𝘿𝘼𝙈𝙈𝙄𝙏 !

welcome aboard, james jeon, student #53. we are excited to set sail with you !  has anyone told you that you look like kim taehyung? according to our records, you hail from new jersey, usa prefer he/they, are demiboy, and are here to study visual arts. we also see you received a spot on the ss university because of your academic scholarship — we won’t tell anyone. during your first few weeks here, other students said you were + creative, + caring, but also -clumsy. it sounds like you spend most of your time at the arcade. upon checking your luggage, we noticed you packed a stitch plushie your father gave you as a kid. hopefully your roommates don’t steal it!

hiii, i’m c (she/her) and i’m so happy to be here !! pls give this post a ♥ if you’d like me sliding into those IMs for plots !

trigger warnings found: parent death mention, illness mention

“that’s how they get ya, lure ya in with promises of thousands of giant shoes!” asher warns, fingers still pressed to the glass as he looks over at james with a wide grin. it reminded him of the ripleys believe it or not museum he had begged to go to every year just to stand staring at the same eight displays. he was spontaneous, often strange but also a creature of habit, “i don’t want people to be scared of me! i’m okay with my average sized shoes. actually, i think my shoes are a good size, you know, a very normal mens size… so if i ever lost my shoes i could borrow them from pretty much anyone. all the bases covered, a universal foot!” 

           HER BROWS CAME INTO in a bit of offense at what they had said, wanting to make a comment about how she knew he thought she looked fine in all sorts of settings, but even drunk jewel knew better than to make those comments anymore. “right, well, oh well.” jewel muttered as she pushed her hair out of her eyes, arms heavy as they fell into her lap in defeat, and she let her gaze cast up to the night sky. the last few weeks had really tried her patience, made her question herself over and over again, about why she could never get a firm hold on happiness. she had it for three months, spending all that time with cassidy, she’d never felt more happy. and then it was ripped away, left her on her ass to scramble back to her feet with a heaviness in her chest. maybe it was karma, maybe it was her own self destructive ways, but it really took a lot out of the girl.  “exactly, i destroy everything around me….sounds about right. but hey, at least i’m fun!” and she laughs, but it doesn’t nearly reflect in her eyes as she quickly closed them, a little huff of breath following. “everything? i dunno, i just….maybe it’s what i deserve, you know people leaving and stuff, but i don’t know what else i can do to make people stay?” it didn’t make a lot of sense without a background story, but she just shrugged her delicate shoulders, “i’m just giving up, love is stupid anyways. no offense to you and micah, but, maybe i’m just not cut out for it.”

James leaned back a little when noticing the demeanor changing a bit after his stupid correction on what he meant by ‘not fine’, beginning to feel awkward for even thinking of saying such stupid thing. He was about to apologize, but she didn’t comment on it so he just brushed it off, focusing on what she actually began speaking next. James’ brows furrowed at listening to what she said, maybe a hurricane wasn’t the best thing to compare her to. James bit his own lip, promising to himself to be more careful with his words from now on... still unsure if she’d even remember them the next morning, but right now that was the right thing to do. “That’s not true. We all fuck up at times”, they simply said, a small sigh leaving their lips. It was really painful to hear her talking so lowly about herself again, they still remembered that conversation the pair had by the Santa Monica beach shore, the last time they properly spoke to each other. “No one deserves people leaving them, anyone would be an idiot to willingly leave you”, he refuted. If James had ‘left’, it was because of how complicated things got regarding the hurting Micah situation and both parts not wanting to keep on doing so. He still wished there was a way they could still be friends, maybe there was, since things were so different now. But that was something to think about later. When she brought him and Micah up, a small muffled light chuckle left his lips: it all made sense now. “Who was the asshole who did this to you? They must be out of their damn mind”

“Do they even film that in Seattle? Because I thought they filmed it in Hollywood…” She let the sentence trail off, before lifting her shoulders into a shrug. “Anyway, I guess that would be cool. Not the part where you faint, but running into Carly or Spencer– or, well, Miranda Cosgrove and whoever plays Spencer. But really, he’s your personal hero? For what?” Not that she was judging, she was merely genuinely curious. 

