#( conversation: samuel. )

[grif-hawaiian-rolls]

The Reds the Feds and Wash : Car Trouble

Lil writing and bonus under the cut >;3

Locus slammed the mongoose into park, scowling as he approached the stopped Warthogs on the road. One job. He gave them one fucking job. Take the Warthogs, go from point A to point B. It should have been, by all counts, impossible to screw up. AND YET! Here he was, having to come to their rescue. Unfortunate and worse, irritating. At the very least, most of them had the good sense to keep their helmets on. The same could not be said of Donut and Neko, who were both helmetless and mid-conversation like it was a nice day in the park, not high value targets stopped in the middle of the road in a warzone. Not to mention Neko’s… frankly ridiculous perch across the top of the Warthog, legs wrapped around the barrel of the turret and his head on the windshield. Genuinely, what was that idiot doing? That couldn’t be a comfortable position to maintain, especially while talking to Donut who was leaning against the driver side of the vehicle. Locus wondered if the sergeant would shoot him if he walked over there and threw a blow at Donut to prove a point. Agent Washington almost certainly would. Better not to risk it then, no matter how effective it would be at proving a point. Neko was a lost cause at this point, short of taking a blade to that ridiculously long braid, but there were some lines even Locus hesitated to cross. Actually, where was the sergeant? Or Pavoz for that matter? He was so focused on the thought for a moment, Locus almost tripped over Lopez’s legs. The robot was half way underneath the other Warthog, no doubt checking for anything else that could be wrong. Locus’ half a stumble was easily brushed off as him nudging the brown calf plate to get Lopez’s attention. "<You have my part?>" He asked as he pushed himself out from under the car. He was without his helmet as well, surprisingly. But forgivable, seeing as how the light under the Warthog remained steady enough to assume Lopez had been using his helmet as a light source. Lopez, despite being a robot or maybe because of it, was very quickly becoming the second most competent soldier in this group. If nothing else, at least Locus knew he wouldn't fuck around half as much as the rest of them. He pretended he didn't notice Neko's helmet hanging off the turret of the other Warthog. "I do." Locus removed the mechanical component from the compartment in his chestplate, leaning down to hand it to Lopez. "What happened?" "<Dunno. Bad luck, from the looks of it. Or someone drove this thing over a fucking tree, and picked up a squirrel nest or twelve. It's a mess, but this,>" Lopez gestured the piece Locus brought, "<seems to be the only part that needs replacing to at least get this disaster on wheels to a base.>" There was that, at least. Locus crossed his arms. "How long?" "<The rest of today, probably. I need to actually clear this shit out of the undercarriage or it's just going to cause more problems,>" Lopez rolled his eyes, a very human gesture set in a metal face. "<And even then, we won't be able to get moving again until morning. Sarge kept trying to start the damn thing and killed it's battery. It needs time to build up a solar charge before we jumpstart it with the other one.>" Unfortunate. At least the question of the sergeant and Pavoz was answered, as the pair of them came through the underbrush off the side of the road like they were summoned by Lopez mentioning Sarge by name. "-make a Red out of you yet, boy!" Sarge laughed, clearly mid sentence as they rejoined the rest. Pavos nodded along, though how much he actually agreed with the conversation was debatable. The sudden sound of a horn going off had every weapon in the vicinity raised in reaction, before the source became clear as the sound dragged out. Agent Washington's helmet rested on the wheel of the second Warthog, defeat written in the angle of his shoulders. Donut laughed at something, presumably the same thing Washington was reacting to. Neko looked smug, so safe to assume it was probably something he said. Idiots. All of them. Unfortunate.

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I'm not immune to roadtrip arc, and Kimball does say the Federal Army of Chorus moved the Reds and Wash around a lot sooo like >> i'm just saying, it'd be a shame to not make Wash suffer through a red team roadtrip Bonus, sometime the s12 finale and reveal of the armies:

felix's text is so much harder to read off my tablet screen than i thought it was fuck okay transcript time Felix, while reaching for the radio: I'm gonna lose it if we do this entire drive in silence, I swear- Locus: DO NOT

[owlsie-hoot]

"What you said about my taking you in, all those years ago, meant a great deal."

