nihil aeternum est

[marlene helen hamilton]

Meet Marlene, aka Len, the daughter of Edward Hamilton, an English ambassador, and Caroline Hamilton nèe FitzGerald, a highly educated noblewoman. She had always been academically gifted and aware of it, proud and ambitious, polite and refined like her mother had taught her to be; her whole life, Miss Hamilton had been exactly what she was expected to. Luckily -or not-, she had a bit of an edge to her that made here more interesting than the typical goody two shoes young woman; her witty, sarcastic attitude, softened by a sweet, extremely caring side. During her second year of college, that loving aspect of her shines through when she meets Alexander, the seemingly perfect guy who sweeps her off her feet over time. Two years later, they’re still together, as happy as always, according to her; his opinion clearly differed, though, as he abruptly and cruelly ended every contact with her, leaving Marlene completely shattered. After that, the brunette was not the same anymore; even if she tried and pretended to be okay, she just couldn’t bring herself to care about what was going on around her anymore, college included. That was the reason why her father decided to send her to the new Continent, hoping a long journey would have distracted her and made her come back to her old ways. Unfortunately though, things are not going as planned, since Len keeps being as apathetic, aloof, jaded and most of all empty as before. She put up a wall around her heart, not wanting to let anyone as close as he used to be, to avoid being hurt again.

Friends: she’s just arrived to East Hampton, she’s new meat and would probably have quite a bit of acquaintances, since she hangs out in the right places. As far as actual friends / close friends go, it would have to be someone quite determined to get her to trust people again; maybe someone from Europe that could have met her already in the past.

Enemies: Len is not one to ignite fights, but if you provoke her when she’s in a bad mood, she won’t back off easily; as of right now, she’s pretty detached from people, so I can’t see her having many of them, just a couple maybe.

Lovers: She’s still deeply hurt; she could be up for a flirt or two to keep her mind off Alexander, or maybe even try to replace him, later on. Even if she never believed in rebound relationships, it’s getting to the point where everything that makes her feel better is welcome; maybe someone who’s equally heartbroken, so they could use each other? If Prince Charming showed up at her door right now, he would have to be someone patient enough to wait for her to be alright again and maybe want to heal her; if you have anyone like that, it would make for a great plot.

[SELENA IANTHE KOZMA]

i really, really like her. really.

i feel like lena would probably sympathize with her, just because she watched her brother go through exactly the same thing with his girlfriend quite recently and he's been devastated because he has no life now (which really isn't saying much because he didn't have one before, either), but he's not important because i didn't make him. anyway. the kozmas aren't exactly an affluent family, they're podunk middle of nowhere hicks who just happen to be from greece, albeit the bad part of santorini where the average income is about 25k euros a year, and also have amazing genetics. anyway, lena was sent to a private academy by her brother and so she's got some upper crust acquaintances, as well as having picked up a few not-so-great-way-too-illegal habits.

as far as i can see, marlene doesn't seem the type to indulge in lena's hedonistic tendencies. actually, she seems a bit more restrictive then anything, although i don't know if that's an accurate assumption. anyway, where i was going with this is that lena could sort of take her under her wing, protect her even though she's two years older; i think they'd get along well. friends?

ezzie on the other hand is from a very wealthy, fairly renowned family that's involved in transportation and sales of chemotherapy medication to various hospitals around the world. i'm not sure the frequently that marlene came to america during her childhood, but as they're relatively close in age, so perhaps their parents could have set up a few play dates on those occasions? i can't imagine that they'd be the closest of friends at the moment, because ezzie's a bit mentally frazzled, or maybe because they're both shaken up ezzie's parents could have invited her to stay at their home while she's in the hamptons, in hopes that being around someone ezzie knew when she was 'normal' would return her to her less anxious state?

i'm sorry if none of this made sense

[marlene helen hamilton]

Thank you, I'm happy you do. -smiles-

Lena would probably understand what Len has to go through, so I definitely can see her sympathizing; as far as her hedonistic tendencies go, you're right in assuming Marlene wouldn't indulge a lot into them, but I have to say she'd probably start considering doing something to make herself...feel again, if you know what I mean. So whilst she's not the type to get addicted to anything, I can definitely see her trying a couple minor things to stop feeling so empty all the damn time. Pain changes people povs on many things. Friends, I can see it happening. {Also the Len/Lena nickname thing is quite hilarious}

I gave a look at ezzie's posts and I read she's just come out of a serious relationship, so they could have some common ground there. I -think- they're both trying to pick up the pieces of themselves and build a new life, but finding out who they are without their significant other is hard and harsh on them. I assume, at least, and, if that's true, I can see a mutual understanding of each other there. Len's been in the US during her childhood, considering her father's an ambassador she travelled a lot, so they could have surely met then. She could definitely spend time at Ezzie's place, seeing Len back to her old self would be her parents' wish as well, so both their families would probably be rooting for it.

[SELENA IANTHE KOZMA]

oh, goodie <3 can we thread?

[marlene helen hamilton]

I'd love to.

I was thinking we could make an actual thread for Len and Ezzie at her house and maybe an Instant Messaging on for Len and Lena, just to switch things up. Also because Len spends quite some time on the Internet, looking for distractions.

[SELENA IANTHE KOZMA]

that sounds wonderful to me (:
i can start the im one, but i'm currently in the middle of doing homework and advertising so if you could start the actual thread, that would be fantastic <333

[cash]

HARLOW & LEN
i'm thinking enemies for these two. i've really been dying for har to get herself an enemy, and i think it would be pretty funny. har is pretty close friends with lena, so it could add some drama there. plus, i think it would be fairly funny. everyone needs an enemy, right?

[marlene helen hamilton]

For a second there you had me confused, since you posted on Cash's account. =D

On Len's side, it would be mostly a dislike toward Har, because she's trying to detach herself from people and keep them from affecting her too much. Because of this, I wouldn't expect her to consider Har as her arch enemy or nemesis, just someone she ignores most of the time and/or shares a couple of sharp replies with, while still being outwardly polite. That's usually her way of dealing with people who actually bother her. So yeah, I'm cool with this. Yay, drama. -smiles-

I've been meaning to post on Cash's plot page, but since we were talking about him, I'll do it here. I noticed he was born in London as well, so they could know each other and be somewhat childhood friends- not awfully close ones, since she moved a lot during her life, but friends nonetheless. He's a gentleman and she would definitely appreciate that in him, beyond the whole ladiesman/flirt façade. What do you think?