Latest Posts by laureljanes - Page 2
thomas-nakamura:
“You know, if you spend more time walking around in a specific neighborhood, rather than relying on cars most of the time, you can actually stumble upon some pretty neat finds,” Thomas said, casually showing around a passerby. “Hole-in-the-wall restaurants, neat antique shops, you name it. You’d be surprised what kind of books you’d find in a no-name shop.”
“You’re really speaking my language,” Laurel muffled with a mouth full of soft pretzel. “I never would have seen this pretzel place next to the enchilada place if it wasn’t for you.” It was actually a lie--Laurel had been to that pretzel place plenty of time before this moment but she didn’t want Thomas to feel bad as a tour guide. When she first moved to the city, she explored Portland through every nook and cranny. It was rare that there was a hole-in-the-wall place she didn’t know about. “What about local artists? Are there ways you can stumble upon them by aimlessly wandering?”
drpippaguo:
“I know it’s weird, right? I have no idea why but when I get in a weird place or need to unwind it’s a glass of red wine and a horror film. I mean, if you’re offering you’re in for one hell of a ride.”
“I think probably Scream? Like I said, the camp just gets me. Plus I have no idea what I’d do if I was left with someone possessed by a demon or whatever.”
“I’m offering only on contingency that you pay me every day you release your tensions. I gotta pay my bills, Doc.”
“Then again in Scream you can’t trust anyone because it’s usually the least likely person to be the killer. You’re always on your toes.”
TEXT 📲 Dinah Lance 🐦
eevee: you. me. Pitch Perfect moviethon!
laurel: please don't let this be your way in asking me to start an acapella group with you
cammymonroe:
Cammy smirked, hearing the other woman’s forwardness. “Smooth,” she mildly teased. “Maybe I can, but I’d like to get a name first. After all, going into stranger’s houses is definitely a risky thing to do. Horror movie one-oh-one, right?”
“Laurel Walker,” she stated proudly, as if using her married name from an illegitimate marriage was something to carry with pride. “And you passed my test. It only validated my reasoning to ask you out. I’m the assistant manager over at Crossroads. I have a cat named Einstein. And my favorite food is macaroni and cheese. See? Now we’re not strangers.”
charliethemidwife:
It was the perfect Saturday night in Charlie’s mind. Laurel was hanging onto her side which, brought instant comfort. The band was loud, but they two always spoke closely, making sure there was never room between them. Describing what Laurel meant to Charlie was always complicated, yet when they were together it all felt so simple. “Well I of course dressed with you in mind.” Placing the woman’s hand further up her shirt, just so she could feel her bare breasts. No one ever saw these moments. Charlie hid the most intimate gestures, so that only Laurel could see and feel. All of me was dressed with you in mind.” A smirk rose on her lips as she twirled around.
Finally, she faced the girl and placed her lips near Laurel’s ear. “The only person I will be going home with is you.” She then lightly bit the girls ear and kissed the side of her face. “Have I told you yet how much I missed you?”
Laurel licked her lips as her fingers skittered over Charlie’s skin, smirking as she fully palmed her breast. To be desired, to be wanted--was the most sensual sensation she could experience. And no matter where she turned, she knew that Charlie would want her. Perhaps it’s why she allowed herself to stay by her side for so long. To be wanted consistently by one person was a satisfactory substitution to be desired by the right one. “I’d rather you show me than tell me.” She nuzzled her nose deeper into her neck, lips grazing Charlie’s collarbone. She wrapped her arms around her waist fully, letting her body gravitate toward the dance floor. “Dance with me,” she insisted, “Then I’ll let your body do the talking.”
brooklynariwiles:
Why do I not even doubt that! You know he hangs off your words!!!
It’s not my fault that I’m such a convincing role model! You should keep him away from me, if you know what’s good for him.
