#this thread is kind of fizzling hahaha

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Hi! I just watched isi & ossi (rich girl and poor boxer boy AH) on netflix and now i cant stop thinking about cal and fake dating. Do with that what you will😂

I actually watched it the moment I got this ask! First 20mins in and I already know how it’s gonna go hahaha 😅😆 Confession: I didn’t finish the film. I stopped at the part where Isi walked out on her parents in that museum scene. Anyway, I hope you’ll enjoy the coming chapters of this fic! 💕🥰

“Playing Pretend”

Cal Kestis x Reader

Next: Part 2 | Masterlist

1 of ?

One would assume that everything in Alderaan were peaceful and perfect, however, another would beg to differ. Every lavish party, every sophisticated conference, or every single resident dressed with all the glamour in every thread of their clothing is proof of a luxurious, prosperous life.

Except for you. The young, free-spirited only child of Governor Sohan Torvel and Yasina Elvas. Despite giving simply anything and everything that you would ever want, you’re not satisfied with the things that have made you the cause of envy among your peers.

Indeed, you may move with a regal, youthful grace—thanks to the private tutors that groomed you according to your mother’s bidding (and payment)—but this princess façade was only Yasina’s fantasy. You have a different calling.

You took your lessons seriously and diligently, excelling in some areas that further impressed the tutors and parents; your best advantage being the vast knowledge of politics—both clean and dirty—thanks to your family background.

But you’d rather spend the day hiking, rock-climbing, and even roaming the city without an escort—at the command of your father. In your teenage years, you’ve grown familiar with the city after traversing rooftop to rooftop with an acrobatic fluidity. You’ve turned yourself invisible from the eyes of your father’s hired bodyguards—whom you familiarized yourself with—perhaps your only lacking skill is combat, since you stayed away from trouble more than you should find it.

You’ve heard talks about your father, Sohan, was eyeing political bonds that would prove to be advantageous to him, but of course, no such exchange exists with only one party giving out. The family was discussing this over dinner.

“So, [y/n],” Sohan cleared his throat in their wide dining hall that it echoed. “How are your lessons coming along?”

“Swimmingly,” you replied with a dry smile.

“Well, darling, I’m sure you would love to share the news with everyone,” Yasina subtly initiated.

Immediately, you realized that there is something your parents are either planning to do or have done already and are just announcing it now.

Your gut feeling was heavy, as if an anchor inside your stomach had suddenly dropped—something isn’t right. There’s something that your parents aren’t telling you prior to tonight. You hate it when they do that.

You alternately looked at your parents left and right.

“What? What is it?”

“I’ve decided to apply as Senator. If I emerge victorious, we can either stay in our estate in Coruscant or here but I will be in the Senate Palace most of the time,”

You exhaled through your nostrils, managed a smile. “That’s great, Dad,”

“Thank you, sweetie. I’m glad I have your support,”

The joy was immediately cut off with your sharp wit. A knack that your mother disliked because it usually kills the mood and subsequently uncovers a nasty truth.

“With an expensive move like this, I assumed you searched for sponsors to aid your campaign. And obviously, whomever sponsor that is, it’s only natural they require something in exchange, don’t they?”

The couple’s collective smiles melted as soon as their daughter pointed out a very tiny loophole in the agenda. In terms of deals such as these, you weren’t dumb to not notice the pattern.

“Actually, in four days’ time we’ll be having a banquet—as a way of thanks and gratitude to my sponsor,”

“I don’t think a banquet is enough of a repayment of their generosity and willingness to help you, Dad,”

Yasina somehow sensed what you were trying to squeeze out of your father. For some reason, Sohan was also dodging your questions—or answering them with a statement that is out of the intended context.

You gave up in pressing your father further on giving you a name, or at least a hint on who it might be.

I guess I’m finding out for myself at the party then. You thought to yourself, picking away the rest of your dinner with the prong of your fork.

“[y/n], honey, please don’t play with your food,” your mother lightly scolds.

You shot a look at her—a signature downward-tilting angle of the head with your indifferent sneer. However, she had her counterattack: her jaw stiffened and her fingers curled inward, slowly clenching into a fist. That didn’t seem to scare you—at least now at your age.

