TEXT 📲 Dinah Lance 🐦

kirby-powell​:

“are you saying it’s scary cause the titanic because it’s true and can happen now?” maybe not so much the sinking, but what did kirby know. cruise ships were not something they’d go on. “i guess it’s scary. i wouldn’t dare go on a cruise. so sure. i stand by that decision too.” they said with a nod. “what other movies did you watch with your family?”

“there are just some scenes in that movie that are so gruesome and there are scenes that you had to just fill in the blanks. sometimes... it’s about what you don’t show.” laurel nodded in agreement with kirby. “cruises are vastly overrated. i’ve been on a couple--my time could have been better delegated.” she picked up the bong off her coffee table before leaning back into her apartment loveseat. “we watched coming to america a lot. at some point we watched the first four harry potter movies. nothing too... memorable.” she sighed then lit the bowl. “what movies did you watch as a kid?”

A Goonies themed birthday party. Hands down. With Marianas Trench’s Astoria on full loop. 

Alright survey time. If you decided to throw a themed party for your 30th birthday, what theme would you go with and why?

Tell me some good ones, people!

thomas-nakamura​:

“Not street art, no,” Thomas said. “My art’s confined to sketch books and loose pieces of paper. Illustrator, cartoonist, those are my job titles right now.”

He felt a buzz of his phone in his pocket and plucked it out. “Laurel,” he blew out a huff. “Remind me again why you put me in the roommates group chat. I don’t even live there.”

Laurel felt her back pocket vibrate in sync with the buzz that came from Thomas’s, she glanced at the message and giggled. Rory. “I can’t believe she’s mad that I won’t have sex with her.” She looked up and smiled sympathetically. “Thomas, you say that as if you’re not part of our little family. The moment you walked through those doors it’s like you signed a contract to be with us until the day you die.”

Laurel sighed. “I have any idea--what do you say about designing a business card of mine?”

livvy-and-dead​:

“What, so you can have me all scared and cuddled up with you?” Livvy asked, letting out a high-pitched, bubbly giggle. “No way. If we’re doing a scary movie, we have to unpack all of it. I still want to unpack The VVitch. It totally freaks me out, but it’s SO good!”

LJ rolled her eyes at Livvy’s statement before playfully pushing their shoulder. “If I wanted you all cuddled up with me I could find other and more effective ways of convincing.” She leaned over and pressed a soft and supple kiss to their cheek. “I should have known asking this question would have came with consequences. Don’t hate me, but I haven’t seen The VVitch.”

PORTBAY TASK 001 !

BASIC  INFORMATION.

FULL NAME: Laurel Jane Walker nee Matlind

NICKNAME: LJ

OCCUPATION: Assistant Manager at Crossroads a record shop. And unlicensed esthetician.

AGE: 25. 

DATE OF BIRTH: June 29, 1994

NATIONALITY: American

GENDER & PRONOUNS: Female, She/Her

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual

RELIGION ( or lack thereof ): Grew up Baptist, but is currently agnostic.

PHYSICAL INFORMATION.

DOMINANT HAND: Lefty.

ACCENT + INTENSITY: Has slight Baltimore accent and occasionally still uses Baltimore slang.

TATTOO(s): She got a tattoo of her and her husbands wedding date -- she got it two weeks after the ceremony. Still hasn’t had it removed.

SCAR(s): None,

PIERCING(s): Has a nose stud on her right side, has earrings along the lines of her ears. Also has her belly button pierced.

GLASSES: None.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

HOMETOWN: Baltimore, Maryland

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Portland, Oregon - Richmond neighborhood

LANGUAGE(s): English -- Casual French and Casual Latin because of classes she took in high school.

SOCIAL CLASS: Before adulthood--upper middle class. Now, lower class.

BASIC EDUCATION: High school diploma.

COLLEGE EDUCATION: None.

DEGREE(s): High school diploma.

MOTHER: A neurosurgeon, cold and distant.

FATHER: Physical therapist, quiet and stoic.

SIBLING(s):  Older sister, Jasmine who was pre-med and got her PhD at Yale.

SIGNIFICANT OTHER(s): Husband--who was her high school sweetheart and then left her a month after marriage.

CHILDREN: None.

ADDITIONAL FAMILY: None worth mentioning.