I might just recruit him to be my esti associate as soon as he’s old enough. We don’t have a 401k plan but we know how to have a good time.
closed: @rohoeman location: ape cave in portland, or
laurel remembered spending a day’s worth of her paycheck just to buy a sturdy and worthy hard hat with a light mount specifically reasoning that it would be absolutely necessary for hers and roman’s cave explorations. they had yet to find any buried treasure but it was more about the moment and experience than the actual discovery. “after all, isn’t what we discover about ourselves at the end what it’s really about?” she murmured to herself. she turned to the doctor with a smirk. “remember, wear your hard hat anywhere but your head.”
kirby-powell:
kirby was finally relieved to get off of work. as anyone who needed a place to go the went to the bar. they had spent far to long on their feet. their makeup was breaking up and smudging a bit from wearing it all day long. this might not have been kirby’s finest look, but they didn’t care. at this hour, who were they trying to impress? they let out a long drawn out sigh. “i can’t believe my counter manager told me this.” kirby started, before taking a sip from his cocktail. “she took issue with the fact that to many of my costumers returned the makeup i sold them.” they shook their head, with a smirk on their lips. “i mean, once they own it i can’t do shit.” this was the little things in life that really irked them.
laurel pouted in sympathy to kirby’s disdain. she could see how exhausted they were from the smudged mascara underneath their eyes. she reached out to do her best to wipe it away. regardless of the legitimacy of kirby’s job, she didn’t envy it one bit. it was stories like that she appreciated her underground business. “honestly some higher-ups don’t understand what it’s like to be a service worker. i’m pretty happy i work at a Moms-and-Pops establishment.” laurel wrapped her lips around her skinny metal straw deep into her tequila sunrise. “if it wasn’t for my little issue, i would definitely suggest that we start our own little beauty business.”
closed: @charliethemidwife location: the know, bar
Laurel wrapped her arm around Charlie’s waist, chin naturally placed on her shoulder, lips grazing the shell of her ear. “You look so fuckin’ hot tonight,” she purred, nearly getting drowned out by the cover band on the stage. She and the blonde weren’t exactly dating, but in layman’s terms if they were out together on a Saturday night it was a date. “Please don’t tell me you’re going home with someone else tonight.”
drpippaguo:
“That is the worst question to ask me, it’s not fair. Horror films soothe my anxiety and with what I do, it’s basically a horror film marathon every night in my home. My top five have to be The Exorcist, The Original Halloween, Scream for how campy it is, The Conjuring and The Original Nightmare on Elm Street.”
“Horror films soothe your anxiety? You must go through a lot during the day, Doc. Why don’t you just hire me as your own personal therapist? I’ll charge a flat fee instead of by the hour.”
“So out of those five, which one would you rather experience and live in?”
liv-rivera:
“Mmmmm,” Liv moaned. She knew it was a silly question but she kind of lived this dorky shit. It was probably why she and LJ got along so well, they both thrived on random junk. “My money has to be Michael- I think he would surprise us and I think he’s bigger then ghost face. Ghost face will be too busy bouncing around and tire himself out.”
Laurel nodded in contemplation, listening to Liv’s justification. But then she pointed her finger at the other girl. “Who do you think is better in bed? Michael Myers or Stu Macher?”
mirelakohler:
“I never thought that! Why is it so surprising? I mean, even though horror movies are based on real facts, they have some freedom to adapt the story to the movies. Like Annabelle. The real life doll is very different from the one they decided to put in the movies. And documentaries can’t have that freedom, they are supposed to tell all the ugly truth and lose some of the appeal they horror movies have”
“Isn’t that all the more horrifying? That it’s really happened to someone else so it could happen to me too?”
xanderandremiles:
That’s a sweet story. I don’t have any, but when I do decide to adopt a pet, I’m thinking of getting both a cat and a dog. Growing up we had two dogs and a cat, and I’m just a lover of both. I bet the cat lives up to the name. They are as smart as hell.
I think the Halloween thing is basically my sisters forcing me to watch horror movies with them. I usually like to watch action movies and comedies. So I keep horror to Halloween if I can. So what movie would you watch tonight, that you think will have the desired effect?
Ooh! I would love to go with you to the shelter so we can find you a couple of rescues. That’s the best way to adopt. Or we can just roam the streets until the animal comes to you. You know what they say: the pet always finds you.
