#Fixed Bayonets!
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victusinveritas · 1 year ago
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1943 USDA went hard.
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pluvi0se · 6 months ago
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look shinzo abe-maxxing is funny but we’re definitely in the fucking thunderdome now
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all-action-all-picture · 2 years ago
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Warlord No. 489, dated 4 February 1984. Fix Bayonets! cover. DC Thomson.
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shirtandties · 2 years ago
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Iran Revolutionary guard, fixed bayonets, preparing to charge!
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attackcopterblog · 3 months ago
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SOG BAR15T Tanto Bayonet: New Colorways
SOG has announced the expansion of the popular BAR15T Tanto fixed blade bayonet with new ODG and FDE color options. SOG states “The BAR15T is designed by veterans for veterans and other tactical enthusiasts. Unmatched in its functionality, it features a striking 7-inch Tanto-shaped blade meticulously crafted from AUS-8 steel, which is both exceptionally strong and capable of retaining its edge…
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drillmaster · 7 months ago
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Why a Color Guard Does Not Fix Bayonets
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tortoisesshells · 2 years ago
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Made-up fic title: Unreliable Forecast
the urge to say this is the post-CotBP/pre-DMC sailing-through-a-hurricane-works-about-as-well-as-you'd-expect character study fic for James Norrington is strong, but - holy shit! two cakes! meme aside - other pens than mine have already written that much better than I ever could.
I think it would have to be a slice of life fic about Mansion House post S2. Just - the details of life. Laundry, meals, bandages. All the mundane things that still need minding as the events of 1863 force everyone's eyes and minds elsewhere - I guess it would be how our favorite hospital denizens cope with waiting for the spinning coin of history to fall one way or the other in early July of 1863?
send me a made-up fic title and i’ll tell you what i would write to go with it!
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balladofthe101st · 9 months ago
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"Kill them with kindness" WRONG. Fix bayonets!!!! Go on the red smoke!!!!
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sgtgrunt0331-3 · 1 month ago
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Cpl. Robert Mitchell, with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, fixes his bayonet as his uinit advances down a street in the city of Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury in November 2004.
(Photo by: Lucian Read)
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northirish · 5 months ago
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Followers
FIX BAYONETS
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wywaderguy · 2 years ago
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Observance of Juneteenth.
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unboundprompts · 2 years ago
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The Oh Hellos Prompts
➣ writing prompts from The Oh Hellos songs. feel free to edit as you see fit.
"The terrible fire of old regret is honey on my tongue." - Bitter Water
"There is beauty in the way of things." - There Beneath
"I am not the fool I was when I was younger." - Exeunt
"I am not afraid to die." - This Will End
"They were quick to recognize the devil in me." - Second Child, Restless Child
"I can't shake this feeling that I was only pushing the spear into your side again." - Passerine
"We have lived in fear, and our fear has betrayed us." - I Have Made Mistakes
"I want to be more than this devil inside of me." - Dear Wormwood
"I know I shouldn't love you." Bitter Water
"Leave the ruins where they fall." - Grow
"You can't take any gold or rings further than the grave." - Eurus
"I can see how this will end in all its bitter tragedy." - This Will End
"You'll bury me beneath the tree I climbed when I was a child." - Bitter Water
"The heavens can be both sacred and dust." - Hieroglyphs
"I cannot trust what you say when you're grieving." - Exeunt
"When I saw my reflection it was a stranger beneath my face." - The Lament of Eustace Scrubb
"Suffering is all there is to gain in life." - This Will End
"The sight held me fixed like a bayonet against my throat." - Pale White Horse
"We were born in the shadow of the crimes of our fathers." - The Valley
"My palms and fingers still reek of gasoline from throwing fuel to the fire." - Passerine
"You were the brightest shade of sun I had ever seen." - Like the Dawn
"I know that wicked shape to your smile." - Where Is Your Rider
"You have always been there in my mind." - Dear Wormwood
"I am coming home to you." - Thus Always To Tyrants
"I wanna give it all I've got, and I want nothing back." - Theseus
