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[wexarethewalkingxdead]

Watched It Begin Again || Charley & Becca || @amarvelousmencgerie

Charley hadn't expected his search for a safe place to lead him to the island of the Massachusetts shore, but it seemed to be a safe bet that if there were anyone else living there they did the work to remove the dead and to keep it as free of them as possible. As far as he knew, the dead hadn't learned to swim. He didn't doubt that they could be washed ashore from time to time, but that probably wasn't a daily occurrence.

So after docking the boat they'd managed to find fuel for the mainland, he had taken his daughter's hand and they had started walking toward what he hoped was downtown Nantucket. His eyes were everywhere making sure that the dead or the living wasn't able to get a jump on them. He tightened his grip on Sammy's hand when he heard voices in the distance.

He managed to get them hidden behind a rundown business before three men appeared. They were decked out in miltary gear and as many weapons as they could manage. He instantly got a bad feeling and kept them hidden until they had passed by and their voices were no longer heard. He put his fingers to his lips so that Sammy wouldn't make a sound as they eased out of their hiding place.

They needed somewhere to hole up and fast. Their feet were quiet but hurried as he read the signs on the buildings. They had lucked up and found a quaint little shopping center. Right on the edge but not connected, he spotted somewhere that he was certain Sammy would love. An old bookstore. He nodded toward the building and sent her ahead of him.

He tried the door and found it unlocked. The bell on the door jingled to alert anyone of their presence. He quickly grabbed the bells and silenced them. He closed his eyes and listened for any signs of life. Or the dead. Hearing nothing, he let out a soft sigh of relief. "We can probably hole up here for a couple of days till we find somewhere more permanent." So long as his scouting of the surrounding area proved that they were welcomed.

[noellexdriscoll]

closed starter: @charlcyboy

Where: Neptune, blind date night

The last time Noelle had gone on a date was much longer ago than she cared to admit, but the past several years she’d decided she wanted to get do away with the constant back and forth with her ex husband, and she wanted to meet other people. Lucy was an adult now and she was thriving, as well as the bakery, so surely it wouldn’t be such a terrible thing for Noelle to do something nice for herself.

Noelle had signed up for the blind dates without thinking twice about it, wanting to push herself in that direction of fully getting over her ex. But not thinking twice led her to realizing just how awkward it might be. Not only was she at her brother-in-law’s restaurant to go on a date with some stranger, she was on a date with a total stranger! It felt so absurd but she couldn’t back out now, especially at the restaurant.

Noelle had been given a number to find her blind date at their table, and when she found the number that matched the little slip of paper she’d been given, she smiled in total delight. “Charley? You’re my date?” Thank god it was someone she knew and someone she was friends with. Now it could be a fun dinner with a friend rather than feeling pressured by making a great first impression. “Oh tonight will be fun!”

[reservoir-bombshell]

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"There are seventeen different things a guy can do when he lies to give himself away."

Charley took her pack of cigarettes from her breast pocket, promptly lighting one before offering it to Jim. She observed his features curiously, then went on: "I-I-It's obvious you luh-like Joyce, wh-why don't you stop being a b-- a b-big baby and a-ask her out already?"

[thekingswench]

closed starter for @rcsengxrten

Charley ran. Charley ran because that's all he could do. Even worse, he ran toward the woods because that was the quickest place to hide out here in the middle of bumfuck nowhere. He shouldn't have come out here alone, without Peter, but he thought he could handle the vampire tribe on his own. They weren't supposed to be violent, but another breed had infiltrated their ranks, turned them bloodthirsty, and what had originally been an attempt at a peaceful conversation had quickly turned deadly.

Pausing against a tree trunk, Charley pants, hands shaking as he holds one of them to his bleeding arm. He'd been nicked, not bitten, but it wasn't helpful, either way. He needed to staunch the blood. It was only a matter of time --

A twig snaps off to his left and he jumps, stake at the ready, body quivering from exhaustion and, yes, even a little bit of fear.

[muselinqs]

closed starter for . . . @thekingswench

charlie sat in a coffee shop, bags under his eyes visible from across the street. he hadn't slept in a while ㅡ the case was taking everything out of him.

he peered up over the top of his laptop when the bells jingled once more, signaling a new arrival. a small, sad smile formed on his lips at the sight of his old friend.