PET(s): An American short-haired grey and brown cat named Einstein.

RAP SHEET?: Was locked up one night for disorderly conduct and for also public indecency.

PRISON TIME?: None.

CHARACTER PERSONALITY.

POSITIVE TRAITS: She is loyal, self-sufficient, and resourceful.  

NEGATIVE TRAITS: But she is also aloof, impatient, and quick-tempered.

BIGGEST FEAR: Ending up alone.

BIGGEST REGRET: She would never admit it, but leaving her family behind.

WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT? SEX or INTIMACY?: Definitely intimacy.

ARE YOU A LEADER or A FOLLOWER?: Leader.

ARE YOU SPONTANEOUS or DO YOU NEED A PLAN?: Spontaneous. Most of her life decisions were made on a whim.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN TRUE LOVE?: At the very core, yes. She still believes her true love is her husband which is why she believes if she waited, he would come back to her.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?: Oh yes--she is still in love.

DO YOU CARE WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU?: She didn’t care what her own parents and sister thought of her--she couldn’t care less of someone else’s opinion. Unless, it’s someone she really cares about.

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH STRESS?: She will start rearranging furniture in her apartment or go on a nature-themed adventure. Also, she would go to a kick-boxing class to get her anger out.

WHAT IS A SONG YOUR CHARACTER RELATES TO THEIR LIFE?: Vienna by Billy Joel.

VICES & HABITS.

DO YOU SMOKE?: Not cigarettes, but weed.

DO YOU DRINK?: Yes, socially.

DO YOU DO DRUGS?: No hard drugs.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDICTIONS?: Adrenaline Junkie

DO YOU HAVE VIOLENT TENDENCIES?: Huh-----yes and no. She would never direct violence toward anyone in particular, but she would redirect that toward inanimate objects.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES?: She wouldn’t believe this is self-destructive but she refuses to romantically move on from her husband. She also doesn’t think before she acts.

MISC CHARACTER QUESTIONS.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD CHANGE ONE PHYSICAL DETAIL ABOUT THEMSELVES, WHAT WOULD IT BE?: She hates the length of her legs -- she wishes she was more limbly proportionate.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: She loves rock-climbing.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: Doing the dishes.

YOUR CHARACTER CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THEIR WORST ENEMY. WHAT IS THEIR FIRST REACTION? 

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE WEATHER? The Portland rain!

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE SEASON?: Winter

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE SEASON?: Summer

YOUR CHARACTER KEEPS A PHOTO ALBUM OF MEMORIES FROM THEIR LIFETIME. IF THEY COULD ONLY KEEP ONE PHOTO, WHAT WOULD IT DEPICT?: A couple of months after Laurel was born, her mother took a photo of her sister Jasmine carrying Laurel and Laurel was cryimg.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FONDEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY?

SOMEONE ASKS YOUR CHARACTER TO DESCRIBE THEIR FAMILY. HOW DO THEY ANSWER?

IS YOUR CHARACTER A MORNING PERSON, A NIGHT OWL, OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY?

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE COLOR?

A STRANGER MAKES A CRUDE COMMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER. HOW DO THEY REACT?

TEXT📱 OPEN

kirby: we all know i'm a bad bitch, but like my heel feel into a toilet and i'm not touching it. can you get it?

kirby: sorry even bad bitches have their limits.

kirby: mine is toliets.

laurel: if you need me to pick you up from the club all u gotta do is say so

laurel: because this is getting MESSY

ooc: until the pride event is over - i am currently putting all replies not regarding the event on whole until afterward, unless you would really like to continue it, please message me and i will comply!

                               ABOUT THE CHARACTER.