“Eat your food. That is not how young noblewomen touch their food,”

“I’m not hungry anymore,” you mumbled, wiping your mouth. “If you’ll excuse me.”

Dinner ended with an awkward note. After your mother lightly scolding you which nearly became a war of words, you left the table and marched to the hallway to your bedroom.

As soon as you found refuge in your room, you inner sanctum, the holotable was the first thing you approached and then touched. It took a few seconds before the projection of Tazha—your childhood friend, the only true friend that you ever had all these years as a matter of fact—fizzled and crackled into clarity.

“Tazha,”

“Oh hey, [y/n],”

Tazha was your polar opposite. She was the preppy—kind of ditzy yet endearing—girl. Meanwhile, you were the adventurous one who didn’t mind getting her hands dirty or her nails chipped after hiking a hill or climbing a waterfall’s rock wall. Nevertheless, she was your friend—the one who stayed by your side while everybody else envied you, talked behind your back, and scorned you for being the child of the elite.

“Ohh, I know that tone of voice, [y/n],”

Silence from your end.

“Another party?”

“Another party.”

She squealed in excitement. Tazha’s family and yours have been working collaboratively—that was a bonus in your friendship, another bonus is that for every public function or gathering that either family held, the other family is written into the guestlist by default.

You let Tazha in on the details regarding your father’s campaign and the party that will be held to commemorate the generosity and new partnership he’s celebrating with his sponsor.

“You have any idea on who the sponsor is?”

“I was hoping I’d get that answer from you, Tazha,”

“Well,” she sighed pensively. “You know how I do. I still have to time it right for Papa to get the invitation or bring up the party.”

You sighed so deeply that Tazha cracked a joke about it.

“Jeez. Sigh any louder and we don’t need this holotable to converse,”

“Ha-ha. Very funny, Taz,”

“Oh alright,” she whined. “Another thing about the party is bothering you, huh?”

“He didn’t mention who the sponsor was,”

“Ever heard about the element of surprise?”

Tazha was understanding to lend a listening ear for you to rant away. She had quite strong counterarguments, albeit being simple one-liners. As your good friend, she tried to calm you down; talking you out of it so that you could get your mind off of it.

“Just lie down and relax. Get some sleep, stay hydrated, and don’t think about it too much—if you can, okay?”

“Okay,” you muttered in defeat, knowing that Tazha was right one way or another.

“I’ll see you tomorrow, hun,”

“Yeah, see you,”

She blew a kiss before her holoprojection faded into thin air. You retreated to your bed. You couldn’t sleep, but you know one thing that might cheer you up and ease your nerves.

[quentinxdelancret]

Discord Text Thread || Quentin & Dorian

Discord thread featuring: Quentin and Dorian

When: September 23rd

Mentions: Khai

Description:Quentin texts Dorian after their studio session and they get to know one another a little better. Quentin asks Dorian out on a date.

Trigger Warning: Hardcore flirting.

Quentin. We should hang out again soon. It was a  lot of fun

DORIAN Yeah, I agree. I’d love to.

Quentin. Great! Because I would love to know more about you.

DORIAN Well, we could start now if you want.

Quentin. Absolutely!

DORIAN Ask me anything.

Quentin. Anything... let’s see. Do you like fizzle pop?

DORIAN Fizzle pop? Do you mean soda?

Quentin. Haha yeah. Sorry

DORIAN No worries lol. Just wanted to make sure we were talking about the same thing. Not really. I’ll only have soda every now and then. That leads me to my first question for you though. Where are you from?

Quentin. Fair enough. I probably drink it way more than I should. But, it’s really good with ice cream. I’m from Chamonix, France.. But, I moved to California was I was like seven I wanna say. I grew up in San Francisco and you?

DORIAN I’m more of a tea and juice drinker personally. Oh that’s dope! I’m from San Francisco too! I only moved to Kingsboro when I was 18.

Quentin. Oh shit! I can’t believe I’ve never run into you before. I used to spend a lot of time out at MEZZANINE’s and Bimbo’s. But back then I usually needed a fake to get in lmao. I love tea.. we should totally drink tea together sometime

DORIAN Well, I’m gonna guess that I’m older than you so lol. Yeah, we should.

