you should see me in a crown.

teddy cellario. prince of monaco. 29. aspiring historian. arguable flower child. currently keeping myself busy with world traveling. "you should see me in a crown. i'm gonna run this nothing town. watch me make 'em bow - one by, one by, one."

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themarkedxdavidson·:

Matt’s arm went around Teddy’s shoulder and he gave the man a firm yet affection side hug before laying a big ol’ smooch against his temple. “You definitely will. I have a feeling you’ll find wherever food’s served. Coffee, too.” Laela has a way of gravitating to those two things, unless she was on the beach then she’d be tucked into some book while the world did it’s thing around her. “Wrangled. Hog tied. Really roped me in, man. She’s truly a remarkable woman and we’re barely making our relationship known, actually.” He’d seen Teddy around the Rossi’s in passing and knew the prince was familiar with him, though he doesn’t know anything about their history. “Why not eat and drink at the same time? Partially responsible but not so much you’re depriving yourself of a good drink.” He steered his friend in one direction. Then another. Truly unable to figure out where he wanted to start. Matt decided food first and led them there. “You’re with me for awhile. We can grab some things and take it to the beach. Movies are playing there throughout the day, a few I added from my personal movie vault.” They spoke of movies awhile back and he thought Teddy would get a kick out of that. “Lets see…it’s dark now so they scarier movies should’ve started.”

A warm smile masked the confusion that sparked in the prince’s expression for a fraction of a second at Matt’s description of his girlfriend— there was a familiarity in it and he found himself almost too curious to wait to sort out who it was on his own time. Surely Matt wouldn’t mind telling him outright if he asked? “I’ve never been all that good at guessing games personally— who is the lucky woman? I can’t say I know everyone on the island by any means but I might know her. Congratulations, either way! I’m mostly curious,” He admitted, a soft laugh rumbling in the back of his throat as Matt steered them one way and then another before he seemed to settle on a proper direction to lead them. It was remarkable to him how at ease he felt in Matt’s company considering they hadn’t known one another very long but Teddy found their personalities to be quite similar, at least as far as he could tell, and he was positive that might have had something to do with it. “Did you? What did you bring out of your vault for this? I haven’t done much to sit and watch any of them for a long time but I’m certainly a fan of horror movies. Halloween movies. Whichever term suits them better.”

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fionadughlas·:

Fiona shifted her weight from leg to leg, arms crossed in front of her chest as she waited for Teddy to meet her. She hadn’t been planning on coming out at all tonight, but when Teddy asked her to come with that sweet face and those puppy dog eyes, she’d convinced herself it would be borderline cruelty to refuse him. She was even wearing a costume. It was clearly important to Teddy that she have a good time tonight, so she would do her best to, and she had to admit, social functions were always so much better with her best friend at her side. If only he would show up soon. Slightly on the outskirts of the party, Fiona couldn’t bring herself to step further into the mass of people, without an agenda of some sort, she hated mingling. 

Her eyes finally landed on Teddy and she felt every muscle in her body relax. Surely she would have been fine without him, she could have found Leo, or bailed entirely, or drank until she loosened up and went home with… someone, but those options were a last resort. She felt a strange twinge noticing the look on his face, and she couldn’t help but smile seeing his costume. Almost matching. And she had to admit that his slightly open button-down shirt added a slightly more rugged edge to his demeanor than she was used to seeing. She laughed, “Be careful what you say there, Theodore, you could give a girl the wrong impression talking like that.” Her smile softened, and she tried to ignore the slight flush in her cheeks at the compliment. She took his hand and began leading him towards the drinks, “I need a lot of alcohol if I’m going to do this, Teddy.”

