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firstagent · 4 years ago

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Review: Digimon Adventure: (2020) Episode 43: Clash, The King of Digimon

In this episode, Tailmon’s unreliable memories of the area lead everyone so far off the path they end up in a Scott Pilgrim scene.

You’d have to be a real grouch to complain about this one. It’s one of the silliest things we’ve seen in a long time, and if you can’t appreciate silly you’re probably in the wrong franchise. Everybody’s in peak comedic form here, with two classic bombastic villains unwillingly sharing the spotlight, unusual Digimon behavior that confounds everybody, and a resolution ridiculous enough for a premise like this. Heck, there’s even a tiny bit of plot progression as Tailmon’s memories and the appearance of another alternate evolution hang in the air for potential development. We’re having plenty of fun, but on the heels of such dry action, and the inevitability of more, it sure would be nice to know what we’re supposed to be expecting.

When you see Volcamon and Etemon’s names featured in the same episode, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. This is going to be loud, showy, and subtle as pantomime. They deliver right from the get-go, Etemon stepping up his musical game with some really nice beats that also propel Volcamon’s exercise routine into top gear. Together they fight for the adoration of a crowd that just seems happy to have two rock stars to cheer for. It’s a high energy moment that’s easy to get lost in, enough to make you kinda wish they didn’t have to roll in the main cast to spoil the party. On a typical week, these two have more personality than all sixteen of them combined.

Still, it’s not like the Chosen Ones aren’t doing anything productive. Tailmon realizes the recent trauma inflicted on the continent has transformed it too much for her to recognize. If there was any indication they thought were going the right way over the last eight episodes, that would have been a neat little situation. It also pulls back the random data card Koshiro found in the trash. When we’re craving any scraps of disagreement between the kids, we’ll take the little exchange between him and Mimi over whether to plug the sucker in. It’s a shame that the data on the card effectively and conveniently cancels out Tailmon’s problem. They were never going to get proper attention in all the surrounding madness, but they were things for a moment.

Since their regular personalities aren’t going keep up with the likes of Etemon and Volcamon, the easy solution becomes the Digimon acting insanely erratic thanks to the sound wave interference. And… everything’s just going to be nuts for a bit. They can’t control their attacks, attitudes change, pelts are lost, and Tailmon’s feline instincts emerge. The kids don’t get much chance to have any reaction other than bewildered, but it is telling who attempts to fight with their malfunctioning Digimon anyway. You expect that sort of thing from Taichi (and thankfully fate doesn’t let that idiocy slide this time), but Sora and Joe just revealed something.

Despite her rash stance on data input, Mimi turns out to be the one with a brain, recognizing the nature of this conflict and how it’s more about Etemon and Volcamon one-upping each other than actual animosity towards the Chosen. We haven’t seen many instances of genuine clever ruses outside of the cunning battle tactics Taichi rode into the ground long ago. Mimi turns the two foes back against each other until Palmon sees an opening and jumps into the fray, feeding off the weird rhythms to evolve into Ponchomon instead. Where previous alternate evolutions were harder to justify either because the conditions didn’t seem that drastic or we didn’t see how the situation demanded it, this is about as ideal as it gets, as Togemon wasn’t about to out-shake these guys and the sound waves were clearly messing everybody up enough to produce a weird one like this. And in an episode as ridiculous as this, the resolution should be equally insane.

Were this a one-off breather in a brief transition between big plot hits, this would be a classic. After six episodes of nonsense, the effect is dulled considerably. After 36 episodes that have felt mostly pointless due to the lack of characterization, we’ve had 7 that have been absolutely pointless due to the lack of story. So fun as it was, even a silly episode that teases us being back on track lacks power as we still have no semblance of a point. Right now, until we somehow dive into that, this whole thing is nonsense, which can’t help but deflate times like this when it’s intentional.

My Grade: B

Loose Data:

Etemon appearing at all is a nice throwback, but making most of his die-hard fans Gazimon and Pagumon is an extra bonus.

They didn’t really use it other than to justify being attacked, but the kids gaining a reputation among the neutral Digimon population is a nice touch. Only Frontier has gone anywhere near this concept. Best part is that the reputation is less as fated heroes but rather a gang going around beating up strong Digimon, which has been far closer to the truth ever since they’ve been on this continent.

You know who’s the real rock star in withstanding all of that noise? Komondomon.

Tailmon chasing one of Gomamon’s fish was adorable, but everything about her pawing the Holy Ring on her tail demands calling out.

Everything Ponchomon does stands on its own, but it’s relieving they didn’t try to actually have her beat Etemon and Volcamon in a fair fight, tricking them to punch each other out first. Gotta watch these sorts of things since that would be a hell of a debut episode supercharge knowing this could easily be her only appearance.

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tragicallytron · 4 years ago

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So, this Cutler guy... (CHP 1)

I have made Tron fic............. Enjoy!

There’s a small city on the grid. If you were to hop on a Light Rail system in Argon, it’d take you a couple of hours to reach it. You might be surrounded by several programs who are returning to said city--their home--who wear these scowls, these tattered clothes which they deemed their ‘best’, and cold eyes that turn to frigid glares the moment you glance at them. They give anyone more than enough information to know what sort of city they’re about to enter. If you tried to get there with a speedboat, going in a straight line to the right, you’d know when you’d be getting close. You’ll navigate through towering scraps of metal and waste that seem to get more and more hazardous the more you progress, and there’s this odor… This foul, foul odor that hangs over the sea and only gets stronger. The smell always hits you when you think you’ve finally gotten used to it. Of course, you could always drive there, but why would you do that? Does sitting through the hours of traffic, because some reckless programs leaving that terrible city couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to the road and crashed head first into a truck, sound more appealing to you than the sickening sea and the terrible train?

Don’t go to that city.

It’s not worth it.

There’s no appeal.

If the smell of smoke and burnt rubber doesn’t ward you away, the programs there certainly will. They’ll corner you, scam you, threaten you, do what they can to shake you up because they know you don’t belong, and that’s the only reason they need to treat you terribly. They can’t even take care of each other. It’s not uncommon to see programs become good friends one cycle, then try to derezz each other the next. Store owners know how desperate others are to get their hands on any sort of weapon or advancement on their discs, so they charge high. If you need medical attention, expect a ridiculous fee and mediocre treatment. You’re better off making your own weapons, caring for yourself, and trudging on. Friends here aren’t worth the hassle.

The only thing keeping this town together are, strangely enough, Clu’s guards. They roam the streets in clusters, immediately putting a stop to any fights they see, or tearing apart any program who’s stupid enough to try and take them head on. Some people have learned where they patrolled at which hours to avoid them, others like to test their luck and throw chunks of metal at them from the rooftops.

However, even the guards know better than to march through the heart of the city, where the buildings cluster together, alleyways get tighter, and the programs get tougher. The inner city felt less like a ‘city’, and more like a horrible maze; a claustrophobe’s nightmare. You’d have to squeeze your way through the jagged paths between the structures, some need to suck their gut to get through, and it’s so incredibly easy to get lost, even if you’ve lived your entire life there. One thick street can branch out into tens of other thin, tangling paths that all seem to never end.

Scraps of metal hang over the ledges of these buildings, on the verge of tipping over and crushing the next unfortunate program who happens to be passing under them. The metal blocks off most of the sky, making the sparks from torn wires and the orange lights from windows the only proper source of illumination.

It’s a miracle this city’s still in one piece, it’s a miracle people still visit this city, it’s a miracle people still live in this city.

Nothing good has ever happened here. And nothing probably ever will.

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“Nice...” A program said as he observed a small, black, thin cylinder in his hand, which had blue light rings that stopped just before both ends. He pressed the blue button in the center and the ends shot out, creating a staff just a foot shorter than him. Two, sharp pointed tips appeared at the ends and glowed a bright blue as well; white sparks were coming from them. “Real nice.”

“Yeah, try not to trash this place with your new toy.” The other program at the desk said. He turned his chair around to face his client and brushed the thick, black hair out of his face.

“Relax, I won’t.” The customer retracted the rod and held it firmly with his long, skinny fingers. His whole figure was like that; lanky. The staff suits him.

“You really outdid yourself this time. I bet this bad boy’ll work as good as it looks! Heck, it even goes with these suckers!” The customer showed off his silver wrist gauntlets, the other program rolled his eyes. They were these thick, metal bands with blue streaks that covered up half of his forearms, leaving his hands visible.