Quentin. How old are you

DORIAN I just turned 29 in August.

Quentin. Ah, hot. I’m only older men. Wow yeah. Hahah what I meant to say was. I’m into them

DORIAN lmao that’s okay. I got the idea. How old are you?

Quentin. I’ll be 25 in December

DORIAN oh yeah, so you were only like 14 when I left Cali lol.

Quentin. hahaha this just keeps getting better. I feel like I totally would have stalked you

DORIAN You were entering high school when I graduated lol.

Quentin. Yeah, I was actually home schooled though. It was easier on my “parents” that way.  Did you have a band then?

DORIAN Oh, homeschool? That’s interesting. Nah, I didn’t start my band until after I moved to NY. We started it when I was like 21.

Quentin. Yeah, not as much fun as it sounds though, I promise lol. Oh, sweet! Definitely probably wouldn’t have stalked you then. But, would have loved to.

DORIAN Hahaha. Any more questions?

Quentin. yeah.. I have tons. Am I boring you yet?

DORIAN Not at all.

Quentin. Okay, I’m just gonna shoot out a few here. Have you always been into guys? Are you into me? Do you like Chinese food? Would you like to go out with me?

DORIAN I realized I liked guys when I was 13. Yes, I’m into you. I love Chinese food. Yes I’ll go out with you.

Quentin. I love how straight and to the point you are.

DORIAN I try to be. Because that’s how I prefer people to be with me.

Quentin. Fair enough. took me way to long to type that haha

DORIAN Are your hands busy?

Quentin. At the moment...  not really. But you just make me question all my logic.

DORIAN That sounds like a bad thing.

Quentin. Is it? I don’t think so. I can be a bit of a brat sometimes and you just make me rethink my smart ass remarks lol

DORIAN Good. I’m teaching you to be a good boy.

Quentin. Hey hey, don’t go getting carried away now lol

DORIAN It’s true.

Quentin. Listen. I do very bad things and I do them very well. I just so happen to like you.

DORIAN You sound like the guy from Taken. I have a very specific set of skills lmao.

Quentin. hahahahaha it’s true though.

DORIAN Mhm. I’ll believe it when I see it. You probably just want me to think you’re a bad boy.

Quentin. Do I not come off as a bad boy? Wait better question... are you into bad boys?

DORIAN You seem like you wanna impress me. Uhhh. I’m not really a fan of people who do bad things, I’ll be honest. I like you though so maybe I’ll make an exception.

Quentin. Ah, calling me out. I would love to impress you. But, sadly I’m not very impressive. I try to be a decent person but I do have a lot of flaws. I could be whatever you like whoever you like though. I’m pretty flexible

DORIAN You’ve impressed me so far. I didn’t say I wanted somebody perfect. I just want someone to respect me and be totally open and honest with me. I’ve been hurt a lot and I really don’t need any added stress. I just want you to be yourself.

Quentin. Well, okay then. Retract my current statement and let me start again. I’m just a very laid back guy who likes to have a good time and can get super soft when you stroke my dark side. is that honest enough?

DORIAN Okay.. and what are your intentions with me?

Quentin. My intentions. I feel like I should start singing you the lyrics to a Justin Bieber song, ha. I just like you, you’re very attractive, sweet, and I’d love to get to know you more. I’ll be honest. I haven’t really been interested in another guy in quite some time. But, you intrigue me.

DORIAN You know, I’m not normally a Bieber fan, but I like that Intentions song lol. Thanks honey. I’m down to get to know each other better. Oh yeah? I feel special.

Quentin. Everyone I know says that lol. Does anyone ever actually like Bieber? lol. There are definitely things I’d like to do with you on a daily basis. But I’m trying to let you feel me out. Because I can be a hard pill to swallow sometimes. You should definitely feel special though, because you are a rare gem.

DORIAN He has a handful of songs that I like but in general, I wouldn’t call myself a fan. Plus he seems like kind of a dick. A hard pill to swallow? You seem perfectly easy to get along with to me. Don’t make me blush.