[kaixwinter]

LOCATION: Near the stage at Midnight Mirage CLOSED for @samarmando

After finally deciding that since he'd put in the effort to go to Midnight Mirage he might as well go in, Kai had figured it would be best if he tried to fly under the radar. There were people who would likely want to talk to him about things he would really rather not talk about, and he wanted to do all he could to avoid that. But, as he made his way through the crowd, trying to get to the bar, he spotted Sam and he felt his heart sink. He hadn't seen him since the day he'd left Kai's apartment, and hadn't had any communication with him since their texts a few days ago. Part of him wanted to go over and talk to him, but he really didn't know what to say. So, he decided that for now it would be best to just keep his distance.

After getting to the bar and ordering a drink, Kai downed the liquid in one shot, then turned to make his way back through the crowd of people to find somewhere out of the way to sit. However, as he turned, he bumped right into Sam. For a moment, he was stunned, and it took him a moment to even form a single word. "Hi." He said, then almost immediately kicked himself for it. "Uh, sorry, I should really watch where I'm going."

[riaxnunez]

LOCATION: Ria's house CLOSED for @samarmando

"So, I've decided to tell everyone it was a shark bite." Ria moved around he small kitchen with ease, preparing dinner for the two of them. She knew Sam was unaware of the supernatural residents of Raven's Peak, so she tried to come up with a creative explanation as to how she had gotten hurt during the festival. Instead of telling him what had actually happened, she'd told him all the fake reasons she had come up with before landing on her final one. "You think anyone will believe me?" Sure, it sounded ridiculous, but she was trying to keep the mood light. She had the house to herself, so she had asked Sam if he wanted to come over for dinner. Ria wasn't the greatest cook, but she had her specialties, and that was what she was cooking for them tonight. "How much cheese is too much cheese?"

[howldean]

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[missbluesunflowersstuff]

Damian's birthday party

I have this thought in my mind where Damian asks for a small birthday party, he informs Alfred about the guests and informed his siblings where and when the party will occur, "I don't want nothing too big, it's just a few people who will show up anyway"

His siblings feel a little bad for it because they think Damian doesn't have friends besides Jon (they're wrong), then they decide to invite other young heroes to the party by themselves

on the appointed day both young justice and the titans show up to celebrate the younger robin's birthday because "he is the Dick/Tim youngest brother, he doesn't know how to make friends"

only to discover a group of kids partying with Damian. They are: Colin Wilkes, Maps Mizoguchi, Maya Ducard (Nobody), Suren Darga, Nika (Flatline), Jon Kent, Mara Al Ghul (she is his cousin, he invited her because of it - they have a non-aggression agreement), Carrie Kelley and plus Connor Hawke, Roy Harper and Lian Harper

The most awkward moment possible because in Damian small party has now people literally raised by assassins, heroes and civilians and now more heroes show up

[butchshevik]

I feel like all the weird responses to the variety of polls coming out that in some way shape or form ask "is it ok to engage in sexual activity in a place that is not your/your partners bedroom" really show how cooked we are on like. a basic social level

[flowrfeast]

i miss you already + i haven’t left yet

[aloraaki3]

I'm starting to realize why people didn't like this comic

Also how the fuck are Dick and Jon going to claim to care about Damians well being and only be worried about him when they just sit back and let him get publicly pummeled????

And then they only step in when Damian starts fighting back

Like I get it, Damian would hate to have killed her when he came to his senses and got better but they could have just saved him before he was forced into that corner???? And they didn't even consider that Damian could have just led them to the other trapped beasts once he regained consciousness???

Also the entire 'Wild Animal' and collar and bell give me the biggest ick ever

I don't think I need to explain it

[my-deer-friend]

Will you let us know how it goes tomorrow???