"I want to spin something out of nothing." - Zephyrus
"Blood was our inheritance." - The Valley
"I think that you're worth keeping around." - Soap
"I've got holes in my pockets burned by liar's gold." - In Memoriam
"You were the light that the fire would bring." - Passerine
"All the memories come flooding fast." - Grow
"Like the wind it slips again out of my fingers." - Eurus
"You've been too busy thinking ahead of where we're all going after we're dead to maybe consider our bodies are worth more than the dust that we can return to the ground again." - Hieroglyphs
"You were the song that I'd always sing." - Passerine
"We were born in the valley of the dead and the wicked." - The Valley
"Like the dawn you broke the dark and my whole earth shook." - Like the Dawn
"Death, she is cunning and clever as hell." - Eat You Alive
"They saw trouble in my eyes." - Second Child, Restless Child
"I stole from my father all I thought I could sell." - Wishing Well
"When I saw my demons I knew them well and welcomed them." - The Lament of Eustace Scrubb
"I was torn between my god and my Father." - I Was Wrong
"The rain will strengthen your soul." - I Have Made Mistakes
"If there's two things I know, it's that the sky looked white and then the water like wine when I first met you." - Lapis Lazuli
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workingclasshistory · 1 year ago
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On this day, 28 July 1932, the US government sent in the army to attack World War I veterans and their families with tanks, fixed bayonets, teargas and sabres, killing three, when vets marched demanding the wartime bonuses they were promised. The bonus payments were due to be paid in 1945 but when the great depression hit, leaving many veterans destitute, they decided to demand earlier payments. Up to 25,000 vets, Black and white, formed a "Bonus Army" and set up camp in Washington DC. Major Patton, whose life had been saved by one of the protesters, advised his troops to stab protesters with bayonets, and kill a large number of veterans as "an object lesson". General MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower were the other officers in charge of the operation which killed two veterans and an 11-week-old baby, partially blinded an 8-year-old boy, and injured a thousand others. Read this and hundreds of other stories in our book, Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance & Rebellion, available here with global shipping: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/working-class-history-everyday-acts-resistance-rebellion-book https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=668683575304861&set=a.602588028581083&type=3
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athena-gunpla · 7 months ago
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HGUC 1/144 P-Bandai Principality of Zeon Mass Production Mobile Suit MS-06GD-01 "Zaku II" High Mobility Surface Type (Egba Alter Custom)
Finally finished!!! I've been working on this kit in the background for a couple of months now. I really loved these guys in the Cucuruz Doan's Island movie, as sort of unique upgraded Zaku IIs that skate around like the Doms from the original anime.
The part of this kit that originally attracted me was the camouflage pattern. All of the details are water decals. This was my first time working with them, and although I found them really frustrating to work with sometimes they give a much better looking effect than the dry decals and foil stickers from normal kits. I added some extra details inspired by some of my friends' tank models, including a cam-net cape made using a gauze bandage (that isn't actually there on Egba's machine in the anime).
There are 5 versions of this machine, for the members of the Southern Cross Corps. Egba Alter's version comes with a combat knife in place of the classic Zaku II heat hawk. This can be held as a sidearm and attached to the hip skirt or fixed as a bayonet to the zaku machine gun.
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The kit also comes with a spare pan magazine, which I've attached to the opposite hip.
Egba's mobile suit has a heat rod attached to the backpack, which comes with a heat-off and heat-on option. I added some red to make it look more like heated metal and less like a big yellow stick.
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Overall I'm really really happy with how this kit turned out! I'm nearly done with my really long backlog and I'm finally starting to fill up my display.
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transmechanicus · 1 month ago
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Turnip28’s latest and greatest expansion The Shattered Lance is now a live project! Featuring grotesque monsters, decrepit cavalry, and the glorious ignominy of dying miserably on rampart walls, this project brings files and prints for new minis, background for diverse new Cults, and rules for besieging the ramshackle fortresses of the quagmire of Cist. Turnip28 is a fascinating and bizarrely beautiful setting that has received continuous and extensive support in lore, art, miniatures, and more since day 1, and it has my enthusiastic support! Fix bayonets, spur your wretched steeds, and we shall feast on the succulent toes of our foes!!!