★ ━  ( alisha boe,   cis-female,   she/her )  ━ ★   just to be clear, ya didn’t get this information from me.   The person you’re lookin’ for is   LAUREL JANE WALKER (NEÉ MATLIND)..  also known as   LJ.    Last I heard she was born on   JUNE 29TH, 1995   in    BALTIMORE, MARYLAND,   but she’s been livin’ in   RICHMOND,    for about    FIVE YEARS.    Word around the districts is, this doll,   LJ  can be    ALOOF,   IMPATIENT,   &   QUICK-TEMPERED,   but i gotta tell, ya, alls I seen is good things, like the fact that she’s   LOYAL,   SELF-SUFFICIENT,    &     RESOURCEFUL.   I guess that depends on how well ya know ‘em, though.   the last thing ya need to know is that she works as an    ASSISTANT MANAGER   @   CROSSROADS MUSIC & BOOKS.  I don’t know much about what that’s all about but I do know that’s all I can tell ya the rest you gotta find out on ya, own.    ━     ( ooc:  lia,   pst,   23,   she/her )

                          BIOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING…

growing up she was exposed to;

White picket fences and a two-story house in the suburbs with trees crowning the roads like an archway. A picture-perfect life! They had a personal chef because both parents were too busy working to cook dinner, but they thought it would be better for the family to eat around the table as if it would make the meal more intimate. Serious conversations to build any semblance of shallow-less connections were absent.

all about the family & their relationships;

Laurel’s parents had always been involved. Maybe a little too involved in the wrong way and not involved in the ways that mattered. In today’s world, they would be considered helicopter parents the way they hounded her about grades and making sure to get accepted to John Hopkins University on a scholarship to study pre-med. Yes, of course, they wanted her to be a doctor! Much like both of her parents are. Her mother, a neurosurgeon, and her father, a physical therapist. Not to mention they always compared Laurel to her older sister, Mikayla, who studied at John Hopkins pre-med and then got into Harvard Medical School. The pressure to be perfect had built so much that she was a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. It wasn’t until a major life decision caused a rift so large that she hasn’t spoken to her parents in over five years.

the road to portland starts with;

LJ had a secret boyfriend in high school who she kept from her family for the reason that romance is a mere distraction from what really mattered: her education. Which in some regard, yes, is correct but at the expense of her own daughter’s happiness and sanity it was a little too much. The day after graduation, without care nor regard to her parents’ concern, Laurel and her boyfriend (along with a couple of witnesses), young and in love and full of hormones and adrenaline, escaped the masses and traveled across the country to the Oregon Coast to elope as they read it was one of the most beautiful places to host a secret wedding.

Breaking the news to her parents went less than stellar as they berated her over the phone and cut her out of their will and trust. Laurel told her it was love and it was real and that it was more than a puppy, high school romance. Her boyfriend believed differently. A month into their so-called marriage, he packed up his belongings from their small studio apartment in Portland and left without so much a letter.

Heartbroken, and feeling stupid, it took Laurel a year to get over this betrayal, and even as she begged to come home her parents were having none of it. During that year, since she could no longer afford the apartment on her own, she got a part-time job at Crossroads and took a few temp positions just to make rent. As time progressed, she really made a name for herself at the music store, getting to know the locals, finding her ‘spots’. She had her favorite coffee shop, her favorite bar, favorite clothing boutique… Portland, despite the sadness that came in the beginning, became her home. LJ is now out here living her best life, although she misses her parents and wished they’d pick up the phone when she called. Not to mention, she hopes that her husband… who, yes, is still legally her husband, will come back.

her occupational perspective;

For the most part, Laurel does enjoy working at Crossroads but it doesn’t pay the bills. On the side, she’s an independent esthetician… without a license. But what she charges isn’t as much as licensed cosmetologists and estheticians do so she does have clients. She has to get charged under the table for the reason that what she’s doing isn’t exactly legal.

brooklynariwiles​:

F2F || Brooke and Laurel

@laureljanes​

Brooklyn glanced at herself in the mirror and smiled brightly. “I swear you never fail to make me look beautiful. This is it, this is the look I want for my photo shoot.” She said turning towards the girl. Brooke had a photoshoot coming up and she always liked having her make up done the day before, so if she wanted a different look she had time to fix it. “You think you can come with me to the shoot and recreate this? I will pay you time and half for traveling.”

Laurel would do almost anything for her favorite client, and she knew that Brooke loved her too but... time and a half for traveling? Laurel’s eyes lit up at the surreal proposition. In a normal world it would be the perfect opportunity to gain new clients interested in her aesthetician business, but how would be offer that without having to explain the under-the-table aspect of it. “Holy shit--I--” Laurel sat down, twiddling a makeup brush between her fingers. “I mean, yeah! But--don’t you have professional makeup artists that already work at the photoshoot?”