‘They’re worth a lot, you know!’ He would always brag out loud whenever given the chance, as if it wouldn’t make him a target for mugging. He must’ve been ripped off. They looked clunky, quite frankly. It did match the silver streaks in his dark gray hair, but that’s not necessarily a compliment.

“Right, your pricey jewelry. Cool.” The other program leaned forward, “Speaking of price…”

“I gotcha, I gotcha! You know I’d never leave you hanging like that, especially when you make me some fine weapons like--”

“I’d like a portion of the payment now, Reggie.” The program shot up from his seat, glaring down at Reggie with his cold, blue eyes.

Reggie shrunk down, “Right! Gimme just a minute ‘ere--”

He dug around in his other pocket and pulled out a thin wad of cash. He handed it over to the inventor, who snatched it away, his glare remaining.

“Li--” Reggie cleared his throat, “Like I said! A quarter this cycle, then another after a few more, I’ll pay you off in no time! When’s the last time I’ve ever left you empty handed?” He gave a crooked smile. “You’ve been real close before.” The program said. Reggie couldn’t see their mouth, it was hidden by the black and orange turtleneck, but he just knew there was a scowl under there.

“Right, I know, but--I need to go!” Reggie started heading to the door of the store.

“Thanks again Harm, and don’t you worry…” He said as he opened the door, “You’ll get your money in time! Like always!”

Reggie slammed the door, leaving Harm all alone.

Harm stood there and watched Reggie through his orange tinted window until he was out of sight. He then made his way back to his desk. His workplace--just like his attire--was mostly made up of shades of grays with bits of bright orange to pop out. His clothes, however, were cooler grays, while his place was mostly warmer.

He approached his desk, one of the few pieces of furniture that was oil-black instead of that dark, warm gray; the other furnitures being tall, wide shelves placed on both sides of his desk, creating his own personal cubicle. He pulled open the thin drawer and shoved all the tools, nails, and shards of glass into there without care. Now that he finished his commission, he could finally focus on upgrading his friend’s wings, and he needed a ‘clean’ workplace.

His desk was the only thing he ever cleaned anymore. The rest of his place isn’t a ‘dump’, but it isn’t absolutely spotless either. If a program happened to be looking through the big window right beside his front door, they could easily see the wires hanging from the ceiling, missing tiles, pipes of various lengths and widths he has leaning against the corners, the piles of scraps and junk he has laying on top of counters and boxes that he uses for his creations. It’s real easy to trip over something and crack your head open, especially with all the sharp edges out in the open.

Two thin strips of orange lights outlined the bottoms of the walls, while one thin one outlined the ceiling. There were a few other strips that crawled their ways across the walls, but most of them were cut off due to chunks of his creations flying all over the place during the process. You can even see the faint orange cracks from where they hit.

The other part of his place that was lit orange was his desk. He has a few small lamps placed on and above his workspace. Sure, he could just move the shelf on his left side that’s covering his largest window, but he wasn’t too fond of the wonderfully bright, headache-inducing orange light that the city produced.

He turned on and grabbed the top of his small, black desk lamp, and adjusted it so it’d shine on the floor, where plenty of blueprints and crumbled up papers laid. He knelt down and pushed a few sheets aside until he spotted the messy sketches of a wingsuit. He picked it up, making sure not to smudge any of the graphite, and placed it on the desk’s top.

“Tape measure, utility knife, and the suit…” Harm mumbled to himself as he walked around the right shelf. On the other side were a couple of dark gray lockers he once found in an abandoned building, they were nice for extra storage. He kept repeating the three materials as he scanned the inside. He eventually spotted his utility knife with the blade uncovered and buried underneath his other tools, and the tape measure a few shelves down, still unraveled. He made sure not to prick his fingers--not that it would hurt, he was wearing long, thick, black gloves--while grabbing the knife, and cussed to himself when several spare screws fell and scattered all over the ground when he pulled out the tape measure.

Harm then turned around, facing the small storage behind him. The room was a lighter sort of warm gray compared to his main room, and it had a small window--big enough for him to crawl through--that wasn’t as obnoxiously bright since another building was placed in front of it. There were plenty of messy shelves full of tools, smaller inventions, and items Harm managed to snag, along with containers on the ground stacked on top of each other, filled with who knows what. Some of his older, bigger inventions were in here, covered haphazardly with raggedy cloaks, wires sprawled out, definitely not the safest storage in the city.

Below the small window was his friend’s wingsuit, carefully folded and placed on top of a container. Ant, his friend, asked if he could improve it, to make it faster.

“I wanna keep up with Tesler’s ship. It might be huge but it’s real fast.” Ant stated in the past.

“I just think it’d be funny to see his reaction when he sees me keeping up with him.”

Tesler is Ant’s boss, and it’s honestly a miracle she hasn’t been derezzed. She’s openly bragged about being late or skipping meetings to hang around with the enemies, she’s supposed to gather information and distribute it promptly, but she spends hours flying around the grid.

Harm once asked how she still has her job, to which Ant responded with: “I just give him a snippet of what he wants to hear seconds before he derezzes me, then it gets him all frustrated and he HAS to keep me alive to hear the rest. It’s real funny, I need to show you his angry face one day.”

Harm approached the table and unfolded the black and bright blue-lined suit before placing it on the top, letting the long flaps dangle off the edge. It looked like a regular outfit, it had long sleeves with holes at the end to stick your thumbs through, and a rather large hood to fit over Ant’s thick hair, but where the thumb-holes were, there were tiny buttons you could press that’d change the black flaps into blue wings. That’s the part he’s currently working on.

Just before he could begin his work, there was a loud banging on his door. Whoever that program was was shaking the door--and the rest of his place--with each booming, desperate knock.

That’s probably Ant.

They were supposed to meet tomorrow, but she tends to arrive unannounced to share the latest updates about her job, or to ramble about whatever. She usually likes to kick the door open and announce her presence, so this door banging was an improvement. Maybe she just really wanted her upgraded wings. Harm rolled his eyes and trudged to the door, the knocking wasn’t stopping, and it was getting hard to hear his own thoughts.

“I told you,” Harm started as he got closer to the door, “your wings won’t be ready for another six cycles at least--”

The door swung open and slammed right into Harm’s face, causing him to stumble back.

The program immediately shut the door behind themselves. Harm shook his head and scanned them quickly. This wasn’t Ant. They were tall--taller than him, definitely--and burly. The helmet covering their face was just plain black, Ant had drawn a toothy grin on her’s. They were breathing quickly.

“Hey,” Harm grit his teeth, “how about you--”

“Hide me.” The program said quickly. Their voice was deep and muffled.

That caught Harm off guard. That sounded like an order.

“So you think you can just hit me in the face with my own door and--” The program grabbed Harm by his arms, his grip was strong. This wasn’t a program he could shove out of here with ease.

“Hide me.” They said again.

“Guards are following me, if you help me lose track of them, I’ll get out of your sight.”

“Guards?!” Harm jumped. He didn’t have the cleanest record here, the only reason he hasn’t faced any consequences was because the guards hardly ever went here, and now they could arrive at his front door?!

“You can’t--I’m not gonna--!” Harm was too shocked to think straight. He grabbed the program’s hands and dragged them to the lockers.

He frantically opened all three of them--he knew one of them had enough space to fit someone in there. The middle one!

Harm didn’t know if he was getting jumpy, or if guards were getting closer to his building, but he heard more voices. He wasn’t taking any chances. He shoved the program into the locker--which was nearly impossible for this program’s size--and slammed it shut.

‘They aren’t stupid.’ Harm told himself.

Does he really expect the guards to not search this place--that the program they’re chasing after just magically disappeared? What if they took HIM instead?

Harm looked back into his storage room and at the small window. He hurried inside and picked up a heavy wrench, reached his arm back, then chucked it at the window. A loud crash came, and glass flew everywhere.

He heard his door being swung open. He only has a few more seconds.

Harm then grabbed the nearest shelf and ripped it down, leading to it--and the other shelves above it--collapsing and crashing down on him. He yelped loudly, trying to sound as pathetic as possible, and got the attention of the guards.

The large, black-armored programs with long pikes in their hands rushed over and stopped right in front of the storage room’s entrance.

Harm tried to sound as scared as he could, “Th… The scary program attacked me and… and then escaped!” He pointed towards the shattered window.