Hello friend!

Interview done – much tougher than I anticipated, but I did well.

They really dug into the substance of my application, and asked me about queer history, social network analysis (from my PhD work), knowledge dissemination in the 18th century, and other things about method and content... So much for "tell me about yourself"! I snuck in a brag about my many languages and the citizen history projects I've done, both of which got very positive responses.

I'll hear back in about two weeks. I'm happy with how I did, so it's ultimately a matter of seeing if I did better than at least half the other applicants.

[pokemas-conversation-repository]

Professor Oak is the ADHD rep we need.

[compacflt]

I just finished rereading Slider's oneshot and I loved it just as much as I always do. I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how the conversation between Ice and Cougar went at Ice's retirement ceremony. You gave us little snippets of it from Slider's point of view, but I'd love to hear more of it if you have thoughts on it you'd like to share.

this is such a kind ask. i have no idea

for the same reason there is no explicit reaction in ch 12 when ice first hears mav say i love you—i spent a good week low key trying to figure out whether a reaction was needed there—it’s such a potent powerful cocktail of so many wild & unfamiliar emotions that i don’t personally think i have the literary juice to even attempt to try to describe it

i also am allergic to writing ice or mav explicitly coming out to anyone because it gives me secondhand embarrassment for them. the idea of the commander of the pacific fleet having to psych himself up to awkwardly mumble “um i should’ve told you all this time … i think i…i think im gay” to his friend gives me the ick sorry he’s not fifteen years old. so he Could be doing the big lgbt rite of passage of emotionally apologizing and coming out to Cougar in that conversation. but he Could Also be doing the ‘im nearly sixty years old im not gonna bullshit you’ thing of simply saying: “you and I have been very shitty to each other in the past and i apologize for that in x,y,z way and you were right about me and maverick and we’re gonna make it official this summer and if you want to come we’d really love to have you & normalize diplomatic relations between us again, you’re a real great friend when you’re not being a massive fucking douche”

[searchsystem]

Samuel Ross / A-Cold-Wall* (ACW) / Converse / Chuck Taylor All Star Lugged – Grey Violet / Shoes / 2019

[kaixwinter]

LOCATION: Somewhere Downtown CLOSED for @samarmando

It had been a long time since Kai had gone this long without seeing Sam. It felt strange, but given how things had been left after the last time they were together, Kai wasn't surprised that Sam had been dodging his texts. Still, something was eating at him, something he couldn't quite explain. He didn't like the radio silence, but it seemed there was nothing more that he could do short of showing up on Sam's doorstep and asking what the hell was going on. But, he wasn't going to do that. If the roles were reversed, Kai wouldn't like that, so he wasn't about to do it to someone else.

The dark circles under his eyes were more prominent than ever, his darkened hands were buried deep in his pockets as he walked down the street towards where his car was parked. Across the street, Kai spotted a familiar frame, and he quickened his pace to cross over and catch up with him. Appearing in front of Sam, Kai tilted his head. "Hey, stranger. You've been avoiding me."

[xreynadel]

where: New Orleans Museum of Art when: New Orleans trip - February 2024 who: Reyna & @yoon-nyeon

After a lovely breakfast at her hotel, Reyna had ventured out over to the New Orleans Museum of Art. Museums were one of those places Reyna made a point to check out when visiting a new city, and this trip to New Orleans was no different.

She made her way through the museum, pausing at a painting to take it in and learn as much about it as she could. That was when she felt a presence near her, turning to them with a warm smile. "Beautiful, isn't it?"

[lostrnkets]

closed starter for @celestialmuses ft. sam based off the plot in source

it felt surreal to be in front of her especially since he's watched a few of the movies she's been apart of. which truly made it a no brainer when he was asked to produce the music for this upcoming movie. "sorry i didn't mean to stare or anything. i have been figuring out how to approach you so i didn't come off like a dorky fanboy or anything." he laughed softly, knowing he was doing the opposite of what he wanted.