Quentin. Same. He’s definitely a dick though. I guess what I meant was, I have a lot of demons. I do a lot of things people don’t necessarily agree with. But my top three traits are definitely flirty, chill, and spontaneous. you’re very cute when you blush though

DORIAN Like I said, as long as you treat me with respect and are honest with me, we won’t have any issues. I disagree that I’m cute when I blush but thanks honey lol.

Quentin. You got it! I’ll have to agree to disagree with you there though. Because I’m the one who gets to look at you, so I’m pretty sure I know what I’m talking about. Speaking of which. You should send me a photo... please.

DORIAN You’re doing all this talking about me, but have you seen how handsome you are? Actually no, don’t answer that. I’m sure you know exactly how hot you are.

Quentin. Lmao you’re so cute. I’m so not hot. But I appreciate the compliment. God! Look at YOU!! what the fuck are you drinking cause damn it looks almost as delicious as you.

DORIAN Uhhh. You definitely are very hot so hush that noise. Lol, it was a strawberry banana smoothie. Can I have a picture too?

Quentin. yessir. It was, haha. I feel very left out of the experience. Sure, handsome.

DORIAN Look at you, following orders like a good boy. (; We can go get smoothies together sometime if you want.

Quentin. hahaha mhm. You just make me fall in line so easily. I’d like that for sure.

DORIAN What can I say? It’s a gift.

Quentin.

this is just me sitting outside editing our cover song seems like you have a lot of those

DORIAN Holy shit, can you seriously look at that picture and say that you’re not hot? Who lied to you?

Quentin. uhm... a lot of people have lied to me. But, you’re reaction definitely makes me tingly.

DORIAN Well I’m here to set the record straight. You are very very attractive, Q. Make no mistake about that.

Quentin. How are you even single? You’re like the messiah of my heart. Not that I’m Jewish by any means lol

DORIAN Lmao oh my gosh. Well because I recently got dumped for somebody else. That’s why. And before that, I was single by choice because I lost my wife in a car accident. So I took about two and a half years to grieve and get myself back together.

Quentin. Dumped for someone else? What an idiot. I definitely know all about loss though with my first real girlfriend. I don’t wanna get too dark on you. But I’ve seen a lot of loss as well. But, you definitely shouldn’t be anyone’s second choice.

DORIAN I appreciate that. It’s really nice to hear. I’m sorry you had to deal with loss as well, honey. It’s not easy. I’m gonna take a shower, we’ll continue this conversation when I get out, okay? Try not to miss me too much.

Quentin. it’s definitely not easy. But, it makes us who we are in some weird twisted sense. You enjoy that shower, I’ll be around whenever you wanna talk. I can’t help it if I miss you though.

[ 30 minutes later ]

DORIAN Hi, I’m back.

Quentin. Hi :) Did you enjoy your shower?

DORIAN I did, thank you. What were you up to while I was gone?

Quentin. Not a whole lot. Just finished editing our cover and posted it. Lots of great feedback already.

DORIAN I saw! That’s super dope. The track turned out great.

Quentin. Thank you. It’s all because you’re an amazing drummer. I had no idea but you really blew me away

Quentin. Also, I’d love to take you out soon. Like, really soon.

DORIAN Aww, thanks babe. But I only put down the drum line. You did literally everything else so don’t give me too much credit. You would?

Quentin. You still made it even better than it would have been. yes, absolutely!

DORIAN You’re too sweet. You’re making me wanna kiss you. would we get Chinese?

Quentin. I would love to kiss you, darlin. We could get whatever you like.

DORIAN I didn’t just melt a little when you called me darlin. Nope. That did not happen. It was a figment of your imagination.

Quentin. Don’t go melting too much Lmao. Oh oh.. nvm. Ha

DORIAN BIG EYES EMOJI

Quentin. Fuck you’re cute!

DORIAN So are you. Now what did you say nvm about?

Quentin. I was just gonna say unless it’s in my mouth. But I was trying to behave myself.

DORIAN Oh wow. Naughty.

Quentin. It happens. Cant be an Angel all the time. So when can I touch you again? I mean, see you.

DORIAN Oh my gosh lol. Tomorrow. If you’d like.