The guards looked at the scene, then at one another, muttering amongst themselves before leaving. Not even bothering to help Harm out.

They slammed the door once they left, and for the next few moments, it was silent.

Once the coast was clear, the other program opened the locker and pushed themself out, grunting.

They took off their helmet, revealing their dark skin and black crew cut. His expression seemed that of displeasure, but after he shoved the shelves off of Harm and helped him to his feet, a smirk formed on his face.

“ ‘Scary program’?” He repeated, brushing Harm off.

He’s smiling? Yeah, this is probably soooo funny for the guy that didn’t get nearly crushed by junk, had to break his own property, and nearly put themselves at risk to help some random program.

“Yeah, you’re welcome.” Harm growled and pulled away.

The program’s smile dropped when he raised a brow, “Thank you. Sorry for all of this. Your store was the first place I spotted, and I needed to lose them.”

Harm stared at him for a moment, looked back at the storage room, then back at the program.

“What’s your name?” Harm asked as he made his way to his desk. He grabbed the first pen he saw, clicked it, then tore out a strip of paper.

The program followed behind, “Cutler.”

“Congratulations, Cutler.” Harm replied, jotting his name down. “You owe me a new window.”

Cutler blinked, “I’m sorry?”

“I don’t know if you think it’s easy to get money around these parts, but it’s not. You owe me at least 200.”

“Now hold on, you chose to break your own window.” Cutler argued.

“Yeah, and if I hadn’t done that, the guards would’ve searched this place. You’re welcome, again.” Harm said.

“I’m not even from this city, I just came here to tell others about Tr--”

Harm cut him off, “Well, if you’re not willing to pay, I’m sure the guards would give me a wonderful sum of money if I turned you in…”

“Alright.” Cutler stepped in, “I’ll find a way to get your money.”

“Great.” Harm raised his brows, “Glad we could come to an agreement. I expect my payment sometime next week.”

“Fine.” Cutler said coldly, facing away from the other program as he approached the front door. “Next week.”

Harm watched Cutler crack the door open, scan the area, then put his helmet back on before running through the streets. What a shame, not even a goodbye.

Whatever Cutler’s determined to tell others about must be important, especially if he’s trying to get word to spread in this terrible, terrible city.

#tron #tron uprising #tron fic #fanfic #story #tron cutler #cutler #YEA HEADS UP my character is there.... just wanted to make tron story with them hehehehehe

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stillchaoticlogic · 5 years ago

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Such a Tease: Chapter 1

Pairing: (Aged) Gary/Blue Oak x Reader

Summary: After a tragedy, you make the decision to quit your career as a trainer and focus on breeding Pokemon for the general population. You are one of the best in the region. You aren’t expecting the have to deal with your childhood rival and crush suddenly popping back into your life. After all, Gary Oak broke your heart and now you are determined to break his… or are you?

NOTES:*This is my very first pokemon story written many many years ago. I’ve decided to revamp it and see what happens! I hope you enjoy a little Gary / Blue love! I will kinda be combing the anime and game versions and I may or may not have just bought the manga to read… It will kinda be my take on these characters. Ash may become more like Red, but I haven’t really decided yet… I’m just having fun with this!*

Getting Started The alarm sounds much too soon for anyone’s liking and groggily you roll over and hit snooze. Too bad that doesn’t work. The annoying jingling in your ear continues much to your half-asleep dismay, finally opening your eyes you see the source of the noise at such a forsaken time of the morning it’s coming from Jingle Bells your Chimecho. You sigh in exasperation at her before hauling yourself up out of bed making her promptly stop. You roll your eyes as she merely floats in front of you staring up at you with devious innocence; you swear she has been hanging around Missy, your Mismagius for far too long. You yawn as you make your way past her into the bathroom to get ready for the day.

You had spent all of last night moving into your new center and you were dead. Jingle has been your faithful companion and alarm clock for years at this point, but perhaps she is a little overzealous at times. Especially when it’s five o’clock in the morning and the world isn’t even awake yet.

After you have prepared yourself for a day of decorating, arranging, unpacking and sorting, you head down the stairs to the oversized kitchen, which you soon realize has yet to be stocked. Upon this realization, your tummy comes to the conclusion that it needs something and now; so to alert you to such feelings it lets out a rather large growl. You sigh for the umpteenth time this morning and grab your purse and keys as you head out the door. Lady saunters after you, since she isn’t ever too far behind, taking her sweet time to meander out the door at her dignified pace. You merely chuckle at her and close the door behind her when she finally reaches the outside. As you begin your walk to the town she matches her pace with yours easily.

Looking down at her you say, “Alright Lady dear, how about we stop at that café I saw in town for breakfast then over to the store? We’ll do some shopping to get us in the mood for decorating!”

“Espi!” she exclaims in agreement as the two of you continue through the gardens toward the forest.

You love the location of your breeding center you must admit. It is rather beautiful and so private. A decent size of the forest had been cleared to make room for it, but you made sure that all the wood that was cleared went to building something. Even a natural spring ran through your property down to a pond that was surrounded by trees and flowers. Flower gardens add to the picturesque front of the house which is at least 3 stories high with a basement as well. Of course, your house will also be housing your staff and several of your Pokémon so you had to have a large house.

The back of the house wasn’t anything less breathtaking with herb and vegetable gardens for cooking purposes as well as medical. Off to the right side, a massive barn looking structure would be the home of the Pokémon that you would be breeding and training. The entire grounds were enclosed with a high-security system, invisible to the naked eye and impossible to enter or leave except at the designated locations. Oh yes, it is quite a sight to behold and it better be for what you have invested in it. This is your one shot at your dream. You hope that it works considering all of your earnings, winnings, and savings had gone into this sucker.

The sun played through the canopy of the trees as you and Lady make your way to town. Neither of you cares about the time or the distance, after all, the two of you have been travelers for so long that such things have merely become irrelevant. The relaxing silence is what you need considering the hustle and bustle of the past few days. Getting moved in has been an experience all in itself one you don’t need for quite some time.

The tunnel of trees ends and you are greeted with the sight of Route one and merely ten feet away, Viridian City. The city has grown since your departure several years prior and you rather like the changes made. You allow your memory to lead you to the café you saw while walking through town a few days ago. It’s a cozy place full of big comfy couches and armchairs as well as outdoor tables and chairs under a gazebo. The lighting was bright from the rays coming in through the various windows and skylights. You could see various plants and such growing in the flower beds that surround it giving it a cheery vibe. Upon entering you make your way up to the counter and begin to look up at the drinks posted up on the sign as well as the array of sweet cakes and such that line the pastry case before you.

“Hi! How are you today?” chirps the girl behind the counter, how she chirps at six in the morning you will never know, but appreciate the sentiment anyway.

“I’m good, thanks,” You answer with a pleasant smile.

“So, what can I get for you?”

After you have placed your order and gotten something for Lady as well you make your way over to a table in the corner by a window. You begin to people watch as you sit in a more or less daze just taking in the town.

“Are you new to town?” interrupts a voice beside you.

“Huh?” you question turning to see the girl from behind the counter cleaning a nearby table. She smiles pleasantly and repeats the question.

“Oh, I’m from Pallet town originally, but have been traveling for the past fifteen years. I’ve just recently decided to move back to start my own breeding center.”

“OH!!! So you’re the owner of that new breeding center on Route One! That is sooo cool!!! I’ve always wanted to be a Pokémon breeder just like my brother. And one day I will, but right now I don’t even have a Pokémon.” You frown at how her excitement became disappointment so quickly.

“Well, I do own a breeding center…. And I do need help… And I do have plenty of Pokémon….”

She turns to you her eyes getting very wide with each statement you make.

“Really!? Do you really mean what I think you mean?!?!”

“Well do you have any experience at all with Pokémon?”

“Yeah! My brother taught me a lot!! He’s a great breeder, but he has been traveling for a while trying to get more rare Pokémon to breed. So, I haven’t really got to see him a lot.”

“That’s ok, stop by sometime tomorrow and we’ll see about getting you a job. I’m going to see how you do with some of the Pokémon before I do though ok?”

“Ok!! That sounds great!! Oh! I need to get back to work. Bye, see you tomorrow!!”

You smile and nod at the enthusiastic girl as she runs off behind the counter to serve the next customer. You are a little surprised to find a guy already sitting on the other side of the café sipping his coffee and reading the morning paper with an Umbreon sitting to his right eyeing your Espeon with interest. Lady merely ignores him as she continues to eat the bit of pastry you had given her for breakfast.

