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teddy

The brunette looked at the blonde-haired femme and nodded his head. “Yeah. I didn’t know what to do with my bottoms and I knew wearing nothing would get me in trouble and kicked out the way.” he confessed. Teddy looked at Stella and pulled a face once she mentioned she got rope burn from her outfit. “My morning after was alright. I went to hang out with some girl I like right now.” He confessed.

“ oh really? ” call stella’s curiosity peaked. “ who is it - i mean, you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. ” they certainly didn’t tell people whenever they had a crush so they definitely wouldn’t expect teddy to tell her more. “ does she like you too? ” 

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brandon

“you trying to be nice to me?” the male scoffs, “when are you ever nice to me for the fuck of it? sorry, babe. wouldn’t want to send a little blonde girl running home crying. believe it or not, i don’t like seeing girls home.”

“ first of all, not a girl. second of all... ” she was running out of steam. stella tried her best to get along with everyone, but brandon got under her nerves in a way that very few could. “ why are you always such an asshole? ”

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willa

willa laughs, she knows her sense of humor doesn’t always translate. but, what can you do? she loves being all dramatic. “creative writing. what about you?” she nods her head as the other explains, “i bet,” she says. “i mean, i’m not much about history and stuff, but maybe because i don’t know a lot of it. i’m kind of ignorant that way,” she shrugs. 

“ history, ” she closed her textbook, showcasing the title. “ to be fair, there’s a lot of history out there. i mean, it’s pretty much infinite the amount of information you can learn - it can be overwhelming. as a writer though, maybe it’d be good to learn a little more, not that you need to if you don’t want to, but there’s just a lot that could be inspirational. if you ever need that. ”

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lavender

     “i really look forward to how it turns out, to be quite honest. ah, really? that’s so cool, i didn’t think of using rope,” he said. there’s a nod, “i have! though, i’ll say that its always a bit harder to make things for myself, if i’m honest.”

“ oh, absolutely! that makes sense. do you find it worth it in the end though - making your own things? i haven’t done much with clothes, but when it comes to other stuff, it always feels good in the end, knowing it came from my own hands, you know? ”

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river

“for now !! ”  river answered, realizing that the gifts needed in their mind would spiral and grow quickly. river knew themself well.  “hmm, my sister likes anything pretty. she’s very into aesthetics and minimalistic stuff,”  they thought for a moment. river’s sister was a gem. they were so similar, but she was organized and perfect and river … was not.  “my brothers are all idiots. i can give them anything sex or sports related and they’ll love it.”  

“ if only they had carts here. we’ll have to recruit more people just to hold everything, ” they laughed. it was sweet - river’s compulsion to buy gifts for the people they care about. “ hmmmm minimalistic - that makes things a little tricky. cause you don’t wanna get just some random knick-knack. it’s gotta have some kind of...purpose. or at least be really beautiful, ” which wouldn’t be a problem. there were so many gorgeous things at the market - which maybe was a problem.- too many gorgeous things. “ sounds like one of my brothers. ” booze, boobs, and ball - that was oliver’s motto. 

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vivian​

“my parents are politicians, so i kind of get that,”  vivian replied, shedding small insight on her life for once. she despited the political, fake attitude, though it came out with her, too, in a completely different way. vivi liked to toy with people, say things so directly to throw them off. still, she pretended she was fine, that nothing was going on under her hard exterior. that certainly wasn’t the case, but she could pretend. “nothin’s wrong here. i got it.”

stella was so used to the perfectly poised and kind of aloof vivian. this might be the first time they ever truly saw something seemingly ‘beneath the surface.’ “ did you have to do that a lot - growing up? ” she bit her lip, fighting the urge to apologize for asking something more personal. they didn’t wanna annoy her, especially now that she actually learned something real.

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valencia

“  oh  ,  i  don’t  know  —   i  might  go  to  the  la  isla  mall  to  buy  something  new .  what  about  you ?  ” 

“ oh, i um, ended up making something, ” they replied. “ the mall...it’s been awhile since i’ve been to one of those. although i imagine this one’s probably a little different from the mall of america - that’s the mall i was at last, in case you were wondering, which you weren’t, sorry. anyways, the mall, yeah...sounds like a good place to check out. ”

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river

“i gotta find a lot of gifts,”  river spoke, eyeing the first booth in the market as the pair began their long trek through the isla crue flea market. “my sister’s birthday is coming up and one of my brothers just graduated.”  not to mention they would probably end up with an armful of useless knick knacks to take back to their dorm … just because. river didn’t have much self control. 

