Love Letters [RP Play!]

[senna_]

𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐑 𝐌Ä𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐍
────────────────────────〈 ◇ . 25 . he/him . loc; bedroom . tags; kassandra, aaron, nova, kaz 〉────────────────────────

In typical Briar fashion, it didn’t occur to him that he was indeed indirectly invading Red-Streak Girl’s space. He swung his legs gently against the frame, heel knocking against it every time they swung back. “I’ll have to think about it,” he decided, tipping his chin up to connect gazes with her. She had attractive eyes; dark brown, like the colour of cocoa, and engaging. Briar didn’t like to openly say he had a type, but he couldn't deny that he had always found brown eyes captivating, for whatever reason. They were always much more mysterious; the darkness seemed as if they held an endless amount of secrets. Briar’s parents both had brown eyes, although for whatever reason, he was granted hazel. Blue-hazel, which were much different than the rest of his family’s. Sometimes he joked that he was adopted. To kill his amusement, they never argued against it. “But I can promise you now I definitely won’t forget that face of yours.” He shot her a boyish grin, placing his hands beside him to lean a bit closer to her. “I’m Briar, by the way.”

Finally, Briar slid off the bed, mumbling an uber quick "sorry", and although Aaron had occupied himself with Kass, that didn’t stop him from rounding back to the comment made on Kassandra's living conditions. He squinted his eyes a bit, observing her closely. “I can see it,” he finally said in a matter-of-fact tone, and he had responded so long after that it wouldn’t surprise him if she had no idea what he was talking about. “You hanging out by the beach and stuff. Don’t tell me you’re a hiker, too. Golden stars to you if you are, though. I need a hiking buddy,” he added with a grin, peering around the room as if extending the invitation. “I’m always down for a hot workout partner. Which applies to each and every one of you. You beauts.”

He left Kass’s side of the bedroom, which was near Nova’s, and headed back to where he had tossed his own bags aside. To unload them now and not. He supposed he could be responsible enough and do that; he was no longer chatting to anyone. He wanted to know everyone here – the girls a bit more than the guys, for obvious reasons, but Briar was happy striking up a conversation with anyone who was interested enough to do such a thing. “Nervous?” he echoed in a rather casual tone, gaze fixated on the zipper of his bag. “Nah. There’re thousands of viewers; one of them is bound to like one of us here. As for you guys…” He glanced back up again, and the dimpled smile returned as he tilted his head. “You’ll cave eventually.”

He paused momentarily, sweatshirt in hand, and let his eyes skim around the room yet again. Two more people had recently entered. Two girls, one in lilac-purple, the other in radiant white. Both were attractive, although Briar had been quick to conclude that everyone here was. “Does anyone here actually know the agenda for today?” he asked. “I’m assuming there’ll be interviews or something?” He left it as an open-ended question, genuinely unsure if anyone truly had an answer. He did, however, glance back over at Kassandra, who had a folder sitting beside her. He switched topics within a snap of the fingers, which wasn't an uncommon thing for him. “Do you sketch?” he asked, having missed her explanation of the piles of paper in the first place. “Scrapbook?”

[Spiritstar3]

Jessikka Roberts- f- 22 y- pan; Kass and Briar maybe, definitely Luciano eventually- dad x mom: 4 siblings- Shepadoodle service dog Mayu- volunteers at animal rescue- allergies: cats, Penicillin, Amoxicillin, Bactrim, eggs- skills: animal attraction, kids like her, singing, art, writing, swimming, running (but has problem with chest)- Tags: Luciano

Jess nodded as she said "It would definitely be interesting if one of the supposed contestants did own it. I don't think that's what's happening though. I also...definitely do not own it," she laughed. Which was true, though surely it could be possible. Not for her, but someone else here might be rich enough. She didn't think a contestant had set this up. It would be interesting if one of them owned it and set up the show. If they'd had the idea to insert them self into it. Again, she didn't think that was it, though. It was probably an older person that owned it.

(XD this was actually for Emma. Idk if that's what Emma was saying would be interesting though. Sorry for OOC)

She giggled a bit when he said she too was good looking. She looked away a moment, thinking she might blush, then shook her head. "Thank you," she said, as she looked back again. "Exploring actually sounds like a really good idea. Where should we start though?" she asked, then looked to her bag(s). "Ah, maybe we should start by finding the room or rooms. We still need to drop off our stuff." She glanced to them, figuring they had belongings with them as well.