Though it was almost a reflex for him to roll his eyes at the sound of his full name it did very little to temper the smile on his face; ever since childhood he’d found it impossible not to be happy when he was with Fiona and nothing had changed that in the years they’d been friends. He was positive nothing ever would change that but he was equally aware that attempting to mention that to Fiona would likely give her an aneurysm or something equally as horrifying and it was a fact he would much rather keep to himself under such circumstances. “If I’m giving you anything other than the impression that I think you look stunning and I’m really very happy I talked you into dressing up then I’m clearly not doing something right,” Teddy informed her plainly. He had yet to have any alcohol of any sort over the course of his evening but his overt honesty had always come easily with Fiona-- even when he felt reasonably confident she’d brush his compliment off or change the subject or something of the sort. It wasn’t going to change his urge to be honest with her.

“Do what?” He asked, following her with an almost puppy-like obedience towards the spread of various alcoholic drinks in easy reach. “Spend time with me? I didn’t think you needed alcohol to do that,” He drawled, squeezing her hand lightly in the hope that she would understand that he was, more or less, teasing her. “We can always leave if you get uncomfortable, alright? I promise. I wouldn’t make you stay any longer than you wanted to. So if you want to go home at any point just tell me— I’ll walk you to your villa and that’ll be that.”

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leorossi·:

🏹

On the outside, Leo tried to play it cool, but deep down, he was slightly nervous about running into Raiden again. Especially with a few drinks already in his system. The spare prince is still very much in love with him, but he wasn’t sure if Raiden still feels the same way, or if he even did at all. Thus, he was more than thrilled at the message from Teddy that he responded as quickly as his fingers would allow him to. It was tiring holding a small grudge against his ex, a reason that he wasn’t too sure he should be upset with him at this point - still didn’t mean he knows how to act around him. Even when he’s sober, let alone being slightly tipsy.  Making his way towards his lifetime friend, he smiled at the other’s costume. The guy did pull of Indiana Jones well. 

“How can I convince you to dress like this all the time?” He teased as he approached him.

“I don’t think you’d need to do much convincing,” Teddy quipped with a grin. “I always wanted to be Indiana Jones when we were little. I don’t know that I look as dashing as Harrison Ford but I think I’m managing.” Teddy had very few qualms about admitting that he was an objectively attractive person but he was rarely the sort of person who tried to claim that around others— there was a shyness in him about very few things but that was one that seemed to linger with him always unless he was feeling particularly confident or joking. He studied Leo’s costume for a quiet moment with a furrow between his brow before his expression softened in time with the smile that overtook his features, “Robin Hood, right? There are so many versions of him that took me a moment-- which version inspired your costume, mon ami?” Teddy was familiar with the Disney film version of the thief with a heart of gold but he was well-aware there were countless iterations of the character Leo might have drawn inspiration from. “At any rate: you look great! The costume very much suits you. Where would you like our evening to begin? I’m very open to suggestions.”

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themarkedxdavidson·:

Oh man. Matt found himself grinning because especially with this costume he wanted to get further into character since Gomez has such a love of French but it was only whenever Tish said it. “Both of us look good tonight. Gotta give you props for going with the Indy route because fuck, that guy’s awesome.” He thought of their movie talk they had awhile back at the cinema and Matt reminded himself to make sure to add the three to to rotation. Not Crystal Skulls. He’s never seen it and has no plans to. “Oh Tish is somewhere around here.” He popped the cigar back into his mouth and stood next to Teddy so he can get a better view of the place. “Don’t see her around here but she’s hard to miss when you spot her. You just can’t help but look at her.” He hadn’t spoken this way about Laela with someone before. Not really and he had barely said anything but he didn’t even think about what he was saying since it was the truth for him. “Not sure. Could use a drink and some food. Want to see which movie they started the night with.” He looked at him and gave him a little nudge with his elbow. “What about you. Where do you want to start?”