"Charley!" He called out, moving to stand but stumbling a bit.

[emeryfleming]

Chance Encounter || Charley and Em

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The sun was beating down making her even more thirsty, cursing that she ran out of water. Every noise made her jump, convinced she was being followed. Em doubted the men she ran from would give up that easy. Shivering despite the sweat she wiped at her brow. Her hair was sticking, and she pulled her hair tighter.

Her hands were shaking, and she realized she was hungry too. Em couldn’t remember the last time she ate either. Seeing a store up ahead she slowed, raising a hand to shield her eyes. Wincing at the pull on her ribs, she sighed. It was a drug store but maybe it wasn’t completely looted. She had bruising around her neck, her jaw, and her eyes, never mind her ribs and wrists.

Some drug stores had water, maybe a protein bar, that would help. Making sure no-one was around, she pushed on the door, sighing in relief that it opened and didn’t jingle. Stepping inside, it was cooler but her shoulders were warm, she was probably sun burned. Her foot slipped on some packages that were tossed about and grabbed a case, pulling some more things down. “Shit,” she cursed out. Her ribs were screaming now, and she bit her lip to keep a yell at bay. Hearing a noise she jumped and cursed again. She had no weapon, having taken off as she did. Seeing a man there she swallowed her fear. “I just need some supplies,” she said, her voice scratchy. Leaving out the please don’t hurt me.

[lockwords]

She knew wedding jitters were a thing but she also was pretty sure this wasn’t what it was supposed to feel like. She wasn’t even sure if she loved Finn anymore. Sure, she had before -- blindly, madly, -- but now she had reached the point where she was simply going along with the flow. They had been dating for a long time, they were engaged now and were getting married the next day. This was the plan. This had always been the plan. And she should be happy about it, tomorrow should be the happiest day of her life but nothing made her feel that way. All she did in the past few days was pretend to be happy for the sake of others. Pretend to want what everyone seemed to think was a wonderful idea. Pretend so as not to hurt her family who really seemed to believe Finn would keep her happy. She should believe that too.

Shouldn't she? 

It was the middle of the night but she couldn't help sneaking out of her house, taking her car and driving to the doorstep of the one person who she knew didn't wear rose-coloured glasses when it came to Finn. It was the middle of the night but she couldn't help knocking at his door almost ready to break it open if he didn’t answer as she tried to hold in the tears which were threatening to fall. It was the middle of the night and she had decided on finding comfort with the one man who would know how to handle her at her worst -- and how fucked up was it that it wasn't the man who she was to marry the very next day. 

The door only had to open before she fell into Atty’s arms without so much as a warning, those wretched sobs escaping her lips as she hugged him tightly. “Is it okay if I stay with you for a while?” @athcnewrites​ 

[companionsintimeandspace]

@tropicalpossession from Charley.

Charley wasn’t sure what year this was supposed to be.  Looked like Earth, though, even if it was a bit... well, garish.  Too many colors, too much tie dye - she  was fairly sure that was what the Doctor had called it - and far too much psychedelic music.  It didn’t really look like what she imagined the future to be, but she was certain it wasn’t the past.  The cars were a dead giveaway.  She was also fairly certain they had managed to land somewhere in America, given how many of the street names were American states and founding fathers.

As usual, the Doctor had managed to wander off, leaving Charley without a clue where or when she was and no clear recollection of where they had left the TARDIS.  Nor could she seem to find anyone who looked as though they might be remotely helpful.  Most of them seemed a bit off.  Finally, exasperated and more than a little frustrated, she went up to the next person she spotted who didn’t look too awfully questionable.  That just happened to be a wiry young man who looked as though he hadn’t slept properly in days.  Still, any port in a storm and all that.

“Hello.  Sorry to bother you, but I wondered if you might be able to help me.  I’m afraid I’ve lost my way,” she said.  “You see, I’m traveling with a friend of mine and he’s managed to wander off.  I’m wondering if you’ve seen a man in a green velvet frock coat or perhaps a big, blue box.  With the words ‘police public call box’ on the side and a light on the top.”