                    “ but what if i fall in love with a purple and orange fish ? ” he teased with a soft laugh as he stepped into the shop he’d discovered through thorough online research. “ or what if they don’t have any flounders ? will we be okay taking home a nemo ? or a pudge ? ” he couldn’t help but consider. at this rate, he’d probably end up asking to take them all back on board with them. he wouldn’t want to leave a single fish behind. but that was his soft heart speaking, unable to make anyone feel left out or forgotten, even a fish. the only thing he needed to remind himself was that they didn’t have the surface area for a large fish tank. they couldn’t take them all because they lived in dorm rooms and couldn’t possibly fit more than a small fish bowl. enough for one, maybe two. “ i don’t even know where to look first. ” micah grinned as he gave james’ hand a gentle squeeze and glanced around the shop. everything they needed could be found right here in this one location. but the question was… “ do we pick out the supplies first or do we pick a fish first and then pick it’s home and decorations based on our new pet’s personality ? do fish even have personalities ? i’d like to think so. ” he was rambling, as he often did when he got excited over something. “ maybe we should get two so that our first child doesn’t get lonely. ” he pouted at his boyfriend after a moment of consideration.

“Okay, first of all, that makes so much sense. This is big brain time, everything is coming together now. But most importantly, all of my best vibes are now going toward the chance of meeting our own personal Spencer Shay. Shit, their last name was Shay, wasn’t it?”

“Excuse you, I'm full of big brain moments. And yes, it was Shay!. Which means Spencer's initials are SS, and my own initials are JJ... aka the double letter gang, aka it means we need to become besties and collab someday"

“If we run into Spencer, I’m gonna have to steal all of his cool socks. Especially the light up ones,” Jude replied. “Maybe Carly will give you some tips now that you’re going to be the next Carly Shay with your Youtube Channel.”

“We’d need to get him to introduce us to Socko... I mean, what’s up with the fact that we’ve never seen this iconic man’s face?. That’s just rude, but I like the mystery”,  James joked with a laugh. “Oh my God... please!. It would be an absolute honor to receive advice from the og who made it on the internet in the 00s, which is difficult to get... not everyone has that to their credit”

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“   𝒊  𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏  ,  i  guess  that  depends  on  if  the  girl  or  guy  that  plays  those  characters  live  in  seattle  ,  then  maybe  ?   “   cassidy  said  with  a  shrug  .   “   gotta  be  honestly  ,  i  know  about  icarly  but  i  can’t  tell  you  any  of  the  other  characters  in  that  show  .  you  lost  me  with  the  spencer  thing  .   “

“I think she’s from L.A... I don’t know about him. But I’ll just assume every celebrity ever is in L.A, you know?. Though maybe I should do some research”, James joked, taking their phone out to pretend they were gonna look for that. It was nice to finally be on good terms with Cass. Not like they were best friends again, but at least the petty comments ceased for now. It was a nice mature step from both sides. “Wait... you’ve never watched iCarly?. The fuck, Cass? Totally judging you right now”

“The actors and actresses or the actual characters? I think your more likely to run into Miranda Cosgrove over iCarly. If you do run into Miranda Cosgrove though, I want you to video me. I loved her in school of rock growing up. That was such a badass film.”

“In my heart... iCarly is real, so I’d really hope to run into the Shay siblings. But the actors would be as equally as dope, I mean: if I ask them to make a Tik Tok with me in character, you think they’d accept?. The internet would lose it. But you’re right, that movie was amazing... to be honest, Miranda only knows how to play iconic characters. Megan Parker? A legend too”

         THE FIRST WEEK BACK on the boat had certainly rocked the girl, falling into this sad little depressive episode, but after her run in with cass a few days ago….she wasn’t even sad anymore. she was tired, angry, and on this path of destruction that she knew far too well. thanking the heavens they docked, her sole purpose now that she was on land was to enjoy it and what better way than getting absolutely trashed? if cass wanted her to ‘be happy’ and ‘be herself’ she would do just that, but in true jewel fashion, by doing the most. she didn’t know what time it was whenever she stumbled out of the club, leaving whoever she came with and sighing as she pushed her hair out of her face. eyes wild, but holding some emptiness, she tried to piece together how to get back and swallow down any emotions that threatened to slip through her put together mask she’d slapped on. it wasn’t until james’s voice broke through her thoughts that she raised a brow and noticed that she had wandered off a bit, alone in a new city, “mmmm, me? i’m just fine.” she hummed out with a shrug, plopping down on a bench as she sighed, head falling back, “i’m always fine, you know? just….fine. you should probably go though, i’ll get you in trouble…i’m bad news, ya know?” 