Maybe you can come over and help me pick one out?
PORTBAY TASK 001 !
BASIC INFORMATION.
FULL NAME: Laurel Jane Walker nee Matlind
NICKNAME: LJ
OCCUPATION: Assistant Manager at Crossroads a record shop. And unlicensed esthetician.
AGE: 25.
DATE OF BIRTH: June 29, 1994
NATIONALITY: American
GENDER & PRONOUNS: Female, She/Her
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual
RELIGION ( or lack thereof ): Grew up Baptist, but is currently agnostic.
PHYSICAL INFORMATION.
DOMINANT HAND: Lefty.
ACCENT + INTENSITY: Has slight Baltimore accent and occasionally still uses Baltimore slang.
TATTOO(s): She got a tattoo of her and her husbands wedding date -- she got it two weeks after the ceremony. Still hasn’t had it removed.
SCAR(s): None,
PIERCING(s): Has a nose stud on her right side, has earrings along the lines of her ears. Also has her belly button pierced.
GLASSES: None.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
HOMETOWN: Baltimore, Maryland
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Portland, Oregon - Richmond neighborhood
LANGUAGE(s): English -- Casual French and Casual Latin because of classes she took in high school.
SOCIAL CLASS: Before adulthood--upper middle class. Now, lower class.
BASIC EDUCATION: High school diploma.
COLLEGE EDUCATION: None.
DEGREE(s): High school diploma.
MOTHER: A neurosurgeon, cold and distant.
FATHER: Physical therapist, quiet and stoic.
SIBLING(s): Older sister, Jasmine who was pre-med and got her PhD at Yale.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER(s): Husband--who was her high school sweetheart and then left her a month after marriage.
CHILDREN: None.
ADDITIONAL FAMILY: None worth mentioning.
PET(s): An American short-haired grey and brown cat named Einstein.
RAP SHEET?: Was locked up one night for disorderly conduct and for also public indecency.
PRISON TIME?: None.
CHARACTER PERSONALITY.
POSITIVE TRAITS: She is loyal, self-sufficient, and resourceful.
NEGATIVE TRAITS: But she is also aloof, impatient, and quick-tempered.
BIGGEST FEAR: Ending up alone.
BIGGEST REGRET: She would never admit it, but leaving her family behind.
WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT? SEX or INTIMACY?: Definitely intimacy.
ARE YOU A LEADER or A FOLLOWER?: Leader.
ARE YOU SPONTANEOUS or DO YOU NEED A PLAN?: Spontaneous. Most of her life decisions were made on a whim.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN TRUE LOVE?: At the very core, yes. She still believes her true love is her husband which is why she believes if she waited, he would come back to her.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?: Oh yes--she is still in love.
DO YOU CARE WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU?: She didn’t care what her own parents and sister thought of her--she couldn’t care less of someone else’s opinion. Unless, it’s someone she really cares about.
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH STRESS?: She will start rearranging furniture in her apartment or go on a nature-themed adventure. Also, she would go to a kick-boxing class to get her anger out.
WHAT IS A SONG YOUR CHARACTER RELATES TO THEIR LIFE?: Vienna by Billy Joel.
VICES & HABITS.
DO YOU SMOKE?: Not cigarettes, but weed.
DO YOU DRINK?: Yes, socially.
DO YOU DO DRUGS?: No hard drugs.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDICTIONS?: Adrenaline Junkie
DO YOU HAVE VIOLENT TENDENCIES?: Huh-----yes and no. She would never direct violence toward anyone in particular, but she would redirect that toward inanimate objects.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES?: She wouldn’t believe this is self-destructive but she refuses to romantically move on from her husband. She also doesn’t think before she acts.
MISC CHARACTER QUESTIONS.
IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD CHANGE ONE PHYSICAL DETAIL ABOUT THEMSELVES, WHAT WOULD IT BE?: She hates the length of her legs -- she wishes she was more limbly proportionate.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: She loves rock-climbing.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: Doing the dishes.
YOUR CHARACTER CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THEIR WORST ENEMY. WHAT IS THEIR FIRST REACTION?