Quentin. I’d love.

DORIAN Cutie. It’s a date then.

Quentin. Wow, I’m so lucky. also a little nervous, ha.

DORIAN Aww, that’s adorable. Nothing to be nervous about, hon. You didn’t seem nervous the other day.

Quentin. I’m always nervous. I’m just really good at hiding it haha

DORIAN Yeah, amazingly good at it because I couldn’t tell that you were nervous at all.

Quentin. Good, you weren’t supposed to be able to tell heh

DORIAN That’s really cute though. But there’s still nothing to be nervous about.

Quentin. of course there is. You could always crush me into a million pieces and then laugh as you watch me try to pick them up

DORIAN Absolutely not. I’ve had that done to me one too many times. I never wanna put anyone else through that.

Quentin. well I’ll beat up anyone who ever tries to hurt you again. I swear

DORIAN Ooh, a man who will fight for me. Hot.

Quentin. Of course I would. You’re definitely worth it

DORIAN Blushing again.

Quentin. you sure I have to wait until tomorrow? I told you I could get impatient. I did tell you that right? Haha

DORIAN I don’t think you mentioned it lol. Our date would have to wait till tomorrow since most restaurants aren’t open and I’m pretty sure you plan on taking me out to eat. But if you wanna see me tonight, you can.

Quentin. Oh, well nvm then haha. That’s fair. I’d love to see you tonight but you can tell me no if you want. It won’t falter my interest

DORIAN you’re welcome to see me tonight. I’d love to see you too.

Quentin. Should I come to you? I’ve been mindlessly starring at the LOTR and laying in bed so I’m free.

DORIAN Yes please, come to me.

Quentin. yessir

DORIAN Good boy.

[sighmabean]

@writing-prompt-s I couldn’t find the prompt that sparked this idea but I wrote it and liked what I had so far. Thought I’d share anyway even though it’s been a minute.  It’s the prompt where the author is writing a story, stops, leaves, then comes back to find that the story is writing itself. I took that idea and ran with it.  From the Notes of Terra

Hi hi! This is Terra speaking. Recording. Something. Oh gosh, I lost my train of thought. I lost the next sentence. Maybe I need this app to rewrite my opening. Hahaha. Ooo. Bad joke. I'm nervous. Sorry! I'm gonna start this over. Don't fire me!

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Hello there, this is Terra script supervisor and pre-production assistant for MESS films. Today I will begin documenting the effects of the Storytime App via my audio diary…*sucks teeth*... Is diary professional? Notebook! My audio notebook. So okay, here we go.

I am launching the app and running it on an old story I tried to write but then forgot about it as soon as I hit page two. The moment I started it, I was instantaneously overtaken by this drive to get it out and a page later it fizzled out almost as suddenly. So let's see what you got app. *singing this* Hopefully, you have more of an attention span than I do. Alright! It's running. Okay then, I'm going to leave and not watch this pot boil or whatever. Until next time. *lower* “Until next time? God. Do you even want a job? “

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Hello again. This is Terra and I'm just realizing that I probably don't have to keep introducing my name all the time, ya big slowpoke you. Hahaha. I am checking the document now - oh it's sunset. About 6:36 PM. I started this around 9:00 AM or so. I'll be better about the timestamp going forward. Promise. Okay, looks like…oh wow! It works. Whoa! There's like quite a few pages here. Okay, I'm going to read these and respond in a moment.

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Hahahaha. Well. So suffice it to say the app doesn't necessarily make things more interesting as much as it makes more things. This piece is still pretty dull as hell but that's on the arteur and not necessarily the program. I can't remember now if I mentioned this or not but this story was based off of “Her Morning Elegance” by Oren Lavie. So it decided to continue that same thread by taking this female character and continuing her day which is really more in her head than it is with reality. So there's like two pages of her making bread and cutting a slice of it and I'm not even lying. So there's that. And I've caught up to the point where she has finished everything she's doing today and getting ready for bed and I don't think I necessarily need to keep reading about her putting on her pajamas and the feel of the cotton and her thoughts about what the feel of the cotton sends her to in the vast recesses of her mind. I don't think anybody else needs to worry about this so I'm going to move on and start the app on a different story. This one is a sword and sorcery piece that I wrote during a fantasy Workshop back in college so let's see what happens. It has a battle and sword fights and magic and all around more entertainment value so it'll be interesting to see how the app responds. That's all for now. Signing out.