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yall-batman-fanfic · 2 months ago
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A Promise Across Time | Bruce Wayne/Batman x Magician!Reader ft Justice League Dark [Part 3/3]
Synopsis: With his memories back, Bruce and Vivian plan to escape their cell before she gets burned at the stake and hanged for his crimes. Constantine comes to the rescue with a reckless plan.
Note: Mentions and descriptions of sexual acts are in this chapter.
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“Enjoy that last embrace,” the soldier banged on their cell door, sneering at them. 
Bruce and Vivian got up from the slab they were at and faced the soldier who interrupted their reunion.
“By sunset you,” he pointed at Bruce who held Vivian in his arms protectively. “Will hang for your crimes, and you, witch,” he spat at her direction, Bruce was about to attack him but Vivian held him at his place. “Will burn at the stake.”
The soldier left soon after and Vivian sighed. “I love reading about history but I hate living it. But I do love the fashion.”
Bruce laughed and squeezed her hand. “We need to get out of here.”
“Really? What gave you the idea your hanging or my dinner date to a fucking barbeque?” 
“Can't you teleport us out of here?”
“I need to know the location. Its coordinates, its surroundings. But what I know is modern Gotham not 18th century Gotham. The last thing we need is to find ourselves in the middle of a war room with people with more guns.”
Bruce looked around the cell to find something to use as a weapon or break. He went to the small window and shook its bars. He pulled back with all his strength but can't remove it. Seeing his frustration, Vivian reminded him of her magic and removed the bars herself. She was about to jump up to see the outside but Bruce wrapped his arms around her legs and carried her up. Vivian looked out the small window.
“What do you see?” He asked.
“An alleyway. And a lot of people are shitting and – John?”
“John Constantine?” Bruce asked.
Vivian pulled back from the window as John’s face appeared there.
“I see you have already cleared the Bats’ jogged memory,” said Constantine. “And without burning him, congratulations. You just graduated from being an amateur in magic. Again.”
Vivian got down from Bruce's hold and said, “Get your ass in here Constantine so we can use the Eye of Chronos and we can get out of here before my appointment at town square.”
“Oh, yeah, I saw them making the stake earlier. And the gallows too. They placed it right across each other. Who knew an execution can be romantic.”
“Constantine,” Bruce scolded him.
“Calm down.” John disappeared from the window and appeared inside the cell with them. “Cozy, some rat droppings are there and human bile… anyway we can't use the Eye now.”
“What do you mean?” Vivian was panicking.
“I might have sat on it when we landed here – don't worry, I already fixed the bloody thing. It just needs to get more power.”
“How long?” Bruce asked.
“A couple of hours. That's why –” He stopped them both before they could speak. “-- I made arrangements. There's a ship at the docks. We can make a run for it and be at sea, far from Gotham or any English ship and wait for the Eye to work again and carry three passengers back.”
“Then what are we waiting for?” Vivian asked.
“An explosion to get all of the soldiers here and far from the docks. Which, I'm sure you can handle, Vee. A hint, the square is far enough, and can get everyone panicking here and not there.”
“I know where the square is,” Vivian summoned the seals again and cast the incantation. As planned, an explosion happened at the square. John checked the window and saw the flames and smoke that transformed to a large bat, scaring people around them. Screams were heard and the stampede to get to their homes. 
“Now, we wait for your guards to come in and apprehend you,” John said. “Won't be long now.”
It did not take long for their door to be kicked down and a swarm of soldiers came in with bayonets pointed at them, some questioning where John came from, and other screaming for Vivian to stop the witchcraft she was doing at the square. Bruce and John had Vivian between them, away from the bayonets and the soldiers’ grasp.
“John, we need to go,” Vivian said to him.