Sage Ether Reems- m- 20y- homo; possibly Devin- dad x mom: twin sister, younger sister and brother- law and medical majors- allergies: peanut butter, bee stings- special skills: swimming, running, animal attraction, tree climbing- cat Maggi at home- Tags: Devin

The pretty brown haired boy had seen the pool along the way. It was a grand and beautiful pool, like all the things here seemed to be. The shorter and slender one had seen the lights. Maybe used for if anyone wanted a nighttime swim. He didn't even know of that was allowed. He shook his head and made a small sound. The house itself was large and beautiful as well. It truly seemed everything here was. He'd be able to see the pool again if he came down far enough. Well, he'd have to go back out the entrance. He'd seen the pool, the gazebos, the chairs, all of it already. He honestly really wanted to go look again, though. He'd seen trees, maybe a garden, and he actually liked flowers. He was sad his cat couldn't be here...He had plenty of pictures, however.

He shook his head, making himself focus on other things now. Such as the taller brown haired boy before him. Said boy had a fade from his ears up to the hair atop his head. The hair up there seemed to be fluffed. Sage also noticed the blue/gray eyes, eyes he might get lost in...He shook his head, scolding himself silently. He tore golden brown flecked green eyes away from those eyes. He wasn't going to stare, and embarrass himself. Instead, he pushed at his own hair a bit. Maybe Devin would be intimidating, but he didn't seem mean. In fact, his eyes had seemed so soft. He blinked as he snapped out of it, seeing the hand. He smiled and took it, saying "Nice to meet you, too, Devin. People sometimes call me Ether, my middle name. That's really family though, so just Sage is fine. Ah, yes, I am a contestant; though I've seen crew around as well."

[poppyxoxo]

𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒂
24 ~ she/her ~ location: home --> mansion ~ mentions: ~ tags: Kaz, Briar, Kass

Nova raised her eyebrows, studying Kaz's face for a moment before she continued onwards, momentarily looking behind her to make sure that he was still carrying the bags towards the bed she had made a beeline for. The young women set her bags up nearby to women that the familiar man continued talking to. She turned around, reaching out for her bags so that she could take them from Kaz and set them steadily on top of her bed. Once they claimed their spot, she began to unpack some things, only the things that she was willing to leave in the bedside table. It wasn't that she was the most untrusting person in the world, she just wanted to make sure that she wasn't putting herself at risk of losing her own possessions. Her eyes flickered over to the women again and she smiled effortlessly, given the compliments. "Well, thank you! Your style is quite lovely as well" she returned, momentarily pausing her unpacking to look up at the women.

"I'm from New York, more specifically Queens. I hope that helps because honestly I'm not too sure. Maybe we saw each other at some point" Nova spoke to Kaz and the women once she was able to sit on her bed. "That's probably it. I don't get that a lot though".

(edited)

[deco.]

𝐸𝑚𝑚𝑎 𝑅𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠
tags: luciano & jessikka ﹣mentions: all the besties in the bedroom ﹣ mood: eager
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“I doubt it too, it would be amusing though.” The more she thought about it the more she wanted it to be a possibility despite how unrealistic it was. Oh well, a girl could dream. She nodded listening to Jessikka’s explanation, that possibility hadn’t crossed her mind, “I see, I didn’t think about that.” Emma nodded slowly in thought. She wondered if she was the only one who had seen both seasons of the show, not that it mattered much, it’s not like everyone was competing against each other for money. She had always figured the activities were just for content. Emma smiled when Jess complimented her and Luciano, “Awe, thanks.” She replied. It took her a moment to realize that the group from earlier had disappeared. It was rather quiet apart from the chatter of the camera crew who still seemed to almost be finished setting up. It would most likely be in their best interest to meet up with the others but it seemed like Luciano was thinking the same thing.

“I was just going to suggest that we go see the bedroom, we are prolly the last few to be grabbing a bed and I don’t want to be stuck with the poor leftovers!” She announced rather dramatically, the beds were going to be comfortable regardless of where it was located. “Well, I am going to head up now, you two are more than welcome to join me.” She said and gave Luciano and Jessikka a two fingered salute before turning her back to them, laying a hand on her suitcase and adventuring up the stairs. Emma had a relatively fast pace as she walked up the stairs, her pace in general was quick, especially for someone of her height. She had her background in running to thank for that. Big and fast strides were something she had ingrained into her head. Once up the stairs, she turned the corner into the bedroom. There seemed to be about seven bodies milling about. Two in the back and everyone else was on or near a bed.