Matt always seemed to be a particularly exuberant person; it was something that had charmed Teddy almost immediately upon meeting the other man and it was almost painfully endearing to listen to him speak about a woman Teddy could only assume might have been his girlfriend or something of the sort given their costumes and the way Matt described her. “I’m sure I’ll recognize it when I see her then, no? Anyone who can wrangle you must be a special woman indeed,” Teddy mused, nudging Matt gently to express the fact that he was, largely, teasing him. “I think we are-- what’s the expression?” His eyebrows furrowed for a moment before his expression brightened, “In the same boat! I was actually trying to decide whether I wanted to be responsible and eat something before I make an effort to drink like I’m still in Uni but I’m happy to have company during that if you’re interested.” Teddy wasn’t the sort of person who would turn down company in any capacity-- especially not when he already enjoyed being around the person who might want to spend time with him. Matt would certainly make his evening entertaining one way or another-- the prince felt incredibly confident about that.

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closed starter for luka rossi. ( @luka-istallion​ )

It had been a long while since Teddy had been in a position to have most of the Rossi siblings in one place; he was delighted by the opportunities he’d had to spend time with his childhood friends and the Halloween party had already given him ample time to spend with Leo and Laela. He had yet to find Luka but he wasn’t terribly fussed by it— they would run into one another at some point and if need be Teddy could always text the older prince and find him that way. His solution presented itself in the form of his spotting Luka from a distance and the borderline startled laughter that erupted from him at the sight of the other man’s costume trailed behind Teddy as he approached the other man. “I don’t think I’ve seen you without this many clothes since we were kids,” Teddy joked, raising a playful hand to his eyes even as he smiled. “Do I need to cover my eyes the whole night?”

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closed starter for laela rossi. ( @laprincipessalaela​ )

As an adult Teddy had always been particularly comfortable at parties— large parties, especially, reminded him a great deal of University and it was something that inspired equal parts nostalgia and genuine joy at being given an opportunity to let loose in some way. Of course, it was much less entertaining to be at a party by himself and he’d spent a fair amount of time bouncing between his friends to carve out some time with them before they parted ways to go about their nights. He was three drinks into the evening and had yet to eat anything at all which was all the encouragement he’d needed to seek out the nearest table full of treats-- only to catch sight of Laela lingering at the table in a costume that prompted Teddy to do an immediate double take as he approached his friend. “Bonsoir mon coeur,” The prince greeted warmly, sidling up beside Laela with a warm, crooked smile. “Are you enjoying yourself?”

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closed starter for fiona dughlas. ( @fionadughlas​ )

Convincing Fiona to do anything at all was perhaps the closest Teddy had ever come to understanding the expression ‘like pulling hen’s teeth’— she was stubborn to a fault and though he’d known her long enough to be well aware of that it was an entirely different beast to be shoving himself against that stubbornness hoping he would get her to cave in. It had been difficult enough to help her sort out a costume for the evening and Teddy was almost relieved when the night of the party had rolled around and he could finally enjoy himself-- hopefully with Fiona in tow-- rather than worrying about how difficult it was to convince Fiona to do anything for the sake of letting loose. The prince shifted his weight from one foot to the other as he sent yet another text to Fiona to sort out exactly where she’d decided to wait for him before he slipped his phone into his back pocket with a sigh and a fond roll of his eyes.

It took him less than five minutes to find her when all was said and done and he kept his distance for several moments longer than he intended-- taking in the full effect of her costume with a growing smile; he’d always thought Fiona was one of the loveliest women he’d ever met but it was a fact that was only cemented in his mind as he approached her in costume. “Have I mentioned yet that Evy was basically my dream girl when I was a kid? You look wonderful, Fi. I told you the costume would suit you!”

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closed starter for leo rossi. ( @leorossi​ )

Initially Teddy had been fairly content to explore the extent of the Halloween festivities by himself— he watched a bit of one of the films, had a drink, went to the infirmary to sort out what exactly they could have done to make it remotely spooky but he’d begun to lose interest in being by himself for all of the fun everyone seemed to be having around him. It was a split second decision that had him texting each of the Rossi children in turn to check in and sort out whether they would all be joining in on the party and whether they might want to spend some time with him while they were there. Leo was the first to respond and with confirmation that he would soon have company Teddy’s mood improved considerably-- excitement all but bubbling from him as he waited outside one of the bars for Leo to join him for a drink before they really got going with the rest of their night.