“Not yet, this isn't all of them,” John whispered.
More and more soldiers started to be aggressive and Bruce had to disarm a man who came at them and took the weapon. 
“John!”
“Alright, brace yourselves,” John opened a portal below them and all three of them fell from the floor and into the sea. Splashing into the salt water, Vivian struggled to get back up with the weight of her dress, rushing to her rescue, Bruce removed the heavy layers of her dress and carried her to the surface where they both gasped for air.
“You said there was a ship!” Bruce told Constantine.
“There was!” John looked around. “There it is. Bastards sailed off earlier than they're supposed to!”
“I'll do it!” Vivian summoned a portal and moved it past them, and one moment they were in the water, the next they were on the docks of the ship with men startled and pointing their weapons at them. 
“Witch! Witch!” They cried out as they glared at Vivian.
“I'm getting tired of being called that,” she spat out salt water. She then moved her hand and the ropes of the ship started to move, capturing all of the men on the ship and tossed them out to sea. “Don't worry, if they can swim, they can reach the shore,” Vivian told Bruce as she got up from the ground. Another wave of a hand and they all were dry. 
“Now, we need to get away from here before those men you mercifully threw off board tell the others with faster ships what happened and they chase us,” said John. He summoned his magical seals and had every element of the ship move. The removing the sails from their secured lines, the helm being stirred, and to support his work Vivian summoned the wind to push them away from the port and further to international waters. 
They did not stop until they saw Gotham as just mountains and torches lighting it. 
Tired, both John and Vivian laid on the deck, panting. Approaching them, Bruce sat beside Vivian and offered them both a plate of food – bread, fruit, and bacon. He cooked the bacon just right. 
“Finally,” said John. “You made yourself useful.”
Batman glared at him but that glare faltered as Vivian placed a kiss on his cheek. “Thank you, my love,” she said to him and took a bite off the bacon.
Unable to hold it any longer, Bruce had her face him so he could place a kiss on her lips. He just swallowed salt water earlier, it was enough to wash away whatever he vomited earlier. John let out a loud cough, breaking their kiss.
“If you want to go all lovey-dovey, do it inside,” John pointed to the door. “We still have time to kill for the Eye of Chronos to fix itself, and for you to recharge. So don't tire her out, Bats.”
Sighing, Vivian patted Bruce's cheek and got up, bringing him with her, but before they went inside, Vivian leaned down and placed a kiss on John's cheek and hugged him. “Thank you, John,” she said.
“No problem, love… now go be with your husband,” he squeezed her hand and lets her go.
~*~
The captain's quarters was spacious with it holding the books, records, maps, the table where he conducts his business, and his very own bed at the corner. Vivian set their plate on the table and went through the captains’ things, and when she found what she was looking for she said, “aha!” She held out the bottle of scotch from the drawer.
“Should you be drinking?” Bruce asked.
“I deserve one after a very long day,” she told him as she opened the bottle and gulped a couple of times. “That's more than enough.” She went to take a bite from the bacon and bread. Casting spells was starving work and she just realized that she hasn't eaten since they went to the Watchtower too! She definitely needed food now. 
But how can she eat when Bruce started kissing her. He trailed his lips from the exposed part of her shoulder and up to her neck where he knew made her moan.
“I missed you,” he said against her skin. He purposely bit on that spot making her moan. “I missed touching you like this. I miss feeling you. Tasting you…” his hand was pulling up her skirts until he felt the skin of her thigh and he rubbed her there and was slowly hiking up to his goal.
“God, Vivian,” He breathed out as he brushed fingers at sex and slowly moved between her folds where she was already wet. “Don't be loud, Constantine is just outside… and these have thin walls.”
Vivian turned to him and said, “I don't care,” she kissed his lips. “I miss my husband and I want you now.” Holding his free hand, she led him to her breast where the ribbon was loose and he could reach inside. She moaned into his lips as he pushed his fingers in her. 
“I don't know how I survived centuries without you,” Bruce kissed jaw line. “Without this.”