Emma took the opportunity to grab the next available bed, “yoink.” she said as she landed on her bed, sprawling out to mimic a starfish. The beds were certainly comfortable and she’d have no problem just dozing off right then and there.

[poppyxoxo]

𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒂
24 ~ she/her ~ location: home --> mansion ~ mentions: ~ tags: Kaz, Briar, Kass

Nova draped her arms under her head more comfortably as she lay down on the bed, nestling down into the soft pillows. God why were these beds so comfortable and why were they better than her average one? Nova made a mental note to ask, or was that a weird thing to ask? She shrugged to herself before sitting up so that she could face the man more as he talked. “Why thank you. I don’t get that a lot but I’ll take your word for that. I’m Nova” she introduced herself with a smile and a small nod.

[deco.]

𝑨𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒄𝒂𝒏
tags: briar & kassandra ﹣mentions: none mood: content
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A smile remained on Aaron’s face, “Well, I am sure New York would be happy to have you. I think you’ll fit right in.” He replied. He could imagine quite a few people in this room were suitable for the New York lifestyle or at least the way some dressed gave him that impression. He glanced back at his bag to make sure it wasn’t in danger of falling off the bed, it was expensive and he didn’t want his cameras breaking as soon as the show started. He would be a bit lost without his gear. It was safely secured in the middle of his bed so he turned his attention back to Kass who mentioned joining him in the garden, “I could never say no to some company. It’ll make it all the more enjoyable.” He took a look at his watch to check the time, it was earlier than he had thought, it was barely noon. “I was thinking of going before the sun goes down, if not there’s always tomorrow.” He informed her. There was still a lot of the house to explore but he did indeed want to see the garden. Aaron had always found nature fascinating and although the garden was most likely man made, he still wanted to see all the greenery that they had placed. Not to mention it could be a prime photo location if anyone was interested in posing for him - something he would bring up to Kass later.

Aaron turned his head for a moment when Briar asked about an agenda, he gave him a small shrug. All he knew was that he was supposed to be here for the start of the show. Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed that two more girls had walked in. They both seemed to have fairly bubbly personalities, something of which he could get behind. He would have to make his rounds here shortly; there were so many people in the room and yet, he only knew Kassandra and Briar’s names. Aaron wasn’t the most straightforward guy, so he certainly wasn’t going to get an ice breaker started but he hoped someone would get it going soon. Especially once he noticed one of the girls with a camera around her neck. If he hadn’t been preoccupied with Kass then he definitely would’ve made his presence known to her.

He nodded at Kass’ explanation about her work. He scanned her designs one by one and he enjoyed what he was seeing. She seemed to have a knack for fashion. “Oh geez, that’s amazing.” He said in response to her wearing one of her designs. “Have you sold any of your work or are you waiting to do that?” He asked, curious to know more about her career. From what he understood, it could be quite a competitive industry, how competitive? He wasn’t sure, he just showed up to take the photos of the models wearing the clothes and some of the outfits he’s seen were certainly abstract as he would delicately put it. Everyone has their own views on art and he was very careful to not judge.

[sunhorsestar]

Kazill Smith | 23 | Tagging: Nova, Aaron, Briar, Kass, Brenna, Morgan


"Heh. I like the attitude," Kaz decided, nodding to Briar. The young man seemed every bit as eager for the adventure as Kaz had been when he’d first stepped through those doors. Kaz's gaze shifted towards Morgan at the sound of her bright voice breaking into the conversation. The more, the merrier, in his opinion! Besides, they’d all be getting to know each other sooner or later. They were going to be living here, sharing this space, for several months to come. "No interruption at all, glad to see ya found your way up here," he noted. His gaze moved back to Nova, studying her. Dark hair, dark eyes that seemed to sparkle, or was that the sunlight coming from the window? Yeah, this is gonna be hard. "Well it’s nice to have a couple familiar faces, I guess. Wish I could say the same. You’re the only person here I knew prior to the game," he admitted. This was the majority of the contestants, and he’d be astonished if someone else he knew showed up out of the blue.