[theasteriae-arc]

blood & bruises, an injury starters meme ( accepting! ) / @aftermathed​ said:

❝ Whoa, hey, stay with me! You’re as white as a ghost. Don’t pass out. ❞ ( for ELECTRA & ASTER )

“I’m fine,” Lex insists, though her vision’s still swimming, and when she tries to stand up, her legs are so shaky that they will not hold her up. Cameras go off, their bright flashes causing more black spots in front of her eyes, and she lifts a hand to shield her face. “Honestly, I’m sorry they called you.” It’s humiliating, actually; as if she hasn’t lost enough today, now her dignity’s gone down the drain with everything else.

When the verdict was read out, there’d been a moment of wild relief, because Ram was free, and then the gavel was brought down, and Aidan was led out. Life in prison with a minimum term of thirty years. All around her, people had started getting to their feet. The show was over. Ram and Cecelia were reunited, and they left the courtroom with their arms around each other, not looking back to see how she was doing. Was she coming? Superintendent Winston Dean looked grimly satisfied by the proceedings. He clapped a hand down on Charley Fox’s mother’s shoulder. She was crying.

Electra hadn’t cried, but she’d staggered getting to her feet. Her stomach had lurched, and the next thing she’d been aware, this woman in her green paramedic’s uniform who’d introduced herself as Aster had been standing over her, shining a light from a pen torch into her eyes, while all around them, the reporters surged, holding their phones and microphones out, trying to catch a soundbite.

Others call over their conversation, “Mrs. Fitzgerald, did you really not know?”

Lex closes her eyes, sways backwards a little. “The baby,” she whispers. She doesn’t want to say it too loudly, in case the swarm of vultures nearby manages to pick it up. “Can you check— Something doesn’t feel right.” But maybe she wouldn’t know if it did; she’s miscarried twice before, after all.

[sharp-teeth-and-archived]

( Charley Ford ; closed starter )

       𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭. Crunching up fallen leaves, brought in by sticking to the bottoms of shoes, yellowing grass, and kicking rocks. The movements drew Charley’s attention, first assuming it was his brother trudging through the woodlands from Jesse’s house. From some string of luck, some fortune of fate, he was able to convince Jesse and sway his trust to allow him to part from his home while his brother was away. If Jesse’s house left you stifling, then camp left you choking for a breath of fresh air. 

       When his eyes caught the sight of the visitor, it wasn’t the brunette, disheveled spilled hair of his brother, hard stare meeting his, but rather it was the soft face and the blonde curls of Niamh. The sight would’ve been met with a smile, a turn in mood, perhaps making him inclined to leave his tent, but his smile eased and his face paled when it was met with a frown and lowered brows. 

       His posture straightens, lacks the slump of his shoulders and the bending of his back. His hand rests on his knee as he sits on his cot, feet planted to the Earth. ❝ What… what’s gotten you all uptight? ❞ despite the tension, his voice was soft, his brows knitted. 

@intothewildsea​

[wexarethewalkingxdead]

Jump Then Fall || Charley & Maggie || @empoweringleader

Charley had mourned the loss of the Kingdom right along with all of the others. They'd been scattered throughout the remaining three communities, and he was still getting used to the new faces being mingled in with the familiar. The winter had hit them hard, causing him to leave behind so much of the material that he'd need to reopen the school in the spring. He'd have to ask for special permission to go back when the weather permitted and take a wagon and a team of horses to bring the Kingdom's school back with him.

And he wasn't looking forward to having to possibly beg. Maybe Maggie didn't see school as important as Ezekiel had, but it was everything to him. He needed to make sure that Sammy was in school, learning just like he and her mother had desired for Sammy since the day she was born. That's what brought him to the closed door. He brought his hand up and knocked quickly before losing his nerve.

He had met Maggie last week when they'd arrived, and she'd seemed like a leader that cared for her people. He just could only hope that she felt that schooling was on that list of caring for them. The children still needed to learn to read, to write, and to do other important things that school would give them. It would open doors for them that would seem impossible without learning.

For now, however, he could only wait for Maggie's permission to enter her office and hear him out.

[noellexdriscoll]

closed starter: @charlcyboy

where: the movie house

"I honestly think that may have been the absolute worst movie I've seen in my life. I cannot believe it was your idea to see that!" She shook her head as she spoke. It was, in fact, Noelle's idea to see it but she was teasingly putting the blame on her friend for it. "It was still a fun watch, though. For me anyway! I hope you didn't totally regret coming tonight."