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE WEATHER? The Portland rain!
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE SEASON?: Winter
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE SEASON?: Summer
YOUR CHARACTER KEEPS A PHOTO ALBUM OF MEMORIES FROM THEIR LIFETIME. IF THEY COULD ONLY KEEP ONE PHOTO, WHAT WOULD IT DEPICT?: A couple of months after Laurel was born, her mother took a photo of her sister Jasmine carrying Laurel and Laurel was cryimg.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FONDEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
SOMEONE ASKS YOUR CHARACTER TO DESCRIBE THEIR FAMILY. HOW DO THEY ANSWER?
IS YOUR CHARACTER A MORNING PERSON, A NIGHT OWL, OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY?
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE COLOR?
A STRANGER MAKES A CRUDE COMMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER. HOW DO THEY REACT?
kirby-powell:
“are you saying it’s scary cause the titanic because it’s true and can happen now?” maybe not so much the sinking, but what did kirby know. cruise ships were not something they’d go on. “i guess it’s scary. i wouldn’t dare go on a cruise. so sure. i stand by that decision too.” they said with a nod. “what other movies did you watch with your family?”
“there are just some scenes in that movie that are so gruesome and there are scenes that you had to just fill in the blanks. sometimes... it’s about what you don’t show.” laurel nodded in agreement with kirby. “cruises are vastly overrated. i’ve been on a couple--my time could have been better delegated.” she picked up the bong off her coffee table before leaning back into her apartment loveseat. “we watched coming to america a lot. at some point we watched the first four harry potter movies. nothing too... memorable.” she sighed then lit the bowl. “what movies did you watch as a kid?”
cammymonroe:
Hearing the woman’s brash question made Cammy softly snort before responding with another question, “Does that actually work on people? Using horror movies to try and jump someone else’s bones?” She started to lift her drink straw back to her lips but prior to taking another sip, said, “The last horror movie I watched was Scream 4 and honestly, it wasn’t horrifying at all. Just stupid. But that could also have been my bias against Emma Roberts and he terrible acting skills.”
“It worked on me,” she admitted. Then again she was a teenager and young love was exciting and impulsive. But wasn’t all love supposed to be like that. “Maybe you can come over to my place and we can watch some of my recommendations. And before you say anything--yes, this is my way of asking out a very beautiful supermodel.”
eeveemasters:
“ oh for the love of… ” eevee hissed out into the air to no one in particular, voice full of obvious annoyance as she leaned down to for what felt like the hundredth time today scratch the side of her ankle with the newfound bug bite. “ am i the only one gettin’ bit by little ninja mosquitos this summer? Like, is my blood that delicious or are they just out here bein’ outta control? “
laurel paused with a small smirk on her face--needless to say she was a little starstruck. she knew eevee masters lived here in portland but never she thought luck would be on her side to run into her. “mosquitos are normally attracted to high body temperature. take it as a compliment that you’re literally just that hot.” she smiled. “my husband and i were obsessed with your show. we binge-watched the entire first season together in one night.” laurel’s voice lowered as she reminisced that he wasn’t around for the rest of them.
if you could change one thing about your store, what would it be?
“Our way of advertising... The owner is a little... older so they haven’t gotten as on board with posting on social media and making it more accessible to our generation. Also, broadening our music inventory. Not to mention, music considered oldies these days are music that were released in the 90s instead of the 70s and 60s. We’re approaching a different timeline in which if we want kids, teenagers and those in their early 20s to start shopping nostalgically we’ve got to offer music in which they consider nostalgic.”
Random Ask Meme!
What is your favorite flower?
What was your first job?
As a child, what was your dream job?
Do you want children? If yes, how many? Have you thought of names?
What is the worst thing you’ve ever done?
What is the best gift you’ve ever received?
What is your favorite non-traditional color?
What color are your eyes?
Have you ever had plastic surgery? Would you?
What is your daily make up routine?
What piece of jewelry do you have that means the most to you?
What is your least favorite book of all time?
How do you traditionally sleep? Side, back, stomach, fan on, etc.