Kaz set his own stuff down and turned his attention to stare out the window. Below and out back was a garden, and a large, pretty one at that. He’d have to explore that later. He wanted to check out the rest of the mansion first, become familiar with his new surroundings. "Well…uh…I’m off to explore a bit. For anyone who hasn’t watched the previous seasons, the host usually appears a couple hours after everyone arrives, so…he should show up sooner rather than later, be ready for that." He nodded to Morgan and Brenna and headed for the door.


Luciano DeLuca | 26 | Tagging: Jess, Emma


"Sounds like a wonderful idea," Luciano agreed. His gaze turned towards the long staircase. "Do either of you need assistance with your bags? Looks like it’s going to be a bit of a climb." However, before he had even finished speaking, Emma had already made for the stairs, suitcase dragging behind her. Damn she makes good time. His eyes flicked towards Jessika. "Well, the offer is still open to you while we're still here then. Either way, I’m going to be heading up."


Kassandra DeMarks | 23 | Tagging: Briar, Aaron, Kazill, Nova, Emma, Morgan, Brenna


Kass' dark blue gaze briefly flicked over to Briar as he addressed her again. She couldn’t honestly say she was much of a hiker, but she wasn’t exactly opposed to workouts either. After all, if she didn’t keep herself active, there was no way she would’ve kept herself so fit. "Unfortunately not, but I’ve considered it a couple times. I really should. Vancouver Island has some lovely spots for hiking." She turned her gaze down to the pages spread out on the bed. "No, these are some designs for work. Even if I’m going to be away for a while, I can’t let that stop me from continuing my duties in some of my spare time."

Noticing the three who had just made their appearances in the room, Kass nodded in greeting to Brenna and Morgan, both very attractive girls, she had to admit. Emma was the one who caught her eye most though, making the grand entrance of rather aggressively claiming a bed, and flopping down on it. "Well hello there, you three. Good to see almost everyone's here."

When Aaron spoke again, Kass' attention immediately shifted back to him. Keeping track of so many conversations was tricky, but at the same time, not impossible. For someone who loved the interaction, it was a pleasant challenge. "Well maybe one day I’ll have the chance to visit. I’d love to." A quiet giggle escaped her. "We have all the time in the world. It’s only coming upon afternoon now, so I’m sure we have plenty of time to get settled, then explore. We have to keep an eye out though, as our lovely host will show up at some point with some icebreaker game for day one." Her eyes moved over her variety of designs when Aaron commented on them next. A flicker of pride lingered just for a heartbeat. "I work with a company, so I’ve pitched several designs. Most of them don’t go through, but that only makes it all the sweeter when the select few are accepted. Besides, then I can make and wear the designs the company didn’t want without worrying about anything, it’s not that they’re not good, so much as not necessarily what the company's looking for at the time."

[Spiritstar3]

Jessikka Roberts- f- 22 y- pan; Kass and Briar maybe, definitely Luciano eventually- dad x mom: 4 siblings- Shepadoodle service dog Mayu- volunteers at animal rescue- allergies: cats, Penicillin, Amoxicillin, Bactrim, eggs- skills: animal attraction, kids like her, singing, art, writing, swimming, running (but has problem with chest)- Tags: Luciano

Jess nodded as she said "I mean...if you're offering," to Luciano. She held the bag out to him, even though she only had one or two bags. Still, having stood there talking and holding the bags had made her arms tired. She wasn't going to say no if he was offering assistance. "We better get up there quick like she did. I don't know if there could be any beds in...bad spots, but still. Maybe some people have preferences where they sleep. At this point, I just want to get up there and put my stuff down." She waited for him to take the bag(s). She and the dog then began to head up the stairs. They probably wouldn't talk anymore on the way up. She didn't mind either way, but if he kept up the conversation she'd answer.

Sage Ether Reems- m- 20y- homo; possibly Devin- dad x mom: twin sister, younger sister and brother- law and medical majors- allergies: peanut butter, bee stings- special skills: swimming, running, animal attraction, tree climbing- cat Maggi at home- Tags: Devin

The pretty brown haired boy had seen the pool along the way. It was a grand and beautiful pool, like all the things here seemed to be. The shorter and slender one had seen the lights. Maybe used for if anyone wanted a nighttime swim. He didn't even know of that was allowed. He shook his head and made a small sound. The house itself was large and beautiful as well. It truly seemed everything here was. He'd be able to see the pool again if he came down far enough. Well, he'd have to go back out the entrance. He'd seen the pool, the gazebos, the chairs, all of it already. He honestly really wanted to go look again, though. He'd seen trees, maybe a garden, and he actually liked flowers. He was sad his cat couldn't be here...He had plenty of pictures, however.