[pbwsports]

How the coronavirus is forever changing the way MLB connects to fans

IT BEGAN WITH the hype video that was supposed to introduce the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers on Opening Day. Organist Dieter Ruehle followed by playing the national anthem and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" from his home piano. Third baseman Justin Turner, closer Kenley Jansen and manager Dave Roberts shared updates on their suddenly monotonous lives. Comedian George Lopez cracked jokes at the Houston Astros' expense and country musician Brad Paisley wore a Dodgers sweatshirt that described the team as "2017 World Series Champs."

Along the way, the Dodgers' first live Zoom event provided its fair share of predictable glitches -- ringing cellphones, awkward silences and buffering videos, one of which distorted an uplifting message from Vin Scully. Joe Davis, the Dodgers' play-by-play voice pressed into virtual hosting duty, cringed through some of the technical difficulties. He thought social media would be as unforgiving as usual. He was wrong.

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"The people appreciated whatever we were able to do, even if the video was skipping a little bit, or there were audio issues, or somebody dropped out at some point," Davis said. "The general sense was that it was like, 'So what?' There was an appreciation, it seems like, from the fans that there was something baseball-related to be able to cling onto and distract them for a night."

The Dodgers initially planned to host 1,000 fans at their first "Zoom Party" on April 27. They ultimately opened it up to 11,000 people. Over the next couple of weeks, the guest list increased to 12,000 and then 15,000, proving two key points about this unimaginable period: Teams are trying anything and everything to fill a massive void amid the coronavirus pandemic, and their fans are here for it -- a dynamic that could change the fan-engagement experience forever.

There have been re-airings of old postseason games, broadcaster calls of home movies, training tips from coaches, bedtime stories from players and bracket-style tournaments for items such as jerseys and bobbleheads, all in an effort to create content in a time when baseball's main content pipeline -- live games -- is shut off.

Ryan Zimmerman interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci, a diehard fan of the Washington Nationals. Miami Marlins catcher Francisco Cervelli taught viewers how to make focaccia. Kansas City Royals director of behavioral science Ryan Maid hosted "Mindfulness Mondays" to provide tips on living in the moment. The Cleveland Indians offered instructions for creating games out of items in one's sock drawer. And former Astros infielder Geoff Blum hosted a series called "Feel Good Stories For The Heart" in hopes of providing some much-needed positivity.

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association also teamed up to create an MLB The Show Players League, where big leaguers went head-to-head in video game matchups that were livestreamed on Twitch and broadcast on television during the virtual playoffs, culminating in a final showdown between Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell and Chicago White Sox ace Lucas Giolito that aired on ESPN.

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"We want to give everybody sort of a relief from what's going on, and if we can help them and we can entertain them, we've succeeded," Dodgers chief marketing officer Lon Rosen said of his own team's strategy. "We're in a really difficult time right now. We all feel like we're gonna come out the other end and life will come back to some normalcy, but until then, we wanna make sure that we're connected to our fans and our fans are connected to us. And that's our mission."

In pursuit of that, the Dodgers arranged for their director of player performance, Brandon McDaniel, to guide fans through in-home workoutstwice a week. They handed a smartphone to Ellen Kershaw so that she could record her husband, Clayton, flipping pancakes and playing Pop-A-Shot. And they utilized Ross Stripling, their agreeable right-handed pitcher, for an interview series with some of his teammates. Davis himself has hosted his own cooking show and also started a podcast with his broadcast partner, Orel Hershiser. The response floored him.

"We've had multiple people tell us that it brought them to tears to hear us, multiple people tell us that it's the best part of their week when that comes out, and their favorite thing during the quarantine," Davis said of the podcast, called "Off Air." "Man, we're just trying to have a fun conversation. We started it realizing the void that everybody was feeling with no baseball, but I don't think we fully appreciated how big that void was."

MARCO GONZALES LEFT Arizona shortly after MLB effectively closed spring training complexes on March 15. He hopped in the car with his wife and their dog and drove 1,400 miles to his home near T-Mobile Park, returning to Seattle -- the country's first coronavirus epicenter -- for the first time in more than a month.