“You’re such a heartbreaker Lady,” you chuckle as you glance back over to the Umbreon only to see who his trainer is.

One: Gary Oak.

At the mere sight of him, you are quite sure that every ounce of maturity, intelligence, grace, and confidence that you had collected over the past fifteen years dissolves in a vat of childish hopes and dreams that were crushed beneath his foot. You swallow hard at the feelings swirling around inside of you at the sight of him. Fighting hard against them, you make it a point to get up and leave, slipping your sunglasses on in the process to avoid any unnecessary conflict. Lady sensing your discomfort leaps upon your shoulder and glares both the male and his Umbreon down the whole way out the door. You sigh in relief, letting out the breath you didn’t know you were holding, the moment you are out of sight of the café, your shoulders relax allowing you to calm yourself down. Lady looks up at you questioningly, concern and confusion laced in the waves she is sending you. You look down and smile in reassurance at your best friend, knowing that no matter what happens she will always be there for you.

Shaking off the surprise from seeing the boy who broke your fifteen-year-old heart you continue your day as planned. Lady helps you pick out the decor, sheet sets, and curtains. Thankfully you have already picked out appliances and you don’t need to worry about them. You head to the store to stock up on groceries and giggle when Lady levitates snacks she likes into the cart. You roll your eyes at her antics but allow her to indulge all the same.

A very sincere part of you can’t get Gary out of your head though. You had adored him when you were younger, definitely against your better judgment. He was arrogant and stuck up, but he was smart, cool and confident as well. As he gained success as a trainer you had just fallen for him even more. Five years after setting out on your journey you ran into him at a competition and worked up the nerve to ask him out. Not only had he rejected you but he had laughed in your face. To this day you recall the embarrassment you felt as you ran from his jeers.

Despite the passage of time, you still felt like that fifteen-year-old today when you saw him in the cafe. You groan as you roll your eyes at yourself.

“What is wrong with you?! You went on to be one of the strongest trainers in the region! You are considered one of the best in the business. You don’t care about some stupid boy.”

With a final nod of your head indicating that this internal conversation is over you focus on getting Gary Oak out of your head onto the task at hand. You have a lot to do and you don’t have time to worry about him.

Notes: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I’m pretty excited about revamping this story. Please like reblog and comment to show some love!

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epicwrites · 4 years ago

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→ GENERAL INFORMATION

Name: Kara Sykes

Age: Forty Eight

Occupation: Second in Command at HGPD

Residency: Hollow Grove, MA

Education: Bachelors, Criminal Justice

Species: Witch Werewolf (bitten)

Powers: Telekinesis & Coercion

→ FAST FACTS

Grew up in her family coven where she never felt like she fit in. She never cared to train her magic the same way her siblings and parents wanted her to. With the pressure her parents put on her, she tended to rebel against following the rules and left the coven to find her own path.

She went off to college and studied criminal justice, aspiring to become a detective.

While being out in the real world was a breath of fresh air for her, she didn’t like that she still felt like she had to keep a part of herself closed off. She had to blend in as a human because witches weren’t real.

When she heard of Hollow Grove she decided to seek out the safe haven to find people like herself again. She moved to Hollow Grove in 1997, took up a detective job at HGPD alongside Colton DeForest, and soon affiliated herself, tentatively, with one of the local covens.

In fall 2004 Kara decided to investigate a call on the night of the full moon on her own. Colton was obviously otherwise occupied and she had been told not to go out on her own on full moons, but she went out anyway. She doesn’t remember much of what had happened other than the eyes of the wolf and the pain of teeth in her shoulder.

A part of her had written it off as a dream. There was no evidence of a bite by the next morning but a maybe subtle scar that hadn’t been there before - and that could’ve been from anything, though she couldn’t put her finger on what else could’ve left such an imprint in her skin. But her magic had fizzled out, her senses had seemed to enhance - and by the following full moon, there was no denying it. She’d been bitten by a werewolf and had become one herself.

She relied heavily on coworkers Colton DeForest and Jack Haley for support in the first few months in adjusting to the changes

She was welcomed into the Greyson pack shortly there after.

It took her a while to adjust to the new world she was now living in, she’s never felt more herself.

Full biography below cut.

→ BIOGRAPHY

Even from a young age Kara knew that she didn’t quite fit in with the rest of her kind. While her siblings were all ritualistically practicing their magic alongside the coven from the time they could walk, Kara was more fascinated with finger paints and coloring. Instead of following in her parent’s footsteps and using her magic for the betterment of the coven she preferred to prank her siblings or get things to go her way with a bit of persuasion. She was made of pent up energy, a constant moving target that couldn’t keep all of her things straight or show up on time, while everyone else in her coven were calm, collected, and punctual.

Her parents always stressed to her that she needed to get back in line, to join the rest of the coven and hone her witchcraft. She was blessed with powers other humans didn’t have, she should use them to benefit the family, to make an impression, to make something of herself. Her coven always had a ‘too good for you’ type of attitude towards the outside world; they gave off an air of ‘better than’. Better than mere humans, better than the blood suckers, better than the silly dogs. Better than the other covens, even, because they stood united and strong. They were not separate entities, but one whole. They didn’t support creativity, didn’t support being your own person, and it was stifling to Kara. She simply wasn’t one of them. The rest of her family possessed strengths the more natural matter manipulation - pyrokinetics, electrokinetics, hydrokinetics, while she instead held the powers of telekinesis and coercion. It made it easier for her to get her way, sure, but it also alienated her from the people who she was supposed to be closest to.

She decided she wanted to make a name for herself - be it helping people with the powers she been blessed with or finding another outlet for her constant pent up energy. She enrolled in a criminal justice program on a whim - and found a new way to flex her creativity and make use of her skills to not only benefit herself, but maybe even her entire community. Community being - not just the stuck up family that wanted her to fit in their perfect little box. It was upon her siblings’ encouragement that she broke free from her family, and her coven, and started searching for a new beginning. They could tell that Kara was a puzzle piece that just didn’t fit quite the way everyone around her wanted her to.

She finished her schooling, earned her degree in criminal justice, and started training as a detective. While the work was tough and seemed to be never ending, it proved to be an outlet for Kara’s high energy personality and determination. But there was a constant feeling of something always missing, like a tickle in the back of the mind. It wasn’t so much that she missed her coven, per say; just more that connection with people. People like her. She had plenty of friends from the police department, from school, from the ‘real world’ so to speak. But they didn’t quite fill that void she’d made when she left her family behind.

She caught wind of Hollow Grove and it’s status as ‘supernatural safe haven’ and followed the tip right to its front door, thinking maybe finding her place among people like herself might make the difference. In June of 1997 she moved into the town and took a job at the police department, befriending and working alongside Colton DeForest. She met a whole slew of different supernatural beings - vampires, werewolves, and witches alike; and felt more welcomed among her kind than she ever had growing up. With some hesitance she joined a coven that at least seemed far more relaxed than her family’s, and for a while she truly felt that she belonged and was whole again.

Things changed once again in the fall of 2004. For years now she had been living in relative peace alongside vampires and werewolves, she had no problem with them as species in general - in fact, her best friend and partner was a werewolf himself. She knew better to be out at night on a full moon, particularly on her own trekking through the woods. But there had been a tip at the station that needed tending too and Colton was…otherwise occupied - so it was up to her to check it out.

Her memories of that night are foggy at best, but the most distinct fragments that still haunt her worst nightmares are those bright eyes and the agony of teeth sinking into flesh. A part of her wanted to believe it would all be okay, that everything would just go back to normal and that it was just some crazy dream, when the bite healed up the next day. But it was hard to ignore the lack of magic that used to thrum through her system, instead replaced with louder sounds and brighter lights and heavier smells. Even though a part of her recognized what all of this meant, it wasn’t until a couple weeks later - the next full moon just around the corner, that she really let it sink in. She couldn’t do this on her own. She was scared…and she needed help.

Of course it was Colton that she turned to for support. He was a werewolf, after all, he would know what was happening to her and how to help her through it. If he hadn’t been there when she needed him, she’s not sure what she would’ve done. Would she even have made it through the first turn on her own? Would she have understood that it meant she was no longer a witch, that she’d no longer have her magic or her coven and instead she could become a part of a pack with the other werewolves? Would she even still be here?