What channel/app/show/ movie is your tv traditionally turned to?
Who is your favorite youtuber?
What does your phone case look like?
Who was your childhood best friend?
What was your favorite activity as a child?
Tell us about your favorite outfit.
If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?
What kind of underwear are you wearing right now?
Which family member are you the closest to?
Do you like sheet masks, peel off masks, or mud masks when you do face masks?
What is one item you always have on your person?
What does your trash can look like right now?
mirelakohler:
“The Exorcist for sure! Or any other movie based on real facts actually. It’s not like they are my favorite at all, they just scare me the most, and at the same time those are last type of movies that I’ve watched lately”
“You know what is very surprising? That true crime documentaries aren’t considered horror movies because those are real facts anyway.”
valentinaramosrp:
“You’re a very strange person, you know that right?” Val said with a smile already forming on the edge of her lips. “Ugh! I don’t know. That one, the one you made me watch last week.” She gestured with her hands. “The one about the teddy bears that get wet and go all psycho killer on the town.”
“You mean Gremlins?!” Laurel threw her head back, laughing at her description of the cult classic. “You mean you don’t want one to take home and feed after midnight? It was either that or Poltergeist but I didn’t feel like ruining your life that night.”
liv-rivera:
“I don’t even know how you managed to mutter out that statement without doing a ghostface impression,” Liv chuckled. LJ and Liv had become fast friends with her several trips to the record store, they were learning about music together. Liv was always welcome to a new tune, as long as it didn’t involve heavy metal and some dude screaming. If she wanted to hear screaming, it was going to be on a tv or movie screen because someone got stabbed. “Don’t ask? Hmp- something tells me your trying to locate people’s fears and what they are resilient to,” she smirked. “But like you don’t already know- I’m a Halloween a girl, Michael Myers roaming around wanting to gut people just because- but I’m also a Scream girl. Including the fourth one that people seem to hate for some reason, the third one can die though.”
Liv and Laurel bonded through their developing love of music and movies--but she would love to delve deeper into that friendship as those she thought she had connected with from her young adult age weren’t around during the most trying time in her life. She smiled at Liv’s answers--of course, she gave an indepth answer. “Follow-up question: who do you think would win in a boxing match? Michael Myers or Ghost-face: Stu-Macher?”
greer-stenton-creates:
Greer had nearly walked past the young woman taking some sort of apparent poll, but the small bit of movement caught the corner of her eye. She stopped in her tracks and looking back at the young woman who asked her a question as she removed an air pod from her ear. “I’m not sure I’m gonna be the most help,” Greer admitted, closing the few steps between the two. “The scariest thing I’ve watched recently was probably Trolls, and I think I was mostly just horrified that I didn’t have enough self-respect to just turn it off when it started playing. It just… sat there and let it happen to me.” She paused for a moment, lifting her shoulders into a casual shrug.
“But, um… I have to ask: what is Ghostface?”
Laurel couldn’t blame the other for not having that knowledge -- it wasn’t until she established her freedom that she delved more into pop culture and cult classics. According to her parents, if she had the time to watch a movie that time could be better delegated to studies. “Trolls wasn’t that bad. The soundtrack album sold out at Crossroads after the first week it as released in theaters.”
“But Ghostface is the serial killer in the Scream saga -- highly recommended. I’m thinking of even hosting a marathon party for it. It’d be a good way to start your horror movie to-watch list.”
samuelmateo:
“Well that depends, are we talking movies that have a supernatural aspect to them or a slasher because that does make a difference.” He rose a brow looking towards her. “Plus if it’s for research, aren’t I entitled to know what my answers are being used for?” Sam teased, pushing his phone into his pocket.
“Good point! I’ve been getting a lot of slasher movie answers so gimme something a lil’ more ghost-y.” She nodded once, impressed. “Alrighty, so secret? It’s not really for research--I need more movie recommendations. You caught me. I don’t even remember the last time I did actual research for anything.” Aside from learning processes for her esthetician business.
i finished half of my drafts and i’ll finish the rest in the morning as i’m doing my makeup! i’m sleepy gorl. g’night pals!