Gonzales, the left-hander announced as the Seattle Mariners' Opening Day starter less than a week earlier, was struck by how a bustling city could feel so desolate. Parks were empty, traffic was nonexistent, stores had shuttered, and the few people he saw, usually at the local supermarket, dressed as if they were "going into surgery." The anxiety was palpable, omnipresent, and it helped spur Gonzales into action. He donated blood, partnered with a local hunger-relief agency and stepped outside of his comfort zone to help entertain a populace desperate for levity.

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The latter morphed into a weekly interview podcast called "Inside Corner," which Gonzales co-hosts alongside Mariners broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith through the team's YouTube channel. Catcher Tom Murphy and fellow starters Taijuan Walker and Justin Dunn have made up the first three guests. Murphy spoke from his dining room, which features a 400-pound black bear he snagged on a hunting trip. Dunn, now 6-foot-2, revealed he was shorter than his 4-foot-11 grandmother when he entered high school. Walker estimated owning 400 pairs of sneakers.

"I miss baseball, I miss that interaction with my teammates," Gonzales said. "And I think the goal of this, ultimately, is for fans to get to know us a little bit better away from the field, and to feel like they're a little more connected to us."

It's part of an ironic twist in all this -- a time that is keeping fans from baseball is also allowing them, in some respects, to feel more connected to those who play it. During the season, their time is precious. During the offseason, their time is sacred. But now athletes are stuck at home waiting this out, with unkempt hair and a dwindling supply of toilet paper, just like the rest of us. To pass the time, many have offered rare glimpses into their personal lives and have seemingly become more willing to reveal their true personalities. Gonzales has acted as a willing tour guide.

"The guys that I've dealt with, they want people to get to know them as people," Gonzales said. "Because a lot of times when we're on the field, we're in a mindset, we're in a mentality, that is rare to us as a person. We're in a competitive, testosterone-driven mindset, whereas right now, when we're stuck at home, and we have a chance to talk to each other, it's a lot different communication. And I think that people will hopefully see that."

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Kevin Martinez has been overseeing the Mariners' marketing efforts for the past quarter-century. Four days after MLB suspended its season, Martinez led a meeting that served as a brainstorming session for how the team could pivot in its content strategy and fill an unprecedented void in a reeling city. Martinez saw it as "an opportunity to innovate and think differently."

It led to a hype video of home movies, a series of tutorials from Mariners coaches, an MLB The Show tournament pitting fans against players, and Gonzales' podcast.

"Seattle has been one of the most affected by this, and one of the first for sure," Gonzales said. "We're trying to get behind the notion that we'll be one of the first to overcome it and really show the rest of the country what it looks like. Right now, all we can do is try to fill everybody up with some optimism, put some good content out there, and try to just give people that hope that we're gonna get back to normal as soon as we can."

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BY NATURE OF their status in local communities, sports teams can often serve as information hubs for regions. The Boston Red Sox, for example, represent the baseball team for all six states in the New England region, making Twitter -- where the team has more than 6.1 million followers -- an ideal platform to distribute factually verified information regarding the pandemic. Kelsey Doherty, senior manager of digital media for the Red Sox, says the team has kept in touch with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the State House to stay up to date on the best official safety measures.

"It's a little nerve-wracking every time I put out any of that messaging, because especially early on, things were changing so rapidly about what was or wasn't good for you or how you're supposed to go about things," Doherty said. "We were linking a lot to the Mass Department of Public Health, but we're also trying to put the Red Sox spin on it. This weekend we put out, 'How far is 6 feet really?' And it's like, 'It's one Rafael Devers away.'"

The Red Sox are far from the only team to use its social media accounts to pitch in. Zimmerman's interview with Fauci, via the Nats' Facebook page, delved into plans for slowly and safely restarting the economy. The Colorado Rockies are one club that sponsored a mask-making project, reaching out online to distribute free team-branded masks to front-line workers. New York Yankeesfirst baseman Luke Voit connected with medical staff at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The Baltimore Orioles have been holding Phone Call Fridays, when members of the team check in on fans and first responders.