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Good morning. It is January 19, 2025. The time is 8:45 AM and I am checking the fantasy stooory… Now!

Oh wow! There's like. There's a lot going on here. Okay so first off, I forgot that I had two perspectives in this piece that I alternated between and the app kept both threads running simultaneously. It's separated the page into two columns to accommodate this and I think that's really brilliant. Oh my god. Now I'm wondering how it responds to each type of perspective in narration - third person, first person, omniscient, etc. I'm reading from the beginning and I chose third person but didn't commit to it as much as I wanted to, ya know? Like there's still plenty of moments where italics run rampant with the thoughts and intentions of my characters. So let's play scientist. I'm going to add one more story - sorry, I should say prose - to the mix and I'm picking something with an omniscient narrator. Aha! This’ll work. It's a children's story I wrote about manners. Okay. It's running on that too. Signing out for now.

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January 23. 9:05 AM.

So instead of just updating as things were happening I decided to wait to see how a whole theory of mine panned out before reporting it so that way it's a more complete thought? At least to me. With that said…Holy. Donuts. First off let's get organized. I've divided the stories into A, B, and C. Story A is the one about the woman. Story B is the one about fantasy. Story C is the one for children. So story a is still going strong she is continuing her week she even had a doctor's appointment. That was a whole thing was just her and the doctor. Story B continues to amaze me.

The characters are just so deeply invested that no matter how hackneyed my plot was they are determined to treat it like it is on this Tolkien level epic, which I guess for them it would be because it is their lives. And another interesting thing is one narrator is recovering from battle and so they've been stuck in a hospital bed for a while which means these stories are being told in “real time.” These stories are continuing to grow minute-by-minute in their own world instead of skipping to the good parts like we would as writers. For example I skipped three days in keeping this journal but they've been developing for three days in each of their worlds.

Story C is a learning lesson too. After they initial scenario is dealt with the main character continues to want to learn things because that's their personality, so they keep learning about how things are made and where they come from. Here's hoping they can avoid “The Talk” for a few more novels at least.

So what next? New mediums that's what. I'm going to start a new set of stories at the end of this week on the app and close these out. Bye for now.

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January 28. 9:00 AM.

Whoa. So. Revelations. Um. I decided to cancel story A first last night and something told me not to do them all at once and um yeah. It's heartbreaking in the weirdest way. I have pages and pages of this woman searching for depth in every possible way, yearning for it where there is none. And then towards the end it's just her realizing nothing has meaning at all. And she feels so alone from that. And then she presumably ya know… Ends it herself. And the story is locked for some reason? I don't know. Someone in the tech department needs to fix that ‘cause I feel like I definitely murdered her and it's just. Um… Uncanny? Unsettling? Disturbing. But I guess at least now we know the way a story ends. With Death and blank pages. Hmm…

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January 29. 8:58 AM.

I debated it all day off-recorder yesterday and I can't cancel the other stories. Not until I figure out a way to manipulate the ending so that I feel better for having left the characters in a better frame of mind. So for the first time I'm altering them today. I'm going to speed up Story C to when my little child character is a preteen and see what happens when I add the skip instead. Also, Story B killed a character I had from the beginning and I'm just going to bring him back because I liked them too much to kill. I mean it made sense but I don't like that ending personally.

Meanwhile, I've added two new ones to the mix. Story D which is a very short play I wrote for in class about these people forced to play happy in childlike TV program world. They get a new co-worker who doesn't know the rules and just questions everything. Let's see where that goes. It was meant to be a comedy. Here's hoping this app has a sense of humor.

Story E is a comic that a friend of mine wrote. It's about a mystic healer sent on a perilous quest to find a cure for their village’s water supply. They're pursued by all kinds of beasts and especially targeted by a hitman from a warrior tribe that wants to enlace the healer’s tribe. I told my friend to give me half of that story since it was already complete.

So let's find out how formatting works in the App. Signing off.