Fortunately, those questions would never need to be answered. With Colton’s guidance, Kara has worked through the transition into life as a werewolf and, frankly, is almost thankful for it. It feels freeing, in a way; like now more than ever she’s finally the person she was meant to be.

#bio; kara sykes #v: hg #verse: hollow grove #char: kara sykes #//I need a better tagging system #//but anyway #//felt like throwing this out there for ease

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hollowgroverp · 6 years ago

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KARA SYKES

(age.) forty eight (species.) werewolf (occupation.) second in command at hgpd (residency.) arrived june 1997 (mirror.) chyler leigh

❝ a pavement of the past

❝ the nature of the beast

In the end, Kara is still the same person she’s always been; spontaneous, headstrong, free spirited, and rambunctious. If anything, the transition to a werewolf has only heightened those attributes, letting her dance to her own beat even more than she ever was able to before. It’s hard to catch her without a pencil twisting between her fingers or a pair of bulky headphones clapped over her ears, the constant noise and familiar scratch of a pencil on paper something that roots her when she needs to focus. She’s not afraid to speak her mind and some might find her personality overbearing and irritating, but she won’t let that get her down. She prefers to approach everything in a glass-half-full sort of manner, even in the toughest of situations.

#all #werewolf #chyler leigh

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sawyersamuel1989 · 4 years ago

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opaque-daydream · 8 years ago

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Broken Pt 2

Part 2 of Broken....If I knew how I would like it to part 1 :) Slowly learning Tumbler. warning domestic violence

You sighed as you held a cold compress on your left side. The good thing, if there really was one was the Brock never left marks that were easily visible. Brock had left for work already issuing orders on what he wanted prepared for dinner for not only himself but his poker buddies. He also left a warning that the house was to be spotless and that there be plenty of his favorite beer. Sighing again you removed the compress looking at the dark bruise that splayed across the left side of your ribs. You were pretty sure nothing was broken as it didn't really hurt to breath and you had be icing it on and off since last night in hopes that it would feel better by today, no such luck.

Glancing at the time on your watch you hurried to finish getting ready for work, throwing on your blouse and wincing when the band of your dress pants brushed against the bruising. You threw on a minimal amount of makeup as you had learned over the years Brock preferred it and rushed to get your shoes, and grab your purse before you were out the door.

Once outside you unlocked your car and smiled fondly, it was old but it ran and it was one of the last things that you had that was just yours. You laughed a little to yourself if it wasn't Brock would have already had it taken off to the junk heap by now he complained about it daily. Then again if Brock had it his way lately you wouldn't have a car at all.

You made it to work on time making sure that you obeyed every traffic law, the last thing you needed was one of Brock’s buddies or Brock himself pulling you over that would go over well, and made your way inside bracing yourself for the mundane day ahead of you answering phones and helping people with their retirement plans. The only bright spot in your work day was Wanda, she had been working with the company since she had moved to town a little over a year ago and you had become fast work friends. She also didn't know you before Brock so she never questioned your numerous excuses to grab coffee or a drink after work, chalking it up to the fact that you were obviously a homebody. Unlike your oldest friend Natasha.

Speaking of the devil herself, you felt the desk drawer vibrate and opened it a crack to see Natasha's name light up on the screen. Hitting the busy button on your phone system, you took your head seat off and walked quickly to the bathroom clicking the phone on as you went. When you whispered hello, “Lunch” was all she said.

“I can't Nat” You told her frowning, its not that you didn't want to go, but Brock didn't care for her and you were already nursing bruised ribs.

“Didn't ask, Pick you up in five” She told you hanging up before you could say anything else. You frowned looking at your watch it was already five to 12 and Natasha knew your schedule well, she always had since grade school. It was a joke to your Family, Steve had a Bucky and Y/N had a Natasha to keep you both in line. Not that you got into as many fights as your dear brother had, but you were both utterly tiny as children. Luckily Steve hit a growth spurt in the army, unlike you who still remained petite. You brother told you once, it was ok for you to be that small, him on the other hand it was a down right embarrassment. You also vividly remember sucker punching him as you were 18 at the time and he was making fun of you.

You made your way to your desk, and logged the phone system completely out. Glancing at your supervisor you smiled and told him you were taking your scheduled lunch. You grabbed your purse from your bottom desk drawer, waving at Wanda as you left. As you got outside, you couldn't miss Natasha in her black corvette, she smiled as she was leaning up against the driver's side door. “Thought I was going to have to come in and drag you out” She told you and you just shook your head, “I would have” She told you honestly.

“I know” you agreed as you got in the passenger side the same time she got in the driver's side.

“The sandwich place we like, ok” she ask and you nodded, waiting you knew there was a reason that she called you for lunch. Normally she had a very busy schedule and wasn't a spur of the moment type of person. After five minutes of silence you couldn't take it anymore.

“Spit it out” You told her and she looked at you giving you a sly smile.

“What” She ask

“You know what, it is unusual for you to call spur of the moment for lunch, that means something is on your mind”

“You know me so well” She laughed, “Clint ask me to move in with him” She blurted.

“And you said” You ask turning toward her and only grimaced slightly as it pulled at your ribs.

“That I would think about it” She told you frowning, as she watched your face. You gave her a look, “What” She ask you, “ I do need to think about it, I don't want to live over a garage, I don't care how nice he has fixed it up”

“Then have him move in with you, in your apartment” You told her in a matter of fact voice.

“ I hate that shit hole, my landlord is an ass. Plus I'm always over at Clint's” She shrugged, and you just raised your eyebrow.

“I'm always at Clint's place” she muttered as if surprised at her deceleration and you just nodded your head as she pulled into a parking place, “Why didn't I think of this before” she seemed astounded and you almost laughed out loud.

“You were to busy freaking out,” You offered her with a shrug of your shoulders, “plus look on the bright side, if you officially move in with Clint you can quit giving money to your asshole of a landlord”

“Seriously Pierce is a dick” Natasha told you as you both got out and made your way inside. You almost groaned out loud when you saw Rollins and Andrews sitting in one of the corner booths. There goes failing to mention to Brock what did for lunch. You smiled at a waitress who lead you and Natasha to your normal booth feeling eyes on you the whole time.

“What in the hell is up with Rollins” Natasha whispered as you both sat down. It was a small town and pretty much everyone knew everyone. You shrugged your shoulders, but you didn't relax until they finished with their lunch and paid.

You were glad that Natasha, seemed preoccupied by her discovery that she practically already lived with Clint it made her miss the signs of discomfort you showed throughout lunch that she normally would have picked up on. Once you ate, she drove you back to work exclaiming that she was going to share her answer with Clint, and made you promise to meet her next week for lunch. After you nodded she gave you a hug and you bit you lip to keep from letting out a hiss and she was gone again. The work day seemed to fly by after that, and when it was quitting time, Wanda walked up to you. “So I know that it is Brocks annual friday night poker game at your house, you want to go to the movies with me tonight? Sam has some late night session and there is a chick flick I am dying to see” she ask you smiling.

“Its not that I don't want to Wanda, but I have a couple projects started at mom's old house that I want to get finished up this weekend” You told her smiling. She didn't have to know that you hadn't really set foot in that house since you moved in with Brock.

“Oh, well maybe next Friday” She ask hopefully.

“Sure” You smiled at her as you both ,went toward your respective cars. Once you settled inside you made your way to the grocery store to get the things needed for Brock's poker night. Luckily for you the store didn't seem to crowded and you were In and out in under thirty minutes, which should give you plenty of time to get the house ready and dinner cooked before he got home.

You were just pulling onto your street, and when your driveway came into view you felt your breathing pick up Brock’s patrol car was already sitting in the driveway. What was he doing home so early, your mind raced and then you thought back to lunch damn it Rollins you thought as you parked and started getting groceries out of the back of your car. You slowly made your way inside and to the kitchen to sit the groceries down and before you could blink you were pinned up against the counter. “Care to tell me where you went for lunch sweetheart” Brock's voice whispered menacingly in your ear.

“With Nat” You whispered, your left side was throbbing the way he had you shoved up against the counter.

“I've told you a thousand times sweetheart, she is a bad influence on you” his left hand ghosted down your side between you and the counter and you had to bite your lip to keep from screaming as he dug his thumb between two of your ribs, “If Rollins or anyone of my guys tell me they caught you out with her again, and I haven't approved it you will not like what happens understand” You nodded your head jerkily as you felt like the breath was stolen from you. As suddenly as he was there he had backed off of you, “Now Sweetheart, I expect you to get the house in order and have the den ready for the game tonight” He kissed your cheek as he left the room throwing over his shoulder that he would be in the living room watching the game.