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There have been other notable effects. With no games on the calendar for the near future, each team's social media account now represents the primary connection clubs have with fans on a daily basis. Typically at this point in the regular season, an internationally iconic team like the Yankees is focused on building hype around the club, selling individual game tickets and targeting tourists who might be coming into New York. Stephi Blank, senior manager of digital and social strategy for the Yankees, says the pandemic has flipped the team's social focus upside down.

"Especially when thinking about targeting individual game ticket buyers, tourism in New York City is something that is a massive industry, and talking with our colleagues at Broadway and others, you see that so much of the individual game, the individual ticket buyers, come from people who are outside of New York who don't live there," Blank said. "That had been a big focus of ours prior to this, but New York has been the epicenter, and we've been focusing a lot more on our local fans."

With no team to root for or games to play, teams are reframing their social media presence to think about fandom as a lifestyle.

"It's new territory," Doherty said. "I always joke that I am so grateful that I work in sports because our content can change day to day based on a win or a loss or who had a big night, and now suddenly I'm in this uncharted territory and everyone in sports is, where it's like suddenly we aren't dependent on that and we're dependent on our history, the lifestyle, the fan base and the culture around the team."

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THE LACK OF day-to-day, game-centric content leaves more room to experiment. The Yankees have dabbled in more player personality-driven content, posting intentionally lo-fi workout videos from the likes of Giancarlo Stanton and Luis Severino, shot in vertical video on an iPhone. Yankees head of communications Jason Zillo says the lack of wins and losses allowed baseball's most traditional brand to let loose and have some fun.

"[Player-personality content] is not only a neat concept, but I think this has legs to live long beyond the pandemic," Zillo said. "The thing that constantly is a push and a pull during a baseball season is that games matter so much. And you have to temper 'fun' things up against the fact that every day, there's a game that you're trying to win at all costs. There has to be a measure of caution. If you've lost six of eight games, my first mindset isn't, 'Let's do something fun.' It's like, 'Let's kind of scale back and then when we've won six of eight, then maybe we can push more of the fun stuff.'"

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Baseball is unique among sports in its challenge of creating inclusive, compelling social media content. The schedule is arduous -- nearly every single day, often for about 10 hours, from the middle of February until at least the end of September -- and the culture can often feel repressive. Marketers have mostly found players to be less motivated to promote themselves, both because of the volume of their workload and the guaranteed nature of their contracts. Teams, in some respects, have taken a relatively conservative approach on their digital platforms.

But maybe that'll be different now.

"It has been a challenging time," Martinez, the Mariners' senior VP of marketing, said, "but it's been a time for innovation, and a great opportunity to create fans with our players in ways we haven't explored before."

While baseball has been slow to adapt to the new age of social media, the pandemic plopped a mirror in front of many teams. Many took that as an opportunity to try something new -- and have seen it bear fruit.

"You hear a lot of people from a lot of different walks of life saying, 'Use this time to get better at something,'" Zillo said. "I think baseball, as a whole, has, when it comes to looking under different rocks, now is really using social media and all of its tentacles to reach as many fans as possible."

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[thekingswench]

closed starter for @xsweetxhallelujah

Charley needed a very specific book for this paper. Of course, said book was in the possession of someone in this library, according to the very nice, very harried looking librarian.

That was fine. He could deal with that.

...but he really needed one section of the book.

So, Charley was searching for the person and had almost given up when he caught a guy reading (see: hiding, basically) in a corner of the library. Swerving off the main aisle, Charley made a beeline straight for his table.

"Hi okay this is gonna sound weird, but I need that book. Give me like five minutes with it and I'll help you write or grade or whatever you're doing, I don't care. This paper is like a quarter of my seminar grade."

[withaconscience]

[ closed starter | @prxtty-muses for charley ]

Finnley walked into the library and took his big headphones down off his ears, hung them around his neck and glanced around. He walked around the perimeter and tried to use the signs to find what he wanted, but came up short. There was a music section, but it was full of CDs you could borrow... That wasn’t what he needed.

“Hi,” he said, walking up to an employee standing nearby, “could you he-he-help me f-f-f-find the mus-music section? Like B-B-Bach books and s-s-s-stuff?”

[vcmpmommy]

@grahamcrxcker || starter call

          “You’ve been watching me.  I’ve been watching Y O U.  It seems fair.”