“ that’s it? ” they joked. “ i guess i can help you out. ” stella was no stranger to the challenges of being in a big family. “ what about this? ” their fingers ran over a vibrantly painted piece of pottery, “ or is this more of a ‘mom’ gift? i can’t tell sometimes. tell me about your siblings again? maybe that’ll help with the inspiration of it all. ”

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teddy

“I decided on a life vest painted in the pansexual flag colours and shorts. I know it says don’t wear clothes, but I literally didn’t know what to make to put under it.” He laughed. “How about you?”

“ that’s so smart! the life vest, i mean. i’m sure the shorts were fine - i can’t imagine you would’ve gotten kicked out for actually wearing clothes. ” at least that was her guess. “ i ended up wearing a dress of rope i pieced together. it sounded like a good idea until i woke up with some rope burn. how was your morning after? ”

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lavender​

          “i tie-dyed some silk sheets in rainbow and i’m to form it to my lower half in a way. how about you?”

“ that sounds amazing! oh, i ended up braiding some rope together into a dress, ” they answered. “ have you made your own clothes before? ” 

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brandon​

“tell me…why is what i do even on your mind?” brandon raises a brow, “to answer your question, sweetheart, none of your business.”

“ i just thought i would ask. it’s called trying to be nice. ” brandon rhodes, the bane of stella’s existence. “ you don’t have to be so rude about it. ”

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cameron​

“i’m  wearing  a  single  bag  for  the  party.  not  just  any  bag..  a  hefty  hefty  trash  bag.  i  would  have  gone  in  tighty  whities  but  apparently  nudity  is  not  allowed.  um?  free  the  nipple?  its  twenty  twenty  one  people!”

“ maybe you can start a petition to the dean for next time. it is kind of odd to have these restrictions, considering we are all adults. although i guess it’s kind of different here than at a regular college party. ”

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willa

“i swear to fucking god if we weren’t on a cruise, i would die,” willa says all dramatically. she’s not sure she would be able to handle all the pressure if she was back on land. seas uni is hard. “not really, but my brain stopped working like an hour ago, so i need a break. what are you working on?”

“ what do you mean by that? ” they understood she didn’t mean literally die. “ oh, cause of school - i get it. sorry, takes me a second sometimes. what’re you studying? ” it was fascinating to stella, the things that brought people to the ship. “ oh it’s history - russian history. we’re studying the revolution right now, which is actually pretty exciting - not that death is exciting, it’s just the clash of ideologies and who succeeds and how...it’s just all really interesting. ”

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vivian​

“and where would that be ?  candyland ? ”  vivian asked, mildly interested. vivian never apologized for anything. maybe they were opposites.  “i think so. i honestly don’t care. nothing would be exposed that shouldn’t be. i think.”

“ well actually...not too far off. ”  it didn’t get much more wholesome than their minnesotan suburb. “ it was one of those places where you don’t talk about the bad stuff - pretend like it doesn’t exist. so, saying ‘sorry’ all the time is kinda one of those ‘nothing is wrong, we’re all good’ things. ”

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parker

     Wasted. Parker was absolutely wasted from the pride party. One heel on, The other in her hand. Her newspaper dress was ripped. Her makeup was smeared. The girl stumbled through the hall, everything blurry, before eventually crashing to the floor.  xx @seasstarts​

how did she end up here? she wasn’t really sure. how many shots did she have - three? four? five? however many, it was definitely enough to get her the most drunk she’d ever been (not a difficult achievement for stella). “ parker, is that you? paaaarkeeeeer! ” she sang. “ oh shit - parker? parker! parker, are you awake? ” they crouched down to the floor.

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vivian​​

“don’t apologize so easily. people will take advantage of you,”  vivi warned with a sigh, thinking.  “i’m not sure. i was thinking of just wearing a net with tape over my nipples. would the dean throw a bitch fit ? ”    

“ you’re right, sorry! ” stella cringed, “ sorry, i mean...sorry, it’s just really common where i’m from to say...that word. ” stupid, stells! stupid, stupid! “ well...as long as it’s all, uh, covered, right? isn’t that the rule? ”