cycleofages | 02 Bite ~ Pursuing a Passion ~ OPEN

Who; Elena Michaels & OPEN
What; Quick Hello and Photography
Where; Around HQ
When; September 1st - 16th
Warnings; Mentions of nudity in the last prompt.

VIDEO: Rec Room: September 1st

[Elena doesn’t usually use the video function on any phone but she assumed it’d be easier if those she spoke to knew what she looked like. Her hair is long and blond, her expression calm but guarded. She’s sitting at a table in the recreation room which is only obvious because the door to the pool can be seen behind her.]

Hello everyone. I was looking for volunteers and I figured it was best to take this chance to introduce myself. My name is Elena Michaels and like many others I arrived on the platform; though I’ve been here for about a month now.

[A pen twirls between her fingers as she continues.]

I’ve recently acquired a camera and I’m looking for models. I have at least one volunteer but more would really help. I’ll be in the Rec Room if you want to look at my photos before agreeing. Thank you.

[Elena flashes a charming smile before turning off her phone.]

ACTION: Rec Room or Cafeteria: September 6th - 14th

[She can be found in either the Rec Room or the Cafeteria for the next week with her new laptop placed in front of her. If she’s in the Cafeteria she’ll almost always have a cup of tea to her right which will slowly get cold as she forgets it’s there.

Elena is editing photos though she’ll stop if you decide to look over her shoulder. Her fingers move quickly over the mousepad as she changes the tint to the photos or fades around the edges. The subjects of her photos are mostly people, tastefully twisted and positioned so that the light shines off their bare skin. She doesn’t edit them, leaving their figures, flaws and emotions raw.

She wants to show the human form for what it is instead of the normal perception of beauty.]

ACTION: Photoshoot: September 1st - 5th
[ooc: WARNING: Mentions of nudity & other content.]

[To those who’ve agreed, Elena has set up in a small room with lights, black back drops and other equipment. Some of it is on loan and she needs to get it back to the man at the pawn shop if she wants her money back. The only nice piece equipment that looks very nice and very new is a camera which is strung around her neck.

She flashes a professional smile at those who arrive and closes the door behind them.] Glad you could make it. I need you to strip down. I brought a robe for in between shoots in case you get cold.

[She doesn’t want goose bumps in her shots.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Elena looks over at the strange girl curiously for a moment and answers is a practice, professional voice.]

It’s the easiest way to show them off.

[As with most artist, Elena wants her work to be seen.]

Oh! You mean like an a gallery or something?

[Makes sense, right?]

Or something.

[Elena replied with a patient tone. She’d never been particularly good with kids but then she’d never had to be.]

I thought being out here would inspire. [Otherwise she’d have stayed in her room to work.]

[She paused for a moment, she probably wanted to be left alone. Like she would be sometimes when she was a little too focused on games. Giving a small bow, she was still unsure.]

Then I guess you would want to be left alone to work... Maybe?

[Elena finds herself smiling at the young girl.]

If you'd like. I honestly don't mind the interruption but I don't know a lot about games. [Meaning they have very little in common.]

You don't? Do you not play them?

[Sure back on the island they didn't have much in terms of games, but she manages to get by. But that was different.]

I've never been really interested in those sorts of games. I'm sure that's strange though.

[Part of it is being in the foster system.]

No, not everyone has to like games.

[But it was just something she ws good at, or at least was programmed to be good at anyway where she was from.]

So it's not strange at all.

Do you have any other interests outside of playing games?

[Elena prefers to be more active but then her current situation demands it.]

I do other things with friends when they have ideas, but it's my main interest.

[It was in a sense how she was programmed before, programmed to learn as well.]

Well what do your friends suggest then?

[Elena can't imagine only being interested in one thing but then her interest brought her to main places in her life.]

Where I was before here we had fun times like seeing fireworks, baking things together or a concert at some point.

[Those were the few good things that would happen in between having to solve who killed someone.]

[Elena smiled at the girl.]

That sounds like it was a lot of fun. I'm not to good at baking myself.

[She's average at cooking but it's enough to feed herself so she can't complain.]

It was a lot of fun. It meant that people bonded and got along, which is a good thing... maybe.

[She was sure it was however considering what the purpose for it all was originally.]

People have other ways of bonding, building up friendships and the like, but when one was on an island we had our limits.

It is a good thing.

[Elena gives the girl an encouraging smile.]

Friendships, family and bonds are important.

[Her brow furrows.]

What island?

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