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closed starter for ingrid magnussen. ( @ingrid-magnussen​ )

Though they were relatively close Teddy hadn’t been able to spend a great deal of time with Ingrid and the rest of his cousins when they were young simply due to the distance between their countries; a benefit of living on the island for as long as he wanted to visit was that he could see Ingrid as much as he wanted if she wasn’t busy with other things. He’d sent her a text the moment he’d been prepared to head to the party properly and it seemed to him to be something like luck when he caught sight of her only a moment after he arrived. “Well, that’s quite the costume, cousin,” He greeted with a smile. “Should I guess what you’re meant to be?”

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themarkedxdavidson·:

Now with everything on and his hair as slicked back as it’s going to be, which took A LOT of hair product and Laela helping him with that and the fake mustache, Matt was ready to strut his stuff. He told Laela to text him once she’s out and ready as he knew this was big for her and there were nerves involved with her brother’s piecing together that their costume was more than just a costume choice and announcing that they were an actual item. But it wasn’t like they never fooled around or did anything while on the beach or even in front of last Halloween’s bonfire. Matt decided his first stop is food. There were many places to choose from and he wanted something light for the time being. On his way to Java he noticed a fedora and whip and grew excited. “Holy shit, it’s Dr. Jones!” He said, removing the cigar from his mouth and going up to Teddy. Matt felt the epee on his side tap against his hip as he hurried over. He’s a sucker for anything pop culture and was glad someone else went with a movie costume. “Looking good, man. Looking real good!”

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As a child Teddy had been borderline obsessed with the Indiana Jones films— he still was, really, as watching those films as a boy had been the impetus that fueled him to pursue history and archaeology in school the moment he was able to. He certainly wasn’t an adventuring archaeologist by any means but he could pretend to be one for the night and that was more than enough for the Monacan prince. He was the slightest bit distracted as he made his way towards the bonfire-- mentally attempting to decide whether he wanted to drink or eat before he made the active decision to be entirely irresponsible. Matt’s voice caught his attention almost immediately and he turned to face his friend with a broad smile before his gaze shifted briefly over Matt’s form to take in the other man’s costume. “Merci beaucoup cher ami! You look quite good yourself if you don’t mind my saying,” Teddy replied, making a show of looking around with a quirk of his eyebrow, “If you’re Gomez where is Morticia? I don’t know that you can really have one without the other, hm? At any rate— whereabouts are you headed?”

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Teddy Cellario as Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones— archaeologist and adventurer made famous by Harrison Ford. 

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savagenikita·:

     𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 to the prince. ❛ To be fair, I never promised to be nice to anyone. ❜ She teases him back, with an amused smile, looking at the view of the horizon. In regards to her business, it’s her new establishment, there are two reasons why she bought, one – to piss off her parents and the second one, and the main reason to keep an eye on Vasilia. ❛ I just bought a strip club, so I’m taking the grasp of it yet. I might as well make a presentation any day. I’m so bored and I was thinking this could distract me for the time being. ❜ She confessed, shrugging her shoulders nonchalantly.

“But I’m so cute,” Teddy protested, the slightest hint of a whine in his voice. “You can’t be mean to me— I’m almost certain it’s impossible or not allowed or something of the sort.” He was being exceptionally dramatic and he was well aware of it but he never found any reason to take himself very seriously when he was spending time with his friends. “A... strip club?” He repeated, blinking slowly for a moment as if to process what he’d been told before he smiled. “I had no idea there was even a strip club on the island but uh, well-- now I’m going to be thinking about that for quite some time, I imagine.” He nodded, “I can understand that. Being royalty is a bit shit sometimes, isn’t it? I keep daydreaming about all the things I could do differently if I weren’t a prince. Is that wrong of me?”