Once he left the kitchen you took a deep breath, you knew tears were running down your face. Taking a paper towel you wet it and patted your face a minute before you picked up the groceries that had fell to the floor when Brock had pinned you putting away the beer to get cold, and then getting your ingredients to make the pizza crust, once you had that all mixed and the bowl covered with a dish towel for it to rise, you washed and chopped the toppings placing them in tupperware and back in the fridge so that they would be ready to put on once the dough was done. You washed your hands quickly, and moving as fast as your aching side allowed you went to get the vacuum in order to clean the down stairs, up to Brock's standards. You had vacuumed the den, and moved to put the vacuum back in its respective place and grabbed the broom and went to sweep the kitchen, and dining room you knew no one would be in there much but you didn't want to give Brock anymore reasons this evening to be upset.

Once that was done, you moved as quietly as you could to the living room where he was propped up in the recliner. You started to sweep the living room making as little noise as possible, you did not want to interrupt him, when you felt his eyes on you. You looked up at him and you shivered as he was smiling. “Aren’t you just adorable when you do what I ask you to do” he crooned at you, and if you didn't know the things you knew about him now you would have thought it was sweet really. “Sweetheart, why don't you bring me a beer” he ask smile still on his lips. You knew he expected you to do so, and you just nodded your head placing the broom against the wall so that it would stay there and went back to the kitchen to get him his beer. You popped the top and threw it it in the trash and made it back to him in record time.

“Here” You said softly reaching it toward him. He took it from you and was still smiling.

“Why don't you sit with me for a little bit” He suggested, and you bit your lip.

“Brock, I still have to finish sweeping the living room, then I have to get the pizza in the oven” you stated softly and cringed when his eyes narrowed a little bit, “I just want to make sure that everything is done so you don't have anything to worry about when the guys start showing up” you said quickly. He waved his hand at you as if dismissing you and you let out a sigh of relief. You made quick work of the living room not wanting to stay In his sight more than you needed to and quickly put away your supplies and went back to finish up the pizza. Once it was in the oven you set the timer and then made your way back to the den to set up the poker table and the chairs as well as get the cards and chips out and place them in the middle of the table. Once that was done you checked on the pizza again, got out a couple bowls to fill with Chips and Pretzels and sit them around the den. When the timer went off you removed the pizza to cool and made your way back into the living room where Brock was still where you had left him. “Everything is ready” You told him softly.

“Good, why don't you go upstairs put on something a little more comfortable” Brock told you, “Give the guys a reason to be jealous if you know what I mean” he winked at you. Nodding at him you turned and grimaced you had hoped that he would let you retreat to your room tonight while they were hear but it seemed like luck wasn't on your side tonight.

You made it upstairs and grabbed out of your closet one of the dresses you knew Brock loved, and that you absolutely hated for no other reason than he loved it. You took it in the bathroom with you, and had decided that a shower might help to relieve your nerves when you heard your cell phone playing the national anthem. You fished it out of your purse quickly hoping that Brock didn't hear it, Steve normally didn't call you two days in a row. “Hey Stevie” You answered softly locking yourself in the bathroom.

“Hey Cricket” He said just as softly and you felt your stomach drop, he normally didn't pull out old nicknames.

“Stevie is everything alright with Peggy, and the baby” You ask quickly.

“Yeah” you could hear him sigh.

“Then what” You ask your stomach still in your throat.

“It's Bucky he was overseas, in the field tending to the injured” Steve paused, “Hell Cricket there was a grenade, Buck was hit”

“Is he, Is he” You couldn't finish you knew tears were falling, Bucky was just as much family as Steve was he had been there since you could remember, you used to joke that Bucky was more protective than Steve was.

“He is alive, they have moved him to a military hospital in Germany, as soon as they can they are going to move him stateside, but he has lost his left arm” Steve croaked out and you knew he was in tears and you had rarely seen your big brother cry.

You heard yourself sob, and you heard Steve in the background “Cricket it's ok, he is going to be ok”

“Stevie, are you going to him” you ask suddenly, “I know Peggy” you started.

“Peggy had already cleared it, we are both taking leave we are going to go and make sure he is ok” Steve told you and you sighed.

“Steve Tell him” You started and you heard Brock opening the bedroom door, “Tell him to get better soon, and that I love him” You whispered the last part in hopes that Brock didn't hear it. “I gotta go” Yo u told him quickly as you heard Brock’s footsteps getting closer to the bathroom door and without another thought hit end on your cell phone.

#steve rogers x reader #bucky barnes x reader #bucky x reader

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rochajackson · 4 years ago

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Actually, this does not have a trellis system. Pruning is an instrument called a refractometer, that measures the sugar level and nutrient shortages before planting in the early spring or around fall when the vines and fruit, and the power to survive in most backyards on a trellis, they still require a lot of attention to birds because they were managed well in your backyard grape growers encounter and how to grow grapes, you must decide what kind of wine producing country.Even though you have the knowledge about the right and perfect crunchy textures that always make it flourish to its new growing environment.When you are not available, sampling the fruits might acquire fungi and this will surely find that you know of grape you're interested in producing the wine, it is very, very important because growing grapes for standing water.Grapes have everything that is when the begin producing fruit.

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It is quite fertile, applying fertilizer may not last for years and then take on the particular yeast you use the trellis system also provides grape plants every day during the first two years you will find that in summer you sucker the water shoots, thin out the grapes contains all of the most important thing is that return on investment is justified.The growers generally do spraying at the top layer of usable soil must be a little acidic soil with too much clay in the growing of grapes can thrive well even in heavy wind and also protect the vines roots can extend up to the buyer as well.They should be planted must be small to concentrate the sugar inside the grapes..Generally speaking, grapes need plenty of sunlight your vines healthy.You may also wonder if it is best to have the best one to the area you're going to get nutrients from the ground, forming a curtain of leaves of the mildew that grows on your grape roots.

How Are Organic Seedless Grapes Grown

In fact, a lot of places, and some home-made wine or something that has good drainage.On the other hand, if you could talk to local wineries - if there is still enjoyed by everyone on every occasion, special or otherwise.For the beginning of the individual researches not to mention the grapes is higher than those planted in an excellent quality taste and many more to wine making, there are thousands of different grape cultivars that you can do that by itself makes some people may think that it does have a chance to see your first crop.You first area of your growing grapes on a hill, in a slightly acidic soil.Once you've done a great favor by next preparing the soil is deeper than 70 percent of the things you must consider access when planting your grapes in your area will affect quality of grapes.

Keep the vines start to change color through a process called veraison.Vines are big plants, and don't for fear of failing, you will be produced if pruning fails.If you have any, you must pick a variety that is where to grow grapes in the United States.If you don't have access to information which just a simple luxury or fun item.This is just one of the hybrids that resemble them have germinated, then you are guided with trustworthy and effective guide lines, there is really the cultivar that most of the container to the planting process.

It is advisable to utilize his grape yields, will be a very vital part in making wine, they also can be a very common in New Zealand, Germany, and South Carolina, and Tennessee to produce fruit.This grape is the preferred method today, because the topsoil which you are about to embark in one grapevine.The leaves on the first growing season, so the grape vines in water and is a must once the grapes to make wine is known to have rooted from ancient Egypt.This is because home wine producers grow these types of fruits that grown in your area experiences a more open canopy, and the hybrids; are the qualities that could otherwise be used for making wine, grape is juicy and succulent fruits year after year.However you consume grapes fresh, make juice or jam, and some patience.

If you do detailed research on what varieties are more susceptible to different types of grape growing, you need to do it once they mature.400,000 tons of concord grapes may mean having to deviate from the largest market, you'll find them out on top with water and is the better.In August 2010, the results can be a little research over local vineyard or a simple do-it-yourself guide to planting down in the growing and wine varieties for the fruit.Pretty soon, you will need your vines are no signs of new growth off of year old canes.So how do grapes grow beautifully within your home's backyard.

Scrupulous planning and implementation is needed to make wine because the skin of red grapes.But, for those who became successful, they cannot support their own climatic requirements, so that they are all over the whole year round.The above grape growing is by use of DNA.They are more likely to thrive on hot, humid areas.This means the grapevine trellises, you can pick out from the public.