Vivian laughed. He was right on centuries but she doubts that was literally how long he's been celibate. Still, considering they can't have a week without making love or fucking one another, a month was long for them. Though she didn't want to, Vivian pulled his hand away from her sex she could face him. She brushed her fingers across his beard, seeing some of the strands were white, and how it was unkempt. She missed looking into those eyes.
“I'm sure you want to know what's happening at home,” she said with a smile. “Things are a mess in Gotham since they found out Batman was gone, but Dick is leading them to get everything back in order –”
“I don't want to talk about Gotham right now. I care for our family but right now, while we're trapped here in this ship, at this time, let me be with you, Viv. Let me be a husband first,” Bruce leaned on her forehead. “Let me touch my wife who I have missed so much and have hurt by leaving her.”
“It wasn't your fault.”
“But you had to go through all of it.”
“Casualties of the job.”
“Incompetence,” Bruce kissed her. “I'm not just Batman anymore, Viv. I'm a father. I'm your husband, and I have my vows to you that even death can't break.” 
He skillfully pulled the strings that held her corset and removed it from her entirely, followed by the bralette, and the skirts and underwear, leaving her naked before him. He brushed his fingers on the red marks left by the corset, tracing them until they stopped before it could mark her breasts.
Under her gaze, he took off his clothes and threw each one of them to the floor. Both naked, Bruce and Vivian looked at each other's bodies, familiarizing themselves of anything that has changed during their time apart. Nothing has changed but for some new scars he got. 
Unable to hold himself anymore, Bruce lifted her off the ground, sweeping her off her feet and making Vivian laugh. He laid her on the captain's bed and hovered over her body. He took his time memorizing her face again before leaning down to kiss her lips and her neck.
Her body felt like it was on fire in all the right places as his mouth moved from her collarbone, to her chest, and to her breast. She dug her fingers to his back, earning a grunt of pleasure from him, as he ran his tongue across her nipple. 
“Bruce!” She moaned out his name as she felt him press himself on her sex. He would only brush against her over and over but never giving what has been building inside at the pit of her stomach. She arched her back a bit more to brush against him again, this earned a smile from him.
“Please,” she breathed, grasping to his lower back to emphasize the need. “Bruce, please.”
Bruce dragged his tongue up her belly and to her breast again, taking his time there, and then trailed kisses on her face. And as he nestled at the crook of her neck, she felt him smile as Bruce thrust into her in a long, powerful stroke — and bit down on her to hide his loud moan.
But she didn't. 
He stayed there for a moment, overwhelmed with feeling her again until Vivian started moving her hips then he began to move with her. Setting a lazy, smooth pace as he looked up to her for a kiss. His pace increased as his kisses became fierce, his tongue tangled with hers. When it wasn't enough, he pulled away from her lips and held her thighs, pinning her down to the bed as he moved deeper, harder. 
Their moans and grunts, and the creaking of the bed overpowered the sound of the ship rocking with the waves of the sea. Neither cared as they were too preoccupied reuniting with one another. 
He came into her, spasm after spasm filled her inside, and the feeling of him also triggered her climax. But this wasn't enough. They've made love as husband and wife, this time Bruce wanted to fuck her. Pulling out, making them both moan and their mixed essence coming out, he whispered to Vivian his desire and with a nod she turned her back on him and got on all fours, her arms bracing against the wall.
Bruce held her hips and aligned his erection to her again and pushed deep, deeper than he could earlier. Vivian let out an incoherent moan as he hit that deep spot and held his hand on her hips. When he didn't move she pushed back, making her hum in pleasure as she felt him pressing to that area. 
Seeing her need, Bruce pulled back and began this wilder pace. Going deeper than he did earlier to feel more of her, getting wilder in this frenzy of pleasure. He has shown to her earlier how much he missed her, now he'll show what she brings out of him. This animal who craves her euphoric touch and taste that would only come out in their bedroom.
“I can feel you get harder inside me,” she moaned. “You can go harder, I want all of you.’