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closed starter for luka rossi. ( @luka-istallion​ )

Though Teddy had been well aware of his best friend’s presence on the island since he’d spoken to Leo initially it seemed that every attempt he’d made to find time to spend with Luka had been foiled by his own inability to plan and time things correctly. He made his way towards Java’s Brewin’ with a dual goal in mind-- one: to get coffee he needed rather desperately after having spent a fairly sleepless night reading and two: to catch Luka at the end of his shift, if possible, and invite him out for a drink or something of the sort simply to spend time with the older man. The café was fairly quiet as he entered and it took him only a few seconds to recognize Luka’s familiar figure behind the counter-- a sight that prompted a broad, dimpled grin on the Monacan prince’s face as he approached the front counter and tried to leave room between the space he occupied and the register in the event someone else came in to order. “You are a sight for sore eyes, my friend-- when is your shift over? I wanted to catch you before you left, at the very least, to see if you might like to have a drink with me?”

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leorossi·:

❢

The light banter between the two is something that Leo truly misses. Careless conversations and hangouts between friends, not having to worry about paparazzi being around the corner and making up some story that may or may not be scandalous. Hell, the only other time he had total relaxation was when he was in college in England. With Raiden. Suppose that was a pro in being taken to the island and away from his home. Laughing at the other’s words, he nodded and said jokingly, “I mean yes. It’s the Theodore Cellario I know and love. I wouldn’t blame you, truthfully. Not when there are this many good looking people.” It was a light taunt, but the last words he spoke held some truth in them. He has seen gorgeous people, but Indulgence must be hogging the majority of them. “If you want help with the drinking part, I’ll gladly be there to help out.”  Allowing Teddy to drag him to an open table, Leo couldn’t hold the light laughs from escaping passed his lips. “C'est parfait.” He responded as he took a seat. 

“So, what books have been keeping your attention?” 

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Leo had been one of his closest friends since he was a boy— he’d been close to all of the Rossi children essentially since the moment the Cellario boys had been introduced to the Rossi children and they were all immensely important to them no matter what their relationships looked like as adults. Leo had as much a penchant for allowing him to get into trouble as Luka did and between the two of them Teddy could be talked rather easily into doing anything at all that might be considered reckless or done in the pursuit of debauchery. It wasn’t unusual for the princes to discuss their respective sex lives but Teddy’s was rather tame at that moment-- not that he’d done it intentionally but he’d been distracted by his own research and when he was drawn into it there were very few things that could pull him away. 

“I’m not beholden to anyone at the moment so what better time to fuck about than right now?” Teddy quipped in return, grinning crookedly at the blonde prince. There were certainly people on the island he’d have absolutely no problem spending a night-- or several-- with but he hadn’t had even a fraction of a thought about it until Leo planted it into his mind. “If that’s all I can think about for the rest of the night I’m going to blame you,” He joked.

He ran his fingers through his hair absently as he settled down across from Leo, “Oh, they’re just stuffy old history books. I’ve been studying the history of piracy, actually, and how it intersects with the history of the monarchy as um, as a system, I suppose. It’s probably quite dull to everyone else but I’ve always been interested in both things and I find it quite entertaining to read about. What have you been spending your time doing, my friend?”

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fionadughlas·:

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Fiona was determined not to notice the way Teddy’s expression dropped just a bit when she told him that love was pointless. What good could noticing possibly do? She’d always known he was much less of a cynic than she was, and she appreciated that about him, she always had. For the entirety of their friendship he’d balanced her out, softening some of her rough edges while she in turn grounded him when his head got a little stuck in the clouds. By some miracle, she didn’t seem to bother him the way she did to so many other royals who’d tried to be her friend, or at least friendly. She instinctively flexed her hand, wiggling her fingers slightly when Teddy released her hand from his, and it couldn’t possibly be because she’d enjoyed the sensation of holding his hand. “Shellfish, but depending on what you were planning on, maybe it would be worth the allergic reaction.”