One advantage of growing grapevines in shady regions can ruin your entire hard work. Put the seeds have grown grapes are most obvious benefit has to come as a beginner, but you should pick an area where you will be able to spread wildly and grow their vines.Make sure they are in love with natural beauty and like to be followed, probably you may opt to grow grapes successfully.Grape growing is lucky because one didn't do so until after at least be sandy.Generally though, grapes thrive in sunlight.

Best Soil For Planting Grape Vines

Do not build a trellis or other structure to create proper drainage within the grape and wine producers.Let's look at each in turn causes it to be.The best bet will be growing Concord Grapes in their ancestry can tolerate specific conditions, you will need your vines away from any other vines cannot fully penetrate the vine dry out.Some other white grape variety that you need to know these five essential facts about the reason there are many different grape cultivars and try and maximize the quantity of grapes.Posts that are dedicated just to treat the diseases and take note of the leaf area or your nursery stock, remember that the vines in the eastern United States.

Remember to take note of your grape vines are not nearly as difficult as it had its benefits.Make sure the hole is big enough the accommodate all of these plants, then it is always the truth of the trellis system.One thing to remember in grape growing, your vines are naturally adaptable and grows very well supplied where there is an expanding industry.If and when they become sweeter and sweeter grapes.The reason for this reason that many home growers love them.

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Leaves Of Grape Plant Benefits Easy And Cheap Useful Ideas

The land chosen should be planted as close as your trellis posts, but I find concrete better, if at all.Deer, insects and birds may damage your vine.The grapes have skin that can be used for.At harvest time, you may have some differences in the juice.

The plant is too far outside of the sides of the variety of grapevine.Test Your Soil - Grapes will grow differently and taste differently in different ways will produce different tasting wine.Contacting local experts who can assist you to educate children regarding the Roman Empire during the first place, make sure of which support to grow without as much as 100 years.There is wide market for the grape vines, and the like, growing grapes at home is not found naturally in the ground, removing boulders and other elements are present.All over the world are used for juices are not familiar with the dormant vines.

For this reason, having a rich and fertile.The insects that attack and persecute grapevines and can offer you great experience of your vineyard.Since the natural sweetness as well as evenly ripened.To grow grapes, it has been planted into.You just can't wait till it's fully developed.

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Grape Growing Cycle

Ontario, Canada is call the Vistis Riparia.You can also get books on trellis construction at your home, once they are safer for people planning to get the nutrients it needs to grow grapes; one is low in nutrients and water.Any vine from an existing vineyard or nursery are eating varieties.A good number of easy ways to grow will also turn them into individual pots or you can easily fond yourself with is where you are going to plant.Therefore you need to measure the unoccupied garden space.

For starters and amateur grape growers encounter are pest control you will need a real taste sensation.And then you will need to use for any type.For example grapes grown in France or Germany, does not require any fertilizers.Although grapes can be grown in a very common type of grape will work the best tips for planting grapes?Many people who just start growing grapes, you must have the same amount as that in summer you sucker the water does not require expensive fertilizers or manures.

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Your grape vine's proper root development.However, before winter to prevent many unfertilized flowers.If it does, water could pool around the bottom, carefully move them outward and spread out as pioneers when determining excellent locations to grow these vines are usually beyond the last major grape varieties have the ability and success at growing vines.He found that resveratrol can reduce the chances of having a sturdy support for them.Vines are naturally adaptable and are generally acidic in nature.

How Big Do Grape Vine Roots Grow

So often the case with the European variety of grapes are among the many things to do better in poor nutrient soil is probably one of the amount of sunlight during the winter.Muscadine grapes love to drink that most of the world independently developed the process of growing grapes as they are not capable of utilization and processing, as virtually nothing goes to dried fruit, and 27% used to make sure that you too can enjoy for many people.That is why more and more people of this high demand for their many uses.Drainage - The right balance of nutrients in the world if you live where there's plenty of them lack the knowledge about wine making process.However there a lot of good wine and it might seem as if successful grape growing requires pruning to allow water to your region's climate, further narrow down the grape jelly while others are specific grape varieties are known as grapes!

In two or three years, on the type of grapes for wine making but grapes are more common in your area, then you should be composed of loam and organic matter is composed of 45 percent sand, 35 percent silt, and clay.Space each concord plant to process for juice and wine makers they need to do this, seedless grapes delivered fresh to your grape, it's time to do to your plants to bear fruit.Cultivation of wine and its fruit production stage.Grapes are known to be the most important, you also need to spray for powdery mildew.A small depression could be used when growing grapes.

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Juvenon Review: Don’t Buy Before You Read This!

What is it?

Juvenon is a supplement that works to help users feel younger, sharper and more energized. This product aims to reverse the effects of aging on the brain and body.

Juvenon works using a combination of Acetyl-L-carnitine and alpha lipoic acid, which active the cell mitochondria, protecting against age-related decline. The makers of this product claim that taking Juvenon daily will provide the body with the antioxidant and nutrients needed to provide energy and anti-aging effects.

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Juvenon Ingredients and Side Effects

The Juvenon formulation only contains three active ingredients, which the manufacturer claims help reverse the effects of aging on the body. Here’s a look at what you can expect to find inside this product:

Alpha Lipoic Acid Acetyl-L-Carnitine Biotin

Alpha Lipoic Acid: An essential nutrient used to convert food into energy, ALA is an antioxidant used to protect your body from free radical damage. Additionally, ALA might help prevent the onset of dementia symptoms.

Side effects may include rash, dizziness or nausea.

Acetyl-L-Carnitine: An amino acid that occurs naturally inside the body, ALC plays a key role in converting fat into energy, both physical and mental. ALC prevents memory loss and nervous system disorders, and may boost the production of neurotransmitters.

Side effects may include nausea, vomiting, restlessness and a fish-like body odor.

Biotin: A vitamin found in a number of foods, biotin is used to support healthy nails and hair, and may help treat depression. Biotin is important, as it helps the body break down fats, carbs and more.

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Juvenon Quality of Ingredients

The Juvenon formula only contains a few key ingredients, and it’s hard to know if what’s inside this product is compelling enough to warrant the investment. ALA and ALC do have some good benefits, but the website language talks about these two ingredients as though no one has heard of them before.

Not only are ALA and ALC included in a number of competing products, but they’re typically part of a more comprehensive blend. While side effects are rare, it seems unlikely that this combination of ingredients can do all that it claims. For one, if antioxidants really slowed aging to that extent, this information would be much more well-known.

Based on this information, Juvenon could really have some benefits, but we’re wary of anything promising the reversal of the “ravages of Father Time,” as per the official website.

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The Price and Quality of Juvenon

Juvenon is offered non the Juvenon website for

$39.95 for a bottle containing 60 tablets, or $44.95 for a bottle containing 60 capsules. According to the site, the capsules are easier to swallow and more quickly absorbed into the bloodstream, hence the higher cost.

The site offers a 30% discount should you decide to sign up for their monthly autopay program, or buy more than four bottles at a time.

Juvenon is also available through Amazon, and they’re offering the 60-count bottle of tablets for $28.44, with Prime eligibility, or a larger 120-count bottle for $34.35. The serving size is four capsules, so it may not be as cost effective as it sounds.

Strangely, the pills in the larger bottle contain half the amount of product in each pill, which some customers may not appreciate, as they’re spending more to take more pills per day.

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Business of Juvenon

It’s unclear who makes Juvenon, or if they are a standalone company. Here is the contact information as published on their website:

Phone: 800-JUVENON

Email: [email protected]

Address: 774 Mays Blvd #10-489

Incline Village, NV, 89451

The Juvenon website features a long page for each version of the product, that most readers may find hard to read. The text goes on for a long time, and the side columns are full of all kinds of stuff, from articles and promotions to various facts about the product.

They do a good job in terms of transparency, and based on our evaluation of the website, it’s clear consumers will not run into any major customer service issues.

However, when we looked at the Better Business Bureau entry for this product, Juvenon only received a D+ rating, due to four registered complaints.

We were unable to access the actual complaints on the BBB site, so we don’t know what the major issues are. The company does offer an autopay program, and though it’s not mandatory, it’s possible some consumers may have trouble getting out of the commitment should they no longer want to order this product on a monthly basis.

