#lucy01

Riley ended up being free since she was off, thus meant.. finding something to do to make her day go by smoother and not drag on and on. She spent most of the day cleaning up in her house on Seabrook, even doing some gardening. She ended up realizing after a few hours, she was finished.

Huffing in an annoyed manner, she pondered on what she should do. "I hadn't picked up a book in a while.. maybe I should see what Oceania has to offer today.." she muttered. She didn't do much reading since she was more of the sporty.. outdoor person but she didn't mind reading every once and a while. Satisfied with her decision, she nodded in agreement with herself before she walked to the bookstore.

Once there, she wandered around, not really knowing what to look for, but hey.. it kept her busy. She grabbed a few, skimmed through the pages, read the backs but none hadn't really caught her attention. After she finished looking through one section, she took a few steps to move to another, her eyes going to a woman that looked oddly familiar just at a glance. Riley paused in mid step, leaning to the side to get a better look only to finally realize it was one of her high school friends, Lucy.

They were super close back then, but after Riley pushed everyone to the side.. she gave up on everyone's friendship.. she ended up turning bitter almost. It wasn't anything against her friends, she just had anger built up from what her sister did. After a few years went by, she knew she was lonely. She wanted to talk to some of the friends she had but felt like she didn't have the right.

Riley ended up staring longingly at the woman, eagerly even before she shook her head. Many thoughts went through her head. How much she had grown.. how pretty she was.. if she hated Riley, even though she knew that her high school friend didn't have a single hateful bone in her body. The panic of being hated was stuck in her brain. Rye knew she didn't need to try to get back into someone's life, especially after what she did? Not talking? Dropping everyone she knew? So she did what she did best. Just try to move on. And that's exactly what she did- or tried to, at least. She quickly turned her head and took a step again, bumping her side into the corner of the shelf and gasping rather loudly. "Shit. That hurt." she whispered, but it was loud enough to catch people's attention. Well, That was the opposite of what she wanted.. She knew she had to try to play it off now.

where: Liza and Sterling's house

Wes was staying with the Levins now since Ocean Crest was under renovations and he was informed that his entire apartment was destroyed that night. It was upsetting, yeah, but he had to remind himself that all those things could be replaced. Even if he was sentimental about some of them and others were things he just... couldn't replace. Like pictures of his mother or even some of him and Liza that he wanted to keep for a long time.

oh well.

Wes was sitting in the living room with a book in his lap while Sunny happily shared every single detail about her day to him, only to get bored of him and leave him there to himself. Sterling was busy with something and Liza was at work. Admittedly, he did feel a bit strange staying there, almost like he was intruding. But Liza insisted, and he knew he couldn't argue with her.

Wes was once again torn from his book when he heard the door and Sterling called from the other room to ask if he would get the door. Opening it, he suddenly felt even stranger as he looked at the other on the steps. "Um, hi.. come in." He stepped to the side, feeling sheepish, awkward, and just... stupid.

Sterling: babes pls tell me liz told you she’s having a baby girl because I literally can’t keep this a secret anymore lawd

Sterling: k but if you didn’t know and she asks, I totally wasn’t the one who spilled the beans 👀

“Are you going to this country club party thing?” Sav asked, glancing over at Lucy from the top of her phone. “Because I never turn down the opportunity to get a new bikini, so I’m thinking shopping trip. You in or you in?” 

The youngest Black usually kept her distance from the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall during meals but today going over there was crucial. She walked over with purpose, keeping her eyes focused on Lucy so that her gaze didn’t drift to meet with James or Sirius. She had only one purpose here and that was to plot revenge.

She stood with her arms crossed over her chest, clearing her throat to get the attention of Lucy and whoever it was she was talking to. Narcissa waved her hand to tell the other student to leave and once they did she sat herself down in their spot. ❝Alright Karoonda, it’s time to take care of some business.❞

@yoseirei

[ ★ ]—— Just because chaos has broken out in Hive City in the form of parasitic Halloween costumes and various cliche monsters scattered across all sectors, doesn’t mean her business should take a break. The insigna of Eli’s Just Desserts cafè lits softly in the late afternoon that followed the sudden outbreak of madness. At least half of her employees have gone MIA due to the curse, but the blonde idol knows better than getting disheartened. 

      Weirdly enough... she’s in a great mood today. Instead of panicking because of her workplace suffering the lack of manpower and her costume that still won’t come off, Eli finds herself more and more cheerful, like she’s actually happy for the current situation. 

      After making sure someone isn’t planning to blow anything up in the vicinities, she steps into the kitchen, and finds Lucy among those who have been tasked to substitute the chefs that had been decimated by the Halloween curse. The girl in bunny costume is doing her darnest to make a good job, and Eli finds that quite cute. Why not watch the struggle for a little bit?

Say what she will about the Hive, but Sybil can’t deny that the city as a whole has managed to get one thing right- even more so than her old home. The variety of delectable sweets available here is like nothing Sybil’s ever seen! Cakes, tarts, brownies, ice cream... the list goes on and on. And when Sybil spotted an advertisement for a dessert cafe in Sector 1, she figured it would be just the way to spend an afternoon.

She can’t help but admire the charming interior of the shop, and flashes the hostess a cheery grin.