CLOSED starter for @daysblooming
SHE ARRIVES AT THE EVENT with little to protect her from the cold weather — her manager waits at the end of the red carpet with a jacket for her, however — and is all but forced to grin and BEAR it before the cameras like the seasoned professional she is. attending launches and dinners between promotions and photoshoots aren’t exactly a highlight for marie, usually in the presence of few friends and M A N Y strangers in powerful positions, and this evening is no different; as polite as she may be, it’s a barrier to the slight discomfort this gives her — and the same likely goes for other artists like her. she’s quick to cover her arms, which are only covered by the thin sleeves of her dress, upon meeting her manager and is ushered into the building to escape the elements. there’s little time to recover amongst herself, now facing over one hundred attendees scattered about the open floor plan and hastily acknowledging those who welcome her close by; marie slips off the outerwear draped on her shoulders for her manager to hand off to a staffer, and slowly makes her way through the crowd to say hello.
IT’S NOT INTIMIDATION THAT UNNERVES her in such situations — or so she tells herself — but rather a lack of familiarity, of certainty. she’s sure that despite her star power, she’s seen as smaller or even C U T E to the select few guests from outside of the entertainment industry, and it’s not something she necessarily enjoys. this is when she really channels her bravado whilst playing the part of the pride of her company, a challenge her stubborn nature wholly approves of, thus she begins her pleasantries tour for the event — as she would call it. as the minutes pass from when she starts, the numbers begin to dwindle, of those she’s spoken to or merely acknowledged, so she thinks it’s as good of a time as any to regroup with a drink; she makes her way to the open bar for just a glass of water, her brown eyes scanning the path ahead in the process, when she spots a familiar face just several feet away.
MARIE IS QUICK TO DISMISS the beverage as something that can wait as her feet carry her in noeul’s direction.
“ HM, FANCY SEEING YOU HERE, ” she greets with a courteous smile, “ enjoying yourself ? ”
