rainbows and sunshine

welcome aboard, KELLY "KEL" HAYES, STUDENT #2. we are excited to set sail with you ! has anyone told you that you look like SABRINA CARPENTER? according to our records, you hail from NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, prefer SHE/HER, are FEMALE, and are here to study POLITICAL SCIENCE . we also see you received a spot on the ss university because of your MONEY — we won’t tell anyone. during your first few weeks here, other students said you were + FREE-SPIRITED, + SMART, but also - MOUTHY and - SARCASTIC. it sounds like you spend most of your time at the POOL. upon checking your luggage, we noticed you packed A DIAMOND CROSS NECKLACE. hopefully your roommates don’t steal it!

“hm, i’m actually a little fiscally challenged. that’s how i say poor in a fancy way,” he jokes with a small smile as they walk. “chilli dog? damn, i don’t know if i can handle that. i’m a plain jane, a ketchup kinda guy.”

squeezing her hand in response with a soft smile. the early days of their friendship were spent complaining about being the forgotten daughters of their parents, “ well you’re more than welcome to take annabelle for a spin anytime you’d like. she’s been a lot nicer since she got sick, bodie thinks facing her mortality has made her a better person but i don’t know. ” she shrugged as they walked into the sandbar.

“right, so what i’m hearing is that i just need to find someone to pay me for it?” he asks although he’s not serious, an amused expression on his face. easily impressed, he liked a girl who could appreciate a good hotdog and pressing the cap onto his pen, “then lets go, i’m already dealing with enough crazy, can’t have you going crazy on me too for the small price of a hotdog.”

he did like rocks, that wasn’t a lie. “an amateur? what about a pro?” sounded more impressive, he notes it down with a wide-eyed, instant grin. “then i’ll put, very good at networking, i do love socialising… expert caterer… i can eat a lot of hotdogs,” he laughs.

“ if i didn’t know any better i’d think you wanted to be my friend or something. ” rolling her eyes with a playful smile, “ and she adores you, sometimes i think even more than me, every i get a call from her it’s all how’s kels doing tell her momma and daddy hi for us. you’re going to need a lot of whiskey before i start talkin’ about my feelings. ”

randomly pulling out a notebook as he leans against a wall beside her, “that’ll do,” he remarks, a pen pulled from behind his ear, “i’ve decided to run for student council president and i need your help to embellish my abilities. not like, lie, just make it sound fancier. like… how do you make collecting rocks sound cool?”

cooper: see i don't feel like that accurate

cooper: noah always makes it seem like boats are v strong and all that jazz, so what even would happen?

cooper: aw how sweet of you, not sure if i believe you or not

cooper: well i can't when you ask me so nicely like that

kel: and i can’t believe i actually said that

kel: but i do care abt u though

“ now you’re speaking my language. ” she grinned taking the girl’s hand. “ i knew i liked you for a reason. oh - ” snapping as she remembered something, “ remind me to take you to my room later my mom sent me a care package and there’s a bunch of stuff for you. ”

@kelshayes·

“hey kelly!” asher called bounding over in the hallway from class, “aren’t you like super brainy or something?” not that he knew that for sure but she was studying something fancy, right? something that required natural intelligence, something he did not possess. 

cooper: hey don't omg coop me

cooper: this is all purely hypothetical and as noah would say the motion of the boat makes waves that would drag someone away before i could save them and then the engine would chop them into chum.

cooper: unfortunately no one but i want to toss myself over, it's not like my dumbass matters much

kel: that’s ridiculous

kel: they wouldn’t even get near the engine

kel: and ofc you matter!

she had to stop herself from snapping and i wasn’t going to tell you even if you did. instead she rolled her eyes with a loud sigh. “ alcohol, definitely alcohol. ” 

“ i don’t really feel like talking. ” now those are words she never thought she’d say. afterall her friends and family don’t call her the mouth of the south for her demure nature. “ i could use a distraction though. ” @seasstarts·

     open starter!

     his roommate was up in the middle of the night again with all her silly computers on. link wanted to sleep, but the test in the morning and the blinding lights forced him up and out of their shared room.      the one place he could always rely on during late nights was the ship’s world map room.      his puffy slippers marched through the halls of the ship and to the room, papping as he went.      sure enough, when he arrived, it was exactly as he had left it last time. baron. boring. totally devoid of all excitement and traffic, so long as you were not yourself a sailor.      link took a deep breath, staring up at the maps around the room. the books in his arms slumped as he let out that breath. he looked at the maps and studied them well. one day, he would be sailing those very seas.      “no more link, no more ‘new kid’… they’ll call me captain seongho.” he whispered.      he heard something and jumped! he gasped with wide eyes. his books clenched to his chest tightly. “h-how… what’re you doing here?”

it was late at night, and kelly still had to finish studying, so she left her roommate sleeping and went to the world map room, which was usually quiet, to get some work done.

cooper: anyone know what the protocol is for someone going overboard?

cooper: asking for a friend

kel: omg coop

kel: idk, just get ‘em a lifejacket

“wanna place bets on where we go next ? ”  river asks, nudging the person beside them at the sandbar with their elbow. “you’d think after months of living on a ship, i’d have some sort of idea of what direct the thing moves in, but i have no clue.”  they waved the bartender over and then turned to the person beside them again, “what are you drinking tonight ? ”    ( open starter  /  @seasstarts· ) 

"jonah, sora, emmett, asher and katherine"