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“I’m going to err on the side of caution and make the executive decision not to feed you any shellfish tonight-- you know, just to be safe. And make sure you actually want to eat anything I cook in the future,” Teddy said with a smile. He’d planned on making cassoulet because it was something he’d learned how to make as a child and while it wasn’t the fanciest dish he’d ever learned to cook it was delicious and he doubted Fiona would mind if he made something that was more homey than fine dining. “Have you ever had cassoulet? My grandmother taught me how to make it when I was a boy— my brothers were never as interested in cooking and she taught me just about everything she’d ever learned to cook. That and I had a bit of a reputation for pestering the cooks in the palace until they’d teach me how to make whatever they were working on,” He continued, his smile widening at the memory of hours spent in the palace kitchens learning to make every little thing the more patient chefs would teach him. “I’ve been soaking beans for this so I was already planning on making it tonight but I’m glad I get to make it for more than just myself. Do you prefer duck or pork?”

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princess-wilhelmina·:

Mina got her own coffee and waited for Teddy. It really was wonderful how accepting her fellow royals seemed to be of her and her girlfriend. it really was hard to think of one of her peers that didn’t. “Let’s find a place. Know full well I am depending on you because I will be lucky to find my room these first few days. I should have left breadcrumbs or something.” She took a sip of her iced latte, not able to get anything hot with the temperature outside. “So how have you been, Teddy? Anything fun going on? Any hot goss?” 

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“I think-- between the two of us-- we should be able to find a spot,” Teddy replied, the slightly lopsided smile he offered Mina in that moment dimpling one of his cheeks. “Perhaps we should campaign for teaching little royals how to improve their sense of direction,” He joked, slipping out into the warm morning and holding the door behind him for Mina to slip past him. “‘Hot goss’,” He repeated, raising a hand to his mouth to muffle the giggle that erupted from him at the phrase, “I’ve been well! My Mother seems intent on bringing me to my sense so I’ll return home the dutiful prince but I’m having a far better time traveling and researching. I’m working on an article at the moment-- for a book one of my university mates is putting together but that-- is perhaps not exciting to anyone but me.” His smile shifted sheepishly, “Uh, other than that... did you hear my brother got engaged? I know you’ve had your own things to deal with but Father made quite a show of announcing it.”

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savagenikita·:

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             𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 the silence, glad that Teddy wasn’t much of gibberish. She’s not exactly in the spirits for much chatting, sometimes silence can be shown more than one thousand words. Enjoying the beauty of the landscape right in front of them, if she was an artist she’d do canvas with that. Once the silence was broken by his complaints, she giggled. ❛ Pussy! ❜ She picked up her flask again, and drank it as if she was drinking water without grimacing, and threw it there on her pocket. ❛ No, I just came here a couple of days ago. I bought a business here as well. I’m just the same I think… ❜ Not really, she didn’t find anything exciting as she used to think, or at the least in this long phase. ❛ How about you? ❜

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Though the exclamation from the Russian princess prompted Teddy to roll his eyes almost immediately, the fond smile still present on his features softened any annoyance that might have been conveyed by the gesture. He reached over to nudge Nikita gingerly in her side with a quiet laugh, “That’s not very nice, Nikki,” He said dryly, the smile on his face broadening until it was a full fledged grin. The blonde blinked slowly in response to Nikki’s explanation as to her presence on the island-- he hadn’t been aware that anyone other than pirates or those who lived on the island outside of those vacationing there could own businesses on the island but in hindsight it wasn’t all that much of a surprise. “You own a business here? Which one? And I’ve only been here a few weeks, actually. I thought a vacation might do me some good and I was traveling around for a bit but I quite like it here so I haven’t felt the need to leave and head home. There’s nothing pressing waiting for me there anyway.”