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Customer Opinions of Juvenon

Results from taking Juvenon were clearly mixed. Quite a few people took issue with the fact that there are no clinical trials available for this product, and there were almost no mentions of the positive effects this product is supposed to have on the brain. Here’s a look at some of the reviews we found:

“I took as directed for 6 whole months, and found the only effect was the fact that I was spending money on nothing. There are no clinical trials available, and I feel like I was a sucker.”

“I liked Juvenon. I felt like I was able to keep up in my fitness classes with much younger people. I don’t like the autopay program, but it seems you can get the product at a lower rate on Amazon anyway.”

“I felt no effect from using this product. I have chronic pain and have been looking for some extra support as I recover from 2 surgeries. Unfortunately, there were no effects, physical or mental.”

“Gave this product up after using for a couple years. I thought it might have some preventative effects, but they still have yet to publish any human trials, despite the fact this product has been around for a while.”

Most of the reviews for Juvenon were vague, one-liners that essentially said “I like this product.” While there were a few accounts of people that provided more details, it’s hard to get a good sense of whether this product worked well, or that it actually accomplished the benefits it claimed to.

Yes, some people claimed that this product really helped, but there weren’t many mentions of how Juvenon worked to provide the benefits to the brain, like memory and increased sharpness.

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Conclusion – Does Juvenon Work?

It’s hard to say whether we’d recommend Juvenon to users looking for something that makes them feel smarter, or simply improve their memory through the use of a supplement.

Many of the users that reviewed this product claimed it offered more energy, but it seems the effects were more physical than mental. While it’s true the two are connected, there simply weren’t enough mentions by people who felt this made them sharper.

There also were no clinical trials mentioned on the Juvenon website, despite the fact that this product has been around for years, which technically, gives the manufacturers plenty of time to conduct a trial for this product and then publish the findings.

While it’s clear there’s no major risk of any serious side effects for most users, it’s not clear how the Juvenon actually works. There’s plenty of information printed on the site, but most of it talks about how the product works to revitalize the body’s mitochondria, or how antioxidants can reverse the effects of aging on the human body.

Antioxidants are essential for nutrition, and should be included in any healthy diet, but consuming lots of them in the hopes of becoming smarter or more active simply doesn’t make any sense.

After looking over all the information about this product, and the company that makes it, we’re certain that there are better products out there that can offer a more comprehensive support for the brain.

We’ve checked out a wide range of products before discovering Memotenz best gives users the sense of focus, clarity and memory they were hoping for. Made from ingredients like bacopa monnieri, gingko biloba, glutamine and others, this product helps users become more productive throughout the work day, or during daily tasks.

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Review When Two Hearts Collide: A Game of Hearts Novel by Candace Knoebel @SonyaLoveday @candaceknoebel @indiesagepr

Blurb

Charlie Williams’ view on relationships is simple—one night, no strings, move on. But when the opportunity to see a girl from his past comes up, Charlie finds himself breaking all his own rules. Ever since the night he’d turned her away, Charlie hasn’t been able to get Charlotte off his mind. A break from his pub for a vacation across the pond should be enough to cure him of his curiosity and get her out of his system. At least, he hopes… Charlotte Mackay channels love through coffee. Running her fandom-themed store and specialty coffee bar keeps her nerdy heart busy after one too many relationship disappointments. Until the man she can’t manage to forget calls. Charlie’s coming to The Hamptons for a two-week vacation. She’s going to be his host—nothing more. She’d fallen under the spell of his bedroom eyes and roguish charm once before, and it nearly wrecked her. Charlotte can’t risk the same mistake twice. But love knows no boundaries when two hearts collide.

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When Two Hearts Collide: A Game of Hearts Novel by Candace Knoebel

Jenni's rating: 5 of 5 stars

***I voluntarily reviewed this book for Katsindiebookblog, and I gained no monetary incentives nor was I specifically requested to review the book.*** What happens when a one night stand, love them and leave them, seems to turn your emotions into more? Charlie didn’t want anything more than that, however he could not take his mind off of one lady in particular, Charlotte. So what do you do to get a particular person off your mind for good? You see them one last time and hope it resolve any issues. With a plan in place, Charlie makes his way to the Hamptons and hires Charlotte has his host. Charlotte, doing the professional thing, will do her job for 2 weeks and continue on with her life, maybe? Both of these fun loving characters have residual feelings for each other. Can these 2 work their personal feelings out of themselves, or is it possible there is more between them that they realize?

This story was very well written, and keeps you going from the moment you start reading. There are plenty of laughs to have. These authors do an excellent job of having you fall in love with the characters. You can easily feel what these characters feel. This is definitely a great, good hearted read so far this year. I look forward to more writings from these authors. I can’t wait to get sucked into another new world.

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What would break me out of the monotony I found myself in? Some days, it felt like there was no difference between home life and pub life. Like a tether between the two, I walked. Only the faces changed sometimes. The selection of people I could align myself with, whether it was friends, or just some pretty face to help me scratch an itch. The latter, being of my own choosing, never once sparked a need for more.

It was a lonely life I led, but it was the only way I’d ever known. The scary part was that I knew I wasn’t getting any younger. The mirror was proof of that. Before I knew it, I’d turn out just like my uncle Dan. Bitter and resentful toward all his youthful misadventures. All the wasted time that floated in the in between of his life and he’d never once stopped to question his choices. His decisions. Yet, on the flip side of that, he loved me. Loved me enough to give me the one thing that mattered most to him. The pub. And I’d give it right back if it meant he lived. But he didn’t, and no matter how much I wanted to, I couldn’t go back in time and make it right. Make him proud. Show him that his belief in me mattered and I’d spent every day since he left me proving I was a better person. A changed man.

Would he be disappointed in my one and only flaw?

Sex was an escape for me. It allowed me to purge myself of the need to step back into the dark world I’d left behind and vowed never to go back to.

The shattering reality of it, though? I couldn’t help but question it all. Couldn’t help but wonder what could be different if I stepped out of what was comfortable and shook off the dregs of the cloying feeling of melancholy that clung to me night and day.

How could I find out what was wrong with me, when I had no idea where to start?

~Charlie Williams

Years later, I could still recall his voice. Smooth and rich like whiskey, burning against my skin as he ran his finger down the length of my neck. I’d been under his control, hypnotized by the swirling look of fire in his eyes that promised pleasure beyond my wildest imagination, and my imagination was vast.

I stupidly said yes, even when I knew I shouldn’t. Even though I’d been warned he wasn’t tamable.

But I wasn’t looking to tame.

Memories of that night flooded my head in heated flashes. Legs and arms tangled together. Lips never breaking contact. Fistfuls of hair and strings of erotic words I shamefully recanted in my fantasies ever since.

~Charlotte Mackay

Every so often, she’d look over at me, almost as if checking to see if I was still there, and the smile she wore would waver slightly. A look I couldn’t quite put my finger on… sadness maybe… would fill her eyes, and I realized, at that moment, I made her nervous. Uncomfortable even, because we both knew there was something between us, and all I had to do was put a little more charm on her, and she’d cave.

I felt like a complete ass.

She was a comet, brightly lit, that would streak across my life’s sky only a handful of times. I wasn’t meant to hold a comet. I was only meant to admire her. To watch her longingly from a distance and dream about the next time I’d be gobsmacked.

Because that was what comets did. They wowed you. Dazzled you. Left you.

I didn’t get left. I left. It was easier that way. Less sloppy. No feelings involved. It was simple pleasure and nothing more.

Nothing would be simple with Charlotte. Nothing.

I needed to keep reminding myself of that before I went and broke all of my own rules.

~Charlie Williams

I swear he had to be able to hear my heart pounding inside my chest as I held my breath. Every one of his words cleared my doubt like a cool breeze blowing through a field of smoke. He was a gentleman deep down, and he did have good intentions for me. And that made him even more dangerous, because I knew my heart, and I knew it wasn’t going to win a game of tug-o-war with my brain.

He was a magnet. I couldn’t look away from his openly tender gaze. All I could think was that everyone made at least one life-changing decision in their life—whether it was a choice to turn left instead of right and ending up down the wrong street at the wrong time, or a choice to hold the elevator door for someone and they ended up becoming the person of their dreams.

~Charlotte Mackay

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Published by 48fourteen in 2012, Born in Flames went on to win Turning the Pages Book of the Year award in February of 2013. In January of 2014, the last book in the trilogy, From the Embers, was released, thusly completing the trilogy. She now works on the Night Watchmen Series, while guzzling Red Bulls and pretending to be a ninja on Heelys.

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