James’ pressed their lips together as a small frown invaded their face when hearing her response. It was a clear lie, anyone could notice from miles away. “You don’t look fine though”, they politely refuted. “I mean... emotionally”, he clarified right after. Not like it mattered to make the distintion, not like she was in the right mind to remember this tomorrow. Have the tables turned from their last interaction involving alcohol when he was the one completely shitfaced that barely remembered how things went down the next day?. James felt a bit unease when that memory creeped in, a night that caused so much pain. It was all in the past now, but it would always stay a bittersweet memory. And now here he was, being the sober one trying to help her. “No one can be fine 100% of the time, and that’s completely okay”, he added as he sat down next to her, a small sigh escaping his own lips too. When hearing Jewel calling herself ‘bad news’, the memory was triggered even worse. James felt sick to his stomatch to think he had been part of the reason why she clearly believed that. He knew he wasn’t entirely the cause, but he definitely ended up being one of the people who helped her convince herself of such, without meaning to at all. “You’re not bad news Jewel, you are a hurricane, that’s different”, he tried to joke lightly, referencing a song like he always would around her, but maybe it wasn’t what he should be doing right now. He cleared his throat. “I mean...”, he sighed again. “What’s wrong?”, he finally, and worringly, questioned. It was clearly none of his business, and he understood if she refused to answer, but it was worth a try.

Fable walked along side with James as she smiled over at them. “Maybe they’ll have a juice for you to try.” She replied as she nudged him with her shoulder. “Oh come on James, cats can be great companions to have as well.” She spoke with a light laugh trailing behind her words. She enjoyed the time she has spent with the other. “I’m glad we did this.” She said as she reached in her bag grabbing the package of books she told James she would get. “You can do it, I have all the faith in you. I love your new hair. It suits you.” She responded as she handed him the package. “I had the same idea.” 

"Damn, you’re right... the way I haven’t even looked at the menu and I’m already assuming”, James joked with a small chuckle, looking over at her. “Well, cats hate me!”, they playfully protested, throwing their arms in the air. “Are you more of a dog or a cat person though? The important questions in life”, he curiosuly inquired as the pair made their way inside and found a place to sit at. James smiled brightly when catching a glimpse of the books she brought, only getting distracted for a second by the cat that happened to pop out of nowhere to sit on them, wondering if he should pet it or not... he didn’t want to leave this place with scratches all around. “I think we made a new friend who wants to join our reading club”, James joked pointing at it with a small chuckle, then redirected their attention to Fable. “I’m glad too, I’m excited”, they offered a small smile. “Yeah! Your new hair looks amazing... what made you take such bold decision?. I mean, I just went from bright color to bright color, but you went from dark to light: that’s major!” 

asher was easily distracted, the colours of the displays sending his attention in a thousand different directions. he lurched over, pressing his face intently to the glass that separated them from the shoes belonging to the worlds tallest man, “this is amazing!” he shouts, looking back at them, “imagine being that tall… like the bfg. i wonder when he realised he was gunna be the tallest guy in the world… with those feet!”

noah loves aquariums. when she was a kid she used to make her mom take her there and she’d ask all the people working there what it was like. for years she thought she’d want to run an aquarium until she figured out that the ocean was an aquarium that never closed. “ i think the penguins are at the zoo… ” she said with a head tilt, “ they’re actually technically birds not fish so it would make more sense for them to not be here. i heard they have sea otters though. ” grinning as she shook her head, “ nope it’s totally possible ! it depends on the breed of shark though, usually you’ll see a lot of nurse sharks, zebra sharks, reef sharks do okay in captivity. it’s nearly impossible to great whites though, there’s only ever been one great white shark in an aquarium for longer than a few weeks. ”

“Possibly, I would rather see Gibby. That’s my mate right there. Spencer is great too, maybe we will get lucky and meet both.” 

“How could I forget the legend that is Gibby?. I'm so disappointed in myself right now, wow. Meeting both sounds like the absolute dream. I would also love to meet T-Bo and actually buy food from him. Name a more iconic trio, I'll wait"

“So, now that we are in Seattle... do you think that we’ll run into iCarly?. Or better yet... Spencer. Because if so, I might faint. He’s like, my personal hero” ​