, beautifully ruched, to slip the garment around Odile's own figure. patting it down, ensuring the warm place of that custom piece. this wouldn't cover the disaster, but for now... it'd be enough, conspicuous not to draw unnecessary attention.
❝ this should help a little ... there should be a bathroom near here. i'll help you. ❞ she flashes a wide toothed grin, somewhere bashful in response, her arms fussing at her sides to brace. to touch and reassure, she wants to, would it be appropriate though? hasn't she touched her enough? was she bothering her? threatening? Charlie finds a simple middle ground, bumping her elbow with Odile's. follow me, the bump says, just as much as the silliness of the action meant, and don't worry about it.
❝ I never know what to say a lot of day's, really. introduction's are as good a place as any to start though! I'm... ❞ she falters.
❝ just call me Charlie! ❞