Bruce leaned down and kissed her back as he moved her legs wider giving him more room to dive deeper into her, pushing to the hilt.
“Yes!” Vivian gasped.
At this point all rational thinking was gone. This was their purest form and it felt great to do something like this again. Reaching her ear, Bruce whispered, “Hold onto the wall,” before pulling her back against him and guiding her hands to the wooden surface in front of them, and found another way to hit another spot that made her moan louder and clench around him.
His hands roamed all over her body – flicking her clit, squeezing her breast, biting her shoulder.
He suddenly took himself out of her, and before she could protest, he had her lying down again, facing him – their initial position – and he gently pushed inside and out in a slow pace, letting Vivian feel every movement to trigger her climax again. 
“I love you, Vivian,” he said as he made love to her again. “I love you.”
Panting, Vivian reached for his face and brushed his hair back as she said, “I love you, Bruce — ah! I think –”
Bruce smiled and kissed her. “Let go, my love. Just let go.”
She whispered his name as she came, and he came with a strangled moan and buried himself deep in her. Filling her up with his climax. He was about to make a move to pull out, but Vivian grasped him by his bottom and told him to stay. Kissing her again, he laid there with her, side by side, and their legs tangled as he held her tight until they fell asleep.
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Exiting the captain's quarters, with Bruce wearing the same clothes he had while Vivian wearing the captain's clothes she found in the closet, the two were greeted by a grumpy John Constantine who had breakfast on the deck floor and was drinking a bottle of scotch. When Vivian went to get a piece of bacon, Constantin slapped her hands away.
“John,” she said.
“Wash you fucking hands before you even touch one of these,” John told her. “Aye, I heard all of it. You both didn't seem to care didn't you? I got the whole audio show out here. Not even the fucking waves helped or that demon I called to play a song could drown out your sound. Bunch animals you two are.”
“Sorry,” she winced. “I cleaned up. Hands are clean too, may I?”
John gestured to the food but his frown was still there. When Bruce sat down, he eyed the man up and down and said, “I told you not to tire her out last night.”
“I didn't,” said Bruce as he handed Vivian a piece of bread and bacon. “What now?”
“We go home. I don't know about you two, but I miss the modern age where walls are thick to keep certain things in the bedroom,” he got out the Eye of Chronos. “If you please, Vivian?”
“I'm still eating,” Vivian told him.
“You can eat when we get home. Have Alfred make you a proper feast for the three of us.”
Sighing, Vivian dusted her hands and got up. Following her lead were the two men who prepared themselves for the journey. “Into the light, I command thee.” She summoned her Phoenix form, then called for the seals of time to her arm. They placed the alignments in their proper order and this time, Vivian used her locket as an anchor to get them back. 
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Vivian groaned at the harsh landing. At first it was on soft ground, this time it was cold metal. Getting up, she found herself on the floor of the Watchtower meeting room where the Justice League were gathered to discuss a concern – maybe – but all looked at them as they recovered from their harsh landing.
“Are you alright?” Bruce came to her side immediately to help her up.
“Peachy,” Vivian muttered.
“We'll work on the landing next time,” John told her as he remained lying on the floor. “So, that's it then. I'll be off – back to my normal life,” he got up, and corrected his clothes. “If you need me, call her first,” he pointed at Vivian. “See you around, Vee!”
“Constantine, wait!” Superman called for him but the Englishman was gone. Turning to Batman and Vivian, Superman greeted his old friends with an embrace and said, “I'm glad you're both back.”
“How's Gotham?” Bruce asked immediately.
“Well, Nightwing's got everything under control. You – Vivian and John were only gone for a couple of hours. The sun is just about to come up in Gotham.”
“Good,” Vivian groaned as she stretched her back. “Means I can still help in making breakfast for the kids. Before we go, here.” She conjured the parasite that Bruce threw up in the cell. “That's for you. If you'll excuse us, we'll be heading home now.”
“Batman, we need to discuss what happened to you,” said Wonder Woman.
