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"Absolutely not. Stalkin' boys and killin' any potentional competition isn't how I wanna live my life. In any extent. Which also probably answers the second question — no. I'd probably get caught after the first murder."

@salvadorcavendish

starter for: @aurorabaystarter

where: sharky's monster mash

"If you could, would you live a full week as who you're dressed as? Additionally, do you think you'd survive it?"

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for: @keolalagaaia

location: sharky's monster mash

There's been a lot of costumes that Belly has seen throughout the night — some she knew and some she didn't — but what bothered her the most about his costume was that she knew it. She definitely did .. it was just the from where portion that bothered her the most. She couldn't freaking remember.

It was that nagging feeling that had Belly finally build up the courage to walk over to him and strike up a conversation with hopes to officially getting an answer.

"I don't know if you noticed, but I haven't been able to take my eyes off you all night," she begins and quickly realizing how it sounds, the brunette continues, "And I don't mean that in a hittin' on you kinda way. I mean it in a I've seen this outfit before and can't put a name to it way. Feelin' like helpin' a girl out?"

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for : @margotxdupont

location : sharky's halloween party

"Now .. it took me a minute to figure out who you were, but the second it clicked, my jaw dropped," smile practically beaming as she continues to keep her eyes on the woman before her, "You're killin' it and now I've definitely gotta buy you a drink. What's your poison for the night?"

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MELTEM AKÇOL as IPEK

GULCEMAL (2023) / 5. BOLUM

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KIARA CARRERA Outer Banks 2.08 The Cross

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Morning coffee and a journal full of possible displays ideas for the season is how Belly decided to start her morning. Her shift wasn't until later and being the early bird she was, didn't know how else to kill her time — hardly knowing anywhere around this town yet without a map app open.

Dark eyes are focused on the open page in front of her, pen gliding across the paper as she writes the names of flowers to suggest to the others when he speaks: instantly pulling her attention away.

"As a pumpkin hater, I think I'm gonna have to agree with you," nose turning up at orange tinted bread within his grasp. "I hate the taste. Pumpkin flavored anythin' is a crime against all food and drinks." Sorry to the pumpkin spice lovers.

@aaronjamesbaker

Starter: Open, assume connections if needed ( @aurorabaystarter ) Where: Driftwood Coffee

Aaron felt pathetic. He had been in town for close to two months now, and he knew that wasn't a long time, but it was as though he forgot how to be a person, and closed himself off. He wasn't like this, wasn't someone who enjoyed being on his own. He had always thrived in community, and he was finding it hard to wrestle with his past, with his choices. He needed to get out more. Needed to push himself into the unknown.

Which is how he found himself at Driftwood Coffee, papers to grade in his tote bag. He ordered a black coffee and a pumpkin bagel, an attempt to get into the season. He sat down at a table, his long legs awkwardly crammed and folded under his seat. He didn't even realize he was speaking until the words left his mouth. "I'm sorry... fall is great and all, but this isn't a bagel. This goes against the very nature of what a bagel is supposed to be!" You could take the boy out of New York, but you couldn't take New York out of the boy.

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"Gettin' lost in the gardens? That'd be mission impossible if you ask me," Belly says in jest, gaze shifting from the display in front of them to the woman beside her. "But, just in case, you could always try the corn maze method. Ain't it somethin' like walkin' straight until you get out? I think it'd work in a place like this."

@emilydavenport

open starter (you can assume connection, or dm me if you'd like to figure one out together) @aurorabaystarter

location: Botanical Gardens after 8pm

Emily loved the fall. She wandered through the botanical gardens, that had now gotten a Halloween makeover. There was something magical about fall, especially in places like these. The sun had long set, and the surroundings were let up by Halloween lights. She spotted the corn maze. Standing in front of the maze's entrance she said "I wonder if I’d actually get lost in there," she chuckled to herself. "Maybe I should just stick to the food stands."

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"I think the scariest part of it all is you knowin' it line for line," the woman quips, gaze shifting from her place on the sidelines to the person standing beside her. A ride was a ride and, truthfully, she's used to the receptiveness of stories.

She was from New Orleans after all. A city never short of spooky tales to tell whoever wanted to hear them and, trust, there was always someone itching to hear the stories.

"How many times have you gone on the haunted tour?"

@ninaxgray

Starter: Open, assume connections if needed ( @aurorabaystarter ) Where: The Docks, observing the Haunted Tour from the side

"And it's still a cold case to this day." Nina utters in a mocking tone, before the tour guide could get to the same line in her script. "You'd think they'd get some new material by now..." Squatting on the grass hill above the crowd, Nina blows a bout of smoke up into the air. After all these years and the obviously fake tale of the John Doe washed up by the Docks hadn't changed at all. Maybe a few tour guides in the past embellished a tiny bit for dramatic effect.

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for: @hinataxito

location: air bubbles

Belly made a promise that she'd at least put in some kind of effort into getting to know the new side of family better. Even if she'd much rather continue to move around the town and basically ignore them until mandatory family get togethers, she wants to at least pretend to try to keep the woman's mind at ease. Say that she tried and move on with her day.