He shook his head, making himself focus on other things now. Such as the taller brown haired boy before him. Said boy had a fade from his ears up to the hair atop his head. The hair up there seemed to be fluffed. Sage also noticed the blue/gray eyes, eyes he might get lost in...He shook his head, scolding himself silently. He tore golden brown flecked green eyes away from those eyes. He wasn't going to stare, and embarrass himself. Instead, he pushed at his own hair a bit. Maybe Devin would be intimidating, but he didn't seem mean. In fact, his eyes had seemed so soft. He blinked as he snapped out of it, seeing the hand. He smiled and took it, saying "Nice to meet you, too, Devin. People sometimes call me Ether, my middle name. That's really family though, so just Sage is fine. Ah, yes, I am a contestant; though I've seen crew around as well."

[senna_]

𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐑 𝐌Ä𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐍
───────────────────────〈 ◇ . 25 . he/him . loc; bedroom . tags; nova, kassandra, emma 〉───────────────────────

After putting the sweatshirt in his hands away, Briar decided to go back to his bed. He had opened up the curtain-like fabric that was supposed to act like a door so that he had a decent enough view of everyone. It seemed by now, his comments had been whisked in with the thick, tender silence that pulled them apart, so even though he had addressed everyone, it surely didn't really feel like it. Or maybe that was because he didn't get the response he was looking for ─ whatever that may be. As much as it sucked, he was used to this, though: addressing a larger crowd, only to get an uttered response from one of many people. And that was more than just an implication towards the classes he taught. Then again, he supposed people were just busy. Or uninterested. Either was a suitable answer.

When Nova brought up Queens, Briar found himself digging into the files located somewhere in the back of his mind. Queens... "Oh!" It hit him suddenly, and he tilted his head upright. "I had a skating competition in Great Neck. The Andrew Stergiopoulos ice rink? And went into Queens to the World Ice Arena for casual skating. Do you skate?" He'd be over the moon if he found out that someone - Nova or otherwise - skated, but Briar felt that was pushing his luck. If people here didn't even hike, what were the odds that they skated?

He turned his attention back onto Kassandra. By now, he didn't feel as left out. They'd be grouped back together soon enough, anyway. "You'll have to show me sometime," he quickly said in a rather matter-of-fact tone. "Send me links and stuff. Sounds like it's worth a trip. Even better if I bump into you." He took his bottom lip between his lip, partially to hold back a tiny laugh. Considering the fact that he was living in Vancouver, it indeed was worth a visit. In fact, Briar was actually a bit surprised that he had yet to go out there, the more that he thought about it. He supposed he got too wrapped up in his work.

He looked down at his legs, only to glance back up at the sound of an oomph like noise. An amused smile lit his face at the sight of a brunette very dramatically flipping onto her bed, as if she tracked a thousand pounds up the stairs. In all fairness, the stairs themselves were a bit of a hike. "Tough morning?" he shot towards her, attempting to curve his tone so that it sounded sympathetic, even though the grin on his face was enough to show that he was actually being quite playful.

[poppyxoxo]

𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒂
24 ~ she/her ~ location: home --> mansion ~ mentions: ~ tags: Briar

Nova glanced up at the roof, watching it for a moment before she closed her eye so that she could think more about where she had seen this man. Suddenly, it clicked in her mind and her eyes snapped open before she sat up perhaps too quickly. Her vision swam a bit, curse low iron. "I go there for fun with some friends on occasion so that's probably where I have seen you. I definitely couldn't have forgotten that" she left the end of her sentence open for interpretation while offering a slight grin. She decided to stay sitting up for a while. "If there was an agenda, I definitely didn't hear about that but I'm use to it because I'm often the last to know things" she explained nonchalantly.

Nova sighed a bit dramatically for affect as Briar spoke, her face slightly twitching into a grin. "You know, that is a good question. Yes it was, I was rushed to drink my coffee. You have to enjoy that stuff, you know?" she asked while crossing her legs beneath her. She pulled out her small journal, opening it quickly so that she could add a few sketches as she noticed things around the room but except she added her own twist to things.