“And protocol requires you to be in quarantine –”
“Trust me, I don't need quarantine,” said Bruce as he held Vivian's hand. “What I need is a bath – a long and hot bath, and time with my family.”
Clark smiled. “We'll call you if there's anything urgent. Cyborg, help Batman and the Phoenix to the Boomtube to get home.”
“No need, I got it,” Vivian opened a portal and both of them went in. Leaving the Justice League with dead parasites in animated suspension. 
“Are you sure we're not gonna try and send another invitation for her to join the League?” Hal asked.
“Don't bother,” Clark sighed.
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“They should be back by now,” Jason muttered as they got up to the manor from the cave. 
“Jason, it's not that easy, you know,” said Tim as he pulled off his mask and cape. “Man, I hope breakfast is ready now.”
“It's time, Tim. They can get back earlier if they want.”
Dick sighed. “Both of you, stop it. We had a long night. Let's just wait for Vivian. Superman will tell us if something's wrong.”
“But how do they know that something is wrong, Grayson?” Damain questioned him.
“Because Vivian left a timer for us. If they're not back within twenty-four hours then there is something horribly wrong.”
Arriving at the kitchen, the Robins were greeted by Alfred setting the table with breakfast being mountains of pancakes, bacon and sausages, eggs, coffee, hot chocolate, whip cream, berries. Their mouths started watering at the sight of the feast before them.
“Any reason for the big breakfast, Alfred?” Duke asked.
“It's a celebration,” Vivian came out of the kitchen holding her favorite mug and following her was Bruce, clean shaved and wearing his usual shirt. “And I miss pancakes.”
In an instant, the Robins errupted in gasps and shouts as they called for them, “Bruce!”, “Vivian!”, “Ma!”, “You're back!” 
Damian was the first to embrace his father and then turned to Vivian and said, “You both got back.”
“I promised I would, didn't I?” She told him. She then stretched out her arm to Jason who waited for her to notice him and brought him to an embrace, and then Tim who was more than happy to see her again.
Bruce was mostly caught in Cassandra's tight hug but he managed to thank Dick for keeping everything together, and Duke who was standing there just happy to see them back.
“Let's eat,” Bruce told them.
Everyone went to their proper seats with Bruce at the head of the table and Vivian to his left, Alfred right across from him, and the rest finding their places. All seats were now occupied but for one. 
“Are we expecting someone?” Tim asked.
Right on cue, John Constantine appeared, dressed in his usual get up and took the place across Vivian. “I only came because she said there's real food,” he told them. “And I was tired with whatever it was they cooked at that time.”
“Guest first,” Vivian told him.
John had three pancakes, two sausages and bacon floating to his plate and had butter and syrup. “Do whatever you want, I'll be having my meal in peace.” He told them, and everyone took their piece. 
As they ate together as a family, a lot of questions were asked about their little adventure through time and what Bruce looked like as a pirate. All questions were answered but other details to the question of, “why did it take you so damn long to come back?” were avoided. By the end of their breakfast, the Robins went to their respective rooms and homes to get a good sleep before starting their day. 
Alone in the living room, Vivian sat with Ace on her lap, while John enjoyed the leather seat with his whiskey. Bruce was on the phone with Lucius Fox about settling things with the lawyers and to immediately announce his return with the fake story about his plane being found by Superman and he was immediately brought to the hospital and was given privacy.
As Bruce discussed with Alfred the things they needed to fix tomorrow – because today he wanted to stay with his family — Vivian called to John and said, “The Eye of Chronos was never broken, wasn't it?”
“My fat arse did flatten it,” He replied.
“But it never really needed a recharge. Right?”
John sighed and smiled. “You deserved it. The both of you. Before coming back to this.”
Vivian smiled and said, “Thank you, John. For everything.”
“Even for trying to kill you?” He joked.
“Yes… while it was still horrible what happened that night, if it didn't happen, I don't think I would have found this life. I wouldn't have found Bruce… so thank you.”
John smiled and raised his glass to her. “You're welcome, Vee.”
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