Which is why she's at the diving club, scanning the area until that one familiar face manages to catch her sight. Taking in a deep breath and walking over — forcing a decent smile upon her lips.

"Hey.. you ain't too busy, are you? I was thinkin'—" More like her mother insisted— "We could go grab a coffee or somethin' .. if you're up for it."

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𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐊𝐀𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍 AS 𝑨𝒀𝑨𝑵𝑶 𝑨𝑰𝑺𝑯𝑰 ( 𝑌𝐴𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅𝐸 𝑆𝐼𝑀𝑈𝐿𝐴𝑇𝑂𝑅 )

"I don't care whose blood I have to spill. I won't let anyone take him from me. Nothing else matters. No one else matters. He will be mine."

@aurorabayaesthetic

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BASIC INFORMATION

Full Name: Belkis Kaplan

Nicknames: Belly, Bel.

Gender identity/pronouns : Cis woman, she + her.

Age: 25

Orientation : Heterosexual

Place of Birth : New Orleans, Louisiana

Length in town: One week, was in town briefly two years ago.

Occupation : Florist @ Flora and Fauna.

Residence: Crystal Cove Condos

BACKGROUND :

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Born and raised in New Orleans, her parents had been married right after high school and seemed to be the happiest two people could be. A few years, they had officially built their little family — a son and their daughter, Belkis. Everything seemed perfect. Her mother was a stay at home mom who put a lot of her focus on her children and their father, despite his long hours, tried his best to put it simply.

At the young age of 16, Belly had to witness something that she’d never thought she’d ever have to see – her father cheating on her mother. It was during a night where she snuck out with one of her friends — there being a party that she absolutely couldn't miss—and during the drive to the house, Belly saw her father out with another woman from the office. A night he was supposed to be working late and she tried not to jump to conclusions, but any excuse for why this happened immediately fell out the window when she saw them kiss. That night she sat on it — knowing how distraught her mother would be over it — but by the end of the night, Belly couldn't hold it in anymore.

She didn't care about the kind of trouble she'd get into for sneaking out, but the reaction she'd gotten was far from what Belly had been expecting. Thanks for telling me but let's keep this between us for now, were the words that came out of her mother's mouth and that's when it hit her: her mother already knew. It seemed like the talk they had never happened because by the next morning, and every one afterward, everything went on as normal. The two playing the perfect family again.

Not for Belkis, though. Even though she did what her mother asked by not saying anything to anyone, a sort of resentment managed to grow for her father. A nasty attitude present whenever he was in the room, or seen with his co-worker without any sort of explanation. But a resentment also seemed to grow towards her mother, too. For staying when her husband wasn't faithful.

There were countless of times where she tried to talk some sense into her mother. Explain to her that she deserved better. That they would be okay and her mother didn't need to deal with keeping this all to herself, but she refused. This was her family. The only family she knew and, quite frankly, she didn't know what to do. Everything in their lives completely dependent on their father.

From a very young age, before everything, Belkis always knew she wanted to venture out of their city. As much as she loved New Orleans, she didn't wanted to be tied down to this one place for the rest of her life. Even more so now after the revelation that their "perfect" family wasn't so perfect.

By the time high school ended, Belkis applied to as many colleges that she could out of state with the mere need for wanting to get out of Louisiana. Eventually she got into a college in UCLA — majoring in business and ready to begin her new life. Communication with her parents became pretty non-existent despite trying to keep conversations up with her brother.

Junior year in college and the Kaplan family completely did a 180. Her parents getting a divorce after the truth about the father's affair became the talk of the town and her mother, with the suggestion of Belly, decided to pack up and move to California — choosing the small town of Aurora Bay to make home as opposed to the big city.

As for her, it seemed as if life was going great for her. She'd gotten a job that she enjoyed in Los Angeles, a nice apartment and was engaged to someone she'd met in college. But, of course, nothing seemed to stay that way. Time went on and eventually, Belkis began to feel an emptiness. Her entire life had been built on not wanting to be like her mother by the end and because of it, Belly strived to ensure that she was the exact opposite. She didn't want to depend on anyone for anything and it was the reason she seemed to work so hard in her field and her fiancé .. well, she loved him. Definitely did, but realizations hit her, Belly felt as though she didn't love him the way someone should love a future husband. Their spark was gone and Belly didn't think she was in love with him anymore.

Truthfully, She wasn't in love with anything in her life. That's reason she ended up in Aurora Bay. Quitting her job, ending her engagement all under the guise of wanting to be with her family.

TIDBITS

has visited AB every so often, but only to see her mother and didn't really socialize with anyone in the town much. Though, she did make some friends.

Her mother did get re-married two years ago and ever since, there's been a big effort to try to bring the two families together — which seems a lot easier said than done.

CURRENT CONNECTIONS ,  

step-brother: @hinataxito

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